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ROBE
Show Lighting s.r.o.
Czech Republic
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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL ® ROBE Show Lighting s.r.o. Czech Republic www.robe.cz...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents 1. Safety instructions ......................4 2.Operating determinations ....................4 3. Description of the device ....................5 4. Installation ........................6 4.1 Fitting/Exchanging the lamp ..................6 4.2 Lamp adjustment ....................... 6 4.3 Installation of the barn-doors ..................6 4.4 Manually adjusment of the beam angle ..............

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    CAUTION ! Keep this device away from rain and moisture! Unplug mains lead before opening the housing! FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INITIAL START - UP! 1. Safety instructions CAUTION ! Be careful with your operations.With a dangerous voltage you can suffer a dangerous electric shock when touching the wires This device has left our premises in absolutely perfect condition.

  • Page 5: Description Of The Device

    Always fix the fixture with an appropriate safety-rope. Only operate the fixture after having checked that the housing is firmly closed and all screws are tightly fastened. The lamp must never be ignited if the fresnel-lens or any housing-cover is open, as discharge lamps may explose . The maximum ambient temperature t must never be exceeded.

  • Page 6: Installation

    4. Installation 4.1 Fitting/Exchanging the lamp DANGER ! Install the lamp with the device switched off only. Unplug from mains before ! Lamp cover screws „A, B, C” 3 fastening screws To insert the lamp MSD 250W/2 open the small cover at the rear of the projector by loosening the 3 screws „X, Y, Z” on the lamp cover.

  • Page 7: Manually Adjusment Of The Beam Angle

    4.4 Manually adjusment of the beam angle The lens system can be configured in the range between 8° and 22° beam angles.To set the desired beam angle,remove the barn-doors (if they Adjusting screw are installed) by loosening the 2 fastening screws and open the front cover by loosening the 4 quarter turn fasteners, loose the 2 adjusting screws(with Quarter turn fasteners...

  • Page 8: Connection To The Mains

    Overhead installation. The mounting bracket provides 3 holes (a diameter of 13 mm) and 2 quarter-circle slots. To adjust the inclination-angle,loosen the 2 adjusting screws.Turn the projector to the desired angle and retighten the adjusting screws. For overhead use, always install a safety rope that can hold at least 10 times the weight of the fixture. Pull the safety rope through the mounting bracket and over the trussing system etc.

  • Page 9: Dmx- 512 Connection, Master/Slave Connection

    The occupation of the connection-cables is as follows: Cable (EU) Cable (US) International Brown Black Live Light blue White Neutral Yellow/Green Green Earth Do not connect the projector to a dimmer system! 4.7 DMX- 512 connection, master/slave connection Controller operation Master/slave operation The wires must not come into contact with each other, otherwise the fixtures will not work at all, or will not work properly.

  • Page 10: Dmx Protocol - 8 Bit

    5. DMX Protocol - 8 bit Mode 1 Mode 2 Value Function Type of control Channel Channel Lamp On/Off, control of fans 0 -127 From max. to min. speeed of fans proportional 128-139 Lamp On after 3 seconds, reset step 140-229 No function step...

  • Page 11: Controller Mode

    The ColorMix 250 AT can be operated with a controller in controller mode or without the controller in stand-alone mode. Both modes are described in the texts below. 6. Controller mode The fixtures are individually addressed (001-502) on a data link and connected to the controller. The fixtures respond to the DMX signal from the controller.

  • Page 12: Stand - Alone Mode

    7. Stand - alone mode The fixtures on a data link are not connected to the controller but can execute pre-set programs which can be different for every fixture. To set the program to be played, see the „Stand-alone setting" (menu „St.AL.”). „Stand-alone operation”...

  • Page 13: Addressing

    - 8.1 Addressing By this menu you can set the DMX address or address the fixture as a master/slave. - DMX addressing 1. Press the [Mode] - button so many times until the display shows message „A001” (with actually stored address). 2.

  • Page 14: Fixture Informations

    - 8.3 Fixture informations The menu allows you to read an useful information about the fixture as the lamp life,lamp strikes,software version, etc. Press [Up] or [Down] buttons to select the desired option and press [Enter] to see the value or next submenu. - Power On time - By this option you can read the total number of the operation hours since the ColorMix 250 AT has been fabricated.

  • Page 15: Personality Options

    - DMX values Readout DMX values of each channel received by the fixture. Use the [Up] and [Down] buttons to select desired channel and press [Enter] to read its value coming to the fixture or [Mode] to cancel and return to the menu. - Software version By this function you can read the software version of the display module.
  • Page 16 - Lamp presetting This function allows you to adjust the lamp settings: - Lamp On after switching the fixture On This function enables to turn the lamp on automatically after switching the fixture on. Use the [Up] and [Down] buttons to select „On” if you wish to turn the lamp on automatically after switching the fixture on or „Off”...
  • Page 17 - Display-intensity With this function you can adjust the display intensity from 20% to 100% . Use the [Up] or [Down] buttons to select the level of the display intensity and press [Enter] to confirm or [Mode] to cancel and return to the menu. - Display-reverse With this function, you can rotate the display by 180°.

  • Page 18: Switching On/Off The Lamp

    - Default settings Press [Enter] to reset all fixture personalities (not the adjusting functions) to the default values. On the display will appear „rSt” meaning that the fixture makes the reset. See the table of personality setting and their default positions. - 8.5 Switching On/Off the lamp Press the [Mode] button in order to access the main menu.

  • Page 19: Stand-Alone Setting

    - 8.7 Stand-alone setting This menu offers options for stand-alone mode as a selection of the playing program,programming and modifying current programs. - Music trigger The ColorMix 250 AT enables the sound control of the running programs via the built-in microphone. Use the [Up] or [Down] buttons to select „On”...

  • Page 20: Reset Function

    „Colo.” - a colour wheel, value 0-255 „CYAn” - a cyan, value 0-255 „MAGE.” - a magenta, value 0-255 „YELL.” - a yellow, value 0-255 „C.SPd” - a speed of CMY, value 0-255 „MACr.” - a colour macro, value 0-255 „EFFE.”...

  • Page 21: Error And Information Messages

    „Func, Colo, CYAn, MAGE, YELL, C.SPd, MACr, EFFE, Stro, dimr, FCAL” by which you can adjust the fixture to the required/desired position (0-255) before the function calibration. Then when the positioning is finished use the last „FCAL” function (Fixture calibration). 1.

  • Page 22: Technical Specifications

    CoEr (color-wheel error) This messsage will appear after the reset of the fixture if the magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driver circuit on the main PCB). The color-wheel is not located in the default position after the reset.
  • Page 23 Rigging Stands directly on the floor with removable stand Mounts horizontally or vertically with mounting bracket Vertical head adjusting range: 135° Beampath Temperatures Maximum ambient temperature t : 40° C Maximum housing temperature t : 75° C (steady state) Minimum distances Min.distance from flammable surfaces: 0,5 m Min.distance to lighted object: 1,0 m Weight...

  • Page 24: Maintenance And Cleaning

    11. Maintenance and cleaning The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine-technical installations are inspected by an expert after every four years in the course of an acceptance test. The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine-technical installations are inspected by a skilled person once a year.

  • Page 25: Appendix 1 - Menu Map

    12. Appendix 1 - Menu map Deffault settings=Bold print Menu Menu Menu Menu Menu Menu DESCRIPTION Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 A001- dM.Ad. DMX addresss A502 d.Abl. Disable master/slave A001 MASt. Set fixture as a master MA.SL.
  • Page 26 Menu Menu Menu Menu Menu Menu DESCRIPTION Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Lamp power ON LAMP A001-A500 Lamp power OFF Run demo tESt Enable the sound control of the run. programs Audi Disable the sound control of the run.programs No program runs after switching fixture on tESt Test program runs after switching fixture on...

  • Page 27: Appendix 2 - Changing The Power Supply Settings

    13. Appendix 2 - Changing the power supply settings Both the transformer and the ballast must be connected correctly for the local AC voltage and frequency. The wrong settings can cause poor performance or demage of the moving head. The factory settings are printed next to the power switch.

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