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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 ONTENTS Package Contents ............................... 3 CE and FCC Conformity ............................. 3 Safety and Handling ............................4 Bracket ................................5 Battery ................................5 Battery Icon and Status LED ........................6 Charging ............................... - Page 3 Astera LED Technology GmbH Stahlgruberring 36 81829 Munich Germany +49 89 2155253-0 Technical support Europe: +49 89 21552253-1 America: +1 954 578 8881 Asia: +86 755 28237295 Email: service@astera-led.com ©2018, Astera LED Technology GmbH All rights reserved Page | 2...
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Page 4: Contents
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 ACKAGE ONTENTS • SpotMax™ • Wide Angle Filter (32°) • Wallwash Filter (17° x 46°) • Powercon True1 Power Cord • Quickstart Manual 3 CE FCC C ONFORMITY This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following... -
Page 5: Safety And Handling
Do not look at the LEDs with a magnifying glass or any other optical instrument that may concentrate the light output. • Use only Astera approved accessories to diffuse or modify the light beam. • The exterior surfaces of the light can become hot, up to 70°C (158°F) during normal operation. -
Page 6: Bracket
Depleted batteries must be recharged immediately, otherwise their performance will suffer. ATTENTION: The battery may be only replaced with an original Astera replacement battery. 4.2.1 STANDBY By using the AsteraApp™, the light can be set to a special standby mode. -
Page 7: Battery Icon And Status Led
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 To light leaves the standby mode if the ENTER key is pressed or the standby mode is left by the AsteraApp™. 4.3 B ATTERY CON AND TATUS The Battery Status LED is designed for use before an event. All fixtures’ Status LED should be green to ensure that the battery lasts for your forthcoming event. -
Page 8: Filters
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 ILTERS The effect of the filters can be seen below: NOTE: Each filter has its name inscribed on the edge (FLOOD or WALLWASH). In order to attach the filter, the... -
Page 9: Specification
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 PECIFICATION power: 135W Illuminants: 9 x 15W RGBAW Philips LEDs Luminous Flux*: 3,350lm (at White 4000K) Emittance*: 10,350lx (at 2m; White 4000K) CRI*: up to 92 Beam Angle: 13°... -
Page 10: Operation
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 PERATION 7.1 A RGB C STERA OLOR PACE The lights work with a specially optimized RGB color space, the AsteraRGB color space. It is designed to eliminate the need to control each color individually to display a certain color. -
Page 11: Control By Infrared With Arc1
W-DMX™ G2, G3, G4 and G4S transmitters (G4 and G4S in 2.4 GHz mode only). You can also use an Astera ART3 Wireless DMX Transmitter to send DMX in the UHF frequency band, although CRMX is the recommended method. -
Page 12: Control By The Asteraapp
Then press the button on your transmitter. After 10 seconds the light should be paired and show the appropriate status screen (chapter 7.7). If you prefer to use an Astera ART3 wireless transmitter, set INPUT SELECT to Astera wireless DMX and refer to the ART3’s user manual for details. -
Page 13: Control Panel
CRMX: SIGNAL 99% The light is latched to CRMX mode. SET:001 DMX:001 WLDMX: NO LINK The light is latched to Astera wireless DMX mode. SET:001 DMX:001 EMERGENCY LIGHT Emergency light mode can be active because either AC FAIL or DMX FAIL being set to EMERGENCY LIGHT. -
Page 14: Main Menu Options
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 7.8 M PTIONS The main menu can be entered from the status screen by pressing MENU or +. To cycle between the main menu entries, press the + or – keys. Pressing MENU again will go back to the status screen. -
Page 15: Input Select
The light can be controlled by INPUT SELECT the AsteraApp™, but any DMX APP CONTROL signal is ignored. Only wireless DMX from Astera INPUT SELECT ART3 (sold 2009-15) is accepted, ART3 DMX all other sources are ignored. Only CRMX/W-DMX wireless... -
Page 16: Select A Static Color
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 7.11 S ELECT A TATIC OLOR To make the light show a static color, enter this menu. Immediately when it’s entered, all previous STANDALONE settings are cleared to default and the INPUT SELECT is latched to STANDALONE. -
Page 17: Dmx Settings
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 7.12 DMX S ETTINGS A large range of DMX Profiles Main menu: DMX Settings: are available. They can be DMX SETTINGS DMX PROFILE found on the product pages of www.astera-led.com. -
Page 18: Dmx Fail
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 7.14 DMX F It can be set what the lights should do when the DMX signal is lost. The last DMX input is still shown, DMX Settings: DMX FAIL even if the DMX signal is lost. -
Page 19: Runtime
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 is always calculated for a full battery. RUNTIME EXAMPLE: If the light is required to light during an eight hour event, and one hour of setup time is scheduled, then the runtime should be set to nine hours immediately after the first power up. -
Page 20: Standalone
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 7.17 STANDALONE Select one of the predefined Main menu: Standalone: patters, see table below. STANDALONE PROGRAM Sets the dimmer level. Standalone: INTENSITY The time that one cycle of the Standalone: program takes to complete. -
Page 21: Ac Failure (Emergency Light)
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 7.17.1 Predefined Programs The predefined programs may use more than one pixel. To display these effects properly with your light, it is first necessary to group them into Flow-Sets and control them by the AsteraApp™... -
Page 22: Info
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 7.19 INFO Read/set the Radio PIN. To Main menu: Radio PIN: change the PIN, press ENTER. INFO 0000 Adjust each digit with the + and – keys, cycle through the digits with the MENU key. -
Page 23: Using The Light With The Asteraapp
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 The AsteraApp™ is an efficient way to quickly create a customized light show. It can group several lights together, address individual lights or groups of lights, and send complex effects with a user defined color palette to all lights in range. -
Page 24: Powerful Light Control
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 OWERFUL IGHT ONTROL Your light has a built in standalone engine. It can display static colors or replay a number of predefined effect patterns with a customizable color palette. -
Page 25: Create A Set
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 REATE A Before the more powerful effects can be reviewed, it is recommended to create a Flow-Set first. Each light can be assigned to one set. Two types of sets are available: 8.4.1... -
Page 26: Targeting Lights
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 8.4.2 FLOW SET By using a Flow-Set, lights can also be controlled together. But additionally, they are assigned to positions inside the Flow-Set and so form a virtual light with several pixels. -
Page 27: Changing The Effect
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 HANGING FFECT On the AsteraApp™ main Set “Crossfade” to 0% and The effect can be changed screen, press “Wedding” (1), “Speed” to around 2 by sliding the effect picker then enter the editor (2). -
Page 28: List Of Effects
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 IST OF FFECTS The effects’ patterns are pre-defined and cannot be modified by the user. They are pre- programmed inside of each light. Still they can be parameterized. These effects are: A static color is displayed. -
Page 29: Chaser Effects In Detail
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 HASER FFECTS IN ETAIL To display chaser effects are is recommended to setup a Flow-Set with a multiple of four positions. This is the way they will be shown best. Those four positions could then be arranged in the corners of a dance floor for example. -
Page 30: The Main Screen
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 CREEN Here each program is represented by a tile. Those tiles can be edited and freely positioned. Several pages of tiles are available. To move or delete a tile, While adding a tile, either a press the pen icon (2). -
Page 31: Brightness
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 8.10 B RIGHTNESS Additionally to each programs brightness slider mentioned in chapter 8.6, a master brightness control is available. As soon as more than one Set is created Otherwise, only one slider is available. It... -
Page 32: Runtime
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 8.11 RUNTIME The light is able to adjust its power to meet a certain runtime on battery. The runtime is always calculated for a full battery. Example: If the light is required to light during an eight hour event,... -
Page 33: Theft Alarm
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 8.13 T HEFT LARM Your light is equipped with a theft alarm. A motion sensor in the light detects when it is moved/taken away and a small siren will sound to deter potential thieves. -
Page 34: Enter And Leave Standby
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 8.14 E NTER AND EAVE TANDBY The standby is intended to be used between setup and event (see chapter 4.2.1). After setup is completed, all lights may be switched to standby mode and woken up later when the event starts. -
Page 35: Dmx Settings
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 8.15 DMX S ETTINGS In order to efficiently use the light with DMX, some setting can be adjusted by the AsteraApp™. Press the “DMX Adjust all settings to your Your lights will start to flicker. - Page 36 Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 8.15.2 DMX Channel Assignment The current channel assignment can be always reviewed in the lower part of the screen. It is automatically calculated based on the setting of Table and Strobe.
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Page 37: Menu Overview
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 VERVIEW Page | 36... -
Page 38: Version History
Astera LED Technology GmbH Technical Reference Manual for AX10 SpotMax™ 2020-08-26 10 V ERSION ISTORY 07.05.2015 Initial version 27.06.2017 Rework safety instructions, Dimmer Curve Added 17.07.2018 Translation paragraph removed, the word “PIN” capitalized, DMX Table changed to Profile, Input Select updated with new options, Numeric DMX tables added, Lee Color Gel Index added 29.08.2018...
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