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  • Page 1 XP-231 BEAM User Manual Please read the instruc on carefully before use...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. Safety Instruction ................... 2 3. Technical Specification ................... 4 4. Fixture Description ..................6 4.1 Control Panel .................... 6 5. Gobo Wheel and Lamp ................... 7 5.1 Gobo Wheel ..................... 7 5.2 Lamp ......................7 5.3 Change The Lamp ..................8 6.

  • Page 3: Safety Instruction

    1. Safety Instruction Please read the instruction manual carefully which includes important information about the installation, usage and maintenance. WARNING Please keep this User Manual for future consultation. If you sell the unit to another user, be sure that they also receive this instruction manual. Important: Damages caused by the disregard of this user manual are not subject to warranty.
  • Page 4 Avoid any inflammable liquids, water or metal objects entering the unit. Once it happens, cut  off the mains power immediately. Do not operate in dirty or dusty environment; do clean the fixture regularly.  Do not touch any wire during operation as there might be a hazard of electric shock. ...

  • Page 5: Technical Specification

    into the holes of the base and tighten fully clockwise. 3. Hang the fixture to the support (4) through clamp and fasten the screws (5). Fasten the safety cable (6) through the bottom of the base and over the support. Attention: Always ensure that the structure to which you are attaching the unit is secure and is able to ...
  • Page 6 Optical system High efficient Optical system Delivering extremely powerful output High quality lens Movement Pan: 540° Tilt: 270° Pan/Tilt moving speed adjustable. Automatic Pan/Tilt correction Easy calibration and maintenance by Pan/Tilt magnetic home positioning Dimmer/Shutter: Mechanical dimmer Mechanical shutter and adjustable speed strobe effect Color wheel: Color wheel: 14 fixed colors Rainbow effect in both directions...

  • Page 7: Fixture Description

    Cooling： Fan Cooling Photometrics Diagram Distance(m) 3.8° 3.8 Lux ° 800000 200000 99000 59000 Diameter(m) 1.21 4. Fixture Description 4.1 Control Panel Front View Rear View 1. Microphone：To receive music for sound active; 2. LED: POWER Power On DMX input present 3.

  • Page 8: Gobo Wheel And Lamp

    5. DMX IN: DMX 512 link, use 3-pin XLR cable to link the unit and DMX controller; 6. DMX OUT: DMX 512 operation, use 3-pin XLR cable to link the next units; 7. FUSE (T 6.3A): Protect the unit from damage of over voltage or short circuit; 8.

  • Page 9: Change The Lamp

    the retina if you take a close look at the lamp. To protect the lamp, always turn off the lamp first (via control panel or DMX controller)  and let the unit run at least five minutes to cool down before switching off the mains supply.
  • Page 10 2. Position the head as Figure 2 and remove the lamp cooling fan at the rear of the head. Figure 2 3. Lift the lamp out of its recess as Figure 3. Figure 3 4. Disconnect the lamp and connect the replacement lamp (Figure 4). Place the new lamp into the lamp recess.(Figure 5)

  • Page 11: How To Set The Fixture

    Figure 4 Figure 5 5. See illustration below. Adjust the lamp using a slotted (flat head) screwdriver until it is centralized. Figure 6 6. Reinstall the fan and secure it, then replace and secure the head covers before reapplying power. 6.
  • Page 13 DMX 512 Address Select the , press the ENTER button to confirm, the display will show the present address. Use the UP and DOWN button to adjust the address from (1) to (512), press the ENTER button to store. Press the MENU button back to the last menu or idling 30 seconds to exit menu mode.
  • Page 14 the MENU button back to the last menu or idling 30 seconds to exit menu mode. Auto Test Select , press the ENTER button to confirm, then the unit will test by itself. Press the MENU button back to the last menu. Fixture Use Hours Press the MENU button up to when the is blinking on the display.

  • Page 15: Home Position Adjustment

    (No) or (Yes), press the ENTER button to store. Press the MENU button back to the last menu or idling 30 seconds to exit menu mode. Reset Press the MENU button up to when the is blinking on the display. Press the ENTER button and the fixture will reset.
  • Page 16 — Pan home position adjustment To select the , press the ENTER button to show the PAN OFFSET on the display. Use the DOWN and UP button to adjust the value from 0 to 255, press the ENTER button to store. Press the MENU button to exit.

  • Page 17: Control By Universal Dmx Controller

    MENU button to exit. —R-Prism home position adjustment To select the , press the ENTER button to show the R-Prism OFFSET on the display. Use the DOWN and UP button to adjust the value from -127 to 127, press the ENTER button to store. Press the MENU button to exit.

  • Page 18: Channel Mode Setting

    1. At last unit, the DMX cable has to be terminated with a terminator. Solder a 120-ohm 1/4W resistor between pin 2(DMX-) and pin 3(DMX+) into a 3-pin XLR-plug and plug it in the DMX-output of the last unit. 2. Connect the unit together in a “daisy chain” by XLR plug cable from the output of the unit to the input of the next unit.

  • Page 19: Dmx Address Setting

    7.3 DMX Address Setting By using a universal DMX controller to control the units, you have to set DMX address from 1 to 512 so that the units can receive DMX signal. Press the MENU button up to when the DMX Address is showing on the display. Pressing ENTER button and the display will blink.
  • Page 20 060 - 069 Pan/Tilt normal mode 070 - 079 Blackout while pan/tilt move enable 080 - 089 Blackout while pan/tilt move disable 090 - 099 Blackout while color change enable 100 - 109 Blackout while color change disable 110 - 119 Blackout while gobo change enable 120 - 129 Blackout while gobo change disable...
  • Page 21 216 - 223 Macro 27 224 - 231 Macro 28 232 –239 Macro 29 240 - 247 Macro 30 248 - 255 Macro 31 Pan/Tilt Macro Speed： 000 - 255 Fast  Slow Color： 000 - 002 White 003 - 004 White+Color1 005 - 006 Color1...
  • Page 22 007 - 009 Gobo2 010 - 012 Gobo3 013 - 015 Gobo4 016 -018 Gobo5 019 - 021 Gobo6 022 - 024 Gobo7 025 - 027 Gobo8 028 - 030 Gobo9 031 - 033 Gobo10 034 - 036 Gobo11 037 - 039 Gobo12 040 - 042 Gobo13...
  • Page 23 156 - 159 Prism rotation effects7 160 - 164 Prism rotation effects8 165 - 168 Prism rotation effects9 169 - 173 Prism rotation effects10 174 - 177 Prism rotation effects11 178 - 182 Prism rotation effects12 183 - 187 Prism rotation effects13 188 - 191 Prism rotation effects14 192 - 196...
  • Page 24 15 Channels (Mode 2): Channel Value Function Color： 000 - 004 White 005 - 008 White+Color1 009 - 012 Color1 013 - 017 Color1+Color2 018 - 021 Color2 022 - 025 Color2+Color3 026 - 029 Color3 030 - 034 Color3+Color4 035 - 038 Color4 039 - 042...
  • Page 25 Dimmer： 000 - 255 0%  100% Gobo： 000 - 003 White 004 - 007 Gobo1 008 –011 Gobo2 012 - 015 Gobo3 016 - 019 Gobo4 020 - 023 Gobo5 024 - 027 Gobo6 028 - 031 Gobo7 032 - 035 Gobo8 036 - 039 Gobo9...
  • Page 26 191 - 192 Stop 193 - 255 Rotation Slow->Fast Frost： 000 - 255 0%  100% Focus 000 - 255 Far  Near 000 - 255 0 °  540° 000 - 255 Pan Fine Tilt 000 - 255 0 °  270° 000 - 255 Tilt Fine Function...
  • Page 27 035 - 038 Color4 039 - 042 Color4+Color5 043 - 046 Color5 047 - 051 Color5+Color6 052 - 055 Color6 056 - 059 Color6+Color7 060 - 063 Color7 064 - 068 Color7+Color8 069 - 072 Color8 073 - 076 Color8+Color9 077 - 081 Color9 082 - 085...
  • Page 28 036 - 039 Gobo9 040 - 043 Gobo10 044 - 047 Gobo11 048 - 051 Gobo12 052 - 055 Gobo13 056 - 059 Gobo14 060 - 063 Gobo15 064 - 067 Gobo16 068 - 071 Gobo17 072 - 113 Rotation: Fast Slow 114 - 117 Stop 118 - 159...
  • Page 29 Function 000 - 011 No Function 012 - 024 P/T speed Fast 025 - 037 P/T speed Normal 038 - 255 No Function Reset: 000 - 025 No Function 026 - 076 Effects reset 077 - 127 Pan/Tilt rest 128 - 255 Complete reset Lamp Control: 000 - 025...
  • Page 30 043 - 046 Color5 047 - 051 Color5+Color6 052 - 055 Color6 056 - 059 Color6+Color7 060 - 063 Color7 064 - 068 Color7+Color8 069 - 072 Color8 073 - 076 Color8+Color9 077 - 081 Color9 082 - 085 Color9+Color10 086 –089 Color10 090 - 093...
  • Page 31 044 - 047 Gobo11 048 - 051 Gobo12 052 - 055 Gobo13 056 - 059 Gobo14 060 - 063 Gobo15 064 - 067 Gobo16 068 - 071 Gobo17 072 - 113 Rotation: Fast Slow 114 - 117 Stop 118 - 159 Rotation: Slow Fast 160 - 166 White Shaking...

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting

    Function 000 - 011 No Function 012 - 024 P/T speed Fast 025 - 037 P/T speed Normal 038 - 255 No Function Reset: 000 - 025 No Function 026 - 076 Effects reset 077 - 127 Pan/Tilt rest 128 - 255 Complete reset Lamp Control: 000 - 025...
  • Page 33 1. DMX LED should be on. If not, check DMX connectors, cables to see if they are linked properly. 2. If the DMX LED is on and no response to the channel, check the address settings and DMX polarity. 3. If you have intermittent DMX signal problems, check the pins on connectors or on PCB of the unit or the previous one.

  • Page 34: Check And Cleaning

    3. Change a new belt (C). Please adjust the tension of the belt properly. Note: do not fix the belt too tight as it is can easily rupture. 4. Tight all the screws. 9. Check and Cleaning Check Ballast A. Do check the fixtures every two months and make sure that all the screws and terminals have been locked firmly to make sure the normal performance of the fixtures.
  • Page 35 Cleaning: The cleaning of internal and external optical lenses and/or mirrors must be carried out periodically to optimize light output. Cleaning frequency depends on the environment in which the fixture operates: damp, smoky or particularly dirty surrounding can cause greater accumulation of dirt on the unit’s optics.
  • Page 36 Declaration of Conformity We declare that our products (lighting equipment) comply with the following specification and bears CE mark in accordance with the provision of the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 89/336/EEC. EN55103-1: 2009 ; EN55103-2: 2009; EN62471: 2008; EN61000-3-2: 2006 + A1:2009 + A2:2009; EN61000-3-3: 2008. &...

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