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MLC 128R
M
OTORIZED
Software revision 2.06 and above
Device
Scene
Pattern
Record
Edit
L
IGHTING
Group
1
2
3
Show
9
10
11
Page
RS-232
C
4
5
6
7
12
13
14
15
Default
ONTROLLER
8
Solo
Power
16
Add
Copy
Blackout
More
Hold
Joystick
Tap Sync
Audio

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide MLC 128R OTORIZED Software revision 2.06 and above Device Group Scene Pattern Show Page Record Edit RS-232 IGHTING Default ONTROLLER Solo Power Copy Blackout More Hold Joystick Tap Sync Audio...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Configuring the Console’s Communications Port ... 19 Uploading Programming from the Console to a Computer ... 20 Uploading Programming from a Computer to the Console ... 21 Downloading New Software Code ... 22 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller ETUP /RS-232 OWNLOADING...
  • Page 4 Reporting Problems ... 34 Lockups ... 34 Bugs ... 35 Software Updates ... 35 Troubleshooting Checklist... 35 PPENDIX ASCII Formatting Guide ... 37 Overview... 37 Device Definition Language ... 37 Device Assignment Formats... 42 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller User Guide...
  • Page 5 How to Receive Files From the MLC 128 Using Hypterm ... 51 How to Send Files to the MLC 128 Using Hypterm ... 53 PECIFICATIONS Console Specifications ... 55 ARRANTY Limited Warranty ... 56 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller User Guide...
  • Page 6 User Guide Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 7: Overview

    Overview With the MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller you can control up to 128 different devices. You can control any device that uses DMX512 as its control signal. A rich Device Definition Language (DDL) enables virtually any device personality to be defined. Many popular personalities have already been defined within the console's nonvolatile flash memory.

  • Page 8: Scenes

    64 pages of Scenes, for a total of Page buttons provide access to 16 pages of patterns, for a buttons provide access to 16 pages of patterns, for a total of Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 9: Console

    Setup menus. Page • scenes, groups, patterns, and shows. • Function buttons (1-4). Allow you to select items that appear on the LCD display. • LCD display. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Device Group Scene Pattern Show Page Record...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    Page 4 of 56 buttons. Provide access to additional device traits and menu Micro Plex MIDI DMX 512 Thru Power Input +12Vto+20V DC Pinout 1-Common 2-+15V Input 2-Data- 3-Signal 3-Data+ Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller RS-232 Audio Input Pinout 1-Common 2-Data- 3-Data+...

  • Page 11: Lcd Display

    All procedures in this User Guide begin at the MLC 128 Main Screen. You can return to the MLC 128 Main Screen from any of the Record or Edit menus by pressing the Edit or Blackout button. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller User Guide Page 5 of 56...

  • Page 12: Installation And Setup

    Press the Power switch located on the front panel. DMX512 Output Leviton ships the MLC 128R console with a 3-pin XLR connector for DMX512 output. The Pinout switch on the back panel allows you to reverse Pins 2 and 3 to match the signal polarity of your devices.

  • Page 13: Using Audio Input

    Once you have entered the lock code, the lock is released, and the menus and/or functions are immediately available. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Disables the Record button and prevents editing of patterns and Prevents access to the Setup menus or the RS-232, device, and ABCD Prevents access to the Device Define functions.

  • Page 14: Configuration

    This will give you your next available channel to assign a device to. Remember to change the starting channel on the device also. Page 8 of 56 Page buttons to select the Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 15: Inverting Traits

    56, you simply have to press the assigned Device button and rotate the Modify wheel labeled Dimmer until the desired value has been reached. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller button to view the device name. Select...

  • Page 16: Creating A New Device Definition

    Unions are made of combinations of both continuous and indexed Page 10 of 56 DMX512 dimmers . . . Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Tilt Color Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller . . . Gobo Dimmer...

  • Page 17: Assigning Additional Attributes To Traits

    This is a relative number that is added on to the base address of the device once it is assigned to a Device button. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Determines which channel of the DMX512 stream should be used for...
  • Page 18 Assigns the value a trait is at when the Blackout Assigns a default value to a trait; pressing the Default button causes Specifies the number of indexes used by the Assigns a label to the trait. Index labels are stored separately Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...
  • Page 19 Press F4, above Select <Save>. Continue adding additional traits and assigning their attributes until the device is defined. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Assigns a value to the trait. Assigns the number of index labels the console Assigns the number of index values the console...

  • Page 20: Assigning And Editing Groups

    To change the Maximum Dimmers setting: Press Edit. Press F4, above Setup. Press F3, above Console. Page 14 of 56 is the location of the group you’re currently editing or is the Device page corresponding to the number [Pg] Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 21: Setting The Interbyte Delay

    (The smaller number will allow smaller changes to be applied. Increasing this value will increase the size applied.) Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller User Guide Page 15 of 56...

  • Page 22: Setting Mouse Resolution

    To enter Test mode: Press Edit. Press F4, above Setup. Press F2, above Device. Press F4, above Test. Page 16 of 56 button three times. button four times. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 23: Clearing And Initializing The Console Memory

    F4, above No, to return to the Memory menu. Press Blackout or Edit to exit the Memory menu. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller More two or three times to view the eight Clear and Initialize Choose Clear Devices to clear the entire Device Definition Library, including the factory default library and all added device definitions.

  • Page 24: Resetting The Console

    Release the buttons once the LCD display shows the !!Initializing Console!! message. It will take approximately 2-3 minutes for the memory to clear and initialize. Page 18 of 56 All programming will be lost along with customized Device Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 25: Uploading And Downloading Files/Rs-232

    Turn Modify wheel 4 to select <Save> or <Cancel>. Press The action is saved or cancelled. Press Blackout or Edit to exit Setup Mode. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller ® . We recommend Tera-Term More, two times. , above <Save> or <Cancel>.

  • Page 26: Uploading Programming From The Console To A Computer

    Page 20 of 56 "Configuring the Console's Communications Port." More buttons to switch between the two screens that format. text format. format. definitions in text format. assignments and console settings in text format. format. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 27: Uploading Programming From A Computer To The Console

    To send a full binary backup to the console. • Press More Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller recommended as a full console backup save, as a binary file. Use Modify wheel 4 to select <Save>.

  • Page 28: Downloading New Software Code

    The LCD display will show the following messages. When you are finished, press F4, and then turn the power off and back on again. Page 22 of 56 go back to the RS232 menu. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Cycle power to reboot...

  • Page 29: Overview

    Screen unless you press and hold F1 while playing back or activating a scene with a fade time. Turn Modify wheel 4 to select <All>. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller User Guide Page buttons to select the scene to...

  • Page 30: Recording Scenes In Selective Traits Mode

    Press Record. Press Scene. Press the Select button where you want the scene recorded. Page 24 of 56 More button for about a second. To deselect or release individual Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Page buttons to select the...

  • Page 31: Editing Scenes

    After the hold time has timed out, the next step of the pattern will execute. The delay time starts at the beginning of the step and determines when Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller User Guide Page 25 of 56...

  • Page 32: Recording Patterns Using Manual Control

    Repeat the previous two steps to record more pattern steps. Page 26 of 56 Fade time Start of pattern step Delay time More buttons. More buttons, then press F4, above Rec, Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Hold time End of step, Start of next step...

  • Page 33: Editing Patterns

    Turn Modify wheel 1 to select a pattern. Press F4, above Edit. Turn Modify wheel 4 to select the step to be deleted, or the place to insert a step. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller to access the scenes. More, then F4, above Rec. User Guide...

  • Page 34: Using Real Time Record

    Turn Modify wheel 1 to select the Show number. Turn Modify wheel 2 to select the number of loops to be played. You can set 1-250 loops, or infinite loops. Turn Modify wheel 4 to select New. Page 28 of 56 More. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 35: Editing Shows

    Turn Modify wheel 4 to choose an option. Press F4, above Select. Press Blackout or Edit to exit Edit mode. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Choose <Save> to save the current show step. Choose <Cancel> to return the values to their original state.

  • Page 36: Playback

    Playing Back a Show To activate a show: Press Show. Press the Select button for the desired show. To release or deactivate a show, press the corresponding Select button or press Blackout. Page 30 of 56 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 37: Modifying Devices And Groups In Blind Mode

    Press either the Scene, Pattern, or Show buttons to return to the main idle screen. Press F3, above Blind to discard any changes made in Blind mode. Press F4, above Go to activate any changes made in Blind mode. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller User Guide Page 31 of 56...

  • Page 38: Midi

    Page 32 of 56 More. Command Result <PC 32> - <PC 95> Scene Pages 1-64 <PC 96> - <PC 111> Pattern Pages 1-16 <PC 112> - <PC 127> Show Pages 1-16 Blackout <Control 64 Any> Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 39: Editing Default Midi Command Sequences

    0 and 127. If you rotate past 127, Any is selected, indicating the value is not used and any value will cause the event to trigger. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Command Result <PC 0> - <PC 15>...

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    • Description of the problem; the steps involved in producing the problem, or what you were doing when the problem occurred (please provide as much detail as possible) Please fax reports to 503-404-5601 or send email to pl-webtech@leviton.com. To find the software release and build numbers: Press Edit.

  • Page 41: Bugs

    Device responds erratically. Control exists over a device, but it does not light. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller • Make sure the power supply is connected to the console. • Make sure the power switch is on.
  • Page 42 • The LED may be out. Try the Panel Test to verify. • The pattern has a step recorded with no trait included. This can result during editing of a pattern if a step is inserted and then not recorded. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 43: Appendix

    End. This flags the console that the file is complete; without it the last trait of the definition is lost. Keyword Device Trait Type Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Valid Values Description 16-character Defines the name of the text string device.
  • Page 44 0-255 None Defines the end of the file. Only required for RS-232 input files. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Example Channel 8 Size 8Bit Invert Yes XAxis Yes YAxis No Black No BoValue 0...
  • Page 45 (white, red, blue and yellow), followed by a continuous type that defines the continuous scrolling of the wheel. Device Name Tilt Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Device Scanner Trait Pan Type Continuous Channel 1...
  • Page 46 Index Circle,60 Index Triangle,90 Index Dot,120 Index Dots,150 Trait Dimmer Type Continuous Channel 5 Size 8Bit Invert No XAxis No YAxis No Black Yes BoValue 0 Master Yes Default 255 Maximum 255 Minimum 0 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...
  • Page 47 Once Modify wheel 1 has been used to change the color trait to Yellow, turning it once more clockwise causes control to be transferred to the continuous portion of the union/end union structure. The display looks like this: Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Page 41 of 56...

  • Page 48: Device Assignment Formats

    0-127. Non, Noff, CC: followed by a comma, followed by a number 0-127, followed by a comma, followed by a value 0-127 PC: followed by a comma, followed by a number 0-127 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Description...

  • Page 49: Scene Formats

    T: Dimmer,255 device 2 ;Scanner T: Pan,120 T: Tilt,25 T: Color,White T: Gobo,Open T: Dimmer,255 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Valid Values 1-1024 Establishes scene number to be programmed. 0-27:00.0 Determines the scene fade time. All, Select Determines whether all traits or only those referenced are flagged for control.
  • Page 50 Scene 1 or 2. All other traits remain unchanged. The ;Scanner string after the device number is a comment for reference that is output from the console. Page 44 of 56 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 51: Pattern Formats

    T: Pan,25 T: Tilt,30 T: Color,Clr 100 T: Gobo,Dots T: Dimmer,255 device 2 ;Scanner T: Pan,240 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Valid Values 1-256 Establishes Pattern number to be programmed. 1-13,917 Establishes Step number to be programmed. FullStep, Determines if Full Step or Scene Step.
  • Page 52 T: Tilt,100 T: Color,Yellow T: Gobo,Dots T: Dimmer,255 Step 3 StepType ScnStep Traits All Fade 1.0 Hold 0 Delay 0 Scene 1 Scene 51 Scene 101 Scene 151 Scene 201 Page 46 of 56 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 53: Show Formats

    Step 3 PatNum 80 Times 200 Step 4 PatNum 20 Times 10 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Valid Values 1-256 Establishes Pattern number to be programmed. 1-250, Infinite Determines the number of times the show will loop until it extinguishes itself.

  • Page 54: How To Configure Hyperterm To Send & Receive Files To The Mlc 128

    Type in a name for this connection session and then click <OK>. The following screen will appear. Change the “Connect using” setting to the serial port on the PC that will be used. Typically, this is COM1. Click <OK>. Page 48 of 56 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...
  • Page 55 Click <OK> when finished. The default settings for the MLC 128 are: Next, go to the File menu and choose the Properties option. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Bits per second = 38400 Data bits = 8 Parity = None...
  • Page 56 The following screen appears. Check the option “Send line ends with line feeds,” and then click <OK> two times to accept the changes and exit the Properties Dialogue. At this point Hyperterm is configured to communicate with the MLC 128. Page 50 of 56 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 57: How To Receive Files From The Mlc 128 Using Hypterm

    To receive a text file, DDL file, or any other file from the MLC 128, go to the Transfer menu and select the “Capture Text…” option. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller Baud = 38400 Data Bits = 8...
  • Page 58 When the transfer is complete, the file can be saved by going to the Transfer menu and selecting the “Capture Text - Stop” option. This will stop the text capturing session, as well as, save off the file. Page 52 of 56 Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller More keys to...

  • Page 59: How To Send Files To The Mlc 128 Using Hypterm

    To send a text file, DDL file, or any other file to the MLC 128, go to the Transfer menu and select the “Send Text File…” option. Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller <Setup> More Keys, verify the Baud Rate of the MLC 128...
  • Page 60 MLC 128 by turning the power off then on again. Page 54 of 56 to return to the RS232 Menu. <Cancel> by pressing the key above the LCD display on the far <Cancel> Disconnect button Call button Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller...

  • Page 61: Specifications

    Input Power Approx. Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight (lbs) Leviton MLC 128R Motorized Lighting Controller 512 (Up to 512 DMX512, up to 128 Micro-Plex) 1024 256 (13,913 scene steps or 665 full steps) Available for all to use...

  • Page 62: Limited Warranty

    All products returned to NSI must have factory authorization for return prior to shipping. Leviton is not liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from defect or failure other than repairs of the NSI product subject to the terms of this warranty.
  • Page 64 59-25 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362-2591 Telephone: 1-800-323-8920 • FAX: 1-800-832-9538 Visit Leviton’s Web site at http://www.nsicorp.com and http://www.leviton.com © 2004 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved Specifications and Pricing Subject to Change at any time LIT-12800-0 Rev. C 2/01/04...

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