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Astra Profile900HQ 900W Profile Moving head, with 6000K high quality white LED source, 5° - 52° zoom USER MANUAL English version Rev.01 - 01/25...
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PROLIGHTS product are trademarks OWNED or licensed by Music & Lights S.r.l., its affiliates, and subsidiaries. PROLIGHTS is a registered trademark by Music & Lights S.r.l. All right reserved. Music & Lights – Via A. Olivetti, snc - 04026 - Minturno (LT) ITALY.
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UPDATE LINKED FIXTURES - ALL FIXTURES ..............49 21 - MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING THE PRODUCT............50 REPLACING THE FUSE ....................50 VISUAL CHECK OF PRODUCT HOUSING ..............50 RESETTING THE MAINTENANCE TIME MESSAGE ............51 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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• Do not reapply power until repairs have been completed. • Refer any service operation not described in this manual to PROLIGHTS Service team or an authorized PROLIGHTS service center.
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• Warning! Disconnect the fixture from AC mains power and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before handling. • Only technicians who are authorized by PROLIGHTS or Authorised service partners are permitted to open the fixture. • Users may carry out external cleaning, following the warnings and instructions pro- vided, but any service operation not described in this manual must be referred to a qualified service technician.
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2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Other approvals • The product meets the safety requirements of the certification procedures of the market in which it is placed and sold. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Check the updated accessories list, description and informations of the product at the following link: https://www.prolights.it/product/ASTRAPROFILE900HQ#accessories 2 - TECHNICAL DRAWING 150 [5.9] 150 [5.9] 297 [11.7] Ø728 [28.7] 445 [17.5] 310 [12.2] 648 [25.5] 115 [4.5] 516 [20.3] 180 [7.1] Fig. 01 Weight: 44,2 kg - 97,44 lbs PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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3 - PAN AND TILT LOCK PAN Mechanism lock and release LOCK UNLOCK TILT Mechanism lock and release LOCK UNLOCK Fig. 02 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Do not use any type of clamp that does not completely encircle the structure when fastened. NOTE: Bracket-mounting is not allowed for ASTRAPROFILE900HQ. C6001 clamp Steel security cable OS30 PLUS 150 [5.9] 150 [5.9] Fig.03 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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• Connect the power connector into the Mains input socket (100-240 VAC-50/60 Hz). • The product is then ready for its operations and can be controlled through the available input sig- nals on board. • To disconnect power from the product, disconnect the Mains from the socket. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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5. DMX IN/OUT (5-p XLR): 1 = GND, 2 = sign-, 3 = sign+, 4 N/C, 5 N/C. 6. POWER IN: for connection to the Mains 100-240V~/50-60Hz. 7. MAIN FUSE HOLDER: replace a burnt-out fuse by one of the same type only (T15A 250V). 8. SAFETY EYES: to attach safety cable. Fig 04 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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... . DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX512 Controller Fig. 06 - Example 46 DMX channels configuration PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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2. Reach the addressing menu, then select the DMX ADDRESS settings. 3. Select the address from 1 to 512 using the navigation arrows/buttons and confirm by pressing ENTER. 4. Press Menu to exit and return to the Home screen. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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• Switch on the display using backup battery. Hold for 5s. • Switch off display by pressing button 4 for 5s while on being on Home screen. • USB port for Firmware Upgrade. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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YELLOW shows the one set on the TX GREEN EMERALD OCEAN BLUE DEEP PURPLE COOL WHITE LINK STRENGTH ** % Show Wireless quality by percentage CRMX SOFTWARE TimoFX: Vx.x.xx Show firmware version of TimoFX VERSION module PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Make fixture goes blackout OFF while BLACKOUT moving. FAST PAN/TILT MODE To choose the horizontal/ vertical move- ment speed. SYNC mode will sync move- MEDIUM ment speed with the whole ASTRAWASH f miliy fixtures. SLOW HOME POSITION STANDARD CUSTOM PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Transfer settings from the current fixture WITHOUT DMX ADDRESS SETTINGS to another fixture of the same model using the DMX protocol. If a signal from another source is present, the Transfer Configuration function will not be WITH DMX ADDRESS available. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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ANIMATION ROTATION BLADE 1 POSITON BLADE 1 ROT … BLADE 4 POSITON BLADE 4 ROT FRAME ROT CONTROL FACTORY BASIC RELOAD Default of all parameters excepted RELOAD Calibration FACTORY RELOAD YES Delete all USER PRESETS stored PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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ERROR Show error message MESSAGE DEVICE LABEL Show RDM Label. ASTRAPROFILE900 DEVICE MODEL ASTRAPROFILE900 Show RDM fixture model RDM UID Show RDM UID of the fixture. SOFTWARE Show firmware version of the fixture 1U01 V1.0.00... VERSION PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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3. SQUARE LAW - Light intensity is finer at low levels and becomes coarser at higher levels. 4. INVERSE SQUARE LAW - Light intensity is coarser at low levels and finer at higher levels. LINEAR S-CURVE DMX % DMX % SQUARE LAW INVERSE SQUARE LAW DMX % DMX % PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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220 + PAN FINE This Reload also reset DMX address and mode. This CHANNEL SET TO 255, Basic Reload combination need to be performed while fixture is within 3s PAN FINE need resetting to be set to 0 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Parameter GET SET Value Description 0: Standard HOME_POSITION 0x8160 1: Custom CURRENT_HOURS 0x82C5 0-65535 0: No CLEAN_ALL_DATA 0x82C8 1: Yes 0: Hold DMX_FAULT 0x82DD 1: Blackout MAINTENANCE_T_ALERT_PERIOD 0x82DF MAINTENANCE_T_ELAPSED_TIME 0x82E0 ERROR_MESSAGE 0x82EA POWER_CONSUMPTION 0x82EF WIRELESS_QUALITY 0x82F4 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Tilt = 128 Tilt = 255 Tilt movement range: 270° Pan movement range: 540° Pan = 0 Pan = 128 Pan = 255 Tilt = 42 Tilt = 42 Tilt = 42 Display Display Display Fig. 09 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Fixture with CUSTOM HOME POSITION STANDARD HOME POSITION and PAN/TILT channels @ and PAN/TILT channels @ PAN @50% - DMX128 PAN @50% - DMX 172 TILT @ 84% - DMX 214 TILT @ 84% - DMX 214 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Open + Red Red + 5600K 5600K 5600K + Magenta Magenta Magenta + Green Color Wheel Green Green + Dark Orange Dark Orange Dark Orange + Dark Blue Dark Blue Dark Blue + Open Open Color Slot Open PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Prism 2 Index/ Prism No Rotation Rotation Prism forward rotation fast to slow Prism No Rotation Prism backwards rotation slow to fast Light Frost Linear insertion 0 – 100% Heavy Frost Linear insertion 0 – 100% PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Blade 4 position Movement from outward to inward Swivelling from -30° towards 0° Blade 4 swivelling 0 degrees Swivelling from 0° towards +30° -45 degrees to 0 degrees Frame rotation 0 degrees 0 degrees to +45 degrees PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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• Thinckness= up to 3 mm Up to 3 mm OD = Ø30 mm [1.2 in] [0.12 in] Gobo wheel 1 - Bottom (near the animation wheel) ATTENTION! Load with mirror surface toward the light source. Fig. 10 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Gobo wheel 2 - Top (near the framing system) ATTENTION! Load with mirror surface toward the light source. Fig. 11 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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15 - COLOR WHEEL DARK BLUE DARK HIGH CRI ORANGE GREEN MAGENTA Fig. 12 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Tilt is locked [PAN ENCODER ERROR] Pan encoder not detecteld [TILT ENCODER ERROR] Tilt encoder not detecteld [PAN ERROR] Pan sensor not detecteld [TILT ERROR] Tilt sensor not detecteld [PAN/TILT PCB ERROR] Pan sensor not detecteld. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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ROT. ERROR] position [GOBO FAN ERROR] Blower for cooling the GOBO wheel failed Failure detected during the reset of the color wheel, if this [COLOR WHEEL ERROR] wheel is not located in the default position PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Failure detected during the reset of the FROST, if the focus [FROST ERROR] lens is not located in its default position. Failure detected during the reset of the IRIS, if the focus [IRIS ERROR] lens is not located in its default position. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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AND TILT LOCK" paragraph (pag. 6). Loosen and remove the marked screws and opening the head covers (1) from both sides. Unclip the safety cable on both sides (2). Fig. 14 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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Gently remove the gobo holder from the gobo wheel (3, 4). Remove the spring and the gobo (5, 6). NOTE: the mirrored part of the gobo must be placed in the direction of the LED Source Fig. 15 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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• Disconnect the two connectors, power and serial bus plugs (marked A in drawing 2.1); • Unscrew the two screws marked in the front view (marked B in drawing 2.2); • Remove the plate with gobo wheels raising it up (C) and then pulling out (D) (drawing 2.2). Fig. 16 PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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• Disconnect the two connectors, power and serial bus plugs (marked A in drawing 3.1); • Unscrew the two screws marked in the front view (marked B in drawing 3.1); • Pull out the plate with CMY Module (drawing 3.2); PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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• Select the files to be updated. To select the desired files, move with the UP and DOWN buttons and select the file by pressing ENTER (Figure 2); • The selected files will be shown with a yellow square, select "NEXT" pressing RIGHT button, then press ENTER to confirm. (Figure 2) PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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"START" pressing RIGHT button, then press ENTER to confirm. (Figure 1); • A screen with the progress of the update will appear (Figure 2), once update is completed the fixture will restart automatically and the update will be completed. PROLIGHTS - Astra Profile900HQ...
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UPDATE LINKED FIXTURES - ALL FIXTURES It is possible to update several Prolights fixtures from the Astra and Jet series at the same time. SELECT UPDATE DO NOT POWER OFF THIS FIXTURE Path: \FOLDER 2 LINKED FIXTURES ALL FIXTURES Progress:...
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WARNING: the use of alcohol or any other detergent could damage the lenses. • All other service operations on the product must be carried out by PROLIGHTS, its approved service agents or trained and qualified personnel.
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• Check if the Fuse is intact and eventually replace it if fault necessary. • Contact the PROLIGHTS Service or authorized service partner. Do not remove parts and/or covers, or carry out any repairs or service that are not described in...
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