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- Page 2 © 1997 - 1998 Martin Professional A/S, Denmark. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from Martin Professional A/S, Denmark. Printed in Denmark. P/N 510158 - Version 980828-MA...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
section 1 Introduction Safety Precautions ....................2 Features .......................2 Accessories ......................2 section 2 Installation Connecting the Serial Link ..................3 Connecting a PC ....................5 Connecting a MIDI Device ..................6 Connecting to the Power Supply ................6 section 3 Address and Mode Setting About Addresses and Modes ................7 Setting an Address ....................8 section 4 Operation... -
Page 5: Safety Precautions
1 I N T R O D U C T I O N Thank you for selecting the Martin 2518 DMX Controller. It is a ruggedly built, easy to use controller that offers 72-channel DMX control and multiple triggering options. -
Page 6: Installation
XLR sockets are common even though only 3 wires are used for DMX control. Second, the way the socket pins are wired, known as the pin-out, is different for the Martin standard and the DMX standard. The pin-outs for each standard are shown in Table 1. - Page 7 Punisher X250, the Destroyer X250, and the DMX Switch Pack. The pin- out for Martin products is always shown next to the connection sockets for the serial link. Whatever the pin-out, you must connect hot to hot and cold to cold. This means that when connecting a device with DMX pin-out to a device with Martin pin-out, you must use a phase-reversing cable that swaps the connections between pins 2 and 3.
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Page 8: Connecting A Pc
Starting from the controller, connect output to input. Check the pin- out on Martin fixtures and be sure to connect hot to hot and cold to cold. Use Table 2 to help plan your cable and connector needs. -
Page 9: Connecting A Midi Device
C o n n e c t i n g a M I D I D e v i c e With a MIDI device connected to the 2518 DMX Controller, you can control lights via MIDI. Connect the device’s MIDI output to the controller’s MIDI input using a standard MIDI cable. -
Page 10: Address And Mode Setting
If a device can be operated in tracking or vector mode, you should select vector mode. The 2518 DMX Controller does not have a dedicated speed control (fade time) and does not support tracking mode. In vector mode, speed is programmed on 1 or 2 additional channels. -
Page 11: Setting An Address
Addresses are commonly assigned by setting a DIP-switch on the device. DIP-switch set- tings are shown in Table 4. The settings apply for Martin products and any other devices that use base 1 numbering, that is, channel 1 is set with DIP-switch 1 on. - Page 12 If instead we wanted independent control of the RoboColor Pro 400s, another option would be to control the 2 Destroyers together at the same address and run the 2 Punishers in sin- gle-channel mode. The fixtures could be addressed as shown in Table 6. In this setup, there are enough channels to run 2 of the RoboColor Pro 400s in 7-channel vector mode.
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Page 13: Operation
4 O P E R A T I O N The 2518 DMX Controller has 3 modes: manual mode, in which you set lights and program scenes; execution mode, in which scenes are run; and blackout/standby mode, in which the lights are blacked out. -
Page 14: Programming Scenes
Scenes are programmed by setting the lights as described above and then saving the settings in memory. Six scenes can be stored in each bank. The 2518 DMX Controller has 30 banks; up to 180 scenes may be programmed and saved in its memory. - Page 15 Deleting a scene is a matter of creating and saving a scene in which all DMX values are 0. Deactivate all channels. Slide all faders to 10. Activate all channels. Slide all faders to 0. Press [Store]. Press the scene button to be deleted. 2518 DMX Controller...
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Page 16: Midi Scenes
D e l e t i n g a l l S c e n e s Deleting all scenes is useful if the lighting setup changes or if you want to reprogram all fixtures. Disconnect the controller from AC power. Press and hold [Store] and the up arrow button at Store the same time. -
Page 17: Executing Scenes
Manual and MIDI scene execution take precedence over automatic scene execution. If the controller is executing scene 3 in music trigger mode and you press the scene 1 button, scene 1 will be executed. The next trigger pulse will cause sequential execution to continue 2518 DMX Controller... - Page 18 at scene 2. A u t o Tr i g g e r E x e c u t i o n Set the trigger rate: Press [Auto] once to start tim- Auto ing, wait for the desired trigger interval, and then press [Auto] again to stop timing.
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Page 19: Blackout (Standby) Mode
Press and Scene Bank hold [Blackout] until the LED lights to activate standby mode. Press [Blackout] again to return to normal execution. Disconnect the 2518 DMX Controller from AC power when not in use. 2518 DMX Controller... -
Page 20: Troubleshooting
a p p e n d i x a TR O U B L E S H O O T I N G problem probable cause(s) suggested remedy The controller is discon- Connect controller. nected from the data link. None of the fixtures respond to the controller. -
Page 21: Service
10, the display must read FF (DMX 255). Do not leave a fader on 0 - you will not be able to read the other fader values. Press a DMX Channel button to complete the process and return to nor- mal operation. 2518 DMX Controller... -
Page 22: Specifications
a p p e n d i x c S P E C I F I C A T I O N S D i m e n s i o n s • Height ................95 mm (3.7") • Length ................483 mm (19.0") •...
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