City Theatrical Color Kinetics PDS-750-TR Operator's Manual

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PDS-750-TR™
Touring Power Supply
Operator's Manual
Rev 1.2
© 2004 City Theatrical, Inc.
Patent Pending

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  • Page 1 PDS-750-TR™ Touring Power Supply Operator’s Manual Rev 1.2 © 2004 City Theatrical, Inc. Patent Pending...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Color Kinetics Fixtures Supported ..................3 Front Panel Controls ........................4 Back Panel Features........................5 Mains Power Requirements .....................5 Connecting Color Kinetics fixtures to the PDS-750-TR.............5 Operating Modes: CB, Pass Thru, or Stand-Alone ..............6 CB Mode ..........................6 Pass Thru Mode ........................6 Stand-Alone Effects Mode ....................7 Using the Mini-Zapi ........................10...
  • Page 3: The City Theatrical Pds-750-Tr

    City Theatrical. The CTI PDS-750-TR is a portable power supply unit provided with DMX 512 / Color Kinetics® data management circuitry. It is designed to provide 24VDC power and standard DMX512 distribution connections with DMX field addressing capability for Color Kinetics Fixtures, including ColorBlast®...
  • Page 4: Front Panel Controls

    Figure 1, PDS-750-TR, Front Panel Front Panel Controls The PDS-750-TR front panel controls will generally look familiar to most professional users, with a Pilot/Status Light, 3 BCD DMX Address Switch array, and a system reset switch. In addition, the unit is provided with a Configuration BCD, overload indicators, and a Mini-Zapi™ Switch. All the control functions are described below: 1.
  • Page 5: Back Panel Features

    IEC Input connector for use with standard 100V – 240V cord sets. Connecting Color Kinetics fixtures to the PDS-750-TR The PDS-750-TR is provided with Female 4 pin XLR connectors for output connection to the CK fixtures. The connector pin out is as follows:...
  • Page 6: Operating Modes: Cb, Pass Thru, Or Stand-Alone

    CK Data (with 24V power) to all 12 outputs. This mode is useful when powering i-Color Cove fixtures which have local address switches for each light. The Pass Thru Mode can also be suitable for CB fixtures when using the CTI PDS-750-TR in a system requiring Zapi...
  • Page 7: Stand-Alone Effects Mode

    Color Kinetics™ power supplies like the PDS-150™ Pass Thru Mode is selected whenever the DMX Address switches are set to all 0s (000) and the Config Switch is set to 0...
  • Page 8 1.3 min 1.5 min 1.6 min 2 min 2.3 min 2.6 min 3 min 3.5 min 4 min 4.5 min 5 min 5.5 min 6 min 6.5 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 12 min 15 min 20 min 25 min 30 min...
  • Page 9 .075 sec .1 sec .15 sec .2 sec .275 sec .325 sec .375 sec .5 sec .625 sec .95 sec 1.25 sec 1.5 sec 1.875 sec 2.5 sec 3.125 sec 4.375 sec 5.625 sec 6.25 sec 9.375 sec 12.5 sec 15 sec 18.75 sec 31.25 sec...
  • Page 10: Using The Mini-Zapi

    7. Power the system back up to test the units. Installing the PDS-750-TR The PDS-750-TR can be mounted to a pipe or truss using standard theatrical C-clamps. The Unit is provided with ½” holes on each side of the case cover for attaching the C-clamps, and with a ⅛”...
  • Page 11: Software Options

    CK Light # 2. Notes 1. For 2-fixture configurations, a Color Kinetics Zapi must be used to pre-address the second light, as the CTI min-zapi™ will only address units as CK Light # 1. 2. Stand Alone features are not available with Ver. 1.04 software Version 1.04a: This is a "low noise"...
  • Page 12: Specifications

    DMX Address interface utilizing 3 Rotary BCD Switches for DMX Address configuration • CK Output Configuration 12 outputs providing Color Kinetics control protocol, +24VDC, and Ground • “CB Mode”: DMX converted to CK protocol and output selectively to each port as per •...

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