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MY 250 USER MANUAL
(V1.12)
Elektralite is a division of Group One. 70, Sea Lane, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA.
Tel: +1 (516)-249-3662. Fax: +1 (516)-249-8870
WWW.MYELEKTRALITE.COM

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  • Page 1 MY 250 USER MANUAL (V1.12) Elektralite is a division of Group One. 70, Sea Lane, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA. Tel: +1 (516)-249-3662. Fax: +1 (516)-249-8870 WWW.MYELEKTRALITE.COM...

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    Please read the User Manual carefully and keep it in a safe place after reading it. MY 250 is very easy to install and use once you have read the manual. Failure to do so could result in damage to the fixture, which will not be covered under warranty so please take the time to read it.
  • Page 3 Never look directly into the lamp source. Sensitive person could suffer an epileptic shock. Never open MY 250 and look at the lamp when the lamp is still on or when it is turned off but still hot or even warm.

  • Page 4: General Guidelines

    “stress” on any mounting materials. When mounting MY 250 in the air be sure to use bolts which are M10.The M10 bolts should be no less than 25mm long and the thread type should be 1.5mm.
  • Page 5 Care should be taken to mount MY 250. Make sure that MY 250 is mounted in such a way that no one can touch it directly. For example, when hanging MY 250 make sure it is high enough up not to hit anyone’s head or run into any obstruction in its movement.
  • Page 6 Using M10 (10mm) bolts screw the C clamps onto the base of MY 250 make sure that the bolts are firmly tightened but take care not to over tighten. Fit a suitable safety chain to MY 250’s center hole and attach to the truss or whatever MY 250 is attached to.

  • Page 7: Dmx-512 Control Connection

    DMX-512 control connection. Connect the 3 pin XLR cable to the DMX controller and then to the first MY 250 in the daisy chain. Doing this way round avoids the pain of rewiring, if you get the wrong end of the cable back at the controller.
  • Page 8 XLR male connector. Then place that connector at the very end of the DMX cable run. In other words at the last MY 250. It maybe the case that you will need to connect a 5 pin XLR to the 3 pin XLR. In a normal DMX wiring configuration, the 5 pin is soldered identically to the 3 pin.

  • Page 9: Projector Dmx Start Address Selection

    CHANNEL14: tilt fine. So if we start with the first MY 250 its first channel is 1. So we refer to it as having a starter address of 1. The second MY 250 will then have its first channel or starter address at channel 17.

  • Page 10: The Display Panel

    The display panel. The display panel on MY 250 offers many features. For example, you can set the starting address, switch on and off the lamp, run the pre-programmed program or make a reset. The Main Menu is accessed by pressing the ENTER button until the display starts flashing which will be about 3 seconds.

  • Page 11: Main Functions

    3. Press [ENTER] to confirm. 4. Press [EXIT/DN] to return to main menu. - Slave setting This function, turns MY 250 into a slave. 1. Select “SLAV” by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON” or “OFF”.
  • Page 12 Select "AUTO" or "SOUN" by pressing [UP]. Press [ENTER] for selecting the desired extension menu. Select "ALON" or "MAST" by pressing [UP]. Press [ENTER] to confirm. Press [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu. - Display the DMX-value, Reverse display, Shut off LED display - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel This function displays the DMX 512 value of each channel.
  • Page 13 Press [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu. - Lamp on/off via external controller This function switches the lamp on or off via an external controller like the Elektralite CP10xt. Select “ONLI” by pressing [UP] button. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON” or “OFF”.
  • Page 14 Press [UP] to select “ON” to enable this function or “OFF” if you don’t. Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to exit. - Switch 16 bit/8 bit This function switches MY 250 from 16 bit to 8 bit resolution. Select “16BI” by pressing [UP] button. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON” or “OFF”.
  • Page 15 1. Press [ENTER] for 3 seconds to enter the main menu (display flashing). 2. Press [UP] to select “TIME”. - Fixture running time This function displays the running time of MY 250. Select “MATI” by pressing [UP] button. Press [ENTER], the display shows “XXXX”, “X“ stands for the number of hours.
  • Page 16 Select “CLLT” by pressing [UP] button. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON” or “OFF”. Press [UP] to select “ON” to enable this function or “OFF” if you don’t. Press [ENTER] to confirm. Press [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu. - Main menu 5 1.
  • Page 17 Call up the first scene in your controller now. 1. Select “SC01” by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], the display shows “SC01”. 3. Press [ENTER], the display shows “C-01”. 4. Select "CNIN" by pressing [UP]. 5. Press [ENTER], the display shows "OFF". 6.

  • Page 18: Instructions On Use

    INSTRUCTIONS ON USE: The moving head is controlled by 14 DMX channels CHANNEL 1 : select one of the 9 colors, color cycle or rainbow effect CHANNEL 2 : select one of the 6 gobo’s + open or gobo cycle+ gobo shake CHANNEL 3 : select gobo rotation speed and direction CHANNEL 4 : select one of the 7 gobos + open or gobo cycle + gobo shake.
  • Page 19 DMX channel’s function and values: Channel 1 – Color Wheel: 0-13 Open / white 14-27 Orange 28-41 Blue 42-55 Green 56-69 Yellow 70-83 84-97 Magenta 98-111 Light Blue 112-128 Yellow & Green 128-187 Forwards rainbow effect from fast to slow 188-193 No rotation 194-255...
  • Page 20 Channel 3 – Rotation gobo index , rotating gobo 0-127 Gobo indexing 128-187 Forward gobo rotation from fast to slow 188-191 No rotation 192-255 Backwards gobo rotation from slow to fast Channel 4 –Fixed Gobos 0-13 Open/hole 14-27 Gobo 1 28-41 Gobo 2 42-55...
  • Page 21 Channel 8 –3 facet rotating prism, Prism / Gobo macros open 4-63 Forwards rotation from fast to slow 64-67 No rotation 68-127 Backwards rotation from slow to fast 128-135 Macro 1 136-143 Macro 2 144-151 Macro 3 152-159 Macro 4 160-167 Macro 5 168-175...

  • Page 22: Error Message

    Normally after a reset, the color wheel will go to its default position. 02Er: Rotating gobo wheel error. This message will appear after resetting MY 250 and the magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepper motor is defective (or it could be the drive circuit on the main circuit board).

  • Page 23: Cleaning And Maintenance

    3. Regularly look for wear and tear on the 120 volt input cable and the DMX signal cable. Clean MY 250 at frequent intervals. Use a moist lint free cloth. Do not use a wet cloth or a cloth with alcohol or solvents added.
  • Page 24 Other Elektralite Products include : [Also check out our website at www.myelektralite.com] CP-3 Controller. CP-10xt Controller. CP-16 /24 Controller.
  • Page 25 CP-20xt Controller. TurboFog + Fog Machine.

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