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  • Page 1 MAC Viper Wash™ MAC Viper Wash DX™ USER GUIDE...
  • Page 2 The Martin logo, the Martin name and all other trademarks in this document pertaining to services or products by Martin Professional or its affiliates and subsidiaries are trademarks owned or licensed by Martin Professional or its affiliates or subsidiaries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Pan and tilt............... . 5 Effects in the MAC Viper Wash DX .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    IBD projection module installed that contains internal barndoors, a motorized iris and a color wheel. The IBD module from the MAC Viper Wash DX can be installed in a standard MAC Viper Wash. This User Guide is a supplement to the Safety and Installation Manual that is supplied with the MAC Viper Wash.

  • Page 5: Effects

    In other words, the fine channel works within the position set by the coarse channel. Shutter and strobe effects The MAC Viper Wash’s dimmer/shutter provides instant blackout and snap open as well as regular or random strobe and pulse effects with variable speed from approx. 2 Hz to 10 Hz.

  • Page 6: Effects In The Mac Viper Wash Dx

    Color wheel The color wheel in the MAC Viper Wash DX has seven color filters that can be applied as split colors or in full-color steps. The color wheel can also be scrolled continuously, applying the color filters in sequence with control of color wheel speed and direction.
  • Page 7 • Slot 8 - Open The color filters are interchangeable, but replacement filters must match the dimensions, construction and quality of the filters supplied as standard. See the MAC Viper Wash Safety and Installation Guide for replacement instructions. Effects in the MAC Viper Wash DX...

  • Page 8: Control Panel Operations

    Figure 2: Display and control panel When the MAC Viper Wash is powered on, it first boots and resets, then it displays its DMX address (or its fixture ID number, if one has been set) and any status messages (see page 26) in the display A.

  • Page 9: Dmx Address

    3. Press the Escape button to step back to the main menu. DMX modes The CONTROL MODE menu lets you set the MAC Viper Wash to one of the two DMX operating modes, basic 16-bit and extended 16-bit: • Basic 16-bit mode offers coarse control of all effects plus fine control of pan and tilt.

  • Page 10: Fixture Id

    When a fixture is powered on for the first time, it displays its DMX address by default. As soon as you set an ID number other than 0 in FIXTURE ID, the MAC Viper Wash will display this ID number by default, and indicate FIXTURE ID in the display.

  • Page 11: Factory Defaults

    - DISPLAY ROTATION lets you rotate the display manually through 0°, 90°, 180° or 270° so that it can be read easily no matter how the fixture is oriented. If set to Auto, the MAC Viper Wash senses its orientation and rotates the display automatically.

  • Page 12: Test Sequences

    • Click on the Escape button to stop the test. Manual control The MANUAL CONTROL menu lets you reset the MAC Viper Wash, strike or douse the lamp, and operate the fixture without a DMX controller. To execute commands in the MANUAL CONTROL menu, select a menu item for the effect that you want to control, then enter a value from 0 to 255 to apply a command.

  • Page 13: Adjusting Settings Via Dmx

    Adjusting settings via DMX Certain fixture settings and parameters can be adjusted from the DMX controller on the Fixture control/settings DMX channel: channel 20 in basic 16-bit mode or channel 23 in extended 16-bit mode. Commands sent on the Fixture control/settings channel override any settings entered in the fixture’s onboard control menus.

  • Page 14: Changing Calibration Offsets Using Dmx

    DMX channel (for example, set Cyan to 192 on channel 2. Send a ‘Store’ command for the effect on the Fixture Adjustment/Calibration channel. The MAC Viper Wash now reads the value on the effect -2.5% channel (192 for Cyan in the example above), translates it to an offset value of between -5% and +5% as shown in Figure 4 (+2.5% Cyan offset in the example above) and...

  • Page 15: Rdm

    RDM ID Each MAC Viper Wash has a factory-set RDM UID (unique identification number) that makes it addressable and identifiable in RDM systems. The number can be found in the control panel INFORMATION menu under RDM UID.

  • Page 16: Software Service Functions

    10 seconds, feedback is automatically disabled. • ADJUST is for use at the factory and by authorized Martin Service technicians only. This menu allows dimmer and wash effect positions to be adjusted after replacement of components, etc. To adjust the default positions of all the MAC Viper Wash’s effects, use the CALIBRATION menu instead.

  • Page 17: Firmware Installation

    2. Disconnect the data link from the MAC Viper Wash. 3. Insert the USB stick in the MAC Viper Wash’s USB host socket. The fixture should recognize the USB stick, illuminate the display and show UPDATING FILES in the display while it checks and if necessary updates its internal memory with new firmware versions stored on the USB stick.
  • Page 18 To install firmware in the MAC Viper Wash: 1. Download the firmware ‘.MU3’ file from the MAC Viper Wash support page on the Martin website to the 2. Read the firmware release notes carefully to check for any instructions or warnings.

  • Page 19: Dmx Protocol

    DMX protocol Applicable when running MAC Viper Wash firmware version: 1.1.0 Basic 16-bit 16-bit Extended Fade Default Mode Mode DMX Value Percent Function type value Strobe/shutter 0 - 19 0 - 7 Shutter closed (Lamp switches to 800 watt mode after shutter is closed...
  • Page 20 Iris – MAC Viper Wash DX only Fade Open → closed 0 - 255 0 - 100 Internal barndoor 1 – MAC Viper Wash DX only Fade Out → in 0 - 255 0 - 100 Internal barndoor 2 – MAC Viper Wash DX only Fade Out →...
  • Page 21 Basic 16-bit 16-bit Extended Fade Default Mode Mode DMX Value Percent Function type value Fixture control/settings (hold for number of seconds indicated to activate) 0 - 9 0 - 4 No function (disables calibration) – 5 sec. 10 - 14 4 - 5 Reset entire fixture –...
  • Page 22 16-bit 16-bit Extended Fade Default Mode Mode DMX Value Percent Function type value Reserved for future use Reserved for future use Table 1: DMX Protocol MSB = Most significant byte LSB = Least significant byte MAC Viper Wash User Guide...

  • Page 23: Control Panel Menus

    Control panel menus Applicable when running firmware version 1.1.0. Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Menu level 3 Menu level 4 Notes (Default settings in bold print) DMX address (default address = 1). The DMX address range is limited so that the DMX ADDRESS 1 –...
  • Page 24 Value of the DMX start code DMX LIVE* Value received on each DMX channel (values can only be viewed for active STROBE/SHUTTER, DIMMER, etc. channels, and these depend on hardware configuration and DMX mode setting) Table 2: Control menus MAC Viper Wash User Guide...
  • Page 25 Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Menu level 3 Menu level 4 Notes (Default settings in bold print) Run test sequence of all functions. Press TEST ALL Escape button to stop test Run test sequence of pan and tilt TEST* TEST PAN/TILT functions.

  • Page 26: Service And Display Messages

    Service and display messages The MAC Viper Wash gives service and maintenance information by displaying a large 3- or 4-character short code and a smaller full-text message in the fixture’s display. The short code is visible at a distance, allowing easier reading with the fixture still in the rig, for example, while the full-text message gives more detailed information.

  • Page 27: Error Messages

    ** High temperature warnings are canceled as soon as temperature returns to normal. If temperature reaches cutoff level, the warning is replaced by a cutoff error message. Error messages Error messages indicate that there is a serious problem. The MAC Viper Wash communicates errors as follows: • Error messages flash in the display.
  • Page 28 Base cooling fan 3 has stopped running. Error cleared when fixture is reset. BASE FAN 4 ERR Base cooling fan 4 (furthest fan to the right) has stopped running. Error cleared when fixture is reset. Table 4: Error messages MAC Viper Wash User Guide...
  • Page 29 Short code Long message and explanation HD M FAN ERR Head mid cooling fan has stopped running. Lamp is shut down. Error cleared when fixture is reset. PAN FBACK ERR FBEP Pan position magnetic indexing system timeout. Fixture is unable to correct pan position (but pan movement will often still be possible).
  • Page 30 Error cleared when fixture is reset. ZOOM ERROR ZOER Zoom position electrical indexing system timeout. Table 4: Error messages www.martin.com • Olof Palmes Allé 18 • 8200 Aarhus N • Denmark Tel: +45 8740 0000 • Fax +45 8740 0010 MAC Viper Wash User Guide...

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