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MICROH
ARENA ULTRA WASH ii

USER MANUAL

© Copyright 2001

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    MICROH ARENA ULTRA WASH ii USER MANUAL © Copyright 2001...
  • Page 2 Congratulations on your purchase of a MICROH ARENA ULTRA WASH II Or as we affectionately call it the “Ultra Wash“ Every effort has been made to ensure that you now own one of the most technically advanced, feature packed and versatile moving head fixtures on the Market today.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ARENA ULTRA WASH ii User Manual Table of contents 1. Safety ..........................3 1.1. Safety Instructions ......................3 1.2. Operating the fixture ....................4 2. Introduction ........................3 2.1. Features........................5 2.2. Description of the fixture.....................6 2.3. Photometrics.......................7 3. Installation ........................8 3.1. Fitting/Exchanging the lamp ..................8 3.2.

  • Page 4: Safety

    CAUTION! Keep this fixture away from rain and moisture! Unplug from power supply before opening the housing! FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOUR INITIAL START UP! 1. Safety 1.1. Safety instructions Everyone involved with the installation, operation and maintenance of this fixture should: be knowledgeable of sophisticated lighting systems.

  • Page 5: Operating The Fixture

    When replacing lamps and fuses, use the same type and rating only. Caution: Do not touch the fixture barehanded during its operation, the housing becomes very hot! CAUTION! BEWARE OF POTENTIAL EYE DAMAGE! Avoid looking directly into the light source. (Especially epileptics)! 1.2.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    2. Introduction Thank you for having chosen an ARENA ULTRA WASH. You have acquired a versatile, powerful and intelligent lighting effect. Unpack your ARENA ULTRA WASH and make sure that there was no damage caused by transportation. Should there be any, please consult your local dealer and do not operate the fixture. 2.1.

  • Page 7: Description Of The Fixture

    Description of the fixture 1 – Projector head 2 - Yoke 3 - Left side panel 4 - Base 5 - Control Panel 6 - Right side panel 7 - Carrying handles Left side panel: 8 – Power switch 9 – Power cord 10 - Fuseholder Right side panel: 11 –...

  • Page 8: Photometrics

    2.3. Photometrics...

  • Page 9: Installation

    3. Installation 3.1. Fitting/Exchanging the lamp DANGER! Install the lamp with the fixture switched off. Unplug from power supply before opening unit! To install the lamp, PHILIPS MSR 575/2 or MSD 575, open the small cover at the head's rear panel (see the drawing) by loosening the 3 Phillips screws X, Y and Z on the cover.
  • Page 10 (see the drawing). Turn one screw at a time to drag the hotspot diagonally across the projected image. If you cannot detect a hotspot, adjust the lamp until the light is even. To reduce a hotspot, “pull“ the lamp in by turning all three screws A, B and C clockwise ¼-turn one at a time until the light is evenly distributed.

  • Page 11: Connection With The Power Supply

    The ARENA ULTRA WASH can be placed directly on the stage floor or rigged in any orientation on a truss without altering its operation characteristics (see the drawing). The fixture’s base enables it to be mounted in two ways. Use the clamps with M10 or M8 screws - check the bottom of the base.

  • Page 12: Dmx-512 Connection / Connection Between Fixtures

    3.4. DMX-512 connection / connection between fixtures The wires must not come into contact with each other, otherwise the fixtures will not work properly if at all. Use only a stereo-shielded cable and 3-pin XLR plugs and connectors in order to connect the controller with the fixture and one fixture with another.

  • Page 13: Dmx Protocol

    4. DMX-Protocol 4.1. Function of the control channels – 16-bit protocol Channel 1 - Horizontal movement (Pan) Push the fader up in order to move the head horizontally (PAN). Gradual head adjustment from one end of the fader to the other (0-255, 128-center).
  • Page 14 Channel 7 – Colour wheel Linear colour change follows the movement of the fader, allowing you to stop the colour wheel at any position - even between two colours to create dual-coloured beams. Between the DMX values of 128 and 190 and between 193 and 255, the colour wheel rotates continuously to create a "Rainbow"...

  • Page 15: Function Of The Control Channels - 8-Bit Protocol

    Channel 13 – Effect wheel 0 - 70 Full beam 71 - 230 Beam-shaper 231 - 255 Frost-filter Channel 14 - Zoom Zoom 7° Zoom 28° Channel 15 - Shutter, Strobe 0 - 31 Shutter closed 32 - 63 No function (Shutter open) 64 - 95 Strobe-effect from slow to fast (max.

  • Page 16: Addressing

    5. Addressing The Control Panel on the top side of the ARENA ULTRA WASH allows you to assign the DMX fixture address. This is defined as the first channel from which the ULTRA WASH will respond to the controller. If you set, for example, the address to channel 5, the ULTRA WASH will use the channels 5 to 20 for control. Please be sure that you don’t have any overlapping channels in order to control each ULTRA WASH correctly and independently from any other fixture on the DMX data link.

  • Page 17: Remotely Controllable Functions

    6. Remotely Controllable Functions 6.1. Lamp The ARENA ULTRA WASH is to be installed with a PHILIPS MSR 575/2 or MSD 575 lamp. A relay inside of the ULTRA WASH allows you to switch on and off the lamp via the Control Panel on the fixture or through your DMX controller.

  • Page 18: Control Panel

    7. Control Panel The Control Panel situated on the top side of the ARENA ULTRA WASH offers several features. You can easily set the DMX address, read the number of lamp or unit hours, switch on and off the lamp, run demonstration sequences, reset the fixture and also use special functions for manual control and service purposes.

  • Page 19: Spec -Special Functions

    - Reset Function Press the [Enter] key to run a reset. This option enables the ARENA ULTRA WASH to index all effects (functions) and return them to their standard positions. 7.2. SPEC -Special functions Use the [Up] and [Down] keys to browse through the special functions and select one by pressing [Enter]. - Manual control of effects This function allows you to manually control the channel functions of the fixture.
  • Page 20 Important: The option"Off" is for "emergency operation" only in the event that the lamp light sensor is defective and you are waiting for a spare light sensor! If the lamp light sensor is switched off, the error messages "LAEr and SnEr" will not appear on the display and the message "HEAt"...
  • Page 21 - Temperature Displays the internal temperature of the fixture in Celsius. Internal temperatures below 80° C are not critical. However, temperatures greater then 80° C will lead to the lamp being switched off. Please note that the external temperature should not exceed 40° C. - Fan speed operation By using this function you can choose 5 types of fan speed operation.
  • Page 22 - Adjusting the default positions By using this function you can calibrate and adjust the different wheels to their standard/correct positions. Use the [Up] and [Down] keys to browse through the adjusting menu - the display shows step by step these messages: "PAn, Tilt, SPEd, Colo, CYAn, MAGE, YELL, MACr EFEC, Zoom, Stro, dimr, FCAL"...
  • Page 23 DMX Calibration protocol: After having calibrated the necessary functions press [Enter] to confirm (or [Mode] to cancel and return to the menu without resetting by using the "ArES" function) and use the "ArES" function in order to write the calibration values to the memory (EEPROM) and to reset the fixture in order to check the newly adjusted positions of the colour, effect and rotating gobo wheels and gobo indexing.

  • Page 24: Error And Information Messages

    8. Error and Information Messages This message appears if you try to switch the lamp on within 5 minutes after having switched it off as the lamp is too hot to re-strike. The message will appear on the display if the lamp doesn't ignite within 28 seconds.

  • Page 25: Technical Specifications

    9. Technical Specifications Power supply EU-model: 208/230/240 V AC, 50/60 Hz ~ US/Canadian-model: 100/115/208/230 V AC, 50/60 Hz ~ Power consumption: 800 W Fuse: T 10 A, 250 V Lamp PHILIPS MSR 575/2 or MSD 575 Optical System igh luminous-efficient parabolic mirror - Light output via Fresnell-lens with a diameter of 200 mm - Radiation angle of Fresnell-lens adjustable between 7°...
  • Page 26 Pan/Tilt Pan movement range 530° Tilt movement range 280° 8/16-bit movement resolution Automatic Pan / Tilt position correction Maximum PAN-movement 530° in 3 s Maximum TILT-movement 280° in 2.2 s Rigging Stands directly on the floor Mounts horizontally or vertically with 2 clamps 2 truss orientation Safety cable attachment point Temperatures...

  • Page 27: Cleaning And Maintenance

    10. Cleaning and Maintenance The operator has to make sure that safety related and machine technical installations are inspected by a skilled person once a year and by an expert every four years in the course of an acceptance test. The following points have to be considered during the inspection: 1.

  • Page 28: Appendix

    11. Appendix We hope that you will enjoy your ARENA ULTRA WASH. We can assure you that this fixture will give you many years of reliable service if you follow the instructions outlined in this manual. Should you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact your local dealer. Please note: Errors and omissions for all information given in this manual excepted.

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