Color Spot Table of contents 1. Safety instructions 2. Operating determinations 3. Description of the device 4. Installation 4.1 Fitting the lamp 4.2 Lamp adjustment 4.3 Inserting / Exchanging colours and gobos 4.4 Replacing the 3-facet prism 4.5 Connection to the mains 4.6 Changing the power supply settings-magetic ballast 4.7 Rigging the fixture 4.8 DMX-512 connection/connection between fixtures...
CAUTION! Keep this device away from rain and moisture! Unplug mains lead before opening the housing! FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INITIAL START - UP! 1. Safety instructions Every person involved with installation and maintenance of this device have to: - be qualilfied - follow the instructions of this manual CAUTION!
Never run the device without lamp! Do not shake the device. Avoid brute force when installing or operating the device. Never lift the fixture by holding it at the projector-head, as the mechanics may be damaged. Always hold the fixture at the transport handles.
Do not operate this fixture with opened housing-cover! 4.2 Lamp adjustment The ColorSpot 575 AT lamp holder is aligned at the factory. Due to differences between lamps, fine adjustment may improve light performance. Strike the lamp,open the shutter and the iris,set the dimmer intensity onto 100% and focus the light on a flat surface (wall). Center a hot-spot(the brightest part of the image) by using the 3 adjustment screws „A, B, C”.
Rotating gobo wheel: Gently bend out the gobo module to release it from the distance slots and eject it from the pressing snap. Press the ends of the fixation ring together with an appropriate tool and remove it from the gobo holder. Remove the gobo and insert the new gobo.
4.6 Changing the power supply settings-magetic ballast Both the transformer and the ballast must be connected correctly for the local AC voltage and frequency. The wrong settings can cause poor performance or demage of the moving head. The factory settings are printed next to the power switch.
4.7 Rigging the fixture DANGER TO LIFE! Please consider the respective national norms during the installation! The installation must only be carried out by an authorized dealer! The installation of the projector has to be built and constructed in a way that it can hold 10 times the weight for 1 hour without any harming deformation.
DANGER TO LIFE! Before taking into operation for the first time, the installation has to be approved by an expert! 4.8 DMX-512 connection/connection between fixtures The fixture is equipped with both 3-pin and 5-pin XLR sockets for DMX input and output. The sockets are wired in parallel. Only use a shielded twisted-pair cable designed for RS- and -pin or -pin XLR-plugs and connectors in order to connect the controller with the fixture or one fixture with another.
5. DMX protocol - version 1.0 Mode/Channel Type Value Function of control 0 - 255 proportional Pan movement by 530° Pan Fine 0 - 255 proportional Fine control of pan movement Tilt 0 - 255 proportional Tilt movement by 280° Tilt fine 0 - 255 proportional...
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Mode/Channel Type of Value Function control Pan/Tilt macro speed Set pan/tilt speed (channel 5) to 0 No macro generation step 1 - 12 Macro generation from fast to slow-forwards proportional 12 - 12 No macro generation step 130 - 255 Macro generation from slow to fast-backwards proportional Colour wheel 1...
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Mode/Channel Type of Value Function control Colour wheel 2 - fine positioning 0 - 255 Fine positioning proportional Static gobo wheel Continual Positioning 0 - 255 In range 0-64 DMX is possible fine gobo positioning - set value on channel 12 (14) Open/hole proportional Gobo 1 (15010608)
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Mode/Channel Type of Value Function control Shaking gobos from slow to fast Index - set indexing on channel 14 (11/16/13) 60 - 69 Gobo 1 proportional 70 - 79 Gobo 2 proportional 80 - 89 Gobo proportional 90 - 99 Gobo proportional 100 - 109...
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Mode/Channel Type of Value Function control Frost Open step 1 - 1 Frost from 0% to 100% proportional 180 - 189 100% frost proportional 190 - 211 Pulse closing from slow to fast proportional 212 - 2 Pulse opening from fast to slow proportional 2 - 2 Ramping from fast to slow...
6. Controller mode The fixtures are individually addressed on a data link and connected to the controller. The fixtures respond to the DMX signal from the controller. 6.1 DMX addressing The control panel on the front panel of the fixture allows you to assign the DMX fixture address, which is defined as the first channel from which the ColorSpot 575 AT will respond to the controller.
Focus, Zoom Motorized focus enables the beam to be focused anywhere on stage at different beam angles 15°, 18°, 22°, provided by the special zoom. Dimmer/Shutter/Strobe Smooth 0 - 100 % dimming is provided by the combined mechanical dimmer/shutter unit. This unit may also be used for strobe effect (1 - 10 flashes per second) Fans The ColorSpot 575 AT is cooled by 4 axial fans - 3 in the projector head and one in the base.
9. Control menu The control panel situated on the front panel of the base offers several features. You can simply set the DMX address, read the number of the lamp or unit hours, switch On and Off the lamp, run test, make a reset and also use many functions for setting fixture behaviour.
HEAd - The function shows the maximum temperature of the head inside since the counter was last reset. In order to reset the counter to 0 you have to hold [UP] and [DOWN] and press the [ENTER]. DM.In. - Readout of DMX values. Select this function to read DMX values (0-255) of each channel received by the fixture. a coarse pan movement G.rot.
Mi.SE. - Microphone sensitivity. Select this function to adjust the microphone sensitivity from 1 (maximum) to 20 (mini- mum). If the sensitivity is correctly adjusted, the upper segment of the first digit blinks in the bass beat. Examples: underexited right level overexited (upper segment blinks via the bass rhythm) Fan.S.
9.8 Stand-alone setting Use this menu to set options for stand-alone mode as a selection of the playing program,programming and modifying current programs. Audi - Music trigger. Select this function to enable the sound control of the running programs via the built-in microphone. Auto - Presetting playback.
9.10 Special functions Use this menu for special services like adjusting lamp or adjusting effects. LA.Ad. - Lamp adjustment. This function can be used when you make the fine adjustment of the lamp. If you select this function, all effects will be canceled, shutter will be opened and the dimmer intensity will be set onto 100%.By using the options „PAn, tilt, Foc.”...
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STATUS_ID_DESCRIPTION LAMP_STATE LAMP_ON_MODE DEVICE_HOURS LAMP_HOURS LAMP_STRIKES ...Another options for this command (only for Robe´s fixtures): value PARAMETER_DATA=0x84 - lamp OFF by DMX value on DMX channel value PARAMETER_DATA=0x88 - lamp OFF if DMX is not present ...Commands relative resetable values...
12. Error and information messages HEAt This message appears if you try to switch on the lamp within 5 minutes after having switched it off (the lamp is too hot). The message will appear on the display if the lamp doesn’t ignite within 28 seconds. The ColorSpot 575 AT will store this information and automatically ignite the lamp when the 5 minutes period has expired.
Colours: Colour wheel 1: 9 dichroic filters + open Colour wheel 2: 8 replaceable ‘SLOT&LOCK’ dichroic filters (including 3200 K and UV filter) + open Static gobo wheel: 9 replaceable ‘SLOT&LOCK’ black and white glass gobos plus an open position, outside diameter=26,9mm, image diameter=22,5mm, aluminium, thickness=0,5 mm Rotating gobo wheel: - dichroic glass gobos and one glass gobo rotating in both directions at different speeds...
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