Adjusting The Mirror Dampers - Martin PAL 1200 User Manual

A d j u s t i n g t h e m i r r o r d a m p e r s
Re-adjustment of the pan and tilt dampers may be necessary after excessive use if the movement has become jerky at certain
speeds. Adjustment is quite simple and can be carried out without need of any special tools.
1. Loosen both of the dampers, until the spring-loaded plastic pin is no longer touching the motor.
2. Using a controller, turn on the lamp and adjust the open gobo to a sharp focus.
3. Still using the controller, move the mirror from side to side at a slow speed and watch the beam movement.
Tighten the pan damper until the smoothness of the mirror movement is affected and it becomes more
'twitchy'. At this point you should turn the dampers slightly back so that you restore the full smoothness of
the mirror movement.
4. Similarly, adjust the tilt damper.
N O T E : If the dampers are set to a position that is too loose you will find that the mirror may lose steps when running at
higher speeds. If the dampers are set to a position that is too tight you will find that it will affect the smoothness of the mirror
movement at lower speeds.
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Pan Damper
Tilt damper