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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3. Installation........................6 3. Connection to the mains .................... 6 3.2 Rigging the fixture ...................... 7 3.3 Operating the Robin Cyclone with smoke machines ..........9 3.4 DMX-5 connection ....................0 3.5 Ethernet connection .................... 4. Control menu map ......................13 5.

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    Please consider that damages caused by manual modifications to the device are not subject to warranty. The Robin Cyclone was designed for indoor use and it is intended for professional application only. It is not for household use.
  • Page 4 Secure the blowed objects so that they cannot slide or fall, even if air pressure during full speed operation of the Robin Cyclone is present. The openings for fixture cooling should never be covered with cloth or other materials, and never must be blocked.

  • Page 5: Fixture Exterior View

    2. Fixture exterior view 1 - Moving head 2 - Arm 3 - QVGA touch screen 4 - Control buttons 5 - Base 6 - Tilt lock 7 - Fan The head should be locked for transportation- the tilt lock latch (6) has to be in the locked positions. To unlock the head, move this latch to unlock position before operating the fixture.

  • Page 6: Installation

    3.1 Connection to the mains For protection from electric shock, the fixture must be earthed! The Robin Cyclone is equipped with auto-switching power supply that automatically adjusts to any 50/60Hz AC power source from 100-240 Volts. Install a suitable plug on the power cord, note that the cores in the power cord are coloured according to the following table.

  • Page 7: Rigging The Fixture

    3.2 Rigging the fixture The installation of the fixture has to be built and constructed in a way that it can hold 10 times the weight for 1 hour without any harming deformation. The installation must always be secured with a secondary safety attachment, e.g. an appropriate catch net. This secondary safety attachment must be constructed in a way that no part of the installation can fall down if the main attachment fails.
  • Page 8 For securing a fixture to the truss install a safety wire that can hold at least 10 times the weight of the fixture. Use only safety wire with screw-on carabine. Pull the safety wire through the carrying handles and around the truss as shown on the pictures below.

  • Page 9: Operating The Robin Cyclone With Smoke Machines

    3.3 Operating the Robin Cyclone with smoke machines When using the Robin Cyclone in combination with a smoke machine, fog machine or hazer, place the fixture behind the machine or aside the direct output from the machine , as shown on the pictures below. Do not place the fixture in front of the machine and direct the output from the machine into the fixture, as this will cause undesirable moisture and residue build-up.

  • Page 10: Dmx-5 Connection

    3.4 DMX-512 connection 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-485 and 3-pin or 5-pin XLR-plugs and connectors in order to connect the controller with the fixture or one fixture with another.

  • Page 11: Ethernet Connection

    3.5 Ethernet connection The fixtures on a data link are connected to the Ethernet with ArtNet communication protocol.The control soft- ware running on your PC (or light console) has to support Art-Net protocol. Art-Net communication protocol is a 10 Base T Ethernet protocol based on the TCP/IP.Its purpose is to allow transfer of large amounts of DMX 512 data over a wide area using standard network technology.
  • Page 12 Ethernet / DMX operation Option “Art2DMX” has to be selected from the “Ethernet Mode” menu on the first fixture (connected to the Ethernet) in the fixture chain,next fixtures have standard DMX setting. Connect the Ethernet-input of the first fixture in the data chain with the network. Connect the DMX output of this fixture with the input of the next fixture until all fixtures are connected to the DMX chain.
  • Page 13 4. Control menu map Default settings=Bold print Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Addressing Settings DMX Address 00-55 Ethernet Settings Ethernet Mode Disable ArtNet gMAI gMA2 Art2DMX IP Address/NetMask Default IP Address Custom IP Address Net Mask ArtNet Universe 0-55...
  • Page 14 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Mode 3 View Selected Preset Wired DMX Input Wireless Wireless In/XLR Out Pan/Tilt Settings Pan Reverse Off, On Off, On Tilt Reverse Pan/Tilt Feedback Off, On Pan/Tilt mode Time Speed Microphone Sen-...
  • Page 15 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Prog. 3 Play Program Play Program 1 Play Program 2 Play Program 3 Edit Program Edit Program 1 Start Step -00 End Step -00 Edit Program Steps Step 1 Pan (0-255) Dimmer Fine (0-255)

  • Page 16: Robin Cyclone - Dmx Chart

    5. Robin Cyclone - DMX chart Version 1.1 Mode/Channel Value Function Type of control Pan (8 bit) 0-55 Pan movement by 450° proportional Pan Fine (16 bit) 0-55 Fine control of pan movement proportional Tilt (8bit) 0-55 Tilt movement by 300°...
  • Page 17 Mode/Channel Value Function Type of control White (8 bit) - all pixels 0-55 White LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional White fine (16 bit) - pixels 0-55 Fine white LEDs saturation control proportional No function step -55 Colour temperature correction from 15500K to 2700K proportional Virtual Colour Wheel For detailed description see "...
  • Page 18 Mode/Channel Value Function Type of control Dimmer (8 bit) 0-55 Dimmer intensity from 0% to 100% proportional Dimmer fine (16 bit) 0-55 Fine dimming proportional Red pixel 1 0-55 Red LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Green pixel 1 0-55 Green LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Blue pixel 1 0-55...
  • Page 19 Mode/Channel Value Function Type of control Red pixel 9 0-55 Red LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Green pixel 9 0-55 Green LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Blue pixel 9 0-55 Blue LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Red pixel 10 0-55 Red LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Green pixel 10...
  • Page 20 Mode/Channel Value Function Type of control Blue pixel 17 0-55 Blue LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Red pixel 18 0-55 Red LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Green pixel 18 0-55 Green LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Blue pixel 18 0-55 Blue LEDs saturation control (0-100%) proportional Red pixel 19...
  • Page 21 Channel "Pixel effects" DMX value Effect Type of control No function Step Effect 1 Step Effect 2 Step Effect 3 Step 9-0 Effect 4 Step - Effect 5 Step 3-4 Effect 6 Step 5-6 Effect 7 Step 7- Effect 8 Step 9-0 Effect 9...
  • Page 22 DMX value Effect Type of control 95-96 Effect 47 Step 97-9 Effect 48 Step 99-00 Effect 49 Step 0-0 Effect 50 Step 03-04 Effect 51 Step 05-06 Effect 52 Step 07-0 Effect 53 Step 09-0 Effect 54 Step - Effect 55 Step 3-4 Effect 56...

  • Page 23: Virtual Colour Wheel - Colour Mixing Chart

    5.1 Virtual colour wheel - colour mixing chart...
  • Page 24 Robin 600 LED Wash - Virtual Colour Wheel Scale* Virtual Colour Wheel Green Blue White Page 2...
  • Page 25 Robin 600 LED Wash - Virtual Colour Wheel Scale* Virtual Colour Wheel Green Blue White Page 3...
  • Page 26 Robin 600 LED Wash - Virtual Colour Wheel Scale* Virtual Colour Wheel Green Blue White Page 4...

  • Page 27: Pixels Order

    Robin 600 LED Wash - Virtual Colour Wheel Scale* Virtual Colour Wheel Green Blue White **** **** **** **** 248-255 (Rainbow+ zone effects) * Colour scale as an illustration only 5.2 Pixels order Page 5...

  • Page 28: Control Menu

    6. Control menu The Robin Cyclone Light is equipped with the QVGA Robe touch screen with battery backup which allows to set the fixture´s behaviour according to your needs, obtain information on its operation, test its vari- ous parts and lastly program it, if it has to be used in a stand-alone mode.

  • Page 29: Tab " Address

    Touch any part of the screen or press the [ENTER/Display On] button to display the initial screen with the cur- rent stored DMX address: Touch the green arrow at the bottom right corner of the screen or press the [ENTER/Display On] button to enter the "...

  • Page 30: Tab "Information

    Resetable Hours - The item shows the number of the operation hours that the Robin Cyclone has been powered on since the counter was last reset. In order to reset this counter to 0, touch the text box next to the item "Resetable Hours:"...

  • Page 31: Tab "Personality

    6.3 Tab "Personality" User mode - The Robin Cyclone allows you to recall up to 3 user settings. After switching the fixture on for the first time, the User A settings is active. Now all changes made in the “Personality” menu , ”Addressing” menu and the “Music Trigger“...
  • Page 32 Speed Mode - Both Pan and tilt will move with the same speed as adjusted at the channel "Pan/Tilt speed, Pan/Tilt time". Microphone Sensitivity - Enter the menu if you want to adjust the microphone sensitivity from 1 (max.) to 20 (min.).

  • Page 33: Tab "Manual Control

    Play Program 2 - The option starts user program No. 2. Play Program 3 - The option starts user program No. 3. Edit Program - Use the menu to create or to edit desired program. The Robin Cyclone offers 3 free programs, each up to 100 steps.

  • Page 34: Tab "Service

    Meaning of the icons used in the "Edit Program" menu: - moves down on the next page - saves adjusted values and leaves menu - moves up on the previous page - saves values to the current step and copy them to the following prog.
  • Page 35 3. Run the Software Uploader program. Select desired COM and then click on the Connect button. (Select COM if the serial port is used or Robe Universal Interface if the USB port is used). If the connection is OK, click on the “Start Uploading button“ to start uploading. It will take several minutes to perform software update.

  • Page 36: Rdm

    ROBE_WIRELESS_UNLINK 8. Wireless DMX operation The wireless version of the Robin Cyclone (Robin Cylone W) is equipped with the Lumen Radio CRMX module and antenna for receiving DMX signal. CRMX module operates on the 2.4 GHz band. The item " Wireless " from the menu "DMX Input" allows you to activate receiving of wireless DMX (Personal- ity-->...
  • Page 37 After switching the fixture on, the fixture checks both modes of receiving DMX in the following order: 1. For the first five seconds, the fixture receives DMX signal from the wired input. If the Power/Special functions channel is set at some DMX input option, the fixture will receive DMX value according to this option. If DMX input option is set to the wired input , this option is saved and checking procedure is finished.

  • Page 38: Error And Information Messages

    9. Error and information messages Occurred errors during fixture operation are signalled by the yellow warning icon at the bottom line of the screen: Touch the warning icon or press the [ESCAPE] button to display error messages. List of error and information messages: Temper.Sensor Error The message informs you that the communication betwen the head temperature sensor and the main proces- sor failed.
  • Page 39 Zoom Motorized Fan diameter: 180mm (7.1”) Max. power: 93W Airflow: 900 m3/h (530 CFM) Noise level: 68 dB @ full speed Max. speed: 4.550 RPM Pan/Tilt Pan movement range: 450° Tilt movement range: 300° 16 bit movement resolution Automatic Pan/Tilt position correction Remotely controllable speed of pan/tilt movement for easy programming Movement control: tracking and vector Control...
  • Page 40 Total heat dissipation 955 BTU/h (calculated) Weight (net): 19 kg Dimensions (mm) Accessories Omega holder (No.99010420)........2 pcs...

  • Page 41: Maintenance And Cleaning

    Description of changes manual 05/0/04 Added item Air Filters in the menu Information /0/04 Added chapter " Operating the Robin Cyclone with smoke machines" 30/09/03 New DMX chart vers. 1.1. Specifications are subject to change without notice. June 16, 2014...

  • Page 42: Photometric Diagrams

    13. Photometric diagrams...

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