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

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ............... . 4 Effects .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    This User Guide is a supplement to the Installation and Safety Manual that is supplied with the MAC Viper AirFX. Both documents are available for download from the MAC Viper AirFX Product Support page on the Martin™ website at www.martin.com. The User Guide contains information that is mainly of interest for lighting designers and operators, whereas the Safety and Installation Manual contains important information for all users, especially installers and technicians.

  • 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 AirFX’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: Aerial Effect Gobos

    Aerial effect gobos The aerial effect gobo wheel in the MAC Viper AirFX provides 5 rotating gobos plus an open position. The standard gobos that are supplied installed in the fixture are shown in the correct order in Figure 2.

  • Page 7: Static Gobo Wheel

    Static gobo wheel The MAC Viper AirFX is supplied with the gobo wheel shown in Figure 3 (P/N 43950062) installed. The wheel provides seven integrated static gobos plus an open position. The static gobo wheel is interchangeable, but a replacement wheel must match the dimensions, construction and quality of the wheel supplied as standard.

  • Page 8: Pan And Tilt

    Coarse and fine pan and tilt control are available in both basic 16-bit and extended 16-bit modes. Quadray module The Martin Quadray™ Module is available as an accessory for the MAC Viper AirFX. The module only takes a few minutes to install and uninstall (see the Quadray Module Installation Guide supplied with modules and available on the Product Support pages at www.martin.com).

  • Page 9: Control Panel Operations

    Figure 4: Display and control panel When the MAC Viper AirFX 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 30) in the display A.

  • Page 10: Dmx Address

    • ROTATE DISPLAY rotates the MAC Viper AirFX display 180°. Settings stored permanently The following settings are stored permanently in the fixture memory and are not affected by powering the MAC Viper AirFX off and on or by updating the fixture software: • DMX address • DMX Protocol setting •...

  • Page 11: Dmx Modes

    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 AirFX will display this ID number by default, and indicate FIXTURE ID in the display.

  • Page 12: 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 AirFX senses its orientation and rotates the display automatically.

  • Page 13: Dmx Signal Monitoring

    DMX signal monitoring The MAC Viper AirFX provides data on the DMX signal it is receiving in the DMX LIVE menu. This information can be useful for troubleshooting control problems. RATE displays the DMX refresh rate in packets per second. Values lower than 10 or higher than 44 may result in erratic performance, especially when using tracking control.

  • Page 14: Adjusting Settings Via Dmx

    • Zoom/focus linking • Ballast output • Auto blackout (the iris is closed and aerial effects wheel moved to the nearest position between two slots 5 seconds after shutter/dimmer blackout to eliminate stray light) • Calibration offsets MAC Viper AirFX User Guide...

  • Page 15: 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 AirFX 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 6 (+2.5% Cyan offset in the example above) and...

  • Page 16: Rdm

    RDM ID Each MAC Viper AirFX 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 17: 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 AirFX’s effects, use the CALIBRATION menu instead.

  • Page 18: Firmware Installation

    2. Disconnect the data link from the MAC Viper AirFX. 3. Insert the USB stick in the MAC Viper AirFX’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 19 To install firmware in the MAC Viper AirFX: 1. Download the firmware ‘.MU3’ file from the MAC Viper AirFX support page on the Martin website to the 2. Read the firmware release notes carefully to check for any instructions or warnings.

  • Page 20: Dmx Protocol

    DMX protocol Applicable when running MAC Viper AirFX firmware version: 1.4.0 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 21 Basic 16-bit 16-bit Extended Fade Default Mode Mode DMX Value Percent Function type value Aerial effects wheel (wheel 1): gobo selection, indexing, shake, rotation Indexed gobo: set indexed angle on channels 9/10 (16-bit) or 10/11 (16-bit ext.) 0 - 9 0 - 4 Open 10 - 14...
  • Page 22 Left → right (32768 = neutral) 0 - 65535 0 - 100 Tilt, 16-bit (MSB and LSB) Up → down (32768 = neutral) Fade 32768 0 - 65535 0 - 100 Table 1: DMX Protocol MAC Viper AirFX User Guide...
  • Page 23 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 24: Quadray Control

    No rotation Rotating CW Fast  CW Slow 3 - 126 127 - 129 No rotation Rotating CCW Slow  CCW Fast 130 - 253 254 - 255 No rotation Table 2: Quadray Module DMX channels MAC Viper AirFX User Guide...
  • Page 25 Ray 4 Indexing Fade 0 - 255 Indexing 0° - 360° Ray 4 Rotation 0 - 2 No rotation Rotating CW Fast  CW Slow 3 - 126 127 - 129 No rotation Rotating CCW Slow  CCW Fast 130 - 253 254 - 255 No rotation Table 2: Quadray Module DMX channels...
  • Page 26 Home, then 1+3 move CW from 0° to 360° while 2+4 move CCW from Expand mirror 360° to 0° Home, then 1 moves to 180°, then 2 moves to 180°, then 3 to 180°, Spread then 4 to 180° 184 - 255 No function Table 3: Quadray FX MAC Viper AirFX User Guide...

  • Page 27: Control Panel Menus

    Control panel menus Applicable when running firmware version 1.4.0. 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 28 DMX LIVE* Value received on each DMX channel (values for fine control channels can only STROBE/SHUTTER ... FX SYNC be viewed if available in the DMX mode the fixture is set to) Table 4: Control menus MAC Viper AirFX User Guide...
  • Page 29 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 30: Service And Display Messages

    Service and display messages The MAC Viper AirFX 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 31: 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 AirFX communicates errors as follows: • Error messages flash in the display.
  • Page 32 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 6: Error messages MAC Viper AirFX User Guide...
  • Page 33 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 34 Zoom/focus PCB temperature too high. Thermal cutoff activated. Lamp is shut down, fans set to max. Error cleared when fixture is reset. ZOOM ERROR ZOER Zoom position electrical indexing system timeout. Table 6: Error messages MAC Viper AirFX User Guide...
  • Page 35 • Olof Palmes Allé 18 • 8200 Aarhus N • Denmark Tel: +45 8740 0000 • Fax +45 8740 0010...

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