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Elation Design Wash 300E Manual

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Design Wash 300E
Elation Professional
6122 S Eastern Ave
Los Angeles, Ca 90040
www.elationlighting.com
Rev. 10/06/2008 – visage
Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 ™ Design Wash 300E Elation Professional 6122 S Eastern Ave Los Angeles, Ca 90040 www.elationlighting.com Rev. 10/06/2008 – visage Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 Design Wash 300E™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    13. DMX Channel Traits…...….…………………………………………………………….. 41 a. DMX Channel Values…………………………………………………………… 42 14. Error Codes………………………………………………………………………………. 45 15. Cleaning and Maintenance……………………………………………………………… 48 16. Warranty……………………………………………………………………………………49 17. Photometric Data………………………………………………………………………….51 18. Dimensional Drawings………………………………………………….……………….. 52 19. Circuit Schematic………...………………………………………………………………. 53 20. Technical Specifications…………………………………………...………….………… 55 ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 4: General Information

    INTRODUCTION: Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and ™ reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Wash 300E, has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guidelines in this booklet are followed. Please read and understand the instructions in this manual carefully and thoroughly before attempting to operate this unit.

  • Page 5: Warranty Registration

    Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please save for return shipping in the event service is ever needed or recycle the container whenever possible. ™ WARRANTY REGISTRATION: The Design Wash 300E carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase. All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a return authorization (R.A.) number.
  • Page 6 Only handle the power cord by the plug. Never pull out the plug by tugging the wire portion of the cord. Please be aware that damages caused by manual modifications to the device are not subject to warranty. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 7: Safety Instructions

    To guarantee a smooth operation, it is important to follow the guidelines in this manual. Elation will not accept responsibility for damages resulting from the misuse of this fixture due to the disregard of the information printed in this manual.
  • Page 8 Never touch the device during operation! The housing may heat up Never look directly into the light source, as sensitive persons may suffer an epileptic shock. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 9: Features

    • Value of each DMX-channel can be displayed • Electronic Focus via DMX • Pan and Tilt Locking System • 8 User Assignable Program Presets - Internal Program: Edit and save programs to the incorporated EEPROM. Maximum of 48 scenes. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 10: General Guidelines

    Do not permit operation by persons not qualified for operating this type of theatrical fixture; most damages are the result of operations by nonprofessionals. Please use the original packaging to transport the fixture in for service. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 11: Fixture Overview

    8. Firmware Upgrade Terminal 9. Output Lens 10. Tilt Lock 11. Carrying Handle 12. Fuse 13. Power Cord 14. 3-Pin DMX Output 15. 3-Pin DMX Input 16. 5-Pin DMX Output 17. 5-Pin DMX Input 18. Pan Lock ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 12: Lamp Installation

    • Allow the unit to cool for at least 10 minutes before attempting any type of service. ™ • Before you put the Design Wash 300E into operation be sure all covers have been replaced, otherwise you risk damage to the retina and expose to UV radiation! •...

  • Page 13: Lamp Optimization

    The minimum deviation amount is 1.0mm. Running the fixture within a lower deviation can cause damage to the lamp and/or lens. ™ The Design Wash 300E lamp holder is aligned at the factory. However, due to slight imperfections in all lamps, fine adjustments will improve light performance. Please follow the procedure below for proper lamp optimization: 1.
  • Page 14 Please remember that a MSR GOLD 300/2 lamp is not a hot-restrike lamp therefore, you must wait approximately 15 minutes before you can attempt to strike the lamp once it has been turned off. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 15: Mounting And Installation

    .5m (1.5 feet) Mounting ™ The Design Wash 300E is fully operational in two different mounting positions, hanging upside-down from a ceiling, or set on a flat level surface (see illustration on the next page).

  • Page 16: Mounting Points

    Clamp Mounting ™ The Design Wash 300E provides a unique mounting bracket assembly that integrates the bottom of the base, the included “Omega Bracket,” and the safety cable rigging point in one ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca.

  • Page 17: Securing

    ™ Securing the Design Wash 300E ™ Regardless of the rigging option you choose for your Design Wash 300E always be sure to secure your fixture with a safety cable. The fixture provides a built-in rigging point for a safety cable on the hanging bracket as illustrated above. Be sure to only use the designated rigging point for the safety cable and never secure a safety cable to a carrying handle.

  • Page 18: Understanding Dmx

    1 to that fixture no matter where it is located in the DMX chain. The Design Wash 300E™ can be controlled via DMX-512 protocol. The Design Wash 300E™ is a 16-channel DMX fixture. The DMX address is set electronically using the controls on the LCD menu.
  • Page 19 DMX cable with XLR input and output connectors. Always be sure daisy chain your in and out data connections, never split or “Y” your DMX connections unless you are using an approved DMX splitter such as the Elation Opto Branch 4™ or DMX Branch/4™.

  • Page 20: Dmx Terminator

    2 and 3 of a male XLR connector (DATA + and DATA -). This fixture is inserted in the female XLR connector of the last fixture in your daisy chain to terminate the line. Using a line terminator (Elation part: DMX T PACK) will decrease the possibilities of erratic behavior.
  • Page 21 In the case of the Design Wash 300E™, which is a 16 channel fixture, you should set the starting DMX address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 17 (16 + 1), the third unit to 33 (16 + 17), and so on.

  • Page 22: Fixture Menu

    LCD Control Panel: The control panel located on the base of the fixture allows you to access the main menu and make all necessary adjustments to the Design Wash 300E™. During normal operation, tapping the “MODE/ESC” key once will access the fixture’s main menu.
  • Page 23 PAN =XXX Reset Default Restores factory settings. ON/OFF Reset All Reset all motors Reset Pan & Tilt Reset Pan/Tilt Reset Colors Reset color wheel Reset Shutter Reset shutter and/or dimmer Reset Others Reset other motors ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 24: Menu Functions

    For proper DMX addressing see Section 10/Page 34 of this user manual. 9.1.2 “Value Display” - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel With this function you can display the DMX 512 value of each channel. The display will ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 25 This counter is automatically reset after every power-on. Total Run Time This function tracks the total running time of the fixture from the very first start-up. Where “XXXX” represents the total number of running hours. This time is none ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 26 Head Temp – This function will display the internal head temperature of the fixture in real time. 9.2.3. Software version This function will display the current operating software version of the fixture. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 27 When engaged, this function will automatically switch the lamp “off” when the fixture loses a DMX signal. The function can be set with a delay time of 1 ~ 19 minutes. To disable this function select “OFF” in the system menu. To enable this function select ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 28 DMX signal it received and remain in that position until it is turned off or begins receiving a new DMX signal. If the fixture is turned on without any DMX signal, the fixture will automatically go in to sound-active mode. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 29 Feedback – This function turns the feedback correction on or off. This function is set to “ON” as default. This function allows for automatic pan and tilt correction in the ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 30 Design Wash 300E™ event either one disrupted during normal operation. Movement Speed – This function changes the speed function of the Pan and Tilt ™ motors. Use this function intergrading Design Wash 300E into lighting rigs that ™ ™ included Design Wash 250 s and Design Spot 250 s.
  • Page 31 9.5 Reset Functions: The reset function returns a motor to the “Home” position. There are several reset functions available on this fixture. The list below details the functionality of each available selection.  Reset All: This function will reset all internal motors to the home position. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 32 9.8 User Mode Set: This function allows the user to create user defined channel orders allowing the fixture to match the channel order of other fixtures on the market for easier operation. A total of three user modes may be configured: ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 33 ™  Rec Controller - The Design Wash 300E features an integrated DMX recorder. Pre-programmed scenes can be transmitted to the fixture via any DMX compliant controller.

  • Page 34: Dmx Addressing

    4. “Address via DMX” is the function that turn the RDMX function on and off. Press ENTER and be sure the function is turned on. 5. Press the UP button to display “ON” to activate this function, or “OFF” to deactivate this function. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 35 420, set channel 1 to a value of “7,” channel 2 to "8" and channel 3 to "164" (256+164=420). 4. Wait for approximately 20 seconds for the unit to complete the address reset function. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 36: Operation

    Design Wash 300E™ 11. OPERATION Operating Modes: The Design Wash 300E™ can operate in six different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will chase through the built-in programs, sending a DMX control signal to all other fixtures connect via DMX cables instruction for a synchronized light show.
  • Page 37 16 fixtures to be linked together to provide a synchronized light show without ™ the use of a controller. Only use this when linking several Design Wash 300E together for use without a controller. Any fixture can act as a “Master or a “Slave.”...

  • Page 38: Working With Built-In Programs

    You can repeat the procedure for all functions listed below: “Auto Program” – Allows access to all 16 of the channel’s DMX traits. “PAN” – pan movement. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 39 The control will store a maximum of 10 programs. A program can store one or a maximum of 64 scenes. Keep in mind that a scene can only be access when it is stored inside one of the 10 available programs. Follow the procedure below to build an internal program: ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 40 Operation” on page 37 for proper set-up instructions. Select “Alone” when running a single fixture or when multiple fixtures in stand-alone mode. See section 11.1 “Stand-Alone Operation” on page 36 for proper set-up instructions. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 41: Dmx Channel Traits

    CHANNEL 9: Effects Wheel: Frost, Macros CHANNEL 10: Zoom Control Motor (Near ~ Far) CHANNEL 11: Strobe (0-13Hz), Shutter close/open function + random strobe CHANNEL 12: Dimmer (Intensity) Control CHANNEL 13: Color Macros (CMY and Color Wheels) ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 42: Dmx Channel Values

    - Yellow Color Wheel: 0-255 Yellow (0-white, 255-100% Yellow) Channel 9 - Effects Wheel, Frost, Macros: Open – No Effect 4-127 Beam Shaper (variable) 128-189 Clockwise Color Wheel Effect, from Fast - Slow 190-193 No Rotation ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 43 Macro12 104-111 Macro13 112-119 Macro14 120-127 Macro15 128-135 Macro 16 136-143 Macro 17 144-151 Macro 18 152-159 Macro 19 160-167 Macro 20 168-175 Macro 21 176-183 Macro 22 184-191 Macro 23 192-199 Macro 24 ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 44 Internal program 4 (secne25~32 of EEPROM) 180-199 Internal program 5 (secne33~40 of EEPROM) 200-219 Internal program 6 (secne41~48 of EEPROM) 220-239 Internal program 7 (secne49~56 of EEPROM) 240-255 Music Control (scene of Program 1) ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 45: Error Codes

    TILT Error: This message will appear after a fixture reset if the tilt’s magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet is missing) or there is a motor failure (defective motor ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 46 This may be caused by a magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet is missing) or there is a motor failure (defective motor or a defective motor IC drive on the main PCB). ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 47 (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driving IC on the main PCB). The Dimmer wheel is not located in the default position after the reset. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 48: Cleaning And Maintenance

    There are no user serviceable parts inside this fixture with the exception of the lamp. Please refer all other service related issues to an authorized Elation service technician. Should you decide to service the fixture yourself please order genuine Elation parts directly from Elation.

  • Page 49: Warranty

    ® defective parts at its expense, and will absorb all expenses for warranty service and repair labor by reason of defects in material or workmanship. The sole responsibility of Elation Professional under this warranty shall be limited to the repair of the product, or replacement ®...
  • Page 50 ® liable for any loss or damage, direct or consequential, arising out of the use of, or inability to use, this product. G. This warranty is the only written warranty applicable to Elation Professional Products ® and supersedes all prior warranties and written descriptions of warranty terms and conditions heretofore published.

  • Page 51: Photometric Data

    Design Wash 300E™ PHOTOMETRIC DATA: ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 52: Dimensional Drawings

    Design Wash 300E™ DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS: ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 53: Circuit Schematic

    Design Wash 300E™ 19. CIRCUIT SCHEMATICS ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 54 Design Wash 300E™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...

  • Page 55: Technical Specifications

    17.68” (W) x 15.83” (L) x 20.11” (H) ~ Head level Weight (net) 26.5 kgs /58.5 Lbs Please Note: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to change without any prior written notice. ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. www.ElationLighting.com...
  • Page 56 Elation Professional ® 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90040 323-582-3322 / 323-832-9142 fax www.ElationLighting.com / Info@ElationLighitng.com Version 1.0...

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