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MY 150 USER'S MANUAL
(V1.12)
Elektralite is a division of Group One. 70, Sea Lane, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA.
Tel: +1 (516)-249-3662. Fax: +1 (516)-249-8870
WWW.MYELEKTRALITE.COM

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  • Page 1 MY 150 USER’S MANUAL (V1.12) Elektralite is a division of Group One. 70, Sea Lane, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA. Tel: +1 (516)-249-3662. Fax: +1 (516)-249-8870 WWW.MYELEKTRALITE.COM...

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    When you unpack MY 150 you should find inside the box: the fixture, a 120 volt power cable, a 3 pin DMX signal cable, a safety cable and of course this CD.
  • Page 3 Never look directly into the lamp source. Sensitive person could suffer an epileptic shock. Never open MY 150 and look at the lamp when the lamp is still on or when it is turned off but still hot or even warm.

  • Page 4: General Guidelines

    “stress” on any mounting materials. When mounting MY 150 in the air you need to use M10 bolts. The M10 bolts should be no less than 25mm long and the thread type should be 1.5mm.

  • Page 5: Installation Instructions

    INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS A). Installing or replacing the lamp 1. Install the lamp with the fixture unplugged from the electric source. Never try to replace a lamp with the fixture still turned on and still hooked up to the electric. 2. If you are replacing the lamp, before opening the housing to replace it, let it cool down to room temperature.
  • Page 6 Care should be taken to mount MY 150. Make sure that MY 150 is mounted in such a way that no one can touch it directly. For example, when hanging MY 150 make sure it is high enough up not to hit anyone’s head or run into any obstruction in its movement.

  • Page 7: Dmx-512 Control Connection

    Continue wiring from one MY 150 to another in a daisy chain manner. Never try to Y split cables. Never try to “star wire”...
  • Page 8 XLR male connector. Then place that connector at the very end of the DMX cable run. In other words at the last MY 150. It maybe the case that you will need to connect a 5 pin XLR to the 3 pin XLR. In a normal DMX wiring configuration, the 5 pin is soldered identically to the 3 pin.

  • Page 9: Projector Dmx Start Address Selection

    CHANNEL 8 : auto program control + lamp on, motor reset, lamp switch off So if we start with the first MY 150 its first channel is 1. So we refer to it as having a starter address of 1.

  • Page 10: The Display Panel

    The Display Panel. The display panel on MY 150 offers many features. For example you can, 1. The starter address can be set. 2. The lamp maybe switched on or off. 3. The fixture maybe reset. 4. The fixture can run a preprogrammed show.

  • Page 11: Main Functions

    With the "RUN" function, you can run the internal program. You can set the number of steps under Step. You can edit the individual scenes under Edit. You can run the individual scenes either automatically (AUTO), i.e. with the adjusted Step-Time or sound-controlled (SOUN). The selection "ALON" is Stand Alone-mode and "MAST" sets MY 150 as master.
  • Page 12 Select "AUTO" or "SOUN" by pressing [UP]. Press [ENTER] for selecting the desired extension menu. Select "ALON" or "MAST" by pressing [UP]. Press [ENTER] to confirm. Press [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu. - Display the DMX-value, Reverse display, Shut off LED display - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel This function displays the DMX 512 value of each channel.
  • Page 13 - Main menu 1 1. Press [ENTER] for 3 seconds to enter the main menu (display flashing). 2. Press [UP] to select “LAMP”. - Lamp on/off This function switches the lamp on or off via the display panel. Select "OPEN" by pressing [UP] button. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON”...
  • Page 14 Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to exit. - Restore factory settings This function restores the factory settings of MY 150. All settings will be set back to the default values (shaded). Any edited scenes will be lost. Select “LODA” by pressing [UP] button.
  • Page 15 - Software version This function displays the software version of the device. Select “VER” by pressing [UP] button. Press [ENTER], the display shows “V-X.X”, “X.X“ stands for the version number, e.g. “V-1.0”, “V-2.6”. Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu. - Main menu 3 1.
  • Page 16 Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to exit. - Lamp running time This function displays the running time of the lamp. Select “LATI” by pressing [UP] button. Press [ENTER], the display shows “XXXX”, “X“ stands for the number of hours. Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to exit. - Clear fixture time This function clears the running time of the device.
  • Page 17 for the channel no. Such as “C-01”, it means you are editing channel 1 of the selected scene. 5. Select the channel no. you would like to edit by pressing [UP]. 6. Press [ENTER] to enter editing for the selected channel, the fixture reacts to your settings. The display shows the DMX value of the edited channel.

  • Page 18: Channel Configuration

    Channel Configuration: MY 150 is controlled by 8 DMX channels : CHANNEL 1 : select one of the 10 colors, color cycle or rainbow effect CHANNEL 2 : select one of the 8 gobo’s + open or gobo cycle+ gobo shake...
  • Page 19 DMX channel’s function and values:(VER 1.1) Channel 1 - Color Wheel 1 0-19 Open / white 20-39 Light blue 40-59 Pink 60-79 Green 80-99 Yellow 100-119 Purple 120-139 Light Yellow 140-159 Dark Green 160-179 Dark Blue 180-199 200-255 Forwards rainbow effect from slow to fast Channel 2 - Rotating gobos, cont.
  • Page 20 Channel 4 - Shutter, strobe 0-31 Shutter closed 32-63 Dimmer (close to open) 64-95 Strobe effect slow to fast 96-127 No function (shutter open) 128-159 Pulse-effect in sequences 160-191 No function (shutter open) 192-223 Random strobe effect slow to fast 224-255 No function (shutter open) Channel 5 - PAN movement 8-bit...

  • Page 21: Cleaning And Maintenance

    3. Regularly look for wear and tear on the 120 volt input cable and the DMX signal cable. 4. Clean MY 150 at frequent intervals. Use a moist lint free cloth. Do not use a wet cloth or a cloth with alcohol or solvents added.
  • Page 22 Other Elektralite Products include : [Also check out our website at www.myelektralite.com] CP-3 Controller. CP-10xt Controller. CP-16 /24 Controller.
  • Page 23 CP-20xt Controller. TurboFog + Fog Machine.

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