Information Readouts; Test And Service Utilities - Martin Professional MX-10 Extreme User Manual

Information readouts

P O W E R - O N H O U R S
Read the total number of hours the fixture has been on since fabrication (
number of hours on since the counter was last reset (
maintenance intervals. Press [up] for 5 seconds while displayed to reset.
L A M P H O U R S
Read the total number of lamp hours since fabrication (
hours since the counter was last reset (
lamp. Press [up] for 5 seconds while displayed to reset.
L A M P S T R I K E S
Read the total number of lamp strikes (
the counter was last reset (
[up] for 5 seconds while displayed to reset.
F I R M W A R E V E R S I O N
IN FO > VE R

Test and service utilities

D M X R E A D O U T
The DMX log (
R A T E 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.
q U A L displays the quality of the received DMX data as a percentage of packets received. Values much below 100
indicate interference, poor connections, or other problems with the serial data link that are the most common cause of
control problems.
ST CO
displays the DMX start code. Packets with a start code other than 0 may cause irregular performance.
The remaining options under
(shutter, channel 1) to
values can help you troubleshoot the problem.
M A N U A L C O N T R O L
The manual control menu (
and resetting the fixture (
E F F E C T S T E S T
The test sequence (
test sequence does not automatically strike the lamp. Use
Press [menu] to stop the test.
F E E D B A C K T O G G L E
Magnetic sensors monitor the positions of the color wheel, gobo wheel, and rotating gobos. If they detect an error, the
shutter closes while the effect resets. This feature can be disabled by turning effects feedback off
( U T IL > EF Fb
A D J U S T M E N T P O S I T I O N S
The adjustment menu (
I NF O >T I ME > L H R> R SE T
I N F O > T I M E > L S T > T O T L
I NF O> T IM E> L S T> RS E T
displays the firmware version number. The firmware version is also displayed briefly at startup.
dM X L ) menu provides useful information for troubleshooting control problems.
d M X L
display the DMX values received on each of the 13 channels, from
EF S P (effect speed, channel 13). If the fixture does not behave as expected, reading the DMX
M AN ) provides commands for turning the lamp on (
R ST ). It also permits you to position and move individual effects.
T SE Q> R UN
) runs through all effects to provide a quick check of fixture performance. Note: the
> O F F ).
U TI L >A dJ ) provides commands for positioning effects during mechanical adjustment.
I N F O > T I M E > H R S > R S E T
I N FO >T I ME > L H R> TO T L
). Reset this counter when installing a new lamp. Press
M A N > L O N
Control Panel
I NF O >T IM E >H R S> TO T L
). This can be used to track
), and the number of lamp
). Reset this counter after installing a new
), and the number of lamps strikes since
L ON ), turning the lamp off (
and M A N > L o F F to control lamp power.
), and the
S H U T
Lo F F ),
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