Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1200C Elation Professional
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Rev . 12/30/ 2008-visage V ersion v1.1 Elation Professional 6122 S Eastern Ave Los Angeles, Ca 90040 www.elationlighting.com.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 2 De sign Beam 1200 C™.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 3 De sign Beam 1200 C™ CONTENTS 1. General Inf orm ation………… ……………… ………… …………… ………… ………… 4 a. Introduction …………… ………… …………… …………… ………… ………….
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 4 De sign Beam 1200 C™ 1. GENER AL I NFORM A T ION INTRODUCTION : Congratulations , you have just purchased on e of the most innovative and reliable l.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 5 Desi gn Beam 1200C™ Please d o not discard the sh ipping carton in the trash, keep for wa rranty repair . Please recycle whe never possible. W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION : The De sign Beam 1200C™ ca rries a two year (7 30 d ays) limited w arranty .
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 6 Desi gn Beam 1200C™ high-pressure environme nt to emit a b rilliant output. Due to the high pressure involved w ith the construction o f t he lamp, t he lamp may e xplode during prolonged extensive use.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 7 Desi gn Beam 1200C™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Beam 1200C™ is a n e xtremely so phisticated piece of ele ctronic equipment. T o guarantee a smooth operatio n, it is important to follow the guide lines in this ma nual.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 8 Desi gn Beam 1200C™ may increase the risk of damage a nd/or personal injury. 10. T o reduce the risk of f ire or electric shock, d o not expose this f ixture to rain or moisture. 11. Do not attempt to operate this fixture if the power cord has become damaged or frayed.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 9 Desi gn Beam 1200C™ 3. FEA TURES • Pan 540 ° or 630˚ (User selectable) / T ilt 265° • 30 Built-In Co lor Preset Macros • 3 operation mo de:.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 10 Design Beam 1200C™ 4. GENERAL GUIDELINES This fixture is a professional lighting e ffect designed for use on stage, in n ightclubs, in theatres, etc. Do not attempt ope ration or in st allation without a proper kn owledge on how to do so.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 1 1 Design Beam 1200C™ 5. FIXTURE OVER VIEW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 8 1 0 1. Output Lens 2. Y oke 3. Cooling Fa n 4. 3-Pin DMX Output 5. 3-Pin DMX Input 6. Fuse 1 – La mp 7. Fuse 2 - Electronics 8.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 12 Design Beam 1200C™ 6. LAMP INST A LL A TION INSTRUCTIONS For a prope r and safe lamp change, please follow the instruct ions in this chapte r carefully . Safety Regulations • To prevent accid ental shock disconnect the unit’s main power supp ly.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 13 Design Beam 1200C™ place. Befo re reassembling the un it, b e sure the new la mp is secu rely seate d in the lamp socket. Always be sure to o nly use s pecifie d lamp ty pes! (MSR Gold 1200 FastFit).
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 14 Design Beam 1200C™ Please remember that a MSR Gold 1200 FastFit lamp is not a ho t-restrike lamp therefore, you should wait 15 minut es before you can attempt to strike the lamp on ce it has been turned off.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 15 Design Beam 1200C™ 7. MOUNTING A ND INST A LL A TION Cautions: For ad ded prote ction mount the f ixtures in area s outside walking pa ths, s eating area s, or in areas were u nauthorized personne l might reach the fixture.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 16 Design Beam 1200C™ Mounting points Overhead mountin g requires extensive experience, includin g amongst others calculating working load limits , a fine knowledge of the in stallation mate rial being use d, and periodic safety inspection of all installation material and the fixture.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 17 Design Beam 1200C™ Clamp Mounting The Des ign Beam 1200C™ provides a unique mounting b racket assem bly that integrates the hanging yoke as we ll as the safety cable rigging point in one unit (see the illus tration on the next page).
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 18 Design Beam 1200C™ 8. UNDERST ANDING DMX DMX-512: DMX i s short for Di gital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by lighting an d controller manufa ctures a s a fo rm of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 19 Design Beam 1200C™ Be sure to follow the above figure when making your o wn cables. Do n ot use the ground lug on the XLR connector. Do not c onnect the cable’s shie ld conductor to the ground lug or allow the shield conductor to come in cont act with th e XLR’s outer ca sing.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 20 Design Beam 1200C™ DMX-512 c onnection with DMX terminator A DMX terminator should be used in a ll DMX lines especially in lo nger runs. T he use of a terminator may avoid e rratic behavior in y our DMX line.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 21 Design Beam 1200C™ address” is the channel number from which the f ixture start s to “listen” to the digit al control information sent ou t from the DMX contro ller .
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 22 Design Beam 1200C™ 9. FIXTURE MENU On-Board S y stem M enu: Th e Design Beam 1200 C™ comes with an easy to navigate system menu. Th is next section will detail the f unctions of each command in the system menu.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 23 Design Beam 1200C™ Lamp Control Lamp On or Of f Automatic La-On Lamp On V ia DMX Lamp Of f Via DMX Lamp Of f No DMX Lamp On at T emp.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 24 Design Beam 1200C™ Reset Function Reset All Reset Pan/T ilt Reset Colors Reset Gobos Reset Shutter Reset Others Reset all motors Reset Pan/T ilt Re.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 25 Design Beam 1200C™ 10 MENU FUNCTIONS: 10.1 Function Mode 10.1.1. “Set DMX Address” - DMX addres s setting This function is used to set or adjust t he f ixture’s starting DMX address. Every device controlled by DMX ha s to have a unique starting address.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 26 Design Beam 1200C™ 10.2 Information: 10.2.1.Time information Current time This funct ion displays the runnin g time of the fixture from t he last power on. The display reads “XXXX”, where “XXXX” represents the numbe r of hours the fixture has been running.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 27 Design Beam 1200C™ L-Timer Passw ord Use this func tion to enter the “Clea r Lamp Time” password. Pa ssword is “038” Clear La mp Time This funct ion will allow the “Lamp Ru n Hours” function be clea red and reset.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 28 Design Beam 1200C™ switched on when switching the po wer on. Select “ON” if you wish to enable this function o r “OFF” if you don’t. 10.3.3. Lamp on via DMX W ith this function you can select if you c an switch the lamp on via an e xternal controller.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 29 Design Beam 1200C™ No DMX St atus – This f unction dictates how the fixture will funct ion if it looses DMX signal during norma l operation.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 30 Design Beam 1200C™ Service Password: The correct password must be entered before attempt ing w heel calibration , changing fan voltage, o r changing the gobo speed . Fan Voltage : This function will change the fan voltage from e ither “Low” or “High.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 31 Design Beam 1200C™ p age 37 for mo re information on opera ting this fixture via W ireless DMX. 10.4.8. Rese t Default - With this fu nction you can restore the original fa ctory settings. All settings will be set back to the default values (shaded).
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 32 Design Beam 1200C™ This funct ion allows a user to make small adjustments to the effect wheels (co lor, gobo, shutter, etc) to compensate for ware or in the event a se nsor has been knocked slightly out of p lace.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 33 Design Beam 1200C™ 1 1. DMX A DD RESSING Setting the DMX a ddress - After the fixture is turned “ON” it will imm ediately comple te a reset pro cess that test all the f ixture’s functions. W hen the reset process con cludes the LCD will display the fixture’s current DMX address.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 34 Design Beam 1200C™ 6. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. Controller Se ttings : 1. Set the DMX value of channe l 1 to a value of 7. 2. Set the DMX value of c hannel 2 to a value o f 7 or 8. W h en c hannel 2 is set to "7" you can adjust t he starting address between 1 and 2 55.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 35 Design Beam 1200C™ 12. OPERATION Operating Modes : The Design Beam 1200C™ can operate in several different modes.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 36 Design Beam 1200C™ • For funct ionality that chases to sound: Ac cess the “Function” men u and select the “Mu sic Control” funct ion, this will give you ac cess to the “Music Control” subm enu.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 37 Design Beam 1200C™ 13. Using the Built-In Wireless DMX Sy stem The Design Beam 1200C comes equipped with an Elation W ireless DMX Receiver built-in. This receiver is f ully compatible with your existing Elation W ireless DMX System.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 38 Design Beam 1200C™ on the both the fixture and the transmitter w ill stop flash ing and glow solid green.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 39 Design Beam 1200C™ 14. WORKING WITH BUIL T -IN PROGRA MS The f ixture come s equipped with a bu ilt-in DMX recorde r tha t allows cu stom programs to be installed and reca lled directly f rom the f ixture’s co ntrol board.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 40 Design Beam 1200C™ - “PAN-Fine” – pre cision pan moveme nt. - “T ILT” – tilt movement . - “TI LT-Fine” – precision tilt m ovement - “Move S peed” – a djust pan and tilt motor sp eed - “Go bo W heel 1” – select gobos from gobo wheel 1 - “Go bo Rot.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 41 Design Beam 1200C™ - Once you rea ch your desired bank press the ENTER button and use the UP and DOW N button to reach “Input by Out side” - Ne xt, se lect a scen e on your DMX cons ole and press the ENTE R bu tton on the f ixture.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 42 Design Beam 1200C™ A Master unit can send up to 3 di fferent data groups to the Slave units, i.e. a Master unit c an start 3 different Slave units, which run 3 d ifferent programs. The Master unit sends the 3 program parts in a continuous lo op.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 43 Design Beam 1200C™ 3. Program se lection for Auto Pro Part • Select “Edit program” by turning th e encoder. • Press the Ent er button to confirm. • Select “Select programs” by turnin g the encoder.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 44 Design Beam 1200C™ Program 2 includes scenes: 10, 11, 12, 13 Program 4 includes scenes: 8, 9, 10 Program 6 includes scenes: 12, 13, 14, 15 , 16 Aut.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 45 Design Beam 1200C™ 15. DMX CHANNEL TRAITS: The chart below de tails the channel layout for 21 DMX ch annels (defau lt). In 8bit mode the “Pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used, thus converting the fixture into a 19-channel DMX f ixture.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 46 Design Beam 1200C™ CHANNEL 1 1: Gobo Wheel 1 Rotation CHANNEL12 : Gobo Wheel 2 (Fixed) CHANNEL 13: Effect Wheel CHANNEL 14: Fo cus CHANNEL 15: S tr.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 47 Design Beam 1200C™ 194-255 Backwards rainb ow effect from slow to fast 6 Color Wheel Fi ne : 0-255 Color W heel colour change to an y position Fine.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 48 Design Beam 1200C™ 0-255 Fine indexing 12 10 18 Fixed Gobos : 0-13 Open/ho le 14-27 Gobo 1 28-41 Gobo 2 42-55 Gobo 3 56-69 Gobo 4 70-83 Gobo 5 84-9.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 49 Design Beam 1200C™ 224-255 No function (shutter open) 16 14 25 Dimmer inte nsity: 0-255 Intensity 0 to 100% 26 Fine Dimme r intensity: 0-255 Dimmer.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 50 Design Beam 1200C™ 184-191 Macro23 192-199 Macro24 200-207 Macro25 208-215 Macro26 216-223 Macro27 224-231 Macro28 232-239 Macro29 240-247 Macro30 .
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 51 Design Beam 1200C™ 16. FUSE REPLACEMENT The Design Beam 1200C h as two extern al protective f uses. One f use protects the internal electronics an d the other protects the lamp circuitry . Refer to page 1 1 for fuse holder location.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 52 Design Beam 1200C™ 17. ERROR CODES: W hen po wer is applied, the unit will automatica lly e nter a “reset/test” mode.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 53 Design Beam 1200C™ located in the default position after the reset. Gobo 1 Er (Rotation gobo 1 error) This m essage will appear after the reset of .
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 54 Design Beam 1200C™ magnet ic-indexing cir cuit malfunctions (sensor failed o r magnet missing) or the stepping-mot or is d efective (or it s driver c ircuit on the m ain PCB). The Y ellow Co lor - wheel is not located in the default positio n after the reset.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 55 Design Beam 1200C™ 18. CLEANING AND M A INTENANCE The follo wing points have to be considered during the inspection: 1.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 56 Design Beam 1200C™ 19. 2-YEAR LIMITED WA RRANTY A. Elation Prof essional ® hereby warrants, to the o riginal purcha ser , Elat ion Professional ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and w orkma nship for a period of two years, (730 days) f rom the date of p urchase.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 57 Design Beam 1200C™ effect. E. Elatio n Professional ® reserves t he right to m ake changes in d esign and/or improvements upon its prod ucts without any obligatio n to include th ese changes in any products theretofore manufa ctured.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 58 Design Beam 1200C™ 20. PHOTOMETR IC DA T A :.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 59 Design Beam 1200C™ 21. DIMENSIONA L DRA W INGS:.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 60 Design Beam 1200C™ 22. CIRCUIT SCHEMA TIC.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 61 Design Beam 1200C™ 23. TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Power supply Power consumption □ 208V, 50Hz; □ 220V, 50Hz; □ 230V, 50Hz; □ 240V, 50Hz; □ 208V, 60Hz; □ 220V, 60Hz; □ 230V, 60Hz; □ 240V, 60Hz; 1500 Watt, 8.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 62 Design Beam 1200C™ Please Note: S pecific ations and im provem ents in the design of this unit and this ma nual are subject to c hange wit hout any pri or written notice.
Design Beam 1 200C™ ©Elation Professio nal® 63 Design Beam 1200C™.
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