Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1248 Elation Professional
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Rev . 4/10 T rio-1248.
TRIO-1248 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 1 1.General Introduction...........................................................................................................................3 1.1 Thank you for Purchasing T rio-1248.
TRIO-1248 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 2 4.5.6 Auto DMX...............................................................................................................30 4.5.7 Using Shape......
TRIO-1248 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 3 1.1 Thank Y ou for Pur chasing the T rio-1248 Thank you for your purchasing the Elation Pr ofessional T rio-1248 Lighting Console. Please read the instructions in this manual carefully and thor oughly before attempting to operate this unit.
TRIO-1248 GENERAL INFORMA TION Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 4 2. General Information 2.1 Safety The following symbols are used thr oughout this manual: Indicates potential injury or death to persons. Indicates potential damage to equipment.
TRIO-1248 INTRODUCTION Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 5 3. Introduction 3.1 About the T rio-1248 Lighting Console: The Elation T rio-1248 is a three in one lighting console which was designed to control Conventional dimmers, LED’ s and Moving Lights.
TRIO-1248 MAIN FEA TURES Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 6 3.4 Main Features 1. Professional DMX512 Lighting Console. Ideal for conventional, moving and LED lighting fixtur es. 2. Powerful, versatile, three in one contr ol.
TRIO-1248 CONTROLS & FUNCTIONS Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 7 Attr 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ML LED ML LED TRIO -1248 STEP R A T E 3 7 3 8 .
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 8 TRIO-1248 CONTROLS & FUNCTIONS 3.5 Controls & Functions 1. Key 1-24 and Key 25-48: Used to select Conventional Par’ s page. 2. Bump Keys 1-24 (25-48 depending on page): Individual bump for channel relevant channel.
TRIO-1248 CONNECTION PORTS Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 9 3.6 Connection Ports 1. DC IN : Connects the power source with DC 9-12V , 2A Max. (Included). 2. ArtNet: Connects ArtNet with compatible fixtures/devices.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 10 TRIO-1248 MANUAL CONVENTIONS 3.7 Manual Conventions The following terms and conventions are used thr oughout this manual: • Keys ar e presented using their exact spelling and capitalization and surrounded by brackets (i.
TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - SINGLE SCENE MODE Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 11 4. Operation 4.1 Single Scene Mode: When you power the unit on, the LCD will show you. 4.1.1 Single Scene Crossfading A crossfade allows one scene to fade out while another scene fades in.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 12 Single scene mode. Activate the Single Scene key once to change the indicator to yel low which means the console is running on the current fader settings. Activate the Single Scene key a second time to switch to Single Scene mode-indicated by the green backlite.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 13 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - SUBMASTER MODE 4.3 SubMaster Mode When SubMaster mode is activated, the LCD Screen will show this display: In this mode a total of 1152 Submasters are available - 24 pages x 48 Submasters per page.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 14 4.3.1 Fade A and Fade B Settings -The user may set the DMX value for both Fade A and B 1. Push Softkey B to choose and highlight Fade A 2. Adjust StepRate Fader to set the Fade Time for Preset A 3.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 15 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - RECORD FUNCTION 4.3.3 Record Function 1. Record a Submaster T o r ecord a Submaster the console must be in either Single or T wo Scene mode in order to adjust fader levels.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 16 2. Record Fx1- Fx12 FX Keys are multi function keys that can be used to stor e Chases, T rigger Playback in DMX Base, and enter numeral information such as Password. FX Keys allow the user to program scenes and chases as independent Submasters.
2.7 T o adjust the FadeTime and StepTime for an Fx, push the FD/ST Time key . The FD/ST key will illuminate: Red repr esenting FadeTime and yellow representing StepTime. Adjust the StepRate Fader to set the Fade/Step time as desired. 2.8 Push Fx1 again to complete.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 18 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - RECORD FUNCTION 6. How to Set EXT Keys EXT Keys act as direct bump buttons for channels 49 thr ough 52. They can be linked to a conven- tional fixtur e, or a fog machine.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 19 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - ML MODE 4.4 ML Mode (Moving Light) 4.4.1 Concept A maximum of 12 Moving Lights can be controlled by the T rio-1248. A maximum of 40 attributes for each moving light and a maximum of 512 channels of DMX output can be assigned.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 20 -Press the A key to choose “Fix Patch” -The console will read the moving lighting files of each manufactur er from the USB disk. -Use “More” or “Back” to select the moving light you desir e.
1.2.6 Push the fader of “Pan” and “Tilt” to adjust the value 1.2.7 Pr ess the A key to select “Speed”. Then adjust the StepRate Fader to the Speed value. Press the B key to have it Run 1.2.8 Press Menu to r etur n to the Record Playback interface.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 22 -Bump LED will indicate the recor ded groups by blinking blue. -Press the r elated Bump. The Fixture that was r ecorded in the Gr oup will be selected and the others will not be selected.
2.5 Auto DMX This function will auto sort the DMX address in sequence for those collocated Fixtur es. -In ML Mode, press Menu, choose Next and then choose Auto DMX -Choose Y es, the Moving Lights will sort in sequence -Choose No to exit 3. Controlling Fixtures 3.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 24 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - ML MODE -Now press the r elated softkey A-D to choose the Palette you wish to select.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 25 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - ML MODE -Select Fan, then select W ave. The LCD will display: “Pan Radius”: the radius of the Pan. Adjustable between 01-45. “Tilt Radius”: the radius of the Tilt.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 26 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - ML MODE 6.2 Running a Chase T o run a chase, raise the fader of the playback to its top position. The chase will start to run. -The HTP (intensity) channels in the chase will be controlled by the Fader .
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 27 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - LED MODE 4.5 LED Mode Similar in operation as in ML mode, LED mode allows for much of the same operation. Y our console is able to control a max of 12 LED (RGBA) fixtur es.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 28 -Use “>” to move the cursor to the parameters you want to modify . -Use “Up” or “Down” to gradually set the corresponding value. -Use “Flash Level Fader” to change the corresponding value rapidly .
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 29 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - LED MODE -Choose “Delete Fix”, the LCD shows: -Choose “Delete One” to delete a single fixture. The LCD displays: “Pr ess a preset <Bump> to Delete”.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 30 TRIO-1248 OPERA TION - LED MODE Press A to choose “Rainbow”, the LCD shows you: -”Color Number” allows you to select the color library in the range of 1-10. Press A (item set) to highlight “1: Color Number”, then press FX1-10 to choose the color type fr om 1 to 10.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 31 4.6 Memory Playback Mode Memory Playback is a combination Submaster , ML and LED programs. Bumps 1-12 correspond to Submasters- a total of 12 pages Faders 13-20 correspond to ML and LED playbacks.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 32 In Mem Playback mode, the “Assign Fade” is used to set the fade time for the Submaster . 1. Press A to highlight “Assign Fade”. 2. Hold down the button of the recorded Submaster you want to configure, then adjust the StepRate Fader to modify the FadeTime for it.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 33 TRIO-1248 MENU 4.7 Menu The main Menu options can be accessed when in Single Scene, T wo Scene or Submaster Modes.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 34 TRIO-1248 MENU 4.7.1 Channel Set up: Used to assign the DMX channels for each fixture type (Dimmer , LED and ML). The “Up”, “Down”, and “>” are used to set r elated parameters.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 35 TRIO-1248 MENU 2. DMXPatch DMX to Channel patch option. All 48 conventional channels can be patched to one fader . -Press A to incr ease the value. -Press B to decr ease the value.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 36 TRIO-1248 MENU 4.7.4 Memory Lock The user has the option to lock/unlock all settings including patches, software options and VGA set- tings which can only be locked or unlocked by entering the console password.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 37 1. Insert the USB drive that contains the firmware update file. -the file should be stored in the path of TRIO1248/VGA/Main 2. In Single scene mode, access Menu > Next “D key” > then press B key “Update VGA” 3.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 38 TRIO-1248 MENU Getting started with the T rio Flash Convert Program The T rio Flash program allows you to upload external DMX data to your PC and also to convert Flash (.swf) files for RGB LED’ s so they can be transferred and played in your T rio.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 39 TRIO-1248 MENU File Convert Flash files may be converted to DMX scene files (.scn) and loaded to the T rio. With the desir ed file loaded in Pr eview Screen, select [File Convert].
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 40 TRIO-1248 MENU Set desired save file name (.scn) and location. A pr ogress bar shows conversion pr ogress. After the conversion is complete, copy the converted file to the path TRIO1248/DMXBASE in your USB drive.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 41 TRIO-1248 MENU In Menu Mode, pr ess D key until you view “VGA Set” option. Press A key to select it. The LCD shows you as below: Press D key to select Enter . This will enable your VGA card and output to your monitor .
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 42 TRIO-1248 MENU 1. System Upload: Upload the entire system fixtur e library . 2. Fix Upload: Upload a single fixture fr om the T rios library . 3. SubMst Upload: Upload the SubMaster programs.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 43 1. System Download: Download the entire system library . 2. Fix Download: Download the Fixture Library 3. SubMst Download: Download the Sub Master Library ....etc 4. Empty System: to empty the primary contents in the console prior to download.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 44 TRIO-1248 MENU If the user inputs an incorr ect password in the process, the console will pr ompt you with “invalid password”. The user will then be asked to provide the correct one.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 45 TRIO-1248 DMX SET UP DMX-512: DMX is short for Digital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by most lighting and controller manufactures as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 46 TRIO-1248 DMX SET UP Figure 4 5-Pin XLR DMX Connectors. Some manufactures use 5-pin XLR connectors for DA T A transmission in place of 3-pin. 5-pin XLR xtures may be implemented in a 3-pin XLR DMX line.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 47 TRIO-1248 CLEANING 6. Service 6.1 Maintenance The T rio-1248 Lighting Console should requir e minimal maintenance over its operational life. The fol- lowing basic maintenance practices will help keep the system performing well and looking good.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 48 TRIO-1248 CUST OMER SUPPORT Elation® provides a customer support line, to pr ovide set up help and to answer any question should you encounter problems during your set up or initial operation.
Elation Pr ofessional® www .elationlighting.com - T rio-1248 - Page 49 TWO YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. Elation® hereby warrants, to the original purprogramr , Elation® products to be fr ee of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 2 Y ears (730 days) from the date of purprogram.
TRIO-1248 SPECIFICA TONS Specifications POWER SUPPL Y : DC 9-12V DC, 2A Max INPUT/OUTPUTS: DMX Out D M X I n ArtNET Out V G A U S B D C I N DIMENSIONS: 264mm(L) x 482mm(W) x 70mm(H) 10.
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