Elation Professional 1200C manual

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Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 3 Design Spot 1200C ™ CONTENTS 1. Gener al Info rmati on……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Int roduc tion ………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Cust omer Suppor t…………………………?[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 4 Design Spot 1200C ™ 1. GENERAL INFORMA TIO N INTRODUCTION : Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Spot 1200C,™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guidelines in this booklet are [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 5 Design Spot 1200C ™ Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash, keep for warranty repair . Please recycle whenever possible. W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION : The Design Spot 1200C™ carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty . Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate yo[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 6 Design Spot 1200C ™ high-pressure environment to emit a brilliant output. Due to the high pressure involved with the construction of the lamp, the lamp may explode during prolonged extensive use. This risk is increased with age; added care is encouraged when dealing with older lamps. Thus, lam[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 7 Design Spot 1200C ™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Spot 1200C™ is an extremely sophisticated piece of electronic equipment. To guarantee a smooth operation, it is important to follow the guidelines in this manual. The manufacturer of this device will not accept responsibility for damages [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 8 Design Spot 1200C ™ may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this fixture to rain or moisture. 11. Do not attempt to operate this fixture if the power cord has become damaged or frayed. Important Notice: Damages res[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 9 Design Spot 1200C ™ 3. FEA TURE S • Pan 540˚ or 630˚ (User selectable) / T ilt 265° • 30 Built-In Color Preset Macros • 3 operation mode: DMX Controlled, Stand-Alone or Sound Activated • 2 Gobo Wheels (Indexable/Replaceable) o Wheel 1: 5 Rotating Gobos plus Open o Wheel 2: 5 Rotatin[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 10 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 4. GENERAL GUIDELINES This fixture is a professional lighting effect designed for use on stage, in nightclubs, in theatres, etc. Do not attempt operation or installation without a proper knowledge on how to do so. This fixture was designed for indoor use only . Use of th[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 11 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 5. FIXTU RE OVE RVIEW 1. Output Lens 2. Y oke 3. Cooling Fan 4. 3-Pin DMX Output 5. 3-Pin DMX Input 6. Fuse 1 - Lamp 7. 5-Pin DMX Output 8. Fuse 2 - Electronics 9. 5-Pin DMX Input 10. Power Cord 1 1. Tilt Locking Mechanism 12. Antenna – Wireless DMX 13. LCD Menu Displa[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 12 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 6. LAMP INST ALLA TIO N INSTR UCTION S For a proper and safe lamp change, please follow the instructions in this chapter carefully . Safety Regulations • To prevent accidental shock disconnect the unit’s main power supply. • Allow the unit to cool for at least 15 m[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 13 Design S pot 1 200C ™ place. Before reassembling the unit, be sure the new lamp is securely seated in the lamp socket. Always be sure to only use specified lamp types! (MSR Gold 1200 FastFit). 4. Once the lamp has been inserted and secured into the socket, follow the lamp optimization instruc[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 14 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Please remember that a MSR Gold 1200 FastFit lamp is not a hot-restrike lamp therefore, you should wait 15 minutes before you can attempt to strike the lamp once it has been turned off.[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 15 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 7. MOUN TING AND INST ALLA TION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, or in areas were unauthorized personnel might reach the fixture. Before mounting the fixture to any surface, make sure that the installation a[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 16 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Mounting points Overhead mounting requires extensive experience, including amongst others calculating working load limits, a fine knowledge of the installation material being used, and periodic safety inspection of all installation material and the fixture. If you lack t[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 17 Design S pot 1 200C ™ next page). When mounting this fixture to truss be sure to secure an appropriately rated clamp to the hanging yoke using a M10 screw fitted through the center hole of the hanging yoke. As an added safety measure be sure to attached at least one properly rated safety cabl[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 18 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 8. UNDERST ANDING DMX DMX-512: DMX is short for Digital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by lighting and controller manufactures as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers. DMX allows all makes and models of different manufactures[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 19 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Be sure to follow the above figure when making your own cables. Do not use the ground lug on the XLR connector. Do not connect the cable’s shield conductor to the ground lug or allow the shield conductor to come in contact w ith the XLR’s outer casing. Grounding the [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 20 Design S pot 1 200C ™ DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator A DMX terminator should be used in all DMX lines especially in longer runs. The use of a terminator may avoid erratic behavior in your DMX line. A terminator is a 120 ohm 1/4 watt resistor that is connected between pins 2 and 3 of a[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 21 Design S pot 1 200C ™ address” is the channel number from which the fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control information sent out from the DMX controller . The allocation of this starting DMX address is achieved by setting the correct DMX address on the digital display located [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 22 Design Spot 1200 C™ 9. FIXTU RE MEN U On-Board System Menu: The Design Spot 1200C™ comes with an easy to navigate system menu. This next section will detail the functions of each command in the system menu. LCD Control Panel: The control panel located on the side of the fixture allows you t[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 23 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Lam p C ont rol Lam p O n o r Off Aut oma tic La- On Lam p O n Via DM X Lam p O ff Via D MX Lam p O ff No DM X Lam p O n a t T em p. Lam p O ff at T e mp . ON /OFF ON /OFF ON /OF F ON /OF F OFF , 0FF~19M 20~79 C˚, 45C ˚ /6 8~1 74 F˚ 1 13 F ˚ 80 ~ 139 C˚ , 130 C˚ /1[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 24 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Res et F unc tion Res et All Res et P an/ T ilt Res et C olo rs Res et G ob os Res et S hut ter Res et O the rs Res et a ll m oto rs Res et P an/ T ilt Res et c olo r wh eel Res et a ll g obo whe els Res et s hut ter a nd dim mer Res et a ll ot her mot ors T e st C han n[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 25 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 10 MENU FUNCTIONS: 10.1 Function Mode 10.1.1. “Set DMX Address” - DMX address setting This function is used to set or adjust the fixture’s starting DMX address. Every device controlled by DMX has to have a unique starting address. The addressing feature is what all[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 26 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 10.2 Info rmation: 10.2.1.Time information Current time This function displays the running time of the fixture from the last power on. The display reads “XXXX”, where “XXXX” represents the number of hours the fixture has been running. This counter is automaticall[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 27 Design S pot 1 200C ™ L-Timer Password Use this function to enter the “Clear Lamp Time” password. Password is “038” Clear Lamp Time This function will allow the “Lamp Run Hours” function be cleared and reset. This function resets the lamp “ON” time to zero. Please reset the la[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 28 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 10.3.2. Automatic La-On This function is on by default. With this function you can select if the lamp will be switched on when switching the power on. Select “ON” if you wish to enable this function or “OFF” if you don’t. 10.3.3. Lamp on via DMX With this funct[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 29 Design S pot 1 200C ™ the fixture. RDMX is on by default. For operational instructions please see Section 10/Page 25 of this manual “Remote DMX addressing.” No DMX Status – This function dictates how the fixture will function if it looses DMX signal during normal operation. The default [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 30 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 10.4.2. Service Settings – These adjustments and settings should only be performed by a technician familiar with the functionality this fixture. Incorrect setting of these functions may result reduced performance or damage to the fixture. Service Password: The correct [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 31 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 10.4.6 Initial effect This function allows the user to store a customized home (reset) position. 10.4.7 Wireless DMX This section will control the functionality of the built-in wireless DMX receiver. See page 38 for more information on operating this fixture via Wireless[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 32 Design S pot 1 200C ™ single step procedure. This function will center the pan and tilt motors while at the same time open the shutter and bring the dimmer to 100%. The pan and tilt function will still operate if the fixture needs to be positioned to a flat clear surface. 10.6.3 Calibrate val[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 33 Design S pot 1 200C ™ pre-programmed scenes can be transmitted to the fixture via any standard DMX controller. This function allows those scenes to be stored in to the fixture’s built-in memory and then subsequently used to create user-defined programs. See working with built-in programs Se[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 34 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 1 1. D MX ADDRE SSING Setting the DMX address - After the fixture is turned “ON” it will immediately complete a reset process that test all the fixture’s functions. When the reset process concludes the LCD will display the fixture’s current DMX address. If the fi[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 35 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 6. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. Controller Settings : 1. Set the DMX value of channel 1 to a value of 7. 2. Set the DMX value of channel 2 to a value of 7 or 8. When channel 2 is set to "7" you can adjust the starting address between 1 and 255. Wh[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 36 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 12. OPE RATION Operating Modes : The Design Spot 1200C™ can operate in several 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 c[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 37 Design S pot 1 200C ™ • For functionality that chases to sound: Access the “Function” menu and select the “Music Control” function, this will give you access to the “Music Control” submenu. See page 25 for the menu breakdown. Once in the “Music Control” submenu select “Alo[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 38 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 13. Usin g the Bu ilt-In Wi reless DM X Syste m The Design Spot 1200C comes equipped with an Elation Wireless DMX Receiver built-in. This receiver is fully compatible with your existing Elation Wireless DMX System. 13.1 Working with the W ireless DMX (WDMX) System: • T[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 39 Design S pot 1 200C ™ on the both the fixture and the transmitter will stop flashing and glow solid green. If the paring is unsuccessful repeat the process until the paring is secured. d) The fixture will store the pairing information inside a nondestructive memory bank once a link is created[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 40 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 14. WO RKING W ITH BUI LT - IN PROG RAMS The fixture comes equipped with a built-in DMX recorder that allows custom programs to be installed and recalled directly from the fixture’s control board. Programs can be created and stored using the fixture’s control board o[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 41 Design S pot 1 200C ™ - “PAN-Fine” – precision pan movement. - “TILT” – tilt movement. - “TILT-Fine” – precision tilt movement - “Move Speed” – adjust pan and tilt motor speed - “Gobo Wheel 1” – select gobos from gobo wheel 1 - “Gobo Rot. 1” – adjust gobo 1[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 42 Design S pot 1 200C ™ You may choose a bank from 1 ~ 250. - Once you reach your desired bank press the ENTER button and use the UP and DOWN button to reach “Input by Outside” - Next, select a scene on your DMX console and press the ENTER button on the fixture. The scene should then be sto[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 43 Design S pot 1 200C ™ “Stand-Alone Operation” on page 35 for proper set-up instructions. A Master unit can send up to 3 different data groups to the Slave units, i.e. a Master un it can start 3 different Slave units, which run 3 different programs. The Master unit sends the 3 program part[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 44 Design S pot 1 200C ™ • Press the Mode/Esc button in order to return to the main menu. 3. Program selection for Auto Pro Part • Select “Edit program” by turning the encoder. • Press the Enter button to confirm. • Select “Select programs” by turning the encoder. • Press the E[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 45 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Example: Program 2 includes scenes: 10, 11, 12, 13 Program 4 includes scenes: 8, 9, 10 Program 6 includes scenes: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Auto Pro Part 1 is Program 2; Auto Pro Part 2 is Program 3; Auto Pro Part 3 is Program 6 The 3 Slave groups run the Auto Program in certai[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 46 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 15. DMX CHANN EL TRAI TS: The chart below details the channel layout for 26 DMX channels (default). In 8bit mode the “Pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used, thus converting the fixture into a 24-channel DMX fixture. CHANNEL 1: Pan Movement (630° or 540[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 47 Design S pot 1 200C ™ CHANNEL 20: Iris CHANNEL 21: Frost CHANNEL 22: Animation Wheel CHANNEL 23: CMY/Dimmer Speed CHANNEL 24: Movement Speed (Pan/T ilt movement, blackout selection) CHANNEL 25: Color Macros CHANNEL 26: Special (Auto program control + lamp on, motor reset, lamp switch of f) DM[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 48 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Ma gen ta C olo r: 7 5 9 0- 255 Ma gen ta ( 0-w hite , 25 5-1 00% m age nta ) Ma gen ta C olo r F ine : 10 0- 255 Ma gen ta F ine Yel low Co lor : 8 6 11 0- 255 Yel low (0- whi te, 2 55 -100 % Yell ow) Yel low Co lor Fin e: 12 0- 255 Yel low Fin e CT O C olo r: 9 7 13 0-[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 49 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 50 - 59 Go bo 5 60 - 69 Go bo 6 70 - 89 Go bo 1 sh ake slo w to fas t 90 - 109 Go bo 2 sh ake slo w to fas t 110 - 129 Go bo 3 sh ake slo w to fas t 130 - 149 Go bo 4 sh ake slo w to fas t 150 - 169 Go bo 5 sh ake slo w to fas t 170 - 189 Go bo 6 sh ake slo w to fas t 19[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 50 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 194 - 255 Co unte r-C loc kwis e p rism ro tatio n fr om slo w to fas t Pri sm ind exin g ( Fin e): 23 0- 255 Fin e in dex ing Focus : 16 14 24 0- 255 Co ntin uou s ad jus tme nt f rom nea r to far Foc us Fin e: 25 0- 255 Co ntin uou s ad jus tme nt F ine Mo tori zed Zo [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 51 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 0- 225 Ma xim um to m in imu m s pee d 226 - 235 Bla cko ut w ith mo vem en t – s hut ter clos es w ith pa n & tilt m ov em ents 236 - 245 Bla cko ut w he n an y in tern al whe el c han ge s po sitio n 246 - 255 No fun ctio n Co lor Mac ros (C MY fla gs a nd col or[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 52 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 30 - 39 Color & gobo change to any position 40 - 59 Lam p o n 60 - 79 Lam p s wit ch o ff 80 - 84 All mot ors res et 85 - 87 Pan & Tilt mo tors res et 88 - 90 Co lor w he els rese t 91 - 93 Go bo m oto rs rese t 94 - 96 Shu tte r & D im me r mo tor s re set 9[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 53 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 16. FUSE REPLA CEMEN T The Design Spot 1200C has two external protective fuses. One fuse protects the internal electronics and the other protects the lamp circuitry . Refer to page 1 1 for fuse holder location. Fuse 1, Lamp Fuse: GMA 220v/10A Fuse 2, Electronics Fuse: GM[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 54 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 17. ERROR CODES: When power is applied, the unit will automatically enter a “reset/test” mode. This mode brings all the internal motors to a home position. If there is an internal problem with one or more of the motors an error code will flash in the display in the f[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 55 Design S pot 1 200C ™ motor’s IC driver has failed. Gobo 1 Er Gobo wheel 1 is not located in the home position after the reset. This message will appear after a fixture rest if the magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing), the stepper motor is defective, or a[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 56 Design S pot 1 200C ™ This message will appear after a fixture rest if the magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing), the stepper motor is defective, or a stepper motor’s IC driver has failed for the magenta motor . Y ellow Color Er Y ellow color flag is not l[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 57 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Iris Er The iris motor is not located in the home position after the reset. This message will appear after a fixture rest if the fixture’s iris magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing), the stepper motor is defective, or a stepper motor?[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 58 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 18. CLE ANING AND MAINTE NANCE The following points have to be considered during the inspection: 1. Be sure all screws and fasteners are securely tightened at all times. Lose screws may fall out during normal operation resulting in damage or injury as larger parts could [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 59 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 19. Phot ometric D ata:[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 60 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 20 . DIMEN SIONAL DRA WI NGS:[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 61 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 21 . CIRCU IT SCHE MA TIC[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 62 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 22. 2-YE AR LIMI TED WA RRANT Y A. Elation Professional ® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser , Elation Professional ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of two years, (730 days) from the date of purchase. This [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 63 Design S pot 1 200C ™ effect. E. Elation Professional ® reserves the right to make changes in design and/or improvements upon its products without any obligation to include these changes in any products theretofore manufactured. F . No warranty , whether expressed or implied, is given or mad[...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 64 Design S pot 1 200C ™ 23. TEC HNICAL SPEC IFICA TIONS Pow er su pply Pow er Su ppl y Optional input: 208V ,220V ,230V ,240V Optional Hz:50Hz,60Hz Pow er co nsu mp tion 1500 W att, 8.5 A, e lec tron ic b alla st, (blin d c urre nt c om pen sat ed) Fus e p rot ecti on Lam p: 220 V = 10 A/2 50V [...]

Desig n Sp ot 120 0C™ ©Ela tion P rofess ional® 65 Design S pot 1 200C ™ Len gth of the ba se 367 mm / 1 4.5 inc hes Wid th of H ea d 279 mm / 1 1 in ch es He ight (he ad ver tica l) 641 .5m m / 25 .25 inc hes We igh t (n et) 35. 5 kg s / 78. 35 Lbs Op era ting No ise Lev els (B ase lev el 4 6.8 dB) Mo de: Au to 1m = 64 dB[...]

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