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    American DJ ® LIGHT STATION User Instructions American DJ Supply 4295 Char ter Street Los Angeles Ca 90058 (323) 582-2650 (323) 582-2610 www .americandj.com Intr oduction: Thank you f or purchasing the Light Station™ DMX controller from American DJ ® . T o optimize the perf or mance of this product, please read these operating instructions care[...]

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    XLR MALE SOCKET 1 EARTH HOT 2 3 COLD XLR FEMALE SOCKET 1 EARTH HOT 2 3 COLD XLR Pin Configuration: Pin 1 = Shield Pin 2 = Data Compliment (negative) Pin 3 = Data True (positive) Set Up: Power Supply: Before plugging your unit in be sure the source volt- age in your area matches the required v oltage f or y our American DJ® Light Station.™ The Li[...]

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    as long y ou hold do wn the b utton. Releasing the button will s witch the xtures off . 2. When used in conjunction with the ADD/KILL (17) f eature , these buttons are used to activ ate stored channel assignments. Y ou ma y group a n umber of channels to be activ ated at once, then store this group in one of 16 FLASH BUTT ONS (1 & 13). 3. Wh[...]

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    20. Step Up/Cross Setup Button: This has two functions: 1. In manual chase or prog ram modes , this button is used to select the ne xt step , (scene) in the pattern. The current step will be displa y ed b y the right two digits in the LCD displa y (6). Holding down this b utton will quic kly adv ance through the steps (scenes). T apping this b utto[...]

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    accomidate the use of some older European xtures. 33. DMX XLR Output: A maximum of 96 DMX channel output. This is the DMX signal output. This is a 3 pin XLR connector . If connecting to a 5 pin XLR input connector you m ust use a 3-5 pin adaptor . 34. Midi Thru: This connection is used to connect the incoming MIDI signal to another MIDI device .[...]

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    Cross Mode: Cross mode is a man ual adjustment that fades from one step to the ne xt. Y ou ma y use this function in any CHASE P A TTERN. This function will not eff ect channels 9-16. T o use this function: 1. Be sure you are in CHASE MODE. 2. T urn CROSS MODE on b y holding down the SHIFT B UTT ON (16), and pressing the CROSS SETUP BUTT ON (20) un[...]

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    3. T urn on any channels you wish to assign to a FLASH BANK. 4. After you hav e tur ned on your desired channels , press on of the FLASH BUTT ONS (1 &13) while holding down the ASSIGN BUTT ON (25). ALL the channel LED will ash indicating that your program was placed into that FLASH BUTT ON’ s memor y . Recalling an ASSIGN P A TTERN: 1. Y o[...]

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    also change chase patter ns nor mally . T o activ ate this function press and release the MANU AL STEP (26) while holding do wn the SHIFT B UTT ON (16). The LCD DISPLA Y (6) MANUAL STEP LED will light, indicating this function has been activ ated. T o exit this function press the CHASE BUTT ON (24) at any time. Fade Time Function: This function can[...]