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    User M anual[...]

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    P ag e 2 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er Manu al R e v. 6 T ABLE O F C ON TEN TS 1. Be fore You Begin ................................................................................ 4 W ha t Is I ncluded ........................................................................................... 4 Unpacki ng Instructi ons ............................[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 3 of 21 DM X Pri m er ........................................................................................... 17 Int roducti on ................................................................................................ . 17 The Physical Medi um ................................ .............[...]

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    P ag e 4 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 1. B EF ORE Y OU B EG I N Wha t I s Incl u de d · 1 x Impulse™ 648 · 1 x Power Cord · 1 x W ar ra n t y Car d · 1 x Qu i ck R ef er en c e G ui d e Unp ac ki ng Ins tr uc ti on s Im m edi at el y u p o n r ec ei p t , c a r ef ul ly un p a c k th e product an d ch ec k t h e c o nt ai n[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 5 of 21 Pr odu ct at a Glanc e Use on Dimm er x Auto Prog r ams P O ut d o or Us e x Auto - rang ing Powe r Supply P Sound - Act i v at ed P Re placeable Fuse P DMX P Us er - Ser v i c ea b l e x Master/S lave P Safe t y Not es Please r ead the foll owing Saf et y N o t es c a r ef u l l y b ef or e [...]

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    P ag e 6 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 2. I NTRO DUCTION Pr odu ct O ver vi ew Sound S ensitivity Knob Micr ophone Br a c ke t Adjus tm e nt Knob Mounting Br acket LE D Displa y Sa f et y Loop T e x t h er e T e x t h er e Power I n/Out 3- pin DMX In/O ut LE D Displa y 5- pin DMX In/O ut[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 7 of 21 Pr odu ct Di me nsi o ns[...]

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    P ag e 8 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 3. S ETUP AC P o w e r The I m pulse™ 648 h as an a uto - rang i ng power sup ply and can work w ith an in put voltage ran ge of 100~2 40 VAC , 50/60 Hz . To det erm i n e t h e produc t ’s powe r require m ents ( ci r c ui t br ea k er , p o w er o u t l et , an d wir ing ) , use t he cu[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 9 of 21 P ower Linkin g The produc t prov ides power linking via the Edison out let l oca ted in t he back of the un it. Please see the diagra m be low fo r furthe r ex pl anation. Power Lin king Diagra m You can powe r link up to 5 Impulse™ 648 uni t s on 120 V AC or up to 10 Im pul s e™ 648 uni[...]

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    P ag e 10 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 M ounti ng Be fore m ount ing the produc t , read and follow t he safe t y reco mm e ndat ions indicate d in t h e Saf ety Not es s ec t i on ( p a g e 2 of this manual). Orien tation Th e Im p ul s e™ 6 48 may be m ounte d in any po sition; how eve r , m ake sure ade quate ventilation i s[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 11 of 21 4. O PERA T ION Con tr ol P an el Oper ati on To access the control pa ne l f unct ions, use the four bu tt ons located unde r neath the display. Pl eas e r ef er t o t h e Product Ove rv ie w to s e e the butto n l ocation s on the contro l panel. Button Functio n <M E NU > Press to f[...]

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    P ag e 12 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 Con fi gur a ti on (Sta nd a l on e) Set t he pr oduct in one of the sta nda lone m odes to co ntrol without a D MX controlle r. 1. Conne ct the produ c t to a s ui t a bl e p o w er o ut l et . 2. Turn the p roduct on. Never conne ct a produc t t hat is ope r ating i n a ny standalone m ode[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 13 of 21 Master /Slav e M ode Th e Ma s t er / Sl av e m o d e allows a sing le Im pul se™ 648 u ni t (t h e “m a s t er” ) t o c ont r ol t h e actions of one or mor e I mpulse™ 648 units (the “slaves”) without the nee d of a DMX controller. The m aste r uni t will be se t to ope r ate i[...]

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    P ag e 14 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 5. T ECHNICAL I N FORMA TI ON Pr odu ct Mai nten an ce Dust build up reduce s l ight output pe r formance and can cause overheating. This can lead t o reduction of the li ght source’ s lif e. To maintain opt imum perfor m ance and min im i ze wear, you should clean your lighting produ ct s[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 15 of 21 Ge neral Troub les hoot ing Symptom Pos sib le C au se Pos sib le Acti on Ci r cu i t br ea k er o r f u s e kee ps bl owi ng · Ex ce ssi ve l oad on the circuit · Mak e sure that the total load does no t ex c e ed 8 0 % of t h e br ea k er o r f us e nominal curre nt · Short c i rcuit al[...]

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    P ag e 16 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 Con ta ct Pr oce dur e I n ca s e y o u n eed t o r et u r n a produc t or reque st support, f oll ow the p rocedure be l ow: · I f y o u l i v e i n t h e U S, co n t ac t C H A U V E T ® W orl d H ea d q u ar t ers ( s ee b el o w ) . · If you li ve in the U K or Ireland, c ontact CHA U[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 17 of 21 DMX P RIM ER Intr oduc t i on The DMX protoc o l (USIT T DM X512 - A) i s a net w o r ki n g pr ot oc o l th at en a bl es a universal DMX controller de vice to control the features of m ultiple DMX compatib le fixtures, whethe r PAR cans , wash lights, m oving heads, followspots, fogge r s,[...]

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    P ag e 18 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 DMX Conf igur ati on The DMX fi xture con f igurat ion cons ists in dete rmining ho w many chan ne ls each fixtu re will nee d as well as as s i gning the co rr esponding DM X channe ls to eac h f i xt u r e in or d er to s i ze c o rr ec t l y t h e D M X c on t r ol l er . Per sonalities A[...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 19 of 21 (DM X Conn e ct ivi ty c ont .) Numb er o f Fixtures W hen us i ng a D MX control ler, the combined nu m be r of cha nne ls r equired by all the fi xtu res on the DMX daisy chain deter mines the nu m ber of fi x t ure s t he DMX controller has to s uppor t . Conve rsely, the nu m ber o f onb[...]

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    P ag e 20 of 21 Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 (DM X Conn e ct ivi ty c ont .) Test al l DMX cab l es w i th an ohmmeter to ver i fy the ir cor rect polarity and to make sure that there are no shor t - circu its between an y of the pins, or between any pin and gr ound. If the co mmon wire (shield) t ouched t he chassis groun d, a ground [...]

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    Im puls e™ 64 8 Us er M anu al R e v. 6 P ag e 21 of 21 6. T ECHNICAL S PECIFICAT IONS Dimensio ns and Weight Length Widt h Heig ht Weight 16. 7 in ( 42 4 m m) 8.8 in ( 2 24 mm) 6.5 in ( 1 64 mm) 10. 6 lbs ( 4.8 k g) Note: D im ens i ons i n i nc hes r oun ded t o t h e n ear es t d eci mal di git . Pow e r Po wer Sup ply T y pe Rang e Volta ge S[...]