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    Chauvet, 3000 N 29 th Ct, Holl ywood , F L 33020 U.S.A. (800 ) 7 62-1084 – (954) 929-111 5 FA X (954) 929-5560 www.chauvetlighting.c om COLORdash ™ Par USER MANUAL Snapshot OK on Dimm er Outdoor OK Sound Activa ted DMX512 Master/Sl ave Autoswitching Transf ormer Repl aceable Fuse User Service ab l e Duty Cycle[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 2 9/4/2008 12:09 PM T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1. Before Y ou Begin .................................................................................................................................................................. 3 W ha t is includ ed ........................................................................[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 3 9/4/2008 12:09 PM 1. B EFORE Y O U B EGI N What is inc luded  1 x CO LOR dash™ Par  1 x Power c able wit h plug  1 x 6 .6 f t (2m) p ower linki ng cable  1 x s e t o f r epla c ement scr ews f o r b a rn doors removal  1 x W a rranty C ard  1 x Us e r Man ual Unpack ing Inst ructions Immediat el[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 4 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Safety Instructions Plea s e k eep this Us e r G uide for f uture consu ltation. If you sell t he unit t o another us er, b e sure that they als o receive th is instruction booklet. Always make sure that you a re c onnecting to the pr oper volt age, and that t he lin e voltag e you are connecting [...]

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    LED -SPLASH ™ 3 User M anual 5 9/4/2008 12:09 PM 2. I NTROD UCTIO N Feature s 3, 4 or 9-ch a nne l DMX -512 LED wash light (with I D addressing ) Ope rating m odes 3-ch anne l: RGB contro l 4-ch anne l: RGB, d imme r 9-ch anne l: RGB, ID, dim, mac r o, st r obe, auto matic, custo m Blackou t/static/dimmer/st robe/pulse RGB c olo r mixing w ith or[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 6 9/4/2008 12:09 PM DMX C hannel S ummary The COLOR dash ™ P ar has a total of 3 DM X channel c onfigur a ti ons, r e f e rred to a s “Pers onalities ” in t his man ual and in the fi x tur e onboard c ontrol boar d. Th e 3 pers onaliti e s are [STAG E 1, ARC1, ARC1 +D]. E ach of th e differ ent personaliti e s [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 7 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Product O verview Power Link Out DM X In Power In Power Out Control Panel Bracket A djustment DM X Out Barn Doors[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 8 9/4/2008 12:09 PM 3. SETUP A C Power This f ixt ure h as an auto-switch ing pow er supp ly th at can acc o mmoda te a wid e range of input voltages. T he only t hing necess ary to d o be f ore power ing on th e unit is to make sure t he line voltage you ar e applyi ng is with in the ran ge of a cc epted voltag e s [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 9 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Mounting Orientation This fix ture m ay be mounte d i n any safe pos ition. Rigging The fixture inclu des a mou n ting y oke to wh i ch a rig ging cla m p c an be a ttached . You must supp ly y our own clamp and make sure the c la mp is capab l e of suppo rting the weight of this f ixture . You ca[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 10 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Lens A ssembl y Installation/Repl ace ment T he LED-SP LASH ™ 3 com es with 15 lens ass embl y pre-ins talled from the facto r y . However, there are 2 ot her optional lens kits (CL 20X10, CL20X30) a vailabl e as acces sories, which wi ll alter the b eam angle. Please foll ow the below ins truc[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 11 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Fixture Linking You wi ll n eed a seri al data link t o run light s hows of one or m o re f ixtur e s using a D MX - 512 c ontroll e r or to run s ynchr onized shows on two or more fixtures s et t o a ma s ter/ sl ave oper ating mode. T he combined n umber o f ch annels r equired b y all the f ix[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 12 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Th is drawing p rovides a gen eral illustration of the DMX I nput/Output pan el of a ligh ting fi xture. Universal D MX Contr oller Continue the link Often, the setup for M a ster -Slave and Standalone oper a tion require s that the first fixture in the chain be initialized for this purp ose via [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 13 9/4/2008 12:09 PM DMX Address: 0 01 ID A ddress: 01 DMX Address: 0 01 ID A ddress: 02 DMX Address: 0 01 ID A ddress: 03 DMX Address: 013 ID A ddress: 01 DMX Address: 0 13 ID A ddress: 02 DMX Address: 0 13 ID A ddress: 03 DMX 512 Controlle r T he figure above sho ws a si mple DMX layo ut which has used three uni ts[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 14 9/4/2008 12:09 PM ID A ddress: 01 ID A ddress: 02 ID A ddress: 03 ID A ddress: 04 ID A ddress: 05 ID A ddress: 06 T he figure above sho ws 6 fixtures conn ecte d i n series wi th corres ponding addresses. Each fi xture has { ID ON } in the fixture’s settings. Y ou mu st set the { Range } settings in the controll[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 15 9/4/2008 12:09 PM MENU UP DOWN ENTER Setting the DMX ad dress Each fixture r equires a "st art address " from 1 t o 512. A fi x tur e requiring one or more ch annels f or control b egins to r ead the d ata on t he ch annel indic ated b y the start a ddre ss. F or example, a f ixture that occupi e s or us[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 16 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Upload Customs The cust om programs in the CO LORd a s h™ P ar ma y be tr ansferred ( copied) from one fi xtur e t o anot her, thus giving the ability t o h ave to onl y pr ogram th em on a sing le fi x tur e, and th en duplicat e this only s everal oth ers. This is r e f e renc ed in th e Cont[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 17 9/4/2008 12:09 PM[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 18 9/4/2008 12:09 PM DMX512 Cha nnel Values The COLORD ASH™ PAR h as 3 D MX512 ch annel c onfigurations [ ST AGE1 , ARC 1 , and ARC 1+ D ]. ST A GE 1 C HANNEL V ALUE F UNCTI ON 1 000  2 55 Dimmer 0  100% 2 000  2 55 Red (or STE P TIM E when CUS.01- 10 is activat ed) 0  100% 3 000  2 55 Green (or FADE[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 19 9/4/2008 12:09 PM 8 0  255 Auto Spe ed C HANNEL 9 (ID ADDR ESS SELECTI ON ) 000  009 010  019 020  029 030  039 040  049 050  059 060  069 070  079 080  089 090  099 100  109 110  119 120  129 130  139 140  149 150  159 160  169 170  179 180  189 190  [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 20 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Important Notes a bout STA GE 1 DMX Operati on MA STER DIMM E R Channe l s 1 con trols the inte nsity of the cur re ntly pro j e cted co lor W he n the s lide r is at the highe st po sit ion (255 ) , then the inten sity o f the ou t pu t is at the maxi mum. RE D, GREEN BLU E AND WH ITE COLOR SELE[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 21 9/4/2008 12:09 PM L CD Display Pan el MODE A ccesses mai n menu or b acks out of sub-menu SETUP Sele cts t he curren t l y display ed men u o r confi r ms the current funct i o n value UP Use to n avi gate upwards thro ugh m enu i t ems or in crement f u nct i o n values DOWN Use to na vi gate d ownwards thro ugh [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 22 9/4/2008 12:09 PM M e nu Map M AIN F UNCTI ON S ELECT ION S ELECT ION S ELECT ION S ELECT ION Wash program W ash [ 1]  W ash [ 8] Edit Step time [001]  [ 255] Fade tim e [001]  [ 255] Effect program Eff ect [ 1]  Eff ect [ 8] Edit Speed [001]  [ 100] Custom program Custom [1]  Custom [8] Edit Sce[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 23 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Cust om Program 1. Select from the eight existing [ Cu stom ] program s and it wi ll instantly play. 2. Enter the [ Edit ] s ection to cr eate or edit program. 3. You can create or edit up to 100 sc enes. T o program l ess than 100 scenes, set the [ Step time ] of the scene aft er yo ur last s ce[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 24 9/4/2008 12:09 PM [ Reset to f actory settin gs ] This f unction will r e set all th e settings to the f actory d e f aults excep t f or [ Custo m ] progr ams. Factory Def ault Settin gs Setting Default [ Schedule ] All tim e s in sc hedule are r e s et to [00:00] [ Wash progr am ] Step times and fad e times a re [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 25 9/4/2008 12:09 PM 161  1 80 181  1 90 191  2 10 211  2 20 221  2 55 Eff ect [ 6] Blackout Eff ect [ 7] Blackout Eff ect [ 8] 3 000  0 10 011  0 30 031  0 40 041  0 60 061  0 70 071  0 90 091  1 00 101  1 20 121  1 30 131  1 50 151  1 60 161  1 80 181  1 90 191 [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 26 9/4/2008 12:09 PM 6. A PPENDIX DMX Primer Ther e ar e 512 ch annels in a D MX- 512 con nection. C hannels may be a ssi gn ed in any manner. A fixture c apable of recei ving D MX 512 will r equir e one or a nu mber of s equential chann els. Th e user must assig n a starti ng address on the fi xture that in dicates [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 27 9/4/2008 12:09 PM General Maintena nce To maint ain optimum p erformanc e and mini mize we ar fixtures s hould b e cleaned f requ ently. Us age and envir onment a re c ontributing factors i n determi ning frequenc y. A s a gener al rule, fi xtures shou ld be clean ed at least tw ice a m onth. Dust build up r educ [...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 28 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Photomet rics[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 29 9/4/2008 12:09 PM COLORDA S H™ P A R Service Mai ntenance Guide Sy mpto m(s) Possib l e Solu ti on (s ) 1 or more LED ’s are no t illuminat ing Clea n the fixture reg ular ly to avoid any such fa ilure. Th i s fixtu re is con vection cooled, which mea ns that i f the surfa ce is ke pt cle an and fre e of de br[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 30 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Blow-out D iagra m . Descri ption Part N umber 1 Front Rim Cover P111-M 1RCVR 2 LED lens assembly CL18X10 /15/30 3 Electro nic T ransformer 9 0-240V 50/60Hz P140-M 1ELTR 4 Display/Master PCB P170-M INIP D 5 Bracket/Floor stand P 111 -PARBRKT 6 Bracket Knob P111-M 1KNOB 7 Power/signal input/out pu[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 31 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Connection Drawing[...]

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    COLORd a sh ™ Par User Manual 32 9/4/2008 12:09 PM Te chnical Specifica t ions WEIGHT & DIMENSIONS Length .................................................................................................................................... 14 in (356 mm ) W idth ..................................................................................[...]