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Chauvet DMX5M manual

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    3000 N 29 th Ct, Holl ywood, FL 33020 U.S. A. (800 ) 762-10 84 – (954) 929-1115 FA X (954) 929 -5560 www.chauvetlighting.c om USER MANUAL Snapshot OK on Dimm er Outdoor OK Sound Activa ted DMX512 Master/Sl ave Autoswitching Transf ormer Repl aceab le F u se User Service ab le Duty Cycle[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 2 4/27/2009 5:13 PM T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1. Befor e You Beg in ................................................................................................................................ 3 W h at is i n clude d ..............................................................................................[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 3 4/27/2009 5:13 PM 1. B EFORE Y OU B EGIN What is included  1 x Sc o r pion™ St orm RG X  1 x Power C ord  1 x W a rr anty Card  1 x Us e r Manu al Unpacking Instructions Immediat ely upon rec eiving a fixture, c are f ully unpack th e c a rt on, che ck the c ontents t o ensur e that all parts[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 4 4/27/2009 5:13 PM Safety Instructions Plea s e keep this Us er Guid e for futur e consu ltation. If you sell t he unit t o another us er, b e sure that they als o receive th is instructi on booklet. Always make sur e that you are connecti ng t o th e pr ope r voltage, and th at the line voltag e you are co[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 5 4/27/2009 5:13 PM NON -IN T ERLOCKE D HOUSING W A RNING This unit c ontains h igh pow er las e r d evices i nternally. D o not op en the laser housing, due t o p otenti al exposure t o uns a f e levels of l a s er rad iation. Th e las e r power l evels acc e ss ible if t he unit i s open ed can caus e inst[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 6 4/27/2009 5:13 PM LASER SAFET Y L ABEL REPRO DUCTION LASER HA ZA RD W ARNING LAB EL LASER APERTURE LABEL EXP LAN ATORY, MANU FACTURER’S ID & CERTIFICATION LABEL NON INTERLOCKED HOUSING LABE L[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 7 4/27/2009 5:13 PM LA SER LIGHT AV OID DIREC T EYE EXPOSURE Further gui delin e s and s a f e t y pr ograms f or safe us e of lasers c an be found in th e ANSI Z136.1 Stan dard “ For S a f e Use o f Lasers”, availabl e fr om the Laser Inst itute o f Am e r ic a : w ww.laseri nstit ute.org. Many loc al g[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 8 4/27/2009 5:13 PM 2. I NTRODUCTIO N Features 4-channel DM X-5 12 c o ntr olled r ed and green eff ect laser Eff e ct m otor with c ontr o l of rot a ti on and st utter eff ect C o lor s election o f red, gr een or bot h red & g reen wit h s trob e control Built-in automat ic pr ograms via m a st er/sla[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 9 4/27/2009 5:13 PM Product O v er view Power LED H a ngi ng bracket Bracket adjustm ent knob (1 of 2) Audio LED Laser Apert ure[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 10 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM P RODUCT D IMENSI ONS[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 11 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM P ROPER U SAGE CAU TION: Us e of c ontrols , adju stmen ts, or perfo rmance of procedu res o ther than wh at is sp ecifi ed here in may resu lt in haz ardous rad iat ion exposu re 3 meters CAUTI ON : Use of controls, adju stments, or performan ce of procedures other than what is specifi[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 12 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM Th e fus e is locat ed inside this compartm ent. R e mo ve using a f lat head scr ewdriver. Han g ing Clamp Note! Clam p is sold s eparately . 3. S ETUP Fuse Replacement W ith a flat head sc rewdriver wed ge th e fus e holder out of its h ousing. Remo ve th e damag ed fuse fr om its hol[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 13 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM Fixture Linking You wi ll need a s erial d ata link t o run light s hows of one or m o r e fi xtures using a D MX - 512 c ontroll e r or to run s ynchr onized shows on two or more fi xtures s e t to a mas ter/ slave oper ating mod e. The combined n umber o f chann els r equired b y all [...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 14 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM Th is drawing provid es a gen eral illu stration of the DMX I nput/ Output p anel of a ligh ting fixture. Universal D MX C ontroller Continue the link Often, the setup for M as te r-Sl ave and Standalone oper ation requires that the first fixture in the chain be initialized for this pur[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 15 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM 4. O PERA TING I N ST RUCTIO NS Na vigating the Control Panel Access c ontrol p anel functions using th e f o ur p anel b uttons lo c ated di r e ctl y undern eath th e LE D Display. The C ontrol Pan el LED Dis play sh ow s the menu items you sel e ct fr om th e menu map on page # . W h[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 16 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM DMX Channel Values C HANNEL V ALUE F UNCTI ON 1 000  0 19 020  0 39 040  0 59 060  0 79 080  0 99 100  1 19 120  1 39 140  1 59 160  1 79 180  1 99 200  2 55 Control M ode DMX Mo de Automatic fast (r ed) Automatic slow (r ed) Automatic fast (green) Autom[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 17 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM S E T T I N G T H E S T A R T I N G A D D R E S S This DMX m ode enab les th e use o f a uni versal DM X c o n troller de vice. Eac h fixtur e requir es a "st a rt address " from 1 t o 512. A fi xtur e req uiring on e or m o r e ch ann els f o r c ontrol b egin s t o r ead the[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 18 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM Technical Support Address: S ervic e D ept. 3000 N 29t h Ct, H ollywood, F L 33020 (U. S.A.) Support (E mail): t ech@ch auvetlighti ng.com Telephon e: (954) 92 9-111 5 - (Pr e ss 4) Fax: (954) 929-556 0 - (Atten tion: S ervic e ) W e bsite: h ttp://www.c hauvetli ghting.c om 5. A PPENDI[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 19 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM Claims D a mage incurr ed in shippi ng is th e r e sp onsibility of the sh ipper; th eref o r e the damage must be reported t o the c a rr ier up on re c eipt o f m erchandis e. It is th e cust omer's r esponsibility t o notif y and submit claims with the sh ipp er in th e event th[...]

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    Scorpion™ S t o r m RGX Us e r Manu al 20 4 /27/2009 5:13 PM Technical Specifications WEIGHT & DIMEN SIONS Length ................................................................................................................................ . 11 in (2 76 mm ) W idth ...........................................................................[...]