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Rev . 01/29/07 Design LED 60 Strip Elation Professional™ 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, Ca 90058 www.elationlighting.com[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 1 www .ElationLighting.com TABLE OF CONTENS CONTENTS 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 3 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 3 b. Unpacking……………?[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 2 www .ElationLighting.com 1. GENERAL INFORMA TION INTRODUCTION : Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable LED fixtures on the market today! The Design LED 60 Strip,™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guidelines in this bo[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 3 www .ElationLighting.com rain or moisture. Caution! There are no user serviceable parts inside this unit. Do not attempt any repairs yourself. Doing so will void your manufactures warranty . Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. W AR[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 4 www .ElationLighting.com 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS To guarantee proper and consistent operation, it is important to follow the guidelines in this manual. Elation Professional will not accept responsibility for damages resulting from the misuse of this fixture due to the disregard of the [...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 5 www .ElationLighting.com sure the power cord is never crimped or damaged. If the power cord is damaged, replace it immediately with a new one of similar power rating. 13. Always disconnect from main power before performing any type of service or any cleaning procedure. 14. Only handle[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 6 www .ElationLighting.com 3. FEA TURES • Low power consumption • Minimal heat emission • Maintenance free operation • Equipped with 60 one-watt LEDs: (20 red, 20 green, 20 blue) • High power LEDs manufactured by Lumileds, USA • 100,000 hours rated LED life • Seamless RGB [...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 7 www .ElationLighting.com 4. GENERAL GUIDELINES This fixture is a professional lighting ef fect designed for use on stage, in nightclubs, in theatres, and other types of architectural installations. Do not attempt operation or installation without a proper knowledge on how to do so. Th[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 8 www .ElationLighting.com 5. FIXTURE OVERVIEW 1. Bracket Locking Knob – This knob is used to secure the bracket in place after angle adjustments have been made. 2. Diffusing Lens – This lens is used to both protect the LEDs as well as diffuse the light output. 3. LED Assembly – R[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 9 www .ElationLighting.com as provides a female IEC connector for a power cord. Always replace the fuse with an exact match unless otherwise specified by an authorized Elation Service Technician. Using a fuse other than that specified could seriously damage the unit and will void your m[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 10 www .ElationLighting.com 6. MOUNTING AND INST ALLA TION Yoke Assembly – Single Unit Operation (DLED 12 Brick shown for illustration purposes only). The device can be placed directly on the stage floor or rigged in any orientation on a truss without altering its operation characteri[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 1 1 www .ElationLighting.com 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 thes[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 12 www .ElationLighting.com CAUTION! Be sure all electrical connections are performed by a qualified electrician before attempting any operation. Clamp Mounting The Design LED 60 Strip™ provides a unique mounting bracket assembly that allows the unit to stand on flat surface, hang on [...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 13 www .ElationLighting.com fixture. See illustration below. Securing the Design LED 60 Strip™ Always secure your fixture with a safety cable when suspend- ing the unit from truss or other means. The fixture provides a built-in rigging point for a safety cable as illustrated above. Be[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 14 www .ElationLighting.com 7. UNDERST ANDING DMX Data Cable (DMX Cable) Requirements (For DMX and Master/Slave Operation): Your fixture and your DMX controller require a standard 3-pin XLR connector for data input and data output (see figure below). Be sure to only use properly rated D[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 15 www .ElationLighting.com Always be sure daisy chain your in and out data connections, never split or “Y” your DMX connections unless you are using an approved DMX splitter such as the Elation Opto Branch 4™ or DMX Branch/4™. DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator When longer [...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 16 www .ElationLighting.com Understanding Fixture DMX addressing; All fixtures should be given a DMX starting address when using a DMX controller , so the correct fixture responds to the correct control signal. This digital starting address is the channel number from which the fixture s[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 17 www .ElationLighting.com In the case of the Design LED 60 Strip™, which is a 15 channel fixture (default), you should set the starting DMX address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 16 (15 + 1), the third unit to 31 (15 + 16), and so on. The chart on page 24 details the pro[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 18 www .ElationLighting.com 8. OPERATING MODES This fixture can run in three dif ferent DMX modes, the following pages will detail the different operating modes as well as how to achieve the dif ferent operating modes. DMX Settings: The chart below describes how to access the dif ferent[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 19 www .ElationLighting.com Dipswitch 1 is on and dipswitch 2 is on, the red value is 255 GREEN: Dipswitch 3 & 4 of f, the green value is 0 Dipswitch 3 is on and dipswitch 4 is of f, the green value is 60 Dipswitch 3 is of f and dipswitch 4 is on, the green value is 125 Dipswitch 3 [...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 20 www .ElationLighting.com The chart below visual represents the dipswitch setting listed in the previous section. Operating Mode: Dip # 1 1 Dip #10 Dip #9 Dip #8 Dip #7 Dip #6 Dip #5 Dip #4 Dip #3 Dip #2 Dip #1 No function OFF OFF N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Sound control- Sta[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 21 www .ElationLighting.com 9. DMX CHANNEL TRAITS 6 Channel Mode: This chart details a simple layout of the DMX channel assignment in 6- channel mode. The chart traits will vary slightly for 63-channel, 60-chennel, and 15-channel operation, as those modes use more RGB channels for more [...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 22 www .ElationLighting.com DMX channel’s functions and their values (6 Channel Mode): Channel 1 - Red: 0-255 Red (0-Black, 255-100% Red) Channel 2 - Green: 0-255 Green (0-Black, 255- 100% Green) Channel 3 - Blue: 221-255 Blue (0-Black, 255- 100% Blue) Channel 4 - Internal programs: 0[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 23 www .ElationLighting.com Channel 6 - General dimming / Program Speed Control This channel has two functions depending on the operating mode. When running the built-in Programs this channel will control the program speed. 0-255 Dimming (0%-100%) ~ Normal Operation 0-255 Speed (min to [...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 24 www .ElationLighting.com[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 25 www .ElationLighting.com 10. CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE The consider the following point during normal service and 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 larg[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 26 www .ElationLighting.com 11. 2-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY 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 purchas[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 27 www .ElationLighting.com identifying marks to that 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[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 28 www .ElationLighting.com 12. PHOTOMETRIC DATA[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 29 www .ElationLighting.com 13. DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 30 www .ElationLighting.com 14. CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 31 www .ElationLighting.com 15. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply: 90~260v AC, 50Hz~60Hz Power consumption: MAX 140w LED Configuration: 60 1Watt Units (20 x Red, 20 x Green 20 x Blue) Packing dimensions: 174.5 x14.5x 21.5cm Weight: 10.5.Kgs DMX Channels: 6, 15, 60, or 63, DMX Channe[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 32 www .ElationLighting.com[...]
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DESIGN LED 60 Strip™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 33 www .ElationLighting.com Elation Professional 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA. 90058 323-582-3322 / 323-582-3108 fax www .ElationLighting.com /Info@ElationLighitng.com[...]