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    Rev. 01/08/2010 – visage Version 1.1 ELAR 108PAR RGBW Elati on Prof essional ™ 6122 S. Easter n Ave. Los Angeles, Ca 90040 www.ela tionl ight ing. com[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 1 www.Elati onLighti ng.com[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 2 www.Elati onLighti ng.com TABLE OF CONTENS 1. Gene ral I nfo rmat ion ……………………………………………………………………… 3 a. Int ro duct ion ………………………………………………………………………. 3 b. Unpacki ng…………?[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 3 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 1. GENERAL INFORMATION INTRODUCTION : Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the m ost innovative and reliable LED fixtures on the market today! The ELAR 108PAR RGBW™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guidelines in this book[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 4 www.Elati onLighti ng.com yourself. Doing so will void your manufactures warranty. Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION : The ELAR 108PAR RGBW™ carries a two-year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 5 www.Elati onLighti ng.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 th[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 6 www.Elati onLighti ng.com replace it immediately with a new one of similar power rating. 12. Always disconnect from main power before performing any type of service or any cleaning procedure. 13. Only handle the power cord by the plug. Never pull out the plug by tugging the wire port[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 7 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 3. FEATURES • IP65 Rated Fixture • Low power consumption • Minimal heat emission • Maintenance free operation • Equipped with 36 3- Wat t (12 x red, 9 x green, 9 x blue, 6 x white ) • Silent Operation, convection cooled, no fans • 100,000 hours[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 8 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 4. GENERAL GUIDELINES This fixture is a professional lighting effect 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. C[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 9 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 5. FIXTURE OVERVIEW[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 10 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 1. LED Lens Assembly – The lens assembly may be user replaced in the event repair is needed or a different beam angle is required. 2. LED Display – 4 -segment menu display. Used to display the DMX address as well as all other menu functions. 3. Power Ou[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 11 www.Elati onLighti ng.com cable that converts a standard Edison 3-prong to the IP rated twist lock connector. When jumping from fixture to fixture be sure to only use Elation IP rated power connectors to maintain the IP rating. 11. DMX In Lead – This lead is the main DMX input lea[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 12 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 6. MOUNTING AND INSTALL ATION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, and away from areas were unauthorized personnel might reach the fixture. Before mounting the fixture to any surface, make sure tha[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 13 www.Elati onLighti ng.com Mounting The ELAR 108PAR RGBW™ is fully operational in any mounting posi tion, hanging upside-down , side mounted, or set on a flat level surface, etc. Be sure this fixture is kept at least 0.5m (1.5 feet) away from any flammable materials (decoration etc[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 14 www.Elati onLighti ng.com When mounting this fixture to truss be sure to secure an appropriately rated clamp to the hanging yoke using a M10 screw fitted through the center hole of the hanging yoke. As an added safety measure be sure to attach at least one properly rated safety cabl[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 15 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 7. UNDERSTANDING DMX DMX- 512: DMX is short for Digital M ultiplex. This is a uni versal protocol used by most lighting and controller manufactures as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers. DMX allows all makes and models of d[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 16 www.Elati onLighti ng.com “First” Power Cable – A special power “First” cable is included with every fixture. This cables is used to provide power to your fixture. This cable comes with the IP rated twist lock connector on one end and a standard Edison 3-prong, grounded pr[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 17 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 5-Pin XLR DMX Connectors . Some manufactures use 5-pin XLR co nnectors for DATA transmission in place of 3- pin. 5 -pin XLR fixtures may be implemente d in a 3 - pin XLR DMX line. When inserting standard 5-pin XLR connectors in to a 3-pin line a cable adapt[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 18 www.Elati onLighti ng.com set the starting DMX address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 10 ( 9 + 1), the third unit to 19 ( 9 + 10 ), and so on. Note: During start- up the ELAR 108PAR RGBW™ will automatically detect whether a DMX data signal is being received or not. If [...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 19 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 8. DISPLAY LED INDIC ATOR. The ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ has a LED indicator on the display. This indicator is designed to give a quick visual indication of the fixtures’ DMX status. The illustration below details the functionality of the LED indicators. The L[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 20 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 9. DISPLAY MENU Default settings shaded. Remarks: 1) If the fixture does not receive a DMX signal the menu display will flash repeatedly. 2) TIME : Adjust the hold time for each scene in built- in chase programs. 3) FADE: Adjust the fade time between each s[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 21 www.Elati onLighti ng.com in a daisy-chain fashion it is imperative to assign a proper and unique starting DMX address to each and every fixture. The DMX address is non-destructive and will remain in the fixture’s memory even when the power to the unit is switched off. Memory is b[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 22 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 9.1.3 < DISP> - Menu Display Settings This function allows the internal programs to run in either stand-alone or master/salve DMX chain. In “Alone” mode “VALU” - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel This function will electronically displ[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 23 www.Elati onLighti ng.com <DFSE> - Restore Default This function is used to restore the factory settings of the device. All settings will be set back to the default values (shaded). Any edited scenes will be lost. <VER> Software Version This function will display the cur[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 24 www.Elati onLighti ng.com controller. For detailed instructions on how to complete this task please see “Working with Built-In Programs” Section 12 / Page 35 . 9.5.1 Select program – This function allows the user to select one of ten of the user defined built -in programs. Thi[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 25 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 10 . DMX ADD RESSING Setting the DMX address - After the fixture is turned “ON” it will immediately complete a reset process that test all the fixture’s functions. When the reset process concludes the LCD will display the fixture’s current DMX addre[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 26 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 6. Press ENTER to confirm. 7. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. Controller Settings : 1. Set the DMX value of channel 1 to a value of 7. 2. Set the DMX value of channel 2 to a value of 7 or 8. When channel 2 is set to "7" you can adjust t[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 27 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 11 . DMX TRAI TS DMX Operation Notes: The fixture will function in DMX mode whenever the unit is receiving a DMX signal. Please note that this will override all manual settings. This unit will keep and retain the last DMX command in the event of DMX signal [...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 28 www.Elati onLighti ng.com DMX channel’s functions and their values (4-Channel Mode): Channel 1 - Red: 0- 255 Red (0-Black, 255 - 100% Red) Channel 2 - Green: 0- 255 Green (0-Black, 255 - 1 00% Green) Channel 3 - Blue: 0- 255 Blue (0-Black, 255 - 100% Blue) Channel 4 - White: 0- 25[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 29 www.Elati onLighti ng.com DMX channel’s functions and their values (5-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: 0- 255 Blue (0-Black, 255 - 100% Blue) Channel 4 - White: 0- 255[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 30 www.Elati onLighti ng.com DMX channel’s functions and their values (7-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: 0- 255 Blue (0-Black, 255- 100% Blue) Channel 4 - White: 0- 255 Wh[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 31 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 136 - 143 R67 Light Sky Blue 144 - 151 R68 Sky Blue 152 - 159 R69 Brilliant Blue 160 - 167 R76 Light Green Blue 168 - 175 R79 Bright Blue 176 - 183 R80 Primary Blue 184 - 191 R382 Congo Blue 192 - 199 R87 Pale Yellow Green 200 - 207 R89 Moss Green 208 - 215[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 32 www.Elati onLighti ng.com DMX channel’s functions and their values (9-Channel Mode): Channel 1 - Red LED: 0- 255 Red (0-Black, 255- 100% Red) Channel 2 - Green LED: 0- 255 Green (0-Black, 255-100% Green) Channel 3 - Blue LED: 0- 255 Blue (0-Black, 255-100% Blue) Channel 4 - White [...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 33 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 8- 15 R04 Medium Amber 16 - 23 R09 Pale Amber Gold 24 - 31 R316 Gallo Gold 32 - 39 R21 Golden Amber 40 - 47 R26 Light Red 48 - 55 R27 Medium Red 56 - 63 R36 Medium Pink 64 - 71 R339 Broadway Pink 72 - 79 R344 Follies Pink 80 - 87 R52 Light Lavender 88 - 95 [...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 34 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 71 - 100 Internal program 3 101 - 130 Internal program 4 131 - 160 Internal program 5 161 - 190 Internal program 6 191 - 220 Internal program 7 221 - 255 Gradient effect Channel 8 - Shutter, strobe: 0- 31 Blackout (All LEDs Off) 32 - 63 Open (LEDs Active) 6[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 35 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 12 . WORKING WITH BUILT - IN PROGRAMS The fixture comes equipped with a built-in DMX recorder that allows custom programs to be installed and recalled directly from the fixture’s control board. Programs can be created and stored using the fixture’s cont[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 36 www.Elati onLighti ng.com lock the value into the scenes memory. You can repeat the procedure for all functions liste d below: - “Auto Program” – Allows access to all of the fixture’s DMX traits. - “ Red ” – adjust all of the red LED value s - “Green” – adjust al[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 37 www.Elati onLighti ng.com “DOWN” buttons to toggle through the scenes created in “Step 1.” Press the “ENTER” button to add a scene to the program. Tapping the “Enter” button will automatically lock the selected scene into the programs’ memory. Repeat the process un[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 38 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 13 . LENS R EPLACEMENT The ELAR 108PAR RGBW comes with a removable front cover that allows the lens assembly to be changed out to achieve different beam angles. Lens cover is held in place by two ¼ turn locking fasteners. To remove the cover; 1) Turn the l[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 39 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 14 . CLEANING AND MAI NTENANCE Consider the following points 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 lar[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 40 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 15 . 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 o f pur[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 41 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 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 expressed or implied, is [...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 42 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 16 . PHOTOMETRIC DATA[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 43 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 17 . DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 44 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 18 . CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC[...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 45 www.Elati onLighti ng.com 19 . TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply: 100v~240v / 50Hz~60Hz AC Power consumption: M aximum 120w IP Gra de: IP65 LED Configuration: 36 x 3 Watt ( 12 x Red, 9 x Green, 9 x Blue, 6 x White) IP Rating: IP65 Weight: 6 Kgs / 15.2Lbs DMX Channels: 9, 7 , 5, [...]

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    ELAR 108PAR RGBW ™ ©Elation Profes sional, Los An geles C a. 46 www.Elati onLighti ng.com[...]

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    Rev. 01/08/2010 – visage Version 1.1 Elation Professional 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90040 323 - 582 - 3322 / 323 - 832 - 9142 fax www.ElationLighting.com / Info@ElationLighitng.com[...]