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    El atio n Pro fe ssion al · Los Ange les , Ca 9005 8 · www .elation li ght ing.c om M A G I C - 2 6 0 U S E R M A N U A L V e r s i o n 0 4 - 0 6 R e v 1 . 0[...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 El atio n Pro fe ssion al · Los Ange les , Ca 9005 8 · www .elation li ght ing.c om T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s S e c t i o n s : 1 : G en er a l In t r o duc t ion . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. .[...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 3 S e c t i o n 1 : G e n e r a l I n t r o d u c t i o n T h ank y o u fo r ch o os i ng t h e El at i on M A G IC -2 60 . Th e M AG IC -260 i s a 26 4 ch a n nel , e x tr e me l y us e r fr ie n d ly , D MX li gh t in g c o n tr o ll er d es i gn e d f o r D J’ s , n ig h t c l u bs a nd b a rs . Ma g ic 2 6 0 in c l u des an [...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 4 S e c t i o n : 2 S a f e t y I n f o r m a t i o n & M a i n t e n a n c e Plea se re ad a ll i ns tru c tio ns prio r t o ass em bli ng, m oun ti ng, an d ope rat in g yo ur M AGI C- 2 60. T o pro tec t agai ns t fi re, el ect ric s hoc k and inj ury to per so ns, p leas e fo llo w the sa fet y pre ca ution s lis t ed bel [...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 5 Sect io n : 3 I nfo rm at ion N ot ic e Pl e as e r e ad t hr ou g h t h is m a nu a l c ar e f ul l y a n d th or o u gh l y, a s i t g i ve s i m po r t an t in f or mat i o n r eg a rd i n g s af e ty , u s e a n d ma in t en a nc e. K e ep t hi s m a nu a l w it h th e un i t f o r po s s ib le f ut u re r efe r e nc e . P r[...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 6 S e c t i o n 5 : F e a t u r e s a n d S p e c i f i c a t i o n s  M o vi n g li g ht c o nt r o ll e r fo r up t o 2 4 m o v in g l i gh ts .  Hel p button for programming sc enes and sho ws.  26 4 to t a l D MX ch an n e ls .  4 A u xi l i ar y b ut to n s f o r ma n ua l On /O f f c o nt ro l v i a DM X pow e r [...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 7 S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1. FU NC T I ON b ut t o ns : T h e F U NC TI O N b ut to n s a re m u lt i pu r po s e bu t to n s us e d in c o nj u n c ti o n wi t h th e FI X T U RE , SC E N E an d S H O W bu t to n s. W h en t he F I [...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 8 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 5. ME N U bu t to n : T h e M E NU bu tt o n s h o ul d be p re s s e d wh e n wa n ti ng to ac ce s s an y s et u p o p t io ns an d s u b me nu s . T h is in c l u des f i xt u re s e t up, f i xt u r e pa tc h, m u l ti f i xt u r e, pan / t i l t in ver t,[...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 9 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 11. FA D E fa d er : Th e F AD E f a de r is u s e d du r i ng s h o w pl a y bac k . A dj u s ti n g th e f a d e f a de r b ef o re o r du r ing s ho w pl a yb a c k wi l l t em p or a r il y ch a n ge th e p ro g ra m m e d fa d e t ime t o ru n at th e cu [...]

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    M A G I C - 2 6 0 10 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 23. Sm a l l D AT A w h e el : Th e s m a ll D AT A w h e el , whe e l # 5, is u s ed t o v i ew a d di t io n a l f i xt u re c h an n el s . Fo u r fi x tu re s c h an n e ls c an be v ie w e d in t he L CD at a ti m e. W h en th i s w h ee l is tu r n ed c[...]

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    M A G I C 2 6 0 11 Sect io n 7: R ear Pan el Ov ervi ew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. L CD B AC K L I GH T kno b : T h e LCD B A CK LI G HT k no b s h ou l d be us e d to a dj u st th e LC D br i gh t n ess . Tu r n c ou nt e r c lo c k wi s e to ma k e th e d is pl a y br ig h t er and c lo c kw is e t o ma k e it l e ss b ri gh t . 2. AU D IO RCA i np ut: T h[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 12 Se c t i on 9 : F l ow C h a rt Th is fl ow ch ar t show s yo u the or der w hic h sho ul d be fo llow ed whe n se tt ing u p & pro gra mmi ng mo vi ng lig ht f ixt ur es wi th the MA GIC- 2 60. Be s ure t o fo llow the flow ch ar t i n the ex ac t or der de sc ri bed to i ns u r e pr o p er s e tu p , p r o gr am m in g a n [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 13 S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s Th e fi rst t hin g you wil l ne ed t o do is c hoos e t he f ixt ur es that yo u wil l co n tro l wit h yo ur M AGI C 260 . Th er e is an int ern al f ixt ur e li brar y th at c on tai ns mo s t El ati on Pr of es sion al an d AD J DM X fix t ure s. If yo u ar e go ing t o c o ntro[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 14 S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ) (3) You wi ll g et a mome nta r y 3 second w arni ng i n the LCD t ha t rea ds as fol l ows: THIS FIXTU RE DOES NOT MATCH RECORD & P ATCH MEMORY ? Followed by: DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE? YES NO T h e r e a s o n f o r t h i s m e s s a g e i s t h e i n t e r n[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 15 S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s Th e Pat ch F ixt u re men u op tio n all ows yo u t o vie w an d make c h ang es t o yo ur fi xtu re ad dres s pat ch if desi re d. Bec au se th e M agic 2 60 ut il izes fixtu re p rof iles , you can set yo ur DMX addr es ses b as ed on t he C hann el se tti ng in the P atc h Fi xtu [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 16 S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ) Th e fa ctor y de fau lt se tti ng f or th e Auto pat ch fe atur e is “ON ”. It is re comm end ed t hat y ou l ea ve thi s s etti ng s et to “ON ” and p ro cee d to s te p (4). W ith t his s ett in g set t o “O N”, eac h fi xtur e ad dres s is a ut omat[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 17 S e c t i o n 1 3 : A U X I L I A R Y B U T T O N S ( 1 - 4 ) T h e A U X I L I R A R Y b u t t o n s w i l l a l l o w y o u t o s w i t c h n o n D M X f i x t u r e s O N / O F F v i a a u n i v e r s a l D M X p a c k . T h i s a l l o w s y o u t o c o n t r o l u p t o 4 d a n c e t o s o u n d e f f e c t s a n d y o u r i[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 18 S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s Th is nex t s ect ion will t ake you t hro ugh t h e n ecess ar y st eps to re cor d s ce nes. 1,1 52 s cen es ca n b e st or ed in to M agi c 26 0’ s m emo ry v ia 48 pa ges . T he 2 4 Fun c tion b utt ons s ho uld b e us ed to s t or e and pl ay bac k sc en es wh en th e “SCE NE ?[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 19 S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s ( C o n t i n u e ) (9 ) T ur n D AT A w h ee l # 4 t o t h e pa ge t h at yo u w i s h to s a ve y o u r s c en e t o . N ot e: i f th e r e is a FU N CT I ON L E D il lu mi n a te d O N s o li d, i t m e a ns t h er e i s a lr e a d y a s c en e s to r ed t h er e. Un l es s y ou w a [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 20 Play P r e s e t M o v e m e n t & R e c o r d M o v e m e n t a s a S c e n e ( C o n t i n u e ) (5) FUNCTION buttons 1- 6 contain the preset movements. 1 = Circle CW, 2 = Circle CCW, 3 = Figure 8 CW, 4 = Fi gure 8 CCW, 5 = Pan Movement & 6 = Ti lt Movement. Press the FUNCTION button that contains the preset movement yo[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 21 E d i t P r e s e t M o v e m e n t O f f s e t P o i n t a n d R a d i u s (1 ) Pr e ss t h e FI X TU R E bu t to n so i ts g r e en LE D i ll u mi n at e s ON s ol i d . (2) Pr es s t h e F UN CT I ON b u tt on o r b u t to n s th at c o rr e s po n d wit h t h e fi xt u re o r fi x t ur e s th at y o u wi s h to inc l u d e i [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 22 S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s A sh ow is a seq uen ce of recor ded s c enes in wh ich e ach s tep c an in co rpo ra te di ff ere nt step hold t imes . U p to 288 sh ows w it h up to 255 st ep s can be st or ed to M agic 260 s’ m em ory vi a 1 2 sho w pages . When play in g bac k a show i n au to mod e, ther e is an [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 23 S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s ( C o n t i n u e ) (9) Press the ENTER button to store the show step and settings. The show step in the display should advance by 1, Scene should read “Empty” and the Hold time should have agai n defaulted to 5 seconds. (10) Repeat steps 5 -9 to store additional show steps. If this i[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 24 S e c t i o n 1 9 : P l a y b a c k S c e n e s (1) Press the SCENE but t on so its green LED illuminates ON s olid. (2) Tur n DATA wheel #1 to sele ct the scene page that con tains the scene or s cenes that you wish to playback. (3) Press the FUNCTION button (1- 24) that corresponds to the scene that you wish to playback. The re[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 25 S e c t i o n 2 0 : P l a y b a c k S h o w s ( C o n t i n u e ) (5) Wh ile a show is playing automatically (MANUAL FEATURE ON), you can pause the show by pressing DATA wheel #4 at any time. You can then turn DATA wheel #3 clockwise to manually advance th e show step and counter clockwis e to go back to a desi red show step. Pr [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 26 S e c t i o n 2 1 : E d i t S c e n e ( C o n t i n u e ) ( 9 ) P r e s s t h e s a m e F U N C T I O N b u t t o n t h a t y o u p r e s s e d i n s t e p 3. M a g i c 2 6 0 w i l l a s k , “ D o y o u w a n t t o o v e r w r i t e t h e o l d s c e n e ? ” ( 1 0 ) P r e s s D A T A w h e e l # 3 t o c o n f i r m “ Y e s [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 27 Section 23 : U L ink ( Save Memory Fil e) This operation will allow you to transfer data from your controller to a standard PC or laptop. You must first install the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that was suppl ied with your ULink cable. You c an also download these files from the Magic 2 60 webpage on our website [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 28 Section 24 : ULink ( Load Memory Fil e) This operation will allow you to transfer previously stored data from your computer back into your Magic 260 . You must first ins tall the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that was supplied with yo ur ULink cable. You can also download these f i les from the Magi c 260 webpage [...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 29 Section 24 : ULink (Loa d Memory File) (Continue ) (8) On your computer, click “Send File”. A S end w i ndow will pop up. Select the destination and memory file that you w ant to load into M agic 260 and click “ Open”. (A message should ap pear in the lower right hand corner that reads “ S ending ”). During the transf[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 30 Section 25 : USB MEM Stick (Save Memory File)(Continue) On the Magic 260, press DATA wheel #2 to select US B. Your display should read the following: Please set th is file na me, then ( enter) UN N AM E 0 0 (6) If you want to name the file , turn DATA wheel #1 to change the character and turn DATA wheel #5 to move the cursor over[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 31 Section 27 : USB MEM Stick (Reload Memory File to USB MEM Stick from Computer) This operation will allow you to load your Magic 260 memory files from your computer to your USB MEM Stick. You must first inst all the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that was supplied with your USB MEM Stick. If you have not done so, pl[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 32 Section 29 : USB MEM Stick (Load Memory File) This operation will allow you to transfe r data from your USB Memory stick back into Magic 260. (1) Inst all the USB MEM Stick into the USB port on your Ma gic 260 . (2) Flip the power switch OFF then back ON. (3) On the Magic 260, press the MENU bu t ton so your display reads the fol[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 33 Section 30 : Era s e A ll Memory The next set of instruct ions will allow for ALL programmed memory, including presets, scenes and shows, to be erased in one shot . (1) From the main screen, press and hold dow n the “DEL” button then press th e “ENTER” button once. Your display will read as follows: Select a menu item the[...]

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    M a g i c 2 6 0 34 Section 31: Midi Midi Chart Midi Channel Value Value 1 0 - 72 (Sc ene 1 -3) 73 -95 (Show 1) 2 0 - 72 (Sc ene 4 -6) 73 -95 (Show 2) 3 0 - 72 (Sc ene 7 -9) 73 -95 (Show 3) 4 0-72 (Scene 10-12) 73 -95 (Show 4) 5 0-72 (Scene 13-15) 73 -95 (Show 5) 6 0-72 (Scene 16-18) 73 -95 (Show 6) 7 0-72 (S cene 19 -21) 73 -95 (Show 7) 8 0-72 (Sce[...]