Elation Professional 300 PRO manual

Rev . 1/8/20 09 – vis age V ersion 1.0 Design Spot 300 Pro Ela tion Pr ofe ssio nal 612 2 S Ea ste rn Ave Los An ge les, Ca 90 040 ww w.e lat ionl ight ing .com[...]

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Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 3 www .El ationL ightin g.com CONTENTS 1. Gener al I nfor mation ……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Int roduc tion………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Unpac king……………[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 4 www .El ationL ightin g.com 1. GENERAL INFORMA TION INTRODUCTION : Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Spot 300E Pro™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guide[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 5 www .El ationL ightin g.com Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION : The Design Spot 300E Pro™ carries a two -year (730 days) limited warranty . Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 6 www .El ationL ightin g.com the construction of the lamp, the lamp may explode during prolonged extensive use. This risk is increased with age; added care is encouraged when dealing with older lamps . Thus, lamp should always be replaced at the end of their recommended duty cy[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 7 www .El ationL ightin g.com 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTI ONS The Design Spot 300E Pro™ is an extremely sophisticated piece of electronic equipment. To guarantee a smooth operation, it is important to follow the guidelines in this manual. Elation will not accept responsibility for dam[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 8 www .El ationL ightin g.com may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or shock, do not expose this fixture to rain or moisture. 11. Do not attempt to operate this fixture if the power cord has become damaged or frayed. Important Not[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 9 www .El ationL ightin g.com 3. FEA TURE S • Pan 540° or 630˚ (User selectable) / T ilt 265° • 3 operation mode: DMX controlled, stand alone or sound activated • 8 user replaceable colors plus white (including UV filter) • User selectable color change (mode 1: full c[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 10 www .El ationL ightin g.com 4. GENERAL GUIDELINES This fixture is a professional lighting ef fect designed for use on stage, in nightclubs, in theatres, etc. Do not attempt operation or installation without a proper knowledge on how to do so. This fixture was designed for ind[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 11 www .El ationL ightin g.com 5. LAMP INST ALLA TION I NSTRU CTIONS Installing or replacing the lamp For a proper and safe lamp change, please read this chapter carefully and follow all instructions. Safety Regulations • Disconnect the unit’s main power supply. • Allow th[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 12 www .El ationL ightin g.com 3. Gently remove the old lamp by grasping the ceramic base and turning it counter-clockwise until it is loose. 4. Insert the new lamp secure ly , locking the lamp by turning it clockwise until it locks in place. Before reassembling the unit, be sur[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 13 www .El ationL ightin g.com 3. To reduce a hot-spot, pull the lamp in by turning all three screws c lockwise a 1/4-turn at a time until the light is evenly distributed. Please remember that a MSR GOLD 300/2 lamp is not a hot-restrike lamp therefore, you must wait approximatel[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 14 www .El ationL ightin g.com 6. MOUNTIN G AND INS T ALL A TION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, or in areas were the fixture might be reached by unauthorized personal. Before mounting the fixture to any surface, m[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 15 www .El ationL ightin g.com Mounting points 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[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 16 www .El ationL ightin g.com one unit (see the illustration below). When mounting this fixture to truss be sure to secure an appropriately rated clamp to the included omega bracket using a M10 screw fitted through the center hole of the “omega bracket”. As an added safety [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 17 www .El ationL ightin g.com 7. UNDERST ANDING DMX DMX-512: DMX is short for Digital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by most lighting and controller manufactures as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers. DMX allows all makes and mode[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 18 www .El ationL ightin g.com Be sure to follow the above figure when making your own cables. Do not use the ground lug on the XLR connector. Do not connect the cable’s shield conductor to the ground lug or allow the shield conductor to come in contact with the XLR’s outer [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 19 www .El ationL ightin g.com DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator A DMX terminator should be used in all DMX lines especially in longer runs. The use of a terminator may avoid erratic behavior in your DMX line. A terminator is a 120 ohm 1/4 watt resistor that is connected be[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 20 www .El ationL ightin g.com channel number from which the fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control information sent out from the DMX controller . The allocation of this starting DMX address is achieved by setting the correct DMX address on the digital display loc[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 21 www .El ationL ightin g.com 8. FIXTU RE ME NU On-Board System Menu: The Design Spot 300 Pro™ comes with an easy to navigate system menu. This next section will detail the functions of each command in the system menu. LED Control Panel: The control panel located on the base [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 22 www .El ationL ightin g.com T im e I nfo rma tion Cu rren t T im e T otal Life H ours Las t R un H ou rs Lam p H ou rs Lam p O ff T ime T im er Pas sw ord Cle ar L ast Ru n L-Timer Pas sw ord Cle ar L am p T im e XXX X( Hou rs) XXX X( Hou rs) XXX X( Hou rs) XXX X( Hou rs) XXX[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 23 www .El ationL ightin g.com Act & D ata Ou t Res t W DM X M em ory Act & D ata Ou t Res et W ire less DM X Me mor y Res et Def ault ON/ OFF Res tor e fa ctor y s et. Res et Fun ctio n Res et Al l Res et Pan & Tilt Res et Colo rs Res et Gob os Res et Shu tter Res e[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 24 www .El ationL ightin g.com properly. The DMX address of a fixture is what allows it to communicate with a controller properly. The DMX addressing also allows the fixture to ignore any DMX information coming from the controller that is not meant specifically for the fixture. [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 25 www .El ationL ightin g.com 8.2 Information: 8.2.1 Time information These functions will detail different time functions associated with the fixture. Current Time This function displays the running time of the fixture from the last power on. The display shows “XXXX”, wher[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 26 www .El ationL ightin g.com • Press enter to confirm. • Press the Mode/Esc-button to return to the main menu. 8.2.2. Temperature Info. This function will detail the internal head temperature in either Celsius or Fahrenheit. 8.2.3. Software version This function will displ[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 27 www .El ationL ightin g.com 8.3.4 Lamp Off Via DMX When engaged, this function will allow the lamp to be switched “off” via a DMX controller. Select “ON” to enable this function or “OFF” to disable it. 8.3.5 Lamp Off No DMX When engaged, this function will automat[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 28 www .El ationL ightin g.com the fixture. RDMX is on by default. For operational instructions please see Section 9/Page 33 of this manual “Remote DMX addressing.” No DMX Status – This function dictates how the fixture wil l function if it looses DMX signal during normal [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 29 www .El ationL ightin g.com Dimmer Speed – This function changes the functionality of the dimmer shutters from a slower speed to a faster speed. This function is set to “Slow” as default to support and match the slower speed of the first generation Design Spots. If this[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 30 www .El ationL ightin g.com Low will send normal voltage to the fan, for normal operation. High will send slightly higher voltage to fans that allows the fans to operate at higher than normal speeds. This setting should only be used in extreme cases of higher than normal temp[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 31 www .El ationL ightin g.com 8.4.7 Wireless DMX – This function will control all aspects of the build-in wireless DMX receiver. See page 38 for detailed operating instructions. 8.4.87 Restore Default – This function is used to restore the factory settings of the device. Al[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 32 www .El ationL ightin g.com 8.6.3 Calibrate values – This function should only be performed by a qualified technician. This function allows a user to make small adjustments to the effect wheels (color, gobo, shutter, etc) to compensate for ware or in the event a sensor has [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 33 www .El ationL ightin g.com step. 8.8.4 Rec Controller - The Design Spot 300 Pro features an integrated DMX recorder. Pre-programmed scenes can be transmitted to the fixture via any DMX compliant controller. This function allows those scenes to be stored in to the fixture’s[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 34 www .El ationL ightin g.com 9. DMX A DDRE SSING 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 D[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 35 www .El ationL ightin g.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[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 36 www .El ationL ightin g.com 10. OPERATION Operating Modes : The Design Spot 300 Pro™ can operate in six different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will chase through the built-in progra[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 37 www .El ationL ightin g.com Control” submenu. See page 21 for the menu breakdown. Once in the “Music Control” submenu select “Alone” 10.2 Master/Slave Operation (Auto Program or Music Control): This function allows up to 16 fixtures to be linked together to provide [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 38 www .El ationL ightin g.com 1 1. WO RKING W ITH BU I LT -IN PRO GRAM S 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 fi[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 39 www .El ationL ightin g.com - “PAN-Fine” – precision pan movement. - “TILT” – tilt movement. - “TILT-Fine” – precision tilt movement - “Move Speed” – adjust pan and tilt motor speed - “Gobo Wheel 1” – select gobos from gobo wheel 1 - “Gobo Rot.[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 40 www .El ationL ightin g.com and toggle to Step 2 – Editing Programs. The control will store a maximum of 10 programs. A program can store one or a maximu m of 64 scenes. Keep in mind that a scene can only be access when it is stored inside one of the 10 available programs. [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 41 www .El ationL ightin g.com 12. USI NG THE BUILT -IN WIRE LESS D MX SY ST EM The Design Beam 1200C comes equipped with an Elation Wireless DMX Receiver built-in. This receiver is fully compatible with your existing Elation Wireless DMX System. 12.1 Working with the W ireless [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 42 www .El ationL ightin g.com on the both the fixture and the transmitter will stop flashing and glow solid green. If the paring is unsuccessful repeat the process until the paring is secured. d) The fixture will store the pairing information inside a nondestructive memory bank[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 43 www .El ationL ightin g.com 13 . DMX C HANNE L TRAITS: The chart below details the channel layout for 22 DMX channels (default). In 8bit mode the “Pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used, thus converting the fixture into a 20-channel DMX fixture. In extended m[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 44 www .El ationL ightin g.com DMX channel function and values: Mo de/ Ch ann el V alu e Fun cti on St Ba Ex Pan M ov em ent 8b it: 1 1 1 0- 255 Pan M ove me nt (630 ˚/5 40 ˚) Pan Fi ne 16b it 2 2 0- 255 Fin e co ntr ol o f P an mo vem en t Tilt M ov em ent 8b it: 3 2 3 0- 255[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 45 www .El ationL ightin g.com 20 - 29 Go bo 2 30 - 39 Go bo 3 40 - 49 Go bo 4 50- 59 Go bo 5 60 - 69 Go bo 6 70 - 89 Go bo 1 sh ake sl ow to f ast 90 - 109 Go bo 2 sh ake sl ow to f ast 1 10 - 129 Go bo 3 sh ake sl ow to f ast 130 - 149 Go bo 4 sh ake sl ow to f ast 150 - 169 G[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 46 www .El ationL ightin g.com 128 - 135 Ma cro 1 136 - 143 Ma cro 2 144 - 151 Ma cro 3 152 - 159 Ma cro 4 160 - 167 Ma cro 5 168 - 175 Ma cro 6 176 - 183 Ma cro 7 184 - 191 Ma cro 8 192 - 199 Ma cro 9 200 - 207 Ma cro 10 208 - 215 Ma cro 1 1 216 - 223 Ma cro 12 224 - 231 Ma cro[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 47 www .El ationL ightin g.com 0- 255 Dim m er in ten sity fi ne Iris : 0- 191 Ma xim um dia me ter to min imu m dia me ter 192 - 223 Pul se ope nin g fa st t o s low 18 16 28 224 - 255 Pul se clos ing slo w t o fa st Iris Fin e: 29 0- 255 Iris Fin e CM Y & C ol or M ac ro S[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 48 www .El ationL ightin g.com 224 -2 31 Ma cro 28 232 - 239 Ma cro 29 240 - 247 Ma cro 30 248 - 255 Ra ndo m C M Y Lam p on /off , re set , in tern al pro gra ms : 0- 19 Color and gobo change normal 20 - 29 Co lor c ha nge to any po siti on 30 - 39 Color and gobo change to any [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 49 www .El ationL ightin g.com 14 . ERROR CODES: When power is applied, the unit will automatically enter a “reset/test” mode. This mode brings all the internal motors to a home position. If there is an internal problem with one or more of the motors an error code will flash[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 50 www .El ationL ightin g.com defective motor IC drive on the main PCB). Color-wheel error: The color wheel is not located in the default position after start-up or after a reset command. This message will appear after a fixture reset if the color wheel’s magnetic-indexing ci[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 51 www .El ationL ightin g.com Rotating gobo indexing error: The gobo is not located in the default position after start-up or after a reset command. This message will appear after a fixture reset if the gobo positioning magnetic -indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 52 www .El ationL ightin g.com driver circuit on the main PCB). The Iris motor is not located in the default position after the reset. Zoom error: (Zoom motor error) This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the yoke’s magnetic-indexing circuit malfunction (se[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 53 www .El ationL ightin g.com 15 . CLEA NING AND MAINT ENANC E The following points have to be considered during the 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 inju[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 54 www .El ationL ightin g.com 16 . COLOR FILTER SIZE[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 55 www .El ationL ightin g.com 17 . PHOTOMETRIC DA T A :[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 56 www .El ationL ightin g.com 18 . GOBOS:[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 57 www .El ationL ightin g.com 19 . DIMENSI ONAL DRA WI NGS:[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 58 www .El ationL ightin g.com 20 . CIRCUIT SCHEMA TICS[...]

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Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 60 www .El ationL ightin g.com 21 . TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Pow er su pp ly Pow er co nsu m ptio n 120 v/6 0H z 800 W att, 4.5 A, ele ctro nic ba llas t, (b lind cu rre nt c om pen sa ted) Fus e p ro tect ion 120 V = 8A /25 0V , G MA (5x 20 mm fin e- wire fu se) 220 V = 4A /25[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 61 www .El ationL ightin g.com 24 (16 bit – d efau lt) or 22 (8b it – us er s ele cta ble) Dri ve Sta nda rd DM X- 512 , 3 pole XL R; [+] = Pin 3 [-] = Pin 2 [G rou nd ] = Pin 1 or 5 pole XLR ; n/a = Pin 5, n /a = P in 4 , [+ ] = Pin 3, [- ] = Pin 2, [Grou nd ] = Pin 1 Sta r[...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 62 www .El ationL ightin g.com 22. 2-Y EAR LIM ITED W ARRA NTY 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 [...]

Desig n Sp ot 30 0 Pro ™ ©Elat ion P rofess ional, Los An geles Ca. 63 www .El ationL ightin g.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 i[...]

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