FP1 Titan Tube User Manual
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 1 CONTENTS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Package Contents ............................................................................................................................................... 5 CE and FCC Conformity ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Safety and Handling ........................................................................
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 59: RGBWS RGBWS (PIXEL = 16; STROBE = MULTIPLE) .......................................................................................143 60: RGBAWS RGBAWS (PIXEL = 16; STROBE = MULTIPLE) .................................................................................147 61: DIM RGBS DIM RGBS (PIXEL = 16; STROBE = MULTIPLE) ..............................................................................
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube Contact Information Astera LED Technology GmbH Stahlgruberring 36 81829 Munich Germany +49 89 2155253-0 Technical support Europe: +49 89 21552253-1 USA: +1 954 578 8881 Asia: +86 755 28237295 Email: service@astera-led.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2 2019-01-21 PACKAGE CONTENTS Titan Tube Floorstand 2x Metal holder 2x Eye bolt Quick-start manual 3 CE AND FCC CONFORMITY This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 4 SAFETY AND HANDLING Before you operate this unit read the manual carefully. Always make sure to include the manual if you pass/rent/sell the unit to another user. Keep in mind that this manual cannot address all possible dangers and environments. Please use your own caution when operating. This product is for professional use only. It is not for household use.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube Always charge with the flight case open. It is recommended to charge at a temperature between 15°C and 35°C The light contains a lithium ion battery. Don't throw the unit into the garbage at the end of its lifetime. Make sure to dispose is according to your local ordinances and/or regulations, to avoid polluting the environment! The packaging is recyclable and can be disposed.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 4.1 MOUNTING ACCESSORIES The Titan Tube offers a variety of mounting options via customized accessories. 4.1.1 Floorstand For a quick vertical setup, the floorstand can be screwed onto the tube via one of its M5 threads. The floorstand can be folded together for a convenient transportation. Please note: the M5 threads are not designed for several tubes to be screwed together to form one long tube element. 4.1.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 4.1.4 Eyebolts Eyebolts can be screwed into the M5 threads of the Titan Tube or the holders. The eye bolts can be used with a safety wire when hanging a tube via holders above people’s heads. The eyebolts can also be used to suspend the tube but in this case a secondary point must be attached for safety (e.g. via a holder).
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 4.2 BATTERY While running on battery, the light adjusts its output to meet the required minimum runtime. It can be set by the control panel (see chapter 7.16) or the AsteraApp™ between one and twenty hours. The battery is specified to last for 300 full discharge cycles. Its runtime will have decreased to 70% by then.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 4.3.1 HOT icon During operation with high power in an hot environment the tube might overheat. If this is the case the output will automatically be reduced until the tube has cooled down enough. A reduced output is indicated in the display by this icon: 4.4 CHARGING Charge the light immediately after use and do not store lights with empty battery.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 4.5 AC AND DMX WIRING AC power and DMX data can be connected to the Titan Tube via Astera’s PowerBox (FP1PWB) and Astera’s power/data combination cable (FP1-PWB-CAB). That way, the tubes can be wired for a longer show or permanent installation. The PowerBox contains Neutrik True1 Powercon in and out sockets and 5-pin XLR in and out sockets so that several PowerBoxes can be daisy chained.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 4.6 POWERBOX BUTTON AND STATUS LED The PowerBox contains Powercon True1 in and out sockets as well as XLR in and out sockets. Also, there is an Ethernet socket which accepts Art-Net (DHCP, 2.X and 10.X) and sACN 4.6.1 Input The inputs have the following priorities: 1. XLR 2. sACN 3. Art-Net As long as XLR is received, sACN and Art-Net are deactivated. While sACN or Art-Net are received, the DMX is also output on the XLR connector. 4.6.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 4.6.5 To update powerbox software: 1. Connect to a LAN which has an internet access. Be sure that the powerbox is in ArtNet DHCP mode: blue LED is on. 2. Hold the button down -> LED blinks blue -> hold still -> stops blue blinking after 4 sec. 3. Then the LEDs turn red for a moment. If an update was found, the LED flashes green/blue until it is done. 4.6.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 5 SPECIFICATION Total LED power: Maximum power draw: Illuminants: Emittance @1m*: Lumenous Flux*: Beam Angle: Field Angle: CRI*: TLCI*: Input Voltage: Battery Runtime: Wireless Module: Operating Temperature: Relative Humidity: IP Rating: Dimensions: Weight: * Typical Values Page | 15 72W 48W Red, Green, Blue, Mint, Amber LEDs 785 lx 2900 lm 120° 180° 96-98 (3200 – 6500 K) 96-98 (3200 – 6500 K) 24 V, 2 A up to 20hrs (seamless runtime) EU: 868.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 6 TROUBLESHOOTING The fixture does not turn on. The battery may be empty. Connect it to the AC and try again. A new Titan Tube needs to be connected to AC power for a few seconds to disable its shipping mode. The fixture turns on and the display is on, but the LEDs do not emit light. The fixture could be set to BLACKOUT mode, set to display black color or is operating in DMX mode and doesn’t receive a valid signal.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7 OPERATION 7.1 SHIP MODE The Titan Tube is leaving the Astera factory in a special ship mode that allows it to be stored for a long time without damaging the battery. When using a Titan Tube for the first time, connect it to AC power for a few seconds to exit the ship mode. Otherwise it cannot be turned on. 7.2 ASTERARGB COLOR SPACE The lights work with a specially optimized RGB color space, the AsteraRGB color space.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.3 WAYS TO CONTROL The light can be controlled in several ways: Use Astera’s ARC1 infrared remote control, point it at individual lights and press the desired effect. Note that the IR sensor is on the back side next to the display. The AsteraApp™ is an efficient way to quickly create a customized light show.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.5 CONTROL BY THE ASTERAAPP™ Your light has a built in standalone engine. It can display static colors or replay a number of predefined effect patterns with a customizable color palette. With the AsteraApp™ these effects can be created and be sent to the light by the built-in UHF receiver. The effects are just triggered and then each light replays it autonomously until it receives a new effect. Lights can be grouped into sets.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.8 CONTROL PANEL Explanation of the buttons: When at top Navigation: When inside Main Menu: Power on by holding button for 3 seconds Power off by shortly pressing button Enter Main Menu Back to previous Menu Reset Settings Scroll down Change Input Select Scroll up Set DMX Address Choose / Confirm Adjust color (see chapter 7.23 for details) Change brightness intensity or runtime (see chapter 7.24 for details) 7.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.10 STATUS SCREEN The status screen is shown after power up. The light also returns to the status screen if no keys are pressed for three minutes. It shows: In the FIRST line what input is currently active In the SECOND line the current DMX and SET address INPUT: DETECTING SET:001 DMX:001 INPUT SELECT is set to AUTO and the light did not yet latch to one input source.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.11 MAIN MENU OPTIONS The main menu can be entered from the status screen by pressing MENU or +. To cycle between the main menu entries, press the + or – keys. Pressing MENU again will go back to the status screen. Main menu: INPUT SELECT Used to change the input source or set it to AUTO. Main menu: STATIC COLOR Entering this menu resets all STANDALONE settings to default and makes the light display a static color.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.12 INPUT SELECT The light accepts several input sources. By default, it is set to AUTO. In this mode, it listens to all sources, and the first source that becomes active is latched. Once a source is latched, the light will not listen to any other source anymore. This latched source is cleared by powering down the light or changing the INPUT SELECT manually.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 HINT: To avoid the light automatically latching onto CRMX while you want to control it by remote control, please do UNPAIR CRMX (chapter 7.17). As soon as the remote control is latched, the CRMX receiver will no longer accept pairing requests. 7.13 SELECT A STATIC COLOR To make the light show a static color, enter this menu.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.14 DMX SETTINGS Main menu: DMX SETTINGS DMX Settings: DMX TABLE Several DMX profile tables are available. Please refer to chapter 10 for a complete list. DMX Settings: STROBE For each of the tables, the strobe channel can be enabled or disabled. DMX Settings: DIMMER CURVE Several dimmer curves are available while the light is controlled by DMX.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.16 RUNTIME Main menu: RUNTIME RUNTIME 1h The light is able to adjust its power to meet a certain runtime on battery. The runtime is always calculated for a full battery. RUNTIME 20h EXAMPLE: If the light is required to light during an eight-hour event, and one hour of setup time is scheduled, then the runtime should be set to nine hours immediately after the first power up.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.17 UNPAIR CRMX Main menu: UNPAIR CRMX Once your light is paired to a CRMX or W-DMX™ transmitter, it cannot be paired to another one until it is unpaired. This can be either done by using the button on the transmitter that is currently paired or on the light directly. If you wish to unpair your CRMX wireless DMX receiver from a Lumen Radio or W-DMX™ transmitter, go to UNPAIR CRMX and press enter.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.18 STANDALONE Main menu: STANDALONE Standalone: PROGRAM Standalone: INTENSITY Standalone: SPEED Standalone: FADE Standalone: COLOR C1 Standalone: COLOR C4 Page | 28 Select one of the predefined patterns, see table below. Sets the dimmer level. The time that one cycle of the program takes to complete. The fade behavior between each step of the program.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.18.1 Predefined Programs The predefined programs may use more than one pixel. To display these effects properly with your light, it is first necessary to group them into Flow-Sets and control them by the AsteraApp™ (see chapter 8.4). If several lights are grouped into a Flow-Set, they form a virtual big light with several pixels.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.19 AC FAILURE(EMERGENCY LIGHT) The light can react to the loss of AC power in several ways. As soon as AC is present again, the light resumes normal operation. Main menu: AC FAILURE AC NO FAILURE ACTION No special behavior on AC loss. AC FAILURE BLACKOUT The light will turn dark if AC is lost. AC FAILURE EMERGENCY LIGHT The light will switch to a 4000K white as soon as the AC is lost. 7.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.21 INFO Main INFO menu: Radio PIN: 0000 Set the Radio PIN. To change the PIN, press ENTER. Adjust each digit with the + and – keys, cycle through the digits with the MENU key. When finished, press ENTER again. AX1 Compatibility ENABLED Enable to match color and brightness of your Titan Tube to AX1 Pixeltubes so that they can be used side by side.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.23 ADJUST COLOR VIA THE COLOR PALETTE BUTTON The color palette button on the Titan Tubes’s keyfoil offers the possibility to adjust the color of the tube in several ways. If the Color Palette button is pressed once it will show the HSI screen shown blow. To jump between lines, press the Enter button. To edit a value, press + or – button. K_ Color Temperature is selected.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 7.24 ADJUST BRIGHTNESS OR RUNTIME VIA THE BRIGHTNESS BUTTON The brightness button on the Titan Tube’s keyfoil offers the possibility to quickly adjust the brightness or runtime of the tube. Once the Brightness button is pressed it will show the below screens. To jump between lines, press the Enter button. To edit a value, press + or – button. Brigntness: 100%_ Runtime: 5h Brigntness: 100% Runtime: 5h__ Brightness is selected.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8 USING THE LIGHT WITH THE ASTERAAPP™ The buttons of the Titan Tube allow a basic operation of the light. To gain full control over all features, the AsteraApp™ should be used. The AsteraApp™ is an efficient way to quickly create a customized light show. It can group several lights together, address individual lights or groups of lights, and send complex effects with a user defined color palette to all lights in range.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.2 POWERFUL LIGHT CONTROL Your light has a built in standalone engine. It can display static colors or replay a number of predefined effect patterns with a customizable color palette. With the AsteraApp™ these effects can be created and be sent to the light by the built-in UHF receiver. The effects are just triggered and then each light replays them autonomously until a new effect is sent. Lights can be grouped into sets.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.4 CREATE A SET Before the more powerful effects can be reviewed, it is recommended to create a Flow-Set first. Each light can be assigned to one set. Two types of sets are available: 8.4.1 SYNC SET All lights that are assigned to a Sync-Set can be controlled together. They will do exactly the same. CREATE A SYNC-SET: On the AsteraApp™ main screen, first press the Targets button (1) and then the “+” sign (2) to add a new target.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 8.4.2 2019-01-21 FLOW SET By using a Flow-Set, lights can also be controlled together. But additionally, they are assigned to positions inside the Flow-Set and so form a virtual light with several pixels. All effects, like a running light, are stretched over this virtual light. CREAT A FLOW-SET: On the AsteraApp™ main screen, first press the Targets button (1) and then the “+” sign (2) to add a new target.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.6 CHANGING THE EFFECT On the AsteraApp™ main screen, press “Wedding” (1), then enter the editor (2). Set “Crossfade” to 0% and “Speed” to around 2 seconds. You should see a clean running light now. The White light will run over a pink background. The effect can be changed by sliding the effect picker and choosing a sub-effect below it. Again the colors can be adjusted, too.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.7 LIST OF EFFECTS The effects’ patterns are pre-defined and cannot be modified by the user. They are preprogrammed inside of each light. Still they can be parameterized. These effects are: A static color is displayed. There are also options that show two, three or four static colors at a time. The Flow-Set is then divided into several parts of equal length: Fading colors. The four defined colors are displayed one after the other.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.8 CHASER EFFECTS IN DEPTH To display chaser effects, it is recommended to setup a Flow-Set with a multiple of four positions. This is the way they will be shown best. Those four positions could then be arranged in the corners of a dance floor for example. Use the tap-sync button to tap the beat of the music; the Chaser Effects will base their color changing on that beat then.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.9 THE MAIN SCREEN Here each program is represented by a tile. Those tiles can be edited and freely positioned. Several pages of tiles are available. To move or delete a tile, press the pen icon (2). A popup will show the available actions. To add a new program tile, press the “+” icon (1). 8.9.1 While adding a tile, either a default “Static Red” or the currently running program can be selected.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.10 BRIGHTNESS Additionally to each programs brightness slider mentioned in chapter 8.6, a master brightness control is available. As soon as more than one Set is created and at least one set is currently targeted, a sub-master for each Set is shown. Otherwise, only one slider is available. It controls the brightness of all currently targeted lights. 8.10.1 Set Sub-Masters Each Set has its own brightness slider.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.11 RUNTIME The light is able to adjust its power to meet a certain runtime on battery. The runtime is always calculated for a full battery. Example: If the light is required to light during an eight hour event, and one hour of setup time is scheduled, then the runtime should be set to nine hours immediately after the first power up.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.13 THEFT ALARM Your light is equipped with a theft alarm. A motion sensor in the light detects when it is moved/taken away and a small siren will sound to deter potential thieves. First make sure your Radio PIN is different from 0000. See chapter 8.1 how to change it. Then press the “ON” button. Press “Activate”. All targeted lights will flash shortly to indicate that they are now armed.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.14 ENTER AND LEAVE STANDBY The standby is intended to be used between setup and event (see chapter 4.2.1). After setup is completed, all lights may be switched to standby mode and woken up later when the event starts. This ensures that no battery runtime is wasted. This can be either done manually or automated. Press the small arrow to open the standby menu.
Astera LED Technology GmbH User Manual for FP1 Titan Tube 2019-01-21 8.15 DMX SETTINGS In order to efficiently use the light with DMX, some setting can be adjusted by the AsteraApp™. Press the “DMX Configuration” button. Adjust all settings to your requirements, then press “Send”. Your lights will start to flicker. Tap the lights you wish to setup (chapter 7.10). Then press “Done”. Please refer to chapter 7.12, Input Select, and chapter 7.14, DMX Settings, for details on the available settings. 8.15.
