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Contents Introduction ......................................... 1 Safety Rules ....................................................... 1 Notice Information .............................................. 2 Specifications ...................................... 3 Getting Acquainted ............................. 4 Principle Features .............................................. 4 Basic Control Parts ............................................ 5 Setup Menu Field ................................ 7 1.
Contents 3. MIDI Channel ........................................................... 25 4. Strobe Type ............................................................. 26 5. Gooseneck Dimmer ................................................ 26 6. View Free Memory .................................................. 27 7. Send Data File ......................................................... 27 8.Load Data File .......................................................... 29 9. Update Software .....................
Introduction Welcome! You made the right decision by choosing this sophisticated and intelligent product. Every unit has been thoroughly tested and carefully packed before shipment. Unpack the shipping carton carefully, saving the carton and all packing materials for possible later use. Check carefully for sure your product is not damaged and all accessories not missing. If your product appears to be damaged or missing, please do not use it and contact your local distributor immediately.
Introduction Notice Information Keep dry This product is not waterproof, and may malfunction if exposed to high levels of humidity. Rusting of the internal mechanism can cause irreparable damage. Do not drop This product may malfunction if subjected to strong shocks or vibration. Keep away from strong magnetic fields Do not use or place this device in vicinity of equipment that generates strong electromagnetic radiation or magnetic fields.
Specification Model: Light Desk Pro Power Requirement: AC 230V/ AC 120V Housing: Sheet metal with epoxy powder finish LCD: 2x40 characters DMX Channels 512 max.
Getting acquainted Principle Features 512 DMX channe ls (24 channe ls for par s, 8 channe ls for st robes and up to 36 channe ls per fixt ur e) 20 pr eset Strobe pr ogr am s & 48 pr ogr am mabl e scenes 48 freel y pr ogr am mabl e show s for the fixt ur es, each with a maxi mum of 48 st eps 48 freel y pr ogr am mabl e chases for the par s, each with a maxi mum of 48 st eps Int er nal Li br ar y is edi tabl e for up to 256 fixt ur es Fr ee access of CF car d( 32M B) to exchange the dat a files, incl udi ng
Getting acquainted Basic Control Parts Fixture & Numbers 1-16 The Fixture and Number 1-16 buttons are used to select patched fixtures for programming or manual control. Also, they can be used to make a group of fixtures by pressing several numbers 1-16 buttons while holding down the Fixture button. Joystick This joystick is used for control of Pan or Tilt movement for the fixtures.
Getting acquainted Basic Control Parts Flash 1-12 These 12 buttons are used to bring an individual channel to full intensity. They also are used in combination with the Flash Page button, to select the scene or the step number of the chases or shows. "Latch" can be enabled when the buttons are pressed down for 2 seconds. Flash Page In combination with the Flash buttons, this button is used to page through pages 1-4 of 12 scenes, 12 steps of the chases or shows.
Setup Menu First, make sure this console is in Fixture control mode by observing the Fixture LED indicator and LCD Screen on upper-right. The Fixture LED indicator will be lit and the LCD Screen will show the message "Select Fixture". Press the Setup button to activate Setup mode. A yellow LED above the button will blink briefly and the overhead LCD Screen will show the message "Configuration & Setup Menu" indicating you're in Setup menu.
Setup Menu Press "ok", a new window will appear indicating you that can start to establish the configuration for the newly-added fixture. This menu allows you to add a fixture and its attributes into the fixture library(The library can hold a maximum of 255 types of fixtures). There are ten(10) options in Create New Fixture, namely Total DMX Channel, LCD Effect Label, Internal Patch, Pan/ Tilt Patch, Hard/ Soft Cross, Fixture Name, Reset/ Lamp Values, Dip-Switch Configuration, Control Type and Dimmer Patch.
Setup Menu 1.1.2 LCD Effect Label When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ LCD EFFECT LABEL] appears in the Screen.
Setup Menu Once you've completed the effects label of the 1st page, press "ok" to go on with the 2nd page. Repeat the procedures stated in the above paragraph. Had you finished all effects label, please press "esc" to return to the earlier menu. The storage is automatic. 1.1.3 Internal Patch When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ INTERNAL PATCH] appears in the Screen.
Setup Menu 1.1.4 Pan/ Tilt Patch When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ PAN/TILTL PATCH] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a warning message will appear in the Screen telling you that every Pan and Tilt channel should be solely reserved. Press "ok" again, a new window will appear requesting you to assign the Pan(X) or Tilt(Y) movement of the fixture. Most fixtures allow both 8- and 16-bit control, some only 8-bit.
Setup Menu 1.1.5 Hard/ Soft Cross When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ HARD/SOFT CROSS] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", the effect strings previously created in menu 1.1.2 LCD Effect Label will reappear. This function allows you to determine how a fixture channel will obtain its desired setting. This may be "Hard", i.e. Taking place with no-fadetime, or "Soft", i.e. Taking place with fadetime.
Setup Menu 1.1.6 Fixture Name When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ FIXTURE NAME] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a new window will appear indicating you to enter or modify the name for the fixture. Press Forward or Backward button to move the underline to desired position, then move Fader 4 or press Up/Down button to select the character for the underlined position.
Setup Menu 1.1.7 Reset/ Lamp Values When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ RESET/ LAMP VALUES] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a warning message will appear in the Screen telling you that Reset or Lamp channel should not be identical to that of Pan, Tilt or Dimmer. Press "ok" again, a new window will appear requesting you to assign the Reset, Lamp and their on/off values.
Setup Menu 1.1.8 Dip-Switch Configuration When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ DIP-SWITCH CONFIG.] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a new window will appear indicating you to make a configuration of dip-switch if necessary. This function allows you to select the Dip-switch and addressing system that your fixtures use. If your fixtures have new addressing setup instead of Dip-switch setup, you can ignore this setup.
Setup Menu 1.1.9 Control Type When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ CONTROL TYPE] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", the effect strings previously created in menu 1.1.2 LCD Effect Label will reappear. This function allows you to select the control type for lighting effects. It's well known many fixtures have continuous color and gobo wheel rotation, which enables operators to obtain interesting projection effects.
Setup Menu As described in the above paragraph, "TAB" allows you to use Up/Down button to jump to certain condition in accordance with the pre-set tabset. To establish a tabset, please follow the below procedures: a. Press the function button directly below the function effect in the LCD Screen, a new window will appear: PAGE_1 EFFECT_1 TOT.Pset [ 1 ] Pset 1 VALUE 0 esc ok Where "TOT.
Setup Menu Press "ok" to go on with your setup with control type if there is more than one page. Had you finished your settings, press "esc" to return to the earlier menu. The storage is automatic. 1.1.10 Dimmer Patch When the LCD Screen shows the message "Create New Fixture", press "ok", then move the Fader 5 or press UP/DOWN buttons until [ DIMMER PATCH ] appears in the Screen.
Setup Menu 1.2 Edit Existing Fixture Press the Setup button to access Setup menu. Move the Fader 4 or press the Up/Down buttons until the message[ Internal Library ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a new window will appear. Move Fader 5 or press Up/Down button until the message [ EDIT EXISTING FIXTURE ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a new window will appear indicating you to select the fixture you wish to edit. This menu allows you to modify the attributes of fixtures already in the library.
Setup Menu 1.3 Delete Fixture Press the Setup button to access Setup menu. Move the Fader 4 or press the Up/Down buttons until the message[ Internal Library ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a new window will appear. Move Fader 5 or press Up/Down button until the message [ DELETE FIXTURE ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a new window will appear indicating you to select the fixture you wish to delete. This menu allows you to delete unwanted fixtures from the library.
Setup Menu Helpful - About error messages If there is any mistake or omission during internal library configuration, a prompt will appear in the Screen: C O N F I G U R AT I O N M I S H M A S H ! Do you want to exit or retry? retry exit If you have changed the attributes of a existed fixture, when you leave this menu A message like this will appear: FIXTURE NAME - ALREADY EXIST! Do you want to replace it? quit no yes Press "ok" to confirm your modifications, "esc" to cancel your modification and retry o
Setup Menu 2. Patch Press the Setup button to access Setup menu. Move the Fader 4 or press the Up/Down buttons until the message [ PATCH ] appears in the Screen. SELECT CONFIGURATION & SETUP MENU [ PATCH ] esc ok Press "ok", a new window will appear indicating you to select "ON" or "OFF" for "DMX CHANNEL AUTO PATCH". This menu allows you to select automatic or manual patch. Move Fader 5 or press Up/Down button to select "ON" or "OFF", namely automatic or manual patch.
Setup Menu 2.1 Fixture Patch Move the Fader 5 or press Up/Down buttons until the message [ FIXTURE PATCH ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to access the setting menu, a new window will appear. This menu allows you to establish a patch of up to 16 fixtures. Move the Fader 1 to select fixture number within 1-16, then move the Fader 2 to select your desired fixture from the library for the selected number. Repeat this step until you've completed this patch.
Setup Menu 2.2 Parcan Patch Move the Fader 5 or press Up/Down buttons until the message [ PAR PATCH ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to access the setting menu, a new window will appear. This menu allows you to address 24 Par-lights consecutively. When you are in Automatic patch mode, DMX addresses 480-503, i.e. 12 channel faders 1-12/13-24 will be automatically addressed to the Par-lights. When you are in Manual patch mode, please calculate the DMX channels carefully to address properly.
Setup Menu 2.4 Smoke Patch Move the Fader 5 or press Up/Down buttons until the message [ SMOKE PATCH ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to access the setting menu, a new window will appear. This menu allows you to address the Fog Machine, i.e. Smoke.. When you are in Automatic patch mode, DMX address 512 will be automatically addressed to the Smoke. When you are in Manual patch mode, please calculate the DMX channels carefully to address properly.
Setup Menu 4. Strobe Type Press the Setup button to access Setup menu. Move the Fader 4 or press the Up/Down buttons until the message [ STROBE TYPE ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to access setting menu, a new window will appear. This function allows you to select the strobe between SPQ-2 and SP-1500/SP-750/SP-200H, which you can control using this console. Move Fader 4 or press Up/Down button to select desired strobe type.
Setup Menu 6. View Free Memory Press the Setup button to access Setup menu. Move the Fader 4 or press the Up/Down buttons until [ VIEW FREE MEMORY ] appears in the Screen. Press "ok", a new window will appear telling you how many data files there are and how much memory space is available for the fixture library. Press "ok" or "esc" to return to the earlier menu. SELECT CONFIGURATION & SETUP MENU esc [ VIEW FREE MEMORY ] ok FREE MEMORY: FIXTURE LIB: 122 SHOW: 48 CHASE: 48 SCENE: 48 esc ok 7.
Setup Menu You will need a PC running Windows 95/ 98 or higher to connect to Light Desk Pro. Windows comes with an accessory called Hyper Terminal that can communicate with Light Desk Pro via one of the "COM" ports on your PC. Determine which of your "COM" ports is available. COM 1 is generally used for the mouse so it is always advisable to connect your Light Desk Pro to COM 2 on your PC. You must first configure Hyper Terminal to work with Light Desk Pro.
Setup Menu Go to the menu setting on Light Desk Pro, move the Fader 4 or press Up/Down button until desired data name appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to start sending the file, a waiting prompt message will appear in the Screen. SELECT CONFIGURATION & SETUP MENU [ SEND DATA FILE ] Send data file to PC port Select [ LIBRARY Sending LIBRARY file to PC port Please wait ......
Setup Menu downloading the data file, please make sure you've established the communication between this console and your PC successfully and Windows configuration has been completed properly. Please refer to menu 7 on page for instructions of RS-232 connection and Windows configuration. Call the version of Hyper Terminal that you previously created for Light Desk Pro. Click on "Transfer" on the top menu bar and select "Send Text File". A dialog box will appear allowing you to select the text file.
Setup Menu Press "ok" to access setting menu, a waiting message will appear indicating that this console is ready to receive the software. Updating software Please wait ...... exit Turn to your PC and call the version of Hyper Terminal that you created for Light Desk Pro. Click on "Transfer" on the top menu bar and select "Send Text File". A dialog box will appear allowing you to select the text file we provide (We will provide you the higher version software in Text type file).
Setup Menu Press "ok" to start backup, a waiting message will appear until this backup is complete. Subsequently, a complete message will appear, you can press "ok" or "esc" to return to the earlier menu. If the CF card is not inserted or improperly inserted, the message "no card" will appear in the Screen.
Setup Menu The old file will be overwritten by the new file from the CF card when you have successfully read in this CF card. Load data from Card to Console Select [ LIBRARY ] esc ok Load LIBRARY from Card to Console Please wait ...... LOAD LIBRARY COMPLETED! esc ok If the CF card is not inserted or improperly inserted, the message "no card" will appear in the Screen. NO CARD! PLEASE INSERT CARD AND RETRY.
Record This console allows you to record up to 48 shows, chases and scenes. This Section details the procedures of recording the scene, chase and show. To access the Record mode, just press the Record button causing its LED to blink briefly, a new window will appear. To exit the Record mode, press the Record button causing its LED to go out, or press "esc" until the Record LED goes out. Select what you want to record esc ok 1.
Record 1.1 Active Effects Move the Fader 4 or press UP/DOWN button until the message [ACTIVE EFFECTS] appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to access this setting menu. This menu allows you to determine which fixture(s) is used by the show, which channel(effect) is active and which one is not. EDIT MENU [ ACTIVE EFFECTS ] esc ok You will have to select fixture(s) first if no fixture has been selected for the show.
Record IMPORTANT! This console complies with LTP (Latest Takes Priority) principle, as a result, if a fixture is used by more than one show, the latest activated show will surely become the first consideration. 1.2 Edit Steps Move the Fader 4 or press UP/DOWN button until the message [EDIT STEPS] appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to access this setting men, the fixture(s) you selected for the show will be enabled and its effects will appear in the Screen.
Record Meanwhile press Flash 1-12 together with page to select the step you wish to edit. The step will be available immediately. Modify and store the step in accordance with the editing procedure hereinbefore. When the procedure is finished, press "esc" button to return to the setting menu. 1.3 Step's Time Move the Fader 4 or press UP/DOWN button until the message [STEP'S TIME] appears in the Screen. Press "ok" to access this setting men, a new window will appear.
Record When you have finished editing the show, press the Show or Record button to leave the edit menu. A prompt message will appear in the Screen. You can also press "esc" until the same message appears. Please remember to press the Enter button to store your setting definitively when you leave the edit menu. If you want to leave this menu without modifying this show, you can press the Fader 6 button below the "ESC". Press the Esc button to re-enter this menu for another try.
Record Move the Fader 2 to select the value within 1-48 for the amount of step, then move the Fader 5 to select the duration time(TIME) within 0 second to one minute and 39.9 seconds(1M39.9S), and move the Fader 4 to select the crossfade (CROSS%, i.e. percentage of the duration time, within 0-100%. Now we can start editing the step for the chase. The chase has a maximum of 48 steps, and each step consists of up to 24 channels.
Record Select the scene number using Flash 1-12 together with the Flash page button, a new window will appear. SCENE - 1 - [ TIME 3S ] esc ok This menu allows you to create or modify a scene consisting of up to 24 channels, and set the fade-time(TIME) for the scene. Use the Channel faders 1-12 together with the Channel bank button to create a desired lighting setup, then press the Store button to save it permanently as a scene.
Playback This section details the operations that can be performed when you have finished recording the shows, chases and scenes. The LCD Screen on the upper left is very useful during the playback of scenes, chases or shows.
Strobes Control This console exclusively allocates 8 DMX channels for the control of the strobes. There are 20 built-in programs you can select for the chase of up to 4 strobe lights. The Menu button can be used to access the Program, Speed or Dimmer menu. Press the Menu button until the message " Pr" appears in the Segment Display. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to select programs 1-19 or autocycling-program. Press the Menu button until the message " SP" appears in the Segment Display.
Manual Fixtures In addition to 48 shows, this console also allows you to control the fixtures manually whenever the Fixture LED is lit. Up to 16 patched fixtures are readily on call, giving you a great flexibility to get to desired effects whether the fixtures are being used by the shows or not. When the Fixture LED is lit, press the Fixtures 1-16 button to select what you want to control manually.
Utility Facilities Times The Times button is used to set a multiplying factor for the playing speed of the shows, chases or scenes. When the Fixture LED is lit and the message "SELECT FIXTURE" appears in the Screen, press the TIMES button to access the times menu, its LED will blink briefly and a new window will appear. SELECT SHOW *01* SPEED% [ 25 ] esc ok This function allows you to multiply the playing speed within 25-400% for the shows, chases or scenes.
Utility Facilities Copy When the Fixture LED is lit and the message "SELECT FIXTURE" appears in the Screen, press the COPY button to access the copy menu, its LED will blink briefly and a new window will appear. COPY OBJECT FROM Show [1] TO 2 esc ok This function allows you to make a copy between two shows, chases or scenes. The Show, Chase or Scene button can be used to make a copy of the show, chase or scene.
Utility Controls Reset This function allows you to send the reset command to your fixtures. Press the Reset button to access the reset menu, its LED will be lit and a new window will appear in the Screen. PUSH FIXTURE'S KEYS TO SEND RESET esc ok Press the Fixtures 1-16 button for several seconds until the fixture starts resetting. The time you keep pressing for depends on the fixture's performance.
MIDI Implementation MIDI Implementation To activate MIDI operation, you must first select a MIDI channel identical to that of the MIDI keyboard or sequencer.
APPENDIX A - FIXTURE LIBRARY The following is the list of "built in" lighting fixtures in the Light Desk Pro fixture library. Please refer to your fixtures' user manuals for fixture profiles.
APPENDIX A - FIXTURE LIBRARY Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky Clay Paky High End High End High End High End High End High End High End High End High End High End High End High End Atomic 3000 Color 1000 DMX Color 1200 DMX Color 3000 DMX Color 575 DMX Cpcol or 150 Golden Color Golden Scan Golden Scan HPE Golden Spot Stage Scan DMX Cyber light Mode 1 Cyber light Mode 2 Cyber light Mode 3 EC -1 EC -2 ES-1 Studi o Beam Studi o Color 250 Studi
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