Dr. DMX II USER'S MANUAL 24 – 004 – 1423 Rev 1.0 October 2004 Web site: www.elationlighting .com E-mail: info@elationlighting.
_General Information Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Dr. DMXII. The Dr. DMXII features stylish design, versatility and a highly competitive price tag. The multiselector wheel can be used to select the 8 mainly menus. You can also test the DMX packet and cable, which will catch whether there are errors. The received DMX data can also be displayed and transmitted, complying with the your settings.
_Operation Guide Dr. DMXII, which can be used in various lighting occasions to meet your requirements. This unit provides ample menu options in a 20 x 4 LCD window for you. The desired menu or window can be activated by turning the multi-selector wheel, and then pressing the multi-selector wheel in the center. This will allow you to access the menu functions. NOTE: If you want to forward to the next menu, please turn the multi-selector right.
If there is no signal input and you have accessed each menu of Data format, Data timing, Data level (Volt) by the multi-selector wheel, the LCD window will display: < DMX packet test: Receive no signal ? You may move the cursor to the “?” for help. If there is a input signal, you can do some DMX packet tests. 1. Data format Turn the multi-selector wheel to select Data format and press it to view the total channels of the external operator and the states of BREAK when receiving the signals.
(Here the connected controller is a DMX Operator.) < Data timing: ? BK: 135_S MaB: 016_S StartCode : 000 dec Chan. Time: 053_s > All the parameters can be shown here. signal is good Select “>” first and then press the multi-selector this will allow you to shift from the Chan. Time to Period Time. In this case, the fourth line of the LCD window displays " Period: 036 ms ". You may select the help function by using the multi-selector. Help information will be given as follows. < 2.
< DMX data RX 1. Barchart display 2. Value display 3. Min/ max display > > > This DMX data--RX function can display the value of the signal input by the means of a Barchart, Value, or Min/max, complying with the display mode that can be adjusted in the System setup menu. There are two display modes: Normal and Hold Mode.
2. Value display This option can display the value of the signal input by the means of decimal, hexadecimal and percent. Turn the multi-selector wheel forward to enter the Barchart display option. If there is no signal input, the LCD window will display: < RX Channel 1 : 000 ? Start Channel : 001 > --- --- --- --- --> --- --- --- --- --The default total of channels is set at 000 and the start channels always automatically preset to be 001.
Supposed that you have set the percent display mode. If there is no signal input, the LCD window will display. < RX Channle : 000 Chan. min typ max >001 --- --- --- % >Count at : xxxxx Sec 253 255 255 000 000 the LCD window will display the On the contrary, if the signal input is being received correctly, > 000 000 000 000 000 following information. Total channels < RX Channle : 192 Chan. min typ max Time counter >001 000 28 70 % for reference.
To adjust the temporary value of the desired channel, first turn the multi-selector wheel to “>” at the third line. Then adjust the "Data" at the fourth line. The "Data" displays the value by the means of decimal and percent. You may turn the multi-selector to scroll to the next page. The LCD window shows the values of 10 channels as in the following diagram.
The Speed can will only take effect when the mode is set to Auto On/Off or Ramping. In this case, the level of the desired channel is adjusted automatically by this unit. You can adjust the level by the fader when the mode is set to Fader Only or Fader Fine. However, there is only one channel level varied from the other 511 channel levels. And the other 511 channel levels can only be the same.
The default start cue is cue 1. You can adjust the end cue No. and speed rate ( 1 -10 ) by using multi-selector wheel. For more information, press “?” for help. < 4. Run Cues(Scenes) _ Moving light From cue 1 to the end cue continually in speed rate Turn the multi-selector to select Moving light and then press the multi-selector to access this menu function. There are 2 sub-menu options, including Library setting, and Play mode.
fig.1 fig.3 05 Focus fig.2 06 Frost 07 Gobo 08 Gobo rot 09 Inten'ty 10 Iris 11 Lamp 12 Magenta 21 Speed P 22 Speed PT 23 Speed T 24 Strobe 25 Tilt fig.426 Tilt Fine 28 Zoom 27 Yellow 13 Pan 15 Prism 17 Rot spel 19 Special 14 Pan fine 16 Reset 18 Shutter 20 Speed CG 29 --------31 Laser 33 Color 35 Dimmer 30 -------32 Dimmer 34 Cyan 36 Effect If you would like to set the lighting function of this unit for testing the other lighting equipment, pay attention to the relative channels parameters of them.
_ Save Cue ( Scene ) If there is DMX input signal present, the saved cue can be the received signal. However, if there is no signal input, activating the Save Cue function will save the previous received or running cue as new one. You can access the 512 channel of DMX data--TX menu to set the values of the desired channels or modify the existing cue, and then activating the Save Cue can save the settings as a new cue. When accessing this menu, the LCD window will ask you for the cue number to be saved.
Otherwise, if the cable does not work normally, the LCD window displays: < Cable Test --Result: -> Cable not OK _ MIDI data -- RX This option tests the MIDI data to find out whether there are some errors when transmitting.
operator, the channel value of the unit will change instantly, adjusting with the position of the fader. In the Hold display mode, when changing the value referring to the specific channel of the external operator, the channel value of the unit may not change temporarily. The display value is only the max. value of all the adjustments of the fader. Turn the multi-selector to > at the second line, pressing it will shift the display mode between Normal mode and Hold mode.
NOTE: If you don’t deactivate the backlight, it will automatically go out in 10 seconds so that it does not consume power. You can also change the value display in three modes, including decimal, hexadecimal and percent. To save what you have set, move the cursor to “>” on the fourth line, confirm by pressing the multi-selector. If you don’t want to save it, move the cursor to “<” to return the previous menu. For more information, press “?” for help. < 3.
