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Alex M Contents

Alex M

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Contents

Meet Alex M .................................................................................................7

First impressions ..................................................................................... 7

Operation................................................................................................. 8

Special features.......................................................................................9

Safety ......................................................................................................... 10

Symbols ................................................................................................. 10

Important rules.......................................................................................11

Alex M is very robust, but... ...................................................................12

Lighting in no time with Alex M...............................................................13

Working with Alex M.................................................................................14

Wiring..................................................................................................... 14

Switching the device on.........................................................................15

Controls .................................................................................................15

Keys.................................................................................................. 15

Rotating knob ...................................................................................16

Preventing improper use of Alex ........................................................... 17

Basic settings......................................................................................... 18

Language selection .......................................................................... 18

Setting the display contrast .............................................................. 19

Resetting the dimmer processor ......................................................19

Selecting the source for the dimmer control signals ........................ 20

Setting the DMX start address .........................................................21

Further basic settings ....................................................................... 23

Providing stationary lighting (manual intensity adjustment) .................24

Setting the intensity of a channel........................................................... 24

Setting the same intensity for all channels............................................25

Saving current output levels as presets ................................................26

Preheating .............................................................................................27

Setting preheating individually for each dimmer channel................. 27

Setting the same preheat intensity for all dimmer channels ............28

Intensity limit..........................................................................................29

Setting an intensity limit....................................................................29

Setting the same intensity limit for all dimmer channels .................. 30

Dimmer curves....................................................................................... 31