Specifications

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By using these items you can calibrate and adjust effects to their right positions.
Calibration via the control board
1. Disconnect DMX controller from the xture and enter the "Calibrate Effects" menu.
2. Use the [up arrow] and [down arrow] to nd desired effect and touch it to enter the ne effect adjustment
screen.
3. Set desired value and save it by touching the [conrm].
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the next effects.
5. After calibrating all effects, touch the [conrm] to save all adjusted values and reset the xture.
Calibration via the DMX controller
1. Connect DMX controller to the xture and set xture effects to the desired positions before ne calibration.
2. Enter the "Calibrate Effects" menu and now you can exactly calibrate desired effects by DMX controller.
There is a calibration protocol:
Effect Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3
Pan channel 33 channel 26 channel 24
Tilt channel 34 channel 27 channel 25
Colour wheel channel 35 channel 28 channel 26
Cyan channel 36 channel 29 channel 27
Magenta channel 37 channel 30 channel 28
Yellow channel 38 channel 31 channel 29
CTO channel 39 channel 32 channel 30
Static Gobo channel 40 channel 33 channel 31
Rot. Gobo Wheel channel 41 channel 34 channel 32
Rot. Gobo Index. channel 42 channel 35 channel 33
Prism channel 43 channel 36 channel 34
Iris channel 44 channel 37 channel 35
Zoom channel 45 channel 38 channel 36
Focus channel 46 channel 39 channel 37
Hot-Spot channel 47 channel 40 channel 38
Dimmer 1 channel 48 channel 41 channel 39
Dimmer 2 channel 49 channel 42 channel 40
After having calibrated all effects, touch the [conrm] to save adjusted values and reset the xture.
Load Default Calibrations - The item loads default (factory) calibration values.
Updating software - The menu item allows you to update software in the xture via either serial or USB port
of PC.
The following are required in order to update software:
- PC running Windows 95/98/2000/XP or Linux
- DMX Software Uploader
- Flash cable RS232/DMX No.13050624 (if you want to use a serial port of PC)
- Robe Universal Interface (if you want to use an USB port of PC)
Note 1: Software update should execute a qualied person. If you lack qualication, do not attempt the updatey-
ourself and ask for help your ROBE distributor.
Note 2: DMX address, IP address, programs 1-3 and all items in the menu "Personality" will be set to their
default (factory) values.
To update software in the xture:
I. Installation of the DMX Software Uploader.
1. DMX Software Uploader program is available from the ROBE web site at WWW.robe.cz.
2. Make a new directory ( e.g. Robe_Uploader) on your hard disk and download the software to it.
3. Unpack the program from the archive. If the Robe xture is produced in both magnetic
and electronic ballast version, name of DMX Software Uploader is the same for both versions.
II.Fixture software updating.
1.Determine which of your ports is available on your PC and connect it:
- with the DMX input of the xture if you using the ash cable RS232/DMX
- with the DMX output of the Robe Universal Interface if you using the USB cable.
Disconnect the xture from the other xtures in a DMX chain. Turn both the computer and
the xture on. Make sure the lamp is switched off (only if the xture involves a lamp).
2. Switch the xture to the updating mode by touching the "Updating Software " item
Note: If you do not want to continue in software update, you have to switch off and on the xture