A NEW ERA OF USER CINEMATIC MANUAL V2.
STORAGE & SAFETY General to rain, liquids or moisture may increase the risk of • We recommend that you read these instructions carefully before attempting to use Titan™ for the first time. The information below will assist with safe handling and operation • If selling or transferring the product, please ensure that these instructions are available for future users • Titan™ is designed for professional use.
CONTENTS Storage and Safety 3 Titan X1 Quick Start Guide 6 Titan X2 Quick Start Guide 7 Introduction 8 How to Update Your Titan 10 Mounting Your Titan 11 Using Titan on Battery Power 12 The Home Master Menu 13 What is SmartSoft™ 14 Titan System Menu 15 SFX Menu 18 Flash Interface 24 DMX Interface 30 Using ROTO-wDMX 33 Remote Device Management 34 Titan DMX Protocols 36 How to Connect to Luminair 40 Titan Technical Specifications 42 Titan Competitor Compa
Titan X1 - Quick Start Guide 4 5 7 8 9 1 1 3 2 10 6 11 1 1 14 16 20 1. Yoke Mounting Points (M8) 11. K-Mount (shown with a Swan Neck Mount) 2. DMX Menu 12. Power Switch ON | OFF | ON 3. SFX Menu 13. DC Cable 4. HOME Menu 14. Built-in Foot 5. SYS Menu 15. DMX Ports 6. FLASH Menu 16. Port Plate 7. Wi-Fi Aerial 17. Mini Jack Flash Port 8. Touchscreen Display 18. USB Port 9. Navigation Buttons 19. Factory Programing Port 10. Rotary Knobs 20.
Titan X2 - Quick Start Guide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 20 19 18 17 16 12 15 13 14 1. Yoke Mounting Points (M8) 11. K-Mount (shown with a Swan Neck Mount) 2. DMX Menu 12. Power Switch ON | OFF | ON 3. SFX Menu 13. DC Cable 4. HOME Menu 14. Built-in Foot 5. SYS Menu 15. DMX Ports 6. FLASH Menu 16. Port Plate 7. Wi-Fi Aerial 17. Mini Jack Flash Port 8. Touchscreen Display 18. USB Port 9. Navigation Buttons 19. Factory Programing Port 10. Rotary Knobs 20.
INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing Rotolight Titan™, the most powerful range of LED lighting fixtures ever made. We at Rotolight are committed to bringing the finest and most inspirational lighting tools to image makers. Rotolight Titan™ fixtures includes industry-first technologies such as SmartSoft™ electronically adjustable diffusion, High Speed Sync Flash (HSS), and other revolutionary technologies developed by Rotolight such as CineSFX™.
SYS (System) contains all of the customisable key system settings and read only information including temperature settings, colourspace, brightness mode etc. You can also perform system updates via the USB port within this menu. SFX (Cinematic Special Effects, ‘CineSFX™’) contains over 20 fully customisable special lighting effects, developed by Rotolight and visual effects veteran, Stefan Lange.
HOW TO UPDATE TITAN™ VIA USB PEN DRIVE FAT32 STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 Choose a USB stick Format the USB Stick to FAT32 Copy and paste the update file to (preferably San Disk or reputable format and have no other files on the USB Stick brand), (not compatible with USB the stick 3.0, needs to be USB 2.0 or earlier) update.bin STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 Once on the stick, rename the file Connect your Titan to power, but Insert the USB stick to the unit to 'update.
HOW TO ATTACH THE YOKE MOUNT STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 Align the yoke with the mounting Secure using bolts and included The Yoke can then be mounted points on the side of the Titan Allen key. onto a lighting stand. We recommend using a C-Stand with sandbags. Recommended stand: The Titan X1 is compatible with RL-LIGHTSTAND as well as c-stands, whilst the Titan X2 requires a Junior to Baby adapter (RL-CSTAND-J2B) if mounting onto a c-stand 16mm Baby spigot.
HOW TO ATTACH THE BATTERY ADAPTOR STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 Mount the battery adapter to Slide the batteries into the Connect the adapter to the Titan the Titan clamp by aligning the mounting positions on each side of using the DC cable. hexagonal pin on the adapter with the adapter the corresponding hole on the clamp. USING TITAN ON BATTERY POWER To use the Titan on battery power, use the Rotolight 2-way or 4-way adapters; we do not recommend thirdparty adapters.
THE HOME MASTER MENU When you select the touch button labelled ‘HOME’, it will take you to the page where you can select one of five colour editing submenus below: 1. CCT - when this submenu is selected you can set the white balance. Using the left knob, you can change the brightness. Using the centre knob or the CCT touchscreen slider you can adjust the colour temperature, from 3,000 to 10,000 kelvin.
to any of the HOME menu radio preset buttons by holding the preset button. NB - You can select a colourspace on the Titan™ by clicking the centre knob. Choose ‘Full Gamut’ for photography or cinematography, choose REC: 2020 for Ultra HD 4K, or REC:709 for HD 2K. This will impose a bounding triangle in the XY display that will prevent you from inadvertently selecting a colour that the camera cannot record or playback, or that the broadcaster cannot broadcast.
‘SYS’ (TITAN™ SYSTEM MENU) Pressing the dedicated ‘SYS’ menu touchscreen button opens the system settings menu in Titan™. SETTINGS Submenu The first submenu item, SETTINGS is a scrollable list of settings. These include the following: 1. Thermal Management: there are three options available: STEALTH – in this mode the fans are mostly off when minimal noise is required. We strongly recommend leaving the Titan in auto mode wherever possible.
5. Display: options Auto Off / Buttons Only / Always On. The default mode for the display option is Always On. a. If you select Auto Off, then the display will only illuminate when you touch a control knob, the touchscreen, or a menu icon on the GUI, it will turn off again after five seconds of inactivity. b. If you select Buttons Only the colour touchscreen will automatically turn off after five seconds of inactivity, but the backlit menu and navigation buttons will remain illuminated. c.
INFO submenu 1. Temperature: Titan™ reads the temperature of LED1 and LED2 PCBs, and also the driver PCB. It also reads the RPM of the Fans. This is read-only data. Please note that Titan™ X1 does not have a ‘Right LED’ board, but will continue to display the RPM of the right hand Fan. RE: Fan RPM: the current fan RPM is displayed here. This will be based on the operating temperature of Titan™, and the selected ‘thermal management’ mode (see SYS/settings). 2.
‘SFX’ (Cinematic Special Effects) In collaboration with Stefan Lange, DOP and VFX veteran, we have created an arsenal of cinematic special FX (CineSFX™). These production tools are designed to complement your feature, music video or short film. Before you start: you can create a custom colour or recall a filter in the home menu, and bring that colour across to the SFX menu to use with a customised effect.
The three control knobs are usually assigned to MENU, SPEED and BRIGHTNESS. There are some secondary functions assigned to the knobs which are accessible if you press and turn the knobs, these are assigned to specific parameters for each effect and are indicated by grey triangles behind the main parameter displays. Most of the effects will also have the trigger function , assigned to the Centre knob (click the centre knob to trigger start/stop the selected effect), or tap the TRIGGER on the touchscreen.
‘STROBE’ The Strobe effect produces a regular flashing light. Create a colour in the HOME menu then go to SFX/STROBE. . Click the centre knob to trigger (start/stop) the strobe effect, or touch the ‘TRIGGER’ activator onscreen (or use a wireless trigger or a connection to the trigger port). Rotate the centre knob to adjust the strobe speed (it will display X.X Hz, where = ‘X.X’ = number of strobe cycles per second) the strobe range is from 0.3 Hz up to 7 Hz.
‘POLICE’ This effect is an emulation of an emergency services light. Click the centre knob (or touch the TRIGGER touchscreen) to activate the Police effect. Rotate the centre knob to adjust the police beacon speed. (It will display XX, which will give you an indication of the effect speed). Press, hold and turn the left knob to select the colour (red, blue, red/blue, blue /red) Press, hold and turn the right knob to select Flash type (i.e.
‘FILM’ (Old Cinema Projector) The Film effect is designed to simulate the flickering light coming from a celluloid film projector in a movie theatre. Create a base colour for this effect in the HOME menu then go to SFX/FILM to combine the customized colour with your edited effect. You can start / stop (or pause/fade to black) the effect by clicking the centre knob, or touching the 'TRIGGER' on the touchscreen or using an external trigger from the sync/trigger port, DMX or wDMX.
The controls for Chase are as follows: Rotate centre knob to control the Chase ‘SHAPE’ Rotate right knob to control Brightness Press, hold and turn the left knob to control the Chase ‘SPEED’ Press, hold and turn the centre knob to control the Chase ‘light FLOOR’ (i.e. the amount of residual light across all the lights in the Chase) Press, hold and turn the right knob to control the Chase ‘GAPs’ between each of the lights in the Chase.
FLASH INTERFACE Titan™ flash with modelling light Overview Titan™ is the first professional lighting fixture that provides an RGBWW High Speed Sync flash (HSS) at up to 1/8000th second, with no recycle time. You can flash in any colour temperature (3000-10,000 Kelvin), whilst enjoying up to 200% more power (1 stop), than in regular continuous mode, and considerably preserving battery power.
Rotate the left knob to set the desired modelling light level in order to preview focus, shadows and highlights on your subject (in %, 0-100%) and compose your photograph. NB: Titan™ is intentionally less bright whilst in modelling light mode than regular continuous light mode, in order to make the light more comfortable for the subject and prolong battery life. Press, hold and rotate the left knob to set the desired ‘colour temperature’ for your flash (in kelvin, range 3000K-10000K).
To shoot with a colour filter or custom RGBWW colour Titan can flash in any colour temperature (3000-10,000 Kelvin), whilst enjoying up to 200% more power (1 stop), than in regular continuous mode*, and considerably preserving battery power. Alternatively, Titan can flash in any of the 16.7Million RGB colours, or 2500 filters, for optimized battery life. To shoot in an RGB colour, simply choose the desired filter or create a custom colour in the RGBW / HSI / XY / FILTER menus found on the HOME page.
‘TrigSync’ and custom flash duration and triggering Rotolight have developed a special duration and control mode, aimed at the cinematographic industry. It enables Flash mode to support high frame rate, super Slo-Mo production, called ‘TrigSync’. If TrigSync is selected in the Duration control (rotate duration to the far left and TrigSync will be displayed after the 1/2500th value, then both Triggering and Duration are controlled from an analogue electronic input signal via the minijack sync port.
Setting up a Rotolight Elinchrom HSS Transmitter The below setup instructions are based on the HSS transmitter firmware 1.3 and Titan™ firmware V2.0. To check the firmware version on your HSS transmitter, this is shown on the screen briefly whilst the device turns on. To check the Titan™ firmware version, go to the about information in the SYS menu. If your HSS transmitter has a version earlier than 1.3, please visit the Elinchrom website to update manually, which should only take a few minutes.
‘X-FX’ (Exposure Effects) Titan™ X2 includes an Exposure Effects (X-FX) feature set, delivering multi-flash intra-frame imaging for photography that allows users to capture multiple stroboscopic frames of movement within one exposure, or programmable delayed flash events. It is easy to use and can provide some really fun ways of creating unusual multi-exposure images to capture the spirit of movement in still photography.
DMX INTERFACE DMX MODE TITAN 16-ch DMX ADDRESS 1 ROTO wDMX CHANNEL 1 NB - There are ten user programmable radio button presets available to store and recall customised DMX settings (presets 41-50). Press and hold to store a setup, tap the button to recall the preset. Tap the bank button to access presets 46-50.
Mode 1C TITAN ULTIMATE (HSI) 8Bit 16CH 1 Master Intensity 2 MENU DMX MODE ADDRESS MAP This can be scrolled up and down, and provides a dynamic snapshot of the channel assignment of the DMX parameters for the currently selected DMX Mode. Changing the address via the right knob will be immediately reflected in the channel assignments. Changing the mode using the knobs or via DMX will be shown in the channel and parameter allocations.
INPUT OUTPUT NETWORK LOCAL CTRL SYNC-SFX ROTOLIGHT DMX CABLE WIRELESS LUMENRAD WIRELESS DMX CABLE UNLINK IN/OUT This page offers a simple radio button system for users to select the desired input and output configuration for Titan™. Configure using the touchscreen. INPUT options are as follows: LOCAL CONTROLS Titan™ will ignore inputs from DMX sources and is operated by the local controls.
USING ROTO-wDMX MODE FOR MASTER AND SLAVE OPERATION ROTO-wDMX uses a proprietary Rotolight 2.4Ghz network to synchronise and slave Colour Temperature (CCT), Brightness and/or SFX across multiple Rotolights, without the need for a DMX desk, cables or operator. This mode can be used to slave all Rotolight models (NEO, AEOS, Anova, Titan X1 and X2).
REMOTE DEVICE MANAGEMENT (RDM) Rotolight are designing the RDM functionality for Titan™ (RDM = Remote Device Management) and this feature will be launched in 2021. We are registered with the RDM Technical Standards Program at ESTA.org (our RDM ID is 1809h). While we are finalising the rollout of the RDM functionality for Titan™ we would welcome any suggestions you have for key functions to be included. Please email your suggestions to rod@rotolight.com, with the subject ‘Titan RDM Wishlist’.
STATUS This page offers a highly visible screen that can be viewed from distance, to exit the STATUS page, touch the screen , or the DMX menu button. The STATUS page displays the following information: 100% HSI 37fps SFX DMX Addr 1 No Signal 16ch >1< DMX Addr 1 DMX OUT 16ch >1< DMX OUT 1. DMX channel 2. Connection status (green is ‘good’, red is ‘no signal’). 3. DMX input type (cable or wireless) 4. Output type (cable / wireless) 5. Frequency (for Rotolight wDMX/Skyport) 6. Signal strength 7.
MODE 1: TITAN ULTIMATE PROTOCOL 1: 8Bit 16 Channel
MODE 3: ROTOLIGHT LEGACY: 8Bit 2 Channel MODE 4: ROTOLIGHT LEGACY: 8Bit 8 Channel MODE2: TITAN UTILITY PROTOCOL 2: 8Bit 8 Channel
Preset Preset MODE 5: ARRI ULTIMATE (#30) 8Bit 24Channel
MODE 6: GEMINI ULTIMATE 8Bit 10Channel
HOW TO CONNECT TO LUMINAIR STEP 1 Ensure your Titan has the latest firmware installed via the USB update process. At the time of writing this is V200_201 STEP 2 Ensure you also have the latest LumenRadio firmware installed via the CRMX toolbox app. At the time of writing this is v1.0.1.
STEP 11 Select the ‘Start Channel’ DMX address number you would like the fixture to be located at (typically Ch1) STEP 12 STEP 13 A range of sliders will automatically be added to your project. STEP 13 Now click the green or red circle in the top right of the Luminair app to bring up the network status page. STEP 14 Select the Bluetooth tab. You should see a list of all available BLE devices here.
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Titan™ X1 + standard yoke: 8.6kg / 18.9 lbs Titan™ X1 + pole yoke: 10.2kg / 22.4 lbs Titan™ X1 + swan-neck: 7.9kg / 17.4 lbs 650 x 300 mm / 25.6” x 11.8” Titan™ X2 body: 11.5kg / 25.3 lbs Titan™ X2 + standard yoke: 13.6kg / 29.9 lbs Titan™ X2 + pole yoke: 15.1kg / 33.2 lbs Titan™ X2 + swan-neck: 12.5kg / 27.5 lbs Beam Angle Light Aperture Weight 15.7” x 5.7” x 14.1” Titan™ X1 body + standard yoke: 510 x 155 x 510mm 20” x 6.1” x 20” Titan™ X1 body + pole yoke: 545 x 170 x 500mm 21.” x 6.6” x 19.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATONS: POWER SUPPLY UNIT TITAN X1 44 TITAN X2 Power Supply Input Range 110 to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power Supply Input Range 110 to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power Supply Output 24 V DC 350 watt Power Supply Output 24 V DC 750 watt Power Input Connector PowerCON TRUE1 (Bare Ends/Shuko/Edison cables available) Power Input Connector PowerCON TRUE1 (Bare Ends/Shuko/Edison cables available) Power Output Connector PowerCON TRUE1 (mains power through) Power Output Connector PowerCON TRUE
Standard Diffusion ARRI Skypanel S60 Litepanels Gemini 2x1 Rotolight Titan X2 Litepanels Gemini 2x1 Kino Flo Celeb 250 ARRI Skypanel S60 50% (Standard Diffusion) Rotolight Titan X2 Standard Diffusion ARRI S60 Skypanel LE2 Litepanels Gemini 2x1 Standard Diffusion ARRI S60 Skypanel Energy Efficiency: Brightness (Lux) Output per Watt consumption 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 Colour accuracy - TLCI (Television Lighting Consistency Index) ARRI S60 photometrics taken from latest September 20
Standard Diffusion 0.5 0 0.02 0 Litepanels Gemini 1x1 ARRI Skypanel S30 50% ( Standard Diffusion) Rotolight Titan X1 ARRI Skypanel S30 LE2 Litepanels Gemini 1x1 Energy Efficiency: Brightness (Lux) Output per Watt consumption Rotolight Titan X1 Colour accuracy - TLCI (Television Lighting Consistency Index) S30 photometrics taken from latest September 2018 product information sheet, and LE2 information from the official ARRI photometrics app accessed September 2020.
10 50 6 modes: CCT, XY, HSI, RGB, Filter, Source Matching 318 Needs Skylink module $510/light & basestation $1840 Needs Skylink module $510/light & basestation $1840 1400 6 modes: CCT, XY, HSI, RGB, Filter, Source Matching ® LumenRadio Timotwo bluetooth & Wireless DMX (CRMX) LumenRadio® Timotwo bluetooth & Wireless DMX (CRMX) ARRI Skypanel 4 modes: CCT, HSI, RGB, Filter 12 600 Needs LYKOS® Bluetooth® dongle $110/light Needs Wireless DMX module $260/light Needs LYKOS® Bluetooth® dongle $
ACCESSORIES 48 Titan X2 with Standard Yoke Titan X2 with Pole Operated Yoke Titan X2 with Swan Neck SKU: RL-TITAN-X2-Y SKU: RL-TITAN-X2-P SKU: RL-TITAN-X2-S Titan X1 with Standard Yoke Titan X1 with Pole Operated Yoke Titan X1 with Swan Neck SKU: RL-TITAN-X1-Y SKU: RL-TITAN-X1-P SKU: RL-TITAN-X1-S Titan X2 Barn Doors Titan X1 Barn Doors Titan X2 Rain Cover RL-TITAN-X2-BD RL-TITAN-X1-BD RL-TITAN-X2-RAIN Titan X1 Rain Cover SNAPBAG® For Titan X2 SNAPBAG® For Titan X1 RL-TITAN-X1-RAIN R
ACCESSORIES TIitan X2 SNAPGRID® For SNAPBAG® TIitan X2 SNAPGRID® TIitan X1 SNAPGRID® For SNAPBAG® RL-TITAN-X2-SGSB RL-TITAN-X2-SGT RL-TITAN-X1-SGSB TIitan X1 SNAPGRID® Titan X2 Rental Kit Titan X1 Rental Kit RL-TITAN-X1-SGT RL-TITAN-X2-RENTAL RL-TITAN-X1-RENTAL Titan X2 Reporter Kit Titan X1 Reporter Kit RL-TITAN-X2-REPORTER RL-TITAN-X1-REPORTER Spare PSU For Titan RL-TITAN-X2-PSU RL-TITAN-X1-PSU Rotolight 2-way 24V V-Lock Rotolight 4-way 24V V-Lock Rotolight 95 Wh V-Mount Battery / Gol
Rotolight 155 Wh V-Mount Battery Rotolight 310 Wh V-Mount Battery 2-way V-Lock Battery Adaptor & 155 Wh RL-BATT-155 RL-BATT-310 V-Mount Battery Bundle RL-VL24-BUN X4 50 4-way V-Lock Battery Adaptor & 155 Wh Rotolight 155 Wh V-Mount Battery Rotolight 310 Wh V-Mount Battery V-Mount Battery Bundle and Dtap Charger Bundle and Dtap Charger Bundle RL-4BAT-BUN RL-BATT-BUNDLE-155 Titan X2 Flight Case Titan X2 Soft Bag Titan X1 Flight Case RL-TITAN-X2-FLC RL-TITAN-X2-SOFT RL-TITAN-X1-FLC Titan
RABBIT-EARS ACCESSORIES SNAPBAG® Lantern 3' Rabbit-Ears Cover For SNAPBAG® Lantern 3' SNAPBAG® Lantern 5' Rabbit-Ears RL-TITAN-SBRL3 RL-TITAN-SBRL3-C4 RL-TITAN-SBRL5 Cover For SNAPBAG® Lantern 5' SNAPBAG® Octa 3' Rabbit-Ears SNAPBAG® Octa 5' Rabbit-Ears RL-TITAN-SBRL5-C4 RL-TITAN-SBRO3 RL-TITAN-SBRO5 SNAPBAG® Octa 7' Rabbit-Ears SNAPBAG® Medium Rabbit-Ears SNAPGRID® 40° For 3' SNAPBAG® RL-TITAN-SBRO7 RL-TITAN-SBRM & Chimera Octaplus RL-TITAN-SGC3W40 SNAPGRID® 40° For SNAPGRID® 40° For S
ACCESSORIES 60-Degree Honeycomb Grid 30-Degree Honeycomb Grid 60-Degree Honeycomb Grid for Titan X2 for Titan X2 for Titan X1 RL-TITAN-X2-GRID-60 RL-TITAN-X2-GRID-30 RL-TITAN-X1-GRID-60 30-Degree Honeycomb Grid Rotolight 20-Inch Rotolight 20-Inch Chrome-Plated for Titan X1 Chrome-Plated C-Stand C-Stand and Adapter Bundle RL-TITAN-X1-GRID-30 RL-CSTAND-20 RL-CSTAND-20-BUN Junior To Baby Titan Clamp Cart For Titan X2 C-Stand Adapter RL-TITAN-X2-CLAMP RL-TITAN-X2-CART RL-CSTAND-J2B 52
WARRANTY INFORMATION Manufacturer’s Limited Warranty Rotolight Group Ltd will extend to its customers a Limited Manufacturer’s Product Warranty of one year on manufacturer’s products from their date of purchase. This warranty shall not include damage caused by general ‘wear and tear’, or tampering with, products that have been dropped or damaged through misuse.
INDEX A Look Up Table 15 AC adapter 16 Lumenradio 9, 30, 32, 35, 40, 43, 47 Accessories 49, 50, 51, 52 Luminair 40, 41 B M Map 31 Master 15, 25 Max 15, 25 Max lux 16, 31, 42, 45, 46 Mini Jack Flash Port 6, 7, 27 Base Address 9, 30, 31, 32, 33 Brightness Mode 16 Built-in Foot 6, 7 Battery Adapter 12 C Camera LUT 15 CCT 8, 13 CCT control 24 CCT in flash mode 26 N Navigation Buttons 6, 7, 16 Neon 18, 21 O Overview 22, 30, 33 CCT & flash power boost, 31, 35 P Chase 22-23, 33 Paparazzi 18, 22 CineS
“The gold standard for which all other lights should now be judged” Matt Allard ACS Newsshooter “The Titan™ X2 is a versatile and powerful light with features none of its rivals can offer at any price” Adam Duckworth - Editor In Chief Pro Moviemaker “It’s incredibly exciting to have a light where you can shape and control the light without any modifiers.
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