MaxiPar Tri MKII - Terralec Ltd · aPar r I User Manual 6 RGB colour mix mode: ... DMX (Digital Multiplex) is a universal protocol used as a form of communication between intelligent

Order code: EQLED111A

MaxiPar Tri MKIIUser Manual

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Safety advice

WARNINGFOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOUR INITIAL START-UP!• Beforeyourinitialstart-up,pleasemakesurethatthereisnodamagecausedduringtransportation.

• Shouldtherebeanydamage,consultyourdealeranddonotusetheequipment.

• Tomaintaintheequipmentingoodworkingconditionandtoensuresafeoperation,itisnecessaryfortheusertofollowthesafetyinstructionsandwarningnoteswritteninthismanual.

• Pleasenotethatdamagescausedbyusermodificationstothisequipmentarenotsubjecttowarranty.

IMPORTANT:The manufacturer will not accept liability for any resulting damages caused by the non-observance of this manual or any unauthorised modification to the equipment.

OPERATING DETERMINATIONSIfthisequipmentisoperatedinanyotherway,thanthosedescribedinthismanual,theproductmaysufferdamageandthewarrantybecomesvoid.Incorrectoperationmayleadtodangere.g:short-circuit,burnsandelectricshocksetc.

Donotendangeryourownsafetyandthesafetyofothers!

Incorrectinstallationorusecancauseseriousdamagetopeopleand/orproperty.

• Neverletthepowercablecomeintocontactwithothercables.Handlethepowercableandallmainsvoltageconnectionswithparticularcaution!

• Neverremovewarningorinformativelabelsfromtheunit.

• Donotopentheequipmentanddonotmodifytheunit.

• Donotconnectthisequipmenttoadimmerpack.

• Donotswitchtheequipmentonandoffinshortintervals,asthiswillreducethesystem’slife.

• Onlyusetheequipmentindoors.

• Donotexposetoflammablesources,liquidsorgases.

• Alwaysdisconnectthepowerfromthemainswhenequipmentisnotinuseorbeforecleaning!Onlyhandlethepower-cablebytheplug.Neverpullouttheplugbypullingthepower-cable.

• Makesurethattheavailablevoltageisbetween100~240V,50/60Hz.

• Makesurethatthepowercableisnevercrimpedordamaged.Checktheequipmentandthepowercableperiodically.

• Iftheequipmentisdroppedordamaged,disconnectthemainspowersupplyimmediatelyandhaveaqualifiedengineerinspecttheequipmentbeforeoperatingagain.

• Iftheequipmenthasbeenexposedtodrastictemperaturefluctuation(e.g.aftertransportation),donotconnectpowerorswitchitonimmediately.Thearisingcondensationmightdamagetheequipment.Leavetheequipmentswitchedoffuntilithasreachedroomtemperature.

• Ifyourproductfailstofunctioncorrectly,stopuseimmediately.Packtheunitsecurely(preferablyintheoriginalpackingmaterial),andreturnittoyourProLightdealerforservice.

• Onlyusefusesofsametypeandrating.

• Repairs,servicingandpowerconnectionmustonlybecarriedoutbyaqualifiedtechnician.THISUNITCONTAINSNOUSERSERVICEABLEPARTS.

• WARRANTY:Oneyearfromdateofpurchase.

CAUTION!KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT AWAY FROM RAIN, MOISTURE AND LIQUIDS

CAUTION! TAKE CARE USING THIS EQUIPMENT!HIGH VOLTAGE-RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK!!


Product overview & technical specifications

Thiscompact,slimprofileparisdesignedforuplightingaswellasstagelighting,andwillbringdeep,richcolourstoanyeventorvenue.Itfeatures12x3Wtri-colourRGBLEDswhichoffersmoothcolourmixing.OperationalmodesincludingDMX,auto,soundactiveandmaster/slavemodes.

•12x3Wtri-colourLEDs(RGB)

•Beamangle:25°

•2,106Lux@2m(fullon)

•DMXchannels:3or6selectable

•Auto,soundactiveandmaster/slavemodes

•0-100%dimmingandvariablestrobe

•4pushbuttonmenuwithLEDdisplay

•Bracketallowsformultipleriggingorfloorstandingapplications

•Rubberfeetallowthepaneltositflatonthefloorforuplighting

•SideentryXLRandpowerconnections

•IECpowerinput/output

•3-PinXLRinput/output

•Fancooled

MaxiPar Tri MKII

Specifications

Powerconsumption 40W

Powersupply 100~240V,50/60Hz

Fuse T1A250V

Dimensions 205x225x115mm

Weight 0.85kg

Ordercode EQLED111A

205mm

225mm 115mm

0m 1m 2m 3m 4m 5m

25° - LuxFULL ONRGB

844019605600400

21064911402100

98321862244.4

25°

52812335025

33878.622416

TRI MKIIMAXIPAR

DOWNUP

MIC

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POWER OUTPUT:100-240V~50/60Hz

DMX OUTPUT

POWER INPUT:100-240V~50/60Hz

FUSE: T1A 250V

DMX INPUT

POWER CONSUMPTION: 40W

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POWER OUTPUT:100-240V~50/60Hz

DMX OUTPUT

POWER INPUT:100-240V~50/60Hz

FUSE: T1A 250V

DMX INPUT

POWER CONSUMPTION: 40W

02 02

01 01

04

0503

01-Bracket

02-Bracketknobs

03-LEDdisplay

04-Functionbuttons

05-Microphone

06-DMXinputsocket

07-DMXoutputsocket

08-IECpowerinputsocket

09-IECpoweroutputsocket

10-FuseT1A250V

Inthebox:1 x fixture, 1 x power cable & 1 x user manual


Operating instructions

MENU

S L A V Slave mode

A 0 0 1

A 5 1 2DMX settingsA d d r

6 C H

3 C H

Built in programs

P r - -

r 0 0 1

g 0 0 1

r 2 5 5

g 2 5 5

b 0 0 1 b 2 5 5

Colour mix mode

P r 1 3

P r 0 1

P r 0 0

0 0 0

1 0 0Sound settingsS O U d S E n S


Operating instructions

DMX mode:

OperatinginaDMXcontrolmodeenvironmentgivestheuserthegreatestflexibilitywhenitcomestocustomisingorcreatingashow.Inthismodeyouwillbeabletocontroleachindividualtraitofthefixtureandeachfixtureindependently.

ToaccesstheDMXmode,pressthe“MENU”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoshowAddrontheLEDdisplay.Nowpressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstochooseoneofthe3or6DMXchannelmodes.Pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstosettherequiredDMXaddress.Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconfirmthesetting.

Toexitoutofanyoftheaboveoptions,pressthe“MENU”button.

6 channel mode:

Channel Value Function

CH1 000-255 Reddimmer(0-100%)

CH2 000-255 Greendimmer(0-100%)

CH3 000-255 Bluedimmer(0-100%)

CH4

000-027 Nofunction

028-055 Strobe(useCH6forspeed)

056-083Strobewithcolourchange(useCH6forspeed)

084-111 Red

112-139 Green

140-167 Blue

168-195 Yellow

196-223 Purple

224-251 Cyan

252-255 White

CH5

000 Nofunction

001-012 Redfadein/out

(useCH6forspeed)

013-025 Greenfadein/out

026-038 Bluefadein/out

039-051 Yellowfadein/out

052-064 Purplefadein/out

065-077 Cyanfadein/out

078-090 Whitefadein/out

091-116 Autocolourfadein/out

117-142 Colourfade

143-168 Colourchange

169-181 Colourchangewithstrobe

182-207 Allautoshows

208-255 Soundactiveflash(whenCH6is000)

208-255 Soundactive(whenCH6is001-255)

CH6 000-255 Speed(slow-fast)/Sensitivity(low-high)

3 channel mode:

Channel Value Function

CH1 000-255 Reddimmer(0-100%)

CH2 000-255 Greendimmer(0-100%)

CH3 000-255 Bluedimmer(0-100%)


RGB colour mix mode:

Inthismodeyoucansetthefixturetoanycolourandanybrightness.

Toaccessthecolourmixmodepress“MENU”untilthedisplayshowsPr--ontheLEDdisplay.Pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectPr00.Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoshow r---with3digitsafterontheLEDdisplay.Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconfirm.

Therrepresentsred,G=greenandb=blue.The3digitsafterarethebrightnesssettingfrom000~255.

For example: Ifyousetr,G,balltozero,yourunitwillhavenoLEDslitup(blackout).Ifyousetr000tor255andGandbtozero,yourunitwillshowonlyredLEDs.

Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconfirmthesettingandmovetothenextcolour.Toexitoutofanyoftheaboveoptions,pressthe“MENU”button.

Built-in program mode:

Toaccessbuilt-inprogrammodepress“MENU”untilthedisplayshowsPr--ontheLEDdisplay.Pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectbetweenPr00~Pr13.Pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectthespeedbetweenSP00~Sp20.Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconfirm.


Sound active mode:

Toaccessthesoundactivemode,pressthe“MENU”buttononthefrontoftheunittoshowSoudontheLEDdisplay.Nowpressthe“ENTER”buttonandthedisplaywillshowSens.Pressthe“ENTER”buttonagainandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectthesensitivitylevelfrom000-100.Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconfirmthesetting.

Value: 000 - 100 (000 = low,100 = high)


Master/slave mode:

Tosetthemasterunit,pressthe“MENU”buttonontherearofthemasterunittoselectyourdesiredprogram(soundactiveorRGBcolourmix).Tosettheotherunitsinslavemode,pressthe“MENU”buttonontherearoftheunittoshowSLavontheLEDdisplayandpressthe“ENTER”buttontoconfirmthesetting.Theunitswillnowruninsequencewiththemasterunit.



Setting the DMX address:

TheDMXmodeenablestheuseofauniversalDMXcontroller.Eachfixturerequiresa“startaddress”from1-512.Afixturerequiringoneormorechannelsforcontrolbeginstoreadthedataonthechannelindicatedbythestartaddress.Forexample,afixturethatoccupiesoruses7channelsofDMXandwasaddressedtostartonDMXchannel100,wouldreaddatafromchannels:100,101,102,103,104,105and106.Chooseastartaddresssothatthechannelsuseddonotoverlap.E.g.thenextunitinthechainstartsat107.

DMX 512:

DMX(DigitalMultiplex)isauniversalprotocolusedasaformofcommunicationbetweenintelligentfixturesandcontrollers.ADMXcontrollersendsDMXdatainstructionsformthecontrollertothefixture.DMXdataissentasserialdatathattravelsfromfixturetofixtureviatheDATA“IN”andDATA“OUT”XLRterminalslocatedonallDMXfixtures(mostcontrollersonlyhaveadata“out”terminal).

DMX linking:

DMXisalanguageallowingallmakesandmodelsofdifferentmanufacturestobelinkedtogetherandoperatefromasinglecontroller,aslongasallfixturesandthecontrollerareDMXcompliant.ToensureproperDMXdatatransmission,whenusingseveralDMXfixturestrytousetheshortestcablepathpossible.TheorderinwhichfixturesareconnectedinaDMXlinedoesnotinfluencetheDMXaddressing.Forexample;afixtureassignedtoaDMXaddressof1maybeplacedanywhereinaDMXline,atthebeginning,attheend,oranywhereinthemiddle.WhenafixtureisassignedaDMXaddressof1,theDMXcontrollerknowstosendDATAassignedtoaddress1tothatunit,nomatterwhereitislocatedintheDMXchain.

DATA cable (DMX cable) requirements (for DMX operation):

ThisfixturecanbecontrolledviaDMX-512protocol.TheDMXaddressissetonthebackoftheunit.YourunitandyourDMXcontrollerrequireastandard3-pinXLRconnectorfordatainput/output,seeimagebelow.

Also remember that DMX cable must be daisy chained and cannot be split.

DMX setup

FurtherDMXcablescanbepurchasedfromallgoodsoundandlightingsuppliersorProLightConceptsdealers.Pleasequote:

CABL10 – 2mCABL11 – 5mCABL12 – 10m


Notice:

Besuretofollowthediagramsbelowwhenmakingyourowncables.DonotconnectthecablesshieldconductortothegroundlugorallowtheshieldconductortocomeincontactwiththeXLRsoutercasing.Groundingtheshieldcouldcauseashortcircuitanderraticbehaviour.

Special note:

Line termination:

Whenlongerrunsofcableareused,youmayneedtouseaterminatoronthelastunittoavoiderraticbehaviour.

Using a cable terminator will decrease the possibilities of erratic behaviour. (3-pin - Order ref: CABL90, 5-pin - Order ref: CABL89)

5-pin XLR DMX connectors:

Somemanufacturesuse5-pinXLRconnectorsfordatatransmissioninplaceof3-pin.5-pinXLRfixturesmaybeimplementedina3-pinXLRDMXline.Wheninsertingstandard5-pinXLRconnectorsintoa3-pinlineacableadaptormustbeused.Thediagrambelowdetailsthecorrectcableconversion.

Terminationreducessignaltransmissionproblemsandinterference.itisalwaysadvisabletoconnectaDMXterminal,(resistance120Ohm1/4W)betweenpin2(DMX-)andpin3(DMX+)ofthelastfixture.

5-pin XLR (female)Pin 1: GND (screen)Pin 2: Signal (-)Pin 3: Signal (+)Pin 4: N/CPin 5: N/C

3-pin XLR (female)Pin 1: GND (screen)Pin 2: Signal (-)Pin 3: Signal (+)

3-pin XLR (male)Pin 1: GND (screen)Pin 2: Signal (-)Pin 3: Signal (+)

5-pin XLR (male)Pin 1: GND (screen)Pin 2: Signal (-)Pin 3: Signal (+)Pin 4: N/CPin 5: N/C

DMX setup


WEEE notice

Correct Disposal of this Product (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment)

(Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems)

Thismarkingshownontheproductoritsliterature,indicatesthatitshouldnotbedisposedofwithotherhouseholdwastesattheendofitsworkinglife.Topreventpossibleharmtotheenvironmentorhumanhealthfromuncontrolledwastedisposal,pleaseseparatethisfromothertypesofwastesandrecycleitresponsiblytopromotethesustainablereuseofmaterialresources.

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