Lighting Console User`s Manual
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1. There are two kinds of libraries in the console one is System Fixture Library which is uploaded before leaving factory Another one is User Fixture Library which is empty when the console leaves factory If you can not find the Fixture in System Library you are using you can add up to the user Library thyself 8 1 Upgrade Fixture Library The system fixtures library offered by Colour 288 includes most fixtures in the market We will constantly collect and update the library documents You can download the latest library CodeLib bin from our website http www codelight com Press Press Press Setup You can save the library document in USB flash drive Insert the USB flash drive into the USB jack on the panel of the console to enter Supervise Menu S2 to enter FixtureLib S1 to enter UpgradeLib Use the to move the cursor to the Library name CodeLib bin and the information such as date of the document will be displayed Press Setup Press S1 to select SelectFile The LCD screen will display the percentage of the updating progress When OK displayed the update is finished to exit and return to Live Mode 8 2 View System Fixture Library You can view the created date of the system fixture library the fixtures and channels contained in the library You can check up whether the library is damaged or whether the library is the latest one2. CODE CONOUIT 238 Lighting Console User s Manual Ver 1 013 CODE ELECTRONIC CO LTD http www codelight com Contents 1 Welcome to Use the Colour 288kn tmvs sita Sen toe cde sense a oe a r aE E O eduta eu ema 1 1 1 S tting up Colour 288 oiie ate abi 1 1 2 The Front Panel of Colour 288 cc cecccigesnneseacsstedcterneschersaecdseapnscceas suscceropneecntsiqeedguagnssrbapeepascceestascders 1 12 1 UIE DUTLONS scott it 2 T22 AMD ie 2 1 2 3 Functio ne ne Nie ee en i ed ee i Le 2 1 24 POSO 035 atlas svebs ea cit ze A aa iaa ama AU EEE 2 12 e A TAE 2 1 267 LODO oi ies 3 1 2 7 Control Wheel ccoo A AE cc 3 1 2 8 Menu DUHtoNS 1 2502 ava aedade krt E E thas aa teete v ka 3 1 2 9 Chase Mode butldfiS siceccecacvcssescees ince sxeesereccnsssbenes dipolo M 3 1 2 10 Other Operate PUttonS 141341 1 olut vt katva aaa aii 3 1 2 11 BLACKOUT vein dren eee Wen ais 3 1 212 MEVA A aaa dh tp ened TE ka A el 4 1 3 The Rear Panel of Colo r 288 115 1450 5 died kest iii tada VEED 4 1 31 DMX Outputiccrs acactv eae bach ibook den ac o 4 1 3 2 Audio Pt ti 4 A MIDIEPOht Silale GA a 4 1 3 4 Power Supply jack Nd F SE ecos oa 4 1 4 Clear All Dala A nhs Aada eakas es 5 23 Pathanen e ee i es 6 2 4 Patehthe DMX Address ui a 6 2 2 View the patch state uo tibia 6 235 Patch FIXt rssi iii ii 6 2 4 Setting up the Fixture Channel comicidad 8 3 Manual Control of Fixtures 0 iii
3. Confirm to finish clearing and exit Colour288_en PDF 5 http www codelight com 2 1 Patch After clearing all the data of the console users need to patch the Units according to the connecting circumstance of the fixtures in order to use the 1 12 soft keys with 3 pages Each unit for one Fixture Before patching user must make clear of the model parameter of the Units and the present initial DMX address Patch the DMX Address When patching fixtures LCD screen will list the present patched addresses of the Units and give the recommended DMX addresses automatically Those free DMX addresses marked as Free You can distribute the DMX address of fixtures by manual patching to carry out your preconcerted design the first line of the LCD screen display the next DMX address to be patched Control Wheel A changes available If the DMX address had patched the number will twinkle the console refuse iterative patching automatic 2 2 View the patch state Press Patch to enter Setup Patch Press S2 View LCD screen will list the present patched fixture and DMX address Switch pages by S2 or S3 Press 54 Cancel to exit press return to Live Mode 2 3 Patch Fixtures There are two types of Library in the console 1 System fixture Library The console has been uploaded the latest fixture library when it s on sale You can visit our homepage to download the l
4. Press Press Press Press Setup 52 FixtureLib 2 View Lib Setup and exit to Live Mode 8 3 User Library You can view the fixtures in the user fixture library and you can add new fixtures as well as edit and delete the user defined information in the library Press Setup O Press S2 e Press S3 Colour288_en PDF FixtureLib User Lib the LCD screen will display the list of user defined fixtures 20 http www codelight com 8 3 1 Add anew Fixture If your fixture is not included in the system fixture library you can add some in the user fixture library it will not have any conflict or overlap with those fixtures take a same name in the system fixture library Firstly you enter the library by viewing it and then press S1 Add NewFix There are 3 setup entry options on the right of the LCD screen whose functions are explained below 8 3 1 1 Setup total Number of DMX channel Note you must setup the total number of DMX first so that you can continue setting the other items Press S1 Total DMX Use Control Wheel A to set the total number of channels of the new Fixture o Press S1 to Confirm 8 3 1 2 Setup Channel There are 3 items which are Dimmer Tilt and Pan in the user Fixture Library channel setting Colour288_en PDF Press S2 Press S1
5. change colour gobo or location of fixtures and etc 2 English letter input 1 2 5 Chase Chase Page Colour 288 has 4 Chase pages P1 P4 each of which contains 10 a ae Chase buttons Thus it can save 40 Chase Date v d S There are two functions for the chase buttons iy IO TO IG IG 1 Rapidly run the Chase o o o o o 2 English letter input Press Single button only one chase can be run if the led on however several chase can be run simultaneous while the led off Colour288_en PDF 2 http www codelight com 1 2 6 1 2 7 1 2 8 1 2 9 1 2 10 1 2 11 LCD Screen Display multifarious information under different menu Control Wheels Wheel A and B are used to setup all the attributes value of the 4 Units as well as all the controlling parameters of the Effects NA Menu buttons There are 4 buttons on the right of the LCD screen S1 S4 the functions of which depend on the present state of the console Under different situations the enabled functions of the buttons are displayed on the corresponding place of the LCD screen Chase Mode buttons ew Music trigger of Chase Pause Pause Chase Music Trigger Pause Other Operate buttons Locate if you press this button the selected fixtures will display white beam The Pan Tilt will be set in the middle value so you can easily fin
6. will have different attributes Colour288_en PDF 9 http www codelight com Use control wheels to change the attribute value Select the fixtures and turn on them as above Select the attribute button then the relevant attribute will display on the bottom of LCD e Use wheel A or B to adjust the value If the fixture which is user defined but not the Fixture Library it will only display the channels in Dimmer Tilt Pan any other DMX channel will settle to other attribute buttons LCD screen will display the channel number directly 3 5 Using the Preset The preset had saved some preset value of fixtures according to the data of fixture users can change the attributes directly by using Preset buttons such as Brightness Colour Gobo or Location 3 6 Run the Effect Please refer to the introduction in 5th chapter 3 7 Manual Clear Manually controlled fixtures can be cleared by pressing Clear especially when you editing Cue and Chase you can quickly clear those unneeded effects 3 8 Using Group You can collect some fixtures into a Group so that you can easily control them all together Example Set Unit button 1 10 of 1st page as Group 1 e Under the Live Mode select the Unit button 1 10 of 1st page Press S3 Group e Control Wheel A to set the present group No 1 which shown on the LCD e Press S3 Save Group Once you created the group you can select th
7. 0 3 Upgrade the Software cion aid do ALAGA e 27 11 Technological Specification is 114 10 444 emnvad e da 28 iii 1 Welcome to Use the Colour 288 The Colour 288 is a special console for intelligent lights For your convenient usage the manual is divided into 11 chapters Important contents are highlighted by shading and example explanations are added when necessary for the sake of your better understanding In the manual a square symbolizes a button e g Enter while a square brackets symbolizes a menu item shown on the LCD Screen e g FileSystem 1 1 Setting up Colour 288 You need to prepare the following connection before using Colour 288 Connect colour 288 with AC power supply Note Check whether the local power supply is within the range of 100V 240V Connect the fixtures with DMX cables There are two individual and optical isolated DMX output jacks to provide the main and spare DMX output 1 2 The Front Panel of Colour 288 Attributes y Y Function y o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o iii 212 343 ama BABB 7 17 818 9 9 0 10 20 Chase Mode o o Iris Zoom Gobi Effect Cyan Edit Edit Dimmer Shutter TIWPan Colour Fous GObo Function SPeed Yelow Magenta 11720 cheso preet COPY Delete Patch Setup 3 Clear Bet he Colour 288 CODE A A SI Lighting Controller Chase Preset lt gt Page Page o o o o o o o o o PI P2 P3 P4 SINGLE Pi P2 P3 P4 M
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9. A A B Cc D E P Q R s o o o o o o o o o 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 o Shift Enter F G H J E u v w O o o o o o o o o o O 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 K L M N o x Y Zz Colour288 en PDF 1 http www codelight com 1 2 1 Unit buttons Colour 288 has 3 Unit C a IE RIA pages lA C each of which can be patched to 12 Units gt w o no vo each Unit button can patch one Fixture Thus 36 Units can be patched totally 1 2 2 Attributes These buttons are used for selecting different Attributes o o o o o o o o o o 1 11 2 12 3113 414 5 15 6 16 TAT 818 9 9 0 10 20 attributes of the fixtures working with the data wheels you can adjust the value of brightness ome stile mupan colu fo Gobo r n Speed elow mesema 11 20 location colour and gobo of the fixture and etc 1 2 3 Function There are 6 buttons in the Function section Cig ce ae a Edit Chase Program or edit Chase Edit Preset Edit the Preset o Det ae cat Copy Copy function Delete Delete function Patch Patch the Units Setup Setup the Console 1 2 4 Preset o o o o Colour 288 has 4 Preset pages P1 P4 each of which has 8 Preset buttons totally 32 Preset buttons After patched some of data is set by fixture library 8 Gir 18 1 8 itcan be set by user too There are two functions for the preset buttons Zs 1 Rapidly mix all kinds of data to
10. ChannelSet Dimmer to setup channel data use the Control Wheel B to set the Dimmer channel number of the fixture You can set it to 0 if there is no Dimmer ch of the Fixture Press S2 Tilt to setup channel data To setup the Fixture with 16 bit use Control Wheel A to set high 8 Tilt ch and use Control Wheel B to set fine 8 ch To setup the Fixture with 8 bit use Control Wheel A to set Tilt ch and Control Wheel B set to 0 Press S3 Pan to setup channel data To setup the Fixture with 16 bit use Control Wheel A to set high 8 Pan ch and use Control Wheel B to set fine 8 channel To setup the Fixture with 8 bit use Control Wheel A to set Tilt ch and Control Wheel B set to 0 After finish setting press 84 to exit 21 http www codelight com 8 3 1 3 Setup Fixture Info e Press S3 Fix Info e Press S1 Fix name to setup the model and name of the fixture by at most 10 characters of English letters or numbers Use the Chase and Preset buttons to input English small letters while Shift Chase and Preset buttons to input English capital letters use the 10 Attribute buttons to input numeric characters and use S2 to back space Press S1 to confirm after finish inputting e Press S2 Factory as the same way of above to input the manufacturer name by at most 8 characters Pres
11. Chase program It can also be used as a MIDI master when another Colour 288 used as a MIDI slave They are connected by MIDI cables and work in Master Slave mode You should make sure the two devices share the same MIDI channel before you use MIDI to control the console 10 2 2 1 MIDI Device Press Setup Press S3 System Press S2 User setup Press S2 MIDI setup Press S1 to switch between the 3 state MIDI device Disable MIDI function closed MIDI device Master Colour 288 is set to be the main device MIDI device Slave Colour 288 is controlled by MIDI Master 10 2 2 2 MIDI Channel Press Setup Press S3 System Press S2 User setup Press S2 MIDI setup Press S2 Set MIDIch Use Control Wheel B to set MIDI channel number Press S1 Confirm Press S4 to exit Colour288_en PDF Press Setup and return to Live Mode 26 http www codelight com 10 2 2 3 MIDI Order Colour 288 can deal with the related MIDI order Order of setting up a Chase Page Bn xx xx is the page NO 0 4 Order of running a Chase 9n pp II pp Chase No 0 9 decimal ll output level of the Chase 0 127 decimal 127 Max e Order of controlling the running An pp cc 10 3 Upgrade the Software Download the latest software from http www codelight com and save it in U
12. ON ae a Ana 18 TRAO A OS 18 AS iie ai aea ai sees ated ete Lu can ie USU etau steele eyed enedavie ess 18 E A 070 0 AE aE A O er 18 TQ Delete sei cs sscccchaks op ecberg cet peng kuva leia 18 Aza Delete Presets cc sesti kellegi Meiel mean Sun k nnu aa 18 7 2 2 Delete Chase caida a ee i ee i il 19 1 23 Delete Unitat tii 19 8 Fixture Library SUPEI Se iiien aa a a adas 20 8 1 Upgrade Fixture LID Y coccion diaria 20 8 2 View System Fixture LID rary cc Ac 20 Te 20 8 3 1 Adda NEW FIX UTO ise cece inre epenn potaea orana epean aaa pea Oe a ea aA aaa ENEE EGIKERA ERRES 21 8 3 2 Edit User defin d Fixture coccion daa 22 3 3 Delete FU iD a 22 Ele MANAGEMENT 23 9 12 Upload Show Fil naien a a e aan 23 9 2 Backup Show File einig a A A dt E cis 23 9 3 Utilities of USB Flash Drive vanning eae a e ei ii 23 9 3 1 Delete DOCUMENT ENEE E A 24 9 3 2 View the Capacity of USB Flash Drive ieee eeeceeeeeeeee eens eeeeeeeeeseeaeeeseeeeeeesneeeeeeenaeeeeeees 24 9 3 3 Format the USB Flash Driver eenaa re eaa aA aa eA a EA aE a EA aE A aAA E aA EAEE A Aa EEEN 24 Contents 102 Setup the System iii A heehee A a o R 25 10 15 Data Cl iii a io 25 TO TA Clear all DA da seeadecstetedn 25 10 1 2 Clear All the Preset Data coincida it ai vm 25 10 1 3 Clear All the Chase data ninian ai ac 25 10 2 Use Sp A As 26 10 21 Set Up Langue A GAR 26 1072 22 Ser UP MID licor id into donald dle aaa alad 26 1
13. SB flash drive Insert the USB flash drive Press Setup Press S3 System Press S3 Upgrade Use y or N select the edition of the software to update Press S1 SelectFile Press Enter to upgrade Note Make sure the constant power supply and never cut off the electricity or turn off the console during the update Colour288_en PDF 27 http www codelight com 11 Technological Specification 288 Channels with 2 DMX optical isolated output Maximum 36 Units freely patched to Intelligent Fixtures LCD display with Chinese English 2 photoelectric data control wheels offer a better handling and longer running life Up to 40 Chases controlled by 10 Chases Up to 100 groups Freely editing 32 Preset including various colors gobos and positions are controlled by 8 Preset buttons x 4 pages Effect Generator provides circle square polygon rainbow and other Effects Rapidly locate fixtures by the Locate button Over 4000 of fixtures in System Library with the edit and added function of User Library a new fixture can be added easily To our webside download fixtures Lib and updated version USB backup system enable user to backup the show in a file Music trigger function for Chase Chase Pause and BLACKOUT function Can be controlled by Midi Master Colour 288 can be connected by Midi signal one for master another for slave The Data auto saves Power supp
14. Wheel A B to respective control the Size and Speed Press S4 to switch from Size amp Speed to Spread use Control Wheel B to adjust the Angle value Press 54 again return to Size amp Speed e You can press again to select running another moving effect simultaneously After entered the moving effect menu if you don t choose any effect you can exit by pressing Exitl If two moving effect had run use to switch to present state then you can adjust each of the effect parameter by using Control Wheel A B and Press S3 can change the running direction S4 Certainly you can press S2 DEL Effect to stop running of the enable effect Colour288_en PDF 12 http www codelight com 6 1 Chase Each Chase has 3 timing parameters which are HTP Fadeln LTP Fadeln LTP wait The default value for them are HTP Fadeln 0 LTP Fadeln 1 LTP wait 0 sec A chase is composing with some chase steps Each of which has 3 timing parameters and Link mode parameters which are HTP Fadeln LTP Fadeln LTP wait Please pay attention when editing user can change the independent time value of one of the chase steps Once it is changed the relevant chase step time won t be superseded by the global time Each Chase has a global time as well When changing the global time of the Chase the global time will supersede the default independent t
15. an adjust the running speed of the Chase when performing e Runa Chase you can run several chase simultaneity Press and hold still until press the Chase button in order to set the Chase into present state Use Control Wheel A to adjust the current Chase speed proportion adjusting range from 10 to 500 This kind of temporarily adjusting speed is a speed of Chase global time multiply with the PB speed proportion For example if the Chase global time 1 second when the PB speed 50 then the Chase step running time becomes 0 5 second temporarily Colour288_en PDF 17 http www codelight com 7 Advanced Function The advanced function contains Copy and Delete for the Chase and Preset 7 1 COPY This function can copy Chase or Preset 7 1 1 Copy Preset Example Copy the Preset value of button 1 of P1 in Preset section to button 1 of P3 Press Copy enter Copy menu Select P1 in Preset section Press Preset button 1 to select the copy content Select P3 in Preset section Press button 1 to select the copy target Press S1 to Confirm 7 1 2 Copy Chase Example Copy the 1st button of the P1 in the Chase section to the 6th button of P1 e Press Copy to enter Copy Menu Select P1 in the Chase section o e Press Chase button 1 to select the copy content e Press Chase butt
16. and return to Live Mode When patching use the SelAnother can patch other different model of fixtures for Up and for Down can be used to view the patching information Colour288_en PDF 7 http www codelight com 2 4 Setting up the Fixture Channels By setting up the swap of Pan and Tilt you can control fixtures which is installed against the stage to swap Pan Tilt axis Invert Pan and or Tilt so that the mirror movement makes the control more direct and easier Note The setup should be done before you program the show Otherwise errors of moving direction will occur in running the program Setting Fixtures channels as follow e Press Patch to enter Setup Patch menu e Press S3 ChannelSet e Use the ffor button to select the fixture needed to set up its channel e Select 51 for Swap P T for Invert Pan or for Invert Tilt according to your need e Press S4 Cancel to exit e Press Patch to exit patching Colour288_en PDF 8 http www codelight com 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 Manual Control of Fixtures We will introduce how to manually control fixtures in this chapter Select Manual Control of Fixtures Operate steps Select and turn on the fixture first then adjust the attribute value of the selected fixtures or run the effect directly First of all select the units need to be controlled Sel
17. atest library and upload it to your console 2 User fixture Library When you can t find the model of your fixtures in the System Fixture Library you can build one yourself Note Use the or gt buttons to turn over the pages You can use the English letter to fast skip to the initial letter of the Manufacturer or the Model of the Fixture Use the IN or N buttons to select the Manufacturer or Fixture model Colour288_en PDF 6 http www codelight com Example Patch a Martin Mac2000 Profile with 24 channels to Unit 1 of page A the initial DMX address 1 use 1 to 24 DMX channels 25 Type Mac2000 Profile Unit TotalCH_ Device Nam Press Patch and enter Setup Patch menu rt AA FM Press S1 Fixture Press S1 SystemLib 2 135 Press and select the Manufacturer order mode You can search by the fixture Model or Manufacturer Press M as the same button of 8 in Chase section the menu skip to the manufacturers begin with M Search Martin with WN or d Press S1 confirm Then the LCD screen display all the fixture models of the manufacturer Press M skip to the models begin with M Search Mac2000 Profile 24CH with N or Ni Press S1 confirm Console will automatically patch the DMX initial address If needed Control Wheel A change
18. available Here we change the DMX address to 1 by Wheel A e Select the page JA button in Unit section and press Unit button 1 to patch the fixture on this button e Press Patch to exit and return to Live Mode Example Patch 9 Martin Mac2000 Profile of 24 channels to Unit button 2 10 of the page A DMX the address automatically patch to the address followed last example thus commence with DMX address 25 e Press Patch to enter Setup Patch menu E 24 Mac2000 Profile bon e Press S1 Fixture MEA e Press S1 SystemLib Press S2 and select the Manufacturer order mode You can search by the Model of fixture or the Manufacturer Press M as the same button of 8 in Chase section the menu skip to the manufacturers begin with M Search Martin with WN or W e Press S1 confirm Then the LCD screen display all the fixture models of the manufacturer e Press M skip to the models begin with M Search Mac2000 Profile 24CH with N or Ny e Press S1 confirm e Console will automatically patch the DMX initial address If needed Control Wheel A change available Here we change the DMX address to 25 by Wheel A e Select the page A button in Unit section e Press Unit button p and hold still until press Unit button ho to patch 9 fixtures simultaneity e Press to exit
19. can resume it by the backup documents in the USB flash drive Before you perform the following operations you need to insert the USB flash drive into the USB jack of the console extended line available Meanwhile you need to insure the USB flash drive is in the FAT format otherwise you need to format the USB flash drive into FAT by PC Upload Show File The show file includes all the user setting preset data and performing program of the console The file is created by backup the show file that saved in the USB flash drive Insert the USB flash drive into the USB jack of the console Press Setup to enter Supervise Menu Press 81 FileSystem and wait until the console list the documents in the USB flash drive Press 51 Load Show and use the N W cursors to select the needed Show document whose extended name is SHO Press S1 Load Show to upload the data to the console e Press Setup to exit after finished 9 2 Backup Show File Insert the USB flash drive into the USB jack of the console Press Setup to enter Supervise Menu Press S1 FileSystem and wait until the console list the documents in the USB flash drive Press S2 BackupShow you will be asked to input the name of Show backup document which at most can be input 8 numbers or letters Press S1 Confirm to start backup after enter the name o
20. d out the fixtures and locate them according to your need Shift the functions will be illustrated in the following chapter Clear Exit Exit he functions will be illustrated in the following chapter Clear he functions will be illustrated in the following chapter Enter he functions will be illustrated in the following chapter l gt To switch pages of the menu shown on the LCD screen o o Locate Shift Enter MN NI To switch items shown on the LCD screen BLACKOUT sueon When press BLACKOUT button the led twinkle all brightness value of the fixutres will be cut off And the brightness value will be resumed while press the BLACKOUT again the led off Colour288_en PDF 3 http www codelight com 1 2 12 Other device POWER USB A The power switch of Colour 288 update the firmware You can use the USB to backup the console data update the light library as well as 1 3 The Rear Panel of Colour 288 DMX 512 OUTPUT 1 f greens i DMX 512 OUTPUT 2 LO 0 Dro cE a A 1 3 1 DMX Output There are two individual and optical isolated DMX output jacks to provide the main and spare DMX output 1 3 2 Audio Input Colour 288 can pick up the bass and rhythm of the audio signal to trigger Chase so that Chase can automatically follow the bass rhythm of t
21. e Press the relevant Flash button of the Chase step number replace the original data with the manual control data For example you have edited 4 steps and want to recompose the 3rd step then press Flash button 3 the previous step saved in button 3 will be replaced After recomposing press Edit Chase and exit Press to exit manual state 6 3 2 Insert a step in Chase Press Edit Chase and enter Program Chase menu Press the Flash button of the needed Chase Create a scene or effects manually Press S3 Del or INS Press S1 InsertStep Press the corresponding No of the Flash button you want to insert For instance there are 4 steps You need to insert the present manual program between the 1st and 2nd step So you need to press Flash button 2 your present manual program will be saved as the 2nd step The previous 2nd 4th step will move to 3rd 5th step The inserted step temporarily shown with a decimal point until you press to Renumber When finish press Edit Chase to exit 6 3 3 Delete a step in Chase Colour288_en PDF Press Edit Chase and enter Program Chase menu Press the Flash button of the needed Chase Press S3 Del or INS Press S3 DeleteStep Turn over pages by or gt Press the corresponding number of the Flash button to delete immediately Press Edit Chase t
22. e Fixtures guickly Example Select the group 1 Under the Live Mode Press S3 Group e Control Wheel A to set No 1 Press Load Group then Units 1 10 of 1st page are selected Colour288_en PDF 10 http www codelight com 4 Edit Preset Colour 288 has 4 Preset pages each of which has 8 Preset buttons User can save totally 32 preset data which named Preset Table After Patched some preset were set according to the data of fixture You can set one or more channel attribute values of fixtures to one preset button which can be used quickly during live show or programming After saved the preset you can press preset button directly to quickly move the channel values such as Brightness Colour Gobo and Pan Tilt Location There are two options when save preset 1 Changed CH only save the attributes which were adjusted 2 All Stage save the whole scene of fixtures into the preset Example Save the red colour of fixtures to the Preset section e Adjust the selected fixtures attribute channel of Color to Red as the way of manually controlling fixtures if there are several models of fixtures have been selected you need to adjust them respectively After finishing edited re select those fixtures their Unit buttons are on Press Edit Preset to enter Edit Presets mode The led of the Preset buttons carrying data will twinkle Press 51 Change CH Select a Prese
23. each chase step has endued with a default to 3 independent times If you want to set a chase step time into changeless impervious to the global time you can set the independent time when you are programming or adjusting the chase step e Press Edit Chase in Live Mode Time Edit time 1 0008 e Select the Chase needed to edit F ae Fhe ki e Press S2 Step Time 4 i M te e Press the Flash button in the Chase section to select the chase step needed to edit e Use ST S2 S3 to select which independent time need to be edited e Use Control Wheel A to adjust second while Control Wheel B to adjust millisecond e Press Enter to confirm save e Press S4j Cancel Press Edit Chase to exit edit after finish When performing the edited global time will supersede the chase step default independent time but the edited independent time won t be superseded Colour288_en PDF 14 http www codelight com 6 3 Edit Chase We will introduce how to edit insert and delete the Chase steps 6 3 1 Edit Chase Step Press Edit Chase and enter Program Chase menu Press the Flash button of the needed Chase Use or gt to look over the chase step and find out the Chase step needed to edit Create a scene or effects manually Press S1 Save Step all fixtures must be selected when sav
24. ect the page lA CL then select the units buttons need to be controlled You can select one or several fixtures at one time Shortcut If you need to select Unit button 1 10 you only need to press Unit button 1 and hold still until you press Unit button 10 Note If the Unit buttons have not patched to any fixtures you can not choose Units and the led of the Unit buttons will not on Turn on the Fixture Operate steps e Select the fixtures in Unit section e Press Locate Press S1 Locate Fix to turn on light beam median value automatically set into Pan Tilt Look Over the Output Value In the manual Mode the LCD screen displays the present attributes value Shown as Channel No CH output value for example 19CH255 means the output value of No 19 channel is 255 Operate Steps Press Locate e Switch to display channel range by S2 Change the Attribute Values of Fixtures You can select the attribute button to adjust the relevant attribute you needed then there will be a particular noted display on the bottom of the LCD screen adjust the value by the relevant wheel Different fixtures have different attribute value all of them can be displayed on the LCD screen There are 10 attribute buttons in attribute section switch 1 10 to 11 20 by 11 20 button Each attribute button can control one or two attributes different models of fixtures
25. f the document e Press Setup to exit after finished 9 3 Utilities of USB Flash Drive Press Setup e Press S1 FileSystem e Press 53 Utilities Then there are 3 functions display on the LCD screen as follow Colour288_en PDF 23 http www codelight com 9 3 1 Delete Document You can delete the documents of the inserted USB flash drive Note the documents can not be resumed once deleted e Press S1 and enter DEL File Use IN Ni to select the needed document o Press S1 Confirm to delete and it will take some times o Press S4 until return to the Live Show Mode 9 3 2 View the Capacity of USB Flash Drive You can check up the capacity of the inserted USB Flash Drive After pressed S2 USB Space the console will read the USB information and show the capacity and the spare space of the USB flash drive on LCD screen 9 3 3 Format the USB Flash Driver You can format the USB flash drive which equals the FAT format on PC If the USB flash drive is not in the FAT format you need to format the USB flash drive into FAT by PC Note FAT32 format is unavailable Note the memories of the USB flash drive will be eliminated once it is formatted Press S3 Format USB then press S1 Confirm This operation can not format FAT32 into FAT but can quickly eli
26. gether with page button P1 P4 if it is over 10 steps to select step number to save as a step of that Chase For example you have edited 4 steps If you press a Flash button whose number is larger than 4 the step will be saved as the 5th step If you press chase button 3 the previous step saved in button 3 will be replaced If the led of 10 Flash buttons are on switch the page by Pa then use the buttons to save e If you want to add a moving effect into one step please press S4 operation details please refer to the chapters above When a chase step have added an moving effect the item of Effect display Yes Two effect can run simultaneity Colour288_en PDF 13 http www codelight com Repeat the operation of the manual control new Effect creation and Step Saving e After finished all the Chase steps press Edit Chase to exit edit e Finally press Clear to exit manual state Only 4 Chase steps can be seen on the LCD screen switch to look over other steps by or gt 6 2 Change the Independent Time of Chase Step When edit Chase step you can adjust independent time of the chase step Each Chase contains 3 independent times as followed 1 Fade in the step time which spend on the HTP Fade in 2 LTP Fade in all of the time which use in LTP Fade in 3 LTP Wait the time between the beginning of a step and the beginning of an LTP Fade in When programming a Chase
27. he audio There are two ways to input the audio signals 1 2 1 3 3 MIDI Port Q Via a 1 4 inch stereo plug the other is by the microphone of the console If connect with the stereo jack the console will use the audio signals from the stereo cable use the microphone to pick up the sound Colour 288 not only can be controlled by the MIDI signals but also can send out MIDI information about the controlling orders signals to control another Colour 288 Please refer to the relevant chapter for further 3 N 1 3 4 Power supply jack and Fuse Colour 288 can adjust itself to a very wide voltage range 100 240VAC 50 60Hz Thus it can be used worldwide If you need to change the fuse please pull out the power supply cable to insure a safe operation LAMP FUSE 4 AMP Colour288_en PDF O Es O http www codelight com 1 4 Clear All Data Note All the data in the console including all the fixture patch preset and chase will be cleared except the fixture library You d better clear all data in the newly bought console so that you can avoid the unpredictable errors caused by disorder of the mixed patch Clear all data steps In the Live Mode please press Exit if it s not in Live Mode Press Setup to enter the Supervise Menu Press S3 System Press S1 Clear Data Press S1 Clear All Press S1
28. ime value of the chase step but won t react on the chase step time which independent time had been changed After changing the global time will be saved While Chase is running you can temporarily use the Control Wheel A to adjust the speed rate of one of the Chase PB Speed adjusting range is 10 500 The Chase global time multiply the percentage is the actual running time of the present chase step Actually the Chase global time is use for controlling the basic running speed of the relevant program while the PB Speed is use for temporarily changing the Chase speed The temporarily speed rate won t be saved when turn off the console the PB Speed will automatically resume to 100 when turn on the console next time Create a Chase Operate Steps e Press Edit Chase and enter Program Chase menu e Choose the button which needs edited in the Chase section There are 40 Chases each page contains 10 Chases The led of Chase buttons which have saved programs will twinkle those led off are empty Pressing an empty Flash button means you will save a new Chase in this button e Create the needed scene and Effect by manual control e Press S1 Save Step please make sure all fixtures are selected you can save in two ways 1 If what you want to save is the last step press S1 Save to Last to save the step at the end of the program 2 Use the Chase buttons to
29. ly AC100 240V 50 60Hz Size 482 mm x 267 mm x 80 mm Weight approx 4 5Kg Colour288_en PDF 28 http www codelight com
30. minate the memories of the FAT formatted USB flash drive Colour288_en PDF 24 http www codelight com 10 Setup the System Update software of the console and internal data eliminate will be introduced in this part 10 1 Data Clear You can clear the internal data of the console except Fixture Library Press Setup Press S3 System e Press S1 Clear Data There are 3 functions as followed you can choose to operate 10 1 1 Clear all Data Note All the internal data including Patch Preset and Chase of the Units will be cleared except the uploaded library e Press 51 Clear All Press Confirm to clear 10 1 2 Clear All the Preset Data It is use for clearing all the preset data e Press S2 Clr Preset e Press S1 confirm to clear 10 1 3 Clear All the Chase data It is use for clearing all the chase data e Press S3 Clr PLBK e Press S1 Confirm to clear Colour288_en PDF 25 http www codelight com 10 2 User Setup Language setup and MIDI are two parts of User Setup 10 2 1 Set Up Language Press Setup Press S3 Press 52 Press 81 Press S4 10 2 2 Set Up MIDI System User setup and select the language displayed on the LCD screen Cancel to return to Live Mode Colour 288 can be used as a MIDI slave thus MIDI Master can control its
31. o exit 15 http www codelight com 6 3 4 Renumber Chase steps After insert or delete steps press S2 Renumber the steps will realign then 6 4 Run Chase It s easy to run a Chase choose the page of the Chase first and then select the Chase button When running several Chase the lower parts of LCD screen shows which Chase is running Press Shift Flash button to set the chase to current state You can use Control wheel A to change the speed of the running Chase the chase can run by the music rhythm by music trigger function You can also pause and resume runing at any moment 6 4 1 Look Over the Running Chase e Inthe Live Mode Press S1 Chase to enter Chase Supervise menu e Press S1 DISP Chase then you can find out the current running Chase current step and the running speed of Chase 6 4 2 Change Chase Page Press P1 P4 of Chase page buttons Turn to another pages means turning to another 10 programs When running a Chase if you switch to another page The running chase will keep running If some led of Chase button are twinkling after changed Chase page that means the corresponding Chase button are running the programs of those buttons before changed pages If you need to run the programs of the new page you have to press the corresponding button to close the previous program and press it again thus the cha
32. on 6 to select the copy content e Press S1 to Confirm 7 2 Delete Delete is used for decreasing the unneeded Chase Preset and Unit 7 2 1 Delete Preset Press Delete to enter Delete menu Press S2 DEL Preset Select Preset page if there is a Preset program in the button the led of it will twinkle e Press the preset button need to delete e Press S1 to Confirm delete e Press to exit Colour288_en PDF 18 http www codelight com 7 2 2 Delete Chase Press Delete to enter Delete menu Press S3 DEL Chase Press the Chase button need to delete Press S1 to Confirm delete 0 0 e Select Chase page if there is a Chase program the led of Flash button will twinkle 0 0 0 Press Delete to exit 7 2 3 Delete Unit Strong suggestion never delete the fixtures without a second thought especially those which are used in the programs Otherwise it may leads to data error Once the errors occur you have to clear all data and reedit the whole program Press Delete to enter Delete menu Press S1 DEL Unit 0 0 e Select Unit page if the Unit button had been patched the led of it will twinkle e Press the Unit button needed to delete 0 0 Press S1 to Confirm delete Press Delete to exit Colour288_en PDF 19 http www codelight com 8 Fixture Library Supervise
33. s S1 to confirm after finish inputting O Press IS4 and return to last menu e Press S4 Save 8 3 2 Edit User defined Fixture You can edit the parameters of the user defined fixtures in the user fixture library Note If the fixture is used in Chase delete or edit it may lead to a running error of Chase Enter the menu as the way of look over user fixture library Use Nor N buttons to select the needed fixture Press S2 Edit Fix Press S4 to confirm enter it is the same as the way to create a newly added fixture Press S4 to Save after finish editing 8 3 3 Delete Fixture You can delete the user defined fixture Note If the fixture is used in Chase delete or edit it may lead to a running error of Chase Enter the menu as the way of look over user fixture library Use WN or buttons to select the needed fixture Press S3 Delete Press S4 to Confirm delete Press S4 Cancel Press Setup to exit and return to Live Show Mode Colour288_en PDF 22 http www codelight com 9 1 File management You can insert USB flash drive into the USB jack of the Colour 288 and backup the program to the USB flash drive Suggestion you d better backup the data after you finish programming It s advisable habit to backup the documents Once the unpredictable accidents happened you
34. se will run the new program of the new page 6 4 3 Set into Present State e Press the Chase button to run Chase you can run several Chase simultaneity e Press Shift one of Chase buttons and set into the present state which can be seen on the bottom of LCD screen Colour288_en PDF 16 http www codelight com 6 4 4 Music Trigger Set the Chase to the present state first Press Music Trigger then the led of button will turn on and the Chase steps will run follow the rhythm of the music Press Music Trigger again the led will be off and the Chase steps will run as the preset speed e Press Pause can stop press again can run continue 6 4 5 Change Global Time User can change the Global time of each Chase Set into Live Mode e Press 5J Time Edit Select the Chase needed to adjust timing o change 3 of the timing parameters according to your needed Each Chase global time contains 3 timing 1 HTP Fade In the step time which spend on the HTP Fade in 2 LTP Fade in all of the time which use in LTP Fade in 3 LTP Wait the time between the begin of a step and the begin of an LTP Fade in The adjusted global time will automatically save which availability for the selected Chase and instead of the default independent time of the Chase steps only However the adjusted Chase step independent time is impregnable 6 4 6 Change the Speed of Chase User c
35. t button in Preset section to save the preset data the led off means the Preset buttons is empty e Press Clear to clear the selected fixtures Colour288_en PDF 11 http www codelight com 5 Effect There is an Effect Generator in Colour 288 which will help you to create various lighting movement with far less programming You d better use at lest 4 neighboring fixtures to run the effect Each of Chases can run two effects at the same time as well as manual control After adjusted the channel attributes of Pan Tilt Location Color or Gobo and so on you can select a group of fixtures to run the moving effect automatically by using Colour 288 Use gt to turn over the page use Using the effect as followed N NH or S1 S4 to select a moving effect Press Enter to confirm As the way of manually controlling fixtures select several neighboring fixtures in the Unit section Press Locate Press S1 LocateFix to turn on the selected fixtures As the way of using Control Wheel to change the fixture attributes to adjust Pan Tilt location In the Live Mode press S4 and enter Effect Press S1 Sel Effect Use to turn over pages Use WN N or 51 S4 Press Enter to confirm running to select one of the moving effect In this menu use Control
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