User manual ArcPower Micro 270
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1. GrE 0 255 bLu 0 255 Whi 0 255 MAC 0 255 Str 0 255 diM 0 255 MSt mE E P 1 P10 SLA VEr OFF C bA rE b 0 200 Grb 0 255 bL b 0 215 F u Mo 2 i bL On OFF UPd No YES 7 ArcPower Micro 270 DMX protocol version 2 0 software version 1 3 and higher wees ype Value of control 1 1 RED LED 0 255 Red LED saturation control 0 100926 proportional 2 2 GREEN LED 0 255 Green LED saturation control 0 100 proportional 3 3 BLUE LED 0 255 Blue LED saturation control 0 100 proportional MACRO SELECTION 0 7 No function step 8 15 Macro 1 step 16 23 Macro 2 step 24 39 Macro step 40 47 Macro 4 step 48 55 5 step 56 68 Macro 6 step 69 71 Macro 7 step 72 79 Macro 8 step 80 87 9 step 88 95 Macro 10 step 96 103 Macro 11 step 104 111 Macro 12 step 112 119 Macro 13 step 4 120 127 14 step 128 135 Macro 15 step 136 143 Macro 16 step 142 151 Macro 17 step 152 159 Macro 18 step 160 167 Macro 19 step 168 175 Macro 20 step 176 183 Macro 21 step 184 191 Macro 22 step 192 199 Macro 23 step 200 207 Macro 24 step 208 215 Macro 25 step 216 223 Macro 26 step 224 231 Macro 27 step 232 239 Macro 28 step 240 247 Macro 29 step 248 255 Rainbow effect with variable speed proportional SHUTTER STROBE 0 31 Shutter closed step 32 63 Shutter open step 64 95 Strobe effect fr2. Not connected Pin 8 GND 4 Connection to the mains The ArcPower Micro 270 is equipped with auto switching power supply that automatically adjusts to any 50 60 Hz AC power source from 100 240 volts Connect the ArcPower Micro 270 to the mains with the power cord If the plug on the flexible cord is not the right type for your socket outlets do not use an adaptor but remove the plug from the cord and discard Carefully prepare the end of the the supply cord and fit a suitable plug The earth has to be connected Cord plug connections Gabe EU Gabe US Pn L Brown Live Light blue Neutral Yellow Green Earth This device falls under protection class Il Therefore the ArcPower Micro 270 has to be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection 5 Installing instructions 5 1 Mounting the ArcPower Micro 270 The ArcPower Micro 270 should be be placed on a non f lammable f lat surface in any orientation and fixed by the 2 screws There are 6 mounting holes of 5x7 mm in housing of the driver 5 2 Conection cables 1 The adapter cable RJ45 XLR connects the ArcPower Micro 270 to the DMX controller If your DMX controller has RJ45 socket for DMX output use RJ45 patch cable for connection with the ArcPower Micro 270 E Un A RJ45 plug DMX 512 XLR plug male View facing pins Front view of the plug 8 LII Pin 1 Not used Pint amp ND Pin
3. santa 12 8 6 Special TUDCHOLS Led AT 12 9 Teclinical Specifications 14 10 Replacing RII 15 CAUTION Unplug mains lead before opening the housing FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INITIAL START UP 1 Safety instructions Every person involved with installation and maintenance of this product has to be qualilfied follow the instructions of this manual CAUTION Be careful with your operations With a high voltage you can suffer a dangerous electric shock when touching the wires inside the unit This product has left our premises in absolutely perfect condition In order to maintain this condition and to ensure a safe operation it is absolutely necessary for the user to follow the safety instructions and warning notes written in this manual Important The manufacturer will not accept liability for any resulting damages caused by the non observance of this manual or any unauthorized modification to the product Always ground the unit The electric connection repairs and servicing must be carried out by a qualified employee Do not connect this unit to a dimmer pack Use a source of AC power that complies with local building and electrical rules AC power has to have both overload and short circuit protection 2 Operating determinations This product was designed for indoor use only If the un
4. colour balance adjusting Manual control of all DMX channels with LED control panel Operating temperature 10 C 40 C Dimensions mm P 202 4 is 1 b 9 9 9 9 g e e 28 Weight 1 186 Accessories Power data cable P MKA 5x1 34 mm 1m standard length 13050866 1 pcs 15 Optional accessories Adaptor RJ45 DMX No 13050730 Adaptor RJ45 DMX 5 No 13050731 Flash cable RS232 DMX pin No 13050624 10 Replacing the fuse 1 Before replacing the fuse unplug mains lead 2 Unscrew the fuse holder on the rear side of the ArcPower Micro 270 with a fitting screwdriver from the hous ing anti clockwise 3 Remove the old fuse from the fuse holder 4 Install the new fuse in the fuse holder Specifications are subject to change without notice 16 17
5. if you want to set the the fixture as a slave The master fixture starts simultaneous program start in the other slave fixtures All fixtures are synchronized in every prog steps The fixtures run their programs repeatedly e g if master runs its program P05 all slaves will be executed program P05 too Note If the master runs its editable program EP1 EP2 or EP3 all slaves will execute their own editable pro grams EP1 EP2 or EP3 according the master but both fade time FA t and standing time S tl for each step will be taken from the master s step slaves times are eliminated in each step 8 6 Special functions SPE Use this menu for special services VEr Software Version Select this function to read the number of the fixture software bAL Balance Select this function to enable On or disable OFF the white balance which is set in White colour balance menu below lf this function is set OFF ArcPower Micro 270 will use maximum values 255 of saturation for red green and blue channel C bA White colour balance Using this menu you can set white balance 1 Browse through the menu by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons until the display shows C bA menu Press ENTER button and rE b will appear on the display 2 Press ENTER button again and use UP and DOWN buttons to adjust the new maximum value required for the red channel Confirm your choice by pressing ENTER Use the UP and Down buttons to s
6. 2 Not used ata Pin 3 Not used Pin 4 Not used 4 Not used Pin 5 5V Pin 5 Not used Pin 6 Data Pin 7 Data Pin 8 GND 2 45 patch cables category 5 that connect the ArcPower Micro 270 each other are wired 1 1 that is pins with the same numbers are connected together M 1 Pin 1 Not used Pin 1 Not used Pin 2 Not used Pin 2 Not used Pin 3 Not used Pin 3 Not used Pin 4 Not used Pin 4 Not used Pin 5 5V Pin 5 5V Pin 6 Data Pin 6 Data Pin 7 Dala ao Pin 7 Data Pin 8 TTS T Pin 8 GND 5 3 Interconnecting the ArcPower Micro 270 and ArcLine Micro 36 The ArcPower Micro 270 is equipped two wiring blocks for easy connection of ArcLine Micro 36 modules The wiring blocks are wired in paralel The power data cable for connection of LED module is included and its wiring is as follows B G R B G R SS 270 EE SOY ArcLine Micro 36 Dy interconnected White Yellow wires The ArcLine Micro 36 module consists of four 100mm long stripes with 9 LEDs each Maximum number of connected ArcLine Micro 36 modules to the ArcPower Micro 270 is 7 30 stripes maximum The data power cable with a standard length of 1m 2 pieces for connection to the ArcLine Micro 360 is a part of del
7. ANOLIS mo 210 Icro S CD O o lt version 1 7 ArcPower Micro 270 Table of contents T Safety Instr cllOfis 3 2 Operating snes a iE ERE a 3 3 Description of the ArcPower Micro 270 J J 4 4 Connection to th mailnSQa EUER EVE 4 5 Installind InstrucllOnls CREE MEO sassa 5 5 1 Mounting the ArcPower Micro 270 nte dvi dua Ya da 5 Sie CONSCUON Cablesu u u DET n PETS 5 5 3 Interconnecting the ArcPower Micro 270 and the ArcLine Micro 36 5 54 DMX OPSrAllON prm 6 5 b Master slave ODeFallOLl pec tan 7 6 ArcPower Micro 270 Control menu 8 7 ArcPower Micro 270 DMX protocol 9 8 Control bOard aa aa aana aap aapa a ANa aea NNa raaa iia sasaa iadaaa 10 8 1 Addressing the ArcPower Micro 270 10 8 2 Program cadet aede c e hai sasa s ugr cete utu aE 10 BS AMUN MOUS E A 11 E Wc SiC SS u FE 12 8 5 Stand alonm e rmo06 u t tota in a ua i dn
8. ANOLIS web site at WWW anolis cz 2 Make a new directory e g ANOLIS Uploader on your hard disk and download the software to it 3 Unpack the program from the archives Program file has name DSU name of corresponding fixture SoftwarelD SoftwarelD describes the versions of fixture software included in DMX Software Uploader Higher number means later software versions 2 Fixture software updating 1 Determine which of your COM port is available on your PC and connect it with to the DMX input of the fixture using the Flash cable Do not extend this cable Disconnect the fixture from the other fixtures in DMX chain Turn on the computer and the fixture 2 Switch the fixture to the update mode by selecting the option Software update in menu Special Functions on the fixture control panel SPE gt UPd gt yES From this option you cannot return back to the main menu If you do not want to continue in software update you have to switch off and on the fixture to leave this option 3 It is recommended that you exit all programs before running the Software Uploader 4 Start the Software Uploader program Select desired COM and then click Connect button If the conection is OK click Start Uploading button to start uploading It will take several minutes to perform software update All processors will be updated including processors with the same software version If you wish to update only later versions of processors enable the Incremental Update check box A
9. elect next colour 3 Repeat step 2 for green channel Gr b and for blue channel bL b d MP DMX presetting The function makes possible to select from the 2 DMX channels settings Use UP and DOWN buttons to select desired channel mode Mo 1 Mo 2 and press ENTER to confirm selection For detail description of all channels see DMX protocol i bL Initial blink If this function is on ArcPower Micro 270 makes auto calibration All LEDs light on 100 for short time after switching it on If this function is set off you have to set manually every colour on max brightness after switching on the driver before starting regular operating This action should last min one second In this moment the ArcPower Micro 270 finds out the load connected to its LED output and makes auto calibration UPd Software update Using this function you can update software in the fixture via PC and serial link The following are required in order to update software 13 PC running Windows 95 98 2000 XP or Linux DMX Software Uploader Flash cable RS232 DMX No 13050624 Note1 Software update should execute a qualified person If you lack qualification do not attempt the update yourself and ask for help your ANOLIS distributor Note 2 DMX address programs and all settings will be set to their default values To update software in the fixture 1 Installation of DMX Software Uploader 1 DMX Software Uploader program is available from the
10. it has been exposed to drastic temperature fluctuation e g after transportation do not switch it on immediately The arising condensation water might damage your unit Leave the unit switched off until it has reached room temperature Avoid brute force when installing or operating the unit When choosing the installation spot please make sure that the unit is not exposed to extreme heat moisture or dust Only operate the unit after having checked that the housing is firmly closed and all screws are tightly fas tened The maximum ambient temperature 40 C must never be exceeded Operate the unit only after having familiarized with its functions Do not permit operation by persons not quali fied for operating the unit Most damages are the result of unprofessional operation Please use the original packaging if the product is to be transported Please consider that unauthorized modifications on the unit are forbidden due to safety reasons 3 3 Description of the ArcPower Micro 270 IN pux OUT 5 6 T 1 Display 5 DMX input 2 Control buttons 6 DMX output 3 Fuse Holder 7 LED Module input 4 Power cord DMX Input Output RJ45 socket Front view of the socket Pin 1 Not connected Pin 5 5V Pin 2 Not connected Pin 6 Data Pin 3 Not connected Pin 7 Data Pin 4
11. ivery If you need a longer cable use five core cable 5x 1 35 mm with max length of 5 for common use 2 cores of this cable as shown on the picture above Examples of connection module consists of 4 stri Ips Strip 2 No 3 4 5 meters Max length Note Tthe max length 5m of the cable stands for full load of the driver if the loading is reduced to 15 strips per connection block the length of data power cable can be longer 000 Meee Gi IN Dwx OUT m 10 meters 10 meters Max length Max length 5 4 DMX operation 1 Unplug from the mains before installation 2 Connect the LED stripes to the fixture 3 Connect DMX controller to the fixture 4 Connect the fixture to the mains 5 Set the DMX address on the control board of the fixture see chapter Control board Single ArcPower Micro 270 installation Example 1 DMX controller RJ45 XLR cable One module consists of 4 strips Strip Strip Strip Strip No 2 No 3 No 4 EEG GER EE EERE ArcLine Micro 36 1 DMX controller 2 5 5 5 5 x One module consists of 4 strips Strip Strip Stri
12. lation 2 Connect the LED stripes to the fixtures 3 Connect the DMX output of the master fixture in the data chain with the DMX input of the first slave Always connect output with the input of the next slave until all slaves are connected Up to 32 fixtures can be connected in master slave chain 4 Insert the termination plug with 120 Ohm into DMX input of the master fixture and into the DMX output of the last slave fixture in the link in order to ensure proper transmission on the data link 5 Connect the fixtures to the mains 6 See chapter Stand alone mode in order to set the fixture as a master or slave 120 Ohm srp Master E7373 M IN 0wx OUT ArcLine Mic RJ45 patch cable Strip No 30 sus ESSE Slave 30 CEA M IN pux OUT RJ45 patch cable Strip No 1 Eg SESE GEE EEEI EEI GS Fe 5791808 Slave 31 373 11 IN DMx OUT 6 ArcPower Micro 270 Control menu Default settings Bold print 001 507 E P 1 E P 2 E P 3 P 01 P 10 Aut OFF Edl E P 1 E P 2 E P 3 01 5 50 rEd 0 255 diM 0 255 FA t 0 255 S tl 0 255 COP rEd 0 255
13. o select the desired program step S 01 S 50 and press ENTER 4 Press UP or DOWN to select the desired item and press ENTER button Now you can edit by using UP or DOWN buttons the DMX values selected item the list of items depends on selected DMX mode End a total number of the program steps value 1 50 This value you must set before start programming e g if you want to create program with 10 steps set End 10 rED a LED saturation value 0 255 GrE agreen LED saturation value 0 255 bLu a blue LED saturation value 0 255 MAC amacro selection value 0 255 Str a strobe value 0 255 dim adimmer value 0 255 FA t fade time value 0 255 S l standing time value 0 255 COP copying the current prog step to the next prog step Press ENTER button to confirm adjusted value 5 Repeat steps and 4 for next prog step If you want to copy current prog step to the next prog step select option COP and confirm it by pressing ENTER Both Fade time and Standing time use the same conversion table in order to convert DMX value to the time value Time Time DMX Time DMX Time DMX Time sec sec sec sec sec 1 05 5 10 4 160 62 215 84 2 os 2 no 43 165 64 220 86 5 2 2 115 45 170 66 225 88 8 3 Manual mode nic il This menu gives access to the control of the fixture channels by means of the control buttons U
14. om slow to fast proportional 96 127 Shutter open step gt 128 143 Opening pulses in sequences slow gt fast proportional 144 159 Closing pulses in sequences fast gt slow proportional 160 191 Shutter open step 192 223 Random strobe effects from slow to fast proportional 224 255 Shutter open step DIMMER 0 255 Dimmer intensity from 0 to 100 proportional 10 8 Control board The control panel situated on the top cover of the ArcPower Micro 270 allows DMX addressing calling built in programs and setting the fixture behaviour Control display ccc LLLI V Control elements lt ENTER button enters menu confirms adjusted values and leaves menu Vv UP button and DOWN button moves between menu items on the the same level sets values In order to leave the menu without saving value press UP and DOWN at the same time After switching on the ArcPower Micro 270 the display shows the initial DMX address LILI 1 Use UP DOWN to browse through the menu In order to to select a function or submenu press ENTER 8 1 Addressing the ArcPower Micro 270 LILI 1 The fixture can be operated in the two modes DMX mode fixture is controlled via DMX 512 by an external DMX controller Stand alone mode fixture uses Built in programs and is able to control other fixtures in the master slave chain See the chapter Stand alone mode for detail description For DMX mode it is imp
15. ortant to define the starting DMX address from which the ArcPower 36 will respond to the DMX controller Setting the DMX start channel for DMX operating 1 Connect ArcPower Micro 270 to the mains 2 Browse through the menu by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons until the display shows current addres 001 Confirm by pressing ENTER button and 001 will start to flash frequently 3 Use the UP and Down buttons to select the desired address 4 Confirm by pressing ENTER After having addressed ArcPower Micro 270 you may now start operating ArcPower Micro 270 via your DMX controller 8 2 Program running _ ri LI By entering this menu a complete overview of all programs is offered from which the program to be run can be selected by pressing ENTER Selected program runs in a loop The fixture includes 10 built in programs P 01 P 10 and 3 free editable programs E P 1 E P 3 each up to 50 steps If Item is On the fixture in DMX mode will remember last running program and this program will run after switching on the fixture Each program step has a fade time the time during which effects go to the current step and a Standing time the time during which effects last in the current step current step Fade time Standing time mem mm U 11 Programming procedure 1 Enter Edl menu 2 Press UP or DOWN to select the desired program which you wish to edit and press ENTER 3 Press UP or DOWN t
16. p Strip Strip Strip Strip Strip No 1 No 2 No 3 No 12 No 13 No 14 No 15 rris GEE E Eris a FEF Genera a ArcLine Micro 36 Strip Strip Strip Strip Strip Strip Strip Strip No 16 No 17 No 18 No 19 No 27 No 28 No 29 No 30 TED a BEES h EEF ERE EERE h Multiple ArcPower Micro 270 installation Connect the DMX output of the first ArcPower Micro 270 with the DMX input of the next ArcPower Micro 270 Always connect one output with the input of the next ArcPower Micro 270 until all fixtures are connected In this way up to 32 fixtures can be chained together At the last ArcPower Micro 270 the data link has to be terminated with a terminator A termination plug is a XLR connector with 120 Q resistor between pins Data and Data Plug terminator in the DMX output of the last ArcPower Micro 270 DMX controller RJ45 XLR cable Fixture 1 0100 IN D x OUT RJ45 patch 1 cable No 1 p na Tas s Fixture 31 I s IN owx OUT RJ45 patch cable 5 5 Master slave operation 1 Unplug from the mains before instal
17. se UP and DOWN buttons until the display shows MAn menu Press ENTER button and by using UP and DOWN buttons select desired effect press ENTER and and by using UP and DOWN buttons adjust desired DMX value for selected effect Confirm by ENTER rED a red LED saturation GrE a green LED saturation bLu a blue LED saturation MAC selection Str a strobe dim a dimmer The list of items depends on selected DMX mode 12 8 4 Test sequences CL wt he the item to run a special demo test sequences without an external controller which will show you some possibilities of using the fixture 8 5 Stand alone mode ZLO L I l Select this menu to set fixture behaviour in stand alone mode without an external controller Synchronous operation of multiple fixtures requires that they must be connected on a data link and one of them is set as a master MSt and the rest as the slaves SLA Only one fixture can be set as the master The slaves mimic the behavior of the master Effect actions are triggered by an internal timer of the master fixture Important Disconect the fixtures from the DMX controller before master slave operating otherwise data col lisions can occur and the fixtures will not work properly MSt Master Enter this menu if you want to set the the fixture as a master Use UP and DOWN buttons to select desired program and press ENTER to confirm selection SLA Slave Enter this menu
18. void interrupting the process Update status is being displayed in the list window When the update is finished the line with the text The fixture is successfuly updated will appear in this window and the fixture will reset with the new software Note In the case of interruption of the upload process e g power cut the fixture remains in the update mode and you have to repeat the software update again For example The fixture was switched off before finishing software upload After switching the fixture on again the fixture is still in the update mode and the display is dark Restart the Software Uploader program and repeat Software update from your PC 14 9 Technical Specifications Power supply Input Voltage 100 240V AC 50 60 Hz Fuse T 1 25 Max Pover Consumption 60VA Input Control DMX 512 DMX connection RJ 45 Output Max Output Voltage 12V DC Total output power 50 4Watts Max load 7 modules of ArcLine Micro 36 30 stripes 270 LEDs The ArcLine Micro 36 module consists of four 9 LEDs stripes DMX channels Channel Mode 1 Mode 2 1 Red LED Red LED 2 Green LED Green LED 3 Blue LED Blue LED 4 Macro 5 Shutter Strobe 6 Dimmer Control and programming Protocol USITT DMX 512 Two DMX protocol modes for RGB light sources Control options DMX Auto trigger Operation modes Master Slave Stand alone Programs 10 built in programs 3 user editable programs up to 50 steps each Display 3 digit LED White
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