CT-OPERATOR User`s Manual - AV-iQ
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1. Running Scenes 1 While in the Run Mode Programming LED off use the BANK UP DOWN buttons to select the desired Bank 2 Activate the Scene by selecting one of the SCENE buttons 1 8 lt Done gt Other Scene Functions Must be in Programming Mode for these functions Scanner Copy 1 In Programming Mode Press and hold the SCANNER button of the Fixture that is to be copied 2 Press the SCANNER button of the Fixture to receive the copy 3 Release both buttons lt Done gt Scene Edit 1 In Programming Mode Select the Scene to edit using the BANK UP DOWN buttons and SCENE buttons 2 Edit the Scene using the SCANNER buttons and FADERS 3 Lock the Scene by pressing the MIDI ADD key 4 Store the Scene by selecting one of the SCENE buttons 1 8 lt Done gt Scene Copy 1 In Programming Mode Select the Scene to copy using the BANK UP DOWN buttons and SCENE buttons 2 Lock the Scene by pressing the MIDI ADD key 3 Store the Scene by selecting the Bank and Scene to receive the copy using the BANK UP DOWN buttons and the SCENE 1 8 buttons lt Done gt Bank Copy 1 In Programming Mode Select the Bank to copy using the BANK UP DOWN buttons 2 Press the MIDI ADD button 3 Select the Bank to receive the copy using the BANK UP DOWN buttons 4 Press MUSIC BANKCOPY lt Done gt Delete Single Scene 1 In Programming Mode Select the Bank of the Scene to be deleted using the BANK UP DOWN buttons 2 While pressing and holding the AU2. Data Input MIDI Power Input 9Vdc to 12Vdc 300mA Dimensions 482x132x73mm Weight 2 5Kg Physical Connections All connections are made to the back panel e 5 pin Female MIDI Input e 3 pin Female DMX512 Output e Coaxial Female DC Power Center Pin Positive Page 3 DMX Operator Polarity Switch for DMX512 The Polarity Switch for DMX512 is located on the back panel between the MIDI and DMX This switch selects the polarity of the signal on the 3 pin DMX512 Output Most equipment requires the signal to be sent such that PIN 2 is DATA or Cold and PIN 3 is DATA or Hot however some require the signal to be inverted Reference the manual of the fixture to be controlled if there is any question No damage will be caused to either the controller or the connected fixtures if the switch is in the wrong position however the connected fixtures may either appear to get no data or react strangely to the data and may need to be reset after the correct position for the switch is determined Start Address Assignment for Fixtures llI Use only the Start Addresses listed The 192 DMX channels ALLOWED FIXTURE START ADDRESSES are divided into 12 fixtures The Start Address and range of Fixture Start Address Channel Range channels for each fixture are listed to the right Each fixture must 1 1 1 16 have it s own unique Start Address and that address
3. must be one D 17 17 32 of listed Start Addresses Fixtures that share Start Addresses will 3 33 33 48 be slaved together Incorrect Start Addresses assigned to the 4 49 49 65 fixtures may cause unpredictable and undesirable results 5 65 65 80 6 81 81 96 7 97 97 112 8 113 113 128 129 129 144 Control Buttons 10 145 145 160 1 SCANNERS 1 12 11 161 161 176 2 SCENE 1 8 12 177 177 192 3 CHANNEL FADERS 4 PAGE SELECT T 5 SPEED FADER 6 FADE TIME FADER 7 DISPLAY d a 8 BANK UP DOWN o Oy Oe 9 CHASE 1 6 10 10 PROGRAM C gt Oro 11 11 MIDI ADD Od O 12 12 AUTO DEL Ba SS Sei 13 MUSIC BANK COPY ROAA 14 TAPSYNC DISPLAY 15 BLACKOUT 4 Pee Ne Scenes and Terminology The DMX Operator s memory is divided into 30 Banks of 8 Scenes for a total of 240 possible Scenes Scenes are cues that record values for all channels at a given time They are static single values for each channel When programming keep in mind that a Chase a program that creates movement by chasseing from one static Scene to another is built with Banks groups of 8 Scenes each not with individual Scenes One or more Bank s are assigned to a Chase and the Chase will step through the bank in numerical order 1 2 3 8 skipping any Scene with all values set to zero then move to the next bank When the Chase has finished with the last Scene of the last associated Bank it will loop back to the first and continue Page 4 DMX Operator Prog
4. to run a Chase 1 AUTO uses a time between steps set either by the SPEED fader or the TAPSYNC button 2 Music uses an internal microphone to step the chase to the beat of the music 1 While in the Run Mode Programming LED off select a Trigger Mode for the chase a AUTO press the AUTO DEL button Use the SPEED and FADE TIME faders to set the time interval between Scenes SPEED and how much the Scenes are Cross Faded FADE TIME The interval between two taps of the TAPSYNC DISPLAY button will over ride the fader setting with the time of the interval up to a maximum of 10 minutes value shown briefly in the display Moving the SPEED fader will cancel the Tapsync setting When using the TAPSYNC feature the cross fade time can still be set with the FADE TIME fader Note that the controller will finish out the last SPEED time seen on the fader so if the SPEED fader is moved quickly from a large value to a small value it may take a while for the next Scene to trigger Note that if the FADE TIME is longer than the SPEED the controller will step to the next scene before the cross fade has been completed The fixtures will never actually get to where the Scene is programmed v Note that if the display is flickering between two speeds the chase may not run Adjust the SPEED fader and or FADE TIME fader to stop the flickering v Note that the Chase must be in AUTO mode first to use the Tapsync function b MUSIC press the MUSIC BANK COPY b
5. 6 SCENE 7 72 79 BANK10 SCENE1 8 124 CHASE 5 7 SCENE 8 80 87 BANK 11 SCENE 1 8 125 CHASE 6 8 15 BANK2 SCENE 1 8 88 95 BANK12 SCENE1 8 126 BLACKOUT 16 23 BANK3 SCENE 1 8 96 103 BANK13 SCENE 1 8 Trouble Shooting Display and LEDs do not light Check that power is connected and of correct voltage polarity Fixtures do not see data Check DMX Polarity Switch Check data lines One or more Fixtures can not be controlled Check that affected fixtures have valid Start Addresses Check data lines Program data is not saved Controller was not in PROGRAM MODE A CHASE doesn t run all SCENEs in a BANK All blank SCENEs all channels set to O will be skipped by a chase Page 8
6. CT OPERATOR User s Manual A Quick Guide to the DMX Operator CT OPERATOR_MANUAL_V2 3 doc Techni Lux Inc 10779 Satellite Blvd Orlando FL 32804 Ph 407 857 8770 Fax 407 857 8771 www Techni Lux com Table of Contents Main Features Technical Specifications Physical Connections Polarity Switch for DMX512 Start Address Assignment for Fixtures Control Buttons Scenes and Terminology Programming Scenes Running Scenes Other Scene Functions Scanner Copy Scene Edit Scene Copy Bank Copy Delete Single Scene Delete a Bank of Scenes Delete ALL Scenes Chases Programming Chases Running Chases Other Chase Editing Functions Add a Step to a Chase Delete a Step from a Chase Delete a Chase Delete All Chases MIDI Control Mode Set MIDI Channel Number MIDI Note Chart Trouble Shooting Page 2 O OO NNNNAN NOD OUHGAGGGG a oO A A AR KR HO WHO W DMX Operator DMX Operator Main Features 1 192 DMX Channels divided into 12 Fixtures 2 30 Banks of 8 Scenes 3 6 Chases of 240 Steps Banks 4 8 Faders can access all 16 channels per fixture 5 Built In microphone 6 AUTO speed controlled by fader or TAPSYNC 7 MIDI control input 8 4 Digit LED display 9 Master BLACKOUT 10 Cross FADE TIME control fader 11 DMX Polarity switch Technical Specifications Data Output DMX512 Normal or Inverted via switch DMX Channels 192
7. TO DEL button press the SCENE1 8 button of the unwanted Scene lt Done gt Delete a Bank of Scenes 1 In Programming Mode Select the Bank to delete using the BANK UP DOWN buttons 2 Press AUTO DEL and MUSIC BANKCOPY at the same time lt Done gt Page 5 DMX Operator Delete ALL Scenes 1 In Programming Mode Press PROGRAM and BANK DOWN at the same time and hold 2 Cycle power to the controller OFF then ON while holding the PROGRAM and BANK DOWN buttons lt Done gt Chases A Chase is made with individual Scenes or by one or more Banks When individual scenes are assigned to a Chase the Chase will step through the Scenes in the bank by numerical order 1 2 3 8 skipping any Empty Scene where all channel values are set to zero When one or more Banks are assigned to a Chase the Chase will step through the Scenes in the bank by numerical order 1 2 3 8 When the Chase has finished with the last Scene of the last associated Bank it will loop back to the beginning and continue Each Chase can contain up to 30 Banks each Bank is eight scenes so a single Chase could be 30 8 240 Scenes long Programming Chases There are two ways to program a Chase 1 INDIVIDUAL SCENES in one or more Banks 2 WHOLE BANKS using all the scenes in the Bank Chase Individual Scenes Enter the Programming Mode by pressing and holding the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds vy The Program LED in the lower left of the display will indicate that the co
8. nd holding the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds v The Program LED in the lower left of the display will indicate that the controller is in Programming Mode Use the CHASE 1 6 buttons to select the Chase to program v The number of the Chase will be displayed in the left most digit of the display Use the BANK UP DOWN buttons to select the desired Bank with the scenes to transfer to the Chase v The two right most digits on the display indicate the selected Bank abe the entire Bank by first pressing the MUSIC BANK COPY button then press the MIDI ADD button The display will briefly light up to acknowledge storing the Scenes One Bank is equal to eight Chase step v To navigate the steps of a chase use the TAPSYNC DISPLAY button The Step LED in the middle left side of the display will indicate that the first digit of the display is the current Chase being programmed the other three digits are the Step Number Use the BANK UP DOWN keys to advance or decrement the step number Continue adding Scenes to the Chase by going to step 3 or to program another Chase got to step 2 v Note that a Chase can contain one individual Scenes and or one or more Banks Exit the Programming Mode by pressing and holding the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds v The Program LED will go out and the controller will go into Black out Mode To Un Blackout the controller press the BLACKOUT button lt Done Page 6 DMX Operator Running Chases There are two ways
9. ntroller is in Programming Mode Use the CHASE 1 6 buttons to select the Chase to program v The number of the Chase will be displayed in the left most digit of the display Use the BANK UP DOWN buttons to select the desired Bank with the scenes to transfer to the Chase v The two right most digits on the display indicate the selected Bank Use the SCENE 1 8 buttons to select the desired scene to transfer to the Chase v The second right most digit on the display indicates the selected scene Store the Scene to the Chase by pressing the MIDI ADD key v The display will briefly light up to acknowledge storing the Scenes v One scene is equal to one chase step v To navigate the steps of a chase use the TAPSYNC DISPLAY button The Step LED in the middle left side of the display will indicate that the first digit of the display is the current Chase being programmed the other three digits are the Step Number Use the BANK UP DOWN keys to advance or decrement the step number Continue adding Scenes to the Chase by going to step 3 or to program another Chase got to step 2 v Note that a Chase can contain one individual Scenes and or one or more Banks Exit the Programming Mode by pressing and holding the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds v The Program LED will go out and the controller will go into Black out Mode To Un Blackout the controller press the BLACKOUT button lt Done Chase Whole Banks Enter the Programming Mode by pressing a
10. ramming Scenes 1 Enter the Programming Mode by pressing and holding the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds v The Program LED in the lower left of the display will indicate that the controller is in Programming Mode 2 Use the BANK UP DOWN buttons to select a bank for storing Scenes v The two right most digits on the display indicate the selected Bank 3 Use the SCANNERS buttons to select the fixture s to adjust v Fixtures may be selected and adjusted one at a time or groups and adjusted together 4 Adjust the FADERS to achieve the desired look v Use the PAGE SELECT button to toggle between the first 8 1 8 and the second 8 9 16 channels v The DMX value for the fader being moved is briefly shown in the display v Use the TAPSYNC DISPLAY button to toggle between Decimal or Percentage display of channel value 5 Lock the finished Scene by pressing the MIDI ADD key v No indication will be given that the key was pressed except that the faders will no longer move the channel value 6 Store the Scene by selecting one of the SCENE buttons 1 8 v The display will briefly light up to acknowledge storing the Scene Continue adding Scenes to the current Bank by going to step 3 or to program in a new Bank go to step 2 8 Exit the Programming Mode by pressing and holding the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds v The Program LED will go out and the controller will go into Black out Mode To Un Blackout the controller press the BLACKOUT button lt Done gt
11. s lt Done gt Delete a Chase 1 In Programming Mode press the CHASE 1 6 button to be deleted 2 Press and hold the AUTO DEL button 3 While pressing the AUTO DEL button press the CHASE 1 6 button to be deleted lt Done gt Delete All Chases 1 In Programming Mode Press AUTO DEL and BANK DOWN at the same time and hold 2 Cycle power to the controller OFF then ON while holding the AUTO DEL and BANK DOWN buttons lt Done gt Page 7 MIDI Control Mode A single Midi Channel can be used to control the output functions of the controller Note numbers are used to turn on off the Scenes in Banks 1 15 Chases 1 6 or the BLACKOUT function Set MIDI Channel Number 1 While in the Run Mode Programming LED off press and hold the MIDI ADD button until the right two digits of the display begin to flash 2 Use the BANK UP DOWN buttons to display the MIDI Channel to which the controller will respond 3 Press the BLACKOUT button to save lt Done gt DMX Operator MIDI Note Chart NOTE FUNCTION NOTE FUNCTION NOTE FUNCTION 0 BANK 1 SCENE 1 24 31 BANK 4 SCENE 1 8 104 111 BANK 14 SCENE 1 8 1 SCENE 2 32 39 BANK5 SCENE 1 8 112 119 BANK 15 SCENE 1 8 2 SCENE 3 40 47 BANK6 SCENE 1 8 120 CHASE 1 3 SCENE 4 48 55 BANK7 SCENE 1 8 121 CHASE 2 4 SCENE 5 56 63 BANK8 SCENE 1 8 122 CHASE 3 5 SCENE 6 64 71 BANK9 SCENE 1 8 123 CHASE 4
12. utton 2 Press a CHASE 1 6 button v The display will not display the number of the Chase running If there is a number shown it is the number of the last Chase to run and there will be no Chase running To select different chase press a different CHASE 1 6 button twice 4 To stop the Chase and Black out the controller use the BLACKOUT button or press the CHASE 1 6 button once and the chase will stop on the current Scene lt Done gt Other Chase Editing Functions Must be in Programming Mode for these functions Add a Step to a Chase 1 In Programming Mode Use the BANK UP DOWN button to select the Bank that will be added to the Chase Use SCENE buttons 1 8 to select the SCENE to be added into the Chase Use CHASE buttons 1 6 to select the CHASE into which the previously selected SCENE will be added Use the TAPSYNC DISPLAY button to toggle the display between Scene Bank and Chase Step Use the BANK UP DOWN button to display the Step after which the new Step will be inserted Press and hold the MIDI ADD until the display flashes the new Step will be added then all remaining Steps will be moved up by one lt Done gt Oo WP rere rere aS Delete a Step from a Chase 1 In Programming Mode use CHASE buttons 1 6 to select the CHASE 2 Use the TAPSYNC DISPLAY button to toggle the display between Scene Bank and Chase Step 3 Use the BANK UP DOWN keys to select the Step to delete 4 Press the AUTO DELETE button until the display flashe
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