American DJ Light Station operating instructions Function and Controls Front Panel, Set Up

Set Up:

Power Supply: Before plugging your unit in be sure the source volt- age in your area matches the required voltage for your American DJ® Light Station.™ The Light Station™ is available in a 115v and 230v ver- sion. Because line voltage may vary from venue to venue, you should be sure to plug your power supply into a matching wall outlet before attempt- ing to operate you controller.

Data Cable (DMX Cable) Requirements:

Your fixture and your controller require a standard 3-pin XLR connector for data input and data output (Figure 1). If you are making your own cables be sure to use standard two conductor shielded cable (This cable may be purchased at almost all pro sound and lighting stores). Your cables should be made with a male and female XLR connector on either end of the cable.

Also, remember that DMX cable must beFigure 1 daisy chained and can not be “Y”ed or

split.

Notice: Do not use the ground lug on the XLR connector. Do not con- nect the cable’s shield conductor to the ground lug or allow the shield conductor to come in contact with the XLR’s outer casing. Grounding the shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behavior.

Function and Controls - Front Panel

1	2				3				4		5		6		7	8	9	1 0 1 1
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		MASTER					FADE	LEVEL	DIMMER	SWITCH	AUDIO
										M	A			Manual	TIME		SPEED	SPEED
	10	10		10	10	10	10	10	10		Tap Sync				10	10	10	10
														Chase
	8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8		Manual Sync			Audio	8	8	8	8
	6	6		6	6	6	6	6	6						6	6	6	6
	4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4						4	4	4	4
	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2						2	2	2	2
	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	B	American DJ®				0	0	0	0
	FLASH 1-8										Channel Flash		No Fade Time	Cross Of f	MIDI	End Step	Delete Program	MIDI Channel
															Signal
										Cross	Assign Kill
	LATCH 9-16										Assign Add		Fade Enabl e	Cross On	Enable	Program	Assign	Patch	Full O n
										Add/Kill	Button Setup	FadeTime Setup Cross Setup			Blind	Loop Exit	Audio	Manual Step	Manual
	FLASH 9-1 6
	9	10	11	12	13		14	15	16	Shift	PATTERN			STEP		Loop	Chase	Tap Syn c	Stand By
	1 2	1 3		1 4					1 6		1 8		2 0		2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8
									1 5	1 7		1 9			2 1	2 3 2 5 2 7 2 9

1.Flash Buttons (Channels 1-8):These button will serve three (3) functions:

1. In manual mode these buttons will momentarily activate any fixtures assigned to those channels. These fixtures will remain on as long as you hold down the button. Releasing the button will switch the fixtures off.

2. When used in conjunction with the ADD/KILL (17) feature, these buttons are used to activate stored channel assignments. You may group a number of channels to be activated at once, then store this group in one of 16 FLASH BUTTONS (1 & 13).

3. When the BLIND feature is enabled in chase mode, pressing the SHIFT BUTTON (16) along with a channel FLASH BUTTON will BLIND (black out) that channel.

XLR MALE SOCKET		XLR FEMALE SOCKET
1 EARTH	HOT 2	HOT 2	1 EARTH
	3 COLD		3 COLD

XLR Pin Configuration:

Pin 1 = Shield

Pin 2 = Data Compliment (negative)

Pin 3 = Data True (positive)

Figure 2

2Channel Indicators (1-8):These green LEDs will glow indicating channel activity for channels 1-8. The intensity of the LED’s will also vary according to the channels output. Low intensity is low channel output, while high intensity is brighter channel output.

Special Note: Line Termination. When longer runs of cable

are used, you may need to use a terminator on the last unit to avoid erratic behavior. A terminator is a 90 - 120 ohm 1/4 watt resistor which is connected between pins 2 and 3 of a male XLR connector (DATA + and DATA -). This unit is inserted in the female XLR connector of the last unit in your daisy chain to terminate the line. Using a cable terminator will decrease the possibilities of erratic behavior.

3.Channel Faders (1-8):These faders serve two functions:

1. In manual mode, these faders will control channel output.

2. In Program mode, these faders will act as a ON/OFF switch for a program that has been assigned to it.

4.Master Fader: This fader will serve two functions.

1. This fader will act as a master output control for the Channel Sliders 1-8 (3) when in Manual, Chase, or Cross Function Modes.

2. When in CROSS MODE this slider is used to manually fade a

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