Lowel Light IR DMX Controller IR Sensor Preparing for Use, Testing Configuration, To DMX Address

IR Sensor™

Preparing for Use

After the installation,

make sure that the LED flashes steadily from every intended point of operation when operating the remote control, and by watching the IR LED indicator (located on the IR Sensor’s body).

By fine tuning its location using this method, you will achieve the maximum coverage of the room.

Signs of improper IR Sensor’s positioning are a “jumping” displayed level, or level differences between the level indicated on the Remote IR Control and the level displayed on the rear LED of the fixture. Also, a non steadily flashing LED in the pick-up IR Sensor is an indication that the IR signal is not being received properly.

Testing the

Configuration

Power up the Studio fixture and make sure that it operates properly by watch- ing the scrolling model name of the fix- ture in the rear LED display.

If it does not operate properly, turn the unit off immediately and disconnect the IR Sensor.

Check that the fixture operates

properly in a stand alone Manual mode.

If the problem appears to be the IR Sensor, call Lowel Technical Support (800-334-3426), and do not attempt to reconnect the Sensor.

Note: In cases where no DMX console is connected, attaching the Sensor automatically gives control of the DMX chain to the IR DMX Controller, provid- ed the Controller has been ‘enabled’ (see pg. 4). If a DMX console is con- nected to the start of the DMX chain, and a Sensor has also been connected to the first fixture, the chain can be con- trolled by either source but the console has default control, when fixture is powered up.

Preparing for DMX-512 control using the

IR DMX Controller and IR Sensor.

Whether you intend to control single or multiple Lowel Fluo-Tec dimmable fixtures (or other DMX-512 dimmable fixtures (★) with the IR DMX Controller, you must first assign DMX addresses to them using the following procedure:

1Power up the Lowel Fluo-Tec fixture and make sure it is not con- nected to a DMX-512 console.

2Press the fixture MODE button repeatedly to scroll the LED

to DMX Address.

3Hold down the fixture MODE button for 4 seconds.The DMX address will flash, and you can then set or change that address by using the Up/Down arrows to select

an address for 1- 64 fixtures. Addresses must be from 1-64. Care must be taken in properly addressing the fixtures in multiple unit configurations.

It is also recommended to set the sensing (or master) fixture to address #1 and the rest in ascending order (#2, #3, etc.) as they are physically positioned in the DMX-512 daisy chain.

DMX-512 connections to multiple fixtures must be daisy chained from the 1st fixture’s DMX Out connector to the 2nd fixture’s DMX In connector, then from the 2nd fixture’s DMX Out connector to the 3rd fixture’s DMX In connector, etc.

For proper DMX-512 operation, the final fixture must have a DMX terminator plugged into its DMX Out connector.

4After selecting the desired DMX-512 address, hold down the fixture’s MODE button for 4 seconds, and the address will be saved in the fixture, even when it is turned off and unplugged, until it is reset again as described above.

Note: While being controlled by DMX- 512 console or IR DMX-512 Controller, the only button in the rear control panel of the Lowel Fluo-Tec fixture that is operational is the MODE button. Manual dimming, change of DMX-512 address, resetting hours of lamp operation,

and memory save/recall functions are disabled during these two modes of operation. As soon as an IR signal is detected by the attached IR Sensor, the rear LED display of the fixture will show its DMX-512 address

★For adding other DMX-512 dimmable fixtures to the chain, see mfr.s instructions for DMX addressing.

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