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- informations concerning technical data of Chauvet 3
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Chauvet 3 item
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- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards
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© Copyright 2013 CH AUVET ®, A ll R ig hts R eser ved Inf ormat i on an d s p eci f ic ati ons in th is U s er M anu al ar e s u bj ect t o ch a ng e wi th out n otic e. CH AUV ET ® ass u m es no r es p onsi bil it y or li abi lit y f or any err ors or ina c c urac i es th at m ay ap p ear in t his m an u al. Author: Alberto Diaz Revisi on: 2 by[...]
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1. B ef or e Y ou B eg in 3 1. B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Wh at i s I nclud ed · 1 x Abyss™ LED 3.0 · 1 x P ower C ord · 1 x W arrant y C ard · 1 x Us er Man u al Unp ac ki ng In str u ct i o ns Im medi at el y u p on r ec ei vin g a f i xtur e, c ar ef ull y un p ack t h e c ar t o n . C h ec k t h e c ont ents t o ensur e th at all p arts ar e inc[...]
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1. B ef or e Y ou B eg in 4 Safe t y In str u cti ons · Pl ease k eep th is U s er M an u al f or f ut ur e r ef er e n c e . If you s ell t h e u nit t o an oth er us er, be s ur e th at th ey als o r ec ei ve t h is i ns tr uct ion b o ok l et. · Al ways m ake sur e that you are c onn ec ti ng t o the pr op er vol t ag e, and that th e lin e vo[...]
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2. Intr od uc ti on 5 2. I NTRODUCTION Pr oduct O ver vi ew D M X I n D M X O u t DIP Sw it ch es Bra cket Adj us tm en t K n ob S af et y Bra cket Adj us tm en t K n ob P o w er I n Mounting Brac ket P ower Out Fus e hol der[...]
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3. S etup 6 3. S ETUP AC P o w er T his f i x tur e r uns on 1 00 ~2 40 VA C, 5 0/ 60 H z. B ef ore p ow eri ng on t h e un it, m ak e s u r e th e l in e volt ag e t o wh ic h you ar e c onn ect in g is withi n th e r ang e of acc ept ed volt ages . T o d eter mi n e th e p ower r eq uir em en ts f or a p ar t ic ul ar f i xtu r e, s ee th e l ab [...]
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3. S etup 7 M ounti ng Or ie n ta tio n T he Abyss ™ LED 3.0 may be mou nt ed i n an y p os it i on , pr ovi d ed t h er e is ad eq u at e ro om f or vent i lat i on. Rigging B e sur e t h at t h e s tr uct ur e c an s up p or t t h e wei g ht of t h e f i xtur e. P leas e s ee t h e “T echn ic al Sp ecif ic ati ons ” s ect i on of t his manu[...]
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4. O p er at in g I ns truc t i ons 8 4. O PERATING I NSTR UCTIO NS Con fi gur i ng t he S tar ti n g Addr e ss T he Abyss ™ LED 3.0 fi xtur e us es two DMX cha nne ls. Th e hi gh es t c h ann el t h at t h e f i xtur e m ay be s et t o i n or d er t o fu nc ti on pr op er l y is 511 . An y ad dr ess hi gh er t h an this wil l p r event ac c ess [...]
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5. Appen dix 9 5. A PPENDIX Ge ne ral T roub l eshoo t in g S YMPTOM P OSSIBLE C AU S E ( S ) P OSSIBLE A CTION ( S ) Br eak er/F us e keeps bl ow i ng · E xcess i ve c irc uit l oad · Ch eck t ot al l oad pl aced on t h e electr ic al c irc u it. · Sh ort c irc u it al on g t h e p ow er wi r es · C he ck f o r a sho rt in the ele ctrica l wir[...]
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DMX Primer 10 DMX Primer T her e are 512 ch ann els in a DMX c on n ec t i o n . A f ixt ur e c apabl e of r e c ei ving D MX will r eq uir e on e or a n u mb er of s equ en ti al c h an nel s. T h e us er must as s ig n a s t arti ng ad dr ess on t h e f i xtur e t h at ind ic ates t h e f irs t c h ann el r es erved in th e c ontr oll er. T her e[...]
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DMX Primer 11 Cabl e C on ne ct or s C ablin g m us t hav e a mal e XLR c onn ect or on on e end an d a f emal e XLR conn ec t or on th e oth er end . Do no t a llow co nta ct b etw een th e co mm on and t h e fixtur e’s c ha ssis gr ou nd. G r oun din g the comm on ca n caus e a gro und lo op, an d your fixt ure m ay per f or m err at icall y. T[...]
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DMX Primer 12 3-Pin to 5-Pin Conversion Chart I f you u s e a cont ro ller with a 5 - p in DM X out put co nne ctor , you w ill n eed t o use a 5 - p in t o 3- pin a da pter . Th e chart bel ow d etails a prop er ca ble conv er sion : 3-P IN TO 5-P IN C ONVERSION C H ART Cond uctor 3- Pi n F emal e ( O ut put ) 5- Pi n M al e ( In p ut) Ground /Shi[...]
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Maint en anc e / R etur ns 13 Ge nera l Mai n t enan ce T o main t ain op t i mum p er f orm anc e and m in i mi z e we ar , f i xtur es s h ou l d b e cl ean ed f r equ ent l y. Us ag e and en vir on ment ar e c ontri but in g f act ors in d et er m in in g f r equ enc y. As a g en er al r ul e, f ixtur es s h oul d b e c l ean ed at l eas t t w i[...]
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T echni c al S pecif i c ati ons 14 T ECHNICAL S PE CIFICAT ION S WE I G HT & DI M EN S I O NS Lengt h ................................................................................................................ 9.6 in ( 243 mm) W idth ..........................................................................................................[...]
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T echni c al S pecif i c ati ons 15 C ONTACT U S World Wide Gener al Infor m atio n C HAUVET ® 5200 N W 108 th A ve Sunr is e, FL 3 33 51 voic e: 954 .92 9.1115 f ax: 954 . 929. 5560 t oll f r ee: 800 .76 2.1084 Techni ca l Supp or t CH AUVET ® 5200 N W 108 th A ve Sunr is e, FL 3 33 51 voic e: 954 .92 9.1115 ( Pr e ss 4) f ax: 954 . 929. 5560 ( [...]