Elation Professional MAGIC-260 manual

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M A G I C - 2 6 0 3 S e c t i o n 1 : G e n e r a l I n t r o d u c t i o n T h ank y o u fo r ch o os i ng t h e El at i o n MA G IC -2 60 . Th e M AG IC -260 i s a 26 4 ch a n nel , ex t re m el y u s er f ri e n dl y, D MX li gh t in g c o n tr o ll er d es i gn e d f o r D J ’s , n i gh t c l u bs a nd b a rs . Ma g ic 2 6 0 i nc l u de s a n[...]

M A G I C - 2 6 0 4 S e c t i o n : 2 S a f e t y I n f o r m a t i o n & M a i n t e n a n c e Plea se r ead a ll i ns tru cti on s prio r t o ass emb lin g, m oun ti ng, an d ope rat in g yo ur M AGI C -2 60. T o pro tec t agai ns t fi re, el ect ric s hoc k and in j ury to pe rs ons, pl eas e foll ow th e safe ty p rec au tions lis te d belo[...]

M A G I C - 2 6 0 5 Sec tio n : 3 I nfo rm at ion N ot ic e Pl e as e r ead th r ou g h th i s m a nu a l c ar e f ul l y a n d th or o u gh l y, as i t g iv es i mp o rt ant in fo r m at i on re g ar d in g s af e ty , u s e a n d ma i n ten a nc e . K e ep t h is m a nu a l w it h th e un i t f o r po s s ib l e f ut u r e r ef er e nc e . P ro d[...]

M A G I C - 2 6 0 6 S e c t i o n 5 : F e a t u r e s a n d S p e c i f i c a t i o n s  M o vi n g l ig ht c o nt r o ll e r fo r up t o 2 4 m o v in g l i gh ts .  Hel p button for programming s cenes and sh ows.  2 64 to t a l D M X c h an n el s .  4 A u xi l i ar y b ut to n s f o r ma n ua l On /O f f c o nt ro l v i a DM X pow e [...]

M A G I C - 2 6 0 7 S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1. FU NC T I ON b ut t o ns : T h e F U NC TI O N b ut to n s a re m u lt i pu r po s e bu t to n s us e d in c o nj u n c t io n wi t h th e FI X T U RE , SC E N E an d S H O W bu t to n s. Wh e n the F I X[...]

M A G I C - 2 6 0 8 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 5. ME N U bu t to n : T h e M E NU bu t to n s h o u l d b e pr e ss ed whe n wa n ti n g t o acc es s an y s e t up op t io ns an d s u b me nu s . T h is in c l u des f i xt u re s e t up, f i xt u r e pa tc h, m u l ti f i xt u r e, pan / t i l t in ve r t,[...]

M A G I C - 2 6 0 9 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 11. FA D E f a d er : Th e F AD E f a de r i s us e d du r i ng s h o w p l ay bac k . A d j us ti n g t h e fa d e f a de r b ef o r e o r du r in g s ho w pl a yb a c k wi l l t em p or a r il y c h an ge th e p ro g ra m m e d fa d e t ime t o ru n at th e [...]

M A G I C - 2 6 0 10 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 23. S m al l D AT A w h e el : Th e s m a ll D AT A w h e el , wh ee l # 5, is u s ed t o v i ew a d d i tio n a l f i xt u re c h an n el s . F o ur fi x tu r es c h an n e ls c an be v ie w e d in t h e LCD at a ti m e. W h e n t h is w h ee l i s t ur n e [...]

M A G I C 2 6 0 11 Sec tio n 7: R ear Pa nel Ov erv iew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. L CD B AC K L I GH T kno b : T h e LCD B A C K LI G HT k n o b sh ou l d b e us e d to a dj u st th e L C D b ri g ht n es s . T ur n c o un t er c l o c kw is e to ma k e th e d is p la y br ig h t er and c lo c k wis e t o ma k e it l e ss b ri gh t . 2. AU D IO RCA i np ut:[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 12 Se c t i on 9 : Fl ow C ha r t Th is f low ch ar t show s yo u the or der w hic h sho u ld be fo llow ed whe n s ett ing u p & pr ogra mmi ng m ovi ng lig ht f ixt ur es wi th the MA GIC- 2 60. B e sure t o fo llow the flo w cha rt i n the e xac t or der d es cri bed t o i n su r e pr o p er s e tu p , p r o gr am m in g a n [...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 13 S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s Th e fi rst thin g you wil l ne ed t o do is c hoos e t he f ixt ur es that yo u wil l co n tro l wit h yo ur M AGI C 260 . Th er e is an int er nal f ixt ur e li bra ry t hat c on tai ns mos t El at ion P rof es sion al an d AD J DM X fi xt ure s. If yo u ar e go ing t o c o ntro l[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 14 S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ) (3) You w ill g et a mome nt ar y 3 second w ar ning i n the LCD t ha t rea ds as fol low s: THIS FIXTU RE DOES NOT MATCH RECORD & P ATCH MEMORY ? Followed b y: DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE? YES NO T h e r e a s o n f o r t h i s m e s s a g e i s t h e i n t e r [...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 15 S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s Th e Pat ch F ixt u re men u op ti on all o ws yo u t o vie w an d make c ha ng es to yo ur f ixtu re a ddre ss pa tch i f des ir ed. Bec au se the M agic 2 60 u til izes fixt ure p rof il es, you ca n s et you r DM X addr es ses b as ed on t he C hann el se tti ng in the P atc h Fi x[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 16 S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ) Th e fa ctor y de fau lt se tti ng f or th e Auto pat ch fe atu re is “ON ”. It is re comm end ed t hat y ou l ea ve thi s s etti ng s et to “O N” an d pr oc eed to s tep ( 4). Wit h th is se tti ng se t to “ ON”, e ach f ix tur e ad dre ss is a ut omat[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 17 S e c t i o n 1 3 : A U X I L I A R Y B U T T O N S ( 1 - 4 ) T h e A U X I L I R A R Y b u t t o n s w i l l a l l o w y o u t o s w i t c h n o n D M X f i x t u r e s O N / O F F v i a a u n i v e r s a l D M X p a c k . T h i s a l l o w s y o u t o c o n t r o l u p t o 4 d a n c e t o s o u n d e f f e c t s a n d y o u r i[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 18 S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s Th is nex t s ec tio n will t ake you t h rou gh th e n ece ssa ry s teps to r eco rd s c enes. 1 ,15 2 sc ene s ca n b e st o red in to M agi c 2 60’ s m emo r y via 48 p ages . T he 2 4 Fun c tio n bu tto ns s ho uld b e us ed to s t or e an d play bac k sc en es wh en th e “SCE N[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 19 S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s ( C o n t i n u e ) (9 ) T u rn D AT A w h ee l # 4 t o t h e pa ge t h at yo u w i s h to s a ve y o u r s c e ne t o . N ot e: i f th e r e is a FU N CT I O N L ED il lu mi n a te d O N s o li d, i t m e a ns t h er e i s a lr e a dy a s c en e s to r ed t h er e. Un l e ss y ou w a n[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 20 Play P r e s e t M o v e m e n t & R e c o r d M o v e m e n t a s a S c e n e ( C o n t i n u e ) (5) FUNCTION buttons 1- 6 contain the preset movements. 1 = Circ le CW, 2 = Circ le CCW, 3 = Figure 8 CW, 4 = Fi gure 8 CCW, 5 = Pan M ovement & 6 = Tilt Movement. Press the FUNCTION button that contains the preset movement [...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 21 E d i t P r e s e t M o v e m e n t O f f s e t P o i n t a n d R a d i u s (1 ) P re s s th e F I XT U R E bu tt o n so i ts g r e en LE D i ll u mi n at es ON s ol i d . (2) Pr e s s t he F UN C TI O N bu t to n o r bu t to n s th a t co r re s po n d wi t h th e fi x tu r e or f i xt u re s t hat y o u wi s h to i nc l u de i [...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 22 S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s A sh ow is a se quen ce of reco rded s c ene s in w hic h eac h st ep c an in cor po rat e dif fe ren t ste p ho ld t imes . Up to 288 s how s wit h up to 255 st ep s can be st or ed to M agi c 260 s ’ mem ory v ia 1 2 sho w page s. When play in g bac k a sho w in au to mod e, ther e is[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 23 S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s ( C o n t i n u e ) (9) Press the ENTER button to store the show step and settings. The show step in the display should advance by 1, Scene should read “Empty” and the Hold time should have agai n defaulted to 5 seconds. (10) Repeat steps 5-9 to store additional s how steps. If this i[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 24 S e c t i o n 1 9 : P l a y b a c k S c e n e s (1) Press the SCENE but t on so its green LED illuminates ON s olid. (2) Turn DATA wheel #1 to selec t the scene page that con tains the scene or sc enes that you wish to playback. (3) Press the FUNCTION button (1- 24) that corresponds to the scene that you wish to playback. The rel[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 25 S e c t i o n 2 0 : P l a y b a c k S h o w s ( C o n t i n u e ) (5) W hile a show is playing automatically (MANUAL FEATURE ON), you can pause the show by pressing DATA wheel #4 at any time. You can then turn DATA wheel #3 clockwise to manually advance th e show step and coun ter clockwise to go back to a desi red show step. Pr [...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 26 S e c t i o n 2 1 : E d i t S c e n e ( C o n t i n u e ) ( 9 ) P r e s s t h e s a m e F U N C T I O N b u t t o n t h a t y o u p r e s s e d i n s t e p 3 . M a g i c 2 6 0 w i l l a s k , “ D o y o u w a n t t o o v e r w r i t e t h e o l d s c e n e ? ” ( 1 0 ) P r e s s D A T A w h e e l # 3 t o c o n f i r m “ Y e s[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 27 Section 23 : U L ink ( Save Memory Fil e) This operation will allow you to trans fer data from your controller to a standard PC or laptop. You must first install the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that wa s supplied wi th your ULink cable. You c an also download these files from the Magic 260 webpage on our website[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 28 Section 24 : U Link ( Loa d Memory File) This operation will allow you to trans fer previously stored data from your computer back into your Ma gic 260 . You must first ins tall the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that was supplied with yo ur ULink cable. You can also download the se files from the Magi c 260 webpag[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 29 Section 24 : U Link (Load Memory File) (Continue ) (8) On your computer, click “Send File” . A S end window wil l pop up. Select the destination and me mory file that you w ant to load into M agic 260 and click “Op en”. ( A message should ap pear in the lower right hand corner that reads “ S ending ”). During the tr a[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 30 Section 25 : U SB MEM Stick (Save Memory File)(Continue) On the Magic 260 , press DATA wheel #2 to select USB. Your display should read the following: Please s et this file na me, then ( enter) UN N AM E 0 0 (6) If you want to name the fil e, turn DATA wheel # 1 t o change the character and turn D ATA wh eel #5 to move the cursor[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 31 Section 27 : U SB MEM Stick (Reload Memory File to USB MEM Stick from Compute r) This operation will allow you to load your Magic 260 memory files from your computer to your USB M EM Stick. You must first inst all the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that was supplied with your USB MEM S tick. If you have not done so[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 32 Section 29 : U SB MEM Stick (Load Memory File) This operation will allow you to trans fer data from your USB Memory stick back into Magic 260. (1) Inst all the USB MEM Stick into the USB port on your Magi c 260. (2) Flip the power switch OFF then back ON. (3) On the Magic 260, press the MENU bu tton so your display reads the foll[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 33 Section 30 : Erase All Memory The next set of instruct ions will allow for ALL programmed memory, including presets, sc enes and shows, to be erased in one s hot. (1) From the main screen, press and hold dow n the “DEL” button then press the “ENTER” b u tton once. Your display will read as follows: Select a menu item then[...]

M a g i c 2 6 0 34 Section 31: Midi Midi Chart Midi Channel Value Value 1 0 - 72 (Sc ene 1 -3) 73 -95 (Show 1) 2 0 - 72 (Sc ene 4 -6) 73 -95 (Show 2) 3 0 - 72 (Sc ene 7 -9) 73 -95 (Show 3) 4 0-72 (Scene 10-12) 73 -95 (Show 4) 5 0-72 (Scene 13-15) 73 -95 (Show 5) 6 0-72 (Scene 16-18) 73 -95 (Show 6) 7 0-72 (S cene 19 -21) 73 -95 (Show 7) 8 0-72 (Sce[...]