MartinLogan MAC 500/E manual

MAC 500/E user manual[...]

© 1997 - 2000 Martin Professional A/S, Denma rk. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, wi thout permission in writing f rom Martin Professional A/S, Denmark. Printed in Denmark. P/N 35000016, Rev . E[...]

3 secti on 1 Introduction MAC 500/E safety inform ation.... ........... ....... ........... ........... ....... ........... ........... ........... ....... ........ .......... ........ .............. ........... ...... 4 secti on 2 Setup Unpacking ....... ........... ........... ....... ........... ........... ........... ....... ........... ......[...]

4 MAC 500/E U ser Manual section 1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the MAC 500/E mo ving-head sp otlight from M artin. Every d etail of its constru ction and programm ing is d esigned to make the MA C 500/E  ext remely  b right, quiet and reli a bl e. With proper se tup an d m ainte- nance, it will provide years of trouble-free operatio[...]

5 S e t u p section 2 SETUP This sectio n describes th e steps required to prepare the MAC 500/E for operatio n. Unpacking The MAC 50 0/E  packa ge includes : • 2 Fast-Lock clamp brackets • 5-meter XLR-XLR cont rol cable • User manual • 7 extr a go bos • 1 spare rota t ing gobo sp ring The pack ing mate rial is c arefull y desi gned to[...]

6 MAC 500/E U ser Manual 6. Before turning the lamp on, reset the RLAH and RLST counters. See “Readouts” on page 14. Powering the fixture W ARNING! For prot ection fro m dange rous electr ic shock, the fixture must be grounde d (ear thed). The A C mains su pply sha ll be fitted wi th a fuse or circ uit breake r and gr ound-fa ult prote ction. C[...]

7 S e t u p 5. Working from a stable platform, h ang the fixture on the truss. Th e front of the fixture is indic ated by the arrow on the base. 6. Install a safety w ire that can bear at least 10 times the weight of the fixture. The attachment point is designed to fit a caribin er clamp. Never use the carryin g handles for seconda ry attach- ment.[...]

8 MAC 500/E U ser Manual 1. Connect th e control ler’s data outp ut to the M AC 500/E’ s dat a input. Fo r a • DMX controller with 5-p in outp ut : u se a ca ble wit h 5-pi n male and 3 -pin femal e conn ector s such as P/N 1 1820005. Pin s 4 and 5 are not used. • DMX controller with 3 -pin output : use a cable with 3-pin m ale and fe male [...]

9 Op eration section 3 OPERATION This section describes th e MAC 500/E’ s controllable e ffe cts and the option s for custom izing th em for your a ppli cation. Option selection is described in the nex t section. Martin RS-485 control The MAC 500/ E may be controlled with the Martin 3032 controll er with version 2.04 or later software. T o respon[...]

10 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Controllable effects All movin g effects are reset to a “hom e” position when t he fixture is p owered up. The fi xture can also be res et via DMX if DM X reset ( SPEC/dRES ) is enabled. There is also a combination of DMX values that allows you to reset the MAC 50 0/E even if this feature is disabled; se e the DMX pr [...]

11 Op eration The Sh ortcu ts ( SPEC/ SCUT ) setting dete rmines whether the gobo wheel takes the shortest path to the next posi- tion or t urns in one directi on only . The settin g may be over r idden on t he speed chan nel in vect or mode. Rotati ng gobos The MAC 50 0/E has 5 rotat in g po sit ions fo r glas s or me ta l gob os. Go bo s may be r[...]

12 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual section 4 CONTROL PANEL The 4-di git LED control pan el on the front of t he MAC 500/E allows you t o set the address and personalities, read lamp hours an d other informat ion, ca librate effects, cont rol the fixture manual ly , a nd run stand-a lone test s and demo program s. Most of th ese function s may be pe rformed[...]

13 C o n t r o l P a n e l Personality settings * Settin g may be overridden via DMX. Se e the pro tocol for d etails. Personality Path Options Effect (Default set t in gs sh ade d.) Pan/tilt speed PTSP FAST Opti mize mo ve ment for speed* SLOW Optimize mov ement fo r smoothness* Pan/tilt swap PATI /SWA P ON Map DMX pa n con trol to tilt channel an[...]

14 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Address and protocol selection One of the opera ting mode s shown below must be sele cted. Factors to c onsider when sele cting a mode will d epend on your co ntroller an d are disc ussed in the previo us section. Maxim um flexibility is provid ed in mo de 4. Each fix t ure must be assig ned its own ch annels to receive i[...]

15 C o n t r o l P a n e l 4. Press the [MENU] and [ ↓ ] keys at the same time and h old them for 3 seconds u ntil “25” shows in the display . 5. Press the [↑ ] and [ ↓ ] keys until the display shows the temperature m easured. 6. Press [ENTER] to save the setting. Manual control Manual control ( MAN ) The manua l control me nu permi t s y[...]

16 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Utilities Calib ration (C AL) The calibra tion men u allows you to adjust the ef fects to achieve total u niformity betwe en fixtures : it is not a substitute for mech anical ad justment. Select dim mer/shutter ( d OF ), color wheels ( C1OF , C2OF ), rotating-gobo wheel ( RGOF ), f ixed-go bo wheel ( FGOF ), or fo cus ( F[...]

17 Gobos and Color Fil ters section 5 GOBOS AND COLOR FILTERS The MAC 500/E h as 5 rotatin g positions for g lass or metal go bos, 9 static po sitions for metal gobos, and 9 p ositions for interc hangeable dic hroic glass color filters in special ho lders. This se ction describ es how to repl ace these i tems. Gobo specifications For best results, [...]

18 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Metal and i mage gobos The metal g obos supplied with the MA C 500/E may be used in eith er wheel. They are b lack on one si de to reduce reflections; th e black side must face out, away from the lamp. For correct pro jection of text a nd images, the side with the true image must be installed fa cing in, towa rds the lamp[...]

19 Gobos and Color Fil ters Changing rotating gobos W ARNING! Disconn ect the fixture from AC power bef ore remo ving an y cover . Without tool s 1. Remove th e top h ead cov er as desc ribed und er “Ac cessin g parts” on pa ge 21. 2. T urn the gobo wheel until the easies t access to the desired gobo pos ition is obtained. T urn the color wheel[...]

20 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Default color filter positions Changing color filters W ARNING! Disconn ect the fixture from AC power bef ore remo ving an y cover . 1. Remove th e top h ead cov er as desc ribed und er “Ac cessin g parts” on pa ge 21. 2. Manually turn the co lor wheel until the desired filter is acc essible. 3. Using a soft cloth or [...]

21 Main tenance and Basic Ser vice section 6 MAINTENA NCE AND BASIC SERVICE The MAC 500/E op erates und er challenging c onditions presented by he at, humidity , dust, and touring. It req uires reg- ular c leaning and lu brication t o keep perfo rming at its pe ak. The ma intenance schedule will d epend he avily on t he appli cation and sh ould be [...]

22 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Replacing fuses The MAC 500 /E has 4 fuses. T he main fuse is loc ated on the powe r -switch pan el and ma y be repl aced without open ing the fi xt ure. The fuses fo r each of the 3 low-volta g e po wer supplies are located on t he printed circui t board. If one of the circuit board LED s does not l ight, on e of these f[...]

23 Main tenance and Basic Ser vice MAC 500 E with electro nic bal last Elect ronic bal last models that com e factory set for 100 V or 120 V have a 10 A main fu se, which is located near the power switch. Units set at 2 10 V and abov e have a 6.3 A main fuse. Use a 6.3 A fuse when the WUDQVIR UPHU is set at 200, 210 , 220, 230, or 240 V . Use a 10 [...]

24 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual If the re is n o functi onal so ftwa re in me mory , the fi xture m ust be set to bo ot mo de manu ally be fore st arti ng the u pload . If the control panel works, select UPLd fro m the SPEC menu a nd confirm wh en SURE is displ ayed by pressin g [ENTER]. If the co ntrol pane l does no t work, boot mode can be engag ed b[...]

25 Main tenance and Basic Ser vice Optimizing lamp alignme nt The lamp a lignment i s set at the factory . If, the ligh t distributio n is uneve n, lamp al ignment m ay be ad justed as fo llows. A 3 mm Alle n wrench is re quired. 1. Disconnect t he fixture from AC power supply and allow the lamp to c ool for 15 min utes. 2. Make a prelim inary adju[...]

26 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Cleaning Optical comp onents Be very ca reful when cleanin g the optica l components. T he colored surfa ce on the dich roic filters is achie ved by means of spe cial multi- layer coati ngs and even small scra tches may be visible. Re sidues from clean ing fluids can bake onto com ponen ts and ru in th em. 1. Allow the c [...]

27 Appendic es section 7 APPENDICES DMX protocol DMX Channel Start cod e = 0 DMX1 DMX2 DM X3 DMX4 V alue Percent Functio n 1 1 If DMX reset is disabled, a reset c om- mand may be sent if color wheel 1 set to cyan 401(144-148) and color wheel 2 is set to red 308 (157-160). 2 If DMX lamp off is d isabled, a lamp off command m ay be sent if color w he[...]

28 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual 4 0 - 16 16 - 32 32 - 48 48 - 64 64 - 80 80 - 96 96 - 1 12 1 12 -128 128 - 144 145 - 148 149 - 152 153 - 156 157 - 160 161 - 164 165 - 168 169 - 172 173 - 176 177 - 180 181 - 184 185 - 215 216 - 245 246 - 248 249 - 251 252 - 255 0 - 6 6 - 13 13 - 19 19 - 25 25 - 31 31 - 38 38 - 44 44 - 50 50 - 56 57 - 58 58 - 60 60 - 61 6[...]

29 Appendic es 7 Gobo mode = fixed (default) 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79 80 - 89 90 - 102 103 - 1 19 120 - 136 137 - 153 154 - 170 171 - 187 188 - 204 205 - 221 222 - 238 239 - 255 0 - 4 4 - 8 8 - 1 1 12 - 15 16 - 19 20 - 23 24 - 27 27 - 31 31 - 35 35 - 40 40 - 47 47 - 53 54 - 60 60 - 67 67 - 73 74 - 80 80 - 87 87 [...]

30 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual 10 Fixture type = prism (default) 0 - 19 20 - 79 80 - 89 90 - 149 150 - 215 216 - 220 221 - 225 226 - 230 231 - 235 236 - 240 241 - 245 246 - 250 251 - 255 0 - 7 8 - 31 31 - 35 35 - 58 59 - 84 84 - 86 87 - 88 89 - 90 91 - 92 93 - 94 95 - 96 96 - 98 98 - 100 Prism Prism off Rotating prism, CCW fast slow No rotation Rotatin[...]

31 Appendic es Message s Display readout Appears if ... What to d o AUTO (Automatic prot ocol detection error) . .. automati c proto col detect ion is enabl ed but the protoco l (Martin/DMX) c annot be determi ned be cause th ere is no control data. • V er ify that th e controll er is sendin g and the s erial link is p roperly c on- nected. LERR [...]

32 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual T roubleshooting Problem Probable ca use(s) Remedy One or m ore of the f ixtures is comp letely dead. No power to fixture. Check that powe r is switc hed on an d cabl es are plugged in. Primary f use blown (located a t the ma ins inlet cable) . Discon nect fixt ure and rep lace fuse . Seco ndary f use(s ) blown ( locat ed[...]

33 Appendic es Circuit board layout LAMP FEEDBAC K MAINS I N MAINS OUT (TO BALLAST IN) SERIAL DA T A LINK AC IN P AN/TIL T INDEX SWITCE S MAGNETIC SENSORS XLR PIN-O UT JUMP ER TIL T PA N DIMM ER COLOR 1 ROT . GOBO GOB O 1 IRIS FOCUS GOBO 2 F AN (BASE) F AN (HEAD) + TE MP SENSE PA N F E E D B A C K TIL T FEE DBACK CONTROL MODULE COLOR 2 ROT . PRISM [...]

34 MAC 50 0/E User Man ual Specifications Measureme nts • Length .................. ....... ........... ........... ....... ........... ........... ........... ....... ........... ........... .... .............. ..... 356 mm (14 .0 in) • W idth .... ........... ....... ........... ........... ........... ....... ........... ........... ....... [...]

35 Appendic es Accessori es Please see the online gobo catalo g at http://www .martin.d k for add itional gobo s availabl e from M artin. • Outdo or Pro tecti on Dome............. .... ... .... ....... .... ... .... ....... .... .... ... ....... .... .... ... ........ ... .... ... ................... ... .... 90525010 • MPBB1 Uploa der ........[...]

2 index ccw index cw c s c f closing 230 ← 243 I RIS open 0 close 199 close d 200 215 opening 216 ← 229 I RIS P ULSE o f o s random 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 01 9 close d 20 49 open S TROBE 80 ← 99 D IMMER P ULSE opening closi ng 128 187 R ANDOM S TROB E med slow R ND PUL SE 217 208 R ESET 237 228 L AMP O N 255 248 S HUTTER fas t 147 1 48 16[...]