Lightronics RA121 User Manual
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RA – 121 RACK MOUNT ARCHITECTURAL DIMMER
Revision 0.93
OWNERS MANUAL
09/26/2011
www.lightronics.com
Lightronics Inc.
509 Central Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Tel 757 486 3588
USING THE MENU SYSTEM
The
CONFIG
button steps through the five display
menus. When one of these menus is shown you can
push
ENTER
to access that function. The
CLEAR
button will return the unit to its normal operating
mode and cause the display to show the channel level
bar graph. The
CLEAR
button DOES NOT clear
entered values. The arrow buttons are used to set
menu selections.
SYSTEM MODE
The RA-121 currently uses only the
NORMAL
setting
for system mode.
At the
RA-121
front panel - push
CONFIG
until the
System Setup
appears on the status display.
Push
ENTER
. The System Mode menu will be
shown.
Push
ENTER
. The System Mode Selection menu will
be shown.
Use the and buttons to select the
NORMAL
mode. Push ENTER when finished.
SYSTEM POWER SETUP
In addition to making the correct power connections
for the power source at your installation, the RA-121
must be set up to correctly respond to the power type.
At the RA-121 front panel - push
CONFIG
until the
System Setup
menu appears on the Status display.
Push
ENTER
. Then push
CONFIG
until the System
Power menu appears on the status display.
Push
ENTER
. The display will show the current
power configuration. For example:
Use the and buttons to select a configuration
corresponding to the actual power being supplied to
the RA-121. Push
ENTER
when correct power type is
shown. The available choices are shown below.
RA 3Phas
120/208V 3 Phase Power Source
RA 2Phas
120/240V Single Phase Power Source
OR
2 Phases of 120/208V 3 Phase Source
NOTE: There are several other settings available
in this menu. These other choices do not apply to
the RA-121 dimmer
UNIT ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT
When using a single RA-121 unit in a system, the unit
address MUST BE SET TO
00
. One (and only one)
RA-121 in a multiple unit system must be set to unit
address
00
. Other units should be assigned in a
consecutive order.
Set Dimmer
Operating
Options
SCENE
SETUP
EVENT
SETUP
DMX I/O
SETUP
DIMMER
SETUP
SYSTEM
SETUP
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
Create and Edit
Internal Scenes
Set Clock and
Timed Events
Assign DMX
Addresses
Set Individual
Channel
Behavior
D
TOP LEVEL MENUS LAYOUT
MENU
(NEXT)
MENU
(NEXT)
MENU
(NEXT)
MENU
(NEXT)
MENU
(NEXT)
SYSTEM
SETUP
SYSTEM
MODE
SYSMODE
NORMAL
SYSTEM
POWER
SYSTEM
RA 3Phas
CAUTION
TURN OFF ALL CHANNELS AND OPEN ALL
CHANNEL CIRCUIT BREAKERS BEFORE
CHANGING THE INPUT POWER SETUP.
SYSTEM
SETUP