Lightronics AR1202 - Manual (Page 11)

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AR – 1202 RTC ARCHITECTURAL DIMMER
Revision 1.93 OWNERS MANUAL 06/03/2008
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Push
ENTER . Then push MENU (NEXT) 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 AR-1202. Push
ENTER when correct power is
shown. The available choices are shown below.
AR 1PhsN Single Phase 120/240V Power Source
AR 3PhsN 3 Phase 120/208V Power Source
Normal Phase Rotation
AR 3PhsR 3 Phase 120/208V Power Source
Reverse Phase Rotation
There are two additional settings which are used only
when it is not possible to provide actual 120/240V
Single Phase power and the unit is being powered by
2 phases of a 120/208V 3 Phase source.
AR 2PhsN 2 Phase 120/208V Power Source
Normal Phase Rotation
AR 2PhsR 2 Phase 120/208V Power Source
Reverse Phase Rotation
NOTE: There are 2 other settings available in this
menu. These do not apply to the AR-1202 dimmer.
You may not know in advance if you should use the
Normal or Reverse rotation choice for 3 phase or 2
Phase power. If this is the case then use
NORMAL
phase rotation .
NO damage will occur if the rotation is actually
reversed but dimming will not occur correctly and
some channels will appear to be in a on/off mode.
This will be readily apparent when operating the unit.
You can then change the setting.
UNIT ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT
When using a single AR-1202 unit system, the unit
address MUST BE SET TO
00 . One (and only one)
of the units in a multiple unit system must be set to
address
00 . Other units should be assigned in a
consecutive order.
At the AR-1202 front panel - push MENU (NEXT)
until the System Setup appears on the status display.
Push ENTER . Then push MENU (NEXT) . The System
ID Set menu will be shown.
Push ENTER . The display shows the unit address.
Set the desired address by pushing the and buttons.
Push ENTER . Then push CLEAR to return to the
normal operating mode.
DIMMER CHANNEL SETUP
Individual channels within the AR-1202 dimmer can
be set for different behaviors. Any channel may be
limited to a user selected maximum intensity level.
Limiting applies to manual, scene, and DMX
operation. Any channel may also be set to run as
NON-DIM (or RELAY).
CHANNEL LIMITING
At the AR-1202 front panel - push MENU (NEXT)
until the Dimmer Setup menu appears on the display.
Push ENTER . The Channel Limit menu will be
shown.
Use the and buttons to select a channel. Then
use the and buttons to set its limiting value.
Push
ENTER when finished. The limit range on the
menu is between 10 and 255 which corresponds to
lighting intensity of between 4 and 100 percent.
SYSTEM
POWER
SYSTEM
AR 3PhsN
SYSTEM
ID SET
SET UNIT
ID 00
DIMMER
SETUP
01 LMT
255
SYSTEM
SETUP