ETC Alex M Alex MX - Manual (Page 5)

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Meet Alex M ................................................................................................. 7
First impressions ..................................................................................... 7
Operation ................................................................................................. 8
Special features ....................................................................................... 9
Safety ......................................................................................................... 10
Symbols ................................................................................................. 10
Important rules....................................................................................... 11
Alex M is very robust, but... ................................................................... 12
Lighting in no time with Alex M............................................................... 13
Working with Alex M................................................................................. 14
Wiring..................................................................................................... 14
Switching the device on......................................................................... 15
Controls ................................................................................................. 15
Keys.................................................................................................. 15
Rotating knob ................................................................................... 16
Preventing improper use of Alex ........................................................... 17
Basic settings......................................................................................... 18
Language selection .......................................................................... 18
Setting the display contrast .............................................................. 19
Resetting the dimmer processor ...................................................... 19
Selecting the source for the dimmer control signals ........................ 20
Setting the DMX start address ......................................................... 21
Further basic settings ....................................................................... 23
Providing stationary lighting (manual intensity adjustment) ................. 24
Setting the intensity of a channel........................................................... 24
Setting the same intensity for all channels ............................................ 25
Saving current output levels as presets ................................................ 26
Preheating ............................................................................................. 27
Setting preheating individually for each dimmer channel................. 27
Setting the same preheat intensity for all dimmer channels ............ 28
Intensity limit .......................................................................................... 29
Setting an intensity limit.................................................................... 29
Setting the same intensity limit for all dimmer channels .................. 30
Dimmer curves....................................................................................... 31