Chauvet 56C - Manual (Page 2)

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1. BEFORE YOU BEGIN ................................................................................................................................................... 3
W HAT IS INCLUDED ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
U NPACKING I NSTRUCTIONS .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
M ANUAL C ONVENTIONS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
I CONS .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
S AFETY I NSTRUCTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
F EATURES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
P RODUCT O VERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
3. SETUP .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
AC P OWER ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Power Linking ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
M OUNTING ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Orientation ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Rigging ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 8
C ONFIGURING THE S TARTING A DDRESS .................................................................................................................................................. 8
DMX O PERATION .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
A CCESSING THE 2 P ERSONALITIES :......................................................................................................................................................... 8
M ASTER /S LAVE M ODE (S OUND -A CTIVE , A UTO M ODE , S TATIC C OLORS ): .................................................................................................. 9
S TROBE S PEED : .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
S TANDALONE O PERATION .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Automatic ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Sound-Active .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Static Colors ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
Fixture Linking ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
DMX C HANNEL V ALUES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11
5. APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................................. 12
DMX P RIMER ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
G ENERAL M AINTENANCE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12
D ATA C ABLING .................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
DMX Data Cable ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
Cable Connectors ................................................................................................................................................... 13
F IXTURE L INKING ................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
3-P IN TO 5-P IN C ONVERSION C HART .................................................................................................................................................... 14
S ETTING UP A DMX S ERIAL D ATA L INK ................................................................................................................................................. 14
S ETTING THE S TARTING A DDRESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
G ENERAL T ROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
C ONTACT U S ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
R ETURNS P ROCEDURE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16
C LAIMS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 17