Chauvet 86 - 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
M ASTER /S LAVE M ODE (A UTO M ODE , S TATIC ) ......................................................................................................................................... 8
S TANDALONE O PERATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Automatic .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Sound-Active ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
Static ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Fixture Linking .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
DMX C HANNEL V ALUES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9
5. APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
DMX P RIMER ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
G ENERAL M AINTENANCE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
D ATA C ABLING .................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
DMX Data Cable ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Cable Connectors ................................................................................................................................................... 11
F IXTURE L INKING ................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
3-P IN TO 5-P IN C ONVERSION C HART .................................................................................................................................................... 12
S ETTING UP A DMX S ERIAL D ATA L INK ................................................................................................................................................. 12
S ETTING THE S TARTING A DDRESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
G ENERAL T ROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................................................................................................................. 13
C ONTACT U S ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
R ETURNS P ROCEDURE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14
C LAIMS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 15