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PRG Controlling VARI-LITE Equipment Using DMX 512 User Manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Manual .......................................................................................................................... 1

Additional Documentation ........................................................................................................ 1
Equipment Covered ................................................................................................................... 2
Cable/Connector Terminology .................................................................................................. 3

Customer Service ............................................................................................................................. 4

Chapter 1. System Operation

Theory of Operation

System Overview ............................................................................................................................. 6
AC Service ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Console Types .................................................................................................................................. 8

Fixture-Library Consoles........................................................................................................... 8
Channel Based Consoles ........................................................................................................... 9

DMX512 Modes and Patching

DMX512 Modes ............................................................................................................................ 10

Series 300 Smart Repeater....................................................................................................... 10
Series 300 DMX Power Pack .................................................................................................. 12
Mode Setting Table for the DMX Power Pack ....................................................................... 13

Thumbwheel Addresses ................................................................................................................. 14
Patching.......................................................................................................................................... 14

Patching A Fixture Library Console........................................................................................ 14
Patching Channel-Based Consoles .......................................................................................... 15
Using the Console to Make Programming Easier ................................................................... 15

Luminaire Timing Channels .......................................................................................................... 16
Mini-Stepping ................................................................................................................................ 17
Luminaire Reset ............................................................................................................................. 17

Equipment Power Requirements

Overview........................................................................................................................................ 18
Three-Phase Power Source ............................................................................................................ 18

Delta/Wye Configuration ........................................................................................................ 18
Input Voltage ........................................................................................................................... 19
Configuring Equipment For Delta or Wye Operation............................................................. 20
Phase Balancing....................................................................................................................... 21

Current Requirements .................................................................................................................... 22

Current Calculation ................................................................................................................. 22

Power Metering.............................................................................................................................. 23