Elation Professional 15R User Manual

PLATINUM SPOT 15R PRO

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Thank you for your patronage. We are confident that our excellent products and service can
satisfy you. For your own safety, please read this user manual carefully before installing the
device.
In order to install , operate, and maintain the lighting safety and correctly. We suggest that the
installation and operation should be done by the verified technician and follow the instruction
strictly.

Every person involved with the installation, operation and maintenance of this device has to:

-be qualified

-follow carefully the instructions of this manual

INTRODUCTION:

Thank you for having chosen this professional moving head.
You will see you have acquired a powerful and versatile device.

Unpack the device. Inside the box you should find:

1. One XLR connection cable

2. Two omega clamps

3. One safety rope

4. Manual

Please check carefully that there is no damage caused by transportation. Should there be any,
consult your dealer and don’t install this device.

Features

·Lamp: Philips PLATINUM 15R

·3 DMX Channels mode: 21/23/34 channels

·Stand alone operation with Master/Slave function, sound activated via built in microphone.

·Pan and tilt movement: 8 and 16 bit resolution

For smooth and precise motion
Movement: Pan: 360°/540°optional, Tilt: 270°
Speed of pan/tilt movement adjustable
Scan position memory, auto reposition after unexpected movement

·Colors: Basic color wheel with 10 dichroic mirrors, plus white, two direction rainbow effect.

·CMY Variable Color Mixing for Infinite Color Possibilities

·Rotating gobo: 8 rotating gobos plus open, all gobos can be easily replaceable and gobo

indexing

·Static gobo wheel with 14 indexing gobos plus open, gobo shaking in different speed

·Prism and prism rotating , with 16 prism macros

·Linear dimmer in precise speed from 0% ~ 100%

·Stepless frost, 0%~100% linear change frost

·Motorized focus

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·Iris from 5%~100% with pulse iris effect.

·Zoom: 9°~27° linear zoom

·Strobe/shutter: High speed shutter, 0-13 Hz or random strobe

·Control board with full color LCD graphic display and touch-keyboard

·Auto-program: 7 pre-built programs can be selected.

·Software-upload by optional accessory via DMX line

Overview

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1) Lens

2) Display

3) Wireless indicator

4) DC Switch

5) Microphone

6) Left-button

7) Down-button

8) Right-button

9) Mode/Esc-button

10)Up-button

11)ENTER-button

12)Handle

13)Lamp bracketrear metal panel

14)3-Pin DMX in

15)3-Pin DMX out

16)5-Pin DMX in

17)5-Pin DMX out

18)Power input

19) Fuse

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

This device has left the factory in perfect condition. In order to maintain this condition and to
ensure a safe operation, it is absolutely necessary for the user to follow the safety instructions and
warning notes written in this user manual.

Important:
Damages caused by the disregard of this user manual are not subject to warranty. The
dealer will not accept liability for any resulting defects or problems.

If the device has been exposed to temperature changes due to environmental changes, do not
switch it on immediately. The arising condensation could damage the device. Leave the device
switched off until it has reached room temperature.

This device falls under protection-class I. Therefore it is essential that the device be earthed.

The electric connection must carry out by qualified person.

Make sure that the available voltage is not higher than stated at the end of this manual.

Make sure the power cord is never crimped or damaged by sharp edges. If this would be the case,
replacement of the cable must be done by an authorized dealer.

Always disconnect from the mains, when the device is not in use or before cleaning it. Only
handle the power cord by the plug. Never pull out the plug by tugging the power cord.

During initial start-up some smoke or smell may arise. This is a normal process and does not
necessarily mean that the device is defective, it should decrease gradually.

Please don't project the beam onto combustible substances.

If the external flexible cable or cord of this luminaire is damaged, it shall be exclusively replaced
by the manufacturer or his service agent or a similar qualified person in order to avoid a hazard.

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Please be aware that damages caused by manual modifications to the device are not subject
to warranty. Keep away from children and non-professionals.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

This device is a lighting effect for professional use on stages, in discotheques, theatres, etc., the
device was designed for indoor use only.

This fixture is only allowed to be operated with the max alternating current which stated in the
technical specifications in the last page of this manual.

Lighting effects are not designed for permanent operation. Consistent operation breaks may
ensure that the device will serve you for a long time without defects.

Do not shake the device.Avoid brute force when installing or operating the device.

While choosing the installation-spot, please make sure that the device is not exposed to extreme
heat, moisture or dust. Please don't project the beam onto combustible substances.The minimum
distance between light-output from the projector and the illuminated surface must be more than

1.5 meter.

If you use the quick lock cam in hanging up the fixture, please make sure the quick lock fasteners
turned in the quick lock holes correctly.

Operate the device only after having familiarized with its functions. Do not permit operation by
persons not qualified for operating the device. Most damages are the result of unprofessional
operation.

Please use the original packaging if the device is to be transported.

For safety reasons, please be aware that all modifications on the device are forbidden.

If this device will be operated in any way different to the one described in this manual, the
product may suffer damages and the guarantee becomes void. Furthermore, any other operation
may lead to short-circuit, burns, electric shock, lamp explosion, crash, etc.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

a) Installing or replacing the lamp

Before replacing the lamp let the lamp cool down, because during operation, the lamp can

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reach very high temperature.
During the installation of halogen lamps do not touch the glass bulbs bare handed. Always use a
cloth to handle the lamps during insertion and removal.
Do not install lamps with a higher wattage. They generate higher temperatures than which the
device was designed for.
For the installation, you need one: PLATINUM 15R

Procedures:

1) Unscrew the 3 screws (A, B, C) on the bottom of the housing, holding the plate where the
lamp is underneath. Carefully remove the metal plate.

2) For lamp replacement please move the lamp along arrowhead for the silkscreening .

Please remember the lamp is not a hot-restrike type, you must wait for approximately 10
minutes after having turned off the lamp before you can turn it back on again.

b) Mounting the device

The applicable temperature for the lighting is between -25°C to 45°C. Do not use the lighting
under or above the temperature.

The installation of the effect has to be built and constructed in a way that it can hold 10 times the
weight for 1 hour without any harming deformation.

The installation must always be secured with a secondary safety attachment, e.g. an appropriate
safety rope.

Never stand directly below the device when mounting, removing or servicing the fixture.

The operator has to make sure the safety relating and machine technical installations are
approved by an expert before taking the device into operation for the first time.

These installations have to be approved by a skilled person once a year.

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Overhead mounting requires extensive experience, including amongst others calculating
working load limits, installation material being used, and periodic safety inspection of all
installation material and the device. If you lack these qualifications, do not attempt the
installation yourself. Improper installation can result in bodily injury.

Before mounting make sure that the installation area can hold a minimum point load of 10 times
the device’s weight.
Connect the fixture to the mains with the power plug.

Installation via the Omega holders

a) Fixed the clamp on the bracket by tighten up the M12 screw on the bracket to the Ф13 hole in

the middle of the bracket.

b) Insert the quick-lock fasteners of the first Omega holder into the respective holes on the

bottom of the device. Tighten the quick-lock fasteners fully clockwise.

c) Install the second Omega holder.

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d) Pull the safety-rope through the holes on the bottom of the base and over the trussing system

or a safe fixation spot. Insert the end in the carabine and tighten the safety screw.

Notice: this step is quite important to ensure that the fixture will not drop out by the
damage of the clamp.

DMX-512 control connection

Connect the provided XLR cable to the female 3-pin XLR output of your controller and the other
side to the male 3-pin XLR input of the moving head. You can chain multiple
Moving head together through serial linking. The cable needed should be two core, screened
cable with XLR input and output connectors. Please refer to the diagram below.

DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator

For installations where the DMX cable has to run a long distance or is in an electrically noisy environment,
such as in a discotheque, it is recommended to use a DMX terminator. This helps in preventing corruption of
the digital control signal by electrical noise. The DMX terminator is simply an XLR plug with a 120 Ω resistor
connected between pins 2 and 3,which is then plugged into the output XLR socket of the last fixture in the
chain. Please see illustrations below.

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Address 1 Address 24 Address 47

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Projector DMX start address selection

All fixtures should be given a DMX starting address when using a DMX signal, so that the correct fixture
responds to the correct control signals. This digital starting address is the channel number from which the
fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control information sent out from the DMX controller. The allocation of
this starting address is achieved by setting the correct number on the display located on the base of the device.

You can set the same starting address for all fixtures or a group of fixtures, or make different address for each
fixture individually.
If you set the same address, all the units will start to “listen” to the same control signal from the same channel
number. In other words, changing the settings of one channel will affect all the fixtures simultaneously.
If you set a different address, each unit will start to “listen” to the channel number you have set, based on the
quantity of control channels of the unit. That means changing the settings of one channel will affect only the
selected fixture.

In the case of the wash head, which is a 23 channel fixture, you should set the starting address of the first unit
to 1, the second unit to 24(23 + 1), the third to 47 (23 + 24), and so on.

Operting instructions of the internal DMX wireless system

1. Equipments:

DMX 512 controller, wireless transmitter, and the fixtures with wireless receiver.

2. Message from the LED indicator:

1) Rapid flashing red/Green: logging in to a transmitter

2) Slow flashing Red/Green: Logged on a transmitter and the DMX line is idle (No DMX is

connected to transmitter).

3) Solid Green: Logged on to a transmitter and receiving DMX data.

4) Solid Red: Not logged on to a transmitter (free)

3． WDMX in the menu of the fixture:
On a fixture installed with wireless system, in order to switch between wireless control system
and traditional DMX control (with cable), a new menu WDMX is added to the display board.
ON: (Activate WDMX)

1) When the fixture is on power，and the WDMX is activated to ON status, but did not

connect to the controller and did not log in to the transmitter, the fixture will search for the DMX
signal source. If the fixture is connected to the DMX controller it can be controlled by DMX
controller; if it is log in to the wireless transmitter, it can be controlled by the Transmitter

2) When the fixture is power off, and the WDMX is in ON status, if the fixture is connected to
DMX controller. After the fixture is power on, it can be controlled only by the DMX controller
which connected. The fixture can log in the wireless transmitter, and receive only radio signal
from transmitter, but not DMX from the transmitter.

OFF: (De-activate WDMX)

In this status, wireless system is not activated, so the fixture can not log in the transmitter.

REST: (reset WDMX memory);

Can remove the fixture from the connection with the transmitter, the fixture become free and
ready to log in any transmitter.

OUT:（Act & Data Out）

4. Setup the wireless system:

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