Martin MAC Allure Wash PC User Manual

MAC Allure™ Wash PC
User Guide
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Revision A
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HARMAN PROFESSIONAL DENMARK ApS
, Olof Palmes Alle 44, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
HARMAN PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS U.S.
, 8500 Balboa Blvd., Northridge CA 91329, USA
www.martin.com
MAC Allure Wash PC User Guide, P/N 5115212-00, Rev. A
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Operating the fixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Shutter and strobe effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dimming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Color temperature control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Virtual color wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Full-fixture color mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Individual pixel color mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
P3 video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Control priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Beam effect (beamshaper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Focus and zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pan and tilt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pre-programmed FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
DMX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RDM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
P3 video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fixture setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixture ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Personality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Factory defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Custom settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fixture information readouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
DMX signal monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Test sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Manual control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Service utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting settings via DMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Illuminating the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Control menu setting overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing calibration offsets using DMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
DMX protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic DMX Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Extended DMX Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FX: pre-programmed effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Control panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service and display messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Introduction
Warning! Before installing, operating or servicing the MAC Allure™ Wash PC from Martin®, read the latest version of the product’s Safety and Installation Manual, paying particular attention to the Safety Precautions section. The Safety and Installation Manual is supplied with the fixture. The latest version is also available for download from the MAC Allure Wash PC area of the Martin website at www.martin.com.
This User Guide is a supplement to the Installation and Safety Manual that is supplied with the MAC Allure Wash PC. Both these documents are available for download from the MAC Allure Wash PC area of the Martin website at www.martin.com. This User Guide contains information that is mainly of interest for lighting designers and operators, whereas the Safety and Installation Manual contains important information for all users, especially installers and technicians.
We recommend that you check the Martin website regularly for updated documentation, because we publish revised versions each time we can improve the quality of the information we provide and each time we release new firmware with changes or new features. Each time we revise this guide we list any important changes on page 2 so that you can keep track of updates.
Operating the fixture
Before applying power to or operating the MAC Allure Wash PC:
• Read the ‘Safety Information’ section of the fixture’s Safety and Installation Manual.
• Check that the installation is safe and secure.
• Check that the base is fastened securely so that the torque reaction when the head moves will not cause the base to move.
• Check that the head tilt lock is released.
• Be prepared for the fixture to light up suddenly. Check that no-one is looking at the fixture from close range.
• Be prepared for the head to move suddenly. Check that there will be no risk of collision with persons or objects.
The MAC Allure Wash PC does not have an On/Off switch. To apply power to the fixture, apply power to the power input cable.
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Effects
This section gives details of the effects available in the MAC Allure Wash PC. See the DMX protocol table on page 20 for a list of channels and commands used to control the effects via DMX.
Where fine control is available, the main control channel sets the first 8 bits (the most significant byte or MSB), and the fine channels set the second 8 bits (the least significant byte or LSB) of the 16-bit control byte. In other words, the fine channel works within the position set by the coarse channel.
When the MAC Allure Wash PC is included in a Martin P3™ video system, the fixture provides seven pixels that can be controlled from a P3 video controller and media server or other video source.
Shutter and strobe effects
The MAC Allure Wash PC’s electronic shutter effect provides instant blackout and snap open as well as regular or random strobe effects with variable speed from approx. 2 Hz to 20 Hz.
Dimming
Smooth 0-100% overall dimming is available with 16-bit control resolution.
Color temperature control
Color temperature control is available on a dedicated CTC channel. You can adjust the fixture’s color temperature from 2000 K to 10 000 K in 50 K steps.
Virtual color wheel
The MAC Allure Wash PC offers 36 color presets, almost all of which are Lee-referenced. Presets are controlled using a virtual color wheel control model. Colors can be applied as split colors or in full-color steps. Virtual color wheel scrolling lets you applying color presets sequentially with control of speed and order of color sequence. Color presets can also be applied at random at fast, medium or slow speed.
Full-fixture color mixing
16-bit RGB control of the overall output of the fixture is available on six DMX channels in both Basic and Extended DMX modes.
Individual pixel color mixing
See Figure 1. The MAC Allure Wash PC’s beam can be divided into seven segments that are numbered as shown in Figure 1. You can use the focus channel to adjust the definition of the segments from sharply outlined to softly merged.
Individual 16-bit RGB control of each of the fixture’s seven segments is available in Extended DMX mode.
Segments are always treated as individual pixels in a P3 video system.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Figure 1: Pixel segments
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P3 video
The MAC Allure Wash PC is compliant with the Martin P3™ distributed video system. If you add the fixture to a P3 installation, the P3 controller will treat the fixture’s seven segments as seven pixels regardless of which DMX mode the fixture is set to.
P3 control lets you match the color and intensity of MAC Allure Wash PC fixtures precisely and instantly with other P3 video display fixtures or panels in an installation.
Control priority
The MAC Allure Wash PC auto-senses and responds correctly to whichever control protocol it is receiving: DMX and/or RDM via standard DMX cable, DMX and/or RDM via Art-Net or streaming ACN over Ethernet cable, or P3 video.
If the fixture is connected to both DMX and P3 video signals, The P3 DMX channel (channel 21) lets you determine which signal should take priority. You can also crossfade, which means that you can superimpose DMX data with variable opacity from 0% to 100% onto the P3 video output that is being displayed on the fixture’s pixels.
Beam effect (beamshaper)
The beamshaper can be deployed at indexed angles or rotated with variable direction and speed.
Focus and zoom
Adjusting focus lets you vary the sharpness of the projection at different distances.
The MAC Allure Wash PC’s zoom lens varies the focused beam angle from 12° to 36° with the standard lens installed. Wide zoom angles allow sharp focus on projection surfaces close to the fixture. At narrower zoom angles, sharp focus is only possible further from the fixture.
Long-range focus can always be set to infinity
Zoom/focus linking
Focus varies with zoom angle, but focus can be linked to zoom so that it automatically adjusts to match changes in zoom angle.
Linked zoom/focus works within 3 distance ranges: close-, medium- and long-range. The ranges are as follows (figures are approximate):
• Close (5 - 10 meters / 16.5 - 33 ft.)
• Medium (10 - 20 meters / 33 - 66 ft.)
• Long (20 meters - infinity / 66 ft. -
∞)
To link zoom and focus, select a distance range using the Fixture Control/Settings DMX channel or FOCUS TRACKING in the control panel PERSONALITY menu. Then adjust focus to obtain the required degree of
sharpness. Linking is now enabled and focus will auto-adjust to match changes in zoom angle.
Pan and tilt
Coarse and fine pan and tilt control are available in both Basic and Extended DMX modes.
Pre-programmed FX
The MAC Allure Wash PC offers a range of pre-programmed effect macros that we simply call FX. See “FX: pre-programmed effects” on page 26.
The built-in FX give instant access to complex dynamic effects with no need for time-consuming programming at the controller.
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Depending on how you set up DMX/P3 crossfading on the P3 channel (DMX channel 21), you can superimpose FX over any P3 video that the fixture is displaying.
Note that firmware updates can add new FX to those that are available in the fixture. If new FX are added, the change will be mentioned in the release notes and a new revision of this User Guide will be made available for download in the MAC Allure Wash PC area of the Martin website at www.martin.com
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Control panel
You can configure individual fixture settings (such as the MAC Allure Wash PC’s DMX address), read out data, execute service operations and view error messages using the fixture’s backlit graphic display and control panel.
When the MAC Allure Wash PC is powered on, it first boots and resets, then it displays its DMX address (or its fixture ID number, if one has been set) and any status messages (see page 31) in the display A.
The display can be set to automatically rotate to match standing or hanging fixture orientation in the
PERSONALITY DISPLAY menu or the Shortcuts menu (see “Shortcuts” on page 9).
Using the control panel
• Press the Menu button C or Enter button E to access the menus.
• Use the Up and Down buttons D to scroll up and down menus.
• Press the Enter button E to enter a menu or make a selection.
• The currently selected item in a menu is indicated by a star .
• Press the Menu button C to step backwards through the menus.
Status LED
The LED F next to the control buttons indicates fixture status by showing a color and DMX status by flashing or lighting constantly:
GREEN: All parameters normal.
AMBER: Warning (service interval exceeded, for example). If ERROR MODE is set to Normal, the warning message will be shown in the display. If ERROR MODE is
set to Silent, the display must be activated by pressing the Enter button C to display the warning message.
RED: Error detected. If ERROR MODE is set to Normal, the error message will be shown in the display. If ERROR MODE is set
to Silent, display the error message BY GOING TO NORMAL OR SERVICE - ERROR LIST.
FLASHING: No DMX signal detected.
CONSTANT: Valid DMX signal detected.
The status LED is only active when the display is active. If the display enters sleep mode, the LED will also sleep.
Figure 2: Display and control panel
1
DMX ADDRESS
DMX RANGE 1–68
B
F
D
A - XLR connectors B - EtherCON connectors C - Menu D - Up/Down
E- Enter F - Status LED G - USB port / battery compartment H - LCD display
A
G
C
E
D
H
Control panel 9
Battery power
The MAC Allure Wash PC’s onboard battery gives access to the most important functions in the control panel when the fixture is not connected to AC power. The following functions are available on battery power:
• DMX address
• DMX control mode (Basic/Extended)
• Fixture ID
• All personality settings (pan/tilt, cooling, fan clean mode, dimming curve, DMX reset, parameter shortcuts, all display settings, error mode)
• Default settings
• Information (Power On Hours and Power Cycles counters, Software version)
• Error list
To activate the display when the fixture is not connected to power, press the Menu button C. Press again to enter the menus. The display extinguishes after 10 seconds with no user input and the control panel is de-activated after 1 minute with no user input. Press the Menu button C again to re-activate.
Shortcuts
If you hold the Menu button C pressed in for 2 - 3 seconds, a shortcut menu with the most important commands appears. Select a command with the Up and Down buttons D and press the Enter button E to activate, or press the Menu button C again to cancel.
RESET ALL resets the whole fixture
ROTATE DISPLAY rotates the MAC Allure Wash PC display 180°.
Settings stored permanently
The following settings are stored permanently in the fixture memory and are not affected by powering the MAC Allure Wash PC off and on or by updating the fixture software:
• DMX address
• DMX control mode (Basic/Extended)
• Fixture ID
• All personality settings (pan/tilt, cooling, dimming curve, DMX reset, parameter shortcuts, all display settings, error mode, etc.)
• Resettable counters
• Service settings (adjustment, calibration)
These settings can be returned to factory defaults using the control menus or via DMX.
Service mode
Holding the Menu and Enter buttons C and E both pressed in while powering the fixture on puts the fixture into service mode, in which pan and tilt are disabled and a SERV warning appears in the display. Service mode removes the risk of unexpected head movement during service adjustments.
Cycling power and allowing the fixture to start normally takes it out of service mode.
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Control options
You can control the MAC Allure Wash PC using DMX and/or Martin P3 video protocol. The fixture auto-senses the type of data that it is receiving and will respond correctly with no need for manual protocol selection.
The following options are available:
• DMX control over standard DMX cable connected to the fixture’s 5-pin XLR connectors.
• DMX control using Art-Net over Ethernet cable connected to the fixture’s etherCON connectors.
• DMX control using streaming ACN over Ethernet cable connected to the fixture’s etherCON connectors.
• DMX control over DMX cable and P3 video display data over Ethernet cable.
• P3 video display data with embedded DMX commands over Ethernet cable. If you connect DMX / Art-Net / sACN to the P3 system controller, the controller can merge the DMX commands into the P3 video signal and send them to the fixture over Ethernet.
You can decide how the fixture should behave if it receives both a DMX signal at its XLR connectors and a P3 signal at its etherCON connectors. The default setting is for the DMX signal to take priority, but you can set the P3 signal to take priority and you can crossfade between DMX and P3.
Fail-safe connection
The MAC Allure Wash PC has a fail-safe network connection. If the fixture loses power or if you shut it down, it will continue to relay an Ethernet signal, and the Art-Net / sACN / P3 signal to the other networked fixtures in the daisy chain will not be interrupted.
Data rate
Any Ethernet switch used to relay Art-Net, streaming ACN or P3 data to the MAC Allure Wash PC must be capable of running at 10/100 Mbps speed, as the fixture does not support Gigabit Ethernet data rates.
DMX
The MAC Allure Wash PC accepts a DMX-512A data signal.
DMX setup
The DMX address, also known as the start channel, is the first channel used to receive instructions from the controller. For independent control, each fixture must be assigned its own control channels. If you give two MAC Allure Wash PC fixtures the same address, they will behave identically. Address sharing can be useful for diagnostic purposes and symmetrical control, particularly when combined with the inverse pan and tilt options.
DMX addressing is limited to make it impossible to set the DMX address so high that you are left without enough control channels for the fixture.
To set the fixture’s DMX address:
1. Press Enter to open the main menu.
2. Press Enter to enter the DMX ADDRESS menu, then scroll to the desired address and press Enter to
save.
3. Press Menu to exit.
DMX modes
The CONTROL MODE menu lets you set the MAC Allure Wash PC to one of the two DMX operating modes, Basic and Extended:
• Basic mode offers 8-bit control of strobe, CTC effects, virtual color wheel, beamshaper, FX and other selection functions plus 16-bit control of RGB, dimmer, zoom, focus, pan and tilt.
• Extended mode includes all the functionality of Basic mode but adds individual 16-bit RGB control of each of the fixture’s seven pixel segments. Use Extended mode if you want to patch virtual dimmers to individual pixels.
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To set the fixture’s DMX mode:
1. Press Enter to enter the main menu.
2. Scroll to CONTROL MODE, then press Enter. Scroll to select either BASIC or EXTENDED, then press
Enter to save.
3. Press Menu to exit.
Note that a P3 controller connected to the MAC Allure Wash PC will always treat the fixture as seven individual pixels, regardless of whether the fixture is in Basic or Extended DMX mode.
Art-Net and streaming ACN setup
The MAC Allure Wash PC automatically assigns itself an IP address when connected to Art-Net and sACN, as provided for in the Art-Net and sACN standards. Manually assigning IP addresses is not necessary.
In the DMX SETUP menu in the control panel, you can allocate the fixture to a DMX universe for multiple DMX control via Art-Net or sACN.
Using the ETHERNET SETUP menu in the control panel, you can display the fixture’s current IP address and subnet mask or assign new ones by entering them manually. You can also display the fixture’s MAC address.
RDM
The MAC Allure Wash PC can communicate over standard DMX cable and over Art-Net and sACN Ethernet links using RDM (Remote Device Management) in accordance with ESTA’s American National Standard E1.20-2006.
RDM is a bi-directional communications protocol for use in DMX512 control systems, it is the open standard for DMX512 device configuration and status monitoring.
The RDM protocol allows data packets to be inserted into a DMX512 data stream without affecting existing non-RDM equipment. It allows a console or dedicated RDM controller to send commands to and receive messages from specific fixtures.
RDM ID
Each MAC Allure Wash PC has a factory-set RDM UID (unique identification number) that makes it addressable and identifiable in RDM systems. The number can be found in the control panel
INFORMATION menu under RDM UID.
RDM communication
The MAC Allure Wash PC supports the standard RDM PIDs (Parameter IDs) required by ESTA plus a range of manufacturer-specific PIDs. Sending SUPPORTED_PARAMETERS and PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION commands from an RDM controller will call up a list of the PIDs supported by the fixture.
Note that a firmware update can sometimes expand a fixture’s RDM functionality. If this happens, the firmware release notes will give details.
P3 video
The MAC Allure Wash PC accepts video data using Martin’s proprietary P3 video protocol that has been a well-established standard in the industry for over 10 years. It lets you send a video signal from a media server or other video source to P3-compliant video display devices and LED lighting fixtures over Ethernet cable using Martin’s reliable P3 data protocol.
The intuitive graphic user interface in Martin P3 controllers lets you visualize and set up a custom installation that can contain a huge number of display devices in any kind of physical arrangement within a few minutes. Device identification is automatic. You can arrange devices on the monitor using drag-and-drop. System latency is often zero and typically < 1 ms. If you use P3 you do not need to worry about IP addresses, as P3 does not use IP addresses or communication.
The MAC Allure Wash PC’s seven segments will always be treated as seven individual pixels in by a P3 video system controller, regardless of whether the fixture is set to Basic or Extended DMX mode.
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