Martin Pro MAC Quantum Profile White User's Guide
MAC Quantum Profile™
USER GUIDE
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User Documentation update information
Any important changes in the MAC Quantum Profile User Guide are listed below.
Revision B
Covers MAC Quantum Profile firmware version 1.1.0.
Revision A
First version released. Covers MAC Quantum Profile firmware version 1.0.0.
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Optical configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Prism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Color wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Static gobo wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rotating gobo wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control panel operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
DMX address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DMX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixture ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Personality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Factory defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Custom settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fixture information readouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
DMX signal monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Test sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Manual control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting settings via DMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Illuminating the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Control menu setting overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing calibration offsets using DMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
RDM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RDM ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RDM communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Software service functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Service utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Firmware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
DMX protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
FX: pre-programmed effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Control panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service and display messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Introduction
Warning! Before using the MAC Quantum Profile™, read the latest version of the product’s Safety
and Installation Manual, paying particular attention to the Safety Precautions section.
This User Guide is a supplement to the Installation and Safety Manual that is supplied with the MAC
Quantum Profile. Both these documents are available for download from 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.
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Effects
This section gives details of the effects in the MAC Quantum Profile. See the DMX protocol tables starting
on page 20 for details of the channels used to control the effects.
Where fine control is available, the main DMX control channel sets the first 8 bits (the most significant byte
or MSB), and the fine channel sets 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.
Gobos
The MAC Quantum Profile has two gobo wheels, one with six rotating gobos and one with ten static gobos.
Rotating gobos can be indexed, rotated with variable speed and direction and shaken. Shake can be varied
from a slow 360° shake to a fast 10° shake.
Color control
The fixture features continuous CMY color mixing as well as a color wheel with six color filters plus open.
Prism
The fixture features a three-facet prism that can be rotated with variable speed and direction.
Iris
An iris is available with 0 - 100% continuous opening and variable speed animation effects.
Electronic shutter and strobe effects
Electronic shutter/strobe effects include instant blackout and snap open as well as a regular or random
strobe with variable speed from 1 Hz to 20 Hz.
Dimming
Electronic dimming is available with 8-bit resolution in 16-bit Basic Mode and 16-bit resolution in 16-bit
Extended Mode.
Zoom
The zoom system lets you vary the beam angle to allow wide or tight washlight and mid-air beam effects.
Focus
Projections can be focused from approximately 2 meters (7 ft.) to infinity remotely using DMX.
Pan and tilt
8-bit and 16-bit pan and tilt control are available in both 16-bit Basic and 16-bit Extended modes.
FX: pre-programmed effects
A library of pre-programmed effects is available via DMX in 16-bit Extended mode. These effects are called
FX in this manual and in the fixture menus. The library is available twice in the DMX channel layout with
identical functions and effects, and two different FX can be combined and run simultaneously with one
‘superimposed’ over the other.
See “FX: pre-programmed effects” on page 25 for an overview of the FX available.
You can select an FX on DMX channel 23 or 25. If you want to run two FX in combination, make a selection
on both channel 23 and 25.
Where modification is possible, the selected FX can be modified using its FX adjust channel. Modifications
can include speed, amount, offset, smoothness, etc. depending on the FX selected.
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FX Sync
If two or more fixtures are set to display the same FX (and if the FX consists of a repeating cycle), its start
point and duration can be synchronized in multiple fixtures by sending commands on the FX
Synchronization channel. For synchronization to work, you must send the commands to all the fixtures at
the same time.
Synchronized and sync shift FX display
You can set fixtures so that they all start the FX cycle at the same time or you can shift a fixture’s FX start
time so that it displays its FX in sync with other fixtures but with a time offset (delayed start). If you send a
180° offset command, for example, the fixture will start its FX cycle halfway through the cycle of a fixture
that has no offset.
Random operation
The random start option randomizes the starting points of FX cycles in multiple fixtures. The overall speed
of the FX is controlled on its adjust channel.
The random duration option randomizes the duration of FX. If you set multiple fixtures to random duration,
the duration of an FX cycle will be different in the different fixtures. You can use each fixture’s FX adjust
channel to set an upper limit for the speed of the FX cycle in that fixture.
FX priority and overriding
If an FX is activated, it overrides any other settings for the parameters that the FX modifies. For example, an
FX that modifies the zoom will override any zoom angle set on the zoom channel (DMX channel 3).
If the same FX is selected on both the FX1 select and FX2 select channels, only the FX1 adjust channel is
active. The FX2 adjust channel is ignored.
If different FX are selected on the FX1 select and FX2 select channels, FX2 is superimposed onto FX1 and
FX2 overrides FX1 whenever both FX modify the same parameter.
Animotion™ FX
Animotion™ effect options (for which patents are pending) are available by sending DMX values 30 - 37 on
the FX channels. Animotion™ is an innovative type of beam movement that can be used for both dynamic
projection and mid-air effects.
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Optical configuration
Slot 1 - Blue 101 SPSlot 6 - Red 310 SP
Slot 2 - Green 203 SP
Open
Slot 3 - CTC LED 6800-3200 K SPSlot 4 - Magenta 522 SP
Slot 5- Congo Blue 108 SP
Figure 1: MAC Quantum Profile color wheel
Prism
The MAC Quantum Profile is supplied with an interchangeable three-facet rotating prism installed.
Color wheel
The MAC Quantum Profile color wheel has six interchangeable dichroic filters and an open position
(illustration shows color wheel viewed from front of head):
As standard, the MAC Quantum Profile is supplied with the following color filters installed:
• Slot 1 - Blue 101 SP - P/N 46404801
• Slot 2 - Green 203 SP - P/N 46404802
• Slot 3 - CTC LED 6800-3200 K SP - P/N 46404803
• Slot 4 - Magenta 522 SP - P/N 46404804
• Slot 5 - Congo Blue 108 SP - P/N 46404805
• Slot 6 - Red 310 SP - P/N 46404806
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Static gobo wheel
Figure 2: MAC Quantum Profile static gobo wheel
Gobo 1
Gobo 2
Gobo 3
Gobo 4
Open
Gobo 5
Gobo 8
Gobo 7
Gobo 6
Gobo 9
Gobo 10
Figure 3: MAC Quantum Profile rotating gobo wheel
Gobo 1
Open
Gobo 2
Gobo 3Gobo 4
Gobo 5
Gobo 6
The MAC Quantum Profile’s static gobo wheel has 10 static gobos plus an open position.
Rotating gobo wheel
The MAC Quantum Profile’s rotating gobo wheel has 6 rotating gobos plus an open position. See Figure 3
(wheel viewed from front of head).
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Rotating gobos
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Rotating gobos
1. Spidey, D27.9/d24, hm glass..................................P/N 43110005
2. Wind My Mill, D27.9/d24, hm glass ........................P/N 43110013
3. Limbo, D27.6, tex. glass, glued in holder .............. P/N 62327298
4. Ray Brush, D27.9/d24, hm glass............................P/N 43110002
5. Whirlpool, D27.9/d24, hm glass .............................P/N 43110003
6. To Boldly Go, D27.9/d24, hm glass ........................P/N 43110004
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The standard gobos that are supplied installed in the fixture are shown in the correct order in Figure 4.
All gobos are interchangeable, but replacement gobos must match the dimensions, construction and quality
of the gobos supplied as standard. The gobos are 27.9 mm external diameter, 24 mm image area diameter.
Limbo is a textured glass gobo that is glued permanently into its holder. If you replace Limbo, you will
therefore need to order an additional goboholder to accept the new gobo.
Handling, installing and storing the gobos requires special care. See the MAC Quantum Profile Safety and
Installation Guide for details.
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Control panel operations
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DMX ADDRESS
DMX RANGE 1–33
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A - Menu
B - Up/Down
C - Enter
D - Status LED
E - USB port
You can configure individual fixture settings (such as the MAC Quantum Profile’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 Quantum Profile 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 the range of DMX channels it uses in the DMX mode it is
currently set to and any status messages (see “Service and display messages” on page 30) in the display.
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 11).
Using the control panel
• Press the Menu button A or Enter button C to access the menus.
• Use the Up and Down buttons B to scroll up and down menus.
• Press the Enter button C to enter a menu or make a selection.
• The currently selected item in a menu is indicated by a star .
• Press the Menu button A to step backwards through the menus.
Status LED
The LED D next to the control buttons indicates fixture status depending on the color displayed and DMX
status depending on whether the LED flashes or lights constantly:
• GREEN: All parameters normal.
• AMBER: Warning:.
-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.
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-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.
Besides color, the status LED also gives the following information:
• FLASHING: No DMX signal detected.
• CONSTANT: Valid DMX signal detected
Battery power
The MAC Quantum Profile’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
• Personality settings (pan/tilt invert, pan/tilt and effects speed, dimmer curve, focus tracking, video
tracking, DMX reset, effect shortcuts, cooling mode, display behavior and error mode)
• Default settings
• Information (power on hours and power cycle counters, software version)
• Error list
To activate the display when the fixture is not connected to power, press the Menu button A. 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 A again to re-activate.
Shortcuts
If you hold the Menu button A pressed in for 2 - 3 seconds, a shortcut menu with the most important
commands appears. Select a command with the Up and Down buttons B and press the Enter button C to
activate, or press the Menu button again to cancel.
• RESET ALL resets the whole fixture
• ROTATE DISPLAY rotates the MAC Quantum Profile display 180°.
Settings stored permanently
The following settings are stored permanently in the fixture memory and are not affected by powering the
MAC Quantum Profile off and on or by updating the fixture software:
• DMX address
• DMX control mode (Basic/Extended)
• Fixture ID
• All personality settings
• Resettable counters
• Service settings
These settings can be returned to factory defaults using the control menus or via DMX.
Service mode
Holding the Menu and Enter buttons A and C 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 lamp adjustment. Cycling power and allowing
the fixture to start normally takes it out of service mode.
DMX address
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 Quantum Profile 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.
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