Martin Pro MAC Quantum Wash White User's Guide

MAC Quantum Wash™

USER GUIDE

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P/N 35000277, Rev. C

User Documentation update information

Any important changes in the MAC Quantum Wash User Guide are listed below.

Revision C

Corrects mistake in text before Table 5, top of page 28, listing DMX channels used to control FX.

Revision B

RGB control in Basic mode now 16-bit. New FX added to Extended mode. Covers MAC Quantum Wash firmware
version 2.0.0 (including possible need for pan/tilt adjustment after update from firmware v.1.x.x).

Revision A

First version released. Covers MAC Quantum Wash firmware version 1.1.0

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Beam zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Color control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Beam Twister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Color temperature control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Electronic shutter and strobe effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Dimming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pan and tilt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

FX: pre-programmed effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Control panel operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

DMX address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

DMX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Fixture ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Personality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Factory defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Custom settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Fixture information readouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

DMX signal monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Test sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Manual control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Adjusting settings via DMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Illuminating the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Control menu setting overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Changing calibration offsets using DMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

RDM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

RDM ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

RDM communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Software service functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Service utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Firmware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Updating from firmware version 1.x.x to 2.0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

DMX protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Basic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Extended mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

FX: pre-programmed effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Color temperature control data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Control panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Service and display messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Introduction

Warning! Before using the MAC Quantum Wash™, 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 Wash. 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 that can be controlled via DMX. See the DMX protocol tables
starting on page 18 for details of the channels used to control them.

Where fine control is available, the main 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.

Beam zones

The LED array in the MAC Quantum Wash can be controlled in three beam zones plus the Aura:

•Center spot

• Middle ring

• Outer ring

• Aura (backlight effect)

Zones can be controlled together in various combinations or independently.

Color control

The ‘color wheel effect’ channel offers a range of single-color presets which control the fixture’s beam zones
together, plus a range of split-color presets in which center, middle and outer rings display different colors to
give multicolored beam and projection effects.

In Extended DMX control mode the ‘color wheel effect’ can be applied to all the beam zones as one unit.
8-bit RGB color mixing is available for each of the beam zones independently. The ‘color wheel’ can also be
applied to the Aura (backlight).

In Basic DMX control mode from software version 2.0.0, the ‘color wheel effect’ can be applied to all the
beam zones together. 16-bit RGB color control for all the beam zones together is also available.

White LEDs are not controlled separately but are deployed automatically as required during color mixing.

Beam Twister

The MAC Quantum Wash uses a rotating lens array over the outer ring of LEDs to provide ‘Beam Twister’
effects. Combining use of the rotating lens array, the zoom system and the fixture’s different beam zones
gives complex and dynamic multicolored mid-air beam, projection and front glass effects.

In Extended mode, you can set the Beam Twister effect to an indexed angle or rotate it with variable speed
in either direction You can also select from a range of pre-programmed Beam Twister effects that combine
lens rotation, zoom and multicolored beam zones.

Color temperature control

The MAC Quantum Wash provides white output with CTC (color temperature control) that is controllable
from 2000 K to 10 000 K in precise 50 K increments.

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.

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Dimming

16-bit resolution overall dimming is available in both Basic and Extended modes.

Zoom

The zoom system lets you vary the beam angle to allow wide or tight washlight and mid-air beam effects.
The zoom adds visual impact to beam effects when combined with the Beam Twister.

Pan and tilt

8-bit and 16-bit pan and tilt control are available in both Basic and Extended modes.

FX: pre-programmed effects

From software version 2.0.0, a library of pre-programmed effects is available via DMX in 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 28 for an overview of the FX available.

Some FX make one function depend on another (AURA COLOR OFFSET makes the Aura color follow
changes in the color of the other beam zones but with an offset on the color circle, for example). Other FX
consist of repeating cycles of effects.

You select an FX on DMX channel 14 or 16. If you want to run two FX in combination, make a selection on
both channel 14 and 16.

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.

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.

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.

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Control panel operations

C

Figure 1: Display and control panel

1

DMX ADDRESS

DMX RANGE 1–33

E

D

A

B

B

A - Menu
B - Up/Down
C - Enter

D - Status LED
E - USB port

You can configure individual fixture settings (such as the MAC Quantum Wash’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 Wash 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 33) 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 8).

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 (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.

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Battery power

The MAC Quantum Wash’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 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 Wash display 180°.

Settings stored permanently

The following settings are stored permanently in the fixture memory and are not affected by powering the
MAC Quantum Wash off and on or by updating the fixture software:

• 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)

• Resettable counters

• Service settings (calibration, firmware)

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 Wash 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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DMX modes

Output

DMX % DMX % DMX % DMX %

Output

Output

Output

Linear S-curve Square law Inverse square law

Figure 2: Dimming curve options

The CONTROL MODE menu lets you set the MAC Quantum Wash to one of the two DMX operating modes,
basic 16-bit and extended 16-bit:

• Basic 16-bit mode offers coarse control of all effects plus fine control of RGB, dimmer, pan and tilt.

• Extended 16-bit mode provides coarse control only of RGB plus all the features of basic 16-bit mode plus
control of the Beam Twister effect and independent control of the different beam zones Outer, Middle,
Center and Aura. It also gives access to the range of pre-programmed FX.

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.

Fixture ID

The MAC Quantum Wash lets you set a four-digit ID number to ease identification of the fixtures in an
installation. When a fixture is powered on for the first time, it displays its DMX address by default. As soon
as you set an ID number other than 0 in FIXTURE ID, the MAC Quantum Wash will display this ID number
by default, and indicate FIXTURE ID in the display.

Personality

The MAC Quantum Wash provides several options that let you optimize the fixture for different applications
in the PERSONALITY menu:

• The PAN/TILT menu lets you swap and/or invert pan and tilt.

• The SPEED menu lets you set PAN/TILT to NORMAL, FAST (optimized for speed) or SLOW (optimized
for smooth movement – useful for slow movements in long-throw applications). Likewise, you can select
an overall speed for all the effects by setting EFFECT speed to NORMAL, FAST or SLOW. You can also
set effect speed to FOLLOW P/T, in which effects will always use whatever speed is set for pan and tilt.

• DIMMER CURVE provides four dimming options (see Figure 2):

- LINEAR – (optically linear) the increase in light intensity appears to be linear as DMX value is

increased.

- S-CURVE – light intensity control is finer at low levels and high levels and coarser at medium levels.

This curve emulates the RMS voltage dimming characteristics of an incandescent lamp such as the
tungsten halogen lamp of the Martin™ MAC TW1™.

- SQUARE LAW – light intensity control is finer at low levels and coarser at high levels.

- INV SQUARE LAW – light intensity control is coarser at low levels and finer at high levels.

• COLOR MODE offers two options that affect color saturation and evenness between fixtures:

- Extended Color mode optimizes LED deployment for color saturation and gets the deepest color

saturation possible from the LEDs. The white color point is calibrated and even across different fixtures,
but as the fixture approaches full color saturation there can be very small differences in color rendition
between different fixtures.

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- Calibrated Color mode (called Common Color mode in fixture software v.1.1.0) optimizes LED

deployment for even color rendition between fixtures. All fixtures display identical color from white point
to full color saturation, and maximum color saturation levels are limited slightly to ensure this.

• VIDEO TRACKING optimizes performance if the MAC Quantum Wash is used with a video source.
In normal use, the fixture processes the DMX signal it receives, tracking (or smoothing out) changes in

values in order to ensure smooth fading between colors and/or intensities. This signal processing takes
fractions of a second and is normally invisible, but if the fixture is used to display video (using Martin P3™
video system components to convert video to DMX, for example) the processing can interfere with video
response times. If you enable video tracking, the fixture does not ‘smooth out’ DMX input but instead
snaps instantly when a DMX value changes.

For best results, we recommend that you enable video tracking during video display and disable it (the
default setting) during normal DMX control.

• DMX RESET defines whether the fixture or individual effects can be reset by sending a DMX command
on the fixture settings channel. Setting it to OFF can help you avoid accidentally sending a Reset
command during a show, for example.

• EFFECT SHORTCUT determines whether the effects take the shortest path between two positions
(shortcuts enabled) or not (shortcuts disabled). If shortcuts are enabled, the virtual color wheel effect can
go through a virtual open position during changes from one color to another just as a mechanical color
wheel would.

• COOLING MODE lets you select between two cooling fan options depending on whether your priority is
highest light output or quietest cooling fan operation:

- REGULATE FANS optimizes cooling fan operation for light output. It controls fixture temperature by

varying cooling fan speed up to the maximum speed available and does not limit light intensity.

- REGULATE INTENSITY optimizes cooling fan operation for quietness. It limits cooling fan speed to a

level that causes minimal noise and controls fixture temperature by limiting light intensity when
necessary.

• DISPLAY offers the following options for the LCD display:

- DISPLAY SLEEP determines whether the display remains on permanently, or goes into sleep mode 2,

5 or 10 minutes after the last time a control panel button is pressed.

- DISPLAY INTENSITY lets you define the brightness of the display backlighting. Select Auto for

automatic adjustment to match the ambient light level, or manually set the intensity to a level from 0% to
100%.

- DISPLAY ROTATION lets you rotate the display manually through 180° so that it can be read easily no

matter how the fixture is oriented. If set to Auto, the MAC Quantum Wash senses its orientation and
rotates the display automatically.

- DISPLAY CONTRAST lets you define the contrast of the backlit graphic display. Select Auto for

automatic adjustment to match display intensity, or manually set the contrast to a level from 0% to
100%.

• ERROR MODE enables or disables error warnings. If set to NORMAL, the display is activated and lights
up if the fixture needs to report an error. If set to SILENT, the fixture does not light the display with error
warnings but error messages can still be read when the display is activated manually. In both NORMAL
and SILENT modes, the status LED lights amber to indicate a warning and red to indicate an error.

Factory defaults

FACTORY DEFAULT lets you reload the fixture’s factory default settings. Effect calibration settings are not

affected, so any changes you have made to zoom, pan and tilt offsets will be kept.

Custom settings

The custom configuration function CUSTOM 1 - CUSTOM 3 allows you to save and recall up to three sets of
fixture settings. The savable settings comprise:

• all the settings in the PERSONALITY menu,

• the fixture’s DMX address, and

• the fixture’s DMX control mode: Extended 16-bit or Basic 16-bit mode.

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Fixture information readouts

The following fixture information can be called up in the display:

• POWER ON TIME provides two counters:

- The TOTAL counter is not user-resettable and displays total hours powered on since manufacture.

- The RESETTABLE counter is user-resettable and displays the number of hours the fixture has been

powered on since the counter was last reset.

• POWER ON CYCLES also provides two counters:

- The TOTAL counter is not user-resettable and displays the total number of power on/off cycles since

manufacture.

- The RESETTABLE counter is user-resettable and displays the number of power on/off cycles since the

counter was last reset.

• SW VERSION displays the currently installed firmware (fixture software) version.

• RDM UID displays the fixture’s factory-set unique ID for identification in RDM systems.

• FAN SPEEDS provides separate status readouts from the fixture’s cooling fans.

• TEMPERATURES provides separate PCB temperature readouts.

DMX signal monitoring

The MAC Quantum Wash provides data on the DMX signal it is receiving in the DMX LIVE menu. This
information can be useful for troubleshooting control problems.

RATE displays the DMX refresh rate in packets per second. Values lower than 10 or higher than 44 may
result in erratic performance, especially when using tracking control.

QUALITY displays the quality of the received DMX data as a percentage of packets received. Values much
below 100 indicate interference, poor connections, or other problems with the serial data link that are the
most common cause of control problems.

START CODE displays the DMX start code. Packets with a start code other than 0 may cause irregular
performance.

The remaining options under DMX LIVE display the DMX values in a range from 0 - 255 that are being
received on each channel. The DMX channels displayed depend on whether the fixture is in Basic or
Extended mode.

Test sequences

TEST activates effects in sequence, allowing you to test all effects, pan and tilt movement only, or effects

only (i.e. without pan and tilt movement) without a DMX controller:

• Select a test type and press Enter to start the test.

• Press Menu to stop the test.

Manual control

The MANUAL CONTROL menu lets you reset the MAC Quantum Wash and operate the fixture without a
DMX controller. To execute commands in the MANUAL CONTROL menu, select a menu item for the effect
that you want to control, then enter a value from 0 to 255 to apply a command. The menu items and values
correspond to the commands listed in the DMX protocol on page 18.

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