NJD Microbeam 100 User Manual

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Microbeam

100

Features of the Microbeam 100

• X/Y (Horizontal/Vertical) mirror control

• 7 gobos (squares, tunnel, dots, star, triangle, segments, spiral,circle)

• 7 dichroic colours (magenta, yellow, cyan, pink, red, green, blue) and white

• Blackout shutter and lamp on/off control

• 100W halogen lamp with dichroic reflector

• Adjustable Focus

• DMX control

• 0−10V Analogue Control

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User Guide Microbeam 100

IMPORTANT

Installer and Users please note:

These instructions should be read carefully and left

with the user of the product for future reference.

Installation

Fix the Microbeam 100 with the hanging bracket provided. To conform to Health & Safety Regulations, a safety chain must also be employed.

The Microbeam 100 must be installed by a competent electrician in accordance with the current IEE wiring regulations.

Connect the Microbeam 100 to the mains supply with the lead provided. The wires are colour-coded as follows:

• Brown = Live (phase)

• Blue = Neutral

• Green/Yellow = Earth

• The Microbeam 100 must be earthed for safe and reliable

operation.

The supply must be fitted with an isolating switch, or plug and socket, and protected by fuse or circuit breaker rated at between 6A and 16A. If the Microbeam 100 circuit is connected via an MCB then it is recommended that a time-delay MCB is used (Type 3 or Type C to BS3871). This will reduce the possibility of "nuisance tripping" due to the large inrush current of the halogen lamp.

0.5m

illuminating.

It is also possible to connect the Microbeam 100 to a switching pack such as the NJD SP10000 but this is not recommended. If connecting via a power pack, the outputs of the power pack should be de-rated by 50% from its “resistive load” capacity to allow for the large inrush current of the halogen lamp.

This symbol means that in order to reduce the risk of fire, the Microbeam 100 should be installed more than 0.5 metres from any object that it is

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User Guide Microbeam 100 The Microbeam 100 should not be connected to a dimming pack

or light dimmer. The Microbeam 100 is an inductive load.

Adjust the hanging bracket until the light beams are in the best position. The Microbeam 100 may be moved whilst it is operating provided that it is done carefully, the lamp is most vulnerable mechanical damage immediately after it has been switched off, before it has fully cooled. It is recommended that the Microbeam 100 is allowed to cool for 5 minutes after switching off before moving.

Changing the lamp.

Disconnect from the mains supply. Unscrew the fixing knob from the lamp cover on the front of the product and withdraw the lamp assembly. Remove the lamp from the fixing clip and remove the connector from the lamp. Replace with a new lamp, type A1/ 231, being careful not to touch the glass envelope of the lamp. Connect the lamp connector to the lamp and replace in the fixing clip. Replace the lamp cover and tighten the fixing knob.

Changing the fuse.

Occasionally, when the lamp fails the fuse may also blow. If this occurs, replace with a new fuse type 20mm × 5mm 1.6 Amp antisurge, high breaking capacity. This type of fuse has a ceramic case. Do not replace with any other type or value of fuse. If the new fuse blows consult a dealer. The fuse is located next to the incoming mains cable.

Focusing.

To focus slacken the focusing control on the front of the unit, move forwards or backwards as required, and re-tighten the screw when the best image is obtained.

Cleaning.

The Microbeam 100 should be cleaned periodically as the light output will become less intense as smoke fluid residues build up on the mirror and lenses. Disconnect from the mains supply and remove the cover. Clean the lens and the mirror using a soft lint-free cloth and methylated spirit, isopropyl alcohol or hi-fi cleaning fluid. Also, make sure that the fan is not becoming obstructed - use a brush to remove any build-up of dust.

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Setting up.

The Microbeam 100 may be operated in one of fi different Modes.

Independent (internal microphone)

The Microbeam 100 will move to each bass beat, going through a sequence of patterns at random, including up/down, side-to-side, square, octogon, diamond, figure-of-eight, random and chevron, along with colour and gobo changing.

Synchronized (internal microphone)

The Microbeam 100 will perform the above pattens either synchronized together, or with the movement mirrored. In addition, the colours and gobos will operate in one of three modes: random, synchronized or chasing. The movement can be controlled by setting the control switches in order that two rows of Microbeam 100s can be set up opposed to each other, and will continue to move in synchrony. The Microbeam 100 can be synchronized with IQ-500, IQ-250 and Datamoon.

Externally controlled from IQ-MX80, IQ-MX60, IQ-MX40, Merlin, or any DMX output controller.

The Microbeam 100 can be controlled from the Merlin, or any of the NJD IQ-MX range of controllers or any lighting desk with DMX or 0-10V analogue outputs.

Remote control (from the AR1) or controlled from a low Voltage Switch panel

Analogue control

Independent mode.

1) To allow the Microbeam 100 to select a colour and pattern

at random, set all the DMX switches to OFF.

2) If you wish to select the operating mode, then turn switch 64 ON, then either turn the following switches on to decide which operating mode you would like.

X-REV

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To select all gobos and magenta, yellow, cyan or pink turn switch 2 ON on the Microbeam

X-REV

To select colours with no gobos

X-REV

(red, green, blue and white) turn switch 4 ON on the Microbeam

To select change-colour-to-sound, beam stationary, turn switch 8 ON

X-REV

To select flash-to-sound, turn switch 16 ON on the Microbeam

If more than one switch is turned ON the Microbeam 100 will sequence through all the selections in turn.

Synchronized operation without a controller

To synchronize Microbeam 100s without a controller, connect a DMX lead from the DMXout jack on the first Microbeam 100 to DMXin on the second, from DMXout on the second Microbeam 100 to DMXin on the third, and so on.

X-REV

DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT

DMX line termination is performed automatically by the

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User Guide Microbeam 100

Microbeam 100. DMX leads must never be joined (apart from end-to-end) or split. Using a 2-to-1 splitter or similar will prevent the system working.

Setting the DIL switches.

To obtain the the correct movement, the switches on the back of each Microbeam 100 must be adjusted to tell it which DMX channel it is set to. The switches are labelled 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1. These set the DMX address.

The Microbeam 100 at the start of the chain (the one with no plug in its DMXin socket) acts as master, the others act as slaves, controlled by the master. Set the DIL switches on the master as described above in "independent operation".

Set the DIL switches on the slaves as follows:

Either: If it is intended that all the Microbeam 100s should operate identically, set all the DIL switches OFF on the slaves.

Or: To obtain four channel colour changing sequences, set the DIL switches as shown in the table below: (Microbeam 100s 5 to 8 repeat the actions of numbers 1 to 4)

Microbeam 100. Switches ON

(other switches OFF) 2 or 6 4 3 or 7 8 4 or 8 8, 4 5 all switches OFF

Movement may be reversed by setting the "X-REV" switch. Reversing the movement is useful if two or more microbeam

100s are facing each other. Reversing the direction of movement makes the beams from both units move the same way in the air.

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User Guide Microbeam 100

DMX operation

Background information

The DMX system is a high-speed digital data system, which

can transmit all the information required for light dimmers, multimotor lighting effects etc. down a single cable. It was invented in 1986 by the United States Institute of Theater Technicians for the control of dimming theatre lighting, and has since been adapted for the control of intelligent lighting.

The Microbeam 100 outputs a DMX signal when operating

from its own microphone, which can be used to synchronize other Microbeam 100s. Up to 32 units that can be connected to the DMX signal, but it is not recommended that the total cable length should exceed 250m.

Each unit connected to the DMX signal is given an address,

and it compares this to the data being sent on the DMX cable, so it can determine which data is addressed to it. It then uses this data to move a motor or set a brightness level as required by the controller.

As the DMX system can transmit as much information as

512 analogue control wires down a single cable, it has to transmit very quickly, in fact, at a frequency 12 times higher than the highest audio frequency. Anyone who has used long leads for audio will realize that it is difficult to do without losing the higher frequencies. To make the DMX system work at such high frequencies, it requires special circuitry and special cable. Cable can be designed to pass high frequencies with no loss if it has the correct resistance connected at each end, this resistance is called the characteristic impedance of the cable. DMX cable has a characteristic impedance of 120W . All NJD DMX products fitted with ¼" jacks are designed to ensure that the resistors are connected automatically. Without them, the signal reflects off the end of the cable and interferes with the new data coming the other way. If the cable is not correct, the system will not work. Most good quality low-capacitance screened twisted pair cables will work, but twin individually screened will not. Also, if the cable is split or joined other than end-to-end, the system will stop

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User Guide Microbeam 100

working.

If making your own leads, it is important to use good quality

connectors and make sure that the soldering is of a high standard.

Using the Microbeam 100 with NJD's dedicated DMX

controllers (IQ-MX range)

To connect to a controller: Connect a DMX lead from the

DMXout from the controller to DMXin on the first Microbeam

100. Connect a DMX lead from the DMXout jack on the first Microbeam 100 to DMXin on the second. Connect from

DMX OUT

DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT DMX IN DMX OUT

CONTROLLER

DMXout on the second Microbeam 100 to DMXin on the third, and so on. DMX line termination is performed automatically by the Microbeam 100.

DMX leads must never be joined (apart from end-to-end) or

split. Using a 2-to-1 splitter or similar will prevent the system working. Refer to the User Guide accompanying your controller for information on how to set the switches.

The X-REV switch reverses the movement in the x direction.

Use this to make the Microbeam 100 move the same way as the controller joystick, which depends on whether the Microbeam 100 is facing towards or away from the controller.

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User Guide Microbeam 100

Connecting to Merlin or any Lighting control desk with

DMX output.

The DMX system has 512 addresses, each address can be

the brightness of a single dimmer, or a position on a motor. Because the Microbeam 100 controls 3 motors and the lamp, it requires four DMX addresses.

The Microbeam 100 can be programmed to any address

from 1 to 255 in steps of two, so there can be up to 64 Microbeam 100s on a controller. Any number of Microbeam 100s can be assigned to each channel or address. If two Microbeam 100s are assigned to the same address then they will perform identically.

Each Microbeam 100 occupies four DMX channels. The

switches are labelled 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4 and 2. Add up the numbers of the switches that are on and add 1, to give the start address.

The X-motor appears at the start address, the Y-motor at

start address plus 1, gobo/colour motor at start address plus 2 and blackout/lamp control at start address plus 3. (i.e. If switches 32 and 8 are ON, then start address is 32+8+1 = 41, the X motor is on channel 41, the y-motor on channel 42 and the gobocolour motor on channel 43, channel 44 controls the blackout and lamp switching.)

The X-REV switch reverses the movement in the x direction.

Use this switch to make the Microbeam 100 move the same way as the controller joystick, which depends on whether the Microbeam 100s is facing towards or away from the controller. This switch has no effect opn the DMX address set on the other 7 switches.

The DMX dimmer levels control the movement as follows: X-motor: 0 is extreme left (right for X-REV selected), 255 is

extreme right (left for X-REV selected), 128 is central.

Y-motor: 0 is reflected back down lens, 128 is central, 255 is

fully up.

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User Guide Microbeam 100

Colour/gobo: 0 - 31 is magenta squares

32 - 63 is yellow tunnel 64 - 95 is cyan dots 96 - 127 is pink star 128 - 159 is green triangle 160 - 191 is red segments 192 - 207 is blue spiral 208 - 255 is white circle

The gobo is always centralized.

Direct Analogue control (0-10V)

The dish rotation and dimmer may

be controlled directly using analogue channels 1 and 3 and 4. The microphone circuitry is disabled.

Set the DMX address switches with switch 128 ON and all

other switches OFF.

The 0-10V inputs control the Microbeam 100 as follows: Channel 1: (pin 3) moves the beam left to right Channel 2: (pin 5) moves the beam up and down Channel 3: (pin 4) controls the colours and gobos. Channel 4: (pin 1) controls the blackout shutter and lamp. The 0-10V dimmer levels control the movement as follows: X-motor: 0 is extreme left (right for X-REV selected), +10V is

extreme right (left for X-REV selected), +5V is central.

Y-motor: 0 is reflected back down lens, +5V is central, +10V

is fully up.

X-REV

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User Guide Microbeam 100

When using analogue control, units can be synchronized

together using the DMX outputs - refer to the "Synchronized operation without a controller" section.

voltage colour/gobo: (8.75V - 10V) white circle (7.5V - 8.75V) blue spiral (6.25V - 7.5V) red segments (5V - 6.25V) green triangle (3.75V - 5V) pink star (2.5V - 3.75V) cyan dots (1.25V - 2.5V) yellow tunnel (0-1.25V) magenta squares

Control from a low-voltage switch panel (such as Logic

S12lv, Logic X12 or Logic T12) or the AR1 remote control

Set the DMX Address switches as

follows:

Turn switch “64” on and all other

switches OFF.

Connect the output from the controller to the 5-pin DIN

socket.

Connect to channel 4 (pin 1) (or turn on switch #1 on the

AR1) if you want to select flash to sound.

Connect to channel 1 (pin 3) (or turn on switch #2 on the

AR1) if you want to select patterns in magenta, cyan yellow and pink.

Connect to channel 2 (pin 5) (or turn on switch #3 on the

AR1) if you want to select patterns in red, green, blue and white.

Connect to channel 3 (pin 4) (or turn on switch #4 on the

AR1) if you want the Microbeam 100 to select change colour to sound, with the beam stationary.

Connect 0V from the controller to pin 2 of the DIN socket. More than one channel can be connected to the touch panel,

so that different pads may be used to select different effects. If

X-REV

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more than one input is enabled at once, the Microbeam 100 will sequence through the selected modes in turn.

When all four channels are off (or all four switches off on the

AR1) the lamp is turned off.

Voltage Control

The Predator HX may be controlled by two analogue channels

from a lighting desk such as the Stage 12 or the Fade-4.

Set the DMX address switches with switch 32 ON and all the

other switches OFF.

Connect the 0-10V input to channels 1 and 3 of the 5-pin DIN

socket.

X-REV

Channel 1 controls the pattern and channel 3 controls the

colour, or the colour chasing mode. The levels that select various patterns and colours are explained overleaf.

Additionally, if required, channel 4 can be used to override the

sound circuitry for applications where there is no sound available. Pulsing the voltage from 0V to 10V and back to 0V will advance one step in the pattern.

Channel 1 (patterns)

8.75V to 10V runs through all patterns all colours

8.1V to 8.75V up-down

7.5V to 8.1V square

6.7V to 7.5V left-right

6.25V to 6.7V colour change

5.6V to 6.25V cross 5V to 5.6V diamond

4.4V to 5V figure of 8

3.75V to 4V octogon

3.1V to 3.75V up-down

2.5V to 3.1V square

1.8V to 2.5V left-right

1.25V to 1.8V random 0-1.25V shutdown

Channel 3 (colours)

9.3V to 10V white circle

8.75V to 9.3V blue circle

8.1V to 8.75V red circle

7.5V to 8.1V green circle

6.7V to 7.5V pink star

6.25V to 6.7V cyan dots

5.6V to 6.25V yellow tunnel 5V to 5.6V magenta squares

4.4V to 5V chase left

3.75V to 4.4V chase right

3.1V to 3.75V random

2.5V to 3.1V flash

1.8V to 2.5V chase left

1.25V to 1.8V chase right

0.6V to 1.25V random 0V to 0.6V sync

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User Guide Microbeam 100

Fault Finding.

Stand-alone mode.

• Does not start and go through set-up procedure. No mains supply - check mains lead Fuse Blown - check fuse.

• Lamp not lit Lamp failed - replace lamp. In analogue control mode - make sure that the 4th channel is

at the correct level.

• No response to sound Jack plug in DMXin socket - remove jack for stand-alone

operation.

Analogue mode selected - make sure DIL switches 32, 64

and 128 are off.

• Erratic response to sound Music not loud enough.

• Light output dim. mirror and lens dirty - clean mirror and lens.

Synchronized mode

• Moves left when it should move right X-REV switch in wrong position

• Changes colour when it should move left-right, moves left-

right when it should change colour

switch 2 ON, should be off

• Movement erratic. Wrong type of cable - DO NOT use twin individually screened Unterminated cable in DMXout jack of final lantern - do not

connect to DMXout jack of final lantern.

• No movement and lamp off DMX jack not in socket correctly. - check jack plugs DMX lead broken or incorrectly wired. - check leads DMX controlled mode (see also synchronized mode)

• No movement and lamp off

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DMX address set wrongly - check DIL switches, or see if

lantern responds to a different address.

• Lamp off but mirror moves 4th DMX channel at wrong level Lamp failed

Standards

The Microbeam 100 complies with the following British and

European Standards:

BS EN55015 - Electromagnetic Compatibility. BS EN60598 - Electrical Safety Standard for Luminaires.

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Technical Specification.

Power supply: 230V nominal @ 50Hz 120VA (1.25A)

210V minimum 255V maximum.

Fuse: T1.6A (1.6 Amp anti-surge) 5×20mm

HBC to BS4265/IEC127

A HBC fuse has a ceramic case. Switch-on surge: 2.1A (490VA) Duration: 60ms (3 mains cycles) Lamp: A1/231 (EFP)

12V 100W dichroic reflector Colours: 7 dichroic plus white Gobos: 7 Beam intensity: 20,000 candela Lamp life: 100 hours nominal @ 230V AC

Note: Although Britain has had a 230V mains supply since January

1st 1995, the voltage is usually 240V.

60 hours nominal @ 240V AC Beam width: 260mm diameter at 1 metre

(3" diameter at 1 foot) Beam Angle: 15° Motors: Unipolar Hybrid stepper: microstepping Microstep size: 6'45" (1.95mrad) DMX input/output: complies with DMX512 (1990) 4µsec

and EIA RS-485 Connectors: ¼" jack

Data+: Tip

Data-: Ring

Earth: Sleeve

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part of the information contained in, nor the product described in thie User Guide may be adapted, copied, or reproduced in any form except with the prior written approval of N.J.D. Electronics.

All correspondence should be addressed to:

Customer Support, N.J.D. Electronics, 10-11, Ascot Industrial Estate, Sandiacre, Nottingham, England. NG10 5DJ.

Telephone: +44 (0) 115 939 4122 Facsimile: +44 (0) 115 949 0453 Technical Help line: +44 (0) 115 949 0038 e-mail: technical@njd-electronics.demon.co.uk web-site: http://www.njd.co.uk