Robe POINTE 280 User Manual

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POINTE 280 MOVING HEAD

USER MANUAL

Thank you for choosing our products. For safety, please carefully read this manual before using.
Features

The Empire Ultimate Pointe 280 is an innovation, with an exciting & surprise effect. which has highly
superior and innovative features. It’s has Spot+ Wash+ Beam effects, it’s the true "3 in 1 mode".
Elegant, lightweight, high color temperature but only16kgs, makes it the most popular in the markets.

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Maintenance Features

1. To reduce the risk of electrical shock or fire, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.

2. Intermittently using will extend this item’s service life

3. Please clear the fan, fan net and optical lens in order to keep good work state.

4. Do not use the alcohol or any other organic solvent to wipe the shell.

Statement

The product has perfect performance. All users should be strictly complying with the warning and
operating instructions as stated. Or we are not in charge of any result by misusing. Any damage resulting
by misuse is not within the Company’s warranty. Any fault or problem caused by neglecting the manual is
also not in the charge of dealers.

Note: All information is subject to change without prior notice.

Safety Precautions

1. In order to guarantee the product’s life, please don’t put it in the damp places or even the environment
over 60degress.

2. Always mount this unit in safe and stable matter.

3. Install or dismantle should operate by professional engineer

4. Using lamp，the change rate of power voltage should be within±10%，If the voltage is too high，it will

shorten the light’s life; if it’s not enough, will influence the effect

5. Please restart it 20 minutes later after turning off light, until full-cooling. Frequent switching will

reduce the life span of lamps and bulbs; intermittent using will improve the life of bulbs and lamps。

6. In order to make sure the product is used well, please read the Manual carefully.

Products Instruction

·lamp: Osram SIRIUS HRI 280W/ YODN HRI 280W (Llife:1500-2000 hours Color temperature:
8000K)

· Channel mode:16/24 DMX512 Channel

· Pan scan：540°(16bit) Electric correction

· Tilt scan：270° (16bit) Electric correction

· Amazing dot max ,four tact switch, 180° turning show

· Color wheel: one color wheel, 13 kinds of color chips in one color wheel

· Gobo : two gobo wheels , one static gobo wheel with 13 gobos & one rotating gobo wheel with 9

gobos

· Effect Wheel: Rotatable eight prism, effect move , frost

· 0-100% mechanical dimming, mechanical dimming and free dimming available

strobe macro control available.

· Lens optical system mechanical focus. 2.5° - 10° beam; 5 - 20° spot

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Interface diagram

Set up

Manuel operation

Information

Display

Lamp

DMX set up

Invert

Chinese/English display

Channel mode

Return

Mode

Mode

DMX Value

Channels function

1 1 0－255

Pan 2 *

0－255

Pan fine 3 2

0－255

4 *

0－255

Tilt 5 3

0－255

Pan/Tilt speed ,Pan/Tilt time

6 4

Power/Special functions

0－19

Reserved

20－24

Eco mode (Lamp power 280W)

25-29

Standard mode (Lamp power 280W)

30-49

Reserved

50-59

Pan/Tilt speed mode

60-69

Pan/Tilt time mode

70-79

Blackout while pan/tilt moving

80-89

Disabled blackout while pan/tilt moving

90-99

Blackout while color wheel moving

100-109

Disabled blackout while pan/tilt moving

110-119

Blackout while gobo wheel moving

120-129

Disabled blackout while gobo wheel moving

130－139

Lamp on ,reset(total reset except pan/tilt reset)

140－149

Pan/Tilt reset

150－189

Color system reset

190－199

Reserved

200－209

Total reset

210－229

Reserved

230－239

Lamp off

240－255

Reserved

7 5

Color wheel

0－8

Open/white

· Power: 100-240V,50/60Hz · Consumed power：450W

· IP level: IP20 · Electronic ballast and AC/Dc power supply

· Net weight：16 KGS · Over heat protection

Menu Functions：

Channels Control:

4

9－17

Deep red

18－26

Deep blue

27－35

Yellow

36－44

Green

45－53

Magenta

54－62

Sky blue

63－71

Red

72－80

Deep green

81－89

Amber

90－98

Blue

99－107

Orange

108－116

CTO

117－127

UV filter

128－129

White

130－134

UV filter + CTO

135－138

CTO + orange

139－143

Orange + blue

144－147

Blue + amber

148－152

Amber + deep green

153－157

Deep green + red

158－161

Red + blue

162－166

Blue + magenta

167－171

Magenta + green

172－176

Green + yellow

177－180

Yellow + deep blue

181－185

Deep blue + deep red

186－189

Deep red + White

190－215

Forwards rainbow effect from fast to slow

218－243

Backwards rainbow effect from slow to fast

244－249

Random color selection by audio control

250－255

Auto random color selection from fast to slow

8 *

Color wheel-fine positioning

9 6

Effect Speed

10 7

Static Gobo wheel

0－3

Open

4－9

Gobo1

10－15

Gobo2

16－21

Gobo3

22－27

Gobo4

28－33

Gobo5

34－39

Gobo6

40－45

Gobo7

46－51

Gobo8

5

52－57

Gobo9

58－63

Gobo10

64－69

Beam reducer 1

70－75

Beam reducer 2

76－87

Beam reducer 3

Shaking gobos from slow to fast

88－95

Gobo1

96－103

Gobo2

104－111

Gobo3

112－119

Gobo4

120－127

Gobo5

128－135

Gobo6

136－143

Gobo7

144－151

Gobo8

152－159

Gobo9

160－167

Gobo10

168－175

Beam reducer1

176－183

Beam reducer2

184－199

Beam reducer3

200-201

Open/hole

202－221

Forwards gobo wheel rotation from fast to slow

222-223

No rotation

224-243

Backwards gobo wheel rotation from slow to fast

244-249

Random gobo selection by audio control

250-255

Auto random gobo selection from fast to slow

11 8

Rotating gobo wheel

0－8

open

9－17

Gobo1

18－26

Gobo2

27－35

Gobo3

36－44

Gobo4

45－53

Gobo5

54－62

Gobo6

63－71

Gobo7

72－80

Gobo8

81－89

Gobo9

Shaking gobos from slow to fast

90－97

Gobo1

98－106

Gobo2

107－115

Gobo3

116－124

Gobo4

125－133

Gobo5

134－142

Gobo6

6

143－151

Gobo7

152－160

Gobo8

161－169

Gobo9

171－179

Gobo10

180－217

Forwards gobo wheel rotation from fast to slow

218－255

Backwards gobo wheel rotation from slow to fast

12 9

Rot.gobo indexing and rotation

0－127

Indexing

128－177

Forwards gobo rotation from fast to slow

178－203

No rotation

204－255

Backwards gobo wheel rotation from slow to fast

13 * 0－255

Fine indexing(rotation)

14

10

Prism

0－19

Open position(hole)

20－49

6-facet linear rotating prism-indexing

50-75

6-facet linear rotating prism-rotation

76－105

8-facet linear rotating prism-indexing

106-127

8-facet linear rotating prism-rotation

128-135

Marco 1

136-143

Marco 2

144-151

Marco 3

152-159

Marco 4

160-167

Marco 5

168-175

Marco 6

176-183

Marco 7

184-191

Marco 8

192-199

Marco 9

200-207

Marco 10

208-215

Marco 11

216-223

Marco 12

224-231

Marco 13

232-239

Marco 14

240-247

Marco 15

248-255

Marco 16

15

11

Prism rotation and indexing

0－127

Indexing

128－191

Forwards prism rotation from fast to slow

192－193

No rotation

194－255

Backwards prism rotation slow to fast

16

12

Frost

0－64

Open

65－255

Linear frost

17

13

Zoom

7

0－255

Zoom from max.to min.beam angle

18 * 0－255

Zoom-fine

19

14

0－255

Focus

20 * 0－255

Focus-fine

21 * 0－255

Autofocus(priority & distance selection)

22

15

Shutter/strobe

0－31

Shutter closed

32－63

Shutter open

64－95

Strobe-effect from slow to fast

96－127

Shutter open

128－143

Opening pulse in sequences from slow to fast

144－159

Closing pulse in sequences from fast to slow

160－191

Shutter open

192－223

Random strobe-effect from slow to fast

224－255

Shutter open ,Full lamp power

23

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Dimmer intensity

0－255

Dimmer intensity from 0% to 100%

24 *

Dimmer intensity -fine

A warm note:

When your performances over, please use your console to turn off the lamp first
(channel 6, value 230 to 239 off), let the fan keep working to cooling down around
5 minutes, then cut off the power.
This action could be helpful to extend the lifetime of lamps.
Thanks for reading. ~.~