Velvet SWORD Series, SWORD 2, SWORD 4 User Manual

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HIGH POWER MICRO FRESNEL LENS PROFILE

SERIES USER MANUAL

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INTRODUCTION

This guide provides information about how to use the product functions to
illuminate with this equipment as well as warnings on his use.

These are products of professional use for exterior and interior locations or
studio and must be operated only by qualified technical personnel.

To obtain the maximum features, please read the following operating

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instructions very carefully before using this fixture for the first time. Please
keep these operating instructions for you and subsequent users to
reference in the future.

THELIGHT Luminary for cine and TV, S.L.

For your own safety, please read and follow all safety instructions and
warnings.

THELIGHT Luminary for cinema and TV, S.L. does not assume any
responsibility for lighting failures caused by malfunction of this product.
The manufacturer disclaims liability for any damage to persons or property
caused by inappropriate operation, damage of this kind lies in the
responsibility of the operator.

This product is manufactured to local specifications and the warranty is

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valid within the country of purchase. Should the product fail or malfunction
while you are abroad, the manufacturer assumes no responsibility for
servicing the product locally or bearing the expenditure incurred thereof.

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The total or partial reproduction of this guide is prohibited without the express written
permission of VELVETLight.
VELVETLight technology is protected under Spanish license laws with international patents
pending.
Information and specifications in this document are subject to change without notice.

2017 © Copyright VELVETLight. All rights reserved.

2017 © Copyright VELVETLight. All rights reserved.

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WARNING

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Various symbols are used throughout this instruction manual and on the
product to prevent physical harm to you or other people and damage to
property.

The symbols and their meanings are explained below.

Possible risk of injury or damage to equipment

Do not attempt to open any of the device or component housings. To
reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove LED panel side covers or
front plastic diffuser. No user-serviceable parts inside. Maintenance and
repair work to be carried out only by VELVETLight Service Centre.

Do not cover the aluminium lamp head heat sink while using it. Proper

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ventilation must be provided. Avoid exposing the lamp head to the heat
radiation of other light fixtures.

The lamp head is equipped with mid power LED. Due to their high
light-output intensity don’t stare directly into the light source

This symbol indicates the risk of electric shock or fire danger that could
result in injury or damage to equipment.

DANGER

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In order to protect against risk of electric shock, the installation should be

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properly grounded. Defeating the purpose of the grounding type plug will
expose you to the risk of electric shock.

This equipment has been checked and meets the requirements of general
safety for electronic devices. These requirements are specified to provide
a reasonable protection against electromagnetic interferences when the
equipment is used in commercial environments.

This equipment generates, uses and can emit waves of radio frequency,

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and if not properly used following the instructions of this manual can
produce interferences in radio communications. The use of this equipment
in residential areas can produce interference, the user will be the only
responsible of correcting them.

Though the light generated by LED does not produce any heat, for what his

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use turns out to be very comfortable for the actors, the lamp head acts as
a heat sink through its back part.
Surface can reach a temperature between the 20 ºC and the 60 ºC. Please
use protective gloves if you touch the lamp head at the heat sink.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MAIN FEATURES
MODELS

ACCESSORIES/ POWER OPTIONS

VELVET SWORD 2 SPECIFICATIONS & PARTS
VELVET SWORD 4 SPECIFICATIONS & PARTS

POWER OPTIONS

PLACING INTO OPERATION

PLACING INTO OPERATION
YOKE TO LED PANEL ASSEMBLING VELVET Light 1 & 2
MOUNTING OPTIONS,
SECURITY CABLES

DIGITAL ADJUSTMENTS/ COLOR & DIMMING
DIGITAL ADJUSTMENTS/ MASTER & SLAVE
DIGITAL ADJUSTMENTS/ DMX RDM FUNCTIONS

CHROMACITY COORDINATES DIAGRAM

CHROMACITY COORDINATES DIAGRAM
REGULATIONS
DIAGRAMS VELVET SWORD 2 & 4

WARRANTY

VELVET SWORD 2

IN/OUT POWERCON TRUE1 + IN/OUT DMX XLR-5

VELVET SWORD 4

IN/OUT POWERCON TRUE1 + IN/OUT DMX XLR-5

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innovations

MAIN FEATURES

VELVET SWORD series are LED panels housing 16 high power LED
(SWORD2) / 32 high power LED (SWORD4). They have been specially
designed and their colorimetry calibrated for professional photography,
cinematography and television industry use.
VELVETLight luminaries main innovative features are:

Variable Colour Temperature with almost no lost in light output
Stable colour dimming
Green/magenta correction
Silent fan-free operation
High-power Phillips LED 50,000 hours life
High CRI digitally calibrated light
Robust aluminium construction
Digital control and through DMX
Flicker free up to 3,000 fps
High light output
Low power draw

NOTE ABOUT MEASURING COLOUR TEMPERATURE (CCT)

SWORD Series incorporate the innovative VELVETLight technology based
on high-power LED triplets + Fresnel lens + CPU control software to
obtain the wide range of calibrated colour temperatures combined with a
high colour rendering index CCT.

We must remark that traditional color meters still in use today are

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designed for a full spectrum source such as incandescent lights and
therefore cannot be used to accurately read the correlated color
temperature (CCT) of the light emitted by VELVETLight LED light fixtures.
The eventual diversions to green display as CC05M or CC10M in hand-held
color meters are due to these unaccuracy on reading of the light emitted
by LED and must not be considered.

To precisely measure the light emitted by VELVETLight and other LED light

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fixtures a spectrometer specially calibrated for LED sources must be used.
VELVETLight guarantees pure white light and correct colorimetry of the
light delivered by its high power LED luminaries which have been
calibrated in laboratory according to CIE 13.3-1995 international standards
for measurement of the CRI and chromatic coordinates (x, and CIE-1931).
The reliability of this digital equipment is supported by the calibration

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VELVETLight has made in laboratory by spectrophotometer, which
precision is half-yearly calibrated according to the National Institute of
Standards (NIST) of the United States and of the Physikalisch-Technische
Bundesanstalt (PTB) of Germany.
In order that the advanced VELVETLight luminaries could be used together

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with other light sources, we have accurately calibrated both the CCT and
the chromatic coordinates to match them with traditional light sources
following tungsten and daylight standards.
The digital Control Unit allows a further and precise green/magenta
correction.

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MODELS

Dustproof LED panels made of aluminum housing high CRI selected BIN
high-power LED in two longs: 1440mm or 622mm.
Every VELVET SWORD LED panel includes a digital control on board inside
a integrated PSU plus 2 (IN&OUT) DMX XLR-5. The range of VELVET
SWORD products is composed by:

VELVET SWORD2

FLOOD 30º BEAM. DUSTPROOF IP51
Ref VL1-IP54-Power-FLOOD

VELVET SWORD 4

FLOOD 30º BEAM. DUSTPROOF IP51
Ref VL1-Power-STUDIO

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