Viking VK75 P Instructions Manual

Viking VK75 P
75w Led Moving
Light
Instructions

This Profile Led Moving Spot is designed to create gobos & colour patterns & in air
effects using DMX control from a lighting desk or sound activated stand alone displays.

Hang the fixture using the clamp provided plus a M10 bolt set & Standard Hook Clamp,
or stand the unit on a convenient surface without using any of the above.

DMX is daisy chained in and out of the unit using 3 pin XLR and power is connected
via the supplied Powercon mains lead with blue Connector. The unit is fitted with an
external 3a 20mm fuse for easy replacement and to protect the unit & electronics from
mains surges.

The LCD Display is used to alter settings including the DMX Address using the Menu,
up, down and enter buttons, while the Menu button is used to select the feature to be set.
The Unit has a sophisticated service facility built in which is also accessed via these
menu options and can be ignored by the end user.

Power Up:

On turning on the power the unit will briefly perform a self check and will display
while the system is checked. On Completion the unit will display
the current DMX address
(called the home message)

LCD Display Settings:

When the unit is displaying the DMX address pressing the MENU button will prompt
for the DMX, pressing UP or DOWN buttons at this time will cycle through the options
RUN ADDRESS EDIT SPECIAL GENERAL To select any of these press ENTER

Setting DMX Address:
Press Menu when on the above screen and ADDRESS will appear - if it doesn’t then

cycle through the options using Up and Down buttons unit it does. Pressing ENTER
will display the current setting and allow it to be altered with the Up and Down buttons.
When correct, to store this new DMX value press ENTER, the value will stop flashing
and is then stored. Press ENTER twice to return to the main menu again

M81

RST 00XX
Wait ….

VIKING
ADDR:001

VIKING
ADDR:001

Under this menu you can adjust the following options:
Used for service, this shows the hours the unit has been
turned on and also LED usage (shown only when Service
password has been entered.
Used to reverse or normalise Pan or Tilt functions. Select option
and adjust setting using Up Down and Enter. Exit by pressing
Menu until the home message is displayed.
Used to either set the LCD display to turn off after 60 seconds
of inactivity or to always be on. Select the function required

as above options
Used to select the sensitivity of the inbuilt microphone used to
trigger the sound activated response of the unit. Value is from
001-255 and adjusted as the above functions.
Used to reset the unit to factory defaults including DMX
address & functions

ADDRESS

GENERAL

GENERAL
Light

GENERAL
INVERT

GENERAL
LCD. Disp

GENERAL
SOUND

GENERAL
DEFAULT

SPECIAL

This option is used to reset the head entirely or just a particular
function if it is incorrectly responding. This retains the DMX
address. Other options under this heading are for service only

RUN

This option is used to select a mode of operation. Once selected
the unit will boot into this mode on power up automatically .To
alter scroll through options using UP Down buttons & Enter to
select. The Mode is shown in the home message on power up.
Options are:

Test : for service use only.
DMX512 : Select this to use on a lighting desk or other DMX

control equipment
AUTO1 & AUTO2 : Select for inbuilt simple demo programs.

Auto1 is quick moving and Auto 2 is a slow moving demo.
SOUND : Select for sound activated movement & the head will

change gobo, location, colour and other parameters on a beat in
music. Use with GENERAL SOUND sensitivity setting.

SLAVE : Select when linking multiple units together so this
unit will replicate the unit being used as master.

RUN

RUN
DMX512

RUN
Test

RUN
Auto1

RUN
Sound

RUN
Slave

Channel Value Function

1 0-255 Pan 0-540 degrees

2 0-255 Tilt 0-270 degrees

3 0-255 Pant/Tilt Speed

4 0-255 Dimmer

Shutter (Strobe)

0-30 No Strobe

5 31-200 Strobe from Slow to Fast

201-250 Random Strobe from Slow to Fast

251-255 No Strobe

Colour

0-19 Open (White)

20-39 CTO Colour Correction

40-59 Orange

60-79 Yellow

80-99 Light Blue

6 100-119 Dark Blue

120-139 Green

140-159 Light Pink

160-179 Dark Pink

180-199 Red

200-227 Rainbow Scroll Clockwise Fast to Slow

228-255 Rainbow Scroll Anticlockwise Slow to Fast

Split Colour (C.Step)

7 0-139 Split Colour between 2 adjacent colours

140 Half colour position

141-255 Split Colour between 2 adjacent colours

RUN
Custom

GENERAL
SOUND

Step:
071

This option is used to run the built in user defined program.
One program may be stored of 255 steps which include all head
settings ie; colour, gobo, pan, tilt, focus, speed, dimmer,strobe,
prism etc.

SETTING CUSTOM PROGRAM

This can be set and stored using the same protocol of editing
LCD information ; ie UP DOWN and ENTER buttons to select
the various options.

Select EDIT and PROGRAM to begin editing stored program
Any changes made will overwrite the existing program and will
be saved when power is disconnected. The current step will be
shown.
Press ENTER to alter Step Number and the number will flash.
Alter using UP DOWN and ENTER buttons to select - the step
number will cease flashing.

Select each function you wish to set using UP DOWN and ENTER
buttons to select - ie; Pan/Tilt position, colour, gobo etc - the head
will take on the position and feature selected as a visual check. The
value of each function (0-255) will be displayed on th LCD as a
reference. NB: Note down values for quick setting of favourite settings

Having set all the functions required in the step the last feature is to
select whether to use this step in the program. It is therefore possible
to have a library of 255 favourite head settings (steps) but select only
to use a few in the program for an event.

The program is not cleared - event on a head reset so is completely
safe. to clear a particular step just select USE No

Abbreviations in the EDIT display include G1.SHAKE for Gobo
Shake function and C.Step for Split Colour function between 2
adjacent colours, particularly useful with Gobos and Prisms.

EDIT
PROGRAM

PRISM
255

COLOR
125

Use:
Yes

Use:
No

DMX Channels (14 Channels)