Trackspot Special Analog Controller
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1. Section Master Slave Mode The Special Analog Controller is connected to the selected Master fixture through an 8 pin DIN connector cable Once connected the controller may be used to access trackspot s 32 preset programs Setup When the Master fixture is plugged in and its personality switch eight is on pin one of the 8 pin DIN connector supplies unregulated 24 volts DC to the controller Make sure the Master fixture is unplugged n a 24 AWG 150 ft maximum 8 pin DIN shielded cable to connect the controller to the Master ixture Use 3 pin XLR two conductor data cables to connect the Master and Slaves in the Daisy Chain method see Example 1 A page 2 Turn the Master fixture personality switch eight on and set the address switch to equal the number of total units including the Master Note The Special Analog Controller must be connected to the Master fixture personality eight on to operate If switch eight is off the controller will not receive the necessary voltage to work Turn the Slave fixtures personality switch three on and set each Slave s address switch to the sequential order of each unit 2 Special Analog Controller Example 1 A Di Coh Hi 8 Pin DIN Connected To Special Analog Controller2. Audio at level three and inactive Note You may check this by pushing the associated keys Section Il LED Indicators and Associated Keys Eight of the eleven Keys on the Special Analog Controller have an associated LED When the LED remains illuminated that function has been selected and becomes activated Enable LED off The controller and fixtures are in an off state LED on The controller and fixtures are ready for use Note Each time Enable is cycled off on the fixtures will home Special Analog Controller 3 Standby LED off LED on Program LED off LED on Automatic Intensity LED off LED on Rate LED off LED on The controller and fixtures are active and displaying the selected program s The controller and fixtures are in standby The fixture lamp is out and all advance functions are halted In this mode the controller keyboard is active and new settings may be selected When you exit standby the new settings will take effect You cannot change the program selection The controller will return to the program selection mode approximately ten seconds after operator interaction with Intensity Rate or Audio selection has ceased You can change the program selection with the Arrow keys Holding the Arrow keys down will allow scrolling through the programs Holding the Program key down while using the Arrow keys will allow program changes without updating the fixture You may make a smooth transition
3. from one program to another without having to sequentially step through programs A decimal point is displayed in the Seven Segment Display to indicate that this feature is in effect Releasing the Program key will cause the new program to be viewed When the Program LED is on eight additional Automatic Program Step modes may be selected by using the Arrow keys Program modes A1 to A8 will cause program advance at various time intervals A1 is the slowest with changes at approximately one minute intervals A8 is the fastest with changes at approximately six second intervals You cannot change the lamp intensity You can change the lamp intensity by using the Arrow keys Sixteen levels are available to the user with level sixteen being full on and level 1 being full off The levels will wrap from sixteen to one or one to sixteen by pushing the up Arrow key or down Arrow key This allows toggling the lamp off and on or the the intensity may be varied smoothly by stepping down up between sixteen and one You may deselect Intensity by pushing the Program key or by letting the controller do it on its own after you discontinue to interact with the controller Pushing the Rate key while the Rate LED is solidly illuminated or pushing the flashing Rate LED key twice will disable rate triggering When the LED is off you cannot change the value of rate triggering or use Rate as a page step trigger The mirror pauses You can chan
4. master fixture Boot up The Special Analog Controller draws its power from the selected Master fixture It receives unregulated 24 volts DC from the Master fixture through a single eight conductor low voltage cable When the Master fixture is on and its personality switch eight is in the on position the controller is on even though all front panel LED s are off The controller appears off when the Master fixture is first plugged in personality switch eight on or when the controller is disabled All LED s are off However at this time the controller is active and monitoring the Enable key waiting to be booted up When you press the Enable key you will see the boot up routine The Enable LED illuminates the Standby LED flashes and the Seven Segment Display SSD LED s show three horizontal bars During this time the controller is initializing the Master fixture When the Master fixture has homed it will cause all Slave fixtures to home After homing the Enable Standby and Program LED s remain illuminated while the Rate LED flashes and the Seven Segment Display LED s show 01 This indicates that the controller is enabled and in the standby mode The flashing Rate LED signals that the controller will use time as a trigger for the next page of the selected program The default values at start up are Program one Rate at level three and active and
5. notify both the shipping agent and the sales agent immediately Any damage incurred in shipping is the responsibility of the carrier In the case of hidden damage a claim should be made as soon as discovered and all packing material retained for inspection Note Freight Damage Claims are invalid for fixtures shipped in non factory shipping cartons and packing materials Limited Warranty Your Special Analog Controller is covered by a one year parts and labor limited warranty It is the owner s responsibility to furnish receipts or invoices for verification of purchase date and dealer or distributor If purchase date cannot be provided date of manufacture will be used to determine warranty period Returning an Item Under Warranty for Repair e It is necessary to obtain a return Authorization Number RA from your dealer distributor BEFORE any units are sent in for repair The manufacturer will make the final determination as to whether or not the unit is covered by warranty This warranty does not cover lamps fuses or glass parts All shipping will be paid by the purchaser Items under warranty shall have return shipping paid by the manufacturer only in the Continental United States Under no circumstances will freight collect shipments be accepted Prepaid shipping does not include rush expediting such as air freight Air freight can be sent customer collect in the Continental United States Any product unit or part returned to Hi
6. End Systems Service provides a help line should you encounter problems during your installation or initial operation Currently service hours are 8 a m to 6 p m Central Monday through Friday The numbers are Telephone 800 890 8989 24 hour Fax 512 834 9195 24 hour voice mail 512 837 3053 or 800 890 8989 Special Analog Controller Introduction The trackspot Special Analog Controller is equipped with features that enable you to interact with the fixture It provides you with the ability to access and manipulate the 32 programs stored in the trackspot EPROM The Special Analog Controller features include Self powered from trackspot Master Controls Master fixture Accesses 32 preset programs Fixture homing upon enable LED output monitors Seven segment display SSD LED s Fixture remote enable disable Standby Program select Program scroll Automatic program step Master intensity control Program step rate Audio program advance rates Random step change Mirror pause Value control up and down arrows EPROM version LED test Special rate and audio modes Seven Segment Display LEDs ENABLE sn trackspot LIGHTWAVE
7. controller do it on its own after you discontinue to interact with controller The controller stores the value of rate triggering and that value is remembered the next time the Audio key is pushed LED flashing Audio is being used as a page step trigger and the level selected is other than off Note A display of off on the Seven Segment Display indicates that rate triggering is off Reiteration If the Rate Audio LED is solidly illuminated and the Rate Audio key is Random LED ott pushed again the current value is stored Rate Audio page step triggering is disabled and the Program selection mode is restored Pushing the Rate Audio key again will restore the stored value This allows the user to jump in and out of various triggering modes without having to push the up and down Arrow keys To return to Program mode without disabling Rate Audio triggering simply push the Program key Pages in a program are played in their normal order 4 Special Analog Controller LED on Pages in a program are selected in a random order Note Rate Audio or Bump must be activated in order for this to work Otherwise there will be no mirror movement or page change Pause LED off The mirror head functions normally LED on The mirror head will freeze at its current position The position may be any point along the mirror head travel and not necessarily on a program step position All other functions are unaffected This all
8. ge the value of rate triggering by using the Arrow keys Five levels and off are available Rate triggering uses time to step between pages in a program Level one is the slowest and level five is the fastest You may return to Program select without disabling rate triggering by pushing the Program key or by letting the controller do it on its own after you discontinue to interact with the controller The controller stores the value of rate triggering and that value is remembered the next time the Rate key is pushed LED flashing Rate is being used as a page step trigger and the level selected is other than off Note A display of off on the Seven Segment Display indicates that rate triggering is off Audio LED off LED on Pushing the Audio key while the Audio LED is solidly illuminated or pushing the flashing Audio LED key twice disables audio triggering You cannot change the value of audio triggering when the LED is off or use Audio as a trigger The mirror pauses You can change the value of Audio triggering with the Arrow keys Five levels and off are available Audio triggering uses beat width to step between pages Level one is the least sensitive and requires a wide heavy beat to trigger the next page Level five is most sensitive and only requires a narrow light beat to trigger the next page You may return to Program select without disabling audio triggering by pushing the Program key or by letting the
9. gh End must be packaged in a suitable manner to ensure the protection of such product unit or part and prominently marked to indicate that the package contains returned product units or parts with a Return Authorization RA number Notice Repair or replacement as provided for under this warranty is the exclusive remedy of the consumer High End Systems Inc makes no warranties expressed or implied with respect to any product and High End specifically disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose High End shall not be liable for any indirect incidental or consequential damages including lost profits sustained or incurred in connection with any product or caused by product defects or the partial or total failure of any product regardless of the form of action whether in contract tort including negligence strict liability or otherwise and whether or not such damages were foreseen or unforeseen Warranty is void if the product is misused damaged or modified in any way This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state Special Analog Controller 6
10. icates the stepping starts at 5 and proceeds downward in single steps A single bar in the middle indicates the middle modes 2 3 4 are stepped singly A top and bottom bar indicate a random choice between 1 and 5 A bottom and middle bar indicates stepping starts at 1 and proceeds in steps of two 1 3 5 A top and middle bar indicates stepping starts at 5 and proceeds downward in steps of two Os Rate en the SSD shows the controller will step from rate 1 to rate 5 then wrap to rate 1 and repeat When the SSD shows 2 the controller will step from rate 5 to rate 1 then wrap to rate 5 and repeat Note Rate 1 is the slowest speed and rate 5 is the fastest speed When the SSD shows 3 the controller will step from rate 2 to rate 4 then wrap to rate 2 and repeat The controller steps through the middle three rates When the SSD shows _ 4 the controller will randomly select one of the five rates Special Analog Controller 5 When the SSD shows 5 the controller will step from rate 1 to rate 3 to rate 5 then wrap to rate 1 and repeat The controller steps up by two When the SSD shows 6 the controller will step from rate 5 to rate 3 to rate 1 then wrap to rate 5 and repeat The controller steps down by two Audio When the SSD shows _1 the controller will step from audio 1 to audio 5 then wrap to audio 1 and repeat when the SSD shows 2 the controller will step from audio 5 to audio 1 then wrap to audio 5 and
11. iggering might be selected Note You may also bump pages without activating Rate or Audio Section V Supplemental Features Three supplemental features are included in each Special Analog Controller EPROM version test special rate mode and special audio mode You may use the EPROM version test to identify the Special Analog firmware version There are six Special Rate modes and four Special Audio modes included in the current version 1 0 of the firmware Since control of the trackspot fixture by the Special Analog Controller is unidirectional and asynchronous in the truest since of the word the effect of these modes is dependent on the particular program being viewed Following is a description of the three features EPROM The version number of the EPROM for the rrackspot Special Analog Controller may be seen by holding down the Enable key while the fixture is homing When the controller comes out of the homing delay the Seven Segment Display SSD will hold the EPROM version number Also at this time all LED s will light in a lamp test Normal operation will resume when you release the Enable key Special Modes You can recognize the special modes by the horizontal bars in the left digit of the Seven Segment Display SSD The placement of the bars is meant to serve as a reminder of how the mode steps A single bar at the bottom indicates the stepping starts at 1 and proceeds upward in single steps A single bar at the top ind
12. ows the user to illuminate a particular area and still utilize all the other features of the trackspot For example trackspot will continue to step through program s and pages Note Rate or Audio must be activated to utilize other features Section Ill Non llluminated Keys The Special Analog Controller also has three non illuminating keys up Arrow down Arrow and Bump Use these keys to change the values of function keys such as Program Intensity Rate and Audio triggering For example you may affect the program selection by pushing the associated key Program to illuminate its LED Then you may push the up or down Arrow key to change programs Arrow Pushing the up Arrow when a function LED is illuminated increases the selected value up If the Arrow key is held down the selected value will scroll to its maximum value If the value is at its maximum the next push of the up Arrow will cause the value to wrap to its minimum value Arrow Pushing the down Arrow when a function LED is illuminated decreases the selected down value If the Arrow key is held down the selected value will scroll to its minimum value If the value is at its minimum the next push of the down Arrow will cause the value to wrap to its maximum value Bump Pushing the Bump key when a function LED is illuminated selects the next program The Bump key has effect in addition to whatever rate or audio tr
13. repeat Note Audio 1 is the least sensitive and audio 5 is the most sensitive When the SSD shows 3 the controller will step from audio 1 to audio 3 to audio 5 then wrap to audio 1 and repeat The controller steps up by two When the SSD shows 4 the controller will step from audio 5 to audio 3 to audio 1 then wrap to audio 5 and repeat The controller steps down by two Section V Warranty Procedures Please follow all procedures pertaining to the Special Analog Controller This will help ensure better service from your HES Dealer Distributor Saving the Shipping Materials Do not discard the Special Analog Controller shipping carton and packing materials These shipping cartons and packing materials are specifically designed to protect these products during transport If you ever need to return a product for repair maintenance you must return it in its original shipping carton and packing materials You will be billed for a new shipping carton and new packing materials if you return your Special Analog Controller in a non factory shipping carton with non factory packing materials Note Before sending anything to the factory be sure to call your HES Dealer Distributor for a Return Authorization Number RA Any goods shipped without an RA number will be refused at the factory The contents of each shipping carton should be carefully removed and inspected for signs of freight damage If any such damage is found you need to
14. trackspot Special Analog Controller User Guide High End High End Systems Inc Kat rose USA ustin o A A LIGHTWAVE systems RESEARCH Part No 60600033 User Guide Version 1 0 June 1993 Lightwave Research Inc 1993 All Rights Reserved Trackspot Special Analog Controller Contents Tay cele let 0 ce Section Master Slave Mode dios Aer Section Il LED Indicators and Associated Keye Standby iie d certet ci pde Wel fii de sae Programs mete e e endete tete Automatic Program Step Intensity s eer e e t eee ie an dene eee Ie en Halo I Ie Le LU LS SIDE e tu I MD M ME RU sr cu nn etd Section Ill Non llluminated Keys sssssssssss ATOW Up na barar Ke Ep e Ee PERI e DE Ede Ale ATTOW dOWN HH HGH HHbbbbbbH NNDIDIENI kEI Section IV Supllemental Features EPROM Version LED Test Special MOdes itn y k oet eie teet tien Fate onn eee weed tee eme pe ct nde dtd Section V Warranty Procedures 1 6 5 Saving the Shipping Materials sse 5 Limited Warranty sets 5 Returning an Item Under Warranty for Repair 5 Getting Help High
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