User's Manual
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3. Press Save to Cue and enter Record Memory Cue menu then the red led of Flash button which have saved program will twinkle Press 1 to select record mode If you press the twinkling Flash button LCD screen display Playback isn t empty Overwrite if press to Confirm the saved content will be overwritten In spite of the content is Cue or Chase If you press the Flash button without twinkle a new playback will be saved 6 4 Chase A chase is composing with some chase steps Each of which has 3 timing parameters and Link mode parameters which are HTP FadeIn LTP FadeIn LTP wait Each chase step time called independent time When edit program step console automatically give out independent time and Link default value HTP Fadelin 0 LTP Fadein 1 LTP wait 0 sec Link ON Please pay attention when editing user can change the independent time value of one of the chase steps Once it is changed the relevant chase step time won t be superseded by the global time Each of Chases has a global time as well When changing the global time of the Chase the global time will supersede the default independent time value of the chase step but won t react on the chase step time which independent time had been changed After changing the global time will be saved While Chase is running you can temporarily use the Control Wheel B to adjust the speed rate of one of the Playba
4. two types of Live Mode in Party 600 while using the soft key Channel Level to switch the mode the LCD screen display the present mode Level mode You can change the brightness of the fixture or channel by fade in the fader which had patched the fixtures or dimmers Channel mode You can use the 40 faders to control the channels of the selected fixtures in this mode The Level mode is the normal Live Mode The Channel mode can only be used for adjusting the channel value of the selected fixtures 3 2 Select Manual Control of Units You can try to manual control the Units after patching First of all select the units need to be controlled Select the Units need to be controlled first Select the page number the Unit section then press the Unit buttons you need to control If you want to manual control the brightness of the channels you selected please set the faders into Level mode if you want to manual control diversified attribute of the fixtures you selected please set the faders into Channel mode Fast way If you need to select Unit button 1 10 you only need to press Unit button 1 and hold still until you press Unit button 10 Note If the Unit buttons had not patched to any fixtures or dimmers you can not choose Units and the led of the Unit buttons will not on 3 3 View the output of the Console The LCD screen display the present attributes value It displays as follows Unit No Mar
5. It is use for clearing all the playback data Press S3 and select Clr PLBK Press S1 to confirm clear 10 2 User Setup Language setup and MIDI are two parts of User Setup 10 2 1 Set Up Language Press Press S3 and select System Press S2 and select User setup Press 5 select the language displayed on the LCD screen 29 http www codelight com 10 2 2 Set Up MIDI Party 600 can be used as a MIDI slave thus MIDI Master can control its Playback program It can also be used as a MIDI master when another Party 600 used as a MIDI slave They are connected by MIDI cables and work in Master Slave mode You should make sure the two devices share the same MIDI channel before you use MIDI to control the console 10 2 2 1 MIDI Device Press Setup Press S3 and select System Press 52 and select User setup Press 52 and enter MIDI setup Press S 1 to switch between the 3 states MIDI device Disable MIDI function closed MIDI device Master Party 600 is set to be the main device MIDI device Slave Party 600 is controlled by MIDI Master 10 2 2 2 MIDI Channel Press Setup Press 53 and select System Press 52 and select User setup Press S2 and enter MIDI setup Use Control Wheel B to entry MIDI channel number
6. ae 30 Uperade the SOW ares a 31 11 Technological 32 iii 1 Welcome to Use the Party 600 For your convenient usage the manual is divided into 11 chapters Important contents are highlighted by shading and example explanations are added when necessary for the sake of your better understanding In the manual a square symbolizes a button e g on the LCD Screen e g FileSystem 1 1 Setting up Party 600 Enter while a square bracket symbolizes a menu item shown You need to prepare the following connection before you using Party 600 Connect Party 600 with AC power supply Note Check whether the local power supply is within the voltage range of 100V 240V Connect the dimmers and fixtures with DMX cables There are two individual and optical isolated DMX output jacks to provide the main and spare DMX output 1 2 The Front Panel of Party 600 Pary Lighting Controller ALLL TT amp http www codelight com 1 2 1 1 2 2 Channel faders There 20 faders in this section cooperate with the 21 40 switch button can control 40 faders in all it stays on 21 40 while the red led turns on 21 40 6 6 6 4 afin 2 2 2 32 13 33 14 34 15 35
7. Press and select Time Edit Time Edit Select the Playback needed to adjust timing and change 3 of the timing parameters according to your needed Each Playback global time contains 3 timing 1 HTP Fade In the time a step spend on the HTP Fade in 2 LTP Fade in the time of all the LTP Fade in of the Playback 3 LTP Wait the time between the beginning of a step and the beginning of an LTP Fade in The adjusted global time will be saved automatic which availability for the selected Playback and instead of the default independent time of the Chase steps only However the adjusted Chase step independent time is impregnable 6 5 6 Change the Speed of Playback temporarily User can adjust the running speed of the Playback when performing Fade in the fader to run Playback Press S1 and enter PLAYBACK Press S1 and enter PB Speed 20 http www codelight com Press Shift and hold still until press the Flash button in order to set the Playback into present state Use Control Wheel B to adjust the Playback speed proportion there is a PB Speed shown on the LCD screen adjusting range is 10 500 This kind of temporarily adjusting Playback speed is a speed of Playback global time multiply with the PB speed proportion For example if the Chase global time 1 second when the PB speed 50 then the Chase step running time becomes 0 5 sec
8. adopt the last takes precedence LTP If Playback faders of several LTP channels are controlling some attributes simultaneously only the latest level the fader controlled will be output 6 2 Program Playback The manual control method we introduced previously is a temporary control for some fixtures or dimmers Once the console is turned off the Effect produced by manual control will disappear If you have make a beautiful Effect and hope to use it in the future you have to save it in one Playback fader Then you can replay the Effect by fading in the fader later on There are 2 kinds of Playback programs Cue and Chase They are based on the manual control A Chase comprises of several steps And Cue equals to a step of Chase There are 8 Playback pages in Party 600 each of which has 12 Playback faders to record the Effects It can memorize 96 Playbacks in total Each Playback can be used to save a Cue or a Chase 15 http www codelight com 6 3 Cue We will introduce the record mode and how to record Cue in this part 6 3 1 Two Record Modes of Cue Record Mode Selected Only the selected fixtures can be recorded in Cue Record Mode Stage No matter whether the fixtures are selected or not all of them will be saved in Cue 6 3 2 Save Cue When recording the Cue only two Effects running simultaneously will be saved in each step Create the scenes and Effects you need by manual control
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11. 16 368 17 37 18 38 19 39 20 40 si The faders can be switched between Channel mode and Dimming Level mode by the Channel Level switch key it stays on Channel mode while the red led turns on In the Channel mode after selected the buttons of the corresponding fixtures using the faders can adjust at most 40 channel parameters of the selected fixtures In the Level mode faders control the Dimming level of the patched units directly Each fader can control the light level of a fixture or a channel Fade in or out will change the brightness of the fixture or channel that is patched to it accordingly Unit keys Unit A F G H 1 J K L Q R Page v w x Y z Party 600 has 6 Unit pages each of which can be patched to 20 Units Thus 120 Units can be patched totally One Unit button can patch one Fixture or one Channel which can be composed of one or more dimmers Unit buttons are the selecting button for the Units Two functions of them are 1 Select the Units 2 Fast enter English letters and symbols 2 http vwww codelight com 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 Preset keys Preset 1 2 4 6 6 7 8 9 Party 600 has 4 Preset pages each of which has g 10 Preset buttons the contents of the 40 Preset Pago 1 2 3 4 buttons set by users Playback pa
12. 6th fader to select the copy target Press to Confirm 7 2 Delete Delete is used for diminishing the unneeded Playback Preset and Unit 7 2 1 Delete Preset Press Delete to enter Delete menu Press 52 and select DEL Preset Select Preset page if there is Preset program in the button the led of it will twinkle Press the preset button wanted to delete Press 5 1 and select Confirm to delete Press Delete to exit 22 http www codelight com 7 2 2 Delete Playback Press Delete to enter Delete menu Press 53 and select DEL PB Select Playback page if there is Chase program in the Playback the led of Flash button will twinkle Press the Flash button wanted to delete Press 5 1 and select Confirm to delete Press Delete to exit 7 2 3 Delete Unit Strong suggestion never delete the fixtures without a second thought especially those which are used in the programs Otherwise it may leads to data error Once error occurs you have to clear all data to reedit the whole program Press Delete to enter Delete menu Press 51 DEL Unit Select Unit page if the Unit button had patched Unit the led of it will twinkle Press the Unit button wanted to delete Press 5 1 and select Confirm to delete Press Delete to exit 23 http www codelight com 8 Fixture L
13. CODE Pariy 600 Lighting Console User s Manual Ver 1 056 CODE ELECTRONIC CO LTD http www codelight com Content 1 Welcome to Use the Party 600 1 l V Setting Up Party GOO r sissc3s cissteis dies ablevsnededasdatbsceecoussdventelevssgdvecvegstbsanssegesevosediuasenpueesenodesavesunsacdoeds 1 1 2 The Front Panel of Party 600 1 1 21 Channel tad ers sors eters Asche atte ete i iii 2 1 22 Unit keyseieics citi ied AHA ie add hae ee ee ek ager echo 2 12 3 Preset keysa istemi aek a kda a AA ee ee 3 12 4 Playback A a aaea A ea aaa eae e A a a ra aNs 3 1 2 5 Master a athe ees te 3 1 2 6 Function Keystone a es eet vite ade a ein ee ee ee 4 le A ee A el 4 W282 OKO DATTE EEE ET E E A caataecastscetasisend diatensessadeers 4 1 2 9 Men SOf KEYS ririn nora oder a rene eee 4 12 VOVACUON KO S a eee ede ek edd eee a de Ea 4 1 2 11 Operate Keys scan ile esa diel een ei Ail een ele 5 1 2 12 SWITCH 5 1 3 The Rear Panel of Party G00 i eisessviesversstutvensstoatentstedootcocasueovsdedsenbeidesnadatedvourenasitesearsddasssssvedeeted 5 4 331 DMX vil A ee ish eae ea r 5
14. Copy function IDelete Delete function Patch Patch the Units Setup Setup the Console LCD Screen Display diversified information under various circumstances Control Wheels The 3 wheels A B and C are used to setup all the attributes value of the Units as well as all the controlling parameters of the Effects Menu soft keys There 4 soft keys on the right of the LCD screen 51 S4 the functions of which depend on the present state of the console Under different situations the enabled functions of the keys are displayed on the corresponding place of the LCD screen Action keys Music Trigger Music trigger of Chase Pause Pause the Chase Pause Got Chase in order H H A Chase in reverse order 4 http Avwww codelight com 1 2 11 Operate keys Locate if you press this button the selected fixtures will display white light beam The position of Pan and Tilt will be set in middle so you can easily find out the fixtures and locate them according to your need Shift the functions will be illustrated in the following chapter IExit the functions will be illustrated in the following chapter Clear the functions will be illustrated in the following chapter Enter th
15. Press 51 to Confirm Press 54 to exit Press S2 and enter Set MIDIch Press and return to Live Mode 10 2 2 3 MIDI Order Party 600 can deal with the related MIDI order Order of setting up a Playback Page Bn xx xx is the page NO 0 7 Order of running a Playback 9n pp Il pp Playback No 0 11 decimal output level of the Playback 0 127 decimal 127 Max Order of controlling the running An pp cc 30 http www codelight com 10 3 Upgrade the Software Download the latest software from http www codelight com and save it in USB flash drive Insert the USB flash drive Press Setup Press S3 and enter System Press 53 and select Upgrade Use the direction keys to select the edition of the software to update Press 51 and select SelectFile Press Enter to upgrade Note Make sure the constant power supply and never cut off the electricity or turn off the console during the update 31 http www codelight com 11 Technological Specification 512 DMX channels with 2 DMX optical isolated outputs Maximum 120 Units freely patched to Intelligent Fixtures or Dimmer Control Channels LCD screen menu in Chinese English Up to 96 Playbacks controlled by 12 Playback faders x 8 pages and 3 Control Wheels Up to 100 groups Freely editing 40 Prese
16. Show Mode 26 http www codelight com 9 File management You can insert USB flash drive into the USB jack of the Party 600 and backup the program to the USB flash drive Suggestion you d better backup the data after you finish programming It s advisable habit to backup the documents Once the unpredictable accidents happened you can resume it by the backup documents in the USB flash drive Before you perform the following operations you need to insert the USB flash drive into the USB jack of the console extended line is permitted Meanwhile you need to insure the USB flash drive is in the FAT format otherwise you need to format the USB flash drive by FAT via PC 9 1 Upload Show File The show file includes all the user setting Preset data and performing program of the console The file is user via backup the show file that saved in the USB flash drive Insert the USB flash drive into the USB jack at the back of the console Press Setup to enter Supervise Menu Press 51 enter FileSystem and wait until the console list the documents in the USB flash drive Press 51 to enter Load Show and use the Up and Down cursors to select the needed Show document whose extended name is SHO Press S and Load Show to upload the data to the console Press Setup to exit after finish 9 2 Backup Show File Insert the USB flash drive into the USB jac
17. as the 2nd step The previous 2nd 4th step will move to 3rd 5th step The inserted step temporarily shown with a decimal point until you press 52 to Renumber When finish press Edit Playback and exit 6 4 3 3 Delete a step in Chase Press Edit Playback and enter Program Playback menu Press S3 Press S3 Press the Flash button of the needed Playback and select Del or INS and select DeleteStep Use Left and Right button to turn over pages Press the corresponding No of the Flash button you want to delete to delete immediately Press Edit Playback and exit 6 5 Run Playback It s easy to run a Playback Select the page of the Playback fisrt and fade in the Playback When running several Playbacks the screen shows which Playback is running Press Shift Flash button to change the running You can use Control wheel B to change the speed of the running Playback For example Chase is replaying you can set up the music trigger pause the direction of running and etc 6 5 1 Change Playback Page Press the different No of page Playback button Turning to other page means turning to another 12 program When you fade in a program and change the Playback page while it s running the program will keep running and not be replaced by the new Playback page If some Playback button leds are twinkling after changing Playback page
18. most 8 characters Press S1 to confirm after finish inputting 25 http www codelight com Press 54 and return to last menu Press 54 and select Save 8 3 1 2 Import R20 File Party 600 allows users to import R20 files You can create the R20 library on PC and import it into the console via USB driver Press 52 ImPort R20 Select the R20 file by keys or Press 51 to confirm Note The R20 file can not be edited after imported You have to edit on PC and re import again 8 3 2 Edit Existing Fixture You can edit the parameters of the existing fixtures in the user fixture library Note If the fixture is used in Playback delete or edit it may lead to a running error of Playback View the user fixture library Use the Up and Down buttons to select the needed fixture Press 52 and select Edit Fix Press 54 to confirm enter it is the same as the way to edit the newly added fixture Press S4 to Save after finish editing 8 3 3 Delete Fixture You can delete the user defined fixture Note If the fixture is used in Playback delete or edit it may lead to a running error of Playback View the user fixture library Use the Up and Down buttons to select the needed fixture Press 53 and select Delete Press S4 to Confirm delete Press to exit and return to Live
19. orders 1 3 4 USB port You can use the USB to backup the console data update the light library as well as update the firmware 1 3 5 Power supply jack and Fuse Party 600 can adjust itself to a very wide voltage range 100 240VAC 50 60Hz Thus LAMP POWER INPUT MAINS te it can be used worldwide If you need to change the fuse please pull out the power supply cable to insure a safe operation damp 1 4 Clear All Data Note All the data in the console including all the fixture patch preset and playback will be cleared except the fixture library Yov d better clear all data in the newly bought console so that you can avoid the unpredictable errors caused by disorder of the mixed patch Press Setup in Function section to enter the Supervise Menu Press S3 to enter System Parameter menu Press S 1 Clear Data Press 51 Clear Press S 1 to Confirm to finish clearing all the data Note After finished the operation above system will return to Live Mode Level automatic 6 http www codelight com 2 1 Patch After clearing all the data of the console users need to patch the Units according to the connecting circumstance of the fixtures and the dimmers in order to use the 1 20 soft keys and soft key 21 40 in the Unit section to select the Units Before p
20. that means the corresponding Playback faders saved the same programs as those faders before changing pages If you need to run the programs of the new page you have to fade out the previous program and fade in again thus the fader will show the new program after changing the page 19 http www codelight com 6 5 2 Change into Present State Fade in the Playback fader you can fade in several Playback simultaneity Press Shift one of Playback Flash button and change to the present state which can be seen on the lower part of LCD screen 6 5 3 Change the Direction of Chase and Pause Set the Playback to the present state first Press Go or Go to change the direction of Chase Press Pause can stop the Chase and stay at the present step Press again will continue the Chase Note if the Chase step contains Effects the Effect will run continuously 6 5 4 Music Trigger Set the Playback to the present state first Press Music Trigger then the led of button will turn on and the Chase steps will follow the rhythm of the music Press Music Trigger again the led will be off and the Chase steps will run as the preset speed Press Pause can stop and press Go or can change the direction of the Chase 6 5 5 Performing Global Time User can change the Global time of each Playback Set the Playback to the present state first
21. to complete the patching of DMX address 7 12 to Unit 7 please refer to the illustration Press to exit patching 2 3 Patch Fixtures There are two types of Library in the console 1 System fixture Library The console has been uploaded the latest fixture library when it s on sale You can visit our website to download the newest library and upload it to your console 2 User fixture Library When you can t find the model of your fixtures in the System Fixture Library you can build one yourself Note Use the Left amp Right buttons to turn over the pages You can use the Unit buttons with English letter to fast skip to the initial letter of the Manufacturer or the Name of the Fixture Use the Up or Down buttons to select the Manufacturer or Fixture model Example Patch a Martin Mac2000 Profile with 24 channels to Unit 1 of the 2nd page the initial DMX address 61 use the DMX address 61 84 Press Patch and enter Setup Patch menu Press 5 1 Fixture Press 1 SystemLib Press and select the Manufacturer order mode You can search by the Name of fixture or the Manufacturer After found out the Name of manufacturer press 51 to confirm Then the LCD screen display all the fixture models of the manufacturer Find out the fixture Martin Mac2000 Profile 24CH and press 5 1 to confirm Console will automatically patch the DMX initia
22. D screen 9 3 3 Format the USB Flash Driver You can format the USB flash drive which equals the FAT format for it on PC If the USB flash drive is not in the FAT format you need to format the USB flash drive by FAT via PC Note FAT32 format is not permitted Note the memories of the USB flash drive will be eliminated once it is formatted Press S3 and select Format USB then press S1 to Confirm This operation can not format FAT32 into FAT but can quickly eliminate the memories of the FAT formatted USB flash drive 28 http www codelight com 10 Setup the System The update of the software of the console and the elimination of internal data will be introduced in this part 10 1 Data Clear You can clear the internal data of the console except Fixture Library Press Setupi Press S3 and enter System Press 51 select Clear Data There are 4 functions as followed you can choose to operate 10 1 1 Clear all Data Note All the internal data including Patch Preset and Playback of the Units will be cleared but the uploaded library 1 select Clear All Press S1 to Confirm clear 10 1 2 Clear All the Preset Data It is use for clearing all the preset data Press S2 and select Clr Preset Press S1 to confirm clear 10 1 3 Clear All the Playback data
23. atching users must make clear of the model parameter of the Units and the present initial DMX address The Units can be the fixtures as well as the dimmers Patch the Unit Address When patching dimmer channels and fixtures LCD screen will list the present patched addresses of the Units and give the recommended DMX addresses automatically Those free DMX addresses marked as Free You can also make your channels and fixtures schedule for manual patching of the DMX address the first line of the LCD screen display the next DMX address to be patch Control Wheel B changes available If the DMX address had patched the number will twinkle the console will refuse iterative patching automatic The example below we supposed the DMX addresses 1 to 60 are prearrange for Dimmers the DMX addresses of the Fixtures commence with 61 The dimmer channels will be patched to the soft keys of 1st page in Unit section and the fixtures will be patched to the 2nd page 2 2 Patch Dimmer Channels Each Unit fader can be patched to a dimmer channel After patching you can control the level of the dimmer channel A dimmer channel comprise of one or more DMX addresses If you change the level of a dimmer channel dimmers of the DMX addresses controlled by the channel will get the same level value First of all please fade in two Master faders Grand and Cue Playback when start to use Press Patch in the Function section to enter Setup Patch m
24. change the Link mode by pressing the relevant Flash button of the chase step 17 http www codelight com 6 4 2 2 Change the Independent Time of Chase Step Each Chase contains 3 independent times as followed 1 Fade in the time a step spend on the HTP Fade in 2 LTP Fade in The time of all the LTP Fade in of the Playback 3 LTP Wait the time between the beginning of a step and the beginning of an LTP Fade in When you programming Chase every chase step has endued with a default to 3 of the independent time If you want to set a chase step time into changeless impervious to the global time you can set the independent time when you are programming or adjusting the chase step Time Edit time 1 000 HTP Fadein First of all entry edit Chase Mode Step Number Effect LPT Fadein ON 1 LTP wait Press S2 and select Step Time to edit 2 3 4 1 0 ON P1 0 Press the Flash button in the Playback section to select the chase step which needed to edit Use soft key 51 52 53 to select what kind of independent time need to be edited Use Control Wheel B to adjust second while Control Wheel C to adjust millisecond Press Enter to confirm When performing the edited global time will supersede the chase step default independent time but the edited independent time won t be superseded 6 4 3 Edit Chase We will i
25. ck PB Speed adjusting range is 10 500 The Chase global time multiply the percentage is the actual running time of the present chase step When actual running the Chase global time is use for controlling the basic running speed of the relevant program while the PB Speed is use for temporarily changing the Chase speed The temporarily speed rate 16 http www codelight com won t be saved when turn off the console the PB Speed will automatically resume to 100 when turn on the console next time 6 4 1 Create a new Chase Press Edit Playback and enter Program Playback menu Choose the Flash button NO of the program which needs edit in the Playback section There are 96 Playbacks each page contains 12 Playback The red led of Playback buttons which have saved programs will twinkle those led off are empty Pressing an empty Flash button means you will save a new Chase in this button Create the needed scene and Effect by manual control Press S to Save Step you can save in two ways 1 If what you want to save is the last step press 51 and select Save to Last to save the step at the end of the program 2 Use the Flash buttons to select step No to save as a Chase step of that Playback program For example you have edited 4 steps If you press a Flash button whose No is larger than 4 the step will be saved as the 5th step If you press Playback button 3 the previ
26. e Link mode of the Chase as Inside If you need the Chase steps to run continuously regardless to the Link of each step you need to set up the Link mode as Automatic If you need the Chase steps to pause after finish running and wait for your order Go then you need to set the Link mode as Manual In the Live Mode Press 5 select Playback Press 53 and select Parameter Use 5 to select Link mode to set into one of the 3 modes which are Automatic Manual or Internal Press 54 to exit 21 http www codelight com 7 Advanced Function The advanced function contains Copy and Delete for the Playback and 7 1 Copy This function can copy Playback or Preset 7 1 1 Copy Preset Example Copy the Preset value of button 1 of the 1st page to button 10 of the 2nd page Press Copy to enter Copy Menu Select the 1st page in Preset section Press Preset button to select the copy content Select the 2nd page in Preset section Press button 10 to select the copy target Press 5 1 to Confirm 7 1 2 Playback Example Copy the Playback of the 1st fader of the 1st page in the Playback section to the 6th fader of the 1st page Press to enter Copy Menu Select the 1st page in the Playback section Press the button above the 1st fader to select the copy content Press the button above the
27. e functions will be illustrated in the following chapter gt to switch pages of the menu shown on the LCD screen t 4 to select the options shown on the LCD screen 1 2 12 Power switch POWER LAMP the nearside of the picture there is a power switch of Party 600 and the starboard is a jack for a 12VDC gooseneck working light and the working current must less than 1A 1 3 The Rear Panel of Party 600 B m Aal sla 1 3 1 DMX output 14 DMX 512 DMX 512 OUTPUT 1 OUTPUT 2 5 Not Used There two individual optical isolated DMX output jacks to provide the main and spare DMX output 1 3 2 Audio input Chase can automatically follow the bass rhythm of the audio There are two ways to input Party 600 can pick up the bass and rhythm of the audio signal to trigger Chase so that the audio signals one is through a 1 4 inch stereo plug the other is by the microphone of the console After the stereo jack is plugged the console will use the audio signals from the stereo cable otherwise it will use the microphone to pick up the sound 5 http www codelight com 1 3 3 MIDI port Console not only can be controlled by the MIDI signals but also can send out MIDI signals to control another Party 600 Please refer to the relevant chapter for further information about the controlling
28. el Level and switch to Live Mode Channel mode Fade in the relevant faders to complete different operation If the fixture channel is more than 20 you must work with soft key 21 40 to complete setting 21 40 channels If two kinds of fixture selected at the same time fader setting ineffectively because of the different channel attribute 3 5 3 Using the Preset value If there are some preset values have been saved in the Preset section After selected and turned on the fixture you can press the button to add the needed channel values directly Such as brightness colour gobo and Pan Tilt position 3 5 4 Run the Effect of the Fixtures Please refer to the introduction in 5th chapter 3 6 Manual Clear Manually controlled dimmer channels and fixtures can be cleared by pressing Clear especially when you editing Cue and Chase you can quickly clear those unneeded effects 3 7 Using Group You can collect the same type fixtures into a Group so that you can easily control them all together Example Set Unit button 1 10 of 2nd page as Group 1 Select Unit button 1 10 of 2nd page Press 53 Group Roll Control Wheel to make the present group No 1 which shown on the LCD Press 53 Save Group Once you create the group you can quickly select fixtures or dimmer channels Example Select group 1 In the Live mode press S3 and select Gr
29. enu Press 52 Dimmer then the LCD screen display the patching state Free means it s not patched Console will automatically patch the DMX initial address If needed wheel B changes available Press Unit button 1 20 to complete the dimmer patching If you want to use one channel to control a group of dimmers patch the DMX addresses of the dimmers of the group into the same Unit soft key repeatedly Press Patch to exit patching and return to Live Mode Level Example Use 1 6 DMX addresses to patch a 6 channels dimmer to No 1 6 Unit buttons of Ist page in Unit section so that each of the 6 Unit faders can individually control 1 dimmer channel thus each Unit button control a dimmer channel Press Patch and enter Setup Patch menu Press S2 Dimmer Set the DMX address into 1 by Control Wheel Press the soft keys of 1 page in Unit section Press No 1 6 Unit buttons in the Unit section in turn to complete the patching of DMX addresses 1 6 to 7 http www codelight com Unit 1 6 please refer to the illustration Press Patch to exit patching Example Use 7 12 DMX address to patch a 6 channels dimmer to Unit 7 thus one Unit button control 6 dimmer channels Press Patch to enter Setup Patch menu Press 62 Dimmer Set the DMX address into 7 by Control Wheel B Press No 7 Unit button for 6 times
30. es soft key 52 for Up and 53 for Down can be used to view the patching information 2 4 Setting up the Fixture Channels By setting up the swap of Pan and Tilt you can control fixtures which is installed against the stage to swap Pan Tilt axis Invert Pan and or Tilt so that the mirror movement makes the control more direct and easier Note The setup should be done before you program the show Otherwise errors of moving direction will occur in running the program Press Patch to enter Setup Patch menu Press S3 Use the Up or Down button to select the fixture you need to set up its channel ChannelSet Select S1 for Swap P T 52 for Invert Pan 53 for Invert Tilt according to your need Press Cancel to exit Press Patch to exit patching 2 5 View the Unit Patching You can view the patched Units and their DMX address as follow Press Patch Setup Patch menu Press 52 then the LCD screen will display the Units patching state of the console View by the Left or Right button to turn over the pages as well as view by Control Wheel B Press Patch to exit 9 http www codelight com 3 3 1 Manual Control of Dimmer Channels and Fixtures We will introduce how to manually control dimmer channels and fixtures in this chapter Live Mode There
31. ibrary Supervise There are two libraries within the console one is System Fixture Library which is uploaded before leaving the factory The other is User Fixture Library which is empty when the console leaves factory If you can find the Fixture in System Library you are using you can add up to the user Library thyself 8 1 Upgrade Fixture Library The system fixtures library offered by Party 600 includes most fixtures in the market We will constantly collect and update the library documents You can download the latest library CodeLib bin from our website http www codelight com You can save the library document in USB flash drive Insert the USB flash drive into the USB jack at the back of the console Press Setup to enter Supervise Menu Press 52 to enter FixtureLib Press S 1 to enter UpgradeLib Use the Up and Down keys to move the cursor to the Library name CODELIB BIN and the information like date of the document will be displayed Press S 1 to select SelectFile The LCD screen will display the percentage of the updating progress When OK is shown the update is finished Press to exit and return to Live Show Mode 8 2 View System Fixture Library You can view the production date of the system fixture library the fixtures and channels contained in the library You can check whether the library is damaged or see whether the library is the latest o
32. k nnn There are several kinds of marks M manual mode P preset value L locate value CH channel mode nnn shows the attribute value of the present Unit 0 minimum 255 maximum For example 1 M255 means Unit is in the manual mode which value is 255 10 http www codelight com 3 4 Manual Control of Dimmer Channels Press soft key Channel Level switch to Live Mode Level mode it s the normalcy mode of the console It s very easy to control dimmer Channels manually You only need to fade in the patched Unit fader and then the patched DMX channels will send out the brightness signals to the dimmer LCD displays the present values of each channel If you need to control more than one dimmer channel at one time you firstly select the Unit buttons then use the control wheel A to adjust the level 3 5 Manual Control of Fixtures It s also very easy to control fixtures manually Operate step Firstly select the fixture and open the white light beam then adjust the attributes of the fixtures or run the internal Effects of the console 3 5 1 Turn the light beam Select the fixtures one or more at one time Select the fixtures in the Unit section Press Locatel Press 51 LocateFix to open white light beam median value automatically set into Pan Tilt 3 5 2 Change the Attribute Values of Fixtures If you want to change the attributes of the fi
33. k at the back of the console Press Setup to enter Supervise Menu Press 1 to enter FileSystem and wait until the console list the documents in the USB flash drive Press 52 to enter BackupShow you will be asked to input the name of Show backup document which at most can be input 8 numbers or letters Press S and Confirm to start the backup after enter the name of the document Press Setup to exit after finish 9 3 Utilities of USB Flash Drive Press Setupi Press 5 enter FileSystem Press S3 and enter Utilities Now the LCD screen will display 3 functions which will be introduced as follows 27 http www codelight com 9 3 1 Delete Document You can delete the documents of the inserted USB flash drive Note the documents can not be resumed after deletion Press 5 enter DEL File Use the up or down button to select the needed document 1 and Confirm to delete and it takes about several minutes Press 54 and select Quit this Menu until return to the Live Show Mode 9 3 2 View the Capacity of USB Flash Drive You can view the capacity of the inserted USB Flash Drive After you pressing 52 to select USB Space the console will read the USB information and show the capacity and the spare space of the USB flash drive on the LC
34. key to switch the present then you can adjust each of the effect parameter by using Control Wheel A B C Press 53 can change the running direction Certainly you can press 52 and select DEL Effect in this menu to stop running of the enable effect After entered the moving effect menu if you don t choose any effect you can exit by pressing Exitl 14 http www codelight com 6 Playback Cue and Chase are called by a joint name of Playback We had introduced how to control fixtures and dimmer channels and how to use Effect generator previously Here we will introduce how to save the created program and how to playback the program by using faders 6 1 What is HTP and LTP Before saving a program you need to know how Party 600 works It s very important to know how to playback the Effect and how HTP and LTP work Important Concept Usually only brightness attribute adopt HTP while other attributes adopt LTP When you are running two or more programs or fade out a running program by faders Party 600 needs to know how to output the program The principle for controlling dimmer channel or brightness of fixtures is highest takes precedence HTP If Playback faders of several HTP channels are controlling several different dimmer channels or fixtures simultaneously the console only output the program with the highest level Other attributes such as position color or gobo and etc
35. l address If needed Control Wheel B change available Here we change the DMX address to 61 by Wheel B Select the 2nd Unit page button and press Unit button 1 please refer to the illustration Press Patch to exit patching Example Patch 9 Martin Mac2000 Profiles with 24 channels to Unit button 2 10 of the 2nd page DMX address automatically patch to the address followed last example thus commence with DMX address 85 Press Patch to enter Setup Patch menu Press 51 Fixture Select SystemLib Press 52 and select the Manufacturer order mode You 8 http www codelight com can searc h by the Name of fixture or the Manufacturer After found out the Name of manufacturer press 51 to confirm Then the LCD screen display all the fixture m odels of the manufacturer Find out the fixture Martin Mac2000 Profile 24CH and press S1 to confirm Console will automatically patch the DMX initial address If needed Control Wheel B change available Here we change the DMX address to 85 by Wheel B Select the 2nd Unit page button Press Unit button 2 and hold still until press Unit button 10 which can quickly patch the selected fixtures to Unit button 2 10 of the 2nd page please refer to the illustration Press Pat chl to exit patching Use the 51 SelAnother can patch other different model of fixtur
36. ne Press Setup Press 52 and enter FixtureLib Press 52 and select View Lib Press and exit to Live Mode 8 3 User Library You can view the fixtures in the user fixture library and you can add new fixtures as well as edit and delete the user defined information in the library Press Setup Press 52 and enter FixtureLib Press 53 and select User Lib and the LCD screen will display the list of custom fixtures 24 http www codelight com 8 3 1 Add anew Fixture If your fixture is not included in the system fixture library you can add some in the user fixture library where will not be any conflict or overlap of those fixtures with a same name in the system fixture library When you select option Add NewFix You can create the library manually or import the R20 library file 8 3 1 1 Manual Create Users can create a simple library on the console Press S 1 Manual Add there are 3 options for your creating 8 3 1 1 1 Setup total Number of DMX channel Note you must setup the total number of DMX first so that you can continue setting the other items Press S1 and enter Total DMX Use Control Wheel B to set the number of new Fixture DMX channel Press S1 to Confirm 8 3 1 1 2 Setup Channel There are 3 items which are Dimmer Tilt and Pan in the user Fixture Libra
37. nt with far less programming You d better use at lest 4 neighboring fixtures to run the effect Each of Playbacks can run two effects at the same time as well as manual control After adjusted the channel attributes of Pan Tilt position color or Gobo and so on you can select a group of fixtures to run the moving effect automatically by using Party 600 Use the Left and Right soft key to turn over the page and use the up and down soft key or 51 54 to select a moving effect Press Enter to confirm As the way of manually controlling fixtures select several neighboring fixtures in the Unit section Press Locate gt Press S 1 LocateFix to turn on the selected fixtures As the way of using Control Wheel to change the fixture attributes use Control Wheel A to adjust brightness Use Control Wheel B C to adjust Pan Tilt position In the Live Mode press 54 and enter Effect Press S 1 and enter Sel Effect Use Left and Right to turn over pages Use Up and Down 51 54 to select one of the moving effect Press Enter to confirm running In this menu use Control Wheel A B C to respective control the Size xx Speed Angle of the moving effect You can press S again to select running another moving effect simultaneously If two moving effect had run use Left and Right soft
38. ntroduce how to edit and insert the Chase steps 6 4 3 1 Edit Chase Step Press Edit Playback and enter Program Playback menu Press the Flash button of the needed Playback Use Left or Right soft key to look over the chase step then find out the Chase step needed to edit Create a scene or effects manually Press 5 Save Step Press the relevant Flash button of the Chase step number replace the original data with the manual control data For example you have edited 4 steps and want to recompose the 3rd step then press Flash button 3 the previous step saved in button 3 will be replaced After recomposing press Playbackj and exit If after pressing Flash button of Playback needed to edit LCD display there is only 1 step in the present Playback Time 0 sec it means the content of the Playback is a Cue 18 http www codelight com 6 4 3 2 Insert a step in Chase Press Edit Playback and enter Program Playback menu Press S3 Press S1 Press the Flash button of the needed Playback Create a scene or effects manually and select Del or INS and select InsertStep Press the corresponding No of the Flash button you want to insert For instance there are 4 steps You need to insert the present manual program between the Ist and 2nd step So you need to press Flash button 2 your present manual program will be saved
39. ond temporarily The temporarily adjusting Playback speed keeps available but won t be saved until turn off the console The value will resume to 100 when restart the console 6 5 7 Pre Locate the LTP This function can make the fixtures Colour Gobo and Pan Tilt position run to the right position but without brightness According to the performing needed turn on the light beam instantaneous In the Live Mode Press PB num to Pre position LTP z Press S1j and select PLAYBACK Pre Locate Press S2 and select Pre Locate Under the mode Press and hold the Playback Flase button which need to Pre Locate then fade in the fader at this time the fixtures are out off brightness the LTP channel runs according to the Cue which save in the Playback the Pan Tilt or Gobo run to the right location When release the Flash button fixtures turn on the brightness 6 5 8 Change Link Mode There are 3 Link modes which are Automatic Manual Internal When you programming Chase you may notice there is a Link entry on the LCD screen which shows the link mode of each Chase step Link ON means the console will run the new Chase step after finish the present step While Link OFF means the present step will pause after finish and you need to press Go or Go to run the next step Tf you like to run as one of the two modes mentioned before you need to set up th
40. oup Use Control Wheel B and roll the No 1 Press 51 Load Group then Units 1 10 of 2nd page are selected 12 http www codelight com 4 Preset Party 600 has 4 Preset pages each of which has 10 Preset buttons User can save totally 40 preset data which named Preset Table You can set one or more dimmer values and one or more channel attribute values of fixture to one preset button which can be used quickly during live show or programming After saved the preset you can press Preset button directly to quickly move the channel values such as Brightness Color Gobo and Pan Tilt position Example Save red of fixtures to the Preset section Adjust the selected fixtures attribute channel of Color to Red as the way of manually controlling fixtures if there are several kinds of fixtures have been selected you need to adjust them respectively After finishing the edition re select those fixtures their Unit buttons are on Press Edit Preset to enter Edit Preset mode The led of the Preset buttons carrying data will twinkle Press S 1 Change CH Select a Preset button in the Preset section to save the preset data the led off means the Preset buttons is empty Press S1 and select Confirm to save the data 13 http www codelight com 5 Effect There is an Effect Generator in Party 600 which will help you to create various lighting moveme
41. ous step saved in button 3 will be replaced If the led of the 12 Flash buttons on you only need to press 51 and select Save to Last Then you can see the step is save as the 13th step and the led of button 1 is turned on 2nd page When there are more then 12 steps you can use the Left or Right button to turn over the pages If you want to add a moving effect into one step please press 54 operation details please refer to the chapters above When a chase step have added an moving effect the item of Effect display Yes Repeat the operation of the manual control new Effect creation and Step Saving After finishing all the Chase steps press Edit Playback and exit to Live Mode to run the Playback When you save Chase only two Effects running simultaneously will be saved in each step 6 4 2 Chase Step Parameter When edit Chase step you can adjust Link mode and independent time of the chase step 6 4 2 1 Link Mode When you programming Chase you may notice there is a Link entry on the LCD screen which shows the link mode of each Chase step Link ON means the console will run the new Chase step after finish the present step While Link OFF means the present step will pause after finish and you need to press Got or Go to run the next step When programming Chase every chase step will automatically endue with a default Link ON You can
42. rt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 8 6 6 2 2 Cue Playback section contains Playback pages Flash buttons and Playback faders Party 600 has 8 Playback pages each of which contains 12 Playback faders Thus it can memorize 96 Playbacks All the preset Cue and Chase need to be saved in the Playback You can use the faders to playback the programmed Effects Flash buttons above the Playback faders has two functions 1 The Flash function of Playback When you don t fade in the Playback faders you can press and not release the button to run the program which shares the same effect if you fade in the Playback faders The program will be turned off as soon as you release the button 2 Press Shift and one of the Flash buttons to switch the present effective Control wheel can adjust the Playback speed of the right Playback program temporarily Master fader There are 2 faders in Master section Grand controlling the general output level Cue Playback generally controlling the Playback 3 http www codelight com 1 2 6 1 2 7 1 2 8 1 2 9 1 2 10 Function keys There are 7 buttons in the Function section Save to Cue Save the Playback program of Cue Edit Playback Program and edit Playback Edit Preset Edit the Preset
43. ry channel setting Press S2 and enter ChannelSet Press 5 and enter Dimmer to setup channel state use the Control Wheel to set the Dimmer channel number of the fixture You can set it to 0 if there is no Dimmer channel of the Fixture Press S2 and enter Tilt to setup channel state To setup the Fixture with 16 bit use Control Wheel B to set high 8 Tilt channel and use Control Wheel C to set low 8 channel To setup the Fixture with 8 bit use Control Wheel B to set Tilt channel and Control Wheel C set to 0 Press and enter Pan to setup channel state To setup the Fixture with 16 bit use Control Wheel B to set high 8 Pan channel and use Control Wheel C to set low 8 channel To setup the Fixture with 8 bit use Control Wheel B to set Pan channel and Control Wheel C set to 0 After finish setting press 54 to exit 8 3 1 1 3 Setup Fixture Info Press and enter Fix Info Press 5 select Fix name to setup the model and name of the fixture by at most 10 characters of English letters or numbers Use the Unit buttons to input English small letters use Unit buttons to input English capital letters use the 10 Preset buttons to input numeric characters and use 52 to input blank Press 5 1 to confirm after finish inputting Press 52 and select Factory as the same way of above to input the manufacturer name by at
44. t including various colors gobos and positions are controlled by 10 preset buttons x 4 pages Effect Generator provides moving effect to change size speed and spread parameter can creat out various movement Over 6000 of Fixtures in System Library a new fixture can be added easily Freely download latest Fixture Library and software on internet USB backup system enable user to backup the show and system files Latest Fixture Library and software can be uploaded to console via USB flash driver Music trigger function for Chase of Playback Can be controlled by Midi Master Another Party 600 can be connected by Midi signal one for master another for slave Data held while turn off 12V auxiliary light interface Power supply AC 100 240V 50 60 Hz Size 482 x 400 x 105mm Weight 7kg 32 http www codelight com MEMO CODE CODE ELECTRONIC LTD
45. xtures there are two ways as followed 3 5 2 1 Use the Control Wheels to change the Attributes This way of operation allows to control and to set up different kinds of fixtures at the same time Select the fixtures as mentioned above turn on the white light beam as the openning operation Press Press 53 Attribute find out diversified attributes each page display 3 Press Left or Right soft key to turn over pages and Use Wheel A B C to set channel kinds of attributes Press 51 S3 to select the attributes need to be adjusted then console will set the attributes into control wheel B or C for controlling there will be a particular noted display on the primacy line of the LCD screen Use Control wheel to change the attributes value Note after exit the menu the selected fixture channels will remain display on the most underside line of the LCD screen shown as xxx which always keep in the last setting attribute channels clear by soft key Clear available 11 http www codelight com Please pay attention that if the fixture which is user added but not the Fixture Library it won t give out the concrete name of each channels Press 54 to exit 3 5 2 2 Use Channel mode to change the Attributes Select and turn on the fixtures as above Press soft key Chann
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