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Color Wash User Manual V1.0 Garkinhall Systems ● P.O. Box 707 ● Franklin, TN 37065 Tel: 615-236-1000 ● Fax: 615-236-3000 ● www.maxx-tech.com © Garkinhall Systems, Inc. 2006 All Rights Reserved The specifications and info...

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2 Important Safety Information ! Caution: Risk of fire and electrocution. Inappropriate use may result in serious injury or death. • This device should be installed and maintained by qualified personnel only. • Read all instruc...

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3 Table of Contents Introduction ...........................................................................................................4 Setting Up ..............................................................................................

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4 Introduction The GKH 575 Wash from Garkinhall Systems, Inc. is an automated color wash luminaire with RGB dichroic color mixing, an auxiliary color wheel for more saturated colors, lenticular glass for beam shaping and a remote zoom to vary t...

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5 Setting Up A. Unpacking Upon receipt of your fixtures, carefully inspect the outside of the packaging and look for any damage that may have occurred during shipping. Open the package and carefully inspect its contents for signs of damage. Sho...

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6 Caution: Never touch the lamp with your bare hands. The oil from your hands can cause the quartz envelope of the lamp to heat up and explode. c. Without touching the lamp with your bare hands (wear gloves or use a protective s...

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7 a. Green/yellow – ground b. Blue – neutral c. Brown – live or hot D. Applying Power Apply power only after the voltage has been confirmed, the lamp installed and the connector correctly installed. Warning: Risk of electrical sh...

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8 is hanging from a pipe or truss). You should be able to see a small amount of light leak from the back of the fixture head. If the lamp is on, skip to step 7. 3. Strike the Lamp: a. Using the menu display function, press the [UP] or [DOWN]...

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9 each screw, adjust them in rotation in a counterclockwise direction until the spot is a bright as possible. c. Adjust the screws individually so that the hot spot is in the center of the beam. 6. Press the [MODE] button on the menu display s...

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10 demo  Mod.1/Mod.2 rESE. rst SPEC Manu  PAn – PAn.1, PAn.2, or PAn.3 t!t – t!t.1, t!t.2, or t!t.3 SPEd – SPd.1 – SPd.5 CoL.o – Co.0 – Co.9 CyAn – CYA.0 – CYA.5 MAGE – MAG.0 – MAG.5 yELL – yEL.0 – ...

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11 FEEd – on/off d.L.OF – on/off teMP – XXX Fan.S – Lo.OF, Lo.HI, Auto, HIGH, rEG dF.SE AdJ. – Pan – 0-255 t!t – 0-255 SPEd – 0-255 CoL.o – 0-255 CYAn – 0-255 MAGE – 0-255 yELL – 0-255 CSPd – 0-255 M...

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12 r.PAn – Reverse pan. This setting allows you to invert the pan so that opposing fixtures will pan in the same direction given the same command from the controller. To invert the pan: 1. Press the [UP] or [DOWN] button until the displa...

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13 LAti– Lamp timer. This setting indicates the number of hours of operation since the lamp was installed and the lamp timer was reset. To display the number of lamp operating hours: 1. Press the [UP] or [DOWN] button until the display ...

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14 mode 1 and mode 2. Mode 1 does not change the pan and tilt settings but cycles through all the other attributes of the fixture. Mode 2 changes all of the attributes of the fixture, including pan and tilt, in sequence. To put the fixture in ...

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15 2. Press the [ENTER] button. The display will read rSt and the fixture will reset and begin a self-test sequence. When the fixture resets, the motors will make some noise. This is normal. Once the entire self-test sequence has been completed,...

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16 SPEd (speed)– Choose one of five speed of movement settings listed below by using the [UP] and [DOWN] buttons until the display reads SPEd, and then pressing the [ENTER] button. Use the [UP] and [DOWN] buttons to select the desired speed se...

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17 the display reads MACr., and then pressing the [ENTER] button. Use the [UP] and [DOWN] buttons to select the desired macro setting (OFF, MA. 1 – MA.30), then press [ENTER]. The display will then go back to the next highest menu level. To tu...

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18 2. Press the [ENTER] button. 3. Press the [UP] or [DOWN] button until the display reads Po0n. 4. Press the [ENTER] button. 5. Press the [UP] or [DOWN] button until the display reads on. 4. Press the [ENTER] button. 5. Press the [MODE] butto...

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19 troubleshooting tool that can be used to confirm the integrity of the input control signal and rule out problems with DMX addressing, controller output, and cabling problems in the event of a failure. To check the DMX512 input value of a p...

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20 To turn the menu display off: 1. Select the DiSP option from the SPEC function of the display (see SPEC above). 2. Press the [ENTER] button. 3. Press the [UP] or [DOWN] button until the display reads On. 4. Press the [ENTER] button. 5. ...

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21 d.L.OF – DMX512 control of lamp off. This function allows you to turn off the lamp via a DMX512 control signal. If this function is set to OFF, then the lamp off signal from the console has no effect. To turn the DMX512 lamp off function...

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22 When that temperature threshold is reached, the lamp will automatically turn off by itself. Lo.Hi – The fan will operate at the very lowest speed until the lamp heats up above a predetermined temperature level. When that temperature thresh...

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23 AdJ. – Adjust default positions of yoke and effects. Occasionally, for various reasons, the calibration of the moving parts within this fixture – yoke, color wheels, effects wheel, zoom lens, and shutters – may become slightly misali...

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24 To calculate the correct DMX512 starting address, begin with the first address and add 16 channels for each fixture. Each address should be unique and the 16-channel blocks should not overlap. It is often easier to set the DMX512 starting a...

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25 II. Rigging the Fixture The lamp should be installed, the fixture tested, and the DMX512 starting address set before rigging the fixture. Caution – Falling Hazard: Use extreme care when hanging fixture. Always use a qualified rigger. Al...

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26 III. Cabling the Fixture In addition to the power input connection, the fixture requires a data input from a control source. The control input to the fixture is a male 3-pin XLR connector that accepts a DMX512 control signal. The output is a ...

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27 reflections that distort and interfere with the control signal. A data terminator should be used at the end of every data run. If groups of fixtures are separated by some distance, for example, some on the downstage truss, some on the u...

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28 IV. Operating the Fixture The fixture should be powered, addressed, and cabled properly before operating it with a controller. In order to control the fixture, the DMX512 protocol should be configured or imported from the fixture library, an...

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29 16-23 24-31 32-39 40-47 48-55 56-63 64-71 72-79 80-87 88-95 96-103 104-111 112-119 120-127 128-135 136-143 144-151 152-159 160-167 168-175 176-183 184-191 192-199 200-207 208-215 216-223 224-231 232-239 240-247 248-2...

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30 After addressing, rigging, powering, and cabling the fixture, the controller should be connected and turned on. The DMX512 protocol of the fixture (channel/attribute assignments) should be written into the controller. It can either be taken f...

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31 V. Troubleshooting the Fixture In the event that you should have trouble during set up or after the system has been in operation, there are a number of ways to isolate the problem and remedy the situation. A. Power Check Whether a single ...

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32 D. Error Messages The fixture has some built-in diagnostic features that can help you isolate and repair problems internal to the fixture. It has an ability to display certain error message on the menu display that give an indication of any...

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33 Caution: In the event that the En.Sn. function (lamp light sensor – see Setting the Fixture Personality) has been turned off and the lamp extinguishes by itself, then the software will not prevent the ignition of the lamp within the fiv...

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34 VI. Maintenance and Cleaning To insure proper operation of the fixture it is essential to keep it clean and free of dust, dirt and smoke fluid residue inside and out. Failure to do so can result in reduced air circulation and lower light ou...

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35 VII. Technical Specifications A. Power supply Magnetic ballast Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz Main fuse: T10, 10-amp, 250V ceramic slow blow Power consumption: 680VA Lamp: Philips MSR 575/2, MSD 575 or Osram HSR575/2 Lamp base: GX9.5 Color temp...

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36 D. Mechanical Pan: 530° Tilt: 280° Maximum pan speed: 530° in 4.5 seconds Maximum tilt speed: 280° in 2.6 seconds 16-bit movement resolution Automatic pan/tilt position correction Rigging: floor mount or structural mount with tw...

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37 VIII. Photometric Data ...

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