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Page 3 - CONTENTS

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 3 Design Beam 1200C™ CONTENTS 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 3 c. Warranty Registration……………………………………………………..……. 5 d. Discharge Lamp Warning………………...

Page 4 - GENERAL INFORMATION; INTRODUCTION

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 4 Design Beam 1200C™ 1. GENERAL INFORMATION INTRODUCTION : Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Beam 1200C,™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when th...

Page 5 - recycle whenever possible.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 5 Design Beam 1200C™ Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash, keep for warranty repair. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION : The Design Beam 1200C™ carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out the enclos...

Page 6 - Never open this fixture while in use!

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 6 Design Beam 1200C™ high-pressure environment to emit a brilliant output. Due to the high pressure involved with the construction of the lamp, the lamp may explode during prolonged extensive use. This risk is increased with age; added care is encouraged whe...

Page 7 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; injuries and/or damage to the fixture.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 7 Design Beam 1200C™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Beam 1200C™ is an extremely sophisticated piece of electronic equipment. To guarantee a smooth operation, it is important to follow the guidelines in this manual. The manufacturer of this device will not...

Page 8 - may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 8 Design Beam 1200C™ may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this fixture to rain or moisture. 11. Do not attempt to operate this fixture if the power cord has become damaged or ...

Page 10 - GENERAL GUIDELINES; manufactures warranty.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 10 Design Beam 1200C™ 4. GENERAL GUIDELINES This fixture is a professional lighting effect designed for use on stage, in nightclubs, in theatres, etc. Do not attempt operation or installation without a proper knowledge on how to do so. This fixture was desig...

Page 11 - Tilt Locking Mechanism

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 11 Design Beam 1200C™ 5. FIXTURE OVERVIEW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 8 1 0 1. Output Lens 2. Yoke 3. Cooling Fan 4. 3-Pin DMX Output 5. 3-Pin DMX Input 6. Fuse 1 – Lamp 7. Fuse 2 - Electronics 8. Power Cord 9. 5-Pin DMX Output 10. 5-Pin DMX I...

Page 12 - LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS; Safety Regulations; exposure to harmful UV radiation!; Installation Procedure:; “D” found on the back plate of the head assembly to access the lamp.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 12 Design Beam 1200C™ 6. LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS For a proper and safe lamp change, please follow the instructions in this chapter carefully. Safety Regulations • To prevent accidental shock disconnect the unit’s main power supply. • Allow the unit to...

Page 13 - Do not attempt to operate this fixture without the protective; Lamp Optimization

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 13 Design Beam 1200C™ place. Before reassembling the unit, be sure the new lamp is securely seated in the lamp socket. Always be sure to only use specified lamp types! (MSR Gold 1200 FastFit). 4. Once the lamp has been inserted and secured into the socket, f...

Page 15 - MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION; areas were unauthorized personnel might reach the fixture.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 15 Design Beam 1200C™ 7. MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, or in areas were unauthorized personnel might reach the fixture. Before mounting the fixture to any surface, m...

Page 16 - Mounting points

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 16 Design Beam 1200C™ Mounting points Overhead mounting requires extensive experience, including amongst others calculating working load limits, a fine knowledge of the installation material being used, and periodic safety inspection of all installation mate...

Page 17 - Clamp Mounting; assembly; Securing the Design Beam 1200CTM

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 17 Design Beam 1200C™ Clamp Mounting The Design Beam 1200C™ provides a unique mounting bracket assembly that integrates the hanging yoke as well as the safety cable rigging point in one unit (see the illustration on the next page). When mounting this fixture...

Page 18 - UNDERSTANDING DMX; Never

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 18 Design Beam 1200C™ 8. UNDERSTANDING DMX DMX-512: DMX is short for Digital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by lighting and controller manufactures as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers. DMX allows all makes an...

Page 19 - you may omit pins 4 and 5, see the illustration below.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 19 Design Beam 1200C™ Be sure to follow the above figure when making your own cables. Do not use the ground lug on the XLR connector. Do not connect the cable’s shield conductor to the ground lug or allow the shield conductor to come in contact with the XLR’...

Page 20 - DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 20 Design Beam 1200C™ DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator A DMX terminator should be used in all DMX lines especially in longer runs. The use of a terminator may avoid erratic behavior in your DMX line. A terminator is a 120 ohm 1/4 watt resistor that is ...

Page 21 - show

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 21 Design Beam 1200C™ address” is the channel number from which the fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control information sent out from the DMX controller. The allocation of this starting DMX address is achieved by setting the correct DMX address on ...

Page 22 - ti

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 22 Design Beam 1200C™ 9. FIXTURE MENU On-Board System Menu: The Design Beam 1200C™ comes with an easy to navigate system menu. This next section will detail the functions of each command in the system menu. LCD Control Panel: The control panel located on the...

Page 23 - The lamp is struck when; rs; Changes

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 23 Design Beam 1200C™ L a m p C o n tr o l Lamp On or Off Automatic La-On Lamp On Via DMX Lamp Off Via DMX Lamp Off No DMX Lamp On at Temp. Lamp Off at Temp. ON/OFF ON/OFF ON/OFF ON/OFF OFF, 0FF~19M 20~79 C˚, 45C˚ /68~174F˚ 113 F˚ 80 ~ 139 C˚ , 130 C˚ /176~2...

Page 25 - “Select program”; section of the control menu. You can set the number of steps under; “Edit program”; . You can edit the individual scenes under; “Edit scenes”; With this function, you can run the internal program via sound.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 25 Design Beam 1200C™ 10 MENU FUNCTIONS: 10.1 Function Mode 10.1.1. “Set DMX Address” - DMX address setting This function is used to set or adjust the fixture’s starting DMX address. Every device controlled by DMX has to have a unique starting address. The a...

Page 26 - will remain in the fixtures memory indefinitely.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 26 Design Beam 1200C™ 10.2 Information: 10.2.1.Time information Current time This function displays the running time of the fixture from the last power on. The display reads “XXXX”, where “XXXX” represents the number of hours the fixture has been running. Th...

Page 29 - No DMX Status –; This function allows you to invert all pan movements. Use the Up and; Pan Degree –; This function changes the order of the DMX channels to more; Mic Sensitivity –; These adjustments and settings should only be performed by a

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 29 Design Beam 1200C™ No DMX Status – This function dictates how the fixture will function if it looses DMX signal during normal operation. The default function is set to hold, in which the fixture will lock into the last DMX signal it received and remain in...

Page 31 - This function should only be performed by a qualified technician.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 31 Design Beam 1200C™ page 37 for more information on operating this fixture via Wireless DMX. 10.4.8. Reset Default - With this function you can restore the original factory settings. All settings will be set back to the default values (shaded). All user ed...

Page 32 - be entered each time the calibration menu function is entered.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 32 Design Beam 1200C™ This function allows a user to make small adjustments to the effect wheels (color, gobo, shutter, etc) to compensate for ware or in the event a sensor has been knocked slightly out of place. Because improper use of this function can res...

Page 33 - Setting the DMX address -

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 33 Design Beam 1200C™ 11. DMX ADDRESSING Setting the DMX address - After the fixture is turned “ON” it will immediately complete a reset process that test all the fixture’s functions. When the reset process concludes the LCD will display the fixture’s curren...

Page 34 - Controller Settings

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 34 Design Beam 1200C™ 6. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. Controller Settings : 1. Set the DMX value of channel 1 to a value of 7. 2. Set the DMX value of channel 2 to a value of 7 or 8. When channel 2 is set to "7" you can adjust the start...

Page 35 - Operating Modes

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 35 Design Beam 1200C™ 12. OPERATION Operating Modes : The Design Beam 1200C™ can operate in several different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will chase through the built...

Page 37 - Using the Built-In Wireless DMX System; When the WDMX system is activate the link between the built-in; Never connect a fixture to a controller via a DMX cable when the; transmitter to your DMX controller.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 37 Design Beam 1200C™ 13. Using the Built-In Wireless DMX System The Design Beam 1200C comes equipped with an Elation Wireless DMX Receiver built-in. This receiver is fully compatible with your existing Elation Wireless DMX System. 13.1 Working with the Wire...

Page 38 - DMX signal from a controller.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 38 Design Beam 1200C™ on the both the fixture and the transmitter will stop flashing and glow solid green. If the paring is unsuccessful repeat the process until the paring is secured. d) The fixture will store the pairing information inside a nondestructive...

Page 39 - DMX compliant controller.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 39 Design Beam 1200C™ 14. WORKING WITH BUILT-IN PROGRAMS The fixture comes equipped with a built-in DMX recorder that allows custom programs to be installed and recalled directly from the fixture’s control board. Programs can be created and stored using the ...

Page 40 - Step 1B – Building Scenes from an External DMX Controller.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 40 Design Beam 1200C™ - “PAN-Fine” – precision pan movement. - “TILT” – tilt movement. - “TILT-Fine” – precision tilt movement - “Move Speed” – adjust pan and tilt motor speed - “Gobo Wheel 1” – select gobos from gobo wheel 1 - “Gobo Rot. 1” – adjust gobo 1 ...

Page 41 - Step 2 – Editing Programs.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 41 Design Beam 1200C™ - Once you reach your desired bank press the ENTER button and use the UP and DOWN button to reach “Input by Outside” - Next, select a scene on your DMX console and press the ENTER button on the fixture. The scene should then be stored t...

Page 44 - Auto Pro Part 1 is Program 2

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 44 Design Beam 1200C™ Program 2 includes scenes: 10, 11, 12, 13 Program 4 includes scenes: 8, 9, 10 Program 6 includes scenes: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Auto Pro Part 1 is Program 2; Auto Pro Part 2 is Program 3; Auto Pro Part 3 is Program 6 The 3 Slave groups run ...

Page 46 - DMX channel function and values:; Value; Pan Fine 16bit

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 46 Design Beam 1200C™ CHANNEL 11: Gobo Wheel 1 Rotation CHANNEL12: Gobo Wheel 2 (Fixed) CHANNEL 13: Effect Wheel CHANNEL 14: Focus CHANNEL 15: Strobe (0-13Hz), and Shutter close/open function + random strobe CHANNEL 16: Dimmer (Intensity) Control CHANNEL 17:...

Page 47 - Cyan Color Fine :

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 47 Design Beam 1200C™ 194-255 Backwards rainbow effect from slow to fast 6 Color Wheel Fine : 0-255 Color Wheel colour change to any position Fine 6 4 7 Cyan Color : 0-255 Cyan (0-white, 255-100% Cyan) 8 Cyan Color Fine : 0-255 Cyan Fine 7 5 9 Magenta Color ...

Page 48 - Fixed gobo indexing Fine

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 48 Design Beam 1200C™ 0-255 Fine indexing 12 10 18 Fixed Gobos : 0-13 Open/hole 14-27 Gobo 1 28-41 Gobo 2 42-55 Gobo 3 56-69 Gobo 4 70-83 Gobo 5 84-97 Gobo 6 98-111 Gobo 7 112-127 Gobo 1 shake slow to fast 128-143 Gobo 2 shake slow to fast 144-159 Gobo 3 sha...

Page 49 - Fine Dimmer intensity:

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 49 Design Beam 1200C™ 224-255 No function (shutter open) 16 14 25 Dimmer intensity: 0-255 Intensity 0 to 100% 26 Fine Dimmer intensity: 0-255 Dimmer intensity fine 17 15 27 Frost: 0-255 Frost 0~100% 28 Frost Fine: 0-255 Frost Fine 18 16 29 Speed Of CMY &...

Page 51 - FUSE REPLACEMENT; electronics and the other protects the lamp circuitry.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 51 Design Beam 1200C™ 16. FUSE REPLACEMENT The Design Beam 1200C has two external protective fuses. One fuse protects the internal electronics and the other protects the lamp circuitry. Refer to page 11 for fuse holder location. Fuse 1, Lamp Fuse: GMA 220v/1...

Page 52 - Pan Er

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 52 Design Beam 1200C™ 17. ERROR CODES: When power is applied, the unit will automatically enter a “reset/test” mode. This mode brings all the internal motors to a home position. If there is an internal problem with one or more of the motors an error code wil...

Page 54 - is not located in the default position after the reset.; CTO color Er; in the default position after the reset.; Color wheel Er; Focus Er; the default position after the reset.; Effect Wheel Er; located in the default position after the reset.

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 54 Design Beam 1200C™ magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driver circuit on the main PCB). The Yellow Color - wheel is not located in the default position after the reset. CTO co...

Page 55 - CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE; The following points have to be considered during the inspection:

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 55 Design Beam 1200C™ 18. CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE The following points have to be considered during the inspection: 1. Be sure all screws and fasteners are securely tightened at all times. Lose screws may fall out during normal operation resulting in damage...

Page 60 - CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC

Page 61 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS; Philips Gold MSR 1200 FastFit

Design Beam 1200C™ ©Elation Professional® 61 Design Beam 1200C™ 23. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply Power consumption □ 208V, 50Hz; □ 220V, 50Hz; □ 230V, 50Hz; □ 240V, 50Hz; □ 208V, 60Hz; □ 220V, 60Hz; □ 230V, 60Hz; □ 240V, 60Hz; 1500 Watt, 8.5 A, electronic ballast, (blind current compensated...

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