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Page 3 - CONTENTS

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 3 www.ElationLighting.com CONTENTS 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Unpacking………………………………………………………..…………..….. 4 c. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 4 d. Warranty R...

Page 4 - GENERAL INFORMATION; INTRODUCTION

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 4 www.ElationLighting.com 1. GENERAL INFORMATION INTRODUCTION : Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Spot 300E Pro™ has been designed to perform r...

Page 5 - WARRANTY REGISTRATION

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 5 www.ElationLighting.com Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION : The Design Spot 300E Pro™ carries a two-year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out the enclos...

Page 6 - Never open this fixture while in use!

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 6 www.ElationLighting.com the construction of the lamp, the lamp may explode during prolonged extensive use. This risk is increased with age; added care is encouraged when dealing with older lamps. Thus, lamp should always be replaced at th...

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

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 7 www.ElationLighting.com 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Spot 300E Pro™ is an extremely sophisticated piece of electronic equipment. To guarantee a smooth operation, it is important to follow the guidelines in this manual. Elation will n...

Page 8 - may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury.; Never look directly into the light source,

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 8 www.ElationLighting.com may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or shock, do not expose this fixture to rain or moisture. 11. Do not attempt to operate this fixture if the power cord has beco...

Page 10 - GENERAL GUIDELINES; This fixture was designed for indoor use only.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 10 www.ElationLighting.com 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....

Page 11 - LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS; Installing or replacing the lamp; Safety Regulations

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 11 www.ElationLighting.com 5. LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Installing or replacing the lamp For a proper and safe lamp change, please read this chapter carefully and follow all instructions. Safety Regulations • Disconnect the unit’s main...

Page 12 - Do not operate this device with open cover; Lamp Optimization; Design Spot 300E ProTM

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 12 www.ElationLighting.com 3. Gently remove the old lamp by grasping the ceramic base and turning it counter-clockwise until it is loose. 4. Insert the new lamp securely, locking the lamp by turning it clockwise until it locks in place. Bef...

Page 13 - at a time until the light is evenly distributed.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 13 www.ElationLighting.com 3. To reduce a hot-spot, pull the lamp in by turning all three screws clockwise a 1/4-turn at a time until the light is evenly distributed. Please remember that a MSR GOLD 300/2 lamp is not a hot-restrike lamp the...

Page 14 - MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION; areas were the fixture might be reached by unauthorized personal.; When install the fixture be sure there is no highly inflammable; Mounting; qualified staff should attempt installation.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 14 www.ElationLighting.com 6. MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, or in areas were the fixture might be reached by unauthorized personal. Before mounting...

Page 15 - Mounting points; Be sure a qualified electrician performs all electrical; power cord to the appropriate wall outlet.; Clamp Mounting

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 15 www.ElationLighting.com 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 o...

Page 16 - integrated in the base assembly; Securing the Design Spot 300 ProTM

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 16 www.ElationLighting.com one unit (see the illustration below). When mounting this fixture to truss be sure to secure an appropriately rated clamp to the included omega bracket using a M10 screw fitted through the center hole of the “omeg...

Page 17 - UNDERSTANDING DMX; the controls on the LCD menu.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 17 www.ElationLighting.com 7. UNDERSTANDING DMX DMX-512: DMX is short for Digital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by most lighting and controller manufactures as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controll...

Page 18 - shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behavior.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 18 www.ElationLighting.com 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 i...

Page 19 - DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 19 www.ElationLighting.com 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...

Page 20 - show

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 20 www.ElationLighting.com 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 addr...

Page 21 - Default settings shaded.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 21 www.ElationLighting.com 8. FIXTURE MENU On-Board System Menu: The Design Spot 300 Pro™ comes with an easy to navigate system menu. This next section will detail the functions of each command in the system menu. LED Control Panel: The con...

Page 23 - This function is used to set or

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 23 www.ElationLighting.com Act & Data Out Rest WDMX Memory Act & Data Out Reset Wireless DMX Memory Reset Default ON/OFF Restore factory set. R e se t F u n ct io n Reset All Reset Pan & Tilt Reset Colors Reset Gobos Reset Shutt...

Page 24 - “Value Display” - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel; this mode is selected in the; “Select program”; section of the control menu. You can set; “Edit program”; . You can edit the individual scenes under; “Edit scenes”

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 24 www.ElationLighting.com properly. The DMX address of a fixture is what allows it to communicate with a controller properly. The DMX addressing also allows the fixture to ignore any DMX information coming from the controller that is not m...

Page 25 - destructive and will remain in the fixtures memory indefinitely.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 25 www.ElationLighting.com 8.2 Information: 8.2.1 Time information These functions will detail different time functions associated with the fixture. Current Time This function displays the running time of the fixture from the last power on....

Page 26 - “Software Version”

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 26 www.ElationLighting.com • Press enter to confirm. • Press the Mode/Esc-button to return to the main menu. 8.2.2. Temperature Info. This function will detail the internal head temperature in either Celsius or Fahrenheit. 8.2.3. Software v...

Page 27 - “ON”

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 27 www.ElationLighting.com 8.3.4 Lamp Off Via DMX When engaged, this function will allow the lamp to be switched “off” via a DMX controller. Select “ON” to enable this function or “OFF” to disable it. 8.3.5 Lamp Off No DMX When engaged, thi...

Page 28 - No DMX Status –

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 28 www.ElationLighting.com the fixture. RDMX is on by default. For operational instructions please see Section 9/Page 33 of this manual “Remote DMX addressing.” No DMX Status – This function dictates how the fixture will function if it loos...

Page 29 - Dimmer Speed –

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 29 www.ElationLighting.com Dimmer Speed – This function changes the functionality of the dimmer shutters from a slower speed to a faster speed. This function is set to “Slow” as default to support and match the slower speed of the first gen...

Page 31 - Reset Pan and Tilt:

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 31 www.ElationLighting.com 8.4.7 Wireless DMX – This function will control all aspects of the build-in wireless DMX receiver. See page 38 for detailed operating instructions. 8.4.87 Restore Default – This function is used to restore the fac...

Page 32 - This function should only be performed by a qualified technician.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 32 www.ElationLighting.com 8.6.3 Calibrate values – This function should only be performed by a qualified technician. This function allows a user to make small adjustments to the effect wheels (color, gobo, shutter, etc) to compensate for w...

Page 33 - The Design Spot 300 Pro features an integrated DMX recorder.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 33 www.ElationLighting.com step. 8.8.4 Rec Controller - The Design Spot 300 Pro features an integrated DMX recorder. Pre-programmed scenes can be transmitted to the fixture via any DMX compliant controller. This function allows those scenes...

Page 34 - Setting the DMX address -

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 34 www.ElationLighting.com 9. 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 displa...

Page 35 - Controller Settings

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 35 www.ElationLighting.com 6. Press ENTER to confirm. 7. 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 channe...

Page 36 - Operating Modes

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 36 www.ElationLighting.com 10. OPERATION Operating Modes : The Design Spot 300 Pro™ can operate in six different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will ch...

Page 38 - DMX compliant controller.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 38 www.ElationLighting.com 11. 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 create...

Page 39 - Step 1B – Building Scenes from an External DMX Controller

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 39 www.ElationLighting.com - “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 R...

Page 40 - Step 2 – Editing Programs.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 40 www.ElationLighting.com and toggle to Step 2 – Editing Programs. The control will store a maximum of 10 programs. A program can store one or a maximum of 64 scenes. Keep in mind that a scene can only be access when it is stored inside on...

Page 41 - 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; transmitter to your DMX controller.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 41 www.ElationLighting.com 12. 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. 12....

Page 42 - DMX signal from a controller.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 42 www.ElationLighting.com 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 ...

Page 44 - DMX channel function and values:; Value

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 44 www.ElationLighting.com DMX channel function and values: Mode/Channel Value Function St Ba Ex Pan Movement 8bit: 1 1 1 0-255 Pan Movement (630˚/540˚) Pan Fine 16bit 2 2 0-255 Fine control of Pan movement Tilt Movement 8bit: 3 2 3 0-255 T...

Page 45 - Fixed Gobo Indexing Fine

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 45 www.ElationLighting.com 20-29 Gobo 2 30-39 Gobo 3 40-49 Gobo 4 50-59 Gobo 5 60-69 Gobo 6 70-89 Gobo 1 shake slow to fast 90-109 Gobo 2 shake slow to fast 110-129 Gobo 3 shake slow to fast 130-149 Gobo 4 shake slow to fast 150-169 Gobo 5 ...

Page 46 - Rotating Prism indexing Fine

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 46 www.ElationLighting.com 128-135 Macro 1 136-143 Macro 2 144-151 Macro 3 152-159 Macro 4 160-167 Macro 5 168-175 Macro 6 176-183 Macro 7 184-191 Macro 8 192-199 Macro 9 200-207 Macro 10 208-215 Macro 11 216-223 Macro 12 224-231 Macro 13 2...

Page 49 - after a second attempt a third attempt will be made.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 49 www.ElationLighting.com 14. 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 m...

Page 50 - Magenta Color error:

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 50 www.ElationLighting.com defective motor IC drive on the main PCB). Color-wheel error: The color wheel is not located in the default position after start-up or after a reset command. This message will appear after a fixture reset if the c...

Page 51 - Rotating gobo indexing error:

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 51 www.ElationLighting.com Rotating gobo indexing error: The gobo is not located in the default position after start-up or after a reset command. This message will appear after a fixture reset if the gobo positioning magnetic-indexing circu...

Page 52 - located in the default position after the reset.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 52 www.ElationLighting.com driver circuit on the main PCB). The Iris motor is not located in the default position after the reset. Zoom error: (Zoom motor error) This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the yoke’s magnetic...

Page 53 - CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE; The following points have to be considered during the inspection:; Disconnect from mains before starting maintenance operation.

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 53 www.ElationLighting.com 15. 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 operat...

Page 54 - COLOR FILTER SIZE

Page 58 - CIRCUIT SCHEMATICS

Page 60 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS; replaceable dichroic filter plus white, half-color compatible

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 60 www.ElationLighting.com 21. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply Power consumption 120v/60Hz 800 Watt, 4.5 A, electronic ballast, (blind current compensated) Fuse protection 120V = 8A/250V, GMA (5x20mm fine-wire fuse) 220V = 4A/250V, GM...

Page 61 - or; Drive

Design Spot 300 Pro™ ©Elation Professional, Los Angeles Ca. 61 www.ElationLighting.com 24 (16bit – default) or 22 (8bit – user selectable) Drive Standard DMX-512, 3 pole XLR; [+] = Pin 3 [-] = Pin 2 [Ground] = Pin 1 or 5 pole XLR; n/a = Pin 5, n/a = Pin 4, [+] = Pin 3, [-] = Pin 2, [Ground] = Pin 1 ...

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