Elation AR-32RM - Manuals

The has been thoroughly tested and shipped in perfect working condition. Please take a few minutes to carefully inspect the system carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping. If thecarton appears to be damaged, carefully inspect each system component for damage, in the case that damage...

1.SHOW1~8 buttons: To playback Show1-8 in the relative page which you wish to playback shows in Manual Mode. 2.SHOW Indicators: To indicate the corresponding SHOW activity and state, its indicator will illuminate in the Manual Mode when the selected show is engaged. 3.PAGE1~4 buttons: To access your...

3. 6 Manual Conventions The following terms and conventions are used throughout this manual: • Buttons and switches are presented using their exact spelling and capitalization and surrounded by brackets (i.e. press the [PAGE 1] button). • Activate is used with switches/buttons that toggle between tw...

4.1 Auto/Manual mode Press and hold Auto/Manual button down for more 2 seconds to access Auto or Manual function mode. Thered indicator indicates the Auto function mode is currently engaged and the blue one illuminates in the Manualfunction mode.In Manual mode, user enable to close the current show ...

5.1 Data Cable (DMX Cable) Requirements: The AR-32RM can be controlled via DMX-512 protocol and your DMX controller requires a standard 3-pinXLR connector for data input and data output(Figure1). Connect the AR-32RM and your fixtures togetherusing standard 3 pin DMX cables. The AR-32RM uses DMX-512 ...

6.1 USB Drive Program & AR-32 Configuration Program Installation 6.1.1 USB Drive Program Installation If you first use the system, you must install the USB Driver and AR-32 Configuration Software program as thesimply following these steps; 1.Before installing USB Drive program, please ensure all...

13 6. 2 AR-32 IR Remote Controls The AR-32 IR Remote (Figure 5 ) has the following controls and indicators. Each control is described in Table 4. Figure 5 Table 4 No. Name Description 1 [OFF] [OFF] button turns the system off when in Manual mode. 2 [Page] [Page] buttons (1-4) allow user to select fr...

6. 3 Software Overview The AR-32 Architectural Recorder System includes computer software that is used to configure and load shows to the controller itself. The software is designed for use on Microsoft Windows computer operating systems. 6. 3 .1 Main Screen When the AR-32 Control System Software is...

Managing Flash Files Adobe Flash (.swf) files are popular animation graphics which can be used for playback on RGB fixtures. The AR-32 software is capable of controlling up to 170 pixels (each pixel using 3 DMX channels for Red, Green, Blue intensity (Figure 7 ). Pixel count is set using the drop me...

Recording DMX Files The AR-32 Architectural Recorder System is designed to record DMX data streams from another controller.These recordings are then saved as DMX scene (.scn) files for playback. To record a DMX scene file, prepare the source controller and connect its DMX output to the AR-32P DMX In...

6. 3 .2 Show Edit Screen The Show Edit Screen (Figure 16 ) allows users to configure each of the 32 shows and handles file transfers between the AR-32C and the PC. Figure 16 From the Show Edit Screen, users may perform the following actions: x [Read Current AR-32 Scenes] (that are loaded in AR-32 co...

Man aging DMX Files To load current AR-32C scene files from the controller into the software, select [Read Current AR-32 Scenes]. Scenes display in the AR-32 Scenes File List window. Scenes display in alphabetical order, and DO NOT retain any show mappings or sequencing. Any scene file may be saved ...

To erase all AR-32 scenes from contro ller memory, select [Format Device]. The software will prompt you with a warning to confirm this action (Figure 19 ). Figure 19 24 1

Configuring Shows Up to 16 scene files may be assigned to each of the 32 show locations (maximum of 248 scene files or 128 Mb).Select the show to configure using the drop menu in the top right corner of the screen (Figure 2 0 ). Set the base address of the AR-32 in the DMX Address field. This allows...

6. 3 .3 Events Edit Screen The Events Edit Screen (Figure 2 1 ) allows users to set timed triggers for each of the 32 show files and download them to the AR-32. Figure 2 1 From the Events Edit Screen, users may perform the following actions: x Select show to assign timed events x Select Calendar or ...

Weekly Events Assign Weekly Events to a selected show as follows: 1. Select the days (or everyday) for the show to play from the Weekly Events area (Figure 2 2 ). Figure 2 2 2. Set Event Start and Stop Time in the Time Select area. 3. Select the [Save] button. Saved events will display in the window...

Calendar Events Assign calendar events to a selected show as follows: 1. Select a Date Start and Date Stop from the Date Select area (Figure 2 3 ). Figure 2 3 2. Set Event Start and Stop Time in the Time Select area.3. Select the [Save] button. Saved events will display in the window on the right si...

6. 4 Programming Tips Flash Files: x Only Flash (.swf) files without action script will convert. x Flash file speed should never exceed 35 frames per second. x Flash file size should never exceed 170 pixels with 255,000 total frames. x File playback automatically loops. Ensure animation has common s...

7.1 Maintenance The AR-32 Architectural Recorder System should require minimal maintenance over its operational life. The following basic maintenance practices will help keep the system performing well and looking good: 7.1.1 General Inspection 1. Inspect the system components on a regular basis. Ch...

7.2 Troubleshooting The AR-32 Architectural Recorder System should perform well when properly operated and maintained, however, sometimes things just don’t work like they should. Table 5 contains symptoms, causes, and resolutions for common faults. Table 5 Symptom Cause Resolution No Power Bad power...