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Page 2 - Contents

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 2 Design Spot 250™ Contents 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 3 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 3 b. Unpacking………………………………………………………..…………..… 3 c. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 3 d. Warranty Registration………………………………………………...

Page 3 - General Information; INTRODUCTION

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 3 Design Spot 250™ 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 250,™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guid...

Page 4 - WARRANTY REGISTRAT I O N

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 4 Design Spot 250™ yourself, doing so will void your manufactures warranty. Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRAT I O N : The Design Spot 250™ carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty...

Page 5 - Never open this fixture while in use!

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 5 Design Spot 250™ with 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 the end of their recomme...

Page 6 - Safety Instructions; Be sure to unplug the DESIGN SPOT 250TM from the power outlet before

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 6 Design Spot 250™ 2. Safety Instructions The Design Spot 250™ is an extremely sophisticated piece ofelectronic equipment. To guarantee a smooth operation, it isimportant to follow the guidelines in this manual. Themanufacturer of this device will not accept r...

Page 7 - may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury.; Never look directly into the light source,

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 7 Design Spot 250™ 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 become damaged or frayed. Impor...

Page 9 - GENERAL GUIDELINES; This fixture was designed for indoor use only.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 9 Design Spot 250™ 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 so. This fixture was designed for ...

Page 10 - LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS; Installing or replacing the lamp; Only install the lamp with the device unplugged from the mains.; never touch the lamp when it is hot.; Installation Procedure:; found on the bottom plate of the fixture.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 10 Design Spot 250™ 5. LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Installing or replacing the lamp Only install the lamp with the device unplugged from the mains. The lamp has to be replaced when it is damaged or deformed. Before replacing the lamp be sure the unit has am...

Page 11 - Do not operate this device with open cover; Lamp Optimization

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 11 Design Spot 250™ 2. Gently pull out the lamp/socket assembly to access the lamp. 3. Gently remove the old lamp by grasping it by the ceramic base. 4. Carefully insert the new lamp into the socket (Only use a MSD 250/2 GY9.5 lamp or equivalent). Please remem...

Page 12 - at a time until the light is evenly distributed.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 12 Design Spot 250™ at a time until the light is evenly distributed. 4. If the light is brighter around the edge than it is in the center, or if light output is low, the lamp is too far back in the reflector. "Push” the lamp out by turning each of the adju...

Page 13 - Mounting and Installation; areas were the fixture might be reached by unauthorized personal.; Before taking into operation for the first time,; Mounting; qualified staff should attempt installation.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 13 Design Spot 250™ 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 the fixture to any surface...

Page 14 - Mounting points; Clamp Mounting

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 14 Design Spot 250™ 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 material...

Page 15 - Securing the DESIGN SPOT 250TM

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 15 Design Spot 250™ The Design Spot 250™ 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 below). When mounting this fixture to truss be sure to secure an a...

Page 16 - Understanding DMX; and female 3-pin XLR connector on either end of the cable.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 16 Design Spot 250™ 7. Understanding DMX Data Cable (DMX Cable) Requirements (For DMX and Master/Slave Operation): Your fixture and your DMX controller require a standard 3-pin XLR connector for data input and data output (see figure below). If you are constru...

Page 17 - DMX-512 control connection; DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 17 Design Spot 250™ DMX-512 control connection Connect the provided XLR cable to the female 3-pin XLR output of your controller and the other side to the male 3-pin XLR input of the moving head (Please refer to the diagram below.). You can chain multiple movin...

Page 18 - details a proper cable conversion.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 18 Design Spot 250™ details a proper cable conversion. Fixture DMX addressing; All fixtures should be given a DMX starting address when using a DMX controller, so the correct fixture responds to the correct control signal. This digital starting address is the ...

Page 19 - signal the display will flash

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 19 Design Spot 250™ signal is being received or not. If DMX data signal is being received, the display will show "A.XXX" (XXX representing the actual DMX address). If the fixture is not receiving a DMX signal the display will flash "A.XXX" (XXX...

Page 21 - Default settings shaded.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 21 Design Spot 250™ 9. FIXTURE MENU On-Board System Menu: The DESIGN SPOT 250™ 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 control panel located on the top, ...

Page 23 - CEDT; Main Menu Functions

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 23 Design Spot 250™ CEDT ON/OFF Edit program via controller REC. RE.XX Auto Save RUN ON/OFF Program test Main Menu Functions 1. ADDRESS MENU - AOO1 - A511 (Value) - This is where you set the fixtures DMX address. Setting/Changing the DMX Address After applying...

Page 24 - RUN

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 24 Design Spot 250™ 2. Tap the UP button until “TEST” is displayed, press ENTER. 3. The display will show T-01. You can now press the up button and test the different channels. For example: If you press the up button until “T-03” is displayed, the unit will te...

Page 26 - SCAN

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 26 Design Spot 250™ color motor. 5. Press ENTER to confirm 6. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. SCAN - When you activate this reset function, the fixture will only reset the Pan and Tilt mirror motor. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button unti...

Page 28 - LAMP; Please

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 28 Design Spot 250™ 4. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. LAMP - With this function you can display the running time of the lamp. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until ”TIME” is displayed, press ENTER. 3. Tap the UP button until “LAMP” is...

Page 30 - VALU

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 30 Design Spot 250™ 11. MIC MENU - This function allows for electronic control of the internal microphone’s sound sensitivity. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until “MIC” is displayed and press ENTER. 3. The display will show “M-XX” (Where XX rep...

Page 31 - – This menu option access all the special functions listed below.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 31 Design Spot 250™ 7. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. FLIP – This function will reverse the display readout buy 180˚. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until “DISP” is displayed. 3. Press ENTER, the display will show “VALU”. 4. Tap the ...

Page 32 - RDMX; Fixture Settings

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 32 Design Spot 250™ 5. Press the UP button to display “ON” to activate this function, or “OFF” to deactivate this function. 6. Press ENTER to confirm. 7. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. RDMX – This function allows the DMX address to remotely be adju...

Page 33 - DLOF

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 33 Design Spot 250™ reset function. DLOF – This feature allow you to control the lamp via DMX. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until “SPEC” is displayed, press ENTER. 3. Tap the UP button until “DLOF” is displayed, press ENTER. 4. The display wil...

Page 34 - DFSE; When you confirm this function, the fixture will begin to; FEED

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 34 Design Spot 250™ 6. Press ENTER to confirm. 7. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. DFSE - With this function you can restore the factory default settings of the fixture. All settings will be set back to the default values. Any edited scenes will be l...

Page 35 - VER

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 35 Design Spot 250™ 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP or DOWN button until “SPEC” is displayed, press ENTER. 3. Tap the UP or DOWN button until “FANS” is displayed, press ENTER. 4. The display will show “HIGH/AUTO”. 5. Press UP or DOWN button to select “H...

Page 37 - STEP

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 37 Design Spot 250™ ENTER to confirm and lock the scene into the fixture’s memory. 7. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. STEP - With this function you can program the number of steps in your individual Program. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP bu...

Page 39 - Call up the second scene in your controller now.; which one you want to activate, and press ENTER.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 39 Design Spot 250™ 5. Select " CEDT " by pressing the UP or DOWN buttons. 6. Press MODE/ESC, the display shows "OFF". 7. Press UP, the display will read "ON". 8. Press MODE/ESC, the display shows "SC02". You successfully downlo...

Page 40 - CHANNEL 5: Color Wheel

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 40 Design Spot 250™ 10 . DMX Channel Traits: The chart below details the channel layout for 16 DMX channels (default). In 8bit mode the “Pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used, thus converting the fixture into a 14-channel DMX fixture. CHANNEL 1: Pan ...

Page 41 - DMX channel function and values:; Channel 2 – Pan fine 16bit:

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 41 Design Spot 250™ DMX channel function and values: Channel 1 - PAN movement 8bit: Channel 2 – Pan fine 16bit: Channel 3 - TILT movement 8bit: Channel 4 – Tilt fine 16bit: Channel 5 - Color Wheel : 0-13 Open / White 14-27 Red 28-41 Blue 42-55 Green 56-69 Yell...

Page 45 - persist after a second attempt a third attempt will be made.

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 45 Design Spot 250™ 11. 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 will fl...

Page 46 - (defective motor or a defective motor IC drive on the main PCB).

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 46 Design Spot 250™ (defective motor or a defective motor IC drive on the main PCB). 05Er - 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...

Page 48 - CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE; The following points have to be considered during the inspection:

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 48 Design Spot 250™ 12. 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 or ...

Page 54 - Circuit Schematic

Page 55 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS; or

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 55 Design Spot 250™ 18. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supplyPower consumption _98VAC, 50Hz; _ 120VAC, 50Hz; _ 208VAC, 50Hz; _ 220VAC, 50Hz; _ 230VAC, 50Hz; _ 240VAC, 50Hz; or _ 98VAC,60Hz; _ 120VAC,60Hz; _ 208VAC,60Hz; _ 220VAC,60Hz; _ 230VAC,60Hz; _ 240VAC,6...

Page 56 - Elation Professional

Design Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® 56 Design Spot 250™ Please Note: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to change without any prior written notice. Elation Professional 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA. 90058 323-582-3322 / 323-582-3108 fax ...