Page 3 - CONTENTS
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 3 Design Spot 250 Pro™ CONTENTS 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Unpacking………………………………………………………..…………..….. 4 c. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 4 d. Warranty Registration……………………...
Page 4 - GENERAL INFORMATION; INTRODUCTION
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 4 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 Pro, ™ has been designed to perform reliably for years ...
Page 5 - WARRANTY REGISTRATION
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 5 Design Spot 250 Pro™ Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION : The Design Spot 250 Pro™ carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to ...
Page 6 - Never open this fixture while in use!
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 6 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 reco...
Page 7 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; injuries and/or damage to the fixture.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 7 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 wi...
Page 8 - may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury.; Never look directly into the light source,
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 8 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 fraye...
Page 10 - GENERAL GUIDELINES; This fixture was designed for indoor use only.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 10 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 d...
Page 11 - LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS; Installing or replacing the lamp; Safety Regulations; Disconnect the unit’s main power supply.; Installation Procedure:; found on the back plate of the head assembly.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 11 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 power supply. • Al...
Page 12 - Do not operate this device with open cover; Lamp Optimization; Design Spot 250 ProTM
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 12 Design Spot 250 Pro™ equivalent). Please remember there is only one way to insert the lamp and the lamp should fit completely in the lamp socket. 5. Once the lamp has been inserted into the socket, gently slide the socket assembly back into place and se...
Page 13 - counterclockwise turn until the light is bright and evenly
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 13 Design Spot 250 Pro™ adjustment screws ( "1, 2, 3”) counterclockwise turn until the light is bright and evenly distributed. Please remember that a MSD 250/2 lamp is not a hot-restrike lamp therefore, you must wait approximately 15 minutes before you...
Page 14 - 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 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 14 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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...
Page 15 - Mounting points; Be sure a qualified electrician performs all electrical; power cord to the appropriate wall outlet.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 15 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 ...
Page 16 - Clamp Mounting; integrated in the base assembly; Securing the DESIGN SPOT 250 ProTM
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 16 Design Spot 250 Pro™ Clamp Mounting The Design Spot 250 Pro™ provides a unique mounting bracket assembly that integrates the bottom of the base, the included “Omega Bracket,” and the safety cable rigging point in one unit (see the illustration below). W...
Page 17 - UNDERSTANDING DMX; Your
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 17 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 controllers. DMX allows all...
Page 18 - shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behavior.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 18 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 ...
Page 19 - DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 19 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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...
Page 20 - show
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 20 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 the digital ...
Page 21 - Default settings shaded.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 21 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8. FIXTURE MENU On-Board System Menu: The DESIGN SPOT 250 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 control panel located ...
Page 23 - This function is used to set or
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 23 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8.1 Function Mode: 8.1.1 “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 addressing featu...
Page 24 - this mode is selected in the
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 24 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8.1.2 “Value Display” - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel With this function you can display the DMX 512 value of each channel. The display will automatically detail the changing DMX values as they are received from the cont...
Page 27 - “XX M” Where XX represents the hold time before lamp shut down.; Address via DMX -; This function allows the DMX address to remotely be adjusted; No DMX Status –
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 27 Design Spot 250 Pro™ “XX M” Where XX represents the hold time before lamp shut down. 8.3.6 Lamp On at Temp. The fixture is designed to shut the lamp off when an excessive temperature is sensed inside the head by the on-board CPU. The lamp is shut down t...
Page 28 - Fine Resolution –
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 28 Design Spot 250 Pro™ at its last settings. “Auto” – Fixture will go into stand-alone mode, running the built-in program. “Music” – The fixture will go into sound-active mode. Pan Reverse - This function allows you to invert all pan movements. Use the Up...
Page 29 - Movement Speed –
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 29 Design Spot 250 Pro™ Movement Speed – This function changes the speed function of the Pan and Tilt motors. There are 3 different mode variations; Speed 1 (Default): Slower than the original Design Spot 250 for smoother, more precise movements. Speed 2: ...
Page 31 - the previously listed reset commands to the home position.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 31 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8.5.3 Reset Colors: This function will only reset the color wheel to the home position. 8.5.4 Reset Gobos: This function will only reset the gobo wheels to the home position. 8.5.5 Reset Shutter: This function will only reset the bl...
Page 33 - Setting the DMX address -
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 33 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 display the fixture’s cur...
Page 34 - Controller Settings
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 34 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 starting address between 1 and 255. When set to...
Page 35 - Operating Modes
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 35 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 10. OPERATION Operating Modes : The Design Spot 300E™ can operate in six different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will chasing through the buil...
Page 37 - DMX compliant controller.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 37 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 created and stored using ...
Page 38 - Step 1B – Building Scenes from an External DMX Controller.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 38 Design Spot 250 Pro™ - “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 gob...
Page 39 - Step 2 – Editing Programs.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 39 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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 one of the 10 availab...
Page 40 - CHANNEL 5: Color Wheel
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 40 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 12. 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 ...
Page 41 - DMX channel function and values:
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 41 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 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-...
Page 48 - CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE; The following points have to be considered during the inspection:; Disconnect from mains before starting maintenance operation.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 48 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 14. 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 da...
Page 54 - CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 54 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 19. CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC
Page 55 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Design Spot 250 Pro™ ©Elation Professional® 55 Design Spot 250 Pro™ 20. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Please Note: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to change without any prior written notice. Power supply Power consumption 98VAC ~ 240VAC / 50Hz ~ 60Hz...
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