Page 2 - Contents
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 2 Design Spot 575E™ Contents 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 3 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 3 b. Unpacking………………………………………………………..…………..… 3 c. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 3 d. Warranty Registration…………………………………………...
Page 3 - GENERAL INFORM ATION; use and maintenance.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 3 Design Spot 575E™ 1. GENERAL INFORM ATION INTRODUCTION: Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Spot 575E,™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when the g...
Page 4 - WARRANTY REGISTRATION:
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 4 Design Spot 575E™ Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION: The Design Spot 575E™ carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate y...
Page 5 - Never open this fixture while in use!
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 5 Design Spot 575E™ lamp should always be replaced at the end of their recommended duty cycle. Extreme caution should be used when operated this or any fixture fitted with a gas discharge lamp. Never open this fixture while in use! During the initial operatio...
Page 6 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; injuries and/or damage to the fixture.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 6 Design Spot 575E™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Spot 575E™ 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 ac...
Page 7 - may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury.; Never look directly into the light source,
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 7 Design Spot 575E™ 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. Imp...
Page 9 - GENERAL GUIDELINES; This fixture was designed for indoor use only.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 9 Design Spot 575E™ 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 fo...
Page 10 - LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS; Safety Regulations; Disconnect the unit’s main power supply.; Installation Procedure:; “D” found on the back plate of the head assembly.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 10 Design Spot 575E™ 5. LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 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. • Allow the unit to cool for at least 20 mi...
Page 11 - OK; Do not operate this device with open cover; Lamp Optimization
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 11 Design Spot 575E™ OK NO 5. Once the lamp has been inserted into the socket, gently slide the socket assembly back into place and secure with the four retaining screws. 6. Reset the lamp run time in the system menu. 7. Always be sure to optimize the lamp af...
Page 12 - at a time until the light is evenly distributed.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 12 Design Spot 575E™ 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. 4. If the light is brighter around the edge than it is in the center, or if light output is low, t...
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 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 13 Design Spot 575E™ 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 surfa...
Page 14 - Mounting points; Be sure all electrical connections are performed by a qualified; power cord to the appropriate wall outlet.; Clamp Mounting
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 14 Design Spot 575E™ 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 materi...
Page 15 - Securing the DESIGN SPOT 575ETM
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 15 Design Spot 575E™ added safety measure be sure to attached at least one properly rated safety cable to the fixture using on of the safety cable rigging point integrated in the bracket assembly Securing the DESIGN SPOT 575E™ Regardless of the rigging option...
Page 16 - UNDERSTANDING DMX; to that fixture, no matter where it is located in the DMX chain.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 16 Design Spot 575E™ 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. A DMX controller sen...
Page 17 - DMX-512 control connection
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 17 Design Spot 575E™ Be sure to follow the pin configuration chart below 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 contac...
Page 18 - Fixture DMX addressing
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 18 Design Spot 575E™ a cable terminator (Elation part number Z-DMX/T) will decrease the possibilities of erratic behavior. Fixture DMX addressing; All fixtures should be given a DMX starting address when using a DMX controller, so the correct fixture responds...
Page 19 - signal the display will flash
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 19 Design Spot 575E™ signal the display will flash "A.XXX" (XXX representing the actual DMX address). If your fixture is connected to a DMX controller and the display is flashing (not receiving a DMX signal), please check the following: - The 3 PIN XL...
Page 22 - La
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 22 Design Spot 575E™ La m p C o nt ro 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 OF F, 0FF~19M 45C, 20~79 / 130C, 80~139 / Manual Lamp on/off Automatic lamp ...
Page 24 - address; pressing the Enter button.; Display the DMX 512 value of each channel
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 24 Design Spot 575E™ Program 10 01=SCxxx Step 64=SCxxx Program in loop Save and exit Edit Scenes Edit Scene 001 ~ Edit Scene 250 Pan, Tilt… --Scenes Time-- Input By Outside Pan=xxx… TIME=xx.xs Save and automatically return Scene edit mode Rec. Controller XX~X...
Page 25 - section of the control menu. You can set the number of steps under
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 25 Design Spot 575E™ 4. Auto Program This function allows the internal programs to run. The desired program is selected in the “Select program” section of the control menu. You can set the number of steps under “Edit program” . You can edit the individual sce...
Page 28 - setting; Controller Settings:
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 28 Design Spot 575E™ automatically switch the lamp off. Turn the LCD controls to select the maximum inside temperature between 80° C and 139° C. Inside temperatures below 90° C are not critical. 90° C and more should lead to the lamp being switched off. Pleas...
Page 29 - Wait for approximately 20 seconds for the unit to complete the; E. Fine resolution –
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 29 Design Spot 575E™ and channel 3 to "164" (256+164=420). 4. Wait for approximately 20 seconds for the unit to complete the address reset function. B. Run if no DMX – This function dictates how the fixture will function if it looses DMX signal during...
Page 30 - H. Movement Speed –
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 30 Design Spot 575E™ H. Movement Speed – This function changes the order of the DMX channels to more closely match similar fixtures from different vendors, thus allowing the user easier functionality when programming. There are four different mode variations....
Page 31 - Adjust
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 31 Design Spot 575E™ 1. Effect Adjust Test function of each channel With this function you can test each channel on its (correct) function. Lamp adjustment (manual control) With this function, you can adjust the lamp more easily. All effects will be canceled,...
Page 32 - they will automatically be transmitted to the moving head.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 32 Design Spot 575E™ programmed scenes from your DMX-controller to the moving head. Adjust the desired scene numbers via the LCD controls (from – to). When you call up the scenes at your controller, they will automatically be transmitted to the moving head.
Page 33 - • Stand alone mode -
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 33 Design Spot 575E™ 10. OPERATION Operating Modes: The Power Spot 700CMY™ can operate in three different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Stand alone mode - The fixture will react to sound, chasing through the bu...
Page 34 - the audio submenu. See page 16 for the menu breakdown.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 34 Design Spot 575E™ 9.2.2 Access the main menu and select the AUDI function, this will give you access to the audio submenu. See page 16 for the menu breakdown. 9.2.3 In the audio submenu choose the audio chase speed, fast or slow. Slow (ASLW) will trigger t...
Page 35 - DMX channel function and values:
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 35 Design Spot 575E™ The chart below details the channel layout for 24 DMX channels (default). In 8bit mode the “Pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used, thus converting the fixture into a 22-channel DMX fixture. CHANNEL 1: Pan Movement (max. 630° or ...
Page 36 - Channel 9 – Gobo Wheel 1 - rotating gobos:
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 36 Design Spot 575E™ 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 Yellow 70-83 Magenta 84-97 Orange 98-1...
Page 37 - Channel 11 – Gobo Wheel 2 – Rotating gobos:
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 37 Design Spot 575E™ 110-129 Gobo 3 shake slow to fast 130-149 Gobo 4 shake slow to fast 150-169 Gobo 5 shake slow to fast 170-189 Gobo 6 shake slow to fast 190-255 Gobo Wheel Scroll – Continuous rotation slow to fast Channel 10 – Gobo Wheel 1- Indexing, rota...
Page 38 - Channel 15 – Variable Zoom - Seamless
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 38 Design Spot 575E™ 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 13 232-239 Macro 14 240-247 Macro 15 248-255 Macro 16 Channel...
Page 39 - Pulse opening fast to slow
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 39 Design Spot 575E™ 192-223 Pulse opening fast to slow 224-254 Pulse closing slow to fast 255 Max. Frost Channel 20 - Animation Wheel, rotating fire wheel: 0-7 Open 8-255 Forwards rotation from fast to slow Channel 21 - Speed Of CMY And Dimmer: 0-255 Speed M...
Page 41 - FUSE REPLACEMENT; and will void your manufactures warrant y.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 41 Design Spot 575E™ 12. FUSE REPLACEMENT Caution: Always replace with the exact same type fuse, unless otherwise specified by an authorized Elation® service technician. Replacing with anything other than the specified part can damage your unit and will void ...
Page 42 - Pan Er
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 42 Design Spot 575E™ 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 ...
Page 43 - Cyan Color Er
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 43 Design Spot 575E™ located in the default position after the reset. Cyan Color Er (Cyan Color-wheel error) This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the steppin...
Page 44 - is not located in the default position after the reset.; is not located in the default position after the reset.; Gobo Rotation Er; is not located in the default position after the reset.; Prism Rotation Er; not located in the default position after the reset.; Focus Er
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 44 Design Spot 575E™ Gobo Rotation Er (Gobo Rotation wheel 1- error) This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the yoke’s magnetic-indexing circuit malfunction (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective ( or its driv...
Page 45 - the default position after the reset.; Zoom Er; located in the default position after the reset.; Iris Er; default position after the reset.; Fire Wheel Er; in the default position after the reset.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 45 Design Spot 575E™ magnetic-indexing circuit malfunction (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driving IC on the main PCB). The Focus is not located in the default position after the reset. Zoom Er (Zoom motor error) T...
Page 46 - CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE; The following points have to be considered during the inspection:; Disconnect from mains before starting maintenance operation.
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 46 Design Spot 575E™ 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 o...
Page 52 - Circuit Schematic
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 52 Design Spot 575E™ 17. Circuit Schematic
Page 53 - TECHNICAL SPECIFIC ATIONS
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 53 Design Spot 575E™ 18. TECHNICAL SPECIFIC ATIONS Power supply Power consumption 90 ~ 260V, 50 ~ 60 Hz 800 Watt, 4.5 A, electronic ballast, (blind current compensated) Fuse protection 120V = 10A/250V, GMA (5x20mm fine-wire fuse) 220V = 5A/250V, GMA (5x20mm f...
Page 54 - or; Drive; Elation Professional
Design Spot 575E™ ©Elation Professional® 54 Design Spot 575E™ 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 Starting DMX [001]. Pan /...
