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M A G I C - 2 6 0 Elation Professional · Los Angeles, Ca 90058 · www.elationlighting.com T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Se c t i o n s : 1 : General Introduction.................................................................................................................32 : Safety Information &am...
Page 3 - Se c t i o n 1 : G e n e r a l I n t r o d u c t i o n; not; and
M A G I C - 2 6 0 3 Se c t i o n 1 : G e n e r a l I n t r o d u c t i o n Thank you for choosing the Elation MAGIC-260. The MAGIC -260 is a 264 channel, extremely user friendly, DMX lighting controller designed for DJ’s, night clubs and bars. Magic 260 includes an on board help button that offers s...
Page 4 - Se c t i o n : 2 S af e t y I n f o r m at i o n & M ai n t e n a n c e; To protect
M A G I C - 2 6 0 4 Se c t i o n : 2 S af e t y I n f o r m at i o n & M ai n t e n a n c e Please read all instructions prior to assembling, mounting, and operating your MAGIC-260. To protect against fire, electric shock and injury to persons, please follow the safety precautions listed below a...
Page 5 - Section: 3 Information Notice; Product Modification Warning:; product non-compliant to relevant safety standards.; © 2006 Elation Professional; permission in writing from Elation Professional.; Section 4: Product Registration & Warranty Information; shipping carton. If the unit is under warranty, you; must; provide a copy of your purchase receipt or invoice.; All packages, returned to our service department not including a
M A G I C - 2 6 0 5 Section: 3 Information Notice Please read through this manual carefully and thoroughly, as it gives important information regarding safety, use and maintenance. Keep this manual with the unit for possible future reference. Product Modification Warning: Elation P rofessional produ...
Page 6 - Se c t i o n 5 : F e at u r e s an d S p e c i f i c a t i o n s
M A G I C - 2 6 0 6 Se c t i o n 5 : F e at u r e s an d S p e c i f i c a t i o n s Moving light controller for up to 24 moving lights. Help button for programming scenes and shows. 264 total DMX channels. 4 Auxiliary buttons for manual On/Off control via DMX power pack (power pack not incl...
Page 7 - S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w; button is active, these buttons act as SHOW buttons.
M A G I C - 2 6 0 7 S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1. FUNCTION buttons: Th e FUNCTION buttons are multipurpose buttons used in conjunction with the FIXTURE, SCENEand SHOW buttons. When the FIXTURE button is a...
Page 8 - C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w; movement offset point, fade time and radius settings.
M A G I C - 2 6 0 8 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 5. MENU button: The MENU button should be pressed when wanting to access any setup options and sub menus. This includes fixture set up, fixture patch, mul ti fixture, pan/tilt invert, midi set up, saving memory...
Page 9 - increase or decrease the output for selected fixtures.
M A G I C - 2 6 0 9 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 11. FADE fader: The FADE fader is used during show playback. Adjusting the fade fader before or during show playback will temporarily change the programmed fade time to run at the current setting. 12. SPEED fad...
Page 10 - input is detected, the internal microphone will be used.
M A G I C - 2 6 0 10 C o n t i n u e S e c t i o n 6 : F r o n t P a n e l O v e r v i e w 23. Small DATA wheel: The small DATA wheel, wheel # 5, is used to view additional fixture channels. Four fixtures channels can be viewed in the LCD at a time. When this wheel is turned clockwise, the fixtures ...
Page 11 - Section 7: Rear Panel Overview; make the display brighter and clockwise to make it less bright.; Section 8: Technical Specifications; LCD..............................................8 0 character blue back lit
M A G I C 2 6 0 11 Section 7: Rear Panel Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. LCD BACK LIGHT knob : The LCD BACK LIGHT knob should be used to adjust the LCD brightness. Turn counter clockwise to make the display brighter and clockwise to make it less bright. 2. AUDIO RCA input: The AUDIO input should be used w...
Page 12 - Section 9: Flow Chart; proper setup, programming and playback procedures.; Choose fixtures in controller; Section 10: Set Up and Data Connections
M a g i c 2 6 0 12 Section 9: Flow Chart This flow chart shows you the order which should be followed when setting up & programming moving light fixtures with the MAGIC- 260. Be sure to follow the flow chart in the exact order described to insure proper setup, programming and playback procedures...
Page 13 - S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s; support at
M a g i c 2 6 0 13 S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s The first thing you will need to do is choose the fixtures that you will control with your MAGIC 260. There is an internal fixture library that contains most Elation Professional and ADJ DMX fixtures. If you are going to control anot...
Page 14 - S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ); DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE?; newly selected fixture has been set.; Fixture
M a g i c 2 6 0 14 S e c t i o n 1 1 : C h o o s e F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ) (3) You will get a momentary 3 second warning in the LCD that reads as follows: THIS FIXTURE DOES NOT MATCHRECORD & PATCH MEMORY ? Followed by: DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE? YES NO T h e r e a s o n f o r t h i s m...
Page 15 - S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s; Select a menu item then press enter.
M a g i c 2 6 0 15 S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s The Patch Fixture menu option allows you to view and make changes to your fixture address patch if desired. Because the Magic 260 utilizes fixture profiles, you can set your DMX addresses based on the Channel setting in the Patch Fixtu...
Page 16 - S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ); Dip switch setting: 1 ON
M a g i c 2 6 0 16 S e c t i o n 1 2 : P a t c h F i x t u r e s ( C o n t i n u e ) The factory default setting for the Autopatch feature is “ON”. It is recommended that you leavethis setting set to “ON” and proceed to step (4). With this setting set to “ON”, each fixtureaddress is automatically pa...
Page 17 - O N / O F F f r o m t h e r e l e v a n t A U X I L I A R Y b u t t o n s 1- 4 .; Section 1 4: HELP Button; personnel change your settings.
M a g i c 2 6 0 17 S e c t i o n 1 3 : A U X I L I A R Y B U T T O N S ( 1 - 4 ) T h e A U X I L I R A R Y b u t t o n s w i l l a l l o w y o u t o s w i t c h n o n D M X f i x t u r e s O N / O F F v i a a u n i v e r s a l D M X p a c k . T h i s a l l o w s y o u t o c o n t r o l u p t o 4 d a...
Page 18 - S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s; selected, the old scene will automatically switch OFF.; Note: all selected fixtures should be of the; Repeat this step until you’ve named your scene.
M a g i c 2 6 0 18 S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s This next section will take you through the necessary steps to record scenes. 1,152 scenes can be stored into Magic 260’s memory via 48 pages. The 24 Function buttons should be used to store and playback scenes when the “SCENE” button is...
Page 19 - S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s ( C o n t i n u e ); scene has been recorded”.; S e c t i o n 1 7 : P r e s e t s; Play; P r e s e t M o v e m e n t & R e c o r d M o v e m e n t a s a S c e n e; (1) Press the FIXTURE button so its green LED illuminates ON solid.
M a g i c 2 6 0 19 S e c t i o n 1 6 : R e c o r d S c e n e s ( C o n t i n u e ) (9) Turn DATA wheel #4 to the page that you wish to save your scene to. Note: if there is a FUNCTION LED illuminated ON solid, it means there is already a scene stored there. Unless you want to record over the existin...
Page 20 - P r e s e t M o v e m e n t & R e c o r d M o v e m e n t a s a S c e n e ( C o n t i n u e ); RECORD button. Its green LED should be flashing.; to a button that has its’ LED OFF.
M a g i c 2 6 0 20 Play P r e s e t M o v e m e n t & R e c o r d M o v e m e n t a s a S c e n e ( C o n t i n u e ) (5) FUNCTION buttons 1- 6 contain the preset movements. 1 = Circle CW, 2 = Circle CCW, 3 = Figure 8 CW, 4 = Figure 8 CCW, 5 = Pan Movement & 6 = Tilt Movement. Press the FUNC...
Page 21 - E d i t P r e s e t M o v e m e n t O f f s e t P o i n t a n d R a d i u s; (1) Press the FIXTURE button so its gre en LED illuminates ON solid.; (5) Press the ENTER button so your display reads the following:; RECORD FIGURE MENU; display should read as follows:; The new settings will affect all scenes
M a g i c 2 6 0 21 E d i t P r e s e t M o v e m e n t O f f s e t P o i n t a n d R a d i u s (1) Press the FIXTURE button so its gre en LED illuminates ON solid. (2) Press the FUNCTION button or buttons that correspond with the fixture or fixtures that you wish to include into your preset. The rel...
Page 22 - S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s; (5) Press the SCENE button so its green LED illuminates ON solid.
M a g i c 2 6 0 22 S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s A show is a sequence of recorded scenes in which each step can incorporate different step hold times. Up to 288 shows with up to 255 steps can be stored to Magic 260s’ memory via 12 show pages. When playing back a show in auto mode, there ...
Page 23 - S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s ( C o n t i n u e ); c onfirm that the show was saved.
M a g i c 2 6 0 23 S e c t i o n 1 8 : R e c o r d S h o w s ( C o n t i n u e ) (9) Press the ENTER button to store the show step and settings. The show step in the display should advance by 1, Scene should read “Empty” and the Hold time should have again defaulted to 5seconds. (10) Repeat steps 5-...
Page 24 - S e c t i o n 1 9 : P l a y b a c k S c e n e s; (1) Press the SCENE button so its green LED illuminates ON solid.; Note: the BLACKOUT function will not switch OFF the auxiliary; S e c t i o n 2 0 : P l a y b a c k S h o w s; (1) Press the SHOW button so its green LED illuminates ON solid.
M a g i c 2 6 0 24 S e c t i o n 1 9 : P l a y b a c k S c e n e s (1) Press the SCENE button so its green LED illuminates ON solid. (2) Turn DATA wheel #1 to select the scene page that contains the scene or scenes that you wish to playback. (3) Press the FUNCTION button (1-24) that corresponds to t...
Page 25 - ( i f n e e d e d , r e f e r t o R e c o r d i n g S c e n e s s e c t i o n
M a g i c 2 6 0 25 S e c t i o n 2 0 : P l a y b a c k S h o w s ( C o n t i n u e ) (5) While a show is playing automatically (MANUAL FEATURE ON), you can pause the show by pressing DATA wheel #4 at any time. You can then turn DATA wheel #3 clockwise to manually advance theshow step and counter clo...
Page 26 - S e c t i o n 2 2 : E d i t S h o w
M a g i c 2 6 0 26 S e c t i o n 2 1 : E d i t S c e n e ( C o n t i n u e ) ( 9 ) P r e s s t h e s a m e F U N C T I O N b u t t o n t h a t y o u p r e s s e d i n s t e p 3. M a g i c 2 6 0 w i l l a s k , “ D o y o u w a n t t o o v e r w r i t e t h e o l d s c e n e ? ” ( 1 0 ) P r e s s D A ...
Page 27 - right hand corner that reads “Waiting Receive Data”).; USB; following during the transfer:; steps 1-8 to save additional memory files.
M a g i c 2 6 0 27 Section 23: ULink ( Save Memory File) This operation will allow you to transfer data from your controller to a standard PC or laptop. You must firstinstall the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that was supplied with your ULink cable. You can also download these files ...
Page 29 - (1) Install the USB MEM Stick into the USB port on your Magic 260.
M a g i c 2 6 0 29 Section 24: ULink (Load Memory File) (Continue) (8) On your computer, click “Send File”. A Send window will pop up. Select the destination and memory file that you want to load into Magic 260 and click “Open”. (A message should appear in the lowerright hand corner that reads “ Sen...
Page 30 - Section 26: USB MEM Stick (Store USB Memory File to Computer); you have not done so, please do so now then proceed to step 1 below.; NOTE: DO NOT CHANGE OR REMOVE “MAGIC111” AS THE FILE
M a g i c 2 6 0 30 Section 25: USB MEM Stick (Save Memory File)(Continue) On the Magic 260, press DATA wheel #2 to select USB. Your display should read the following: Please set this file name, then (enter) UNNAME00 (6) If you want to name the file, turn DATA wheel #1 to change the character and tur...
Page 31 - “Format” now. All files will immediately erase from the memory stick.; (5) Highlight the file that you wish to delete by clicking on it once.
M a g i c 2 6 0 31 Section 27: USB MEM Stick (Reload Memory File to USB MEM Stick from Computer) This operation will allow you to load your Magic 260 memory files from your computer to your USB MEM Stick. You must first install the Magic 260 application software and USB driver that was supplied with...
Page 32 - will have been successfully loaded to Magic 260.
M a g i c 2 6 0 32 Section 29: USB MEM Stick (Load Memory File) This operation will allow you to transfer data from your USB Memory stick back into Magic 260. (1) Install the USB MEM Stick into the USB port on your Magic 260. (2) Flip the power switch OFF then back ON. (3) On the Magic 260, press th...
Page 33 - Section 30: Erase All Memory; to be erased in one shot.; Erase All Memory; Note: All programmed data
M a g i c 2 6 0 33 Section 30: Erase All Memory The next set of instructions will allow for ALL programmed memory, including presets, scenes and shows, to be erased in one shot. (1) From the main screen, press and hold down the “DEL” button then press the “ENTER” button once. Your display will read ...
Page 34 - Midi Chart; Midi Channel
M a g i c 2 6 0 34 Section 31: Midi Midi Chart Midi Channel Value Value 1 0- 72 (Scene 1-3) 73-95 (Show 1) 2 0- 72 (Scene 4-6) 73-95 (Show 2) 3 0- 72 (Scene 7-9) 73-95 (Show 3) 4 0-72 (Scene 10-12) 73-95 (Show 4) 5 0-72 (Scene 13-15) 73-95 (Show 5) 6 0-72 (Scene 16-18) 73-95 (Show 6) 7 0-72 (Scene 1...
