Page 2 - CONTENTS
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 2 Design Spot 1400E™ CONTENTS 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 3 c. Warranty Registration……………………………………………………..……. 5 d. Discharge Lamp Warning………………...
Page 3 - GENERAL INFORMATION; INTRODUCTION
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 3 Design Spot 1400E™ 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 1400E,™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when th...
Page 4 - recycle whenever possible.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 4 Design Spot 1400E™ Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash, keep for warranty repair. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION : The Design Spot 1400E™ carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out the enclos...
Page 5 - Never open this fixture while in use!
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 5 Design Spot 1400E™ high-pressure environment to emit a brilliant output. Due to the high pressure involved with the construction of the lamp, the lamp may explode during prolonged extensive use. This risk is increased with age; added care is encouraged whe...
Page 6 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; injuries and/or damage to the fixture.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 6 Design Spot 1400E™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Spot 1400E™ 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...
Page 7 - may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 7 Design Spot 1400E™ may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or electric 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 ...
Page 9 - GENERAL GUIDELINES; manufactures warranty.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 9 Design Spot 1400E™ 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 design...
Page 10 - Antenna – Wireless DMX
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 10 Design Spot 1400E™ 5. FIXTURE OVERVIEW 1. Head 2. Output Lens 3. Yoke 4. Antenna – Wireless DMX 5. Base 6. Full Color LC-Display 7. Menu Jog Wheel 8. Mode/esc Button 9. Enter Button 10. Software update socket 11. Lamp Cover 12. Carrying Handle 13. Power C...
Page 11 - LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS; Safety Regulations; exposure to harmful UV radiation!; Installation Procedure:; “D” found on the back plate of the head assembly to access the lamp.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 11 Design Spot 1400E™ 6. LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS For a proper and safe lamp change, please follow the instructions in this chapter carefully. Safety Regulations • To prevent accidental shock disconnect the unit’s main power supply. • Allow the unit to...
Page 12 - Do not attempt to operate this fixture without the protective; Lamp Optimization
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 12 Design Spot 1400E™ place. Before reassembling the unit, be sure the new lamp is securely seated in the lamp socket. Always be sure to only use specified lamp types! (MSR Gold 1200 FastFit). 4. Once the lamp has been inserted and secured into the socket, f...
Page 14 - MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION; areas were unauthorized personnel might reach the fixture.; and rigging before attempting operation.; Mounting; qualified personnel should attempt installation.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 14 Design Spot 1400E™ 7. MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, or in areas were unauthorized personnel might reach the fixture. Before mounting the fixture to any surface, m...
Page 15 - Mounting points; Clamp Mounting
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 15 Design Spot 1400E™ 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 mate...
Page 16 - assembly; Securing the Design Spot 1400ETM
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 16 Design Spot 1400E™ yoke. As an 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 1400E™ Regardless of the...
Page 17 - UNDERSTANDING DMX; Your
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 17 Design Spot 1400E™ 8. 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 mak...
Page 18 - shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behavior.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 18 Design Spot 1400E™ 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 XLR’...
Page 19 - DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 19 Design Spot 1400E™ 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 is ...
Page 20 - show
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 20 Design Spot 1400E™ 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 disp...
Page 22 - Temperature
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 22 Design Spot 1400E™ L a m p C o n tr o 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 OFF, 0FF~19M 20~79 C˚, 45C˚ /68~174F˚ 113 F˚ 80 ~ 139 C˚ , 130 C˚ /176~2...
Page 24 - “Select program”; section of the control menu. You can set the number of steps under; “Edit program”; . You can edit the individual scenes under; “Edit scenes”; With this function, you can run the internal program via sound.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 24 Design Spot 1400E™ 10 MENU FUNCTIONS: 10.1 Function Mode 10.1.1. 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 feature is...
Page 26 - Base Temp
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 26 Design Spot 1400E™ Total Fans-Clear T. (Fan operating days since last cleaning) With this function you can display the operating days since the fan/anti-dust filter was cleaned last. The display shows “XXXX”, “X” stands for the number of days. Clear Fans-...
Page 28 - “ON”
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 28 Design Spot 1400E™ you don’t. 10.3.5. Lamp Off if no DMX With this function you can select to switch off the lamp off automatically if there is no DMX signal). Select “ON” by turning the LCD controls if you wish to enable this function or “OFF” if you don...
Page 29 - No DMX Status –
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 29 Design Spot 1400E™ No DMX Status – This function dictates how the fixture will function if it looses DMX signal during normal operation. The default function is set to hold, in which the fixture will lock into the last DMX signal it received and remain in...
Page 30 - Movement Speed –
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 30 Design Spot 1400E™ 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 - Display close time
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 31 Design Spot 1400E™ Display close time With this function you can shut off the LCD display after 2 to 59 minutes. Turn the encoder in order to select the desired shut off time. Display intensity With this function, you can adjust the display-intensity from...
Page 32 - User mode
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 32 Design Spot 1400E™ 10.5.4 Reset Gobos: This function will only reset the gobo wheels. 10.5.5 Reset Shutter: This function will only reset the blackout shutter to the home position. 10.5.6 Reset Others: This function will reset all other motors that are no...
Page 33 - Preset User mode; that are accessed through the previous function.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 33 Design Spot 1400E™ Preset User mode This function allows the user to make the actual changes in the user-defined modes that are accessed through the previous function. 10.8 EDIT PROGRAM: 10.8.1 Select program – This function allows the user to select one ...
Page 34 - Setting the DMX address -
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 34 Design Spot 1400E™ 11. 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 curren...
Page 35 - Controller Settings
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 35 Design Spot 1400E™ 7. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. 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 start...
Page 36 - Operating Modes
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 36 Design Spot 1400E™ 12. OPERATION Operating Modes : The Design Spot 1400E™ can operate in several different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will chase through the built...
Page 38 - your DMX controller.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 38 Design Spot 1400E™ • For help operating in DMX mode consult the manual that was included with your DMX controller.
Page 39 - Using the Built-In Wireless DMX System; When the WDMX system is activate the link between the built-in; Never connect a fixture to a controller via a DMX cable when; transmitter to your DMX controller.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 39 Design Spot 1400E™ 13. Using the Built-In Wireless DMX System The Design Spot 1400E comes equipped with an Elation Wireless DMX Receiver built-in. This receiver is fully compatible with your existing Elation Wireless DMX System. 13.1 Working with the Wire...
Page 40 - DMX signal from a controller.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 40 Design Spot 1400E™ on the both the fixture and the transmitter will stop flashing and glow solid green. If the paring is unsuccessful repeat the process until the paring is secured. d) The fixture will store the pairing information inside a nondestructive...
Page 41 - DMX compliant controller.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 41 Design Spot 1400E™ 14. 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 the ...
Page 42 - Step 1B – Building Scenes from an External DMX Controller.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 42 Design Spot 1400E™ - “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 gobo 1 ...
Page 43 - Step 2 – Editing Programs.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 43 Design Spot 1400E™ and toggle to “Edit Programs” – “Edit Scenes” - Using the UP and DOWN buttons to select a scene bank to store your scene. You may choose a bank from 1 ~ 250. - Once you reach your desired bank press the ENTER button and use the UP and D...
Page 48 - CHANNEL 21: Animation/Animation Rotation; DMX channel function and values:
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 48 Design Spot 1400E™ CHANNEL 20: Iris CHANNEL 21: Animation/Animation Rotation CHANNEL 22: CMY Speed CHANNEL 23: Color Macros CHANNEL 24: Movement Speed (Pan/Tilt movement, blackout selection) CHANNEL 25: Special (Auto program control + lamp on, motor reset...
Page 49 - Channel 10 – Rotating Gobo Wheel 1:
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 49 Design Spot 1400E™ Channel 9 - CTO Color Wheel: 0-255 CTO (0-white, 255-100% CTO) Channel 10 – Rotating Gobo Wheel 1: 0-14 Open 15-29 Rotating Gobo 1 (dichroic multicolor) 30-44 Rotating Gobo 2 (glass) 45-59 Rotating Gobo 3 (dichroic multicolor) 60-74 Rot...
Page 50 - Continuous adjustment from near to far
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 50 Design Spot 1400E™ 190-193 No rotation 194-255 Counter-Clockwise gobo rotation from slow to fast Channel 14 – Prism/Frost/Prism Macros: 0-25 Open 26-51 3 facet prism 52-77 5 facet prism 78-103 Trapezoid prism 104-127 Frost Filter 128-135 Macro 1 136-143 M...
Page 51 - Maximum diameter to Minimum diameter
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 51 Design Spot 1400E™ 64-95 Strobe effect, slow to fast 96-127 Lamp Strobe effect, slow to fast 128-159 Strobe-pulse effect in sequences 160-191 No function (shutter open) 192-223 Random strobe effect, slow to fast 224-255 No function (shutter open) Channel ...
Page 53 - FUSE REPLACEMENT; electronics and the other protects the lamp circuitry.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 53 Design Spot 1400E™ 16. FUSE REPLACEMENT The Design Spot 1400E has two external protective fuses. One fuse protects the internal electronics and the other protects the lamp circuitry. Refer to page 10 for fuse holder location. Fuse 1, Lamp Fuse: GMA 220v/1...
Page 54 - Pan Er
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 54 Design Spot 1400E™ 17. 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 wil...
Page 56 - Cyan Color Er
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 56 Design Spot 1400E™ Prism rotation Er (Prism rotation error) This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the head’s magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driving I...
Page 57 - Fire Wheel Er
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 57 Design Spot 1400E™ magnetic-indexing circuit malfunction (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driving IC on the main PCB). The Color wheel is not located in the default position after the reset. Iris Er (Iris error)...
Page 58 - in the default position after the reset.
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 58 Design Spot 1400E™ in the default position after the reset.
Page 59 - CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE; The following points have to be considered during the inspection:
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 59 Design Spot 1400E™ 18. 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...
Page 64 - CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 64 Design Spot 1400E™ 22. CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC
Page 66 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS; Philips Gold MSR 1200 FastFit
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 66 Design Spot 1400E™ 23. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply Power consumption 208 ~ 240V, 50/60 Hz 1800 Watt, 8.5 A, electronic ballast, (blind current compensated) Fuse protection 220V = 10A/250V, GMA (5x20mm fine-wire fuse) Lamp Type Philips Gold MSR 1...
Page 68 - Elation Professional
Design Spot 1400E™ ©Elation Professional® 68 Design Spot 1400E™ Elation Professional 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90040 323-582-3322 / 323-832-9142 fax www.ElationLighting.com / [email protected]