P3-100 System Controller TM Installation and Safety Manual User Guide
Dimensions All dimensions are in millimeters ©2009 Martin Professional A/S. Information subject to change without notice. Martin Professional A/S and all affiliated companies disclaim liability for any injury, damage, direct or indirect loss, consequential or economic loss or any other loss occasioned by the use of, inability to use or reliance on the information contained in this manual.
Safety Information WARNING! Read the safety precautions in this section before installing, powering, operating or servicing this product. The following symbols are used to identify important safety information on the product and in this manual: Warning! Warning! Warning! Safety hazard. Refer to Hazardous Risk of severe manual before voltage. Risk of injury or death. installing, lethal or severe powering or electric shock. servicing. Warning! Fire hazard. This product is for professional use only.
• Particular attention must be paid to cooling; under no circumstances should the airflow to the heat sinks be restricted and a rack fan cooling unit should be considered when multiple units are stacked together to maintain the correct ambient temperature. • The replacement fuse should be a 250 V rated 1A T (anti-surge) 20 mm cartridge type only. Never attempt to bypass a fuse. • Replace the internal CR2032 lithium button cell battery with one of the same type only.
Contents Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Status indicators and front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Connections panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Status indicators and front panel See Figure 1. The LED status indicators and Reset button on the front panel have the following functions: Active flashes during startup and lights continuously during operation. Ethernet 1 and Ethernet 2 light when there is activity on these connectors on the rear panel. Digital Video In and Analog Video In indicate the currently selected video signal. DMX In lights when a valid DMX signal is present at the DMX Input connector on the rear panel.
Connections panel E D C F H J I G A B • A - Power input (male IEC socket) Accepts AC mains power at 115 - 250 V, 47 - 63 Hz. B - Fuseholder Install a 1 A, T (time delay) fuse only. Use the Y, C/Pb and Pr connectors for component video. Typical connector color coding is Green to Y, Blue to Pb and Red to Pr. F - DMX input (5-pin locking XLR) For connection from a DMX controller. C - USB ports For mouse, keyboard, USB memory device, etc. D - DVI-I input For digital video input only (DVI-D).
Introduction and installation This manual explains how to connect and use the Martin Professional™ P3-100™ System Controller to display video on a Martin Professional™ LC Plus™ Series or upgraded Martin Professional™ LC™ Series video panel installation. For information about installing LC PLus panels, see the LC Plus user documentation supplied with panels and available for download from the Martin website at www.martin.
Connecting to power Warning! For protection from electric shock, the P3-100 must be electrically connected to ground (earth). Power distribution circuits must be fitted with a current overload fuse or circuit breaker and ground-fault (earth-fault) protection. Warning! US, EU and UK power cables are supplied with the P3-100. Use only the cable that matches your AC mains power outlet or a power cable that is listed, 16 AWG or 1.
System layout Figure 3 is given for reference only and shows how an entire system consisting of a P3-100 System Controller and LC Plus panels should be laid out and connected. For full details of panel installation – including important safety information – refer to the LC Plus user documentation supplied with panels and available for download free of charge from www.martin.
User guide Before operating the P3-100, read “Safety Information” on page 3 of this guide and read the Safety and Installation Guide supplied with the LC Plus panels. The first part of this section assumes that you have a P3-100 controller, media source and monitor, and that the P3-100 is connected to an LC Plus panel installation.
Setting up the P3-100 and panels Configuration files Configuration files contain all the configuration settings and data related to your installation. The active configuration file is constantly updated and saved in the P3-100’s internal flash memory. 1. See Figure 5. Open the File menu and either: - Select the most recently used configuration file from the list at the top of the Recent Configurations window (this file is called test in Figure 5).
Recommended setup procedure See Figure 6. When the configuration file loads, the Setup window opens. If any LC Plus or upgraded LC panels are connected to the P3-100, it auto-detects them, retrieves data from them, and lists each panel’s display address, type and serial number under Discovered Devices (arrowed) on the lower left of the Setup window. Note that detected panels may have identical display addresses, depending on where panels were last used.
Stage 1: Setting up the on-screen ‘virtual installation’ 1. Prepare a plan of what panels the physical installation will contain and where those panels will be located. 2. See Figure 7. Check that Next number (arrowed) is set to 1. Figure 7: Next number 3. See Figure 8. Click on the panel type in the Fixture Library (arrowed) that corresponds to the panel you want to place in position number 1 in the installation. 4.
installation should now look something like the example in Figure 10 that contains four LC+ 2140 panels. Panel 1 is red in Figure 10 because it has been selected by clicking on it. Figure 10: An on-screen virtual installation with 4 panels 8. See Figure 11. If necessary, use the Magnification tools to adjust the magnification of the video frame on the right of your monitor screen until you have a comfortable size to work with.
9. You can now adjust the position of on-screen panels until the panel layout in your ‘virtual’ installation exactly matches the layout in the physical installation: - See Figure 12. Activate or deactivate Snap to Grid (arrowed) to make it easier to position panels in alignment. - If you drag panels with the mouse, they will ‘glue’ together if you move them within a few pixels of each other. Figure 12: Snap to Grid - If you click on a panel in the video frame to select it, it turns red.
display address should now be correctly matched to its position in the physical installation. De-activate the test pattern for that panel and continue checking any remaining panels. Figure 14: Device Properties for Discovered Devices Note! Physical panels in the installation must have the correct display address for their position in the physical installation.
with a green bullet-point to show that the detected physical panel has been configured and is assigned to a panel in the on-screen installation. Figure 15: Device Properties for Discovered Devices 4. See Figure 16. When you have finished addressing panels, click on the test pattern button (arrowed) in the toolbar at the top of the screen to activate a test pattern over the whole installation. Select Panel Num from the scroll-down list of pattern types beside the button.
Setting up video input The P3-100 accepts digital (DVD-D) video at up to 1280 x 1024 resolution as well as analog composite, S-video and component video using PAL, NTSC and SECAM systems. To use the largest DVI-D resolutions, you may need to either crop the input using the Video Viewport settings or scale the input using the Video Scaling feature. The maximum reduction factor for video scaling is 8, so you can shrink the video image to one eighth of the original resolution.
4. See Figure 18. Open the Video Input window. Select your video source type under Video Input (arrowed). 5. Depending on your video source type, make the following selections: - If using a DVI digital source, select your source video resolution. - If using an analog source, select your system: PAL, NTSC or SECAM (these radio buttons are not shown in Figure 18 but are visible if you select Component, S-Video or Composite under Video Source). Figure 18: Video input window 6.
Adjusting the video image 1. See Figure 18. Open the Video Input window. 2. Adjust brightness, contrast, gain, etc. of the video image in real-time by moving the corresponding sliders. The image adjustments available depend on the type of video source you have selected. Adjusting brightness and gamma curve of the installation 1. See Figure 18. In Panel Settings in the Video Input window you can adjust the brightness of the entire installation using the Screen Brightness slider. 2.
3. Click on the green arrows to recall presets. Figure 21: Presets Note that presets recall both Setup and Video Input configuration data but not Remote Control data. Remote control via DMX You can freeze, blackout, adjust overall and individual color intensities or move the video image on the panels in your installation by sending DMX values from a DMX controller connected to the P3-100.
To set up a Control function: 1. Use the Add Control button to create a new Control. 2. Select the DMX channel you want to use to control parameters in the display. This channel will give you 8-bit control. 3. If you want to use 16-bit fine control, check the 16-bit Control checkbox and specify which High DMX Channel you want to use for fine control. 4. Enter minimum and maximum values under Range if you want to define the range of DMX values that will be used to control the variable.
2. Define the percentage range of intensity adjustment for Negative and Positive under Offset Range. 3. Use the Control drop-down list to select the Control from the left of the window that you want to use to control the variable. If you have entered customized names for your Control functions, those names will appear in this drop-down list. 4. You must now define which panels the new Variable should apply to, and which intensity parameters it should control.
4. You must now define which panels the new Position Variable should apply to, and whether it should move panels along the x axis, y axis or both x and y axes relative to the video image. Open the Setup window and click on a panel in your installation to select it. Use Shift + click to add panels to your selection. 5. When you have selected the panels you want to control with the Position Variable, look at the Positioning box at the bottom of the Setup window (see Figure 25).
Fan control LC In standard LC series panels that have been upgraded to LC Plus, you can set cooling fan operation to On, Off and Auto from the P3-100. Select panels in the Setup window first, then select the fan control option you want to apply to them.
Service There are no user-serviceable parts inside the P3-100 System Controller. Do not open any cover or attempt to modify or repair the unit. Doing so will void the product warranty. Refer all service to Martin Professional or its authorized service agents. Important! Do not shut down or disconnect power while updating firmware in the P3-100 or LC Plus panels, as this will corrupt the data and may make the P3-100 inoperable.
Updating firmware in one panel To install new LC Plus panel firmware in a selected panel: 1. In the P3-100 application, open the Setup window (see Figure 14 on page 17). The Configured Devices list on the left of the screen lists the LC Plus panels that are connected and configured. Each panel has a line in the list consisting of a plus sign, green button and panel type. Click on the plus sign to view the panel’s serial number. 2.
System and hardware status information Viewing directly on the monitor To view system and hardware status information on the monitor: 1. See Figure 27. Click on the Hardware Settings button (arrowed). 2. See Figure 28. Click on the blue question mark button in the bottom left of the Hardware Settings window. 3. See Figure 30. The P3-100’s firmware version, serial number, uptime (resets at power on) and hardware temperatures are displayed in a pop-up window.
Fuse replacement Warning! Disconnect the power cable before opening the fuseholder. Replace the fuse with one of the same type and rating only. The main fuse is located in a fuseholder (B in Figure 2 on page 7) next to the mains power inlet socket. To replace a fuse: 1. Shut down power and disconnect the power cable. 2. Use a flat-bladed screwdriver to open the fuseholder. 3. Remove and test the main fuse. If it has blown, replace it with a 250 V-rated, 1 A, T (slow-blow) 20 mm cartridge-type fuse only. 4.
Troubleshooting Problem P3-100 is completely dead. One or more panels displays video incorrectly or does not display video at all. All LCP panels and/or monitor screen display video incorrectly or do not display video at all. P3-100 cuts out. Probable cause(s) Remedy No power to unit. Check power and connections. Fuse blown (located next to power input connector). Disconnect power cable. Check fuse and replace. Fault on P3 link. Inspect connections and cables. Correct poor connections.
Specifications Physical Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 mm (19 in.) Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 mm (15 in.) Height (rackmount 2U). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 mm (3.6 in.) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thermal Cooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forced air Maximum ambient temperature (Ta max.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50° C (122° F) Minimum ambient temperature (Ta min.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0° C (32° F) Approvals EU safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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