BEAM 250 XT Table of contents 1. Safety instructions ......................................................................................................... 4 2. Operating determinations ............................................................................................. 5 3. Description of the device .............................................................................................. 6 4. Installation .....................................................................................
CAUTION! Keep this device away from rain and moisture! Unplug mains lead before opening the housing! FORYOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INITIAL START - UP! 1. Safety instructions Every person involved with installation and maintenance of this device have to: - be qualilfied - follow the instructions of this manual CAUTION! Be careful with your operations.
2. Operating determinations This device was designed for indoor use only. If the device has been exposed to drastic temperature fluctuation (e.g. after transportation), do not switch it on immediately. The arising condensation water might damage your device. Leave the device switched off until it has reached room temperature. When taking the device into operation, please make sure that the housing is closed firmly with all the necessary screws tightened up.
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4. Installation 4.1Fitting/Exchanging the lamp DANGER ! Install the lamps with the device switched off only. Unplug from mains before ! To insert the lamp (MSD/HSD 250 GY-9,5 or MSD 250/2, GY-9,5) open the housing by loosening the fastening screws at the side panels and by removing the focus-screw and zoom-screw. If changing the lamp, remove the old lamp from the socket. Insert the new lamp to the socket.
4.3 Inserting/Exchanging the gobos DANGER! Install the gobos with the device switched off only. Unplug from mains before! In order to exchange the gobos open the housing by loosening the fastening screws at the side panels and by removing the focus-screw and zoom-screw. If you wish to use other forms and patterns as the standard-gobos, or if gobos are to be exchanged, please follow the instructions below: 1.Unscrew one of the Gobo-screws and loosen the other two. Replace the desired gobo. 2.
4.6 DMX-512 connection/connection between fixtures The wires must not come into contact with each other, otherwise the fixtures will not work at all, or will not work properly. Only use a stereo shielded cable and 3-pin XLR-plugs and connectors in order to connect the controller with the fixture or one fixture with another.
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6. Addressing The Control Board on the rear side of the BEAM 250 XT allows you to assign the DMX fixture address, which is defined as the first channel from which the BEAM 250 XT will respond to the controller. If you set, for example, the address to channel 5, the BEAM 250 XT will use the channel 5 to 8 for control. Please, be sure that you don’t have any overlapping channels in order to control each BEAM 250 XT correctly and independently from any other fixture on the DMX data link.
7.4 Effect-wheel This wheel has both hot and cold color temperature filters (3200 K and 5600 K), UV filter. Cyan, Magenta and yellow filters for color mixing with color wheel allowing another 36 colors. Two replaceable gobos and three beam reducers. The gobos have an outside diameter of 26,8 mm and an image diameter of 23 mm. 7.5 Shutter The shutter unit enables to produce strobo effect from 1 to 8 flashes per seconds. 7.
[Mode] to return to the main menu. In order to reset the counter to 0, you have to hold the [Up] and [Down]-button and press the [Enter]-button. Power On time By this option you can read the total number of hours that the BEAM 250 XT has been powered On. Press [Enter] or [Mode] to return to the main menu.
Lamp On automatically This function enables to switch On the lamp automatically after switching On the fixture. Use the [Up] or [Down] keys to select "On" if you wish to switch On the lamp automatically after switching On the fixture or "Off" if you wish the lamp off after switching On the fixture and press [Enter] to confirm or [Mode] to cancel and return to the menu. DMX values Readout DMX values of each channel received by the fixture.
Lamp Off via DMX This function allows you to switch Off the lamp by DMX. Use the [Up] or [Down]-key to select "On" if you want to switch Off the lamp by DMX or "Off" if you don’t want to switch Off the lamp by DMX and press [Enter] to confirm or [Mode] to cancel and return to the menu. Temperature Temperature readouts of fixture inside in Celsius. Inside temperatures below 80° C are not critical. 80° C and more lead to the lamp being switched off.
Default settings Press [Enter] to reset all fixture personalities (not the adjusting functions) to the default values. On the display will appear "rSt" meaning that the fixture makes the reset. See the table of personality setting and their default positions.
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FrEr It will appear if the frequency of the main is not standard 50 or 60Hz. 10. Technical specifications Power supply: Voltage............................208/230/240 V AC, 50/60 Hz ~ -Fuse...............................T 3,15 A@ 230 V -Power consumption..........
Colours: - 11 dichroic-filters plus white - Effect-wheel with cyan, magenta and yellow for additive colour-mixing - 2 additional correction-filters for additive colour-mixture (3200 K und 5600 K) - 72 colours with 72 half-colours - Integrated UV-filter - Colour-wheel with adjustable rotation-speed and rainbow-effect Gobos: - 2 interchangeable static gobos - Outside diameter 26,8mm ,image diameter 23 mm Dimmer/Strobe: - Linear mechanical dimmer - Dimmable from 0 % - 100 % - Strobe-effect with adjustable sp
Weight: 10,5 kg 11. Maintenance and cleaning It is absolutely essential that the fixture is kept clean and that dust, dirt and smoke-fluid residues must not build up on or within the fixture. Otherwise, the fixture‘s light-output will be significantly reduced. Regular cleaning will not only ensure the maximum light-output, but will also allow the fixture to function reliably throughout its life.
