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Martin MAC 250+ - Manual Control (MAN); Adjustment (ADJ)

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Control Panel
11
Demonstration program (
dEMO
)
This menu offers a preprogrammed stand-alone demonstration. Before running the demo, set the minimum and maxi-
mum pan and tilt positions (
MINP, MAXP, MINT, MAXT) to a good location for viewing the effects. Select
FOCU to focus the beam. Select GO to run the demo.
Test programs (
TEST
)
Effects test sequence (
TSEQ
)
Run a general test of all effects.
DMX log (
DMXL
)
Read the DMX start code (STCO) and DMX values received for each effect. This is an easy way to check that the
DMX start code is 0 and that the expected DMX values are received.
Quality control and service tests (
PCb
,
FACT
)
These menus contain tests for factory and service use.
Manual control (
MAN
)
The manual control menu permits you to do the following from the control panel:
reset the fixture (RST)
turn the lamp on and off (
L ON, LoFF)
open, close, and strobe the shutter at 3 speeds (
SHUT)
control the dimmer (
dIM)
move the color wheel to each position and scroll it at 3 speeds (
COL)
move the gobo wheel to each position and rotate the gobos at 3 speeds (
Rgob)
control the focus (
FOCU)
insert and rotate the prism (
PRIS) at 3 speeds, or, if a frost filter is installed, insert the frost (FROS)
control pan and tilt (
PAN, TILT)
Adjustment (
AdJ
)
The adjustment menu provides the following functions:
Reset the fixture (RST)
Turn on and off the lamp (
L ON, LoFF)
Disable pan/tilt feedback (
FEbA)
Control effects in the head (
HEAd)
Move the head to the home and extreme positions (
PATI)
Calibrate effects (
CAL)
Head effects adjustment (
HEAd
)
The head submenu provides manual control when making mechanical adjustments, which should be performed by a
qualified technician. It allows the technician to:
Open, close, and strobe the dimmer/shutter (
dIM)
Move the color and gobo wheels through their positions (
COL, Rgob)
Move the focus lens to its extreme positions (
FOCU)
Insert and rotate the prism (
PRIS)
Calibration (
CAL
)
The calibration submenu allows you to adjust the effects to achieve total uniformity between fixtures: it is not a substi-
tute for mechanical adjustment. To reset all calibrations to their factory defaults, select
dFOF and press [ENTER]
when
SURE is displayed, or press [MENU] to escape.
1.
Select the effect to calibrate: pan (
P
OF
), tilt (
T
OF
), dimmer/shutter (
d
OF
), color wheel (
C
OF
), rotating-
gobo wheel (
RgOF
), or focus (
FOOF
).
2.
Adjust the effect using the arrow keys until it matches the other units when set at the same control
value. Offsets are adjustable from 1 to 255. Press
[
ENTER
]
to save the calibration.

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