LED QUADRA BEAM - Lighting Effects JBSYSTEMS - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL LED QUADRA BEAM JBSYSTEMS

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DANGER ~ GEVAAR ~ GEFAHR ~ PELIGRO ~ PERIGO

WARNING: DANGER! never expose the lens to direct sunlight, even for a short period. This may damage the light effect or even cause fire!

Dispos of the unit and used batteries in an environment friendly manner according to your country regulations.

FR-DECLASSER L'APPAREIL

Thank you for buying this JB Systems® product. To take full advantage of all possibilities and for your own safety, please read these operating instructions very carefully before you start using this unit.

FEATURES

This unit is radio-interference suppressed. This product meets the requirements of the current European and national guidelines. Conformity has been established and the relevant statements and documents have been deposited by the manufacturer.

• This device was designed to produce decorative effect lighting and is used in light show systems.
• Very dynamic LED scanning effect with powerful beams

• Based on 4 LED clusters with 256 power LEDs (R = 96 + G = 96 + B = 64) :

• Extremely brilliant colors compared to effects with halogen lamps

• Very sharp blue, red and green laser-like beams
• No lamp replacements!

• Virtually no heat production and very low power consumption

• 0-100% dimming and ultra fast strobe function

Excellent built-in programs for wonderful, ever changing, light shows:

• DMX-control: 1channel for easy operation or 6 channels for full control of the 4 LED clusters
• Standalone: sound activated with internal mic
• Master/slave: wonderful synchronized shows

• Optional CA-8 remote controller available

• Mains IEC in/outputs for easy linking using optional IEC cables

• Perfect for different applications: discos, clubs, mobile DJs, ...

BEFORE USE

• Before you start using this unit, please check if there's no transportation damage. Should there be any, do not use the device and consult your dealer first.
• Important: This device left our factory in perfect condition and well packaged. It is absolutely necessary for the user to strictly follow the safety instructions and warnings in this user manual. Any damage caused by mishandling is not subject to warranty. The dealer will not accept responsibility for any resulting defects or problems caused by disregarding this user manual.
• Keep this booklet in a safe place for future consultation. If you sell the fixture, be sure to add this user manual.

Check the contents:

Check that the carton contains the following items:

• Operating instructions
• LED QUADRA BEAM unit
• Mains cable

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS:

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the top cover. No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel only.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within the equilateral triangle is intended to alert the use or the presence of un-insulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.

The exclamation point within the equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying this appliance.

This symbol means: indoor use only

This symbol means: Read instructions

This symbol means: Safety Class I appliance

This symbol determines: the minimum distance from lighted objects. The minimum distance between light-output and the illuminated surface must be more than 0,5 meters

The device is suitable for mounting on standard flammable surfaces. Standard flammable surfaces include building materials such as wood and wood-based materials more than 2mm thick.

• To protect the environment, please try to recycle the packing material as much as possible.
• To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.
• To avoid condensation to be formed inside, allow the unit to adapt to the surrounding temperatures when bringing it into a warm room after transport. Condense sometimes prevents the unit from working at full performance or may even cause damages.
• This unit is for indoor use only.
• Don't place metal objects or spill liquid inside the unit. Electric shock or malfunction may result. If a foreign object enters the unit, immediately disconnect the mains power.
• Locate the fixture in a well ventilated spot, away from any flammable materials and/or liquids. The fixture must be fixed at least 50cm from surrounding walls.
• Don't cover any ventilation openings as this may result in overheating.
• Prevent use in dusty environments and clean the unit regularly.
• Keep the unit away from children.
• Inexperienced persons should not operate this device.
  Maximum save ambient temperature is 40^ . Don't use this unit at higher ambient temperatures.
• Make sure the area below the installation place is free from unwanted persons during rigging, de-rigging and servicing.
• Always unplug the unit when it is not used for a longer time or before replacing the bulb or start servicing
• The electrical installation should be carried out by qualified personal only, according to the regulations for electrical and mechanical safety in your country.
• Check that the available voltage is not higher than the one stated on the rear panel of the unit.
• The power cord should always be in perfect condition. Switch the unit immediately off when the power cord is squashed or damaged. It must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
• Never let the power-cord come into contact with other cables!
• This fixture must be earthed in order to comply with safety regulations.
• Don't connect the unit to any dimmer pack.
• Always use an appropriate and certified safety cable when installing the unit.
• In order to prevent electric shock, do not open the cover. There are no user serviceable parts inside.
• Never repair a fuse or bypass the fuse holder. Always replace a damaged fuse with a fuse of the same type and electrical specifications!
• In the event of serious operating problems, stop using the fixture and contact your dealer immediately.
• The housing and the lenses must be replaced if they are visibly damaged.
• Please use the original packing when the device is to be transported.
• Due to safety reasons it is prohibited to make unauthorized modifications to the unit.

Important: Never look directly into the light source! Don't use the effect in the presence of persons suffering from epilepsy.

DESCRIPTION:

1. Mains input with IEC socket and integrated fuse holder, connect the supplied mains cable here.
2. Mains output with IEC socket: you can use a special IEC power cable to connect this output with the mains input of the next LED QUADRA BEAM for easier linking. (max 51 units can be linked)
3. DMX input: 3pin male XLR-connector used to connect universal DMX-cables. This input receives instructions from a DMX-controller or from another LED QUADRA BEAM in master/slave mode.
4. DMX output: 3pin female XLR-connector used to connect the LED QUADRA BEAM with the next unit in the DMX chain or with another LED QUADRA BEAM when used in master/slave mode.
5. Hanging bracket with 2 knobs on both sides to fasten the unit and a mounting hole to fix a mounting hook.
6. 14 " Jack input for the optional CA-8 hand controller
7. Internal microphone
8. Sensitivity control for audio level
9. DIP switches, to set the DMX-starting address.

OVERHEAD RIGGING

• Important: The installation must be carried out by qualified service personal only. Improper installation can result in serious injuries and/or damage to property. Overhead rigging requires extensive experience! Working load limits should be respected, certified installation materials should be used, the installed device should be inspected regularly for safety.
• Make sure the area below the installation place is free from unwanted persons during rigging, de-rigging and servicing.
• Locate the fixture in a well ventilated spot, far away from any flammable materials and/or liquids. The fixture must be fixed at least 50cm from surrounding walls.
• The device should be installed out of reach of people and outside areas where persons may walk by or be seated.
• Before rigging make sure that the installation area can hold a minimum point load of 10 times the device's weight.
• Always use a certified safety cable that can hold 12times the weight of the device when installing the unit. This secondary safety attachment should be installed in a way that no part of the installation can drop more than 20cm if the main attachment fails.
• The device should be well fixed; a free-swinging mounting is dangerous and may not be considered!
• Don't cover any ventilation openings as this may result in overheating.
• The operator has to make sure that the safety-relating and machine-technical installations are approved by an expert before using them for the first time. The installations should be inspected every year by a skilled person to be sure that safety is still optimal.

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION + ADDRESSED

Important: The electrical installation should be carried out by qualified personal only, according to the regulations for electrical and mechanical safety in your country.

Electrical installation in DMX-mode:

• The DMX-protocol is a widely used high speed signal to control intelligent light equipment. You need to "daisy chain" your DMX controller and all the connected units with a good quality balanced cable.
• Both XLR-3pin and XLR-5pin connectors are used, however XLR-3pin is more popular because these cables are compatible with balanced audio cables.

Pin layout XLR-3pin: Pin1 = GND ~ Pin2 = Negative signal (-) ~ Pin3 = Positive signal (+)

Pin layout XLR-5pin: Pin1 = GND ~ Pin2 = Negative signal (-) ~ Pin3 = Positive signal (+) ~ Pins4+5 not used.
- To prevent strange behavior of the light effects, due to interferences, you must use a 90 to 120
terminator at the end of the chain. Never use Y-splitter cables, this simply won't work!
- Make sure that all units are connected to the mains.
- Each light effect in the chain needs to have its proper starting address so it knows which commands from the controller it has to decode. In the next section you will learn how to set the DMX addresses.

How to set the DIP-switches to obtain the right starting address:

Refer to the next chapter (DMX-512 address setting) to learn how to set the starting address on this unit. The start address of each unit is very important. Unfortunately it is impossible to tell you in this user manual which start addresses you have to set because this completely depends on the controller you will use... So please refer to the user manual of your DMX-controller to find out which starting addresses you must set.

Example settings for different channel configurations:

• 1 Channel mode: 001 (unit1), 002 (unit2), 003 (unit3), ... → intervals of 1 channel
• 6 Channel mode: 001 (unit1), 007 (unit2), 013 (unit3), ... → intervals of 6 channels

Each of the first 9 DIP-switches correspond to a certain DMX-value, DIP-switch 10 is used to switch between 1CH mode and 6CH mode:

DIP	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
Value	1	2	4	8	16	32	64	128	256	ON = 1CH modeOFF = 6CH mode

You can combine the values of these switches to become any starting address between 1 and 512:

Begin address = 01 switch 1=ON values: 1

Begin address = 05 switch 1 + 3 = ON values: 1 + 4 = 5

Begin address = 09 switch 1 + 4 = ON values: 1 + 8 = 9

Begin address = 13 switch 1 + 3 + 4 = ON values: 1 + 4 + 8 = 13

Begin address = 62 switch 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = ON values: 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 62

HOW TO OPERATE THE UNIT

1. Standalone 1unit:

Important: The DMX address MUST be set to 000.

Just connect the unit to the mains. The unit will start working automatically to the rhythm of the music.

When you switch also dip switch 10 ON, the unit will start working automatically at preprogrammed speed.

1. Two or more units in master/slave setup:

Connect 2 or more units together using good quality balanced XLR microphone cables. The unit that has no cable connected to its input will react as master, the others are the slave units.

Important: On the master unit the DMX address MUST be set to 000.

Set DMX address of slave unit 1 to 001

You can inverse the behavior of one or more slave units by changing the position of DIP-switch n^10 on these slaves. Just try it and see if the effect becomes better.

3. Connect the optional CA-8 controller for more control:

The CA-8 controller can only be used in standalone or master/slave mode. Connect the controller to the jack input of the first unit (master). Now you can control all the connected units:

Stand by	Blackout the unit
Function	1. Synchronous Strobe 2. Sound Strobe 3. Two light Strobe	Select a show
Mode	Strobe (LED OFF)	Show (LED ON)

4. DMX-mode:

When the units are connected in DMX-mode, they can be controlled using the following DMX-chart:

Two DMX-modes are available: 1CH and 6CH mode:

1 channel mode:

Extremely user friendly mode: you only need 1 DMX channel to choose 1 of the 12 preprogrammed sound chases or you can use our Effect commander to switch the unit ON/OFF (no switch pack needed).

6 channel mode:

You can take full control of all pre-programmed functions of the effect.

• Channel 1: switch the unit on/off and select one of the 25 chases.
• Channel 2: Control for the strobe function.
• Channel 3: Control the output for the red LEDs.
• Channel 4: Control the output for the green LEDs.
• Channel 5: Control the output for the blue LEDs
• Channel 6: Control the output for the general dimmer.

1 CHANNEL MODE
6 CHANNEL MODE

Ch1	Ch1	Ch2	Ch3	Ch4	Ch5	Ch6
Chase	Chase	Strobe	Red	Green	Blue	Dimmer
250-255 Chase 12	250-255 Chase 25		255	100%	255	100%
230-249 Chase 11	240-249 Chase 24
210-229 Chase 10	230-239 Chase 23
190-209 Chase 9	220-229 Chase 22
170-189 Chase 8	170-179 Chase 17
150-169 Chase 7	160-169 Chase 16
130-149 Chase 6	130-149 Chase 14
110-129 Chase 5	120-129 Chase 12
090-109 Chase 4	110-119 Chase 11
070-089 Chase 3	100-109 Chase 10
050-069 Chase 2	090-099 Chase 9
030-049 Chase 1	080-089 Chase 8
000-029 OFF	070-079 Chase 7
	060-069 Chase 6
	050-059 Chase 5
	040-049 Chase 4
	030-039 Chase 3
	020-029 Chase 2
	010-019 Chase 1
	000-009 Function

MAINTENANCE

• Make sure the area below the installation place is free from unwanted persons during servicing.
• Switch off the unit, unplug the mains cable and wait until the unit has been cooled down.

During inspection the following points should be checked:

• All screws used for installing the device and any of its parts should be tightly fastened and may not be corroded.
• Housings, fixations and installations spots (ceiling, truss, suspensions) should be totally free from any deformation.
• When an optical lens is visibly damaged due to cracks or deep scratches, it must be replaced.
• The mains cables must be in impeccable condition and should be replaced immediately when even a small problem is detected.
• In order to protect the device from overheat the cooling fans (if any) and ventilation openings should be cleaned monthly.
• The interior of the device should be cleaned annually using a vacuum cleaner or air-jet.

• The cleaning of internal and external optical lenses and/or mirrors must be carried out periodically to optimize light output. Cleaning frequency depends on the environment in which the fixture operates: damp, smoky or particularly dirty surroundings can cause greater accumulation of dirt on the unit's optics.

• Clean with a soft cloth using normal glass cleaning products.
  Always dry the parts carefully.

• Clean the external optics at least once every 30 days.
• Clean the internal optics at least every 90 days.

Attention: We strongly recommend internal cleaning to be carried out by qualified personnel!

SPECIFICATIONS

Mains Input:

AC 100V to 240V, 50/60Hz

Power consumption:

12 Watt

Fuse:

250V 6,3A slow blow (20mm glass)

Sound Control:

Internal microphone

DMX connections:

3pin XLR male / female

DMX channels used:

1 or 6 channels

Lamp:

256 LEDs (R96 + G96 + B64)

Size:

965 × 190 × 82cm

Weight:

6,4kg

Every information is subject to change without prior notice

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