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PROGRAMMABLE

DMX CONTROLLER

USER’S MANUAL

Sets of the equipment

1.1

Unpacking of the equipment

1.2

Acessories issued with the equipment and relative documentation

Description of the rear panel and installation

2.1

Description of the rear panel

2.2

DMX 512 output connection

2.3

Input connection for power supply

2.4

Connection of the ballast to the electric system

Use of the equipment - modes of operation

3.1

PROGRAM

mode

3.2

SCENE

mode

3.3

MAN + PROGRAM

mode

3.4

MAN + SCENE

mode

Description of the front panel

4.1

Description of the front panel

Use of the equipment - main functions

5.1

Adjustment of the

RATE

speed

5.2

Adjustment of the

SPEED

speed

5.3

Adjustment of the

and

channels through the

Joystick

5.4

Adjustment of the

IRIS - COLOUR - GOBO - SHUTTER

channels

5.5

MUSIC

function

5.6

BLK

function

Use of the equipment - secondary functions

6.1

MEM

function

6.2

COPY

function

6.3

LENGTH

function

6.4

REPEAT

function

Exemple of working - creation of a program

7.1

Creation of a program

We congratulate you on your purchase of NAVIGATOR 612. Before
proceeding of the use of this product it should be necessary to read
carefully the following user’s manual to install it correctly and to make the
most of its potentialities.

INDEX

Verify the contens of the packing.
If one of the following parts of the packing is missing or damaged, please,
contact your dealer immediately.

User’s manual

B) AN-612

Ballast

Open the box; take the ballast and the documentation out.

Take the equipment out of the box as shown in the picture below.

1.1

UNPACKING OF THE EQUIPMENT

1.2

ACCESSORIES ISSUED WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND RELATIVE DOCUMENTATION

AUDIO IN

(0 dB)

POWER INPUT

12 VDC - 2 W

DMX 512

OUTPUT

+VDC

COMMON

1 = COMMON
2 = DATA -
3 = DATA +

4 = n.c.
5 = n.c.

PUSH

2.1

DESCRIPTION OF THE REAR PANEL AND INSTALLATION

Standard DMX 512 signal OUTPUT with a 5-pin cannon connector.

0 dB audio signal INPUT with a mono/stereo jack connector.

12 Vdc power INPUT with a 3-pin cannon connector.

2.2

DMX 512 OUTPUT CONNECTION

Make sure you are using a shielded twisted cables suitable for the
transmission of the DMX 512 signal with connectors of good quality and
connection as shown on the side of the connector.

Plug the 5-pin cannon connector coming from the projectors completly in the
DMX 512 output

Use the “push” safety hook to disconnect it and than extract it gently.

ATTENTION: the shielded part of the cable must never be connected to the
ground of the electrical system as this could cause faults during the
working of the controller.

The “start” channel of the controller is channel n°1, for other DMX address
you can follow the tabel below.

SCANNER N° 1

SCANNER N° 2

SCANNER N° 3

SCANNER N° 4

SCANNER N° 5

SCANNER N° 6

DMX address: 1

DMX address: 7

DMX address: 13

DMX address: 19

DMX address: 25

DMX address: 31

SCANNER N° 7

SCANNER N° 8

SCANNER N° 9

SCANNER N° 10

SCANNER N° 11

SCANNER N° 12

DMX address: 37

DMX address: 43

DMX address: 49

DMX address: 55

DMX address: 61

DMX address: 67

2.3

INPUT CONNECTION FOR POWER SUPPLY

2.4

CONNECTION OF THE BALLAST TO THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM

Plug the 3-pin cannon connector of the ballast completly in the power
input

Use the “push” safety hook to disconnect it and extract it gently.

ATTENTION: do not use ballast different from the one supplied, it could
cause serious damages at the internal circuitation.

Do not connect the 3-pin cannon connector in other appliances, it has been
studied to be used only in this controller.

MAKE SURE THAT VOLTAGE AND POWER FREQUENCY CORRESPOND TO
WHAT IS REPORTED ON THE BALLAST PLATE.

The supplied ballast has a plug, therefore you should only plug it in the socket.

Press

POW

key to verify the correct installation.

If pressing the

POW

key no one led light up, please check if there is tension in

the electric socket or check the connection between ballast-controller and
ballast-electric socket.

If the problem persist, please consult your dealer.

Pressing

PROG

key the

PROGRAM

function is activated

(Fig.1)

The red led of

PROG

key will light up to indicate the activation

of this function.

This function allows to activate a program or a range of programs

Press 1÷12 keys to activate/deactivate the programs which will be performed
in succession.
All selected programs have a lighted up led, while the active program has a
flashing led.

N.B.

Each program is repeated for a number of times established through the

REPEAT

function (see par. 6.4)

The speed of change between the scenes can be controlled by

RATE

▲

and

RATE

▼

keys (see par. 5.1).

The relation between the movement of the scanners and the pause between
scenes is controlled by

SPEED

▲

and

SPEED

▼

keys (see par. 5.2).

When the maximum or minimum speed is reached the led of the

SHIFT

key flashes.

Fig. 1

3.1

PROGRAM MODE

PROG

Pressing

SCENE

key the

SCENE

function is activated (Fig.2)

The red led of

SCENE

key will light up to indicate the

activation of this function.

When you pass from

PROGRAM

mode to

SCENE

mode, the

scene active in that moment is selected.

Press any 1÷12 keys to activate/deactivate the scene.

This function allows to see one of the 12 scenes of the program in action.
N.B. If no programs are selected the SCENE function is not active.

The speed of change between the scenes can be controlled by

RATE

▲

and

RATE

▼

(see par. 5.1).

When the maximum or minimum speed is reached the led of the

SHIFT

key flashes.

N.B.

In this function

SPEED

▲

and

SPEED

▼

keys are not activated

Fig. 2

3.2

SCENE MODE

SCENE

When

PROGRAM

function is working, pressing

MAN

(Fig.3)

key the

MAN+PROGRAM

function is activated.

The red led on

PROG

and

MAN

keys will light up to indicate

the activation of this function.

Pressing

MAN

key once more you come back in

PROG

mode.

This function allows to activate manually one or more scanners while the
not selected ones go on performing the PROGRAM function.

Press 1÷12 keys to activate/deactivate the scanners manually controlled.

The selected scanners (with ligthed up led) do not follow anymore the
program, but are manually controlled through the joystick, the selection of the
channel and the slider.

Once it has been deactivated, the scanner performs again the working
program.

Fig. 3

3.3

MAN+PROGRAM MODE

MAN

When

SCENE

function is working, pressing

MAN

key

(fig. 4) the

MAN+SCENE

function is activated.

The red led of

SCENE

and

MAN

keys will light up to indicate

the activation of this function.

Pressing

MAN

key once more you can come back to the

SCENE

mode.

This function allows to activate manually one or more scanners to create or
to modify a scene.

Pressing one of the 1÷12 keys the scanner manually controlled is activated.
To select more scanners press in sequence 1÷12 keys very quickly. The
selected scanners (with lighted up led) can be manually controlled using the
joystick, the channel selection and the slider.

Once another scanner has been selected, the previous one keeps all made
sets.

Fig. 4

3.4

MAN+SCENE MODE

MAN

4.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONT PANEL

SHIFT

POWER

RATE

SPEED

MEM

COP

MUSIC

MAN

PROG

SCENE

To activate /deactivate the controller storing all the data.

To activate the PROGRAM mode.

To activate the SCENE mode.

To activate the PROG+MAN / SCENE+MAN function.

To activate the MUSIC function for the change of the scene to the beat of the music.

To activate the SHIFT function and select the second function of 1/12 keys.

To increase / reduce the SPEED value.

To increase / reduce the RATE value.

To select a program / scene / scanner depending on the working function.

CH.

SEL.

255

CHANNEL

IRIS

COLOUR

GOBO

SHUTTER

LENGTH

➠

REPEAT

To select the channel on which the slider should operate.

It shows the channel on which the slider is operating.

Slider: it changes the value from 0 to 255 of the selected channel.

Joystick: it allows an easy positioning of the scanners.

RATE

The adjustment of the RATE is activated only in

PROG

and

SCENE

function.

The two settings of the value are indipendent as passing from one mode to
the other you find the same previous set value.

The

RATE

value is simply the time that the scene takes to

arrive at the end, therefore it is also the speed of the change
between the scenes.

Using the

RATE

▲

key (Fig.5) the speed increases, i.e. the

scene takes less time to arrive at the end position, while
using the

RATE

▼

key (Fig.5) the speed reduces up to a value

of 30 seconds to end the scene.

When the maximum and minimum speed is reached the led
on the

SHIFT

key flashes.

The

SPEED

value is the ratio between the time of the

scanner’s movement and the total length of the scene.

The

SPEED

value are 10: from 10% to100%.

Using the

SPEED

▲

key (Fig.6) the speed increases and the

time of pause, too, while using the

SPEED

▼

key (Fig.6) the

speed reduces and the movement becomes continuous,
without pauses.

For instance, if you set a

RATE

of 30 seconds and the

SPEED

has the minimum value, the scene has a length of 30
seconds and the movement of the mirror has a length of 30
seconds,too. If you set the previous

RATE

value but you

increase the

SPEED

value up to 50%, the length of the scene

is always 30 seconds instead the movement of the mirror has
a l e n g h t o f 1 5 s e c o n d s ( a s t h e s p e e d i s d o u b l e d i n
comparison with the previous one) and a pause of 15
seconds.

When the maximum and minimum speed are reached the led
on the

SHIFT

key flashes.

Fig. 5

5.1

ADJUSTMENT OF THE RATE SPEED

SPEED

The SPEED adjustment is activated only in PROG function, while it is
deactivated in SCENE and MUSIC function.

Fig. 6

5.2

ADJUSTMENT OF THE SPEED

Fig. 7

Fig. 8

Fig. 9

Using the joystick the X and Y channels of the
scanner’s mirror can be adjusted (Fig.7).
The type used is the one with the return in the
c e n t r e w h i c h a l l o w s a n e a s y a n d e x a c t
p o s i t i o n i n g t h a n k s t o t h e s o p h i s t i c a t e d
software of management, too.
The movement is a proportional type, i.e. if you
keep the joystick in central position the mirror
keeps still; whereas the more you move it away
from the centre the more the movement of
mirror increases.
To make a movement of a step it will be
enough to give some small strokes to the
joystick in the desired direction.

5.3

ADJUSTMENT OF THE X AND Y CHANNELS THROUGH THE JOYSTICK

The adjustment of the 4 channels is
made with only one slider (Fig.8).
The value of the slider is connected with
the channel which is selected through
the

CH.SEL.

key and it is indicated by the

leds on the key (Fig.9).
To change the channel on which the
slider is working press one or more
times the

CH.SEL.

key till the led of the

desired channel lights up.

N.B. Every time you change channel
the previous value of each channel is
not modified till you do not move the
slider.

5.4

ADJUSTMENT OF THE

IRIS - COLOUR - GOBO - SHUTTER

CHANNELS

CH.

SEL.

255

CHANNEL

IRIS

COLOUR

GOBO

SHUTTER

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Pressing the

MUSIC

key (Fig.10) the

MUSIC

function is activated.

This function can be activated only during the PROGRAM
and MAN+PROGRAM mode.

The green led on the key lights up to indicate the starting of
this function.

This function performs the program to the rhythm of the music,
synchronising the change of the scene with the bass beats.

Using this function the change of the scenes occurs only when the musical sensor
receives the audio signal from the rear audio input or from the built-in microphone.
(If to the rear input you connect a jack the built-in microphone is deactivated).

The speed of the change between the scenes is controlled by the

RATE

▲

and the

RATE

▼

keys: when the max or mi speed is reached the led on the

SHIFT

key flashes.

Usually, during the

MUSIC

function, the speed of the change between the scenes

should be not so low otherwise the movement of the scanner will be very slow.
The internal music sensor has an automatic gain adjustment which allows to have
a signal level good for the controller’s working. The input music signal is a 0dB
mono/stereo so it could be taken from sound sources like Mixer, CD, Dat etc.

N.B.

In this function the

SPEED

▲

and the

SPEED

▼

keys are deactivated.

Only one channel of the jack stereo connector placed on the rear of the
controller is connected to the music sensor.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN TO CONNECT TO THIS INPUT ANY POWER SIGNALS
FOR ACOUSTIC SPEAKER COMING FROM AMPLIFIED MIXER OR AMPLIFIER!!

Fig. 10

5.5

MUSIC FUNCTION

MUSIC

This function can be activated only during the PROGRAM
and MAN+PROGRAM mode.

To activate the

BLK

function you have to activate the

second

function of the keys

pressing once the

SHIFT

key (Fig.11).

(a yellow led on the

SHIFT

key lights up).

Than press

12/BLK

key (Fig.12).

Now, the led on the

12/BLK

key is flashing and all the

function of the controller are off.

Only pressing again the

12/BLK

key the controller return to

it’s normal functions.

Fig. 11

Fig. 12

SHIFT

This function reset the color and the gobo channels
in all the scanners.

5.6

BLK function (blackout)

BLK

To activate the

MEM

function you have to activate the

second

function of the keys

pressing once the

SHIFT

key (Fig.11).

(a yellow led on the

SHIFT

key lights up).

If the led on the SHIFT key does not light up, the

MEM

function cannot be activated as no scene has been selected
previously.

Than press

1/MEM

key (Fig.12).

Now, the settings of the channels and the X and Y position of
all scanners are stored in a permanent way in the selected
scene of the active program (see par. 7.1).

If all the operations have been done correctly, the mode of
working pass from

MAN

mode to

SCENE

mode so that any

other scene can be selected, created or modified.

To activate the

COPY

function you have to activate the

second

function of the keys

pressing once the

SHIFT

key (Fig.13).

(a yellow led on the

SHIFT

key lights up).

If the led on the SHIFT key does not light up, the COPY
function cannot be activated as no scene has been selected
previously.

Than press

2/COPY

key (Fig.14).

Now, the led of the active scene is flashing; press any 1÷12
keys to select the scene of destination.

Pressing a different key the copy function is cancelled.

If all the operations have been done correctly, the active
scene becomes now the scene of destination.

This function stores in a scene the present situation of the scanners.

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THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN

MAN

MODE

6.1

MEM FUNCTION

Fig. 13

Fig. 14

SHIFT

This function allows to copy the present active scene in another one.

THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN

SCENE

MODE

6.2

COPY FUNCTION

COPY

Fig. 11

Fig. 12

SHIFT

MEM

Fig. 15

Fig. 16

SHIFT

LENGTH

To activate the

LENGTH

function you have to activate the

second

function of the keys

pressing once the

SHIFT

key (Fig.15).

(a yellow led on the

SHIFT

key lights up).

If the led on the SHIFT key does not light up, the

LENGTH

function cannot be activated as no program has been
selected previously.

Than press

3/LENGTH

key (Fig.16).

Now, the led of the the selected length is flashing; press any
1÷12 keys to select a new length of the program.

Pressing a different key the operation is cancelled.

This function allows to choose the length of the active program, or rather
the last performed scene of the program.

THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN

PROG

MODE

6.3

LENGTH FUNCTION

Fig. 17

Fig. 18

SHIFT

REPEAT

To activate the

REPEAT

function you have to activate the second

function of the keys pressing once the

SHIFT

key (Fig.17).

(a yellow led on the

SHIFT

key lights up).

If the led on the SHIFT key does not light up, the

REPEAT

function cannot be activated as no program has been
selected previously.

Than press

4/REPEAT

key (Fig.18).

Now, the led corresponding with the selected number of
repetitions is flashing; press any 1÷12 keys to select a new value.

Pressing a different key the operation is cancelled.

This function allows to select the number of repetitions for each program.

THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN

PROG

MODE

6.4

REPEAT FUNCTION

A program is a range of scenes (max 12) performed in succession. To create
(or to modify) a program follow all steps listed below:

1) If the controller is switched off, switch it on pressing

POW

key.

2) Press

PROG

key to activate the

PROGRAM

function.

(the red led on the same key will light up).

3) Using 1÷12 keys select only the program that you want to modify.

(only one program is flashing).

4) Press

SCENE

key to activate the

SCENE

function.

(the red led on the same key will light up).

5) Using 1÷12 keys select the scene that you want to modify.

6) Press

MAN

key to activate the

MAN+SCENE

function.

(the red leds on the

MAN

and

SCENE

keys will light up).

7) Using 1÷12 keys select one or more scanners and modify the position

with the joystick and the sets of the channels with the

CH.SEL.

key

and the slider.

8) Once the scanners have been selected and the scene has been completed,

it can be stored using the

MEM

function: press

SHIFT

key and than

1/MEM

key (see par. 6.1).

9) Now the controller is again in the

SCENE

function in order that you can

select another scene or copy the scene already done in another one (see par. 6.2).

10) Once the creation of the scenes has been finished press

PROG

key to

come back to the

PROGRAM

function.

(the red led on the same key will ligth up).

11) Finally, you should set the length of the program using the

LENGTH

function: press once

SHIFT

key than the

3/LENGTH

key followed by

the number of the last stored scene (see par. 6.3).

The program is finished; to create or modify others repeat again all the above
steps.

7.1

EXAMPLE OF WORKING - CREATION OF A PROGRAM

CODEM MUSIC

s.r.l.

No responibility is taken for possible inaccuracies or mistakes.

The

CODEM MUSIC

s.r.l. reserves the right to make any alterations or aesthetics changes of this

product that seem necessary at any time and for whatever reason.

The

CODEM MUSIC

s.r.l. takes no responsibility for the use or for the application of this product.

TECHNICAL FEATURES OF NAVIGATOR 612

Technical features: programming

Number of scanners controlled separately:

Number of channels for each scanner:

6 (4ch. + Y + X)

Number of stored programs:

Number of scenes for each program:

Total number of scenes:

144 (12 programs x 12 scenes)

Positioning way of the mirror:

through a proportional Joystick with return.

Technical features: output signal

Kind of output signal:

DMX512/ 1990

Output connector:

5-pin cannon connector

Max number of scanners connected to the DMX output:

Number of DMX channels:

72 (6 ch. x 12 scanners)

Technical features: storage of program

Kind of storage / size:

EEPROM / 128 Kbit

Length of data maintenance without power supply:

> 40 years

Number of entries cycles:

>100.000

Technical features: storage of settings

Kind of storage / size:

EEPROM / 2 Kbit

Length of data maintenance without power supply:

> 40 years

Number of entries cycles: >

10.000.000

Climatic condition for the use

Humidity:

35% ÷ 80%

Temperature:

5 ÷ 50 °C

Power supply

Voltage/current:

12 Vdc / 240 mA

Technical fetures: audio input

Source:

Inside through a built-in microphone / outside through a stereo jack

Sensitivity / input impedance:

0 dB (775 mV) / 50 Kohm

Kind of level adjustment:

Automatic

Dimensions and weight

Dimension (W x L x H) / Weight:

482 x 88 x 40 mm (2U rack) / 1,5 Kg.

CODEM MUSIC S.r.l.

- Via Del Vallo, 110 - 61100 PESARO - ITALY

Tel. +39 0721 204357- Fax +39 0721 203554

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