Lightronics AR1202 - Manual (Page 10)

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AR – 1202 RTC ARCHITECTURAL DIMMER
Revision 1.93 OWNERS MANUAL 06/03/2008
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AR-1202 UNIT SETUP
The AR-1202 must be set up (configured) as part of
the installation process. This process is done from the
AR-1202 front panel using 5 menus described below.
SYSTEM SETUP should be done first. It includes:
setting the System Mode, System ID, and System
Power Setup.
DIMMER SETUP should be done next. It includes
Channel Limiting and Dim/Non-Dim selections.
DMX I/O SETUP must be performed if the unit will
be used with a DMX console. This setup assigns
(patches) dimmer channels to DMX channels and can
lockout the wall remote stations.
SCENE SETUP must be performed to create scene
presets to be activated from the remote control
stations or by the clock/timer subsystem.
EVENT SETUP must be done if the clock/timer
subsystem will be used. It includes Setting the Clock
and Programming Events.
USING THE MENU SYSTEM
The MENU (NEXT) button steps through the five
display menus. When one of these menus is displayed
you can push the
ENTER button to access that
function. The CLEAR button will return the unit to its
normal operating mode and cause the display to show
the channel level bar graph. The
CLEAR button
DOES NOT clear entered values. The arrow buttons
are used to set values for menu selections.
SYSTEM MODE
The AR-1202 currently uses only the NORMAL
setting for system mode.
At the AR-1202 front panel - push MENU (NEXT)
until the System Setup appears on the status display.
Push ENTER . The System Mode menu will be
shown.
Push ENTER . The System Mode Selection menu will
be shown.
Use the and buttons to select the
NORMAL
mode. Push ENTER when finished.
SYSTEM POWER SETUP
In addition to making the correct power connections
for the power source at your installation the AR-1202
must be set up to correctly respond to the power type.
At the AR-1202 front panel - push MENU (NEXT)
until the System Setup menu appears on the Status
display.
CAUTION
TURN OFF ALL CHANNELS AND OPEN ALL
CHANNEL CIRCUIT BREAKERS BEFORE
CHANGING THE INPUT POWER SETUP.
SYSTEM
SETUP
SYSTEM
SETUP
SYSTEM
MODE
SYSMODE
NORMAL
Set Dimmer
Operating
Options
SCENE
SETUP
EVENT
SETUP
DMX I/O
SETUP
DIMMER
SETUP
SYSTEM
SETUP
ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER
Create and Edit
Internal Scenes Set Clock and
Timed Events
Assign DMX
Addresses
Set Individual
Channel
Behavior
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TOP LEVEL MENUS LAYOUT
MENU
(NEXT) MENU
(NEXT) MENU
(NEXT) MENU
(NEXT) MENU
(NEXT)