Lightronics AR1202 - Manual (Page 14)

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AR – 1202 RTC ARCHITECTURAL DIMMER
Revision 1.93 OWNERS MANUAL 06/03/2008
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SCENE BLACKOUT FADE TIME
Fade time for the remote stations blackout function is
set as an independent function.
The procedure is similar to that for other scenes
except the blackout fade time is accessed by selecting
SCENE 00 from the SCENE SETUP menu. Factory
default fade time is 3 seconds. Blackout fade time
may be set between 0.5 and 99.5 seconds. To select a
fade time - use the and buttons. Push
ENTER
when the desired time is shown.
OPERATION
MANUAL OPERATION
Individual dimmer channels may be operated from the
AR-1202 front panel. This is useful during testing
and setup operations. Use the and buttons to
select a channel. The associated channel on the bar
graph display will flash. Use the and buttons to
set the lighting intensity for the selected channel.
Manual operation combines with DMX and remote
stations settings but does not lock them out.
The CLEAR button will turn off all channels when
operating manually.
DMX CONSOLE OPERATION
If a DMX signal is present when the AR-1202 is
turned on it will automatically respond to it.
A "D" will be shown in the lower right corner of the
LCD display if a valid DMX signal is present.
Channel intensity levels will be shown on the bar
graph display.
SMART REMOTES OPERATION
The AR-1202 can store 100 preset scenes. Most of
these can be activated by smart remotes. See the
section "Creating and Editing Scenes" for info about
programming the scenes. These scenes are grouped
according to which type of smart remote can access
them. Scenes 1 - 48 are reserved for push button and
IR remotes. Scenes 51 - 99 are used with fader
remotes. If multiple AR-1202 units are connected to a
smart remote then each AR-1202 will activate its own
corresponding scene.
Both push button and fader remotes may be connected
to the same smart remote bus.
BUTTON AND IR SMART REMOTES OPERATION
These remotes activate individual scenes within a
block of scenes which have been stored in the AR-
1202. Scenes will activate on an "exclusive" basis. In
other words only one scene may be on at a time.
Currently available remotes are the AC-1009, AC-
2016 and AI-1001.
You can select which block of scenes will be activated
by the remote. This is done by DIP switches on the
back of the remote. For instance, an AC-1009 can be
set to control scenes 1 - 8 , scenes 9-16, or other
blocks of 8 consecutive scenes. There are a total of 6
scene blocks available covering scenes 1 thru 48.
The scene activation buttons will toggle. In other
words a scene will go OFF if you push its button
while the scene is active.
The OFF button invokes a system wide BLACKOUT.
(all scenes will be turned off regardless of their
source).
Refer to the smart remote owner manual for specific
info on setting scene addressing. Multiple remotes of
this type may be but are not required to be set to the
same block of scenes.
FADER SMART REMOTES OPERATION
These units use specific individual scenes which have
been stored in the AR-1202 on a "pile on" basis. In
other words multiple scenes will merge together in a
"greatest of " fashion. This means that the intensity of
any given channel will go to the highest level of all
the scenes which use it.
Valid DMX Indicator
D
9 10 11 12
CHANNEL INTENSITY BAR GRAPH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8