Document Outline

• Introduction
  • MAC 500/E safety information
    • To protect yourself and others from electric shock
    • To protect yourself and others from UV radiation and lamp explosion
    • To protect yourself and others from burns and fire
    • To protect yourself and others from injury due to falls
• Setup
  • Unpacking
  • Installing or changing the lamp
  • Powering the fixture
    • Check voltage and frequency settings
    • Install a plug on the power cord
  • Rigging
  • Connecting the serial link
    • Tips for building a serial link
    • Connecting fixtures
• Operation
  • Martin RS-485 control
  • DMX-512 control
    • Tracking control
    • Vector control
    • 8-bit versus 16-bit pan/tilt resolution
  • Controllable effects
    • Lamp
    • Pan and tilt
    • Color wheels
    • Focus
    • Fixed (static) gobos
    • Rotating gobos
    • Iris
    • Rotating prism / variable frost
    • Dimmer / shutter
• Control Panel
  • Menu navigation
  • Personality settings
  • Address and protocol selection
  • Readouts
    • Usage readouts (TIME)
    • DMX value readouts (dMXL)
    • Software version readouts (VER)
    • Temperature readouts (SPEC/TEMP)
  • Manual control
    • Manual control (MAN)
    • Adjustment (AdJ)
  • Stand-alone sequences
    • Demonstration programs (dEMO)
    • Test sequences
  • Utilities
    • Calibration (CAL)
    • Reset default offsets (SPEC/dFOF)
    • Reset default personality settings (SPEC/dFSE/FACT)
    • Custom configurations (SPEC/dFSE/CUS1, CUS2, CUS3)
    • Upload mode (UPLd)
• Gobos and Color Filters
  • Gobo specifications
    • Glass gobos
    • Metal gobos
  • Gobo orientation and positions
    • Glass gobos
    • Metal and image gobos
    • Default gobo layout
    • Loose rotating gobo fix
  • Changing rotating gobos
    • Without tools
    • With needlenose pliers
  • Changing static gobos
  • Default color filter positions
  • Changing color filters
• Maintenance and Basic Service
  • Accessing parts
    • Opening the head
    • Opening the base
  • Removing the printed circuit board
  • Replacing fuses
  • Changing the XLR pin-out
  • Changing voltage and frequency settings
    • MAC 500 with magnetic ballast
    • MAC 500 E with electronic ballast
  • Updating software
    • Normal upload
    • Boot mode upload
  • Changing lenses
  • Replacing the lamp
  • Optimizing lamp alignment
  • Installing the optional head shell safety wire
  • Maintenance schedule
  • Cleaning
    • Optical components
    • Fans
  • Lubrication
• Appendices
  • DMX protocol
  • Messages
  • Troubleshooting
  • Circuit board layout
  • Specifications
    • Measurements
    • Electrical, MAC 500
    • Electrical, MAC 500 E
    • Fuses
    • Communication
    • Compatible lamps
    • Photometric
    • Thermal
    • Accessories