Setup
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Setup
Warning! Read “Safety Information” on page 3 before installing, powering, operating or servicing
the MAC Aura.
Control panel and menu navigation
The onboard control panel and backlit graphic display are used to set the MAC Aura’s DMX address,
configure individual fixture settings, read out data and execute service utilities
.
See “Onboard control
menus” on page 29 for a complete list of menus and commands.
Some of the commands available in the control panel are also available on-the-fly via DMX on channel 8,
the fixture control channel. See channel 8 under “DMX protocol” on page 22 for a list of the commands
available.
Using the control buttons
• To enter a menu, select a function or apply a selection, press
(Enter).
• Press
(Up) and
(Down) to scroll within a menu or adjust values.
• To escape a function or move back one level in the menu structure, press
(Menu / Escape).
Control button reset shortcut
• Holding
(Menu/Escape) pressed in and pressing
(Up) forces the fixture to reset.
Display panel functions
The DMX address is shown in the display panel when the MAC Aura is powered on and has reset.
The display panel backlighting indicates fixture status as follows:
• The display blacks out during resets.
• The display flashes slowly if the fixture is not receiving a valid DMX signal unless the control buttons are
used. In this case, the display behaves normally until the buttons have not been used for a short period,
then begins to flash slowly again.
• The display can be set to go into sleep mode via
PERSONALITY
→
DISPLAY
in the control menu.
Connecting a DMX signal ‘wakes up’ the display.
DMX address setting
The DMX address, also known as the start channel, is the first channel used to receive instructions from the
controller. For independent control, each fixture must be assigned its own control channels. Two MAC Aura
fixtures of the same type may share the same address, however, if identical behavior is desired. Address
sharing can be useful for diagnostic purposes and symmetric control, particularly when combined with the
inverse pan and tilt options.
The DMX address is configured using the
DMX ADDRESS
menu in the control panel.
Beam, Aura and FX control
STD and EXT modes
DMX control mode is selected in the
CONTROL MODE
menu. The MAC Aura has two DMX control modes:
•
STD
(standard mode – uses 14 DMX channels)
•
EXT
(extended mode – uses 25 DMX channels)
.
