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Creator Compact 

Ordercode: 50729 

 

10 Maintenance 

 
The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine-technical installations are to be 
inspected by an expert after every year in the course of an acceptance test. 
The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine-technical installations are to be 
inspected by a skilled person once a year. 
 
The following points have to be considered during the inspection: 
 
1)

 

All screws used for installing the device or parts of the device have to be tightly connected and 
must not be corroded. 

2)

 

There may not be any deformations on housings, fixations and installation spots. 

3)

 

Mechanically moving parts like axles, eyes and others may not show any traces of wearing. 

4)

 

The electric power supply cables must not show any damages or material fatigue. 

 

The 

Showtec Creator Compact  

requires almost no maintenance. However, you should keep the unit 

clean.  

 
Disconnect the mains power supply, and then wipe the cover with a damp cloth. Do not immerse in 
liquid. Do not use alcohol or solvents. 
 

Keep connections clean. Disconnect electric power, and then wipe the DMX and audio connections 
with a damp cloth. Make sure connections are thoroughly dry before linking equipment or supplying 
electric power. 

11 Q/A 

 
Q: Way the dimmer level does not adjust by the playback slider, and turn to 0 after Clear? 
 
A: Has the dimmer channel been configured? If not, the dimmer channel will not adjust by playback 
slider and turn to 0 after double click <Clear> button. To configure the dimmer channel: 
Enter Program Mode. Press <Patch> to enter Patch Menu. Select a desired fixture and push the slider of 
the dimmer channel till its value in the screen shows [Dimmer]. 
 
Q: I don’t need dimmer data save in a playback 
 
A: In playback editing, after the dimmer slider is set to a desired brightness, if you don’t want to save the 
dimmer in the data, you can follow the below steps to remove the dimmer channel from the playback: 
Enter Program Mode. Select the desired fixture. Press <Clear> to enter Clear Menu. Push the dimmer 
channel to any position. Press <Exit> to exit. Now, you can see that the dimmer channel is not ON in the 
screen. After, keep on your playback editing and select “Record by Channel” when saving the  
playback. Then, the dimmer will not be included. 

Summary of Contents for creator compact 50729

Page 1: ...Creator Compact Highlite International B V Vestastraat 2 6468 EX Kerkrade the Netherlands Ordercode 50729 MANUAL ENGLISH...

Page 2: ...Channel types 12 4 2 Setup 13 5 Fixture Control 14 5 1 Fixture control in Programming Mode 14 4 2 Fixture control in Running Mode 14 6 Shape Generator 15 6 1 Load a shape 15 6 2 Edit a shape 15 6 3 D...

Page 3: ...usly And sliders can be used to activate playbacks and adjust the intensity of the dimmer channel in the playbacks 1 1 Specifications DMX channel 768 Fixture 32 Channels for each fixture 24 Playback 6...

Page 4: ...tructions Every person involved with the installation operation and maintenance of this device has to be qualified follow the instructions of this manual Before your initial start up please make sure...

Page 5: ...re or dust Make sure that the available voltage is not higher than stated on the rear panel Make sure that the power cord is never crimped or damaged Check the device and the power cord from time to t...

Page 6: ...in this manual the product may suffer damages and the warranty becomes void Any other operation may lead to dangers like short circuit burns electric shock crash etc You endanger your own safety and...

Page 7: ...umber 4 A brief description of the symptoms Claims The client has the obligation to check the delivered goods immediately upon delivery for any short comings and or visible defects or perform this che...

Page 8: ...7 Creator Compact Ordercode 50729 3 Operation 3 1 Front Panel...

Page 9: ...rt within Creator Compact DMX A and DMX B Each port can output 384 channels and operate 16 fixtures While LED is dark we can operate A port s fixtures While LED is light we can operate B port s fixtur...

Page 10: ...hases step While chase is stop the LED will flash Page There 5 playback pages in this controller Each page can store 12 playbacks 3 4 Slider area including 12 sliders and Run button Run Swap program a...

Page 11: ...o better work Scene Store Scenes or chase steps Chase Unfold and operate chases Delete Delete scenes chases chase steps and shape Time Set times for scenes chases chase steps Patch Set channels type S...

Page 12: ...if you change only the position of a fixture the colour gobo intensity and all other attributes of that fixture are recorded as wall This is useful because you know that when you recall the cue it wil...

Page 13: ...r setup Blue Blue channel a LTP channel with fade time Preset shapes can be loaded after setup Color1 Color 1 channel a LTP channel without fade time Preset shapes can be loaded after setup Color2 Col...

Page 14: ...ge 2 for CH13 24 3 The first line of the display indicates the number of the channels which are the first channel of other lines 4 Move the sliders to set the channel types The LCD will show the chang...

Page 15: ...priority to output Those channels that have been set will be shown in blue with a white background in the LCD Clear the programming status of a single channel In the 1st level menu press Clear and mov...

Page 16: ...ption for application Press Enter to select 6 Modify the corresponding channels of the fixture to create your effect 6 2 Edit a shape 1 Play shapes see Section 5 1 2 If you want to edit some shapes yo...

Page 17: ...to 0 the size and speed settings are ignored 1 In Shape Menu Press E 2 Press the Playback button of the playback you want to set parameters for 3 A set the size to Static or Timed 4 B set the speed to...

Page 18: ...laced in the Programmer as well You will get exactly the result you expected when you recall the scene but you can t combine scenes containing the same fixtures because the new memory will just overri...

Page 19: ...on with playback faders Mode 1 Channels fade as set by the HTP and LTP fade times except Instant LTP channels If you enter times for a Mode 0 memory it will automatically change to Mode 1 If HTP times...

Page 20: ...6 To save the last step move the cursor to Line 3 and press Enter to save Or press an off Playback button to store To insert the new step will be inserted as the previous step to the selected position...

Page 21: ...o delete it 8 7 Copy a chase In Level 1 of Programming Mode press the Playback button of the desired chase to copy then press another Playback button to paste 8 8 Run Set the controller to Running Mod...

Page 22: ...controller but the patching will remain 9 2 Wipe All Wipe all the data in the controller 9 3 Switch display language EN DE FR are available in the Creator Compact 9 4 Save Load Input U Disk Save use W...

Page 23: ...vents Keep connections clean Disconnect electric power and then wipe the DMX and audio connections with a damp cloth Make sure connections are thoroughly dry before linking equipment or supplying elec...

Page 24: ...23 Ordercode 50731...

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