eurolite LED MS-1 Laser LED Effect User Manual

eurolite LED MS-1 Laser LED Effect

CAUTION!

• Keep this device away from rain and moisture!
• Unplug the mains lead before opening the housing!

Every person involved with the installation, operation, and maintenance of this device has to be qualified

• follow the instructions in this manual
• consider this manual to be part of the total product
• keep this manual for the entire service life of the product
• pass this manual on to every further owner or user of the product
• download the latest version of the user manual from the Internet.

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for having chosen a EUROLITE LED MS-1. If you follow the instructions given in this manual, we are sure that you will enjoy this device for a long period of time.
Unpack your LED MS-1. Before you initially start up, please make sure that there are no transport damages. Should there be any, do not take the device into operation and immediately consult your dealer. This device has left our premises in absolutely perfect condition. In order to maintain this condition and to ensure a safe operation, it is absolutely necessary for the user to follow the safety instructions and warning notes written in this user manual.

Important:
Damages caused by the disregard of this user manual are not subject to a warranty. The dealer will not accept liability for any resulting defects or problems.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

According to the DIN EN 60825-1 regulation, this laser falls under classification 3B. Direct eye exposure is dangerous.

DANGER LASER RADIATION!

• Do not expose yourself to the beam!
• Laser radiation can cause eye damage and/or skin damage.
• All protective measures for the safe operation of this laser must be applied.

This product is a so-called show laser, emitting radiation in a wavelength spectrum between 400 and 700 nm and producing lighting effects for shows. Operating a laser product may lead to permanent injury to persons. Please refer to the explanations under “Legal instructions” and “Protective measures for a safe operation”. Keep away from heaters and other heating sources! If the device has been exposed to drastic temperature fluctuation (e.g. after transportation), do not switch it on immediately. The arising condensation water might damage your device. Leave the device switched off until it has reached room temperature. Never direct the laser beam to people or animals.

CAUTION LASER DIODE: never unscrew the housing!

Never leave this device running unattended.

Always disconnect from the mains when the device is not in use or before cleaning it. Keep away children and amateurs from the device! There are no serviceable parts inside the device. Maintenance and service operations are only to be carried out by authorized dealers.

OPERATING DETERMINATIONS

Areas of use
This device is designed for professional use, e.g. on stages, in discotheques, theatres, etc. This laser must only be used for shows. The operation of a class 3B show laser is only allowed if the operation is controlled by a laser safety officer. Teenagers older than 16 years can only be employed in laser areas if necessary for completing their job training and if their protection is guaranteed by a skilled person. This device is designed for mobile use and for permanent installations.

Laser effects are not designed for permanent operation. Consistent operation breaks will ensure that the device will serve you for a long time without defects. This product was designed for indoor use only. The ambient temperature must always be between +10° C and +35° C. Keep away from direct insulation (particularly in cars) and heaters. The relative humidity must not exceed 50 % with an ambient temperature of 35° C. This device must only be operated at an altitude between -20 m and 2000 m over NN. The protections must only be proyected in the blocked show laser area. Please refer to the explanations under show laser area.

Electric connection
This product is only allowed to be operated with the voltage given on the type plate.

Notification
Before operating a laser of the classification 3B for the first time, the operator must notify the accidence insurance, the authority for industrial safety, and all relevant authorities of the respective country. Notification should include the following information: manufacturer, laser classification, optical power, and wavelength.

Laser safety officer
The operator must define a skilled person as a laser safety officer for operating lasers of the classification 3B.

The operator must delegate the following tasks to the laser safety officer:

1. Monitoring the operation of lasers,
2. Support the operator with respect to a safe operation and the necessary protective measures,
3. Cooperation with the specialists for industrial safety when fulfilling their duties including information about important topics concerning radiation protection.

For every show, a laser safety officer must be defined as a responsible person. The officer must monitor the laser operation during the whole event.

Installation
This device is only allowed for installation via the mounting bracket. In order to safeguard sufficient ventilation, leave 50 cm of free space around the device. Make sure that the area below the installation place is blocked when rigging, derigging, or servicing the fixture. Always fix the fixture with an appropriate safety bond.

Operation
For a safe operation, the laser products must be equipped with all protective measures demanded their classification and use. Before every show, the laser adjustment must be tested. If the laser is not correctly adjusted, the laser must immediately be taken out of operation and needs to be adjusted by a laser specialist.

Operate the device only after having been familiarized with its functions. Do not permit operation by persons not qualified for operating the device. Most damages are the result of unprofessional operation! Please consider that unauthorized modifications on the device are forbidden due to safety reasons! If this device will be operated in any way different from the one described in this manual, the product may suffer damages and the guarantee becomes void. Furthermore, any other operation may lead to dangers like short-circuit, burns, electric shock, permanent eye damage, etc.

Legal instructions
Depending on the classification, operating a laser product can produce laser radiation that may cause permanent eye damage and/or skin damage. The legal instructions for using a laser product vary from country to country. The user must always inform himself on the legal instructions valid in his country and apply them to his situation. In Germany, the following instructions are binding: DIN EN 60825-1 “Safety of laser products – Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements (IEC 60825)” www.din.de DIN 56912 “Showlaser und Showlaseranlagen; Anforderungen und Prüfung” www.din.de.

Dangers caused by laser radiation
Due to the extreme concentration of the laser beam, the whole energy of the radiation is concentrated in a very small area. If the laser beam hits a man, health damage can be caused. Next to burning the skin, laser beams can damage the human eye. According to the wavelength (color) of the laser, the beam can penetrate into the retina and destroy it. Depending to the severity of the accident, dangers for the eyes have to be observed. For a better understanding, a comparison with visible light may be helpful. A continuously emitting laser in the yellow/green sector with an optical power of only 1 mW (= 1.10-3 Watt) belongs to the relatively harmless classification 2. Staring into this beam already equals staring into the summer sun in central Europe. In this case, direct eye exposure is allowed for 0.25 s.

A laser product of the classification 3R has a 5 times higher optical power. In contrast to sunlight or the light of an incandescent lamp where the optical power is quickly reduced with distance, the natural reduction of a laser’s optical power is only minimal. This is why health damages can also be produced if laser radiation hits a man at a larger distance. Due to the sharp concentration and the high optical power of laser products often used in discotheques, the laser beams can still produce health damage when reflected from e.g. glass surfaces or metallic surfaces.

Eye damage caused by unskilled operation of laser products can be treated as physical injury and persecuted by law. Please note that the organizer is responsible for keeping to all specified protective measures. If a laser gets out of control, the event may need to be canceled immediately. If the organizer does not fulfill his safety duties, he is reliable by civil law for any damages that occurred, e.g.: Paying the treatment costs of the damaged person. Pay smart money to the damaged person. Economic damage caused can be demanded from the operator of the laser product.

Please note:
EUROLITE cannot be made liable for damages caused by incorrect installations and unskilled operations!

Protective measures for a safe operation
For producing and operating with laser radiation the following regulation is binding: DIN EN 60825-1 “Safety of laser products”, DIN 56912 “Showlaser und Showlaseranlagen”, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Vorschrift Laserstrahlung BGV B2, Merkblatt “Lasergeräte in Diskotheken und bei Show-Veranstaltungen”, Merkblatt “Disco-Laser”, all governmental regulation and all generally binding rules of technology. The following are excerpts from the regulation mentioned above. The information basis corresponds with the date of printing. When operating a laser product in public or industrial areas, a series of safety instructions have to be followed that this manual can only give in part. The operator must therefore inform himself of the latest safety instructions and consider them.

Safety shutdown
Showlasers must provide a safety shutdown enabling them to interrupt of the laser radiation at any time by force.

Mechanical construction
The showlaser must be protected against adjustments, rotations, and unintended movements. The showlaser must be installed in a way that the beam cannot emitted in an undesired way. The optical components must be firmly fixed at the wall etc. All holding elements must also be firmly fixed. Laser radiation must only extend as far as necessary for the show. The beam must be limited by a diffuse surface, so that danger due to indirect or diffuse reflections are minimized.

Control units
The control units of a showlasers must lie outside the showlaser area and the complete showlaser area must be controllable from this point. The laser product must only be accessible by authorized persons. The showlaser must never be operated unattended!

During a show, the laser product must never be repaired or adjusted in a way that the laser beam is corrected. Outside the laser show, the beam must be interrupted close to the laser or shut off.

Operating staff
The laser-light show must only be carried out by a trained person. This person must control the laser beam during the show and immediately switch off the device or interrupt the laser beam in case of failure of the device, unsecure operational conditions, or unrest in the audience. The operator has to make sure that hired persons operating laser products of the classification 2 to 4 are trained in their behavior. For showcases, the operator has to instruct the hired persons on how to keep the accessible radiation as low as possible. The hired persons have to carry out these instructions.

At least once in a year, the operator has to make sure that the hired persons are informed of the dangers of laser radiation, the existing safety installations, and the necessary protective measures if laser products of the classification 2 to 4 are operated. The operator has to make sure that only absolutely necessary hired persons can enter the laser area.

Medical treatment of eye damage
Assuming that laser radiation has caused eye damage, the operator has to make sure that the hired person will immediately be treated by an eye doctor.

Unintended use/Behaviour in case of failure
This laser product must NEVER be operated by children. This laser product must NEVER be used at festivals, open-air events, parades, etc. Outside operation is forbidden. This laser must NEVER be operated if it is not equipped with all protective measures for a safe operation.

CAUTION!
The use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure!

If the laser beam does not move after switching the device on, the device must immediately be taken out of operation. Please let the device be checked by a qualified service technician.

Laser products of classifications 2 to 4 must be installed in a way that unintended radiation is avoided. Unintended radiation is when laser radiation emits from the laser product without using the normal control elements, e.g. due to damaged isolation or interferences or if it is not avoided that control elements can be operated unintended.

DESCRIPTION

Features

Laser and LED lighting effect

• 6 stand-alone modes of operation: Laser rotating speed/direction, laser strobe speed, LED rotating speed/direction, LED intensity
• Laser safety by the key switch for locking startup
• High power 5 W blue LED
• Wide dispersion angle, double burst grating
• Mounting bracket for wall and ceiling mounting
• Switch-mode power supply for automatic power supply adaption between 100 and 240 volts without power selector.
• Laser with the classification 3B
• Read the user manual before use. Laser installation, alignment, and operation only by qualified and trained personnel! Never open the housing!

Functional description

The LED MS-1 provides different pre-programmed patterns generated via two integrated mirror motors. These geometric patterns can either be changed automatically or at the rhythm of the music.

Overview

1. LED aperture
2. Laser aperture Mounting-bracket Fixation screw.

Labels

Laser label 1:
“Do not expose to the beam! CLASS 3B LASER PRODUCT”

Laser label 2:
“CAUTION – CLASS 3B LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN. AVOID DIRECT EYE EXPOSURE”

Type-plate with a warning label:
“Read the user manual before use. Never open the housing! There are no serviceable parts inside the device. Maintenance and service operations only by authorized dealers. Replace any cracked protective shield.“

Rear panel

INSTALLATION

CAUTION EYE DAMAGE!
Always position the laser in a way that the laser projections lie 3 meters above the ground of the audience area!

Please note:
Please define the audience area and the showlaser area before choosing the installation spot.

This device is only allowed for installation via the mounting bracket. In order to safeguard sufficient ventilation, leave 50 cm of free space around the device. When choosing the installation spot, please make sure that the device is not exposed to extreme heat, moisture, or dust. There should not be any cables lying around. You endanger your own and the safety of others!

This device must never be operated or stockpiled in surroundings where splash water, rain, moisture, or fog may harm the device. Moisture or very high humidity can reduce the insulation and lead to mortal electrical shocks. When using smoke machines, make sure that the device is never exposed to the direct smoke jet and is installed in a distance of 0.5 meters between the smoke machine and the device. The room must only be saturated with an amount of smoke and the visibility will always be more than 10 meters.

Overhead rigging

DANGER TO LIFE!
Please consider EN 60598-2-17and the respective national standards during the installation! The installation must only be carried out by an authorized dealer!

The installation of the device has to be built and constructed in a way that it can hold 10 times the weight for 1 hour without any harmful deformation.
The installation must always be secured with a secondary safety attachment, e.g. an appropriate catch net. This secondary safety attachment must be constructed in a way that no part of the installation can fall down if the main attachment fails. When rigging, derigging or servicing the device staying in the area below the installation place, on bridges, under high working places, and in other endangered areas is forbidden. The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine-technical installations are approved by an expert before taking them into operation for the first time and after changes before taking into operation another time.

The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine-technical installations are approved by an expert after every four years in the course of an acceptance test. The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine-technical installations are approved by a skilled person once a year. Machine-technical installations in the sense of these instructions are all technical installations and working material used for operating places of events and productions for scenery presentations.

Procedure:
The device should be installed outside areas where persons may walk by or be seated.

IMPORTANT!
OVERHEAD RIGGING REQUIRES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, including (but not limited to) calculating working load limits, installation material being used, and periodic safety inspection of all installation material and the device. If you lack these qualifications, do not attempt the installation yourself, but instead use a professional structural rigger. Improper installation can result in bodily injury and or damage to property. The device has to be installed out of the reach of people. If the device shall be lowered from the ceiling or high joists, professional trussing systems have to be used. The device must never be fixed swinging freely in the room.

Caution:
Devices in hanging installations may cause severe injuries when crashing down! If you have doubts concerning the safety of a possible installation, do NOT install the device!
Before rigging makes sure that the installation area can hold a minimum point load of 10 times the device’s weight.

DANGER OF FIRE!
When installing the device, make sure there is no highly-inflammable material (decoration articles, etc.) within a distance of min. 0.5 m.

Mount the device to your trussing system using an appropriate clamp. For overhead use, always install an appropriate safety bond. You must only use safety bonds complying with DIN 56927, quick links complying with DIN 56927, shackles complying with DIN EN 1677-1, and BGV C1 carbines. The safety bonds, quick links, shackles, and carbines must be sufficiently dimensioned and used correctly in accordance with the latest industrial safety regulations (e. g. BGV C1, BGI 810-3).

Please note:
for overhead rigging in public or industrial areas, a series of safety instructions have to be followed that this manual can only give in part. The operator must therefore inform himself of the current safety instructions and consider them. The manufacturer cannot be made liable for damages caused by incorrect installations or insufficient safety precautions! Lead the safety bond through the mounting bracket of the device and over the trussing system or a safe fixation spot. Insert the end in the quick link and tighten the safety screw.

The maximum drop distance must never exceed 20 cm. A safety bond that already holds the strain of a crash or which is defective must not be used again. Adjust the desired inclination angle via the mounting bracket and tighten the fixation screws.

DANGER TO LIFE!
Before taking it into operation for the first time, the installation has to be approved by an expert!

5.2 Attachment at the wall/ceiling
Do only use appropriate screws and make sure that the screws are properly connected with the ground. The durability of the installation depends very much on the material used in the installation area (building material) such as wood, concrete, gas concrete, brick etc. This is why the fixing material must be chosen to suit the wall material. Always ask a specialist for the correct plug/screw combination indicating the maximum load and the building material.

Connection with the mains
Connect the device to the mains with the enclosed power supply cable.

The occupation of the connection cables is as follows:

The earth has to be connected!
If the device will be directly connected with the local power supply network, a disconnection switch with a minimum opening of 3 mm at every pole has to be included in the permanent electrical installation. The device must only be connected with an electric installation carried out in compliance with the IEC standards. The electric installation must be equipped with a Residual Current Device (RCD) with a maximum fault current of 30 mA.

Lighting effects must not be connected to dimming packs.

Showlasers must provide a manual safety shutdown enabling them to interrupt the laser radiation at any time by force. If the laser product is installed in the trussing system or in an unaccessible location, it must at least be installed with a switchable power outlet.

Adjusting the laser
Switch the device on via the power switch. Loosen the fixation screws of the mounting bracket and adjust the laser product to the desired projection area. Call up all desired projection patterns in order to make sure that the projections only move in the inaccessible show laser area. Make sure that no mirrorballs, shining surfaces, etc. are located in the laser beam. Shining objects must be removed from the laser area or covered. Tighten the fixation screws of the mounting bracket so that the laser beam cannot be moved without tools.

OPERATION

With the POWER switch, you can switch the device on and off. Turn the key switch to ON. Spatial effects of the projection patterns can be created by using a smoke machine. Make sure that you do not use too much smoke so that the laser beam is swallowed after a short distance and the audience cannot see the projections.

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Laser products in discotheques are technical working installations and fall under the Equipment Safety Act. This is why they must fulfill its requirements. The operator has to make sure that safety-relating and machine- technical installations are inspected by an expert after every four years in the course of an acceptance test. The operator has to make sure that safety- relating and machine-technical installations are 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 devices or parts of the device have to be tighly connected and must not be corroded.
2. There must not be any deformations on housings, fixations, and installation spots (ceiling, suspension, trussing).
3. The electric power supply cables must not show any damage, material fatigue (e.g. porous cables), or sediments. Further instructions depending on the installation spot and usage have to be adhered to by a skilled installer and any safety problems have to be removed.

Always disconnect from the mains when the device is not in use or before cleaning it. We recommend frequent cleaning of the device. Please use a soft lint-free and moistened cloth. Never use alcohol or solvents! Clean the front glass every two weeks from dust and smoke fluid residues. There are no servicable parts inside the device. Never open the housing! Maintenance and service operations are only to be carried out by authorized dealers. Should you need any spare parts, please use genuine parts. Should you have further questions, please contact your dealer.

Replacing the fuse
If the fine-wire fuse of the device fuses, only replace the fuse with a fuse of the same type and rating.

Before replacing the fuse, unplug the main lead.

Procedure:

• Step 1: Open the fuse holder on the rear panel with a fitting screwdriver.
• Step 2: Remove the old fuse from the fuse holder.
• Step 3: Install the new fuse in the fuse holder.
• Step 4: Replace the fuse holder in the housing.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Please note:
All information is subject to change without prior notice. 07.04.2011 ©.

References

• DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung
• DTHG – DTHG

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