EQUINOX EQLED039 Colour Raider Lithium Battery Uplighter Pack User Manual

EQUINOX EQLED039 Colour Raider Lithium Battery Uplighter Pack

Safety advice

WARNING
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOUR INITIAL START-UP!

• Before your initial start-up, please make sure that there is no damage caused during transportation.
• Should there be any damage, consult your dealer and do not use the equipment.
• To maintain the equipment in good working condition and to ensure safe operation, it is necessary for the user to follow the safety instructions and warning notes written in this manual.
• Please note that damages caused by user modifications to this equipment are not subject to warranty.

CAUTION!
KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT AWAY FROM RAIN, MOISTURE AND LIQUIDS

CAUTION!
TAKE CARE USING THIS EQUIPMENT! HIGH VOLTAGE-RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK!!

IMPORTANT:
The manufacturer will not accept liability for any resulting damages caused by the non-observance of this manual or any unauthorized modification to the equipment.

• Never let the power cable come into contact with other cables. Handle the power cable and all mains voltage connections with particular caution!
• Never remove warning or informative labels from the unit.
• Do not open the equipment and do not modify the unit.
• Do not connect this equipment to a dimmer pack.
• Do not switch the equipment on and off in short intervals, as this will reduce the system’s life.
• Only use the equipment indoors.
• Do not expose to flammable sources, liquids or gases.
• Always disconnect the power from the mains when equipment is not in use or before cleaning! Only handle the power-cable by the plug. Never pull out the plug by pulling the power-cable.
• Make sure that the available mains supply voltage is between 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz.
• Please note: Battery fuse must be fitted before use.
• Only use fuses of same type and rating.
• Make sure that the power cable is never crimped or damaged. Check the equipment and the power cable periodically.
• If the equipment is dropped or damaged, disconnect the mains power supply immediately and have a qualified engineer inspect the equipment before operating again.
• Repairs, servicing and power connection must only be carried out by a qualified technician. THIS UNIT CONTAINS NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS.
• If the equipment has been exposed to drastic temperature fluctuation (e.g. after transportation), do not connect power or switch it on immediately. The arising condensation might damage the equipment. Leave the equipment switched off until it has reached room temperature.
• If your product fails to function correctly, stop use immediately. Pack the unit securely (preferably in the original packing material), and return it to your Pro Light dealer for service.
• This lighting fixture is for professional use only – it is not designed for or suitable for household use. The product must be installed by a qualified technician in accordance with local territory regulations. The safety of the installation is the responsibility of the installer. The fixture presents risks of severe injury or death due to fire hazards, electric shock and falls.
• Warning! Risk Group 2 LED product according to EN 62471. Do not view the light output with optical instruments or any device that may concentrate the beam.
• WARRANTY: One year from date of purchase.
• Please note: Batteries are deemed consumable items which are warrantied against manufacturer defects for 90 days from date of purchase. Batteries have limited recharge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced by a Portlight authorized service center. Battery life
  and charge cycles vary by usage and settings. Battery performance in service may be subject to a number of factors including temperature, battery age and power draw.

OPERATING DETERMINATIONS
If this equipment is operated in any other way, than those described in this manual, the product may suffer damage and the warranty becomes void. Incorrect operation may lead to danger e.g.: short-circuit, burns and electric shocks etc. Do not endanger your own safety and the safety of others! Incorrect installation or use can cause serious damage to people and/or property.

Product overview & technical specifications

Col our Raider Lithium Battery Uplighter Pack
Versatile and lightweight, the Color Raider Lithium pack includes 4 portable battery powered uplighters ideal for up lighting walls, features and facades. The housing design incorporates a snoot to stop glare and a sit flat carry handle. The internal lithium battery has autonomy of up to 12 hours in single color mode and up to 8 hours of col our fading and chases, while the charging time is only 5 hours. The light source is composed of 4 x 6W quad-color RGBW LEDs and the extractable foot allows you to adjust the tilt angle. The on- board wireless DMX transceiver makes for a truly cable free operation and is W-DMX compatible.

• 4 x 6W quad-color LEDs (RGBW)
• Beam angle: 25°
• 819 Lux @ 2m (full on)
• DMX channels: 2/3/4/4 or 8 selectable
• Wireless control (W-DMX Sweden compatible transceiver)
• Static color, color change, color fade, auto run, sound ACTIVE and master/slave modes
• Master/slave mode when cabled
• 0-100% dimming and variable strobe
• M10 rigging point for clamp
• Adjustable foot support for angled floor standing applications (up to 25°)
• Carry handle for transportation
• 4 push button menu with LED display
• Rechargeable battery for wireless applications
• Maximum run time: up to 12 hours (single color), 8 hours (color change/fade), 4 hours (full on)*
• Charging time: 5 hours (max.)
• IEC power input/output
• 3-Pin XLR input/output
• Convection cooled
• Supplied with IR remote

*battery life subject to usage and the temperature where the fixture is situated.
Please note: Battery fuse must be fitted before use.

1. Earth point

2. LED display

3. Function buttons

4. Charge indicator

5. Microphone

6. M10 rigging point

7. On/off switch

8. Adjustable foot 14

9. 3-Pin DMX input

10. 3-Pin DMX output

11.  IEC power input

12. IEC power output

13. Fuse T1A 250V

14. Battery fuse T2.5A 250V
    

    • In the box:
    • 4 x fixtures,
    • 4 x power cables, 1 x carry bag & 1 x IR remote

Operating instructions

DMX mode:
Operating in a DMX control mode environment gives the user the greatest flexibility when it comes to customizing or creating a show. In this mode you will be able to control each individual trait of the fixture and each fixture independently.

• To access the DMX mode, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show Add on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to choose one of the 2/3/4/4 or 8 DMX channel modes.
• Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting. The display will now show d001 on the LED display. Press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to set the required DMX address. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
• To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

2 channel mode:

3 channel mode:

4-1 channel mode:

4 channel mode:

8 channel mode:

Wireless DMX operation:
To operate the fixture in wireless DMX you will need to connect the fixture to a W-DMX compatible wireless DMX Transmitter. To turn wireless DMX on, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show 2.4G on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select on. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting. The display will show 4 small dots chasing twice, this shows the Wireless DMX is being activated. Now put the unit into DMX mode and set the required DMX address and channel mode. To pair the unit to the wireless DMX transmitter, press the pair button on the transmitter. The wireless DMX indicator will start flashing fast. Once the pair is successful a red dot in the bottom right of the display will flash. To turn wireless DMX off, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show 2.4G on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select off. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting. The display will show 4 small dots chasing four times, this shows the Wireless DMX is being deactivated and wireless memory cleared. To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

Please note: The Wireless DMX Transmitter must be in G4 2.4GHz Mode.

Static color mode:
To access the static color mode, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show Stat on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to choose one of the static colors between S 01 ~ S 18. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting. To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

Color macros:

Auto modes:
To access the auto modes, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show Auto on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to choose one of the auto modes between Au 1 ~ Au 2. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.

To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

• Au 1 – Color Fade
• Au 2 – Color Change

Sound modes:
To access the sound modes, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show Sound on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to choose one of the sound modes between So 1 ~ So 2. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.

To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

• So 1 – Color Fade
• So 2 – Color Change

Speed setting:
To access the speed setting for auto and sound modes, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show SPEE on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select between SP 1 ~ SP 9. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

Sound sensitivity:
To access the sound sensitivity setting, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show Sen’s on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select the sound sensitivity between SE 1 ~ SE 9. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

Color mix mode:

• To access the color mix mode, press the “MENU” button to show Colo on the LED display.
• Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to choose r001.
• Press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select the brightness of Red between 000 ~ 255. Value: 000 – 255 (000 = LEDs off, 255 = high).
• Now press the “ENTER” button and repeat for g Green, b Blue and U White.
• Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
• To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

Master dimmer:

• To access the master dimmer setting, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show din on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select the brightness between dI 1 ~ dI 9.
• Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
• To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.
• Please note: this overrides the brightness for static color, auto, sound and color mix modes.

DMX fail:
To access the DMX fail setting, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show FAIL on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select between Auto (auto mode), bleak (blackout) or Hold (hold last DMX command). Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.

Master/slave mode:

• To set the master unit, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select one of the program modes.
• To set the other units in slave mode, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show SLAV on the LED display. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
• The unit will now run in sequence with the master unit.
• To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.
• Please ensure that all slave units are set to the same DMX channel mode as the master unit.

W ireless master/slave operation:
To set the units into wireless master/slave first turn wireless DMX on. Press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show 2.4G on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select off, press the “ENTER” button to confirm and this will clear the wireless memory. Press the “ENTER” button again use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to select on. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.
Now follow the instructions above to link the fixtures (Master/slave operation). The fixtures will now run in sync wirelessly.

IR remote setting:

To access the IR remote setting, press the “MENU” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to show Infer on the LED display. Now press the “ENTER” button and use the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons to choose between on or of. Press the “ENTER” button to confirm the setting.

• To exit out of any of the above options, press the “MENU” button.
• Please note: Wireless DMX must be switched to OFF for the IR function to work.

Battery reference information:
When the first battery charge indicator LED is illuminated, the fixture has 25% charge or less remaining.

When the first, second and third battery charge indicator LEDs are illuminated, the fixture has 75% charge or less remaining.

When the first and second battery charge indicator LEDs are illuminated, the fixture has 50% charge or less remaining.

When all four battery charge indicator LEDs are illuminated, the battery is charged

The recharging time for the battery is 5 hours when the unit is powered off and 9 hours when the unit is powered on.
The battery usage time from fully charged is dependent on the mode and brightness of the fixture. For more information please see the features on page 3.

IR remote functions:

1. Sets the unit into blackout off/on (LED on/off)
2. Activates the auto modes, use the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons to select the auto mode. Pressing the ‘Speed’ button followed by the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons will then allow the auto mode speed to be adjusted
3. Activates the sound modes, use the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons to select the sound mode. Pressing the ‘Sensitivity’ button followed by the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons will then allow the sound sensitivity be adjusted
4. Activates the strobe, use the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons to adjust the strobe speed
5. Sets the auto mode speed. Press this button followed by the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons to adjust the program speed
6. Sets the sound mode sensitivity. Press this button followed by the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons to adjust the sound sensitivity
7. Activates the DMX mode Please note: the DMX address and channel must be preset in the menu
8. Activates the static color/manual modes, use the ‘+’ and ‘–’ buttons to select a color from the pre-programmed static colors or use the ‘R’, ‘G’, ‘B’ or ‘W’ buttons to create a manual color. Pressing the ‘Fade/unit’ button allows the chosen color to enter the fade program
9. Activates the fade mode 10 – Manual color selection A – Red B – Green C – Blue D – White
10. Adjusts the auto mode, sound mode, speed, sound sensitivity, strobe speed and static color/manual color modes
11. Sets the brightness of auto, sound, static color and manual modes (1 – low brightness, 9 – high brightness)
    

DMX setup

Setting the DMX address:
The DMX mode enables the use of a universal DMX controller. Each fixture requires a “start address” from 1- 512. A fixture requiring one or more channels for control begins to read the data on the channel indicated by the start address. For example, a fixture that occupies or uses 7 channels of DMX and was addressed to start on DMX channel 100, would read data from channels: 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 and 106. Choose a start address so that the channels used do not overlap. E.g. the next unit in the chain starts at 107.

DMX 512:
DMX (Digital Multiplex) is a universal protocol used as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers. A DMX controller sends DMX data instructions form the controller to the fixture. DMX data is sent as serial data that travels from fixture to fixture via the DATA “IN” and DATA “OUT” XLR terminals located on all DMX fixtures (most controllers only have a data “out” terminal).

DMX linking:
DMX is a language allowing all makes and models of different manufactures to be linked together and operate from a single controller, as long as all fixtures and the controller are DMX compliant. To ensure proper DMX data transmission, when using several DMX fixtures try to use the shortest cable path possible. The order in which fixtures are connected in a DMX line does not influence the DMX addressing. For example; a fixture assigned to a DMX address of 1 may be placed anywhere in a DMX line, at the beginning, at the end, or anywhere in the middle. When a fixture is assigned a DMX address of 1, the DMX controller knows to send DATA assigned to address 1 to that unit, no matter where it is located in the DMX chain.

DATA cable (DMX cable) requirements (for DMX operation):
This fixture can be controlled via DMX-512 protocol. The DMX address is set on the back of the unit. Your unit requires either a standard 3-pin or 5-pin XLR connector for data input/output, see images below.

Further DMX cables can be purchased from all good sound and lighting suppliers or Portlight Concepts dealers.

Please quote:

• 3-Pin: CABL10 – 2m CABL11 – 5m CABL12 – 10m
• 5-Pin: CABL185 – 2m CABL187 – 5m CABL188 – 10m

Also remember that DMX cable must be daisy chained and cannot be split.

Notice:
Be sure to follow the diagrams below when making your own cables. Do not connect the cables shield conductor to the ground lug or allow the shield conductor to come in contact with the XLRs outer casing. Grounding the shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behavior.

Line termination:
When longer runs of cable are used, you may need to use a terminator on the last unit to avoid erratic behavior. Using a cable terminator will decrease the possibilities of erratic behaviour. (3-pin – Order ref: CABL90, 5-pin – Order ref: CABL89)

Pin Configuration

3-Pin| 5-Pin
Pin 1 – Ground
Pin 2 – Negative
Pin 3 – Positive
–| Pin 4 – N/C
–| Pin 5 – N/C

5-pin XLR DMX connectors:
Some manufactures use 5-pin XLR connectors for data transmission in place of 3-pin. 5-pin XLR fixtures may be implemented in a 3-pin XLR DMX line. When inserting standard 5-pin XLR connectors in to a 3-pin line a cable adaptor must be used. The diagram below details the correct cable conversion.

Multiple fixture power linking

Power linking:
This fixture provides power linking via the power output on the rear allowing multiple units to be connected together. The maximum number of fixtures that can be connected is 12 fixtures (3 packs) @ 240V or 4 fixtures (1 pack) @ 120V (including the first fixture). After the maximum number of fixtures are connected a new power run will need to be started.
Please note: Caution should be used when power linking other fixtures to the Color Raider Lithium Battery Uplighters as the power consumption of other fixtures will vary. Fixtures fitted with lamps often require 2/3 times more current on startup, these may require their own power source.

WEEE notice

Correct Disposal of this Product
(Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment)
(Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems)
This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed of with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources. Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product, or their local government office, for details of where and how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract. This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal.

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