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Vari Lite VL3500 SERIES User Manual

Manual is about: LUMINAIRES

Summary of VL3500 SERIES

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    Vari❋lite ® is a trademark owned by genlyte thomas group llc and is registered in the united states and other countries. Vl1000™, vl2000™, vl2201™, vl2202™, vl2400™ (and the individual product designations), vl3000™, vl3500™, series 1000 ™ , series 2000 ™ , series 3000 ™ , dichro❋tune ™ , vari❋image...

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    F oreword 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 i how to obtain warranty service a copy of the vari-lite limited warranty was included in the shipping package for this vari❋lite® product. To obtain warranty service, please contact customer service at 1-877-vari-lite (1-877-827-4548) / +1-214-647-7880 or custo...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual iv 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 warning: instructions for continued protection against excessive exposure to uv radiation 1. Many vari❋lite® luminaires use a lamp that produces uv radiation. Do not look directly at lamp. 2. It is hazardous t...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual vi 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 warnung: hinweise zum schutz gegen ÜberhÖhte uv-strahlung 1. Viele vari❋lite®-scheinwerfer verwenden die lampentyp, der uv-strahlen abgibt. Schauen sie nicht direkt in die lampe. 2. Es ist gefährlich, leuchten...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual viii 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 avertissement: directives pour se protÉger contre une exposition excessive aux rayons uv 1. Plusieurs luminaires vari❋lite® utilisent une lampe qui produit des rayons uv. Ne pas fixer son regard sur la lampe...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual x 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 advertencia: instrucciones para protecciÓn continua contra la exposiciÓn excesiva de radiaciÓn ultra violeta 1. Muchas luminarias vari❋lite® usan un tipo de lámpara que produce radiación uv. No mire directament...

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    F oreword 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 xi.

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual xii 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0

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    T able of c ontents 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 xiii table of contents introduction about this manual ................................................................................................................... 1 additional documentation...........................................................

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual xiv 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 strobe................................................................................................................................. 24 gobo/effects control ...................................................

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 2 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 text conventions the following styles and meanings are used throughout this manual: customer service our goal at vari-lite, we are committed to providing you the high st quality in customer service. Our comprehensive r...

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    02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 3 c hapter 1. Description this chapter contains descriptions of luminaire features nd components, along with a list of accessories which are available. • features • components www.Carlosmendoza.Com.Mx.

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 4 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 features standard features all vl3000 series luminaires have the following standard features: • cym color mixing system. • variable cto color correction. • full field dimming system. • dual blade strobe system....

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    D escription : c omponents 1 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 5 components included items the following illustration shows all items included with the luminaire: figure 1 1: vl3500 luminaire packing list replacement items/accessories the following optional and/or replacement items can be ordered directly...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 6 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 luminaire overview the following illustration shows the external luminaire components and controls. Figure 1-2: vl3500 external components and controls data thru enter menu ac wr data in ~ ac in main pow r swit...

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    02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 7 c hapter 2. Installation this chapter contains instructions for installation of the lum naire. It includes connecting power and data, along with instructions for powering up th luminaire for the first time and addressing it within your system. • power and data cabling r...

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    I nstallation : i nstallation p rocedures 2 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 11 installation procedures hanging the luminaire the vl3500 series luminaire can be hung horizontally or vertically from any structure designed to work with the type of load created by this moving luminaire. Two mounting bracket...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 14 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 floor mounting the luminaire the luminaire enclosure is sufficient to stabilize the luminaire in a floor installation, provided that the mounting surface is flat and sturdy. Connecting data and power a maximum...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 16 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 addressing program starting address the address setting for dmx console controlled systems is entered using the menu display (refer o “menu operation” on page 46 ). The luminaire retains the dmx address even i...

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    02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 17 c hapter 3. Operation this chapter contains instructions for operating the lum nai e using dmx control and for updating the internal software. • dmx operation • dmx mapping • luminaire timing • updating software www.Carlosmendoza.Com.Mx.

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 18 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 dmx operation channel mapping these tables assume a dmx start address of 1. When a different starting address is used, this addr ss becomes channel 1 function and other functions follow in sequence. (there is ...

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    O peration : dmx o peration 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 19 control channel functions control channel functions allow special actions such as reset, lamp on/off and partial recalibration. These must be executed with zero time transition or with timing disabled. Discrete values must be used; not man...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 20 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 to use control channel functions: step 1. Select an action to be sent*. Step 2. Set control channel value for desired action (for example, 84 for reset). Hold value for 3 seconds. Step 3. Set control channel v...

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    O peration : dmx m apping 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 21 dmx mapping dimmer wheel the luminaire is equipped with a graduated glass dimmer wheel. The dimmer wheel allows for smooth timed fades from full light output to absolute black. Color control the luminaire’s color system is composed of a colo...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 22 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 fixed color wheel the fixed color wheel offers fast or timed changes, partial and full frame positions, and various spin rates in either direction. The wheel contains seven positions, one being open. The follo...

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    O peration : dmx m apping 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 23 table 3-6: dmx map for fixed color wheel sp n 4.5 109 half 5 124 center 5.5 140 half 6 155 center 6.5 171 half 7 186 center 7.5 201 half % dmx value wheel spin / di ction 85 - 91 217 - 233 fast t slow / ccw 92 234 - 236 stop 93 - 100 237 - 2...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 24 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 beam control strobe a dual blade strobe and dousing system provide variable strobe effects capable of slow, medium fast, random, and plus a synchronized variable rate (up to 14 hz.) operation. The strobe blade...

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    O peration : dmx m apping 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 25 gobo/effects control gobo wheel 1 (rotating) and 2 (fixed) gobo wheel 1 has six positions, one being open. The gobo wheel assembly can spin and individual gobos can rotate. Gobo wheel 2 is fixed with seven positions with one being open. Fixe...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 26 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 index/rotation the rotating gobo wheel operates in two modes: index mode and rotate mode. The corresponding values are given in the dmx map tables below. Gobos will also behave as follows: • gobo wheels will o...

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    O peration : dmx m apping 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 27 the gobo index function utilizes 16-bit control which offers enhanced resolution whether in index or rotate mode. Table 3-14: index rotation range function range index 0-65535 rotate 0 (cw max) - 32599 (cw min) 32600 - 33047 (stop) 33048 - 6...

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    O peration : l uminaire t iming 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 29 luminaire timing timing channel information timing channel control improves the timed moves of certain groups of parameters. We provide up to four timing channels, one for focus (pan and tilt), one for color parameters, one for beam pa...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 30 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 a timing value of zero is full speed. A time value of 100% (or 255 in dmx) enables the associated parameter(s) to follow cue fade time (console time) rather than the timing channel. Note: the particular storin...

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    O peration : l uminaire t iming 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 31 timing channels can be set in either % or 0 - 255 (dmx) modes, with the following values assigned: table 3-17: timing channels map % value dmx = seconds 0 full speed 1 0.2 2 0.4 1 3 0.6 4 0. 2 5 1 6 1 2 7 1.4 3 8 1.6 9 1.8 4 10 2 11 2....

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 32 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 39 7.8 40 8 16 41 8.2 42 8.4 17 43 8.6 44 8.8 45 9 18 46 9. 47 9 4 19 48 9.6 49 9.8 50 10 20 51 10.2 52 10.4 53 10.6 21 54 11 55 11 22 56 12 57 12 58 13 23 59 13 60 14 24 61 14 62 14 63 15 25 64 15 65 16 26 66...

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    O peration : l uminaire t iming 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 33 81 22 32 82 22 83 23 33 84 23 85 23 86 24 34 87 24 88 25 35 89 25 90 25 91 26 36 92 26 93 27 37 94 27 95 27 96 28 38 97 28 98 29 39 99 29 100 29 101 30 40 102 30 103 30 104 31 41 105 31 106 32 4 107 32 108 32 109 33 43 110 33 111 34 44...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 34 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 123 38 124 39 49 125 39 126 39 127 40 50 128 40 129 41 51 130 4 131 41 132 42 52 133 42 134 43 53 135 43 136 43 137 44 54 138 44 13 45 55 140 45 141 45 142 46 56 143 46 144 47 57 145 47 146 47 147 48 58 148 48...

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    O peration : l uminaire t iming 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 35 165 55 65 166 55 167 56 66 168 56 169 56 170 57 67 171 57 172 58 68 173 58 174 58 175 59 69 176 59 177 59 178 60 70 179 60 180 65 71 18 65 1 2 65 183 70 72 184 70 185 75 73 186 75 187 75 188 80 74 189 80 190 85 75 191 85 192 85 193 90 ...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 36 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 207 130 208 140 82 209 140 210 140 211 150 83 212 150 213 160 84 214 16 215 160 216 170 85 217 170 218 180 86 219 180 220 180 221 190 87 222 190 22 200 88 2 4 200 225 200 226 210 89 227 210 228 210 229 220 90 ...

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    O peration : l uminaire t iming 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 37 249 300 98 250 300 251 310 99 252 310 253 310 254 310 100 255 follows cue data table 3-17: timing channels map (continued) % value dmx = seconds www.Carlosmendoza.Com.Mx.

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 38 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 updating software reprogramming luminaires in some cases, it may be desirable to upgrade the luminaire’s operating software. This process requ res a pc, vldownload.Exe, .Bin files and the luminaire programming...

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    O peration : u pdating s oftware 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 39 reprogramming procedure note: up to 32 luminaires can be programmed at the same time if they are data linked together. Refer to “connecting data and power” on page 14 . (programming more than 32 luminaires will require programming in ...

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    O peration : u pdating s oftware 3 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 41 transferring software from luminaire to luminaire it is possible to transfer specific software versions between luminaires. As in the case of installing new software versions, multiple luminaires can be programmed at the same time if ...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 42 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 verify software version at luminaire: step 1. At menu display, press [menu]. Step 2. Press [up] / [down] arrows until fixture appears. Press [enter]. Step 3. Press [up] / [down] arrows until version appears. P...

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    02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 45 c hapter 4. Menu system this chapter contains instructions for operating the lum nai e using the menu display feature. • menu operation • menu functions • self-tests www.Carlosmendoza.Com.Mx.

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 48 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 menu functions menu system overview the following is a graphic representation of the entire menu system. Dmx address value test all seq pan/tilt dimm str be manual pan tilt dimme strobe cya m nta value value v...

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    M enu s ystem : m enu f unctions 4 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 49 menu system function chart the following is a detailed look at the internal menu system. Table 4-1: vl3500 menu system chart 1st level 2nd level 3rd level 4th level 5 hlevel address xxx address value config configuration lamp lamp opt...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 50 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 manual manual commands pan * xxxx value tilt * xxxx value dimmer xxx value strobe xxx value cyan xxx value yellow xxx value magenta xxx value colwheel color wheel xxx value cto color temperature orange xxx val...

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    M enu s ystem : m enu f unctions 4 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 51 test all @1 test all mechanisms at once, 2 steps run test run-test in progress press [menu] to stop tests all seq test all mechanisms in order, x steps. Run test run-test in progress pan/tilt run test run-test in progress pan run test...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 52 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 menu function definitions for easy reference, each possible menu item is listed alphabetically in the first column by its display abbreviation. The second column follows with a definition of the abbreviation a...

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    M enu s ystem : m enu f unctions 4 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 53 index1 gobo index specifies rotating the gobo index for manual control (manual) and testing (test) (eot sensor, etc.) inv pan invert pan reverses pan action for special focus requirements. Inv tilt invert tilt reverses tilt action for...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 54 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 self-tests running parameter tests the luminaire is capable of running self-tests by using the testmenu functions. When running tests on multiple luminaires, a dmx termination connector is required at the last...

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    M enu s ystem : s elf -t ests 4 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 55 movement disable the movement option allows pan and tilt to be disabled so that the luminaire can be placed in any position for testing without movement occurring. In order to regain full control of the luminaire, movement will need to b...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 56 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 notes www.Carlosmendoza.Com.Mx.

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 58 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 troubleshooting error messages if a problem occurs during luminaire calibration, at the end of the calibration sequence the menu display will cycle through any applicable error message(s) until the end of the ...

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    T roubleshooting and m aintenance a 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 59 troubleshooting guide if a problem is suspected, first try recalibrating the luminaire to prompt an error message. The chart below provides possible causes and remedies for various error messages and/or symptoms. Table a-2: troublesh...

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    T roubleshooting and m aintenance a 02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 65 cleaning front lens the front lens can be cleaned using a common glass cleaner and a soft, lint-free cloth. Figure a-5: cleaning front lens front lens www.Carlosmendoza.Com.Mx.

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 66 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 notes www.Carlosmendoza.Com.Mx.

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    02.9678.0019 0 31-july-2004 67 a ppendix b. Technical specifications vl3500 spot luminaire programmable functions zoom optics 13-element 6:1 zoom optics system covering a range of 10° to 60°. Color system a three-filter cym cross-fading mechanism. A fixed color wheel wi six interchangeable color fil...

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    Vari ❋ lite® - vl3500™ s eries l uminaire u ser ’ s m anual 68 31-july-2004 02.9678.0019 0 _optical source osram hmi 1200 w/s metal halide lamp, 6000°k, 85cri output 24,000 lumens reflector precision glass reflector with dichroic cold mirror coating. Color filter fixed wheel color filters: .044" thi...

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    Vari-lite, 10911 petal street, dallas, texas 75238 / 1-877-varilite / 1-214-647-8038 (fax) / customerservice@genlyte.Com customer: _____________________________________________ date: ___________________ vl3500 series vl3500™ series luminaires part number warranty serial numbers warranty non warranty...

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    E x p r e s s y o u r s e l f . Vari-lite 10911 petal street dallas, texas 75238 1-877-vari-lite www.Vari-lite.Com ©2004 genlyte thomas group llc. All rights reserved..