Control Board; Main Functions - Futurelight MH-420 Manual Del Usuario

The Control Board situated on the front side of the base offers several features. You can simply set the
starting address, read the number of lamp or unit hours, switch on and off the lamp, run a test program,
make a reset and also use special functions for manual control and service purposes.
The main menu is accessed by pressing the [Mode] key - press this one so many times until the display
shows message "A001" (with actually stored address). Browse through the menu by the pressing [Up] and
[Down] keys. Press [Enter] if you wish to select one of them. The functions provided are described in the
following sections and the function hierarchy is shown below.

Main functions

- Address setting and master/slave-selection
- DMX 512 Address settings
1. The main menu is accessed by pressing the [Mode] key - press this one so many times until the display
shows message "A001" (with actually stored address). Browse through the menu by pressing the [Up] and
[Down] keys.
2. Press [Enter] and select "dM.Ad." by pressing the [Up] and [Down] keys.
3. Press [Enter]. The letter "A" flashes. Use the [Up] and [down] keys to select required address (001 - 497)
and press [Enter] to confirm or [Mode] to cancel and return to the main menu.
4. Select "MA.SL." and press [Enter]. Select "d.Abl." (no master/slave) by pressing the [Up] and [Down] keys
and press [Enter].
5. Press the [Mode] key and the adjusted starting address is displayed. If the starting address is flashing,
there is no DMX-data on the DMX-input.
- Master/Slave settings
1. The main menu is accessed by pressing the [Mode] key - press this one so many times until the display
shows message "A001" (with actually stored address).
2. Press [Enter] and select "MA.SL." by pressing the [Up] and [Down] keys.
3. Press [Enter]. Use the [Up] and [down] keys to select "MASt" (in order to define the projector as master)
or "SLA.1" to "SLA.9" (in order to define the projector as a slave) and press [Enter] to confirm or [Mode] to
cancel and return to the main menu. If you want to define "No master, no slave", select "d.AbL.".
4. Press the [Mode] key and the adjusted starting address is displayed. If "MASt." is flashing, a DMX-signal
is received on the DMX-input. In this case, you need to disconnect the DMX-controller.
Only one fixture may be the master. Up to the 9 slaves may be connected to the master and on the certain
address can be connected only one slave fixture (SLA1-SLA9).
Note: Disconect the fixtures from the DMX controller before master/slave operating, otherwise data collisions
can occur and the fixtures will not work properly!
If the fixture is set as the master and DMX signal is connected to its input ,the error massage "MAEr" will
appear on its display and the fixture's address will be set to its DMX address in order to respond to DMX
signal from the controller.
For example:
The master fixture has these address setting:"dM.Ad."-menu.........A017

Control Board

"MA.SL."-menu........MASt (is displayed)
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