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Introduction: Thank you for purchasing the Light Station™
DMX controller from American DJ®. To optimize the performance
of this product, please read these operating instructions carefully to
American DJ®
familiarize yourself with the basic operations of this unit. The Ameri-
can DJ® Light Station™ is a unique, 16 channel programmable DMX
controller with MIDI capabilities. This unit features 60 programs, 30
built in programs and 30 that you can create yourself. This unit also
comes with a
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Set Up: Function and Controls - Front Panel Power Supply: Before plugging your unit in be sure the source volt- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 age in your area matches the required voltage for your American DJ® MASTER FADE DIMMER SWITCH LEVEL AUDIO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TIME SPEED SPEED M A Light Station.™ The Light Station™ is available in a 115v and 230v ver- Tap Sync Manual 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Chase Manual Sync 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Audio 8 8 8 8 sion. Because line voltage may vary from
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chase patterns steps, from one to the next. This CROSS FUNC- as long you hold down the button. Releasing the button will switch TION will only operate with the fader channel (1-8). the fixtures off. 2. When used in conjunction with the ADD/KILL (17) feature, these 5. A & B Indicators: These LED’s are used to indicate two steps cross buttons are used to activate stored channel assignments. You fading into each other during Cross Mode. may group a number of channels to
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BUTTON (16), is used to delete a program (CHASE) pattern. 20. Step Up/Cross Setup Button: This has two functions: 1. In manual chase or program modes, this button is used to 26. T ap Sync/Manual Step Button: This button has two functions: select the next step, (scene) in the pattern. The current step 1. In CHASE MODE, this button is used to set a momentary speed. will be displayed by the right two digits in the LCD display (6). Channels 1-8 will then chase to this beat. Ho
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accomidate the use of some older European fixtures. 4.Once y ou have selected a CHASE bank, you may begin to adjust the channels (1-16) to y our liking. 33.DMX XLR Output: A maximum of 96 DMX channel output. This is 5.Once y ou have adjusted the channels to your desired settings press the DMX signal output. This is a 3 pin XLR connector. If connecting to the PROGRAM BUTTON (23) once to record your scene into a 5 pin XLR input connector y ou must use a 3-5 pin adaptor. memor
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1. Run a chase in a normal fashion. Cross Mode: Cross mode is a manual adjustment that fades from one 2.Br ing the DIMMER SPEED SLIDER (9) down until “SHO” appears step to the next. You may use this function in any CHASE PATTERN. This in the LCD DISPLAY (6). function will not effect channels 9-16. To use this function: 3.When “SHO” appears you may use the STEP UP and DOWN 1.Be sure y ou are in CHASE MODE. B UTTONS (20 &21) to manually step through a CHASE PATTERNS. 2.T urn CROSS
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3. Turn on any channels you wish to assign to a FLASH BANK. once. For example, say you have a 4 channel DMX pack with 5 amps 4. After you have turned on your desired channels, press on of the maximum load per a channel and you want to turn on four 500 watt FLASH BUTTONS (1 &13) while holding down the ASSIGN lamps on DMX channel one. Your DMX pack is automatically going to BUTTON (25). ALL the channel LED will flash indicating that your assign one 4 DMX channels to your pack one for o
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also change chase patterns normally. To activate this function press and Caution: This operation may be harmful to the controllers internal Flash release the MANUAL STEP (26) while holding down the SHIFT BUTTON Memory, please use this operation infrequently. (16). The LCD DISPLAY (6) MANUAL STEP LED will light, indicating this function has been activated. To exit this function press the CHASE Options: BUTTON (24) at any time. An optional foot controller may be purchased separately. This cont
