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VL800
EVENTPROFILE
USER MANUAL
W W W.VA R I - L I T E . C O M

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  • Page 1 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL W W W.VA R I - L I T E . C O M...

  • Page 2: Luminaire Overview

    • Full CMY-CTO color mixing • Static and rotating gobo wheels, prism, frost, and iris • Multi-mode fan control • Adjustable frequency to exceed camera frame rates Download the product datasheet from the Vari-Lite website at www.vari-lite.com for full technical specifi ca- tions.

  • Page 3: Installation

    VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL INSTALLATION MOUNTING The unit should be mounted via its screw holes on the bracket. Always ensure that the unit is fi rmly fi xed to avoid vibration and slipping while operating. Always ensure that the structure to which you are attaching the unit is secure and can support a weight of 10 times of the unit’s weight.

  • Page 4: Dmx Mapping

    VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL DMX MAPPING DMX CHANNELS CHANNEL MAPPING The following tables assumes a DMX start address of 1. When a diff erent starting address is used, this address becomes channel 1 function and other functions follow in sequence. TABLE 1.
  • Page 5 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 1. 16-BIT ENHANCED PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 8-bit control of Gobo Wheel 1. See Channel 20 for control options. 0 - 255 Interchangeable glass gobos 0 - 5 Open - No Gobo 6 - 10 Gobo 1 (Night Sky) Index 11 - 15 Gobo 2 (Circle of Ovals) Index...
  • Page 6 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 1. 16-BIT ENHANCED PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 8-bit control of Gobo Wheel for movement options see channel 22 0-255 Single metal stamped wheel 0-25 Open - No Gobo 26-51 Gobo 1 (Leafy Breakup) 52-77 Gobo 2 (Honey Bomb) 78-103 Gobo 3 Swirl (Radial Breakup) Gobo Wheel 2...
  • Page 7 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 1. 16-BIT ENHANCED PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION Frost 0-255 Linear control of frost mechanism from out to full in (DMX 0-255) Controls strobe rate from slowest (DMX 0) to fastest (DMX 255) Strobe Speed 0 - 255 0.5Hz to 30Hz Control Channel for strobing functions.
  • Page 8 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 1. 16-BIT ENHANCED PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION Adjustment of fi xture timing to control gobo mechanisms. See Gobo Timing 0 - 255 Timing Channel Dynamically control fan speed vs LED Output operation. Control 0 - 255 values as follows .
  • Page 9 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 1. 16-BIT ENHANCED PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 151 - 155 ReCal Position 156 - 160 ReCal Color 161 - 165 ReCal Beam Luminaire Control 166 - 170 ReCal Optics continued 171-175 ReCal Gobo 176 - 180 Reset fi...
  • Page 10 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 2. 16-BIT PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 8-bit control of Gobo Wheel 1. See Channel 20 for control options. 0 - 255 Interchangable glass gobos 0 - 5 Open - No Gobo 6 - 10 Gobo 1 (Night Sky) Index 11 - 15 Gobo 2 (Circle of Ovals) Index 16 - 20...
  • Page 11 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 2. 16-BIT PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 8-bit control of Gobo Wheel for movement options see channel 22; 0-255 Single metal stamped wheel 0-25 Open - No Gobo 26-51 Gobo 1 (Leafy Breakup) 52-77 Gobo 2 (Honey Bomb) 78-103 Gobo 3 Swirl (Radial Breakup) Gobo Wheel 2...
  • Page 12 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 2. 16-BIT PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION Frost 0-255 Linear control of frost mechanism from out to full in (DMX 0- 255) Controls strobe rate from slowest to fastest (DMX 0-255) 0.5Hz to Strobe Speed 0 - 255 30Hz Control Channel for strobing functions.
  • Page 13 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 2. 16-BIT PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION Control Channel used for full fi xture settings lamp controls. Set 0 - 255 discrete value of desired effect then set value to 0 (Idle). 0 - 5 Idle (Default) 6 - 10 Full Luminaire ReCal - Also Used to Wake fi...
  • Page 14 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 3. CLONE PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION Intensity High 0-65535 16-bit control of Dimming Intensity Low Pan High 32767 0-65535 540° Total Pan Rotation Pan Low Tilt High 32767 0-65535 270° Total Tilt Tilt Low Focus High Focus control 32767 0-65535...
  • Page 15 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 3. CLONE PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 44-47 Gobo 3 (Bricked Out) Rotate 48-51 Gobo 4 (Nurons) Rotate 52-55 Gobo 5 (Swirl) Rotate 56-59 Gobo 6 (Crossed Bars) Rotate 60-63 Gobo 7 (On the Rock) Rotate 64-67 Open - No Gobo 68-71...
  • Page 16 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 3. CLONE PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 217-220 Stop No Rotation Gobo Wheel 2 (Fixed) 221-251 Gobo Wheel Rotate Counter Clockwise S>>>>>F continued 252-255 Stop No Rotation 0-255 Iris size control Iris 0 - 200 Iris beam size open to closed 201 - 255 Iris pulse slow to fast Frame 1A...
  • Page 17 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 3. CLONE PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 66 - 70 Dimmer Snap Off (Default) 71 - 75 Reserved Values 76 - 80 Edge Tracking on 81 - 85 Edge tracking off (Default 86 - 90 Reserved Values 91 - 95 Color Snap off (Default) 96 - 100...
  • Page 18 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 3. CLONE PARAMETER DEFAULTS RANGE DESCRIPTION 111 - 115 Standard Mode - 116 - 120 Studio Mode - Reduced output with lower fan 121 - 125 Reserved Values 126 - 130 Reserved Values 131 - 135 Reserved Values 136 - 140 Fan On (Default) (Continuous spin rate)
  • Page 19 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 5. CONTROL CHANNEL POWER REST TO RESET TO RANGE RECAL ITEMS DESCRIPTION CYCLE DEFAULT DEFAULT RULES RULES FIXTURE Selects Linear Dimming Curve Dimming Curve Hold Hold Resets to Resets to 41 - 45 Removed if used in programmers Linear Setting Setting...
  • Page 20 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 5. CONTROL CHANNEL POWER REST TO RESET TO RANGE RECAL ITEMS DESCRIPTION CYCLE DEFAULT DEFAULT RULES RULES FIXTURE 121 - 125 Reserved Hold Hold Resets to Resets to 126 - 130 Reserved Values Setting Setting Default Default 131 - 135...

  • Page 21: Operation

    VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL OPERATION A DMX termination connector is used in this process. Solder a 120 Ω 1/4W resistor between pin 2 (DMX-) and pin 3 (DMX+) into a 5-pin XLR-plug and plug it in the DMX-output of the last unit. A maximum of 32 luminaires can be connected to one DMX512 data link.

  • Page 22: Menu System

    VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL MENU SYSTEM MENU OPERATION WHAT IS THE MENU SYSTEM? The menu system is a programmable set of commands used to confi gure, address, operate, and test the luminaire. The menu system is controlled at the Menu Display available at the enclo- sure input panel.
  • Page 23 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 7. MENU SYSTEM LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 DEFAULT ADDRESS 001~512 (Default 001) LED Hours XXXXXX h Reset LED Hour Are you sure? Square Law (Default) Dimming Curve S Curve Linear Snap On...
  • Page 24 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 7. MENU SYSTEM LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 DEFAULT Address 001~512 16-bit Enh (Default) DMX Mode 16-bit Clone Mode DMX Only (Default) Select Signal Art-Net (Default) Set Universe 0~15 0~127 Sub-Net...
  • Page 25 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 7. MENU SYSTEM LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 DEFAULT Status (No Errors... or displays a list of errors) Recal (Fixture) Are you sure? Reboot Fixture Are you sure? Version VXXX MM/D/YY...
  • Page 26 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL TABLE 7. MENU SYSTEM LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 DEFAULT All Test (Run ‘ALL TEST’) Pan/Tilt Test (Run ‘PAN/TILT TEST’) Intensity (Run Intensity test) TEST Test Channel (Run Pan test) ……All functions ……...

  • Page 27: Dimming Curve

    VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL LED Hours Select LED Hours, press the ENTER button to confi rm, LED Hours will show on the display, press the MENU button back to exit. Reset LED Hour Select Reset LED Hour, press the ENTER button to confi rm, Are you sure? will show on the display, press the EN- TER button to store.

  • Page 28: Dmx Mode

    VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL 10M or 15M, press the ENTER button to store. Press the MENU button back to the last menu or let the unit idle one minute to exit menu mode. Reset Defaults Select Reset Defaults, press the ENTER button to confi rm, Are you sure? will show on the display, press the EN- TER button to store.
  • Page 29 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL Reboot Fixture Select Reboot Fixture, press the ENTER button to confi rm, Are you sure? will show on the display, press the EN- TER button to store. Press the MENU button back to the last menu or let the unit idle one minute to exit menu mode.
  • Page 30 VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL Diagnostics To select Diagnostics, press the ENTER button to confi rm. Use the UP/DOWN button to select Fan Check or LED Temp, press the ENTER button to store. Press the MENU button back to the last menu or let the unit idle one minute to exit menu mode.

  • Page 31: Care And Maintenance

    VL800 EVENTPROFILE USER MANUAL APPENDIX A CARE AND MAINTENANCE WARNING: All maintenance procedures are to be performed with power disconnected from the luminaire. TROUBLESHOOTING The following are a few common problems that may occur during operation with suggestions for correcting the issue.

  • Page 32: How To Obtain Warranty Service

    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 1-214-647-7880, or entertainment.service@ signify.com and request a Return Material Authorization (RMA) for warranty service. You will need to provide the model and serial number of the item being returned, a description of the problem or failure and the name of the registered user or organization.

  • Page 33: Customer Service

    Vari-Lite off ers a two-year limited warranty on its control products against defects damaged. in materials or workmanship from the date of delivery. A copy of Vari-Lite two-year • Disconnect mains power if the fi xture is not used for a long time.
  • Page 34 AMERICAS EUROPE 10911 Petal Street Rondweg Zuid 85 Dallas, TX 75235 Winterswijk 7102 JD Tel: +1 214-647-7880 Netherlands Fax: +1 214-647-8039 Tel: +31 543-542516 Fax: +31 543-542513 ASIA 24 Sovereign Park Unit C, 14/F, Roxy Industry Centre Coronation Road 41-49 Kwai Cheong Road Park Royal, London Kwai Chung, Kwai Tsing NW10 7QP...

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