Scanner control console

User’s Manual

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 Table of contents

1. Parameters…………………………………………………..………....1

2. Safety use cautions…………………………………………………….2

3. Contents in the package………………………………………………..2

4. Communication cable…………………………………………..…...…2

5. DMX512 address distribution……………………………………….…3

6. Diagram of the communication cable link and scanner address set…...4

7. Diagram of the panel and functional areas……………………….……5

8. Explanation of functional area of the panel………………………..…..5

9. Explanation of the duplex key area…………………………………….7

10. Explanation of the display information on the LCD…………………...8

11. The editing of scanner chase………………………………………..….9

12. Running of scanner chases…………………………………..………..10

13. Special scene presentation…………………………………………….10

14. How to set and cancel the joystick potentiometer………………….....11

15. Conventional dimmer control………………………………………....11

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 Thanks for using Disco240 scanner console! Disco240 console has
internationally standard DMX512 signal output. Before operation,pl ease refer
to the user’s manual carefully.

1. Parameters

Output signal specifications DMX512 international standard

Total number of channels 192 channels

Number of scanners 24 scanner

Max. number of channels for the scanner 16

Number of chases(scenes) 12 chase

Maximal number of chase steps(scene) 40 steps

Total number of chase steps(scene) 480 steps

Scene pause time 0.1-25.5 second/step

Scene cross speed 0.1-25.5 seconds

Dimmer channel 24 channels

Display screen LCD display, 16×2 characters

DMX512 outputs interface 3-core XLR pin socket and socket

Memory capacity 128 K high capacity memory card

Input voltage 50 / 60HZ—5V / 2000MA

Volume 80mm
483mm×178mm×80mm

Weight 3.25Kg

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2. Safety use cautions

The console must be connected to the safety earth line.

Never pulling out or inserting the communication cable with electricity.

Start order:Please turn on all the controlled scanner power suppies first,and
then turn on the controller power,otherwise the controller is easy to be destr
Oyed.

Prevent it from damp,water,dust, static, and maintain and clean it regularly.

3. Contents in the package

Disco240 console 1

DMX512 cable 1

Disco240 user’s manual 1

Power adapter 1

4. Communication cable

It adopts the twisted screened wire with the specified impedance of 120
ohms, and if the cable exceeds 200 meters long or there are too many
scanners, a signal amplifier should be added, and a terminal resistor should
be added to the last scanner(120ohms/1W).

The Pin 1 of the communication cable is the grougding (GND), Pin 2 is
negative signal, and Pin 3 is positive signal; they should not be inversely
connected, and should not be coldly welded.

The communication cable should be screened by single-terminal earthing.

The communication cable should not be wired together with strong
electricity.

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5. DMX512 address distribution
Disco240 console uses 1 to 240 channels of DMX512,so it can control the
scanners with no more than 16 channels. The address is distributed as follows:

Scanner DMX starting address

Scanner serial number When using Disco240
Decimal system Scanner address switch location
1 1 1 ON
2 17 1,5 ON
3 33 1,6 ON
4 49 1,5,6 ON
5 65 1,7 ON
6 81 1,5,7 ON
7 97 1,6,7 ON
8 113 1,5,6,7 ON
9 129 1,8 ON
10 145 1,5,8 ON
11 161 1,6,8 ON
12 177 1,5,6,8 ON
P13-P24 206-217
Dimmer channel 1-24 218-241

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6.Diagram of the communication cable link and scanner addree dial
Terminal resistance: 120ohms/1W No.12 Scanner:

Disco 240
Scanner control console
No.8 Scanner:

No.7 Scanner:

No.6 Scanner:

No.5 Scanner:

No.4 Scanner:

No.3 Scanner:

No.2 Scanner:

No.1Scanner:

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8.Explanation of functional area of the panel
Serial
Name description Function explanation
Numbe
Controller internal mains switch; if the power supply of
1 POWER the whole machine needs to be turned off , please pull out
the external power adaptor.
Change the light converting and operation state

LED is on: light converting,all the output DMX
2 BLACK
signals are 0.

LED is off: Normal signal output state.
Change edit/running state

LED is on:Editing program state; it can edit 12
3 EDIT/RUN
chases,up to 40 steps for each chase.

LED is off: Running the chase.

When the indicating light is off, it indicates the data
corresponding to the channel slider area scanner.
4 Scanner dimmer selection key

When the indicating light is on, it indicates the data
corresponding to the channel slider area scanner.

When the indicating light is off, it indicates
Distributed control centralized distributed control.
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control selection key
When the indicating light is on, it indicates
centralized control.
P1-P12
In the program state, it is used to select the number
6 PCH9-PCH16 of the chase and to select the number of the
Number key area controlled scanner.

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 In the program state, press this key area once, and the
chase number to be edited is selected; press this
key area again, and the scanner to be controlled is
selected.

When running the program, it is used to call out the
edited chase number.

When it is used in coordination with the functional
key, it is used to change the selection state of the
corresponding channel, or select corresponding
scanner number, and call out the 12 independent
scenes in No.1 chase.

206 to 217 channel outputs of the point controlled
7 Dimmer point control area
dimmer.
When applied in the prpgram state and the running
8 Duplex button area program state, it has different function definitions. Please
refer to the explanation of the duplex key for details.
Press this key, when the indicating light is on, the slider
9 Page turning 1
area is corresponded to CH1—CH8
Press this key, when the indicating light is on, the slider
10 Page turning 2
area is corresponded to CH9—CH16
Press this key, when the indicating light is on, the slider
11 Page turning 3 area is corresponded to CH17—CH24 (only valid in the
dimmer state).
12 Rocker Used to control the XY scanning channel of the scanner.

SPEED potentiometer: adjust the chase pause time in
running program, for use in program and running.

CROSS potentiometer: adjust the chase cross speed,
for use in program and running.
SPEED. CROSS
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The AUTO area in the bottom part of the
(Program time control)
Potentiometer: used to automatically implement the
programmed chase pause time and running speed, the
upper part is used to manually and randomly change
the program running speed and chase pause time.
The state indicates the indicating data; see to the LCD
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information for details.

Adjust and select the DMX values corresponding to the

CH-8 PCH9-16
15 channels of the scanner and dimmer; used to adjust and
(Channel data slider area)
select the different functions of the scanner.

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9. Explanation of the duplex key area
In program state, it is used to delete the chase or chase
step, and cancel the setup of the transfer channel.
Instantly press down: Delete the current chase step.
[DELETE] Press down for 3 seconds: Delete the current chase step, and
make it an empty program.
EDIT In the state of [SET X/Y] setting,pressing the [DELETE] key
area will cancel the X-Y direction channel transfer.
[ -] In program state, it is used to turn to the previous page, to
view the last chase.
[+ ] In program state, it is used to turn to the next page, to
memorize the current chase (adding a chase step) or to view
the edited chase.
When just entering the edit state , immediately press [SET
X/Y], and according to the prompt on the LCD, select two
scanning channels corresponding to the scanner X-Y
[SET X/Y] direction from P1-P8 or PCH9-PCH16, and transfer to
control the yellow indicating light with the rocker
potentiometer, and then immediately press the [SET X/Y]
key again to memorize it and quit.

In any number key selection state in the running mode,
press [DELETE], and then immediately clear the
[CLEAR] indication; it can be repeatedly selected.

In the running mode, all channel function data are
cleared to zero after pressing this key.

Mode 1: When running the program, all the channel
data are running with the chase cross time
potentionmeter control.

Mode 2: When running the program, the set X and Y
[CROSS MODE] channel data is controlled by the chase cross time
RUN potentiometer, and all the other channel data are in the
area jumping state, so as to prevent the colors and patterns
that have not edited or memorized from playing in slow
scanning.
When running the chase, press this key, and then
immediately select P1-P12, to call out the first 12 scenes in
[SCENE] No.1 chase, which are independently presented to be used as
special scenes. In order to quit the scene presentation state,
please press the [EDIT/RUN] key.

Press this channel release key, in coordination with
[RELEASE CHANNELS] P1-P8 keys or SHIFT+(PCH9-PCH16) keys, will change
the data of channels CH1-CH16, in running the program,

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 whether to randomly read the state data corresponding to
the potentiometer or to read the state data the program
has already set. Press the [RELEASE] key once again, to
store the set state and quit.

(O indicates the CH1-CH16 channel data is controlled
by the manual slider, and F indicates that the channel
data automatically runs with the program.)
When running the chase, press [MANUAL], and then press
any key of (P1-P12), to select the scanner number to be in
[MANUAL] the manual state, and then slide the released channel, and
then the dimmer effect can be controlled both manually and
automatically.

10. Explanation of the display information on the LCD

Display Specific information

DISCO 240 V3.0A Company name, model and version number

S/N:0020-02-2727****
Sequence Number and test condition
TEST OK
Press [EDIT/RUN], the corresponding indicating light will be off,
indicating the console is in the running standby.
RUN Chase [??]
The ?? in Chase [??] indicates the chase number to be input, [01]
[01] [00.0] [00.0]
[00.0] [00.0] are respectively the chase step numbers, the chase pause
time, and chase cross speed.
RUN Chase [??]
The upper line indicates the running chase, and bottom line indicates
CH[**] [***] or
the modified channel number and channel data.
X [***] Y [***]
RUN SCENE Press the number key of P1-P12 to select the first 12 scenes that
SELECT P1—P12 represent the No.1 chase.
Press [EDIT/RUN], to have the corresponding indicating light on,
indicating the console is in the edit state.
The ?? in Chase [??] indicates the chase step, which can change with
EDIT Chase [??]
the operation of ［ －］or［＋ ］When the final [ ] shows **
CH [01] [**]
in it, it indicates that chase step is the last step in this chase.
When [ ] is empty, it indicates that there have been already chase
data.
EDIT Chase [??] The upper line represents the chase number to be edited, and the
CH[**] [***] bottom line rpresents the modified channel number and the channel
or X [***]Y [***] value.
EDIT Chase [??] The upper line represents the chase number to be edited, and the
SPEED [***] chase pause time or chase cross time.

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or CROSS [***]
Press[EDIT/RUN], to have the corresponding indicating light on,
indicating the console is in the edit state.
EDIT Chase [??] The ?? in Chase[??] represents edited chase number to be run.
STEP [01] [**] STEP [01] is the serial number of the chase step, which can change
with the operation of［ －］or［＋ ］When the final [ ] shows**
in it, it indicates that chase step is the last step in this chase.
Press [CHANNELS] to show the left interface. The bottom line
number indicates the state of the 8 corresponding basic control
channels (Channels 1 to 8 are identified with the suffix A, and
12345678
channels 9 to 16 are identified with the suffix B), and the bottom line
F FF FF FF FA
F or O respectively indicates whether the channel of the
or F F F F F F F F B
corresponding row is automatic or manual, i.e., whether it is released.
Here, F indicates unreleased, which can be changed by pressing the
corresponding P1 to P8, or pressing [SHIFT] ＋（PCH9-PCH16）.
When just entering the editing state, press [SET X/Y] will show the
prompt on the left.
Set: X-Y X: [ ] Y: In the space, the channel number to be transferred to the
X: [ ] Y: [ ] rocker control can be input by pressing P1-P8 or pressing [SHIFT]
＋（PCH9-PCH16）, and you can also press [DELETE], to cancel the
set transfer channel.
In the state of running the chase, pressing[MANUAL], will show the
prompt on the left.
The[??] in the upper line shows the chase number that is running, and
the bottom line shows whether the 1-16 channels (channels 1-8 are
MANUAL: [??] identified with suffix A, and channel 9-16 are identified with suffix
F FF FF FF FA B) are released. Here, F indicates the corresponding channel is
or F F F F F F F F B released, and O indicates it has not been released. Press P1-P12 again
with select one or more scanners to conduct the manual operation of
the released channels.
Press [MANUAL] again, will quit the mixed control of manual＋
automatic, and then carry out the automatic program.

11. The editing of scanner chase

1. Press [BLACK], to turn on the LED;
2. Press [EDLT/RUN], to turn on the LED, and enter the program state;
3. Press any one of the number keys (P1-P12) once, to select the chase number

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 to be edited, which is shown in Chase [ ] on the LCD.
4. The press numbers (P1-P12), to select the controlled scanner, and its
corresponding LED will be on. If the corresponding indicating light is not on,
then that scanner has been selected, so it will not be affect by Step 5.
5. Slide (CH1-CH8) to adjust the corresponding channel data of the scanner, or
press [SHIFT] and slide CH9-CH16 to call out the corresponding scanner
effect
(if you have set X and Y direction scanning channel transfer, then two direct
sliding potentiometer sliders will not function. You can control the bottom
right rocker potentiometer to get the data).
6. Repeat steps 4, and 5 to adjust other scanners, so that the needed scanner chase
can reach the predefined effect.
7. Slide [SPEED] and [CROSS] potentiometers, to adjust the chase pause time
and chase cross time.
8. Press [＋ ], to memorize this chase effect, and enter the next step of
editing.(Press [ － ], can view the last chase, repeat modification in steps
4,5,6 and 7, and press [＋ ] again to store it).
9. Repeat steps 4 to 8, to edit other chase.
10.Press [EDIT/RUN], to have the corresponding indicating light on; memorize it
and then quit the editing state, to enter the running state.
11.Repeat steps 2 to 10, to edit other chase.

12. Running of scanner chases

1. Press [EDIT/RUN], to have the corresponding LED on.
2. Press number keys (P1-P12), to select the chase number, and make it run; if
that chase has not been edited, then the corresponding LED will not be on
when that key number is pressed.
3. Adjust [SPEED] and [CROSS] potentiometers, to change the inter-chase
pause time and the chase cross speed; if the [SPEED] or [CROSS]

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 potentiometer is in the bottom AUTO area, then the chase pause time and
chase cross time that had already been edited will be run.
4. Press [CROSS MODE], to change the running mode; see 9.explanation of the
duplex key area for details.
5. If you want to carry out the mixed running program of manual and automatic,
you can set the running according to the following steps.
a). First, release the channel: Press [CHANNELS], and then press (P1-P8) (or
press [SHIFT], and then press PCH9-PCH16), to release the corresponding
channel, and F will be changed to O; at last, press [CHANNELS], to
memorize it and quit. (F: indicates that the corresponding channel will not
take manual data in chase running, and is controlled by a programmed chase.
O: indicates the corresponding channel is not controlled by the chase in chase
running, and it will take manual slider data).
b). Select the scanner that will run the release channel: Press [MANUAL],
and then press (P1-P12), to select the scanner light to be manually controlled.
Randomly push the corresponding released potentiometer slider to carry out
mixed running program of manual + automatic, then press [MANUAL] to
quit the manual option.
6. Press [BLACK] can make pause/start selections for the running chase; when
LED corresponding to the key is on, then output is paused, and when the
LED is off, then the output is run normally.

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．Special scene presentation
In the state of running chase (i.e., the indicating light corresponding to
[RUN/EDIT] is off), press [RUN SCENE], and then press any key of P1-P12, will
call out the first 12 scenes in the programmed No. 1 chase. Therefore, we suggest
that in that in program state, the first 12 scenes in No. 1 chase should be specially
defined, which can make some special effects.

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14. How to set and cancel the rocker potentiometer
Set the rocker potentiometer settings: Press [RUN/EDIT], to light the indicating
light, and then press [SET X/Y] immediately; according to the prompt on the LCD,
select two scanning channels corresponding to the scanner X and Y direction from
(P1-P8) (or from PCH9-PCH16 by pressing SHIFT), shift to use the rocker
potentiometer to control the green indicating light, and the light is on immediately.
In case of wrong input, press [DELETE] to cancel the input, and input the correct
corresponding channel, and then press [SET X/Y] again to memorize it and quit.

Cancel rocker potentiometer settings: In the state of [SET X/Y], press

[DELETE] to clear the input data, and the green indicating light turns off
immediately; and then press [SET X/Y] again to memorize it and quit.

15. Conventional dimmer control

Point control: Press P13-P24 to control the dimmer 206-217 channels, and when the
indicating light is on, the output is 100%, and when the indicating light is off, the
outputs is 0%.
Distributed control: In the state of non-programming, press SCAN/LIGHT to make
the indicating light turn on; enter the dimmer state, select the channel page of
dimmer control by pressing SA/SB/SC, and push the different sliders in the slider
area to adjust the dimmer output.

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