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Power On / Off press on/off button press + key to choose LIGHT ON confirm with Enter Power mode: BLACKOUT HOME direct control choose BLACKOUT confirm with Enter all targeted lamps should turn on Power mode: LIGHT ON all targeted lamps should turn off Troubleshooting: This is the most basic function and great for testing if a remote control works with a lamp. If this is not working you probably target the wrong lamps. Check the Target Lamps chapter. Other solutions are checking the Radio Pin and making sure your products have the same frequency (868MHz in Europe, 915MHz in USA) Power mode: BLACKOUT Send Button press send button Side Note press Enter press - button SETUP Setup: FACTORY RESET confirm with Enter Apply reset to: THIS REMOTE Always reset the remote control before starting a new lighting installation. The remote and/or lamps might still have some commands stored. ARE YOU SURE? NO YES confirm with Enter Setup: CREATE A SET HOME direct control press Enter 2 x press + button Setup: FACTORY RESET choose any number, confirm with Enter SETUP press any of the color buttons (C1 - C4) Apply reset to: THIS REMOTE Create SET #: 001 choose pixels of set, confirm with Enter confirm with Enter Apply reset to: LAMPS press Enter Size of SET: 004 Continue assigning possitions for lamp 3 and 4 in the same way. confirm with Enter press button of each lamp you want to reset To factory reset TAP LAMPS NOW press brightness button Confirm first blinking lamp by pressing its button and watch rapid blinking as confirmation press + button Color C1: RED confirm with Enter HOME direct control SETUP set color with + and buttons Color C1 GREEN Color C2: YELLOW Setup: CREATE A SET set brightness with + and - buttons confirm with Enter to save value INTENSITY: 100 % confirm with Enter Advanced: Color C2: BLUE press Target Lamps button choose if you want to target a set, group, individual lamp Target lamps by SET# HOME direct control press Target Lamps button Advanced: choose Target lamps by Groups MEMORY 1: decorative Target lamps by SET# HOME direct control INTENSITY: 80% press + button to reach MEMORY 2 - 4 MEMORY 1: decorative 1 MEMORY 1: decorative 1 Side Note: press Target Lamps button click + until Target lamps by TAPPING THEM Each MEMORY tab has 8 programs that can be launched by pressing the white buttons. That means a total of 32 MEMORY programs. MEMORY 1 has decorative programs MEMORY 2 has slow party programs MEMORY 3 has heavy party programs MEMORY 4 can be programmed by the user. Press + and - buttons to switch between the 4 MEMORY tabs and the SETUP. confirm with Enter Setup: CREATE A CHAIN choose how many pixels your chain has Set chain size: 001 confirm second blinking lamp by pressing its button and watch rapid blinking as confirmation Tap-sync confirm with Enter Set chain size: 008 continue assigning press Home button, possitions for your Chain is finished now. other lamps in the same way. SET position 8 TAP LAMPS NOW SET position 2 TAP LAMPS NOW confirm with Enter confirm with Enter Advanced: confirm with Enter check speed values MEMORY programs are displayed in this speed Tap sync: 00.53s 113bpm make sure the lamp you want to pair with the remote is turned on Chains and Sets are very similar to each other. The main difference is that you can set hundreds of sets but only 1 chain. Also, a set can be part of a chain, that makes it easier to handle a large amount of lamps. SETUP Setup: CREATE A SET Setup: REMOTE SETUP Target Set: 001 confirm with Enter press + button until all 4 Groups are selected confirm with Enter Target lamps: by GROUPS Target groups: G1 Target groups: G1 G2 G3 G4 confirm with Enter press minus until SETUP press Enter Target lamps by TAPPING THEM HOME direct control SETUP press + button until DMX setup Setup: CREATE A SET select which DMX address you want to send confirm Remote Group with Enter Remote Setup: REMOTE GROUP DMX Setup: DMX ADDRESS DMX ADDRESS: 007 hold down the on/off button of the lamp until it blue LEDs start blinking rapidly (=blue mode) press minus until SETUP set any number confirm with Enter press plus until PAIR WITH LAMPS press Enter press - button until Radio Pin SETUP Setup: CREATE A SET Confirm with Enter display shoud show: Pairing... choose any of the confirm with Enter to send 4 Groups this group to all targeted lamps REMOTE GROUP 001 confirm with Enter all lamps in range should start to blink slowly press the button of the lamp or lamps that you want to take this DMX address Side Note: Tap-sync lets you synchronize the lamps with a beat or pattern. The frequency of 2 taps is measured and displayed in seconds and beats per minute. HOME direct control Radio PIN: SET PIN HOME direct control Target Set: 001 Side Note: Each Group or Set can contain one or many lamps. To control an individual lamp, create a Set for it or Target Lamps by Tapping them. confirm with Enter Setup: DMX SETUP DMX ADDRESS: 001 the lamp should show a short rapid blinking to confirm that it accepted the DMX address DMX ADDRESS: 004 Target by TAPPING THEM confirm with Enter choose Remote Setup Target Set: 001 confirm with Enter press Enter Set Group press - button until SETUP if asked, select a set or group number Advanced: Radio pin press + button confirm with Enter Target lamps by SET# HOME direct control select another DMX address confirm first blinking lamp by pressing its button and watch rapid blinking as confirmation Speed: 001min 3100sec Side Note: The speed of a Program is displayed in minutes and seconds. The displayed value is the duration of one cycle of the displayed Program. The more time you select, the slower the program is displayed. Send a DMX address to a lamp press any of the 8 white decorative program buttons to launch a program is playing HOME direct control press + button confirm with Enter Target all lamps in range SET position 2 TAP LAMPS NOW Create a Chain press Enter press another button to change another color Color C1: GREEN Brightness: INTENSITY press Tap-sync button twice press minus until SETUP confirm with Enter MEMORY programs press + button This guide is for 4 lamps with 1 pixel each. If you have lamps with more pixels, count all pixels together when calculating Size of Set. You can create a set for a single lamp, that way you are able to address it individually later. SET position 4 TAP LAMPS NOW Speed: 001min 0100sec instead of Intensity you can change the Power Scheme of the lamps. refer to the user manual booklet for information about that. HOME direct control Target by TAPPING THEM Press Home button, your Set is finished now. set speed value with + and - buttons Target Lamps 3 kinds of colors can be selected: - 11 standard colors - 255 index colors - a mixed color out of RGB channels HOME direct control Confirm second blinking lamp by pressing its button and watch rapid blinking as confirmation press the speed button Each program except RAINBOW cosists out of 1-4 colors. These colors will be set in the next chapter. HOME direct control set color with + and buttons HOME direct control Fade: 80 % Side Note: Side Note confirm with Enter Create a Set press minus until SETUP choose program: RAINBOW confirm with Enter to save value Change Speed confirm with Enter to save program Change Brightness press - button SETUP press + and - buttons to select a program Fade: 100 % HOME direct control Change Colors confirm with Enter Setup: CREATE A SET press Enter HOME direct control This button lets you return to the top-level navigation. Use it to quickly return home when lost in the menu. It can be pressed from anywhere inside the menu. The following configurations only work while in HOME/direct control. set fade with + and - HOME direct control Factory Reset of Lamps press minus until SETUP press the fade button Side Note: HOME direct control HOME direct control Factory Reset of Remote Control HOME direct control The below message will appear choose program: RAINBOW press Prog button Press this button if lamps are getting out of synchronisation. The send button re-sends the current effects and configurations to the lamps. Configurations are also sent while changing settings, the Send button simply re-sends them. Send/sync PROGRAM press minus until SETUP press Home button Change Program The below message will appear for a short time HOME direct control Change Fade Home Button REMOTE GROUP 004 Set Radio PIN: 0000 Set Radio PIN: 0004 Radio PIN: SET PIN Radio PIN: PAIR WITH LAMPS Pairing .... press the button of the lamp or lamps that you want to take this DMX address continue with all other lamps that need DMX addresses. Side Note: Please refer to the manual of the ART3 (wireless DMX transmitter) for additional information about using Astera lamps with wireless DMX. confirm with Enter Setup: RADIO PIN Side Note: Radio PIN enables you to set a unique frequency for lamps and remote. That enables you to use 2 remotes in 1 room without disturbing each other’s lamps. You can achieve a similar effect by creating different sets and targeting each set at a time. ARC2 quick start guide v1.6 © 2011 Astera LED Technology GmbH for additional functions, please refer to the User Manual or contact your sales agent
