Gaffer & Gear 109 - Litemat Spectrum
Review and walk through of the Litemat Spectrum, and note that some “Cheat Sheets” for easy set up are under the time index below.
INDEX
00:00 Intro
01:26 Cost
02:21 What is in the kits
07:21 Other bits you may need
08:43 Each light has a spectrum report
09:08 Warranty paperwork
10:17 Negatives
10:44 Disconnection under load
11:10 Brightness for cost
11:42 Positives
11:49 LED drivers in the head
11:40 Long head lead runs
15:04 DMX / CRMX / Lumen Radio
15:13 White point accuracy
15:46 CCT range
16:03 High speed flicker free
16:26 Wireless Master and slave
17:00 Pixel Gradient
18:08 Testing matching units
19:23 Battery operation
22:45 Brightness (real world)
24:31 Manual operation
24:48 Controller layout
25:58 CCT mode (white light)
28:11 AUD (Audition mode)
28:34 Tint (+/- green)
29:04 Spectrum mode
32:00 Nudge Function
32:43 Cue Mode
34:59 Graduation mode (single panel)
38:37 Setting wireless DMX receiver
39:55 Setting wireless DMX transmitter
41:14 Graduation mode (multi panel)
45:36 Master & slave mode
46:53 Menu run through
49:45 Driver command errors
50:38 AC power draw
51:16 Brightness (Lux)
51:35 DMX response
53:23 Technical data overview
55:09 CCT
56:35 SSI Color render
57:06 TM-30 Color render
58:32 DuV (+/- green)
1:01:49 3200 No Diff
1:02:18 4400 No Diff
1:02:43 5600 No Diff
1:03:16 3200 Full Diff
1:03:27 4400 Full Diff
1:03:49 5600 Full Diff
1:04:13 Color vectors
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Spectrum Gradient Mode Over Multiple Units
1) Factory reset all units
a) Access menu by placing switch to center, then press settings on top)
b) General/Factory Reset/I’m Sure
Transmitter Set Up
2) Local Control / Pixel Control / Gradient
3) Go back to main menu
4) DMX Settings / Operation Mode/ Spec Pix 16b
5) Go back to main menu
6) Output Setting / Pixel Handling / Set Pixel Qty.
(to total amount, not just that mat)
7) Output Setting / Power Sharing / Dynamic
8) Output Setting / DMX Transmit / On
9) Rocker button in down position
10) Set front panel DMX mode to TX
Receiver Set ups
1) Front panel set DMX to RX (and do the handshake protocol if required)
2) DMX Settings / Operation Mode/ Spec Pix 16R
3) DMX Settings / Address / Sett address
(every set of pixels in front of your unit is 9 addresses, so if you have 2 Spectrum 4’s set the second one to 037)
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Spectrum Master & Slave Settings
1) Factory reset all units
c) Access menu by placing switch to center, then press settings on top)
d) General/Factory Reset/I’m Sure
Transmitter Set Up
1) DMX Settings / DMX Series Select/ Series 1
2) Go back to main menu
3) Output Settings / DMX Transmit /On
4) Front button to TX
5) Front rocker switch down
Receiver Set ups
1) DMX Settings / DMX Series Select/ Series 1
2) Front button to RX