æsro the world's worst profile?

[Krawford]

One of my friends got some æsro (Cheap chinese) moving heads and we're having some trouble programming a profile for it. it's eloquently named a "575 spot move head" or it might be a "move head 575". If anyone knows the ins and outs of this creature can you drop me a line?

p.s. it looks like an hmi bulb.

 

[BillConnerFASTC]

How inexpensive is it?

 

[derekleffew]

@Krawford, what console will you be using to attempt control of this luminaire? Did/does/can the manufacturer or seller provide a "DMX map", or list of channels and what each function is? Without this information, there's little anyone can do to assist you.

 

[Krawford]

Yeah no luck with a dmx map, if had that I could whip up a profile pretty quick on the little chamsys that I'm playing with. He got them in a deal second hand and they have a little spec sheet but they don't lay out the channel usage. I've been looking around the internet in an ever broadening search and found these:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DJ-stage-gobo-12CH-moving-head_1914020506.html
http://gzmeidi.en.made-in-china.com...ntertainment-Spot-575W-Moving-Head-Light.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/dj-equipment-china-moving-head-spot_60166064183.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DMX512-stage-light-moving-head-spot_60096856636.html

which look right except the encoder buttons are different and the sticker is different (the sticker on the ones I'm playing with read æsro)

and this one:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/head-moving-spot-light-hmi-575_1906789116.html

which has the right buttons and pan/tilt at least....

I'll probably try it tommorow, but for now..... sleep.....

 

[Les]

Yeah no luck with a dmx map, if had that I could whip up a profile pretty quick on the little chamsys that I'm playing with. He got them in a deal second hand and they have a little spec sheet but they don't lay out the channel usage. I've been looking around the internet in an ever broadening search and found these:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DJ-stage-gobo-12CH-moving-head_1914020506.html
http://gzmeidi.en.made-in-china.com...ntertainment-Spot-575W-Moving-Head-Light.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/dj-equipment-china-moving-head-spot_60166064183.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DMX512-stage-light-moving-head-spot_60096856636.html

which look right except the encoder buttons are different and the sticker is different (the sticker on the ones I'm playing with read æsro)

and this one:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/head-moving-spot-light-hmi-575_1906789116.html

which has the right buttons and pan/tilt at least....

I'll probably try it tommorow, but for now..... sleep.....

A lot of those are probably the exact same fixture or close to it. They are cranked out a dime a dozen and then some non-existent company's name is put on them. My boss bought what sounds like a similar unit years back - its sticker reads "FTY". Basically made to look like a Martin Mac 700 but much cheaper. I can tell from moving it around by hand that the stepper motors are a lot lower resolution. Truthfully, we haven't even attempted to turn it on nor do we have any documentation on the unit. It does say "Move Head 575" with kind of a crosshair graphic. It also instructs you to be careful handling the "high pressure lamp" and to adjust it by "tuming the adjustment screws [sic]".

The second link states that the fixture exhibits "perfect porksmanship". That's funny.

And honestly, I'd just build a profile. Hook it up to a simple controller to see what everything does and go from there with MagicQ.

 

[Krawford]

That's what I'm playing with we just couldn't get the lamp to strike so we could only find the pan/tilt panf/tiltf and prism, I'm going to try a fresh bulb next time I go at it. Thanks for the response guys!

 

[derekleffew]

That's what I'm playing with we just couldn't get the lamp to strike

Often the Control Channel must be at some specific level AND another channel must have a change too (all CMY flags at full or zero, dimmer or strobe at 00, and so on). On the fixture's menu, perhaps under [config] or [setup], see if there's a DMX lamp on [DMX L ON] or [AUTO L ON] or somesuch. Interactions between channels make finding all the functions of a given automated luminaire nearly impossible. If only the light had RDM... Or maybe it does, who knows?