DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES

CROCODILE 2024
DMX Controller

USER MANUAL
This product manual contains important information about the safe installation and
use of this projector. Please read and follow these instructions carefully and keep this
manual in a safe place for future reference.
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Table of contents
1 parameters 2

2 safety use cautions 2

3 contents in the package 3

4 Singal cable 3

5 DMX 512 address distribution 4

6 Signal cable link and scanner address setting 5

7 Operation panel view 5

8 Front panel function area instruction 6

9 D uplex key area 8

10 LCD display 9

11 Edit scanner chase 10

12 Running chases 10

13 Special scene presentation 11

14 How to set and cancel the joystick potentiometer 11

15 Conventional dimmer control 12

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Thanks for using crocodile series scanner console! The console has
internationally standard DMX512 signal output. Before operation,
please refer to the use's manual carefully.

1 parameters
Output signal specifications DMX 512/1990 internationally standard

Total number of channels 504 channels

Number of scanners scanner
Max.number of channels for the
scanner 24 channels

Number of chases(scenes) 24 chase

Maximal number of chase
steps(scene) 20 steps

Total number of chase

steps(scene) 480 steps

Scene pause time 0.1-25.5 second/step

Scene cross speed 0-25.5 seconds
Dimmer channel channels
Display screen LCD display,16*2 characters
DMX 512 outputs
interface 3-Pin XLR input/output

Memory capacity 512K high capacity memory card

Input voltage AC100-240V 50/60Hz 9V/1000mA

Volume 485mmX250mmX91mm
Weight 5 Kg

2. Safety use cautions

lThe console must be connected to the safety earth line.
lNever pulling out or inserting the communication cable with electricity.
lStart order please turn on all the controlled scanner power supplies first,and then
turn on the controller power,otherwise the controller is easy to be destoryed.
lprevent it from damp, water,dust,static, and maintain and clean it regularly.

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3 Contents in the package

l Crocodile series console 1PC
l Crocodile series user's manual 1PC
l Power adapter 1PC
4 Signal cable
l It use double-shield 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(120 ,1/4W).
l T he 1st pin of the signal cable is the grounding GND 2nd pin is negatives
and 3rd pin is positive signal; they should not be inversely connected and should not
be coldly welded.
l The signal cable should not be shielded by single-terminal earthing.
l The signal cable should not be wired together with strong electricity

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5 DMX512 address distribution

C onsole uses 1 to 504 channels of dmx512 so it can control the scanners.
With no more than 24 channels. The address is distributed as follows

Scanner dmx starting address

Scanner serial number
Decimal system Scanner address switch location
1 1 1 ON
2 25 1 ,4,5 ON
3 49 1 ,5,6 ON
4 73 1 ,4,7 ON
5 97 1 ,6,7 ON
6 121 1,4, 5,6,7 ON
7 145 1 ,5,8 ON
8 169 1 ,4,6,8 ON
9 193 1,7,8 ON
10 217 1,4,5,7,8 ON
11 241 1,5,6,7,8 ON
12 265 1,4,9 ON
13 289 1,6,9 ON
14 313 1,4,5,6,9 ON
15 337 1,5,7,9 ON
16 361 1,4,6,7,9 ON
17 385 1,8,9 ON
18 409 1,4,5,8,9 ON
19 433 1,5,6,8,9 ON
20 457 1,4,7,8,9 ON
Dimmer channel 1-24 481-504

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6 Signal cable link and scanner DMX address setting

1#Scanner 2#Scanner 12#Scanner
DMX Address : 001 DMX Address : 025 DMX Address : 265
CONTROLLER

DMX 512
DMX 512 INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROLLER
SINCE 2006 SINCE 2006

Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8

Ch9 Ch10 Ch11 Ch12 Ch13 Ch14 Ch15 Ch16
CH17 Ch18 Ch19 Ch20 Ch21 Ch22 Ch23 Ch24
0

10 10 10 10 10 10
2

8 8 8 8 8 8
4

6 6 6 6 6 6
6

4 4 4 4 4 4
8

2 2 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 EDIT

EDIT DELETE - + SET X / Y

P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12

LIGHT
CONTROLLER
DMX 512

CYCLE P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 SA SB SC
SUP

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7 Operation panel view

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3 2 1 15 14 13
CONTROLLER

DMX 512
DMX 512 INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROLLER
SINCE 2006 SINCE 2006

Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8

Ch9 Ch10 Ch11 Ch12 Ch13 Ch14 Ch15 Ch16
CH17 Ch18 Ch19 Ch20 Ch21 Ch22 Ch23 Ch24
0

10 10 10 10 10 10
2

8 8 8 8 8 8
4

6 6 6 6 6 6
6

4 4 4 4 4 4
8

2 2 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 EDIT

EDIT DELETE - + SET X / Y

P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12

LIGHT

CONTROLLER
DMX 512

CYCLE P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 SA SB SC
SUP

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

8 Front panel function area instruction

Number Description Function
Switch ON/OFF console; if the power supply of whole unit
1 POWER
needs to be turned off completely please pull out external
power adaptor.
ON/OFF DMX signal output
BLACK * LED ON No light, all output DMX signals are 0
* LED OFF Normal signal output state.
Edit/running program
3 EDIT/RUN * LED ON Edit program. Maximum 24 chases of
each program editable and 20 steps each chases
* LED OFF Run chase.

4 Scanner dimmer * LED ON: Dimmer function be effected.

selection key * LED OFF: Control lighting fixture as normal DMX
function channel

5 Cycle / SUP * LED ON: Run selected several chases superpose

* LED OFF: Run selected several chases in cycle

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* Edit program state - Select chase number and controlled

scanner number. Press number key one time to select
edit chase number and then press number key again to
P1-P24 select the number of scanner want to be controlled.
6-7 Number key area * Running program - Select chase number expect to run.
Work with function key to select scanner number and set
all 20 steps of 1st chase and first 4 steps of 2nd chase as
24 separately steps.

8 Duplex button area

Please refer to instruction details of the duplex key

9 Page turning 1 LED ON: Slider area correspond to CH1-8

10 Page turning 2 LED ON: Slider area correspond to CH9-16

11 Page turning 3 LED ON: Slider area correspond to CH17-24

12 Joystick (Fine Key) Control X, Y of scanner or press it to fine adjust X,Y

* SPEED slider Change chase running time during

program or running period
* CROSS slider Adjust chase fade time during program
SPEED CROSS or running period
13 AUTO *AUTO: Set both speed & cross sliders at bottom means
run program in original time setting. (T he upper
part is used to change time manually accord
situation.)

14 LCD 16*2 Display relative data

CH1-16 Manual control selected lighting fixture DMX /dimmer

15 (channel Data slider area) channel value to active relative function

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9 Duplex key area

* Delete the chase or chase step during programming
elete the current chase step.
[DELETE] ressing 3 seconds to delete all steps of current.
[SET X/Y] - Press [DELETE] to cancel the X-Y channel
assignment.

[ -] View previous steps during programming

EDIT
Save current chase steps or view next edited step during
area [+ ]
programming

Active programming, press [SET X/Y] and select X/Y channel

between CH1-24 of scanner via SA/SB/SC to assign X/Y channel
[SET X/Y] to joystick. Press [SET X/Y] again to save and quit setting when
yellow indicate led ON.

* Press [CLEAR] to delete selected number key at once.

The number key can be selected repeat during program
[CLEAR]
running.
* In the running mode, all channel data will be cleared
to zero after pressing this key
* MODE1 All channel fade time be controlled by Cross slider during
program running
[CROSS MODE] * MODE2 The edited X /Y channel fade time be controlled by Cross slider
but all other channel run in jump way to prevent unedited colour
or gobos from playing during slow program running.

During chase running, Press [RUN SCENE] and P1-P24 to select first 24 steps
RUN [RUN SCENE] of Chase 1 & 2 to run as special steps alone. Press [RUN SCENE] again to quite
area this function and then current chase will continue to run.

* Under MANUAL mode, Press [RELEASE CHANNELS] and move

sliders of selected channel by pressing SA/SB/SC or Joystick to change Ch1
-Ch24 output data during program running. Then current program will not
[RELEASE run as preset data but current data of selected channel. Press [RELEASE
CHANNELS] CHANNELS] again to quit this function
* O indicates the CH1-24 channel data is controlled by manual slider,
and F indicates program run as preset data automatic..

During chase running, press [MANUAL] & any key of

(P1-P20) to select the scanner want to be controlled manually and then
[MANUAL]
move sliders of relative channel to control it manually. Then control
selected scanner in auto and manual at the same time.

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10 LCD display
Display Specific information
XXXXXX XXXX Model and version number
S/N:0020-02-2727****
Series Number and Test condition
TEST OK
[??] -- Input chase / step number
RUN Chase[??] [01] -- Step number of chase
[01][00.0][00.0] 1st [00.0] -- Chase running time
Last [00.0] -- Chase cross speed
RUN Chase[??] The upper line shows current running chase and
CH[** [***] bottom line indicates current modified channel num
[***] [***] ber and channel data.
RUN SCENE * Press P1 to P20 to select 20 steps of 1st chase
SELECT P1--P24 * Press P21-P24 to select 1st 4 steps of 2nd chase

Press [EDIT/RUN] and then corresponding indicate light ON

to enter EDIT situation.
EDIT Chase[??] [??] -- Edit chase number
Step[01] [**] STEP[01] -- Chase step number, modify it with [ -] or [+ ]
[**] -- current step is last step of edit chase. There will no
number if it has data already

EDIT Chase[??] The upper line shows current edit chase number ,
CH[** [***] and the bottom line represents the modified channel
or [***] [***] number and channel data.

EDIT Chase[??] The upper line represents the chase number to be edited,
SPEE [***] and bottom line indicates current modified chase running
or CROS [***] speed or cross time

* Press [RELEASE CHANNELS] under MANUAL mode to get left menu.

* FFFFFFFF A -- Show 1-8 channel status
12345678 * FFFFFFFF B -- Show 9-16 channel status
FFFFFFFF A * FFFFFFFFC -- Show 17-24 channel status
or FFFFFFFF B * O -- current channel under manual mode
or FFFFFFFF C F -- current channel under auto mode
* Press SA/SB/SC to select relative channel and move sliders of it to change status

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Press [EDIT] and [SET X/Y], select scanner by P1-P20 ( Set X/Y for all scanners
Set X-Y if not select scanner by P1-P20), press SA/SB/SC to select relative channel to
X [] Y [] assign to joystick or press [DELETE] to delete previous assignment setting

* Press MANUAL during program running:

[??] -- Display current running Chase / Step
FFFFFFFF A -- Show 1-8 channel status
MANUAL [??] FFFFFFFF B -- Show 9-16 channel statu
FFFFFFFF A FFFFFFFF C -- Show 17-24 channel statuss
or FFFFFFFF B O -- current channel under manual mode
or FFFFFFFF C F -- current channel under auto mode
* Select one scanner or several scanners via P1-P20
* Press SA/SB/SC to select relative channel and move sliders of it to change
status

11 Edit scanner chase

1 Press [BLACK] to turn off correspondent LED indicate light.
2 Press [EDIT/RUN] to turn on relative LED indicate light, and enter the program state.
3 Press any one of the number keys P1-P24 one time, to select edit chase number [ ].
4 Then press numbers (P1-P20 , to select controlled scanner and correspondent LED ON. If
correspondent indicate LED not ON, it means that scanner not be selected and Step 5 will
no effect with it.
5 Move sliders of CH1-8 to change value or press [SB/SC] to change CH9-24 value.
and slide (CH9-CH24) to call out the corresponding scanner effect(Control joystick to
change value If X/Y channel be assigned to joystick).
6 Repeat steps 4, and 5 to program other scanners to get expect effect
7 Move sliders of [SPEED] and [CROSS] set chase running speed and cross time.
8 Press[+ ] to save current chase/step and enter next step editing. Press[ -],can
view last chase or repeat above 4,5,6 and 7 steps to modify it and press[+ ] again to save it).
9 Repeat steps 4 to 8 to edit other chases/chase steps.
10 Press [EDIT/RUN] until relative indicate light off to quit program status and run program.
11 Repeat steps 2 to 10, to edit other chases.

12 Running chases
1 Press[EDIT/RUN] until indicate LED OFF.
2 Press number keys P1-P24 to select chase number and run it; if that chase number has
not been edited, then the corresponding LED will not ON.
3 Move sliders of [SPEED] and [CROSS] chase running speed and cross time. If [SPEED] or
[CROSS] slivers is at bottom AUTO area, then the chase will run as preset speed and cross
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4 Press [CROSS MODE] to change the running mode -- refer to 9. Duplex key instruction.

5 If you want to run program in manual and automatic at the same time, please set as following steps.
1) Press [MANUAL] and [RELEASE CHANNELS] and then LCD display (12345678;
FFFFFFFFA).
2) P ress [SA / SB/SC] to check channel status. If channel show O, move slider of that channel to
release it and change status be F to make sure it under program control. (O -- Channel under
manual control; F -- Channel run as program preset data).
3) P ress [RELEASE CHANNELS] to save change and quit.
4) Press P1-P20 to select scanner to run in both manual and automatic mode -- several scanners
could be selected at the same time.
5) Press SA/SB/SC to select correspondent channel of selected scanner. Then this channel will
under manual control only to active manual and automatic modes at the same time (LCD
display O instead of F)
6 Press [BLACK] can make pause/play current chase -- correspondent LED light ON means pause
and OFF means play as normal.

13 Special scene presentation

In the state of chase running ( i. e., the indicating light of [RUN/EDIT] is OFF), Press
[RUN SCENE], then press any key of P1-P24 to select 20 steps of 1st chase and 1st 4
steps of 2nd chase. Therefore , we suggest to set first 24 steps with special effects.

14 How to set and cancel joystick

Joystick settings:
1) Press [RUN/EDIT] and relative indicate light ON to enter PROGRAM status.
2) Press [SET X/Y] and LCD display (set:X-Y X:[ ] Y:[ ])
3) Press P1-P20 to select scanner. (This step can be skipped if X/Y channel of all scanners is same)
4) Press SA/SB/SC to select correspondent X/Y channel to assign to joystick and then relative
yellow indicate led light ON or Press [DELETE] to cancel wrong setting and set correct channel..
5) Press [SET X/Y] again to save and quit.
Cancel joystick setting:
1) Press [SET X/Y ]
2) Press P1-P20 to select scanner. (This step can be skipped if X/Y channel of all scanners is same)
3) P ress [DELETE] to clear setting and correspondent yellow led light OFF.
4) press [SET X/Y] again to save change and quit.

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15 Dimmer control
Distributed control In the status of non-programming, press SCAN/LIGHT and the
indicating light ON to enter dimmer function; Press SA/SB/SC to select relative dimmer
channel. Move sliders of it to change dimmer.

New features
1.Auto-save last running program when switch off or power off and
continue play last running program while switch ON or power ON again.
2.Play single chase or multi chases in cycle. The indicate led light of
CYCLE/SUP OFF means chase run in cycle.
3, Multi chases (maximum 8 chases) run at the same time. The indicate
led light of CYCLE/SUP ON means multi selected chases run at the
same time.
4, Set different X/Y channel of single scanner.
5, Under auto + manual mix running modes, release single channel or
all channel. Press [MANUAL] and [RELEASE CHANNELS], select
correspondent channel via SA/SB/SC to release it. LCD display will
show status of current channel from O to F. Press [CLEAR] and
release all channels. Then LCD display show status of all channel
from O to F.
Press [RELEASE CHANNELS] again to save and quit.

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