CHROMATEQ CQSA 512 Manuel utilisateur

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Congratulations on your purchase of a CHROMATEQ controller.

Please read this manual carefully and thoroughly before using Chromateq CQSA 512 and CQSA 1024.

The information presented here provides a useful introduction to the wide range of features, settings and functions

available in these compact and versatile devices.

This CQSA 512 and CQSA 1024 Technical Manual is written in English and French.

(Le manuel technique des CQSA 512 et CQSA 1024 est rédigé en anglais et en français.)

All products and software are developed and designed in France.

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Package Contents

1x CQSA 512 or CQSA 1024

1x USB cable

1x software download link

1x This technical manual / quick start guide

Technical Manual & Quick Start Guide

Stand Alone Interface USB

Please note: Check the package contents and the condition of the interface after unpacking! Contact your supplier if

something is missing or damaged. Do not use the device if it seems to be damaged!

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SUMMARY 
SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................................................................................................3 
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................................................................................4 
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................4 
DEVICE FEATURES .........................................................................................................................................................................................4 
SOFTWARE OPTIONS .....................................................................................................................................................................................5 
BUTTONS AND CONNECTIVITY......................................................................................................................................................................5 
Front and Side Panels................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................................................................5 
BUTTON OPERATION AND LED DISPLAY MENU ............................................................................................................................................6 
Mode options.............................................................................................................................................................................................6 
LED Display Menu Key ...............................................................................................................................................................................7 
Clock and calendar Manual setting............................................................................................................................................................ 7 
USB CONNECTION (DRIVERS + CONNECTION)...............................................................................................................................................8 
Multiple USB connections (example system diagram using USB hub).......................................................................................................8 
STAND ALONE CONFIGURATION AND SETTINGS...........................................................................................................................................9 
Save scene in memory...............................................................................................................................................................................9 
Configuration options ................................................................................................................................................................................9 
STAND ALONE OPERATION..........................................................................................................................................................................10 
Reverting to Stand Alone mode................................................................................................................................................................10 
External Power supply and USB ...............................................................................................................................................................10 
Battery charging ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 
Micro SD Card.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 
Choosing Stand Alone modes.................................................................................................................................................................. 11 
TRIGGER CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................................................................................................12 
Buttons....................................................................................................................................................................................................12 
Clock and calendar ..................................................................................................................................................................................13 
Dry contact ..............................................................................................................................................................................................14 
Contact commands..................................................................................................................................................................................14 
RS232......................................................................................................................................................................................................15 
Infrared....................................................................................................................................................................................................15 
Light Sensor ............................................................................................................................................................................................16 
DMX in.....................................................................................................................................................................................................16 
OTHER ADVANCED TRIGGER OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................17 
Scene recovery after power off ................................................................................................................................................................17 
Scene trigger priority ...............................................................................................................................................................................17 
ZONE SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION....................................................................................................................................................... 17 
Editor mode ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 
Standalone Mode.....................................................................................................................................................................................18 
MASTER/SLAVE SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................................................19 
Configuring Master/Slave interfaces .......................................................................................................................................................19 
DMX MERGE CONFIGURATION..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS ..............................................................................................................................................................................21 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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INTRODUCTION

CQSA 512 and 1024 are versatile multifunction lighting control interfaces.

• Suitable for live applications and fixed installations

• Hardware compatibility with Player, Pro and Studio DMX software

• SD card slot provides option to expand memory capacity

• DMX Splitter mode boosts reliability of DMX networks

• Wide choice of triggering methods

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Input

USB 2.0 via Mini USB

Number of DMX Outputs

Up to 512/1024 on 3 pin XLR (XLR5 optional)

DMX Modes (512)

2x512 (Splitter, PC, Stand Alone) or 512 in/out (PC)

DMX Modes (1024)

2x512 ,1024 or 512 in/out (PC + Stand Alone)

Internal Memory

Yes, 4Mb (no SD card required)

Memory Capacity

20000 steps with 16 ch., 6000 steps with 512 ch., 3000 steps with1024 ch.

External Memory

SD card slot (accepts FAT format, Class 6, 8 and 10, up to 256 GB)

Dimensions

H: 38mm(1.49in) / W: 166mm(6.54in) / D: 97mm (3.82in)

Net Weight (interface)

0.2 Kgs (0.44 lbs.)

Gross weight (package)

0.41 Kgs (0.9 lbs.)

Power Input

5V to 24V DC, 0.5A max on DC connectors, 5V, 0.5A via USB

Power / Consumption

0.3 ~ 0.5 W

CPU

32-bit processor

High Voltage Protection

Yes

Housing

Black with 4 mounting slots, ABS Plastic

IP rating

IP40

Operating environment

Indoor

Storage

Keep dry

Operating Temperature

- 25 to +70 C°

Certifications

CE, RoHS

International Warranty

Yes, 5 years

System Compatibility

Windows (7 and +), MAC OS X (10.6 and higher) and Linux (64 Bits, Debian,

Redhat, Archlinux, Raspberry Pi)

DEVICE FEATURES

DMX input (512)

PC only DMX record, DMX trigger

DMX Input (1024)

PC and Stand-Alone mode, DMX record, DMX trigger

Stand Alone Mode (512)

2x512 (splitter), fine DMX channels (16 bits)

Stand Alone Mode (1024)

2x512 (splitter), 1024, 512 in/out, fine DMX channels (16 bits)

Multiple Zone (1024 only)

5 Zones, play up to 5 scenes concurrently

Stand Alone DMX Merging

Yes, merge DMX lines and interfaces to play different Zones together

Real Time Clock - RTC

Time and calendar triggers (minutes, hours, week, days, month)

Trigger buttons

8 buttons with blue LED status display

Menu Buttons

4 buttons (Mode, Confirm, plus, less)

Mode Menu

Scene and Page selection, Speed, Master Dimmer, Custom colours

RJ45 I/O

3x RJ45 connectors for all In/Out pins and connections

Dry Contact Triggers

7 contacts port on 3,3V or 5V

RS232 Triggers

Scene selection, speed, dimmer, zone, blackout

Infra-red Receiver

External IR PCB and IR remote control available (optional)

Infra-red Options

10 scene selection, scene speed, master dimmer and next scene

Light intensity Triggers

External PCB with light sensor available (optional)

Master/Slave

Synchronize and connect up to 32 interfaces together in Stand Alone

Compatibility

8- and 16-bit DMX fixtures

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Mini USB connector and USB

power connector

5 DC Volts only; 0,15-1 A

Micro SD Port

: Confirm selection / Colour Off

RJ 45 connector TRIG

5 Volts out

Power supply 9V-24V

DC input jack

RJ45 connector Input/Output

1: Master/Slave –Clock

2: Master/Slave –Data

3: Lighting Fixture –Data

4: IR Signal via external IR receiver

5: RS232 Tx

6: RS232 Rx

7: 5 Volts out

8: Ground

XLR DMX Signal Connector B

3 Pins. Can be set to Output mode

(splitter for 512 interface or output for

1024) or Input mode (PC for 512, PC

and Stand Alone for 1024).

1: Ground

2: Data -

3: Data +

XLR DMX Signal Connector A

1: Ground

2: Data -

3: Data +

RJ45 connector Input/Output

1: Master/Slave –Clock

2: Master/Slave –Data

3: Lighting Fixture –Data

4: IR Signal via external IR receiver

5: RS232 Tx

6: RS232 Rx

7: 5 Volts out

8: Ground

SOFTWARE OPTIONS

Player Software

512/1024 channels DMX + Stand Alone mode, Live Board mode

Studio DMX 3D viewer

Full Mode

Pro Software

512/1024 channels, normal mode, 30-minute loop of Audio and Video Timeline

Art-Net output from PC

1 or 2 Universes (DMX + ArtNet)

Wi-Light 2 App

Control Player, Pro or Pixel Mapping software over local WiFi network

Free software updates

Yes

BUTTONS AND CONNECTIVITY

Front and Side Panels

Rear Panel

: Mode selection

(Trigger, Page, Colour, Speed,

Dimmer, Zone, Function)

8 Trigger Buttons

1: Scene 1 On/Off

2: Scene 2 On/Off

3: Scene 3 On/Off

4: Scene 4 On/Off

5: Scene 5 On/Off

6: Scene 6 On/Off

7: Scene 7 On/Off

8: Scene 8 On/Off

: Increase values

Display: 7-segment LED display

: Decrease values

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BUTTON OPERATION AND LED DISPLAY MENU

Mode selection button

Press the button to select one of the available modes: Scene triggers (SA), Page (PA), Colour (Co), Speed (SP), Dimmer

mode (dI) or zone selection (Zo).

Confirm Button

When navigating Mode menu, press the button to confirm values or to turn off the current colour selection.

Next/Previous (Up/Down) +/- buttons

Press + or –buttons to navigate the Mode menu

Blue LED buttons

In SA Scene or Page mode, push one of the 8 trigger buttons to play a scene from memory.

Push the button again to stop the scene.

In Colour mode, push a trigger button to select (start) a custom colour. Push again to stop.

Mode options

Scene trigger mode “SA”:Select the desired scene using the + or –buttons, then press Confirm to play the selected scene

(01 to 255). The scene number will flash several times to confirm your selection.

Scene “00” indicates that no scene is playing.

Page Mode “PA”:Select the desired page using the + or –buttons (P0 to P9), then choose an available scene in the

selected page using the 8 trigger buttons. Then the number of the selected scene will be display on the LED display.

Colour mode “Co”:Using the 8 trigger buttons, select one of the 8 custom colours. Or, choose a colour from the colour

wheel using the + or –buttons to select from 00 to 99. Press the Confirm button to turn off the current colour or to recall

the last colour from the colour wheel.

Speed Mode “SP”:Increase or decrease the Speed of the current scene using the + or –buttons.

Values range from -9 to +9.

Dimmer Mode “dI”:Increase or decrease the general intensity (dimmer and/or RGB channels) of scenes and colours with +

or –buttons. Values range from -9 to +9.

Zone Mode “Zo”: Select the zone using the + or –buttons (Zone A ~ E and global Zone), then choose an available scene in

the selected zone using the 8 trigger buttons or pages.

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LED Display Menu Key

The LED Display shows the current scene, zone, page, colour, operating mode, speed, dimmer and firmware update mode.

The displayed values vary according to the selected mode.

The interface is connected to a computer and communicating with the software. In this mode, the

interface is under software control.

Scene trigger mode. In this mode, the LED display shows the current scene number (from 01 to

511). By default, when no scene is playing, all DMX channels are set to 0. “00”indicates Blackout

and the interface sends nulls (0x00) on all DMX channels.

Page mode. There are 10 pages of 8 scene, it is about 80 scenes maximum to be triggered. The

display indicates the page number from P0 to P9. In this mode, use the 8 trigger buttons play the

scenes stored in the selected page.

Colour mode. The display indicates the selected custom colour number (from C1 to C8). Or the

colour value applied from the colour wheel.

Speed mode. Increase or decrease the current scene speed. The display indicates the speed of

the current scene from -9 to 9.

Dimmer mode. Increase or decrease light output of scenes and custom colours. The display

indicates the general intensity from -9 to 9.

Programming memory Mode. Pr is displayed when the interface is writing a show to memory.

Zone mode. After programming the interface memory, Zone A is selected by default. In this mode,

the LED display shows the current Zone: Global, A, B, C, D, E.

Zone A to D display :

Global Zone display :

The display switches between the current zone and the running scene number every 3 seconds.

Use + or –to navigate between zones. Scene buttons may be pressed to instantly trigger scenes

without entering in the zone with the button.

Updating firmware mode. Displayed when a new firmware is being written to memory.

The display will flash during the firmware update. Do not disconnect the interface in this mode.

Year setting in the clock setting mode.

Month setting in the clock setting mode.

Day setting in the clock setting mode.

Hour setting in the clock setting mode.

Minute setting in the clock setting mode.

Confirmation of the new clock setting.

Clock and calendar Manual setting

It is possible to setup the internal interface clock and change or update its date and time manually.

To access the clock mode, hold the ”+”and “-“ buttons for 5 seconds.

"YE" shows the current year setting.

Use the + and - buttons to select the correct year and confirm by pressing the button.

Repeat this procedure to set month (Mo), day (dA), hour (ho) and minutes (Mi).

After confirming the minutes, “CL” will blink to confirm that the new configuration is saved to memory.

The interface clock is now calibrated to your new setting.

This function is useful for setting the interface clock directly on site and without the use of a computer.

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USB CONNECTION (DRIVERS + CONNECTION)

After installing the control software and the USB drivers, use the USB cable to connect the interface to the computer.

Windows drivers installation: Before opening the software for the first time, it is possible to check that the drivers were

properly installed during the software installation:

Go to the device manager and check that this icon is visible under « Universal Serial Bus controllers»:

If there is a warning icon on the DMX512 Stand Alone Device

the drivers will require manual installation.

Mac and Linux drivers are automatically installed. In Mac OS, check the « USB device tree ».

In Linux, use the command « lsusb » to check if the « DMX 512 Stand Alone device » line is visible.

Once connected, start the software and select “USB". All connected interfaces will be detected and displayed in the list.

Uncheck any interfaces that are not needed.

Multiple USB connections (example system diagram using USB hub)

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Save in memory

STAND ALONE CONFIGURATION AND SETTINGS

Save scene in memory

In the Stand-Alone mode of the control software, drag and drop a scene from the open

project’s scene list to the list of scenes to be written to the interface’s memory. Adding

a trigger action (LED Button, Contact, IR remote, DMX In, Repeat Time and Start Time)

will automatically transfer the selected scene into the list of scenes to be written into

the memory.

Click to Save in Memory button and select the desired option (Save in Memory by

default)

Configuration options

IN/OUT Config tab

Change the configuration of the interface’s DMX I/O when using 2 DMX universe devices. Trigger scenes via the DMX

signal from an external DMX controller. Map the software’s DMX universes to the interface outputs in order to optimise

the memory storage capacity of the controller in Stand Alone mode. Manually choose the number of active channels for

each DMX universe.

Clock tab

Displays the time and date of the selected interface from the list. Modify the time and date (minutes, hours, days, months

and years). Synchronize the interface clock using the current computer time and date by selecting the option: Set Current

Date and Time.

Options tab

Turn off the LED display after 4 seconds of inactivity. Select a default scene to play automatically after powering up the

interface (with USB or external power supply). Note: the selected default start scene loses priority if another scene has

the option “restore if power off”.

When the Merge In/Out option is activated, the input from Line B (DMX-B) is analysed and combined with the interface

output A (DMX-A), such that both DMX streams are merged in real time.

Configure the “Select dimmer channels” option to choose Dimmer or RGBW channels separately to be controlled directly by

a dimmer button or dry contacts.

Master / Slave tab

Select the Master/Slave mode when using multiple interfaces in order to synchronize their standalone mode. Refer to each

interface datasheet to understand the possible configurations.

Triggers tab

Select a contact for each action: Dimmer +, Dimmer -, Blackout, Speed +, Speed -, Pause, Scene +, Scene - and Area.

Zone Tab

Displays a summary of the Zone DMX configuration and the associated DMX addresses.

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Save in memory

STAND ALONE OPERATION

Reverting to Stand Alone mode

The interface enters Stand Alone mode within 5 seconds of powering on if no control software connection is detected.

External Power supply and USB

The external power supply is used only for Stand Alone mode. If a USB cable is connected to the interface when operating

in Stand Alone mode, the device will reboot to detect a computer connection. Any scenes playing in Stand Alone mode will

stop when the USB cable is connected.

Battery charging

Before deploying the interface in Stand Alone mode, connect the interface for 1 hour in order to charge the clock battery

and to avoid losing saved configurations.

Micro SD Card

Shows can be saved to a micro-SD card installed in the interface’s SD card slot or connected to the computer. The card

must be CLASS 10, formatted as FAT or FAT 32, with a maximum capacity of 256 GB.

SD Card connected to computer: in Stand Alone mode, click Save to Memory, then

select Save on external SD Card. Save to the root directory of the SD card.

SD Card installed in the interface: select Save on device’s SD Card.

To play the SD show in Stand Alone, insert the card into the interface’s micro-SD slot.

When the card is booted, the display will show "Sd" to indicate that the SD show is

playing.

Note: the show file must be saved to the micro-SD root directory. It will not play if the file is renamed or saved to a folder

or subdirectory.

Notes regarding recommended SD card specifications:

The class of the SD card indicates its read/write speed. Higher class numbers (e.g., class 10) offer faster speed and a

better compatibility.

Class 6 or higher is preferred for optimal system performance. Older SD cards of type class 2 and 4 may not work.

Choose class 10 micro-SD cards for mobile phones.

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