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Author Topic: Christie CP2210 -> weird ILS problem Walter Rabey Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Canada Registered: Nov 2010 posted 06-28-2012 03:06 PM                    I was wondering if anyone has any idea here as to what is causing this, or has ever seen it happen? We have 4 Christie CP2210's for our smaller auditoriums, and 2 out of the 4 constantly loose the defined ILS settings. I will frame and focus both the 1.85 Flat and 2.39 Scope ILS files accordingly and they work perfectly, for awhile. All of a sudden at any random point a few weeks to a month later, I come back in and BAM. Lens shift has moved, focus is out, zoom is out. The other 2 have had this happen but the settings stay proper for much longer. Anyone seen this happen before? All I can say is it's really annoying! And no, no one else is changing the ILS settings, this all happens by itself.  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-28-2012 04:20 PM                     I've had this with Barco, NEC & Christie at one point or another. Less so Christie. Make sure it's up to date in terms of firmware. If it still plays up get a log package off to Christie. The ILS works well generally, but is dependant on those flags and sensors, another classic is the shaft adaptors between the motors and the lens adjusters unscrewing themselves. I tend to put a drop of threadlock on when I install them as I've had this happen a couple of times.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-29-2012 05:06 AM                        Did you do the calibration?  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 06-29-2012 05:09 PM                     Firmware 3.0 fixes the issue with the 2210, it's in the changelog. As a workaround, make sure you select the "quick reset on startup" and every time you power your machine up it will reset the drift. The lens starts to drift after around 6 format changes. Anyway, just upgrade the firmware to 3.0  |  IP: Logged Walter Rabey Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Canada Registered: Nov 2010 posted 06-30-2012 01:51 AM                    quote: Scott Norwood Did you do the calibration? Yes I did. Thanks for the tip on the FW version. The drifting after ~6 format changes seems about right. I will look into this soon and let you know.  |  IP: Logged Walter Rabey Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Canada Registered: Nov 2010 posted 07-08-2012 02:36 AM                    Where is the changelog that you mentioned? I don't see anything on Christie's site regarding solaria firmware upgrades. Did they bury it somewhere or do they expect you to email/call them to get the package?  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 07-08-2012 04:55 AM                     you need to be a Christie partner to access the firmware download. Please contact your service technician to have your projector updated.  |  IP: Logged Walter Rabey Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Canada Registered: Nov 2010 posted 07-08-2012 01:55 PM                    Thanks for the quick response Marco. Everyone here has been a big help, thanks.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-16-2013 11:32 AM                        For the record: I have been dealing with this same exact problem over the last couple of days with one of my projectors (CP2210). We had been running Scope films in this theatre for months, so the format didn't change for a while. This past Thursday we ran a Flat movie in there and the lens was out of whack. Turns out, it lost it's Flat Lens ILS Settings. So I reset them. Friday a Scope movie went back in there -and wouldn't you know it, it now lost it's Scope ILS settings. I spent the morning reseting the Scope ILS Lens settings. Glad I found this post on here... now on to check the firmware...  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-16-2013 02:59 PM                     Currently Christie series 2 projector software is at 3.1.1 (1). Note, this is a "patch" level that builds on the full version 3.1.0 (3). You can go to 3.1.0 (3) from 2.1.1 (12) or later. So you need not step through 3.0.0 (1). 3.1 has Enigma 1.6 on it...which for those without an IMB, is a critical update since Enigma 1.4 can/will go corrupt. I have found that Christie 3.1 stabilizes quite a bit of oddities I had experienced with prior versions. It is a good version to upgrade to.  |  IP: Logged

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