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Elation Fuze Wash Z350 troubleshooting
The Elation Fuze Wash Z350 problems live-event techs bring to Ask Roadie most. Pick your symptom, or describe your own in plain words, and get the likeliest fix first, with the manual page when there is one.
Common Fuze Wash Z350 errors & problems
What techs run into most, and what's usually behind it. The step-by-step fix for your exact unit is in Ask Roadie.
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No light output / LEDs stay dark although pan, tilt and zoom work normally
Likely cause: Pan/tilt/zoom run off the motor control board while the COB is driven by a separate LED driver, so movement working while output is dead isolates the fault to the dimmer chain, LED driver, or main PCB rather than the motors.
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Fixture behaves erratically on a grandMA / newer console
Likely cause: RDM discovery traffic on the data line upsets older fixture firmware; disabling RDM removes the conflicting traffic.
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Fixture freezes / gets stuck on and in place under heavy strobe (grandMA / touring console)
Likely cause: The strobe controller hangs; only removing mains power via the breaker clears the lockup.
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Full specs / weight / power / output for the Fuze Wash Z350
Likely cause: Baseline numbers for pull sheets, power/distro planning, and truck weight.
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How do I update firmware on the Fuze Wash Z350?
Likely cause: Many Z350 bugs (strobe freeze, console-speed handling) are fixed in later firmware, so updating is the first real fix for erratic behavior.
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Visible LED flicker on camera / on video
Likely cause: Camera shutter beating against the PWM refresh causes banding; raising refresh above shutter and picking a smoother dimming curve removes it.
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DMX channel modes / how many channels
Likely cause: Wrong personality = mismatched control (color on wrong faders, no zoom).
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What connectors / how do I daisy-chain data and power?
Likely cause: Both DMX pin standards on board and powerCON pass-through allow clean daisy-chaining without adapters.
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