User manual JBSYSTEMS LIGHT LED PANEL V 1.5

[. . . ] Dimming electronics Different working modes: Completely standalone: automatic or beat synchronized color changes (optional CA-8 controller possible) Master/slave mode: up to 16 units can be used together for wonderful preprogrammed, music synchronized lightshows. (optional CA-8 controller possible) DMX-controlled (4channels: R , G , B + Dimmer/strobe) by any standard DMX-controller. Innovative and extremely quick DMX addressing: Very easy DMX addressing of individual units using any standard DMX-controller Extremely fast DMX addressing of several units at once (automatic address calculation) Can be easily fixed on any flat surface: walls and ceilings are perfect locations. To protect the environment, please try to recycle the packing material as much as possible. [. . . ] refer to section "C" of the operating instructions to learn how to do this. Electrical installation for two or more units in master/slave: Connect 2 to maximum 16 units together using good quality balanced microphone cables (like for example JB Systems ref. The unit that has no cable connected to its DMX-input will react as "master", the others are the slave units. Remark: You can connect a CA-8 remote controller to the master unit if you want to have more control over the master/slave operation. You can also connect the LEDCON 01 remote controller, in this case all units will respond equally (all units have the same color) Electrical installation for two or more units in DMX-mode: 230V Mains input with male IEC cable connector 230V Mains output with female IEC cable connector DMX input with male XLR cable connector DMX input with female XLR cable connector CA-8 controller input Internal microphone "Auto DMX-address" button 4 fixing holes Plastic screws used to fix the front cover on the base The DMX-protocol is a widely used high speed signal to control intelligent light equipment. You need to "daisy chain" your DMX controller and all the connected units with a good quality balanced cable (ex. To prevent strange behavior of the light effects, due to interferences, you must use a 90 to 120 terminator at the end of the chain. Each LED panel in the chain needs to have its proper starting address so it knows which commands from the controller it has to decode. How to set the DMX addresses: There are 2 ways to set the DMX-address of the units. If you use setting options A or B you MUST set ALL DIP-switches to OFF position!Setting individual DMX-addresses per projector: Make sure the DMX cables of all units are connected. Set the DMX-channel, that you want to assign as DMXstart address on you projector, tot maximum (value 255) Press the "Auto DMX address" button (7) on the projector shortly. If you want to set another projector to the same DMXstart address, simply press it's "Auto DMX address" button (7) and it will receive the same address. An example to make things clear: We will set the DMX start address of a projector to 106: Connect the projector to the DMX-controller as described above and make sure all is switched on. Automatic DMX-addressing, starting from any given start address: To save a lot of time (imagine the time it takes to set the DIP switches of 16 units. ) you can set the DMX addresses of all units in the DMX-chain just by the push of a button. No need to calculate the starting address of each individual unit, this will be done for you!Set the DMX-channel, that you want to assign as DMX-start address on you projector, tot maximum (value 255) Press the "Auto DMX address" button (7) on the first projector in the chain for about 5seconds. The first projector in the chain will receive the DMX-start address you chose and it will automatically calculate and program the DMX addresses of all the other units in the DMX-chain!An example to make things clear: We want to set the DMX-addresses of 16 units, the DMX start address of the first projector must be 202: Connect all projectors to the DMX-controller as described above and make sure all are switched on. Set all DMX-channels on the controller to zero (000) Now set DMX-channel 202 to maximum (255) Press the "Auto DMX address" button (7) on the first projector in the chain for about 5seconds. The first projector in the chain will receive DMX-start address 202 and it will automatically calculate and program the DMX addresses of all the other units in the DMX-chain! [. . . ] Check the drawing on the right to learn how you must connect the cables of the panels. Of course in DMX mode you can choose any configuration and number of panels you like, this is just an example!At the end you must block all panels so they can't be easily taken off. You can do this in many ways but the easiest is to put a wooden shelf on top of the top row so you can't move the panels up anymore. [. . . ]