kane
Dedicated elf
Hey All
I'm sure this will come up for someone else in the future, so I thought I'd post some information that may help others out.
As per a post from David_AVD a while back, Ray has some RGB flood lights with an integrated DMX controller/led driver in them - 10w and 30w ones - here are the links. (the 30w ones are huge!). They produce a heap of light and are priced very well.
10w @ 12V: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/10W-RGB-DMX-flood-light-DC12V-input/701799_550394253.html
30w @ 24V: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/30W-RGB-DMX-flood-light-DC24V-input-can-be-controlled-by-dmx-controller-directly/701799_577673325.html
In my case, I had asked Ray to set the DMX channels to certain channels, but for some reason they weren't programmed properly, so eventually he sent me over a "DMX Address writer", which is a model 3031, which you can get from this url.. This might be handy for other people that want to change the pre-programmed start channels.
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/AT3031-DMX-address-writer-for-setting-the-dmx-address-of-AT-series-dmx-decoders-drivers/701799_578769983.html
The problem is, it comes with no instructions, so I had to get Ray to explain how to use it... So just in case someone else buys the above (and perhaps ends up here via google), this is all you need to do:
1. Connect dc power to the flood - most likely pink & black wires
2. Cut the ribbon connector supplied with the programmer, and connect the 3 wires to the right of the programmer to GND, DMX+ and DMX- (there is a label on the back of the programmer). You don't need to connect the SOUT wire. (in my case, I use black 3-core waterproof connectors for my dmx cabling, so I simply connected a connector to the ribbon cable)
3. Put 3 AA batteries in, and turn on the programmer (leave the 4 dip switches at 0). It'll show a couple numbers on the display (1-7-2 I think), and then go to 0.
4. Press the FUNC button until 2 is displayed in the left of the display
5. Use the UP/DOWN keys to select the DMX start channel.. In my case, the buttons weren't very responsive. I needed to hold down the buttons a bit, and sometimes release and try again in order for them to register... You need to choose a number one below your start DMX channel.. So to set the flood to 3,4,5, you need to have 2 selected.
6. Hit the "Action" button, and then hit it again. (so twice) The flood should react to this with a couple colour changes.
7. All done - you can disconnect the flood, and it'll be re-programmed.
The programmer actually then adds 3 to the start channel for you automatically, so if you're programming a group of floods, just leave the device turned on, swap the DMX cable to the next one, and hit "action" twice again, and the next one will be done.
At the very least, this post should be a useful reference for myself, but hopefully it helps someone else out!
Cheers
Kane
I'm sure this will come up for someone else in the future, so I thought I'd post some information that may help others out.
As per a post from David_AVD a while back, Ray has some RGB flood lights with an integrated DMX controller/led driver in them - 10w and 30w ones - here are the links. (the 30w ones are huge!). They produce a heap of light and are priced very well.
10w @ 12V: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/10W-RGB-DMX-flood-light-DC12V-input/701799_550394253.html
30w @ 24V: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/30W-RGB-DMX-flood-light-DC24V-input-can-be-controlled-by-dmx-controller-directly/701799_577673325.html
In my case, I had asked Ray to set the DMX channels to certain channels, but for some reason they weren't programmed properly, so eventually he sent me over a "DMX Address writer", which is a model 3031, which you can get from this url.. This might be handy for other people that want to change the pre-programmed start channels.
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/AT3031-DMX-address-writer-for-setting-the-dmx-address-of-AT-series-dmx-decoders-drivers/701799_578769983.html
The problem is, it comes with no instructions, so I had to get Ray to explain how to use it... So just in case someone else buys the above (and perhaps ends up here via google), this is all you need to do:
1. Connect dc power to the flood - most likely pink & black wires
2. Cut the ribbon connector supplied with the programmer, and connect the 3 wires to the right of the programmer to GND, DMX+ and DMX- (there is a label on the back of the programmer). You don't need to connect the SOUT wire. (in my case, I use black 3-core waterproof connectors for my dmx cabling, so I simply connected a connector to the ribbon cable)
3. Put 3 AA batteries in, and turn on the programmer (leave the 4 dip switches at 0). It'll show a couple numbers on the display (1-7-2 I think), and then go to 0.
4. Press the FUNC button until 2 is displayed in the left of the display
5. Use the UP/DOWN keys to select the DMX start channel.. In my case, the buttons weren't very responsive. I needed to hold down the buttons a bit, and sometimes release and try again in order for them to register... You need to choose a number one below your start DMX channel.. So to set the flood to 3,4,5, you need to have 2 selected.
6. Hit the "Action" button, and then hit it again. (so twice) The flood should react to this with a couple colour changes.
7. All done - you can disconnect the flood, and it'll be re-programmed.
The programmer actually then adds 3 to the start channel for you automatically, so if you're programming a group of floods, just leave the device turned on, swap the DMX cable to the next one, and hit "action" twice again, and the next one will be done.
At the very least, this post should be a useful reference for myself, but hopefully it helps someone else out!
Cheers
Kane