Introduction #
Thank you for purchasing an Electroconcept product.
Please read carefully the following guide before using the DMX_HF_V4_RGBW in OEM version.
Responsability :
Electroconcept can’t be held responsable for any damage caused by a misuse of any kind such as loss of utilizing, consumable destruction (tapes, CDs, LED Strips, etc.) or any other financial loss due to an unappropriate use of our products or any impossibility to use them; so as any wiring mistake during the installation.
Guarantee :
Electroconcept products benefit from a two-years manufacturer guarantee (electronic components only, except consumable ones e.g plastic components). The product must be returned to Electroconcept postage paid. If not, the package will be refused and returned to sender. The product must be returned in its original package. Electroconcept company is in charge of the product restitution.
Are excluded of the guarantee benefits the followings : any damage caused by carelessness, mistake, lack of maintenance of the user (broken, burned, heated, soaked, silted up, etc.); wrong installation or misuse of the user.
All our products are being tested before sending to buyers. Modifications of any kind are at your own risk and out of guarantee benefits.
Technical Specifications #
- Power supply : DC +3.5 a +30 Volts
- Dimensions : 45mm X 22mm X 12 mm (without connector)
- Channel power: 8A per channel or approximately 90W in 12V (360W total)
- APWM output frequency of around 65Khz with 16-bit resolution.
Connection advice #
Connection for Total Intensity < 8 Amps:
Connection for a TOTAL intensity > 8A
The V+ of the LED strips must be connected directly to the power supply
and the V- (GND) must be connected to the connector input AND to the base of the card antenna.
Address and Fixture Settings #
DMX and universe addressing is done with the HF DMX transmitter:
- Make sure that the card to be assigned is electrically switched off.
- Go to the Assignment menu of your transmitter, choose your HF DMX Universe and the DMX address you want for your V4 RGBW card.
- Once the universe and address are selected, stay in this menu and start your device, the LED on the card will flash 6 times quickly confirming that it has received the assignment information and then start flashing slowly looking for a HF DMX signal.
- Only then can you exit the Assignment menu and test your card at the new address.
The choice of the fixture (DMX Mode) is made in the “Expert” mode of the Assignment menu (a transmitter >2.xD is required)
it is possible to choose the “DMX mode” between 0 to 5.
Modes 6 to 8 are reserved for experts to control UNIPOLAR motors.
Mode 0: Output with Gamma correction
Mode 1: Linear Output
Description of DMX channels Mode 0 and Mode 1:
Mode 2: Output with Gamma correction
Mode 3: Linear Output
Description of DMX channels Mode 2 and Mode 3:
Mode 4: 16 Bit Mode
The setting of each output is on 2 channels, the 1st channel for the most significant and the second channel for the least significant.
Description of DMX channels Mode 4:
Mode 5: 1 Channel Mode
The same level is sent to all outputs.
Description of DMX channels Mode 5:
UNIPOLAR Motor Modes (available since October 2020 or with OTA reprogramming)
Mode 6: Continuous Rotation Mode
Channel 1 → speed: 0 to 255 (0 still)
Channel 2 → Direction: <128: clockwise rotation, >128: counterclockwise rotation
Mode 7: Indexed Position Mode
Position mode with: Channel 1 → Position
Mode 8: 1/4 turn Shutter Mode
Channel 1 → ON/OFF: <128: OFF, >128: ON
Expert Mode #
In Expert mode, in addition to choosing the mode, you can add parameters that modify the general behavior of the card.
Param0: Channel 1 Start Level when no HF
Param1: Channel 2 Start Level when no HF
Param2: Channel 3 Start Level when no HF
Param3: Channel 4 Start Level when no HF
Param4: In LED Mode: Smoothing level of color changes. 0 none –> 8 extreme.In Motor Mode: X angle 7.2° (25 for 180° for example or 50 for a full turn with the supplied motor)
Param5: Max speed from 10 to 255: from slow to fast (Motor Mode)
Param6: Max power from 10 to 255 (Motor Mode)
Param7: Standby power from 10 to 255 when the engine is no longer moving (Engine Mode)
Use #
When you power on your device, the card will scan the frequencies to find the transmitter to which it is assigned with a slow flashing of the LED. As soon as this is done, the DMX LED should light up at the rhythm of the DMX frames.
With your lighting console depending on the operating mode (Fixture) and the assigned address you can now control the output levels of the HF V4 RGBW card
