CR150D DMX Cosmic Color Ribbon - Light-O-Rama
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1. CR150D DMX Cosmic Color Ribbon includes Controller amp Power Supply User Manual December 9 2009 V1 3 Copyright Light O Rama Inc 2009 Cover Image Note The cover picture of the ribbon was taken on a bright white background but because of the ribbon s brightness the camera s light sensitivity had to be turned down to the point where the background appears to be black Table of Contents as A 5 Whatsin the BOX ele eienen 6 Hardware Utility Version ooccocccoccconcocionnnos 6 Firmware Version red aer 6 Detailed Ribbon Description oocoocconconionionconoo T Important Considerations cooccoccccncociocncnnconiconnns 8 Hardware Configuration cccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 9 ASSIGNING a UNIDO still 9 Setting the Configuration ooccccccconconncccncccnnn 11 UIE ID MOGO escri arias 12 Channel Mode a c occksravascketeuascketeraseteteraeierewate 12 Standalone Speed aanrennen on 13 RESOLU IO Miri caca 13 SM DSi 13 DMX Mode Oraiiicncnanio aid 15 Software Controlado 16 Resolution Macro amp Color Chamn els 16 Logical ResolutiON ooccooncoccconcoccccnconcccncnnnn 17 COOP EE CUS susu iolcvas s r 18 TWINKlS ul 2 0 Sii tedio 18 Dazzle Effects recia dias dies dute dies eel 19 Macro Mode cccccceeceeececececeeeeeetececeeeaeaeereees 20 Macro Mode 1 Fill from Controller to End 20 Macro Mode 2 Fill from End to Contr2. The CR150D controller has RJ45 network connections You will need the LOR RJ 45 to XLR 3 pin Male connector to connect the controller to a DMX universe It is available from the Web Store on the accessories page http store lightorama com accessories html After the first LOR controller you can use Catde LAN cables to daisy chain additional DMX capable LOR controllers Channels Only Only the RGB channels will appear The number of channels is dependent upon the logical resolution configured The order of the channels is dependent upon the channel sequence mode configured Effects Only Only the macros and color effect channels will appear There will be 16 channels DMX Chan Offset from start address o 6 _ Maroefed Logical resolution 8 12 Color effect 13 Color speed Page 15 CR150D Color brightness See Appendix A for DMX values to functions for these channels Both Channels amp Effects The 16 macro color effect channels will appear followed by the RGB channels Dmx Note For more detailed information on DMX use of LOR controllers see http lightorama com Documents DMX DOC pdf Software Control The CR150D appears in a LOR Network at the address set by the Hardware Utility or it can appear as up to 10 consecutive unit IDs when run in legacy mode see the Unit ID Mode section It is configured in the Sequence Editor as up to 157 channels The first 150 channels are the R G amp
3. resistors and are designed for dry contact closure switches Reset Button Press and hold this button when powering up the controller to reset it After resetting the controller will run a simple pattern on the ribbon Press this button after the controller has booted to activate trigger 3 Ribbon Connector The connector is pushed in with the latch tab up Remember to press this tab to remove the ribbon connector from the controller Page 25 CR150D LOR Network Jacks Two RJ45 jacks used to daisy chain this controller into a LOR network Auxiliary power is available for wireless connectivity or Show Directors 12 VDC Power Input 12 VDC 3 amp power barrel center positive The supplied low voltage adapter provides 12 vdc 3 amps Connecting the CR150D to a PC You will need the following to connect your CR150D controller to a PC e Showtime Windows Software e RS485 Adapter e CAT5e LAN cable e Your CR150D controller e Windows PC running 98 SE 2000 ME XP or Vista The first three items are available in the LOR SPK ST Generic Starter Package www lightorama com Web Store Showtime Products You will have to choose an RS485 adapter type It s best to go with the USB485 if you have no intention of going wireless from your PC to the controller If wireless is desired get the USB485B The following diagram shows how the pieces fit together Page 26 CR150D 1 Your PC running the Showtime Win
4. 120 beam angle 150 50 RGB or 150 50 R 50 G 50 B Plus 7 Macro Effect Channels 36 watts 12 VDC 20 F to 140 F Outdoor UV resistant ribbon and cable 100 240 VAC 0 3 amp 120 VAC 0 15 amp 240 VAC 197 1 L x 9 16 W x 3 16 H 5 L x 2327 W x 1 H 4 2 L x 2 W x 1 H Leave 3 more in L dimension for strain reliefs on cables also power supply dimensions may change Page 43 Light O Rama Inc Tel 518 539 9000 Fax 518 538 0067 info lightorama com
5. DMX Range DMX Offset o os oa a e mes o ee os a eass a es rs a ee eer a eo a e om o o a o Oo as a On ewn o On wes a na eom o Ona mes o s es o 6 6207 aora a a aras a eo ass a Table 4 CO WW UIUI UIUI WW WI WW WI WW UII UIJ Page 39 CR150D Effect Number DMX Range DMX Offset _ a peas a a ea a Oe ss E as o a Oa e a es n a eer er eo a ee ETE a es maz a e ranas a oa EE 7720 a o masas a a on E Ooa me a os es a er a wn a awm a n aras a wo eas 4 Table 5 KR HR HA HR HR AIAI HR HR AIAI RR RY RTE RT RY BRL A NK Page 40 CR150D DMX Values for Chase Effects For chase effects the macro submode channel sets the number of pixels on off in the chase The following table lists the DMX intensity ranges and the corresponding chase format CON Range On Off 130 139 139 EX A Page 41 CR150D DMX Values for Fill Effects Some macro fill effects take a number of pixels in the macro submode channel The following table lists the DMX intensity ranges and the corresponding pixel count ng ge P86 osle EIC ws oaa ws EI Page 42 CR150D Specifications Configuration Control channels Operating temperature Operating environment Power adapter Ribbon dimensions Ribbon to controller cable Controller dimensions Power supply dimensions 150 x 5050 SMD RGB LEDs
6. Unit ID Address Unit ID Address ICA CA efs oss eje wh efas w war wps as Page 33 CR150D DMX Values for Resolution Selection The Resolution channel can be used to change the logical resolution of the ribbon on the fly The following table gives the mapping between DMX intensities and the resolution See the Logical Resolution section for more information cr es Configured Page 34 CR150D DMX Values for Macro amp Color Effects The following five tables show the conversion of a range of DMX intensities to a Macro or Color Effect number In order to use macro and color effects the Hardware Utility must be used to configure the DMX Mode to permit this See the Hardware Configuration section under DMX Mode Macro effects macro modes are selected with the first five DMX channels Color effects color modes are selected with the five DMX channels starting at the ninth DMX channel So if the Unit ID was set to 08 then the controller would appear at DMX address 113 and the macro mode channels would be 113 114 115 116 amp 117 and the color mode channels would be 121 122 123 124 amp 125 To use the following tables lookup the macro color effect number you want E g 56 Table 3 gives the DMX range for this effect number as 196 207 and the offset as 2 Using the example in the previous paragraph to select color effect 56 DMX channel 123 121 offset 2 would be set
7. switchN VC TTT eee le Triac Board Change Existing ID E Old Unit ID Update Unit Select Number New Unit ID Select Number E _ ChangeUnitiD Test Console Configure Standalone Firmware Lights Off Click the CCR Config Screen button and the following window will appear Use this window to set select the startup configuration Remember to Page 11 CR150D click the Update Unit button to send your configuration to the ribbon s controller 7 Light O Rama Hardware v2 4 9 Demo Lo e ex LOR Control LOR MP3 LOR AF Digital IO Boards X10 CM114 Console Help Exit Setup Comm Port Select Unit to Configure Download Test Max Unit ID Auto Configure Found 1 Unit Refresh 01 CCR150 Ver 1 00 5 Change Manual Select Comm 4 X Cosmic Color Ribbon Configuration Unit ID Mode Resolution Set Unit IDs a ara Y e Normal single ID For Units without Selectors CL tible 1D 50 Pixels y Ignore Errors A cl me Lt Channel Mode Strips elect Number y met e Triples RGB AGB Number of end to end st LED C Sequential RRA GGG BBB tee Chan Easting ID o eS me DMX Mode Old Unit 1D ie y Higher faster lower slower Both Macro and RGB Channels y Select Number v New Unit ID Select Number Update Unit Return to Config Screen Brahe ine Test Console Configure Standalone Firmware Lights Off Unit ID Mode Normal means one unit ID for all 157 channels Legacy means
8. up to ten sequential unit IDs depending upon the configured logical resolution E g If the resolution is set to 16 in legacy mode then the ribbon will need 48 channels or 3 consecutive unit IDs Channel Mode Channel Sequence is the order in which the pixel channels appear in the Sequence Editor The number of channels depends upon the configured resolution Triples means the channels will appear as R channel 1 G channel 2 B channel 3 for the first Page 12 CR150D pixel the pixel nearest the controller then R 4 G 5 B 6 for the next pixel etc Sequential means that all the Rs channel 1 2 3 will come first then all the Gs and finally all the Bs Standalone Speed sets the speed at which a standalone sequence runs 8 is normal speed meaning 1 10 second in the sequence 1 10 real second Use this parameter to adjust the speed of internally stored sequences Resolution Logical resolution is the number of pixels that the ribbon appears as in the Sequence Editor This must be set to 50 if you intend to use the Resolution Macro amp Color Effect channels You can always change the logical resolution on the fly using the Resolution channel The Ribbon has 50 physical pixels but to make programming less tedious it can be set to a lower logical resolution This means that adjacent physical pixels will be merged E g If the ribbon is set to a logical resolution of 5 pixels then 10
9. 2 Twinkle green 3 Twinkle blue Page 18 CR150D 4 Twinkle red green 9 Twinkle red blue 6 Twinkle green blue 7 Twinkle white 8 Twinkle random red green blue 9 Twinkle random 2 million colors Dazzle Effects 10 Dazzle red 11 Dazzle green 12 Dazzle blue 13 Dazzle red green 14 Dazzle red blue 15 Dazzle green blue 16 Dazzle white 17 Dazzle random red green blue 18 Dazzle random 2 million color Dazzle varies the intensity in a small range and can randomly select colors It is like twinkle but with no off Sort of like a color shimmer Channel 156 controls the speed of the color effect Channel 157 controls the overall intensity of the color effect Note that you can use the resolution channel to set the size of the segment of the ribbon that changes simultaneously during a color effect If the resolution is set to 50 then each physical pixel changes independently If your audience is far from the ribbon you may want to lower the resolution of the ribbon so that one or more adjacent physical pixels change together to make the effect more noticeable Page 19 CR150D Macro Mode Channel 152 selects a Macro Effect that can be placed on top of the RGB channels or Color Effect For most macro effects setting the Macro Mode channel 152 to a legal Macro Effect intensity will cause the ribbon to go dark un
10. B channels for the 50 physical pixels These channels can be combined into Sequence Editor RGB channels cutting the 150 to 50 See Detailed Ribbon Description section Resolution Macro amp Color Channels Because of the large number of controllable elements the CR150D introduces some new Page 16 CR150D concepts designed to dramatically simplify programming the ribbon Channel 151 Current logical resolution Channel 152 Macro mode Channel 153 Macro submode Channel 154 Macro effect control Channel 155 Color effect mode Channel 156 Color speed Channel 157 Color intensity Note well the macro and color effects implemented are a first cut for the initial offering There is lots of code space free in the controller to implement more effects and we will entertain requests not involving E mc Logical Resolution This channel allows the logical resolution of the ribbon to be changed on the fly The logical resolution is the number of pixels the ribbon appears as in the Sequence Editor The ribbon has a physical resolution of 50 pixels This means the ribbon can appear as up to150 regular channels or 50 RGB channels If the resolution channel is set to one of the following intensities adjacent physical pixels may be combined to reduce the channel count 1 2 5 10 16 17 25 amp 50 Any other value will select the resolution configured with the Hardware Utility When set to 1 a s
11. adjacent physical pixels will respond as one the ribbon will appear to be 5 segments Strips Sets the number of end to end connected ribbons Data bandwidth restrictions force the following restriction 128 intensities Page 13 CR150D 64 intensities 32 intensities Notes 1 Even though the ribbon supports fewer intensities as ribbons are connected end to end you still use the full range of LOR intensities when programming 2 The controller supports a maximum of 50 physical pixels As ribbons are added end to end adjacent pixels are combined to limit the number of pixels to 50 E g for two ribbons a physical pixel becomes 6 adjacent RGB LEDs 3 A 3 amp 12 vdc power supply is required for each 197 section of ribbon This is because the linear circuit board has too much voltage drop to pass the necessary current to successive ribbons Without these auxiliary power supplies the LEDs further out become dim and or the ribbon may be damaged 4 Although the controller supports end to end ribbons they will not be sold initially due to weatherproofing considerations When we find a way to do this reasonably extension ribbons and power supplies will be offered to use with your original ribbon 5 The theoretical limit on the number of end to end connected ribbons is 20 have only tried it with three and they work fine Page 14 CR150D DMX Mode Selects how the ribbon will appear ina DMX universe
12. d as sequence 1 You also use this screen to remove downloaded standalone sequences Note that all downloaded Page 29 CR150D sequences are removed You can also remove standalone sequences by turning the controller off and holding the reset button when powering it up Updating the CR150D Firmware You must have e Hardware Utility version 2 3 6 or later see the section Hardware Utility Version e The CR150D powered and connected to the PC via one of the RS485 adapters Do not use wireless Get the latest firmware www lightorama com gt Support Using the Hardware Documentation and Firmware section Click the Firmware button in the CR150D line and run the firmware installer program which will install the firmware file on your PC Note the name of the firmware Ihx file The normal location of firmware files is C Program Files Light O Rama Firmware Start the LightORama Control Panel if it is not running by clicking start gt All Programs gt LightORama gt Light O Rama Control Panel The Light O Rama light bulb icon will appear in the system tray on the lower right of your screen Start the Hardware Utility by right clicking the Light O Rama Control Panel light bulb and selecting Hardware Utility from the menu You can click the Refresh button to search for connected controllers Click the Firmware button in the LOR Control tab and you will see this window Page 30 CR150D Y Light O Rama Hardwa
13. d to daisy chain the ribbon into your network is a Catde cable This manual is also available at www lightorama com gt Support gt CR150D User s Manual Hardware Utility Version The version of the Hardware Utility appears in the title bar to the right of Light O Rama Hardware If the version number is less than 2 4 9 then you need a new Hardware Utility Download the latest version of the Showtime software from this location http store lightorama com software1 html This is a full ShowTime Software download that includes the latest Hardware Utility Firmware Version This document reflects CR150D firmware version 1 04 The firmware version is determined by using the Refresh button in the Hardware Utility Page 6 CR150D CR150D Cut Point the ribbon can be cut at these points Detailed Ribbon Description but doing so voids the ribbon portion of the warranty The ribbon is 197 long 1 The LEDs start about Ys from the ends There are 150 surface mount RGB 5mm x 6mm LEDs The LEDs have a 120 Important Considerations beam angle The cable from the end of the ribbon The ribbon s controller and power supply are not to the controller is 6 The cable terminates in a plug weather resistant and must be housed in a that fits into the controller weatherproof box if placed outside Water damage to controller or the power supply is not covered by There are 50 integrated circuits evenly spaced the
14. dows software 2 Your PC speakers to play the music 3 RS485 Adapter to convert short distance USB to long distance RS485 4 CAT5e LAN cable 5 CR150D controller lf your USB adapter has more than one jack you can use either You can use either jack on the CR150D Connecting to a Show Director You will need the following to connect your CR150D controller to a Show Director e LOR1602MP3 Show in a Box controller has an internal DC MP3 Show Director mDM MP3 Show Director or DC MP3 Show Director e CAT5e LAN cable e Your CR150D controller You can use either of the larger jacks on the show director and either jack on the CR150D Page 2 CR150D The cable connecting a show director to the controller should be 50 or less in length Longer cables may result in a voltage drop causing erratic operation of the show director This 50 limitation does not apply to the Show Director internal to the LOR1602MP3 It gets its power for the co housed controller Connecting to another Controller You can go from either large jack on one controller to either large jack on the other controller How to Connect Input Switches The following diagram shows how to connect a couple of push button momentary contact switches to the Y stereo jack for input triggers SW 1 is a normally open NO switch meaning it completes the circuit when pressed SW2 is a normally closed NC switch that breaks the circuit when
15. e ties only enough to keep the ribbon RGB LED one of the three RGB LEDs that make from moving Do not distort the rectangular silicone up one physical pixel tube too much Integrated Circuit The IC that controls these three RGB LEDs Page Page 8 CR150D The ribbon and cable to the controller are UV resistant and designed for outdoor use You can cut the ribbon at it cut points You will have to solder a four wire 22 gauge or large cable between the cut pieces You will have to reseal the cut points with clear silicone seal Note also that LOR can not warranty a ribbon that has been cut LOR does stock ribbon sections that can be purchased should you damage your ribbon when cutting it or by accidentally standing on it etc Hardware Configuration Assigning a Unit ID If you have not installed the Light O Rama Windows Showtime Software do it now You will also need one of the RS485 adapters installed See the Connecting the CR150D to a PC section for more information Plug the CR150D s power adapter into AC power and connect the power adapter to the DC power barrel on the CR150D The Status LED will blink about twice second This means that the controller has booted and is waiting for the PC to talk to it Use a Cate LAN cable to connect your RS485 adapter to the CR150D Start the Hardware Utility click start gt All Programs gt LightORama gt Light O Rama Control Panel There will be a light b
16. ection use the Old Unit ID drop down menu to select Any Unit then click OK in the warning box for changing all unit IDs there should only be one unit attached 2 Use the New Unit ID drop down menu to select 01 or whatever Unit ID you want Page 10 CR150D 3 Click the Change Unit ID button to set your CR150D unit ID You will see a Unit ID Changed box click OK Setting the Configuration The Hardware Utility is used to set the power up configuration of the ribbon s controller Of the parameters configured below only the Logical Resolution can be changed in sequences All other parameters are set by and can only be changed by the Hardware Utility The Cosmic Color Ribbon is configured via a sub screen reachable from the LOR Control tab First click the LOR Control tab then click the Configure button at the bottom of the window and then you will see the window below Light O Rama Hardware v2 4 9 Demo Lo O LOR Control LOR MP3 LOR RF Digital 1O Boards X10 CM11A Console _ Help Ex Select Unit to Configure Download Test Max Unit ID Found 1 Unit Refresh DERE ae L 05 Change General Configuration Intensity Range Input Channels a y Maximum Set Unit IDs 4 100 SN 3 MAEA DnE For Units without Selectors 0 y Minimum SwitchN O WVMVVV VV VV Ignore Errors Switch N C FUE ITA da Ad 9 10111213141516 E MC P Port Selector Switch N O M Iv M lv lv lv lv lv Set Unit ID 2 A B
17. el resolution in blue Page 23 CR150D Caveats Remember that the order in which the software sends LOR commands to controllers in a centisecond is not predictable This means that you should NOT set any upper channel commands channels 151 157 in the same centisecond as you are changing the RGB channels This can cause confusing results Likewise it is always better to configure a Macro Effect at least one centisecond 1 100 sec before activating any underlying RGB or Color Effect This guarantees no flash of the LEDs that might occur because the macro effect command has not yet been received but the RGB Color effect has Hardware Description The Ribbon Connector is on the lower left side and the LOR Network connectors are on the right side Aux LED Currently indicates approximate microprocessor busy Page 24 CR150D Status LED e Blinks twice per second if the CR150D has booted correctly e Solid on if the CR150D sees a network director either a PC or Show Director e Blinks one long on and a short off repeatedly if in the bootloader This means that the firmware is not loaded or corrupted See the Updating the CR150D Firmware section to load firmware e Flashing rapidly indicates resetting because you are holding the reset button during power up Triggers A Y stereo jack where the shield is the common the tip is trigger 1 and the center band is trigger 2 The triggers are pulled to 5vdc with 10KQ
18. fade the Macro Effect channel 154 from O to 99 the pixels will come on from the center of the ribbon to ends Macro submode is not used Macro Mode 5 Chase away from Controller The Macro submode channel 153 sets the number of pixels on and off in the chase E g an intensity of 42 means 4 pixels on and 2 pixels off The Macro effect channel 154 controls the speed of the chase Macro Mode 6 Chase towards Controller The Macro submode channel 153 sets the number of pixels on and off in the chase E g an intensity of 16 means 1 pixel on and 6 pixels off The Macro effect channel 154 controls the speed of the chase Page 21 CR150D Macro Mode 7 Double Arch Fill Away Double arch fill from controller and center of ribbon towards the far end of the ribbon Submode and effect channel used as with macro mode 1 Macro Mode 8 Double Arch Fill Towards Double arch fill from far end and center of ribbon towards the controller Submode and effect channel used as with macro mode 2 Macro Mode 9 Beat Chase Away The Macro submode channel 153 sets the number of pixels on and off in the chase E g an intensity of 42 means 4 pixels on and 2 pixels off Each time the intensity changes on the Macro effect channel 154 the chase steps one pixel away from the controller Macro Mode 10 Beat Chase Towards The Macro submode channel 153 sets the number of pixels on and off in the chase E g an in
19. ingle RGB channel or 3 normal channels will set the color intensity of the entire ribbon When set to 5 five RGB channels or 15 Page 1 CR150D normal channels will set the color intensity of the 5 equal segments of the ribbon Note that resolutions 16 amp 17 do not divide evenly into 50 pixels In the case of 16 the logical pixels at the ends of the ribbon have one more physical pixel than the center logical pixels In the case of 17 the center logical pixel has one fewer physical pixels than all the others In Triples mode channel numbering only as many RGB triples as are necessary to address the current resolution are used l e the first five sets of RGB channels if the logical resolution is set to 5 In Sequential mode the number of channels used causes the points where the G and B channels start to move l e the first G channel will be 51 if the logical resolution is 50 The first G channel will be 6 if the logical resolution is 5 This was done for legacy support and DMX Color Effects There are two ways to manipulate the colors and or intensities of the logical pixels The most familiar way is to set or fade the RGB channels This permits great control but can be tedious The second way is to use a Color Effect When using a color effect the RGB channels should be off Setting the intensity of channel 155 to one of the following values selects the color effect Twinkle Effects 1 Twinkle red
20. oller 20 Macro Mode 3 Fill from Ends to Center 21 Macro Mode 4 Fill from Center to Ends 21 Macro Mode 5 Chase away from Controller 21 Macro Mode 6 Chase towards Controller 21 Macro Mode 7 Double Arch Fill Away 22 Macro Mode 8 Double Arch Fill Towards 22 Macro Mode 9 Beat Chase Away 22 Macro Mode 10 Beat Chase Towards 22 Example Color Effect with Macro Effect 22 Example Leaping Arch in Blue occoccoo 23 AA OO E 24 Hardware Description occoccoccoccccnccnconionionnnn 24 A Deseo eae staee ee ceateaeteaniantnaticeeeaciaatiesniee 24 Salus EL eraren EEEE 25 A A 20 Reset BUON scada 20 RIDDONEC ONMECION murino 25 LOR Network Jacks acinus 26 12 VDG POWER INDUC crasas 26 Connecting the CR150D to a PC 26 Connecting to a Show Director ooccoccoo 27 Connecting to another Controller 28 How to Connect Input Switches 28 Stand Alone Operation ooccocccoccoccconconcconiocncannns 29 Updating the CR150D Firmware coccccccccncocconnc o 30 PDDCNGIK A as 33 LOR Unit ID to DMX Address Table 33 DMX Values for Resolution Selection 34 DMX Values for Macro Color Effects 35 DMX Values for Chase Effects oo oo 41 DMX Values for Fill Effects
21. oocoocconcoooo 42 S 0121611 675 ion Soriana 43 CR150D Introduction The Light O Rama LOR Cosmic Color Ribbon is a flexible ribbon that includes a controller and low voltage power supply It understands and automatically detects both LOR and DMX protocols The ribbon has 150 super bright RGB LEDs spaced evenly along one side of a 197 flexible circuit board The flexible circuit board is made weatherproof by sealing it in a rectangular UV resistant silicone tube The CR150D controller is enclosed in an aluminum box The separate 12 VDC power supply is universal voltage capable These two components must be housed in a weatherproof box for outside use The controller is daisy chained using Cat5e cables into a LOR network like any other LOR controller The CR150D has an accessory power supply allowing it to be used with wireless units and or one of the LOR Show Directors The Windows Showtime software is used to design and build Sequences controller commands that may be choreographed to audio music These user created sequences and or pre programmed musical sequences available from LOR and other companies are then arranged into Shows These shows are played by your PC or one of the LOR Show Directors Page 5 CR150D What s in the Box e 16 4 weatherproof color ribbon e 157 channel controller in aluminum box e Universal voltage power adapter e Ten plastic mounting clips e User manual The only item neede
22. pressed NO NC are configured via the Hardware Utility in the CCR tab Most motion sensors have NC switches because they are designed to be used with alarm systems Page 28 CR150D Stand Alone Operation A stand alone animation sequence sequence with no accompanying audio can be downloaded into the flash memory of the CR150D controller Stand alone memory is external to the microprocessor and does not use any of its code space Stand alone sequence storage can hold approximately 10 000 commands These commands can also be for controllers other than this controller so this controller can direct a network of controllers There are no restrictions on the types of LOR controllers in this network The sequence is designed and tested using the Showtime Software Sequence Editor When you are happy with the sequence save it and stop the Sequence Editor Start the Hardware Utility and click the Refresh button to find the CR150D Use the drop down menu next to the Refresh button to select the controller Click the Standalone button at the bottom of the window Select one of Run when power is on Input norm open switch or Input norm closed switch Click the Send Trigger info to Unit button Finally Use the Open button to browse to your sequence and click the Download button If the last character in the sequence file name is a number between 1 and 8 the sequence is loaded a sequence n otherwise it is loade
23. re v2 3 6 Advanced LOR Control LOR MP3 LOR RF Digital IO Boards X10 CM114 Setup Comm Port Select Unit to Configure Download Test Max Unit ID Auto Configure Found 1 Unit Refresh 01 CR150D Yer 1 00 05 Change Manual Select Firmware i 3 v l Caution Updating firmware should be undertaken when absolutely z necessary Carefully follow directions and make every attempt not to Set Unit IDs interrupt the download of firmware For Units without Selectors Step1 Select Unit Status E ID Selected unit listed above C MP3 Player CR150D Y Light O Rama Hardware v2 3 6 Advanced LOR Control LOR MP3 LOR RF Digital IO Boards X10 CM114 Setup Comm Port Auto Configure Manual Select Firmware Caution Updating firmware should be undertaken when absolutely Comm 3 necessary Carefully follow directions and make every attempt not to Set Unit IDs interrupt the download of firmware vela aid M Step Select Unit Status 7 C MP3 Player r Set Now Unit ID C Only one unitis connected Wireless Unit Select Number v Set Unit ID Only one unit is connected C Wireless Unit Step 2 Select firmware file Selected file Open Activity Select Number v Set Unit ID Step 2 Select firmware file Selected file CR150D_W1 00 Ihx Open Activity Change Existing ID REIS Step 3 Press Download But
24. tensity of 16 means 1 pixel on and 6 pixels off Each time the intensity changes on the Macro effect channel 154 the chase steps one pixel towards from the controller Example Color Effect with Macro Effect In this example we will create a vividly colored chase in full 50 pixel resolution by setting the intensity on only 7 channels 1 Leave all RGB Channels off Page 22 CR150D 2 Set the Resolution Channel 151 to intensity 50 full resolution for the color effect 3 Set the Color Effect Channel 155 to intensity 17 Dazzle in 7 color mode 4 Set the Color Effect Speed Channel 156 to intensity 90 5 Set the Color Effect Intensity Channel 157 to 100 6 Set the Macro Effect Mode Channel 152 to intensity 5 chase away from controller 7 Set the Macro Submode Channel 153 to intensity 44 four pixels on four pixels off 8 Set the Macro Effect Channel 154 to intensity 85 the speed of the chase Example Leaping Arch in Blue In this example we will cause an arch to leap from the controller to the far end filling the arch in blue 1 Set the Resolution Channel 151 to intensity 1 entire ribbon controlled by one RGB channel 2 Set the Macro Channel 152 to 1 arch leaps from controller to far end of ribbon 3 Set the B channel 3 to 100 entire ribbon is blue 4 Fade the Macro Effect channel 154 from O to 99 the ribbon fills from the controller end at full 50 pix
25. til you set the intensity of or fade the Macro Effect channel 154 Macro effects always run at the full 50 physical pixel resolution of the ribbon regardless of the current logical resolution setting Logical resolution only affects the RGB or Color Effect channels The Macro Effect channel responds to intensities up to 99 and fades to 99 There is a discontinuity between 99 and 100 so to obtain smooth effects do not go above 99 Macro Mode 1 Fill from Controller to End As you fade the Macro Effect channel 154 from O to 99 the pixels will come on from the controller end of the ribbon to the far end Setting the Macro Submode channel 153 to an intensity between 1 and 49 will move a segment of that many physical pixels from the controller to the far end as you fade the macro effect channel Macro Mode 2 Fill from End to Controller As you fade the Macro Effect channel 154 from 0 to 99 the pixels will come on from the far end of the ribbon to the controller end Macro submode is not used Page 20 CR150D Macro Mode 3 Fill from Ends to Center As you fade the Macro Effect channel 154 from 0 to 99 the pixels will come on from ends of the ribbon to the center Setting the Macro Submode channel 153 to an intensity between 1 and 24 will move a segment of that many physical pixels from the ends to the center as you fade the macro effect channel Macro Mode 4 Fill from Center to Ends As you
26. to 196 207 To select macro effect 5 a chase Table 1 gives the DMX range for this effect as 64 75 and the offset as 0 Using the 08 Unit ID that resulted in a DMX base address of 113 this effect would be selected by setting DMX channel 113 113 offset 0 to 64 75 Note Well If any DMX color effect channel is non zero the RGB channels are disabled If you set the color effect to an unimplemented effect number the ribbon will be dark Page 35 CR150D Effect Number DMX Range DMX Offset o poes 0 1 O CS 2 as 0 AC 8263 O 675 O 7687 O eso 0 100111 CS 112123 0 124135 0 136147 O 148159 0 160171 0 172183 0 184195 0 196 207 0 208 219 0 220231 0 232243 0 244255 0 Table 1 Page 36 CR150D Effect Number DMX Range DMX Offset o peas 4 a a a a2 ss n a os a a e CI s ean CS s eer Oxx ea a om a as mas a a es a a e a a ws a a on a Oa me a as es a er a a wn a a awm a s aras a Oo ms 1 Table 2 A mob o ab A SS mob Se oh I mob mob mub mob Ma Page 37 CR150D Effect Number DMX Range DMX Offset o peas 2 a tear Oa ee ost aua er 2 ars Os eer Oan e a e ETICO e Os ra o o s a a en a a e 2 s on a Oa me a s es a s er 2 n 2 am a s aras a o s 2 Table 3 NININININININININININININININI ININININ N Page 38 CR150D Effect Number
27. ton Select Number y Update progress ee New Unit ID et AS Select Number v Change Unit ID Test Console Configure Standalone Fi Lights ort In Step 1 Select Unit Choose Selected unit listed above or Only one unit is connected as appropriate In Step 2 Select firmware file click the Open button Use the Open file box to select the firmware file This is the Ihx file you saved in the Firmware folder Click the Open button The window will look like this Page 31 Change Existing ID Old Unit ID Step 3 Press Download Button Select Number x Update progress Dowriced New Unit ID YE tee Select Number v Change Unit ID Test Console Configure Standalone Fimware Lights ort In Step 3 Press Download Button click the Download button the firmware download will start automatically The Update progress bar will fill from left to right When the new firmware is loaded the Status will change to Successful and the CR150D will reboot Page 32 CR150D Appendix A LOR Unit ID to DMX Address Table The Hardware Utility is used to set the Unit ID of the controller See the section Assigning a Unit ID for more information The controller must be set to one of the LOR Unit IDs listed in the following table to recognize DMX protocol E g setting the LOR Unit ID to 06 will result in the first DMX address for the controller being 81
28. ulb with a blue halo on the right side of the task bar at the bottom of the screen Right click the light bulb and select Hardware Utility from the menu Make sure the Page 9 CR150D LOR Control tab is selected You will see the window shown on the next page Y Light O Rama Hardware v2 3 6 Advanced Setup Comm Port Select Unit to Configure Download Test Max Unit ID Auto Configure Refresh Select Unit 05 Change Manual Select Test Unit s Operation Test Test Outputs test lights Comm 3 v Lal Mode Test Inputs for interactive Select Circuits to Test Set Unit IDs es sg 8 8 8 8 o E a For Units without Selectors B MS 8 Bono Bem fee Ignore Errors Chase Sequence Set New Unit ID Fast _ Slow s Select Number X Settings Set Unit ID i Start c 0 Ch Existing ID ie Intensity ange Existing co Old Unit ID h End Intensity Select Number v 0 Fade fi e i sec F Duration i F M Max New Unit ID Select Number v Change Unit ID Test Console Configure Standalone Firmware Lights Oft Click the Auto Configure button in the Setup Comm Port section The Hardware Utility will search for the COM port that your RS485 adapter is plugged into and select it in When assigning a unit ID only one controller may be plugged into the RS485 adapter on the PC Be sure you do not have more than one controller connected Steps to set change unit ID 1 In the Change Existing ID s
29. warranty along the ribbon Each of these Cs can be controlled independently Each IC has three of the The ribbon is a flexible circuit board with surface RGB LEDs connected to it The combination of one mount components on it Do not crush or bend it IC and three RGB LEDs is one physical pixel All sharply three RGB LEDs are driven in parallel by their IC Thenbboncanibe made oconnori io Cosmic Color Ribbon Section 4 of the 50 Physical Pixels Shown diameter arc in the plane of the ribbon as Opposed bending it in its long dimension When bending the ele e ele e a a s ribbon in its plane there will be minor buckling and Pg be ey ae ere ee ee nee this is ok Do not attempt to flatten the ribbon One Physical Pixel One Physical Pixel One Physical Pixel One Physical Pixel com pletely The ribbon can be wrapped around a 3 diameter Each IC has one red one green and one blue channel The following is a picture of one physical pole pixel on the ribbon Do not pull on or stretch the ribbon The ribbon is One Physical Pixel approximately 4 not meant to be continuously flexed It should be RGB LED RGB LED RGB LED mounted and then left alone When tying the ribbon to a structure such as an arch put the cable ties or clips at the cut points see the Detailed Ribbon Description section There E a o Il m ntegrated Circuit Controller are no electronic components at these points Cut Point Tighten cabl
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