Applications; Mounting And Connection; Operation Without Dmx Controller - IMG STAGELINE CPL-3DMX Mode D'emploi

3 Applications

The unit CPL-3DMX is used to control LEDs or LED
chains requiring an operating voltage between 12 V⎓
and 24 V⎓ . The consumption of the LEDs connected
must not exceed 1 .5 A per channel (R, G, B) . The fol-
lowing items from the product range of IMG STAGE
LINE can be operated with the CPL-3DMX, e . g .
Chains with RGB LEDs
(emission of red, green and blue by one LED respectively,
allowing any combination colour)
LEDS-... / RGB
Chains with red (RT), green (GN) or blue (BL) LEDs
(no combination colours possible, merely different bright-
ness between red, green and blue chains)
LEDS-... / RT
LEDS-... / GN
LEDS-... / BL
Chains with white (WS) and warm white (WWS) LEDs
(different brightness between three chains possible)
LEDS-... / WS
LEDS-... / WWS
The LEDs can be controlled solely via the CPL-
3DMX (gradual transition of different colours, also
music- controlled change of colour via integrated
microphone) . When connecting the remote con-
trol LC-3 available as an accessory, various lighting
colours, stroboscopic effects and colour change
programmes can be selected .
The CPL-3DMX is also suitable as a DMX inter-
face for controlling the LEDs from a DMX controller .
For this purpose, the CPL-3DMX is provided with
4 DMX control channels .

4 Mounting and Connection

1) Mount the CPL-3DMX to a suitable place, if
required .
2) Connect the LEDs to the screw terminals (7) . To
prevent damage to the CPL-3DMX, the load by
the LEDs for each channel (R, G, B) must not
exceed 1 .5 A .
B = negative pole for the blue LEDs
G = negative pole for the green LEDs
R = negative pole for the red LEDs
+ = common positive pole
3) For power supply, a regulated power supply
unit is required . Adjust the power supply unit
to the voltage required for the LEDs connected
(12 V⎓ min ., 24 V⎓ max .) . The power supply unit
must be able to deliver the current required for
operating the LEDs plus a supply current of
110 mA for the CPL-3DMX . Connect the power
supply unit to the terminals POWER (8) .
The DMX connection is described in chapter 6 .1
and the connection of the remote control LC-3 in
chapter 5 .2 .

5 Operation without DMX Controller

For operation without DMX controller, the position
of the DIP switches (2) is of no significance . Once
the CPL-3DMX receives its operating voltage, the
red LED (1) will light up . The LEDs connected will
continuously change their lighting colour (only for
RGB LEDs) .
With music of sufficiently high volume, the
lighting colour will change to the beat of the music
and the red LED (1) will shortly be extinguished with
each change of colour . Adjust the volume of the
music system in such a way to provide optimum
music control via the microphone (4) . If required,
reduce the distance between the speaker and the
CPL-3DMX or position the CPL-3DMX in such a
way that the microphone will point to the speaker .
5.1 Interconnecting several CPL-3DMX units
Several CPL-3DMX units can be interconnected .
Thus, it will be possible to operate more LEDs than
with a single CPL-3DMX unit . The master unit will
be able to synchronize all slave units so that all LEDs
will show the same colour and will change their
lighting colours at the same moment .
1) Connect the DMX OUTPUT (6) of the master
unit via a 3-pole XLR cable (e . g . series MEC-...
or CDMXN- . . . from the product range of IMG
STAGE LINE) to the DMX INPUT (5) of the first
slave unit .
2) Connect the DMX OUTPUT of the first slave unit
to the DMX INPUT of the second slave unit, etc .
until all units have been connected in a chain .
There must be no DMX signal at the DMX INPUT
of the master unit so that the red LED (1) will light
continuously or will be extinguished to the beat of
the music . Thus, the unit is switched to the master
mode . Once the control signals from the master
unit are applied to the slave units, their red LED (1)
will flash steadily . The slave units are automatically
switched to the slave mode and can be synchro-
nized by the master unit .
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