JB Systems PIXEL PIPE User manual

ENGLISH USER MANUAL
JB SYSTEMS®1/11 PIXEL PIPE
OPERATION MANUAL
Thank you for buying this JB SYSTEMS®product. To take full advantage of all possibilities and for your own
safety, please read these operating instructions very carefully before you start using this unit.
FEATURES
•Perfect for use in: retail stores, commercial displays, architectural lighting, indoor decoration, clubs, pubs,
mobile DJs, trussing, ...
•Equipped with 32 x RGB SMD5050 LEDs divided in 8 sections.
•IR-remote controller included
•Different working modes:
•Standalone with IR-remote: automatic / beat synchronized color patterns.
•Master/slave mode: several tubes can be used together for wonderful preprogrammed, music
synchronized lightshows.
•DMX-controlled: 3 different channel modes (3,7 and 24ch) with program selection and individual
RGB control.
•Low power consumption : only 12W
•For indoor use only.
•0-100% dimming and strobe function.
•4digit LED-display for easy menu navigation
•Tripod stand
BEFORE USE
•Before you start using this unit, please check if there’s no transportation damage. Should there be any, do
not use the device and consult your dealer first.
•Important: This device left our factory in perfect condition and well packaged. It is absolutely necessary
for the user to strictly follow the safety instructions and warnings in this user manual. Any damage caused
by mishandling is not subject to warranty. The dealer will not accept responsibility for any resulting defects
or problems caused by disregarding this user manual.
•Keep this booklet in a safe place for future consultation. If you sell the fixture, be sure to add this user
manual.
Check the contents:
Check that the packing contains the following items:
•Operating instructions
•PIXEL PIPE + tripod
•IR Remote control
•Power Cable

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS:
•To protect the environment, please try to recycle the packing material as much as possible.
•To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.
•To avoid condensation to be formed inside, allow the unit to adapt to the surrounding temperatures when
bringing it into a warm room after transport. Condense sometimes prevents the unit from working at full
performance or may even cause damages.
•This unit is for indoor use only.
•Don’t place metal objects or spill liquid inside the unit. Electric shock or malfunction may result. If a foreign
object enters the unit, immediately disconnect the mains power.
•Locate the fixture in a well ventilated spot, away from any flammable materials and/or liquids. The fixture
must be fixed at least 50cm from surrounding walls.
•Don’t cover any ventilation openings as this may result in overheating.
•Prevent use in dusty environments and clean the unit regularly.
•Keep the unit away from children.
•Inexperienced persons should not operate this device.
•Maximum safe ambient temperature is 40°C. Don’t use this unit at higher ambient temperatures.
•Make sure the area below the installation place is free from unwanted persons during rigging, de-rigging
and servicing.
•Allow the device about 10 minutes to cool down before to start servicing.
•Always unplug the unit when it is not used for a longer time or before to start servicing.
•The electrical installation should be carried out by qualified personal only, according to the regulations for
electrical and mechanical safety in your country.
•Check that the available voltage is not higher than the one stated on the unit.
•The power cord should always be in perfect condition. Switch the unit immediately off when the power cord
is squashed or damaged. It must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualified
persons in order to avoid a hazard.
•Never let the power-cord come into contact with other cables!
•This fixture must be earthed in order to comply with safety regulations.
•Don’t connect the unit to any dimmer pack.
•Always use an appropriate and certified safety cable when installing the unit.
•In order to prevent electric shock, do not open the cover. There are no user serviceable parts inside.
•Never repair a fuse or bypass the fuse holder. Always replace a damaged fuse with a fuse of the same
type and electrical specifications!
•In the event of serious operating problems, stop using the fixture and contact your dealer immediately.
•The housing and the lenses must be replaced if they are visibly damaged.
•Please use the original packing when the device is to be transported.
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove
the top cover. No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing
to qualified service personnel only.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within the equilateral triangle is intended to alert the
use or the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may
be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.
The exclamation point within the equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence
of important operation and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying
this appliance.
This symbol means: indoor use only
This symbol means: Read instructions
This symbol determines: the minimum distance from lighted objects. The minimum distance
between light-output and the illuminated surface must be more than x meters
The device is not suitable for direct mounting on normally flammable surfaces. (suitable only for
mounting on non-combustible surfaces)
CAUTION: Do not stare at operating lamp.
May be harmful to the eyes.

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•Due to safety reasons it is prohibited to make unauthorized modifications to the unit.
Important: Never look directly into the light source! Don’t use the effect in the presence of persons suffering
from epilepsy.
DESCRIPTION:
1. [MODE] button: used to browse the different functions in the menu
2. ▲button: to go up in the menu and/or increase the values shown on the display.
3. ▼button: to go down in the menu and/or lower the values shown on the display.
4. DISPLAY shows the various menus and the selected functions.
5. Mains input/output: cable with Male and Female IEC sockets, connect the supplied mains cable here.
Connect the female output to the next fixture (max. 6A)
6. DMX input/output: cable with Male and Female 3pin XLR-connectors used to connect the tube with the
previous or next unit in the DMX chain.
OVERHEAD RIGGING
•Important: The installation must be carried out by qualified service personal only. Improper
installation can result in serious injuries and/or damage to property. Overhead rigging requires
extensive experience! Working load limits should be respected, certified installation materials
should be used, the installed device should be inspected regularly for safety.
•Make sure the area below the installation place is free from unwanted persons during rigging, de-rigging
and servicing.
•The device should be installed out of reach of people and outside areas where persons may walk by or be
seated.
•Before rigging, make sure the installation can hold a minimum point load of 10times the device’s weight.
•Always use a certified safety cable that can hold 12times the weight of the device when installing the unit.
This secondary safety attachment should be installed in a way that no part of the installation can drop
more than 20cm if the main attachment fails.
•The device should be well fixed; a free-swinging mounting is dangerous and may not be considered!
•Don’t cover any ventilation openings as this may result in overheating.
•The operator has to make sure that the safety-relating and machine-technical installations are approved by
an expert before using them for the first time. The installations should be inspected every year by a skilled
person to be sure that safety is still optimal.

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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION
Important: The electrical installation should be carried out by qualified personal only,
according to the regulations for electrical and mechanical safety in your country.
Electrical installation for 1 standalone unit:
•Insert the mains cable. The unit starts working immediately in the last selected mode.
•Refer to chapter HOW TO SETUP to learn how to switch between the different working modes.
Electrical installation for two or more units in master/slave:
•Connect several units together using good quality balanced microphone cables. The unit that has no
cable connected to its DMX-input is the “master”, the others are the slave units.
•Make sure that all units are connected to the mains.
•Refer to chapter HOW TO SETUP for more information.
•Done!

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Electrical installation for two or more units in DMX-mode:
•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.
•To prevent strange behavior of the light effects, due to interferences, you must use
a 90Ω to 120Ω terminator at the end of the chain. Never use Y-splitter cables, this
simply won’t work!
•Make sure that all units are connected to the mains.
•Each light effect in the chain needs to have its proper start address so it knows which commands from
the controller it has to decode. In the section HOW TO SETUP you will learn how to set the DMX
addresses. If for example you use the 3 channel DMX mode, a possible address setup could be: unit1 =
001 ~ unit2 = 004 ~ unit3 = 007 ~ unit4 = 010 ~ etc.

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HOW TO SETUP:
DMX/Channel Mode:
The unit has 3 different channel modes, refer to the
DMX-chart to see the differences.
•Press the [MODE] button until [d001…d512] is shown on
the display.
•Press the ▲ or ▼ button to set the desired DMX
address.
•Press the [MODE] button to select the address and go to
channel mode.
•Use ▲ and ▼ buttons to select one of the available
channel modes. (3,7 or 24CH)
•Once the mode is selected, press the [MODE] button to
confirm.
[SLAu] Slave Mode
The first projector in the chain should be set in sound or
program mode , all the other projectors have to be in Slave
mode.
•Press the [MENU] button.
•Press the ▲ or ▼ button until [SLAu] is shown on the
display.
[r000-r255] Red
Use this function to put the fixture in fixed RED color.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons for dimming between 0% (000) and
100% (255).
[G000-G255] Green
Use this function to put the fixture in fixed GREEN color.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons for dimming between 0% (000) and
100% (255).
[b000-b255] Blue
Use this function to put the fixture in fixed BLUE color.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons for dimming between 0% (000) and
100% (255).
[FS00-FS15] Strobe
Use this function for strobe effect.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons for adjusting the speed between
slow (FS00) and fast (FS15).
[Pr01-Pr20] Programs
Use this function to choose an internal program.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the desired program from
Pr01 to Pr20.
[SP01-SP99] Speed
Use this function to set the speed.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the desired speed from
slow (SP01) to fast (SP99).
[CL00-CL07] Fixed colors
Use this function to select one of the seven build in fixed
colors. (CL00-CL07)
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the desired color.

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[FS00-FS15] Strobe
Use this function for strobe effect.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons for adjusting the speed between slow (FS00) and fast (FS15).
[SU00-SU32] Sound mode
Use this function to activate the sound mode..
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons for adjusting the sensitivity between not (SU00) and very sensitive (SU31).
[AUtO] Automatic mode
Use this function to put the fixture in an automatic running mode.
[SP01-SP99] Speed
Use this function to set the speed.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the desired speed from slow (SP01) to fast (SP99).
[don-doFF]
This function leaves the display on or off during use.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the desired mode:
[don] : display on.
[doff] : display off.
[Iron-IroF]
This function is used to enable or disable the IR remote control.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the desired mode:
[don] : IR remote control enabled.
[doff] : IR remote control disabled.
[Stnd-rev]
This function is used to inverse the display.
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the desired mode:
[Stnd] : normal display.
[rev] : inversed display.
[dEFA]
This function is used to reset the fixture to its default factory settings.
Select [dEFA], the display is blinking.
Press the ▲ or ▼ buttons at the same time to reset the fixture to the default factory settings.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
A. Standalone 1unit:
•Just connect the projector to the mains.
•Select one of the automatic, sound or static color modes
•Refer to chapter HOW TO SETUP to learn how to make the settings.
B. Two or more units in master/slave setup:
•Connect the units together. Refer to the chapter “electrical installation” to learn how to do this.
•Select one of the automatic, sound or static color modes on the master (the first projector in the DMX
chain)
•Set all the other projectors in SLAVE mode
•The projectors will now follow the program of the master projector so they all work synchronously.
NOTE: you can use the wireless remote controller to select the functions on the master unit. The slaves
will follow.

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C. Controlled by the wireless remote controller:
To be able to use the wireless remote control, you need to enable this option in the projector:
•Press the [MODE] button until [Iron] or [IroF] is shown on the display.
•Use the ▼and ▲buttons to enable or to disable the remote control option ([Iron] = remote control
enabled, [IroF] = remote control disabled).
Functions:
1. [AUTO RUN]-button (A): used to start the build in programs in automatic mode.
2. [BLACKOUT]-button: used to switch the output ON/OFF
3. [FLASH]-button (F): used to switch the strobe function ON/OFF. First press the F-button, followed by
the ±buttons (6) to adjust the strobe speed.
4. [SOUND ACTIVE]-button (S): used to start the sound activated programs. With the ±buttons (6) you
can adjust the sensitivity.
5. [DIMMING]-buttons (RGB): press one of these buttons
to select the static custom color and adjust one of its color
components:
•Press the R-button: then use the ±buttons (6) to
adjust the red component in the custom color.
•Press the G-button: then use the ±buttons (6) to
adjust the green component in the custom color.
•Press the B-button: then use the ±buttons (6) to
adjust the blue component in the custom color.
6. ±-Buttons: used to increase / decrease the value of the
selected function.
7. Number buttons (0-9): used to set the DMX-address.
8. [SPEED]-button (SP): used to change the running speed
of the build in programs.
9. [SELECT PROG]-button [(PROG)]: used to select one of
the effect program modes. With each press you go to the
next effect:
•Fixed colors (CL00-CL07)
•Build in programs (PR01-PR20). The speed of these
programs can be adjusted.
10. [DMX MODE]-button (D): used to set the desired DMX
address and channel mode (3, 7 or 24 channels)
11. [SET ADDR]-button (S): used to enter the value of the
desired DMX-address.
12. [SLAVE]-button (SL): used to put the fixture in slave
mode.
13. Battery compartment: receives a CR2025 3V-battery
(supplied).
D. Controlled by a universal DMX-controller:
•Connect all units together. Refer to the chapter “Electrical installation for two or more units in DMX-
mode” to learn how to do this (don’t forget to address all units properly!)
•Connect all units to the mains and turn on the DMX controller.
Since each unit has its own DMX-address, you can control them individually. Remember that each unit
uses 3, 7 or 24 DMX-channels, depending on the DMX-mode you have selected in the menu. See the
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3CH DMX-Mode
Channel:
Value:
Function:
1
000-255
Red (0-100%)
2
000-255
Green (0-100%)
3
000-255
Blue (0-100%)
07CH DMX-Mode
Channel:
Value:
Function:
1
000-255
Red (0-100%)
2
000-255
Green (0-100%)
3
000-255
Blue (0-100%)
4
000-255
Master dimmer (0-100%)
5
000-015
No function
016-255
Strobe speed (slow -> fast)
6
000-051
No function
052-102
Static colors (CH7)
103-255
Programs (CH7)
7
000-031
CH6 = 052-102
No function
032-063
Red
064-095
Green
096-127
Blue
128-159
Yellow
160-191
Magenta
192-223
Cyan
224-255
White
7
000-011
CH6 = 103-255
Program 1
012-023
Program 2
024-035
Program 3
036-047
Program 4
048-059
Program 5
060-071
Program 6
072-083
Program 7
084-095
Program 8
096-107
Program 9
108-119
Program 10
120-131
Program 11
132-143
Program 12
144-155
Program 13
156-167
Program 14
158-179
Program 15
180-191
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192-203
Program 17
204-215
Program 18
216-227
Program 19
228-255
Program 20
24CH DMX-Mode
The most advanced DMX-mode with RGB-control for every individual channel separately.
Channel:
Value:
Function:
1
000-255
Red1 (0-100%)
2
000-255
Green1 (0-100%)
3
000-255
Blue1 (0-100%)
4
000-255
Red2 (0-100%)
5
000-255
Green2 (0-100%)
6
000-255
Blue2 (0-100%)
7
000-255
Red3 (0-100%)
8
000-255
Green3 (0-100%)
9
000-255
Blue3 (0-100%)
10
000-255
Red4 (0-100%)
11
000-255
Green4 (0-100%)
12
000-255
Blue4 (0-100%)
13
000-255
Red5 (0-100%)
14
000-255
Green5 (0-100%)
15
000-255
Blue5 (0-100%)
16
000-255
Red6 (0-100%)
17
000-255
Green6 (0-100%)
18
000-255
Blue6 (0-100%)
19
000-255
Red7 (0-100%)
20
000-255
Green7 (0-100%)
21
000-255
Blue7 (0-100%)
22
000-255
Red8 (0-100%)
23
000-255
Green8 (0-100%)
24
000-255
Blue8 (0-100%)

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MAINTENANCE
•Make sure the area below the installation place is free from unwanted persons during servicing.
•Switch off the unit, unplug the mains cable and wait until the unit has been cooled down.
During inspection the following points should be checked:
•All screws used for installing the device and any of its parts should be tightly fastened and may not be
corroded.
•Housings, fixations and installations spots (ceiling, truss, suspensions) should be totally free from any
deformation.
•When an optical lens is visibly damaged due to cracks or deep scratches, it must be replaced.
•The mains cables must be in impeccable condition and should be replaced immediately when even a
small problem is detected.
•In order to protect the device from overheat the cooling fans (if any) and ventilation openings should be
cleaned monthly.
•The interior of the device should be cleaned annually using a vacuum cleaner or air-jet.
•The cleaning of internal and external optical lenses and/or mirrors must be carried out periodically to
optimize light output. Cleaning frequency depends on the environment in which the fixture operates: damp,
smoky or particularly dirty surroundings can cause greater accumulation of dirt on the unit’s optics.
•Clean with a soft cloth using normal glass cleaning products.
•Always dry the parts carefully.
Attention: We strongly recommend internal cleaning to be carried out by qualified personnel!
SPECIFICATIONS
This unit is radio-interference suppressed. This product meets the requirements of the current European and
national guidelines. Conformity has been established and the relevant statements and documents have been
deposited by the manufacturer.
This device was designed to produce decorative effect lighting and is used in light show systems.
Mains Input: 100-240Vac, 50/60Hz
Power consumption: 12 Watt
Power linking (IEC in / out): max. linking load = 6A
Sound Control: Internal microphone
DMX connections: XLR 3pin Female/Male
DMX modes: 3, 7, 24 DMX Channels
LED Source: 32 x RGB SMD5050 LED
Size: 105x20x22cm
Weight: 1.24 kg
All the information is subject to change without prior notice
You can download the latest version of this user manual on our website: www.jb-systems.eu