Ledj Colour Storm Quad User manual

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(Order code: LEDJ168)
USER MANUAL

WARNING
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY
BEFORE YOUR INITIAL START-UP!
CAUTION!
Keep this equipment away from rain,
moisture and liquids.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Every person involved with the installation, operation & maintenance of this
equipment should:
- Be competent
- Follow the instructions of this manual
CAUTION! TAKE CARE USING THIS EQUIPMENT!
HIGH VOLTAGE-RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK!!
Before your initial start-up, please make sure that there is no damage caused during
transportation. Should there be any, consult your dealer and do not use the
equipment.
To maintain the equipment in good working condition and to ensure safe operation, it is necessary
for the user to follow the safety instructions and warning notes written in this manual.
Please note that damages caused by user modifications to this equipment are not
subject to warranty.
Colour Storm Quad Safety
1.

Colour Storm Quad Safety
IMPORTANT:
The manufacturer will not accept liability for any resulting damages caused
by the non-observance of this manual or any unauthorised modification to the
equipment.
• Never let the power-cable come into contact with other cables. Handle the power-cable
and all mains voltage connections with particular caution!
• Never remove warning or informative labels from the equipment.
• Do not open the equipment and do not modify the equipment.
• Do not connect this equipment to a dimmer-pack.
• Do not switch the equipment on and off in short intervals, as this will reduce the
system’s life.
• Only use the equipment indoors.
• Do not expose to flammable sources, liquids or gases.
• Always disconnect the power from the mains when equipment is not in use or before
cleaning! Only handle the power-cable by the plug. Never pull out the plug by pulling the
power-cable.
• Make sure that the available voltage is between 220v/240v.
• Make sure that the power-cable is never crimped or damaged. Check the equipment and
the power-cable periodically.
• If the equipment is dropped or damaged, disconnect the mains power supply immediately.
Have a qualified engineer inspect the equipment before operating again.
• If the equipment has been exposed to drastic temperature fluctuation (e.g. after
transportation), do not switch it on immediately. The arising condensation might damage
the equipment. Leave the equipment switched off until it has reached room temperature.
• If your product fails to function correctly, discontinue use immediately. Pack the unit
securely (preferably in the original packing material), and return it to your Prolight dealer
for service.
• Only use fuses of same type and rating.
• Repairs, servicing and power connection must only be carried out by a qualified
technician. THIS UNIT CONTAINS NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS.
• WARRANTY; One year from date of purchase.
OPERATING DETERMINATIONS
If this equipment is operated in any other way, than those described in this manual,
the product may suffer damage and the warranty becomes void.
Incorrect operation may lead to danger e.g.: short-circuit, burns, electric shocks,
lamp failure etc.
Do not endanger your own safety and the safety of others!
Incorrect installation or use can cause serious damage to people and property.
2.

Setup
Operating Instructions
The Colour Storm Quad is a DMX-512 controllable unit made up of high efficiency and Ultra Bright
Quad-colour LEDs and will operate in auto run, master/slave, sound activated or DMX control
modes.
Colour Storm Quad Introduction
Introduction
Features
•DMX channels: 4/6/7/11/19/64 and 67 selectable
• LEDs: 16 x Mega Bright 8W quad-colour LEDs
• Sound active, auto run, master/slave and DMX modes
• 400Hz flicker free LEDs
• Powercon in/out sockets
• 3-Pin XLR in/out sockets
• 5-pin XLR in/out sockets
• 4 push button LCD display
• 0-100% dimming
• Long life LEDs
• Beam angle: 25 degrees
Overview
3.
Power In
DMX In DMX Out
LCD Display
Mode Button Enter Button Up Button Down Button
Power Out
Fuse Safety eye

Colour Storm Quad Operation Modes
Operation modes
Sound Active mode:
To activate the unit in sound active mode, press the “MODE” button to show “SOUND MODE”
on the LCD screen. Now press the “ENTER” button to select the desired sensitivity level by using
the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons. Press the “ENTER” button again to select the frequency level
and adjust by using the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons.
“SENS” 00 - 31 (00 = low, 31 = high)
“FQN” 01-99 (01 = low, 99 = high)
Auto run mode:
To activate the unit in auto run mode, press the “MODE” button to show “AUTO RUN” on the
LCD screen. Now press the “ENTER” button to select the desired frequency level by using the
“UP” and “DOWN” buttons.
“FQN” 01-99 (01 = low, 99 = high)
Note: In this mode, it will run 13 built-in programmes in a continuous loop.
Slave mode:
To activate the unit in slave mode, first you must link multiple units together and press the
“MODE” button to show “SLAVE MODE” on the LCD screen. Now on the master unit press the
“MODE” button to select the desired mode and the slave units will now run in sequence with the
master unit.
Built-in programmes:
To activate the units built-in programmes, press the “MODE” button to show “01.STATIC” on the
LCD screen. Press the “ENTER” button to choose between the 14 built-in programmes by
using the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons. Now press the “ENTER” button to select the desired speed
and adjust by using the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons. Press the “ENTER” button once more to
select the desired flash value and adjust by using the “UP” and “DOWN” buttons.
Speed values: 00 - 99 (00 = slow, 99 = fast)
Flash values: 00 - 99 (00 = slow, 99 = fast)
For the 14 built-in programmes please see page 5.
DMX mode:
To activate the unit in DMX mode, press the “MODE” button to show “DMX MODE” on the LCD
screen. Press the “ENTER” button and select the desired DMX address setting by using the “UP”
and “DOWN” buttons. Then to select one of the 5 DMX modes 4, 6, 7, 11, 19, 64 or 67 channel,
press the “ENTER” button again to choose the desired DMX mode by using the “UP” and
“DOWN” buttons.
For the 4, 6, 7, 11, 19, 64 or 67 channel DMX address information please see pages 6, 7 & 8.
NOTE: Once the desired settings have been selected in each of the above modes, ALWAYS
confirm the settings by pressing the “ENTER” button.
4.

Colour Storm Quad Built-in Programme Chart
14 Built-in programme chart
5.

Colour Storm Quad DMX Programme Charts
4 channel DMX chart
6 channel DMX chart
7 channel DMX chart
Note that from address 0-15 and 16 - 255 also applies to DMX channel modes 67, 19 and 11.
11 channel DMX chart
6.
CH1
All
Red
0-255
CH2
All
Green
0-255
CH3
All
Blue
0-255
CH4
All
White
0-255
CH1
All
Red
0-255
CH2
All
Green
0-255
CH3
All
Blue
0-255
CH4
All
White
0-255
CH5
Master
Dimmer
0-255
CH6
Flash
0-255
CH1
0-15
CH2
Master
Dimmer
0-255
CH3
Flash
0-255
CH4
R1
0-255
CH5
G1
0-255
CH6
B1
0-255
CH7
W1
0-255
CH8
R2
0-255
CH9
G2
0-255
CH10
B2
0-255
CH11
W2
0-255
CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7
0-15
Master
Dimmer
0-255
Flash
0-255
All Red
0-255
All Green
0-255
All Blue
0-255
All White
0-255
16-23 Red
24-31 Green
32-39 Blue
40-47 White
48-55 Yellow
56-63 Cyan
64-71 light Blue
72-79 Pink
80-87 Light Green
88-95 Purple
96-103 White, rgb
104-111 Light green
112-119 Light yellow
120-127 Light purple
128-135 White, rgbw
136-143 Dream
144-151 Meteor
152-159 Fade
160-167 Change
168-175 Flow 1
176-183 Flow 2
184-191 Flow 3
192-199 Flow 4
200-207 Flow 5
208-215 Flow 6
216-223 Flow 7
224-231 Flow 8
232-239 Flow 9
240-255 Sound
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Speed 0-255
Sensitivity 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Flash 0-255
Colour select
0-255
Colour select
0-255
Colour select
0-255
Colour select
0-255

19 channel DMX chart
64 channel DMX chart
Colour Storm Quad DMX Programme Charts
CH1
0-15
CH2
Master
Dimmer
0-255
CH3
Flash
0-255
CH4
R1
0-255
CH5
G1
0-255
CH6
B1
0-255
CH7
W1
0-255
CH8
R2
0-255
CH9
G2
0-255
CH10
B2
0-255
CH11
W2
0-255
CH12
R3
0-255
CH13
G3
0-255
CH14
B3
0-255
CH15
W3
0-255
CH16
R4
0-255
CH17
G4
0-255
CH18
B4
0-255
CH19
W4
0-255
7.
CH1
R1
0-255
CH2
G1
0-255
CH3
B1
0-255
CH4
W1
0-255
CH5
R2
0-255
CH6
G2
0-255
CH7
B2
0-255
CH8
W2
0-255
CH9
R3
0-255
CH10
G3
0-255
CH11
B3
0-255
CH12
W3
0-255
CH13
R4
0-255
CH14
G4
0-255
CH15
B4
0-255
CH16
W4
0-255
CH17
R5
0-255
CH18
G5
0-255
CH19
B5
0-255
CH20
W5
0-255
CH21
R6
0-255
CH22
G6
0-255
CH23
B6
0-255
CH24
W6
0-255
CH25
R7
0-255
CH26
G7
0-255
CH27
B7
0-255
CH28
W7
0-255
CH29
R8
0-255
CH30
G8
0-255
CH31
B8
0-255
CH32
W8
0-255
CH33
R9
0-255
CH34
G9
0-255
CH3
B9
0-255
CH36
W9
0-255
CH37
R10
0-255
CH38
G10
0-255
CH39
B10
0-255
CH40
W10
0-255
CH41
R11
0-255
CH42
G11
0-255
CH43
B11
0-255
CH44
W11
0-255
CH45
R12
0-255
CH46
G12
0-255
CH47
B12
0-255
CH48
W12
0-255
CH49
R13
0-255
CH50
G13
0-255
CH51
B13
0-255
CH52
W13
0-255
CH53
R14
0-255
CH54
G14
0-255
CH55
B14
0-255
CH56
W14
0-255
CH57
R15
0-255
CH58
G15
0-255
CH59
B15
0-255
CH60
W15
0-255
CH61
R16
0-255
CH62
G16
0-255
CH63
B16
0-255
CH64
W16
0-255

67 channel DMX chart
Colour Storm Quad DMX Programme Charts
8.
CH1
0-15
CH2
Master
Dimmer
0-255
CH3
Flash
0-255
CH4
R1
0-255
CH5
G1
0-255
CH6
B1
0-255
CH7
W1
0-255
CH8
R2
0-255
CH9
G2
0-255
CH10
B2
0-255
CH11
W2
0-255
CH12
R3
0-255
CH13
G3
0-255
CH14
B3
0-255
CH15
W3
0-255
CH16
R4
0-255
CH17
G4
0-255
CH18
B4
0-255
CH19
W4
0-255
CH20
R5
0-255
CH21
G5
0-255
CH22
B5
0-255
CH23
W5
0-255
CH24
R6
0-255
CH25
G6
0-255
CH26
B6
0-255
CH27
W6
0-255
CH28
R7
0-255
CH29
G7
0-255
CH30
B7
0-255
CH31
W7
0-255
CH32
R8
0-255
CH33
G8
0-255
CH34
B8
0-255
CH3
W8
0-255
CH36
R8
0-255
CH37
G9
0-255
CH38
B9
0-255
CH39
W9
0-255
CH40
R10
0-255
CH41
G10
0-255
CH42
B10
0-255
CH43
W10
0-255
CH44
R11
0-255
CH45
G11
0-255
CH46
B11
0-255
CH47
W11
0-255
CH48
R12
0-255
CH49
G12
0-255
CH50
B12
0-255
CH51
W12
0-255
CH52
R13
0-255
CH53
G13
0-255
CH54
B13
0-255
CH55
W13
0-255
CH56
R14
0-255
CH57
G14
0-255
CH58
B14
0-255
CH59
W14
0-255
CH60
R15
0-255
CH61
G15
0-255
CH62
B15
0-255
CH63
W15
0-255
CH64
R16
0-255
CH65
G16
0-255
CH66
B16
0-255
CH67
W16
0-255

Colour Storm Quad DMX Set up
DMX-512:
• DMX (Digital Multiplex) is a universal protocol used as a form of communication between
intelligent fixtures and controllers. A DMX controller sends DMX data instructions form the
controller to the fixture. DMX data is sent as serial data that travels from fixture to fixture via the
DATA “IN” and DATA “OUT” XLR terminals located on all DMX fixtures (most controllers only
have a data “out” terminal).
DMX Linking:
• DMX is a language allowing all makes and models of different manufactures to be linked together
and operate from a single controller, as long as all fixtures and the controller are DMX compliant.
To ensure proper DMX data transmission, when using several DMX fixtures try to use the
shortest cable path possible. The order in which fixtures are connected in a DMX line does not
influence the DMX addressing. For example; a fixture assigned to a DMX address of 1 may be
placed anywhere in a DMX line, at the beginning, at the end, or anywhere in the middle. When a
fixture is assigned a DMX address of 1, the DMX controller knows to send DATA assigned to
address 1 to that unit, no matter where it is located in the DMX chain.
DATA Cable (DMX cable) requirements (for DMX operation):
• The Colour Storm Quad can be controlled via DMX-512 protocol. The DMX address is set on
the back of the unit. Your unit and your DMX controller require a standard 3-pin XLR connector
for data input/output (figure 1).
Figure 1
Also remember that DMX cable must be daisy chained and cannot be split.
Further DMX cables can be purchased
from all good sound and lighting suppliers
or Prolight dealers.
Please quote:
CABL10 – 2M
CABL11 – 5M
CABL12 – 10M
9.

Notice:
• Be sure to follow figures 2 & 3 when making your own cables. Do not connect the cable’s shield
conductor to the ground lug or allow the shield conductor to come in contact with the XLR’s outer
casing. Grounding the shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behaviour.
Special Note: Line termination:
• When longer runs of cable are used, you may need to use a terminator on the last unit to
avoid erratic behaviour.
Using a cable terminator (part number CABL90) will decrease the possibilities of erratic
behaviour.
5-Pin XLR DMX Connectors:
• Some manufactures use 5-pin XLR connectors for data transmission in place of 3-pin. 5-Pin
XLR fixtures may be implemented in a 3-pin XLR DMX line. When inserting standard 5-pin
XLR connectors in to a 3-pin line a cable adaptor must be used. The chart below details the
correct cable conversion.
Termination reduces signal transmission problems
and interferance. it is always advisable to connect a
DMX terminal, (resistance 120 Ohm 1/4 W) between
pin 2 (DMX-) and pin 3 (DMX+) of the last fixture.
Colour Storm Quad DMX Set up
10.

Colour Storm Quad Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications
Weight & Dimensions
• With brackets.................................................................................................1120 x 165 x 176mm
• Without brackets.............................................................................................1066 x 165 x 89mm
• Weight……………………………………….............................................................................7.3Kgs
Power
• AC input……………………………………........................................................................240V/50hz
• Power consumption...............................................................................................................196W
Fuse
• Main…………………………………………..........................................................................…….F2A
Control & Programming
• Data input………………………………………...........................Locking 3/5-pin XLR male socket
• Data output……………………………………....................….Locking 3/5-pin XLR female socket
• Protocols………………………………......................................................…………DMX-512 USITT
• DMX channels………………………………........................................…...4, 6, 7, 11, 19, 64 and 67
11.