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LB-Hex User Manual Rev. B
© 2017 Blizzard Lighting, LLC
USING THIS FIXTURE WITH THE wiCICLE® WIRELESS
DMX SYSTEM
In addition to the unbridled thrill you already received the first time you plugged in your fixture, you’ll
be delighted to know that This fixture also works seamlessly with our wiCICLE
®
Wireless DMX system,
without additional power
.
• ONLY fixtures bearing this logo are certified for use with the wiCICLE
®
without external power.
• Unauthorized modification and/or using the wiCICLE
®
with un-
approved fixtures may cause damage to the wiCICLE
®
or fixture.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS BLIZZARD LIGHTING RESPON-
SIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE FROM SUCH OPERATION.
• Fixtures bearing the above logo
MUST
only use cable and connectors
which separate chassis/case ground from cable shielding. Cabling with the shield connected to the con-
nector’s case/chassis may cause malfunction and damage to the wiCICLE
®
or fixture.
• wiCICLE
®
transmitters have additional power requirements and therefore cannot be powered directly
from the fixture. You will need to utilize the supplied AC/DC adaptor to drive wiCICLE
®
transmitters in
your system.
Each wiCICLE
®
acts as both a transmitter and a receiver, depending on whether a DMX source is applied
to the integral XLR connector. This is an extremely powerful feature of the system, however, it also
requires 1 piece of due diligence, and that is the removal of extraneous DMX signals from your lighting
rig BEFORE proceeding.
SO: BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE, YOU SHOULD DISABLE ANY BUILT-IN PROGRAMS IN
THE FIXTURES YOU WISH TO CONNECT AND/OR SET THEM AS SLAVES PRIOR TO RETURN-
ING THEM TO DMX MODE (IF APPLICABLE). Most fixtures contain a built-in automatic, sound
active or custom program which is designed to operate with the fixture NOT connected to a
DMX chain.
Some of these programs will automatically run unless the fixture is set to slave mode. These fixtures
typically sense DMX automatically and switch to DMX mode upon receiving DMX signal (our Pucks do
that!)
If you plug a wiCICLE
®
“receiver” into an autosensing fixture set as a “master, “chances are good that
the wiCICLE
®
“receiver” will begin transmitting the master program. Most times, this is undesirable, and
taking the two seconds to switch these programs off will solve a lot of ails.
Got that done? Good! Then let’s proceed!
1. Plug the wiCICLE
®
Receiver into the “DMX IN” connector of the fixture and verify it is receiving power
(the
STATUS LED
should illuminate.)
2. Connect the AC/DC adaptor to the wiCICLE
®
Transmitter and verify it is receiving power (the
STATUS
LED
should illuminate.)
3. Press the
RECESSED SELECTOR BUTTON
on the Transmitter to select the operating channel group.
(The system will store this setting for future use)
The 7-Color Status LED will change color to indicate the current channel group:
· GROUP 1:
RED
· GROUP 2:
GREEN
· GROUP 3:
YELLOW
· GROUP 4:
BLUE
· GROUP 5:
VIOLET
· GROUP 6:
CYAN
· GROUP 7:
WHITE
4. Follow the same procedure on the Receiver to select the channel group.
5. Once both the transmitter and receiver(s) are both set to the same channel group, connect the trans-
mitter to the DMX controller or the DMX out of a fixture on your DMX chain.
6. Once a DMX signal is provided to the transmitter, the status LED will blink
RED
slowly until communi-
cation is established with the receiver. The status LED on the receiver(s) will flash
GREEN
slowly until
communication is established.
7. Once the clearest channel is auto-selected, the status LEDs will blink quickly on both the transmitter
and receiver. NOTE: The color of the LED DURING operation does not indicate channel group, instead
it indicates whether the unit is transmitting or receiving.
That’s It!
NOTE: “GROUP” number also cor-
responds to the “GROUP” setting
on our LightCaster
™
wireless DMX
Transceiver.
