Color Charge User Manual
6
V1.4 September 2012
www.chroma-q.com
Power-Up Display:
On power-up the display shows the model name “Color Charge” and software version V### for 5 seconds, then proceed to
the main menu or home position showing in Figure 1 - the battery capacity in percentage (100), length of battery life in
number of days (07day) or hours and minutes (00h00), control mode (RGBA), DMX status (Wired/WirelessDMX On/Off), and
DMX address (002).
Display Mode:
The LCD is backlit when you access the menus. This will turn off when left undisturbed for 5 seconds.
Wired DMX:
The Color Charge display will automatically show ‘WiredDMX On’ when connected to an external DMX control console via
XLR5 cable, which enables wired DMX control.
Control Options:
3 channel HSI
(Hue, Saturation and Intensity) provides 2 colour channels for hue and saturation and a separate intensity
channel. A separate definable intensity channel is particularly useful when creating intensity chases or when the grand
master is used. The hue channel has 255 different colours available and the saturation channel specifies the saturation level
of that colour. The saturation channel is fully saturated at full. White is achieved with the intensity channel to full and the
saturation channel at zero.
3 channel RGB
(Red, Green, Blue with *Magic Amber) is the more traditional way of controlling colour changing LED fixtures.
Each of the three control channels directly affects the intensity of the corresponding LED. Colour is mixed by adjusting the
levels of the three primary colours. White is achieved with all channels at full including *Magic Amber.
3 channel RGB(A) + 1 intensity channel
(Red, Green, Blue with *Magic Amber and Intensity) gives 3 control channels
directly affecting the intensity of the corresponding LED – Red, Green, Blue with *Magic Amber, and 1 channel affecting the
intensity of all RGB(A) channels.
4 channel RGBA
(Red, Green, Blue and Amber) gives 4 control channels directly affecting the intensity of the corresponding
LED – Red, Green, Blue and Amber. Colour is mixed by adjusting the levels of each of the four colours. White is achieved
with all channels at full.
Control Menu
Use the push buttons (up/down arrows) to scroll through the control menu positions:
Home / Main Menu / DMX Address
To set the DMX start address, press Exit or wait for main menu display and press Enter, press Up/Down
buttons to adjust DMX start address, press Enter for 2 seconds to save settings. Press Exit to go back to the
main menu display.
Control Mode
The Color Charge can be set to operate in 7 DMX controlled modes with 5 control options: HSIFx, HSI, RGB
(with *Magic Amber), RGBA, RGBI (with *Magic Amber), pre-programmed looks and standalone effects. Refer
to the list below for details.
From the main menu, press the Up button to access Control Mode, press Enter and Up/Down buttons to select
the mode, press Enter for 2 seconds to save control mode settings and Exit to the main menu.
Control Mode
Ch
Description
RGB [3ch]
3
RGB
