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ENGLISH 

 

OPERATION MANUAL 

 

 
JB SYSTEMS

®

 

6/8 

LEDCON-XL 

2.  PROGRAM SCENES IN THE FADER SECTION, BASED ON EXISTING SCENES 

To  speed  up  your  work,  you  can  also  make  new  scenes  by  combining  already  existing  scenes  with 
simple  fader  positions.  To  do  so  you  can  switch  between  SCENE  and  MANUAL  mode  whenever  you 
like. 

A. 

Scenes  can  only  be  programmed  while  the  unit  is  set  in  “program  mode”.  So  first  enter  “program 
mode” by pressing the SCENE/MANUAL (4) and PROGRAM (5) buttons together 

 

red “program 

LED” is lit. 

B. 

Use the SCENE/MANUAL button (4) to set the controller to “SCENE”. 

C. 

Use the CHANNEL faders (1) to recall some the scenes. (scene is present on the DMX-output) 

D. 

Use the SCENE/MANUAL button (4) to set the controller to “MANUAL”. 

E. 

Use the CHANNEL faders (1) to make adjustments on the current scene combination. 

F. 

Press the PROGRAM button (5) to check which channel faders already have scenes programmed: 

  Channel with NO scene programmed: the STATUS LED (3) of this channel is dark. 

  Channel with scene programmed: the STATUS LED (3) of this channel is lit. 

 You can save a new scene to an empty channel or overwrite an existing scene. 

G. 

To program the current scene to a channel fader: keep the PROGRAM button (5) pressed while you 
press the FLASH button (2) of that channel. (the leds flash 3x to confirm that the scene was saved) 

H. 

If you want to program other scenes, just repeat steps B to G.  

I. 

Press the SCENE/MANUAL (4) and  PROGRAM (5

) buttons again to stop “program mode” (the red 

“program LED” turns dark) 

 
3.  DELETE SCENES IN THE FADER SECTION 

Any programmed scene overwritten by a new scene or deleted. Deleting a scene is in fact nothing more 
than overwriting it with an empty scene: 

A. 

Scenes can only be deleted while the unit is set in “program mode”. So first enter “program mode” by 
pressing the SCENE/MANUAL (4) and PROGRAM (5) buttons together 

 

red “program LED” is lit. 

B. 

Use the SCENE/MANUAL button (4) to set the controller to “MANUAL”. 

C. 

Use the CHANNEL faders (1) to make an “empty scene”: all faders are  status leds are dark. 

D. 

Keep the PROGRAM button (5) pressed (status leds of channels with scenes are lit): and push the 
FLASH buttons (2) of the scenes that you want to remove. The status leds (3) of the deleted scenes 
will turn dark. 

E. 

Press the SCENE/MANUAL (4) and  PROGRAM (5

) buttons again to stop “program mode” (the red 

“program LED” turns dark) 

 

4.  SELECT THE TYPE OF THE PROJECTORS YOU WILL USE IN THE LED PROJECTOR SECTION 

To be able to work correctly, the controller needs to know what type of projectors you are going to use. 
If you use have selected the 4 channel mode with the switch on the back of the controller, you will have 
to set this identity information for the 4 unit groups. 
If you use have selected the 8 channel mode with the switch on the back of the controller, you  will have 
to set this identity information for the 8 unit groups. 
(in 1 unit group you can use one or more identical projectors with the same DMX configuration and the 
same DMX address) 

A. 

Press the [UNIT ID] button for about 3 seconds till [Patch 01] is shown on the display. 

B. 

Select the unit (group) you want to set first by pressing one of the 4/8 [UNIT] buttons. 

C. 

If several unit (groups) are using the same type of projectors, you can select several [UNIT] buttons 
or all [UNIT] buttons when all your projectors are identical. 

D. 

The LEDs of the selected units are lit 

E. 

Press  shortly  the  [UNIT  ID]  button  several  times  to  browse  the  different  DMX  configurations  (see 
table below) 

F. 

When  you  have  found  the  DMX  setup  that  corresponds  to  your  selected  units,  press  the  [UNIT  ID] 
button for about 2 to 3 seconds. When ready, the leds of the [UNIT] will go out 

G. 

Repeat steps B to E till the setting is done for all [UNIT] buttons. 

H. 

When all the settings are done and all the [UNIT] LEDs are off, press the [UNIT ID] button for about 3 
seconds till [Play] appears on the display. 

I. 

You can now start using the controller 

Summary of Contents for LEDCON XL

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Page 3: ...e programmed colors with adjustable fade over time Static chase mode 12 different color chases with manual speed control Sound chase mode 12 different color chases with audio triggering via the audio input or the integrated microphone Spectrum mix 32 different spectrum mix colors including color fades The extra fader section is comparable to our SCENEMASTER SCM 1 This makes it possible to control ...

Page 4: ...qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard Never let the power cord come into contact with other cables In order to avoid a hazard the unit shall only be used with the AC adaptor delivered with it If the AC adaptor is damaged a same model adaptor shall be used only In order to prevent electric shock do not open the cover Apart from the mains fuse there are no user serviceable parts inside Never ...

Page 5: ...rking mode Manual mode lights up progressively depending on the fader position Scene mode dark while no scene is programmed empty lit while a scene is programmed but not active blinking while a scene is programmed and active shown on the output 4 SCENE MANUAL BUTTON used to toggle between manual mode and scene mode Manual mode each of the 16 CHANNEL faders can be used to manually set the output le...

Page 6: ...u can adjust the fade over time with the color fade fader 13 13 SPEED FADE FADER used to select the chase speed or color fade time Left side of the fader indicates the chase speed ranging from 2 5s to 0 1s In fixed color mode you can adjust the fade over time between 2 colors from 2 5s to 0 1s Right side of the fader indicates the color fade time ranging from 12s to 2 5s 14 MASTER FADER used to co...

Page 7: ...that this USB connector is NOT used for updates or to connect the unit to a PC Instead this USB connector makes it very easy to add wireless DMX to the unit Just add the optional WTR DMX DONGLE from BRITEQ and you will get wireless DMX No extra settings to be made in the setup menu just follow the procedure in the user manual supplied with the WTR DMX DONGLE from BRITEQ The separate WTR DMX DONGLE...

Page 8: ...m LED is lit B Use the SCENE MANUAL button 4 to set the controller to MANUAL C Use the CHANNEL faders 1 to make an empty scene all faders are closed status leds are dark D Keep the PROGRAM button 5 pressed status leds of channels with scenes are lit and push the FLASH buttons 2 of the scenes that you want to remove The status leds 3 of the deleted scenes will turn dark E Press the SCENE MANUAL 4 a...

Page 9: ...robe channel D M S JB systems Dimmer Music Strobe channel REMARK the dimmer channel and the strobe channel are generated by the LEDCON XL This means that if you use the simple RGB RGBW etc mode in a projector without dim and strobe channel you will still have a general dimmer and strobe control to control the unit USE WITH 4 BARS Our new 4 bars will have a special LC XL or LEDCON XL mode to be com...

Page 10: ...TROLLER You can connect an extra DMX controller to the DMX input of the LEDCON XL if you want to control more fixtures via the same DMX line To don t interfere with the commands of the LEDCON XL 100 channels will automatically be added to the channels coming from the external controller EXTERNAL CONTROLLER output LEDCON XL output DMX channel 001 DMX channel 101 DMX channel 002 DMX channel 102 DMX ...

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