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LC-1X

 

1-CH LIGHTING CONTROLLER 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

USER MANUAL 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 BOOMLIGHTS 

265 McNeilly Road 

Stoney Creek, ON 

L8E 5H2 

Canada 

© 2021 BOOMLIGHTS. All rights reserved.  

Summary of Contents for LC-1X

Page 1: ...Page 1 of 13 LC 1X 1 CH LIGHTING CONTROLLER USER MANUAL BOOMLIGHTS 265 McNeilly Road Stoney Creek ON L8E 5H2 Canada 2021 BOOMLIGHTS All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ... 5 2 3 Colour Combinations 6 2 4 DMX Output 6 2 4 1 DMX Address Table 8 2 5 Changing the Default Settings 8 2 5 1 Changing the MIDI Note DIP Switches 8 2 5 2 MIDI Note DIP Switch Table 9 2 5 3 Changing the MIDI Channel DIP Switches 11 2 5 4 MIDI Channel DIP Switch Table 11 2 6 Linking Multiple Units Together 11 3 0 CURRENT LIMIT 13 4 0 TROUBLESHOOTING 13 5 0 SPECIFICATIONS 13 ...

Page 3: ...s been specially designed by musicians for musicians Treat your lighting like an instrument by using MIDI to create custom automated light shows No additional hardware or software required The LC 1X seamlessly integrates with any existing hardware or software set up Just plug and play to begin elevating your performances with synchronized lighting The LC 1X is controlled using 3 MIDI notes which r...

Page 4: ... is connected 3 DMX Out Outputs DMX 512 data to any connected DMX lights 4 DC12V Input Main power connection for the unit used to connect the DC12V power supply 5 MIDI Thru Passes through an exact copy of the MIDI input signal This allows multiple units or other MIDI devices to be chained together and controlled by a common source 6 MIDI In Transfers MIDI input signal from a connected source to th...

Page 5: ... connected to the unit This useful feature can be used to program a light show without having to connect any LED strips and or DMX lights 2 2 Getting Started Before plugging in the power supply which will power the unit on plug in an LED strip and or DMX light s into the unit LED strips should be plugged into the LED Out connector while DMX lights should be plugged into the DMX Out connector You c...

Page 6: ...ated and frustrating To streamline and simplify this process the LC 1X controls all daisy chained DMX lights with the same signal output For example if you have several of the same DMX PAR lights daisy chained together and you trigger the first light in the chain to illuminate red all additional lights in the chain will receive the exact same signal and illuminate red as well A single DMX signal c...

Page 7: ...configuration for an RGB DMX PAR64 light The LC 1X only controls the red green and blue values of the light Therefore the remaining channels will be set to a value of zero If using a Talent DMX light purchased from the official Boomlights online store refer to the Base Address column on the table in section 2 4 1 to determine the channel to set the starting address of the corresponding DMX light t...

Page 8: ...ng the MIDI note that will control the colour green The colours red and blue will always be the following 2 MIDI notes For example setting the DIP switches to the binary value 0 all switches in the down position means that the unit will respond to MIDI notes 0 1 and 2 C 2 C 2 and D 2 which will be green red and blue respectively To set the DIP switches correctly to the desired MIDI note refer to t...

Page 9: ...010 A 1 46 0101110 B 2 11 0001011 B 1 47 0101111 C 1 12 0001100 C 2 48 0110000 C 1 13 0001101 C 2 49 0110001 D 1 14 0001110 D 2 50 0110010 D 1 15 0001111 D 2 51 0110011 E 1 16 0010000 E 2 52 0110100 F 1 17 0010001 F 2 53 0110101 F 1 18 0010010 F 2 54 0110110 G 1 19 0010011 G 2 55 0110111 G 1 20 0010100 G 2 56 0111000 A 1 21 0010101 A 2 57 0111001 A 1 22 0010110 A 2 58 0111010 B 1 23 0010111 B 2 59...

Page 10: ...1 A 4 82 1010010 A 7 118 1110110 B 4 83 1010011 B 7 119 1110111 C 5 84 1010100 C 8 120 1111000 C 5 85 1010101 C 8 121 1111001 D 5 86 1010110 D 8 122 1111010 D 5 87 1010111 D 8 123 1111011 E 5 88 1011000 E 8 124 1111100 F 5 89 1011001 F 8 125 1111101 F 5 90 1011010 F 8 126 1111110 G 5 91 1011011 G 8 127 1111111 G 5 92 1011100 G 8 A 5 93 1011101 A 8 A 5 94 1011110 A 8 B 5 95 1011111 B 8 C 6 96 11000...

Page 11: ...r the DIP switch positions required to change the unit s designated MIDI channel The default DIP switch setting is highlighted in grey Again it is important to note that any changes to the DIP switches must be done while the unit is powered off as the unit only checks the DIP switch settings during start up 2 5 4 MIDI Channel DIP Switch Table MIDI Channel Binary 1 0000 2 0001 3 0010 4 0011 5 0100 ...

Page 12: ...lowing table depicts the specific MIDI note assignments of each LC 1X unit and their corresponding colours Of course you can assign each unit to whichever MIDI notes you desire This is simply an example of a possible configuration in which the first 24 MIDI notes are assigned concurrently to 8 units Ultimately you can use as many LC 1X units as the MIDI scale will allow 4 4 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 2 B 1 NOT...

Page 13: ...witches are fully set in their intended positions Sometimes if you do not press hard enough when moving a DIP switch it can get stuck in a middle position which will result in the wrong MIDI notes or MIDI channel being selected Issue DMX light is connected to the unit and the indicator light is displaying the intended colour but the DMX light is not illuminating Solution Ensure that the DMX cable ...

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