Table of Contents Your Rosco Pica Cube™ Product Description..................5 What’s In the Box.................... 7 ™ Interface Pica Cube ................... 8 ™ Revision Check Pica Cube ............... 9 Pica Cube™ Series ™ Pica Cube 4C....................10 ™ Pica Cube WNC..................... 11 ™...
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Table of Contents Mounting and Configuration Safety Cables....................26 Make Your Own Cables DMX & Power Cable Pinout Diagram............27 Pica Cube™ Support FCC Warning..................... 28 General Precautions..................27 Warning Messages..................29...
These luminaires o er the flexibility and versatility needed for any type of lighting challenge. The Pica Cube™ can be powered via a wall adapter or by using a Pica Portal™ which gives you power and data over CAT5e cable.
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Available in versions that o er full quad chip color mixing, tuneable color temperature white light and true UV LED blacklight, the Pica Cube™ luminaires are the smallest, most feature packed and a ordable, professional grade LED lights on the market.
Pica Cube™ Interface Ta = 45C Max MODE Pat No. 8767398 Made in USA DMX OUT DMX IN PICA CUBE DESIGNED BY THE BLACK TANK TOGGLE CHANGE AUX INPUT CLASS 2 12-24 VDC 12 VAC...
Pica Cube™ Revision Check During your Pica Cube’s™ boot sequence, there will be a lamp test which illuminates all indicators on the rear panel. A er the Lamp test, the green mode indicator LEDs will flash the firmware revision of your Pica Cube™ in Binary.
Smart programming in the Pica Cube™ 4C includes a stand-alone color wash mode or allows multiple units to be easily slaved together, synchronized and o set using self-generated DMX for color chases and other dynamic lighting patterns without a console.
Pica Cube™ WNC Size Matters. But quality of light matters more! The Pica Cube™ WNC embodies what every lighting professional needs - A bright, tuneable, beautiful white light. Using high quality Cree XML 4W emitters, the WNC outputs 1005 lumens and can adjust from 2700K to 6500K.
Pica Cube™ UV Ideally suited for theme parks, night clubs, casinos, museums and stage applications, Pica Cube™ UV is the smallest, most a ordable high powered UV light available to lighting professionals. Drawing just 22-24 watts, it outperforms conventional long throw fixtures using two times...
DMX Mode In DMX mode, the unit is controlled by the data it receives on the RJ45 connectors located on the rear panel. The RJ45 located at the center of the back panel (DMX In) also serves as a power input. The number of DMX channels required to control the fixture is dependent on the factory setting in use (for example - four color Cubes™...
DMX Mode There are four user settings that can be adjusted - DMX Address, 8 or 16 Bit Mode, Filament Fade Mode and PWM Frequency. DMX Address: To change the DMX address, while in DMX Mode, press the TOGGLE button. The Status LED will begin to blink slowly and at this time adjust the KNOB to set the first digit of your address.
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An incandescent lamp has a slight delay, or lag with changing intensities, whereas an LED responds instantly. The di erence is most noticeable during a theatrical black out. The Pica CUBE™ can emulate an incandescent lamp by selecting one of the FIlament Fade settings.
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If the green mode LEDs abruptly turn o a er the lamp test, your Pica Cube™ is set to 4kHz mode. If the green mode LEDs swoop o from le to right, your Pica Cube™ is set to 16kHz mode.
(All standalone, DMX address and configuration settings are non-volatile, meaning they will not change if power is lost or switched o and restored. When set to manual mode, the Pica Cube™ operates as a DMX Master and is sending DMX512 data.) NOTE: Do not connect any Pica Cube™...
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Manual Mode Manual Mode allows you to set the color of your fixture by adjusting the intensity of the LEDs using the rear panel. The current value of each setting is created by adjusting the KNOB and TOGGLE button. There are two types of adjusments you can make in Manual Mode, Coarse and Fine.
Color Wash Mode Color wash is only available in Pica Cube™ 4C. In Color Wash mode, the Pica Cube™ automatically cycles through its entire saturated color spectrum by modulating the intensity of the red, green, and blue LEDs. There are two user settings that can be adjusted in Color Wash Mode - Wash Timer and Wash O set.
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Color Wash Mode Use the Wash O set function to control the interaction between multiple Pica Cubes™ in a Color Wash chain. The Wash O set determines the length of delay between each light, or how long it takes to “pass” a color from one light to the next.
Preset Mode In Preset Mode, the Pica Cube™ can be controlled directly from its rear panel without the need of a DMX console or a DMX control device. This mode is only available in the 4C and WNC Configurations. Preset...
Serial Mode In Serial mode, the unit is controlled by the serial data it receives on the RJ45 connectors located on the rear panel. The serial address required to control the fixture is dependent on the factory setting in use (for example - four color Pica Cubes™ use four DMX Channels while one color Pica Cubes™...
Beam Angles The beam angle can be easily adjusted using a holographic di using film. Using a Pica Cube™ without a di using film will create a narrow beam angle. WARNING: Disconnect the power cable before removing thumbscrews. none 20˚...
Beam Angles To change the di using film, unscrew the thumbscrews from the front lens and remove the acrylic lens. Replace the existing film with the di user of your choice. Place the acrylic lens on top and secure it with four thumbscrews.
3rd party clamping devices. When used in suspended applications, a safety cable (provided by others) must be used as a positive retaining means between the main support structure and each Pica Cube™ using the “safety cable hole.”...
DMX & Power CAT5 Pinout Diagram PIN 1 Pinout Chart Channel Color Pair RJ-45 Pins Data+ White/Orange Data- Orange Power+ White/Green Power- Green Power+ White/Blue Power- Blue Data Com White/Brown Serial In Brown...
FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the regulations for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
General Precautions 1. The use of a safety cable is required when rigging the fixture. 2. Before use, make sure all screws and safety points are secured. 3. Make sure the light is unplugged before performing any service to the unit. 4.
The Pica Cube™ can also detect a fan speed fault. If this occurs the Blue (4C), Cool (WNC) or UV LED will glow dimly and the fault LED on the back of the fixture will turn on.
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