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LED Strip Studio LED Ethernet Controller 3 User Manual

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  • Page 1 LED Ethernet Controller 3, SPI-Matrix and Powered LED Ethernet Controller User manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    POWERED LED Ethernet Controller..........................19 LEC3 Ethernet board DMX control ..........................20 LED Strip Studio – Ethernet and signal connection scheme when using LEC3 ............21 Connecting TM, WS, APA or SK family LED Strips with LEC3..................22 Direct connection ..............................22 Separate power supplies (more than 5A per LEC3 output) .................
  • Page 3 Detailed cable-connection for LED strips ......................... 26 Recommended wire types ............................27 Signal cables ................................27 Power cables 110-230V ............................27 Power cables 5V DC ..............................27 LEC3 control modes ..............................29 Ethernet mode ................................. 29 ArtNet mode ................................29 ArtNet Pixel Mode ..............................
  • Page 4 Notes: ..................................42...

  • Page 5: General Information

    GENERAL INFORMATION This manual contains important instructions for the safe operation and installation of the unit. Read and follow the safety instructions and all other instructions. Keep this manual handy as a reference for operating procedures and safety information. Specifications in this manual and design are subject to possible modifications without notice due to improvements.

  • Page 6: Disposal Of Your Old Device

    Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are disposed of properly and are not within reach of babies and young children. Choking hazard! Ensure that children do not detach any small parts (e.g. screws, connectors or the like) from the unit. They could swallow the pieces and choke! Never let children unattended use electrical devices.

  • Page 7: Technical Details

    (*) SPI-Matrix can be upgraded to LEC3 to support LED Strip Studio software. Contact us for more details at info@ledstripstudio.com. Generally, SPI-Matrix is the same as LEC3, but without the support of LED Strip Studio software – you can’t use it as LED Strip Studio software output device.

  • Page 8: What Can You Control Using The Devices

    WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL USING THE DEVICES? There are many kind of digital LED lights you can control using LEC3. You can control digital LED strips, digital LED pixels or any other special digital lights. They are also sometimes called dream or individual addressable LED lights.

  • Page 9: Lss Led Strips, Hardware Specification

    LSS LED STRIPS, HARD WARE SPECIFICATION LED strips produced for LED Strip Studio are high quality LED strips developed completely by LED Strip Studio. Here you can find basic technical details: Strip type STCL LED Strip 42 Number of LEDs...

  • Page 10: Led Strip Studio Software

    LED STRIP STUDIO SOFTWARE LED Strip Studio software is the “main brain” of LED Strip Studio system. It can be used to play video, picture or even live stream on video LED strips (or LED pixels). This is recommended PC configuration for LED Strip Studio system.

  • Page 11: Led Ethernet Controller 3 (Lec3) Device

    LEC3 device LED Ethernet Controller 3 (LEC3) is main controller for digital LEDs (pixels, strips, bulbs, …). Using integrated DMX output, you can also use it to control analog lights (like strips, pixels, PARs, …). This provides you with convenient way to control all kind of LED lights using one controller.

  • Page 12: Front Connectors

    FRONT CONNECTORS LEC3 front connectors Ethernet To control Ethernet board using LSS software you have to connect your PC with Ethernet board using Ethernet cable. MMX OUT - Distributor output (MMX Output to following distributor. You can use more distributors signal) from one Ethernet board - you’ll get more LED-strip outputs.

  • Page 13: Rear Connectors

    REAR CONNECTORS LEC3 rear connectors Power in 5-24V DC Power connector for power source Output 1 - 4 Powered SPI output for LED strips. Output LED 1 - 4 Output status indicator – flashes when SPI signal is being sent out.

  • Page 14: Lec3 Dimensions

    LEC3 DIMENSIONS...

  • Page 15: Distributor Board

    DISTRIBUTOR BOARD LSS Distributor is additional board, which receives signal from LEC3 Ethernet. It is used to control additional 4096 LEDs. To connect LEC3 Ethernet with LSS Distributor you can use standard Ethernet CAT-5 cable. Every distributor has its own address set by DIP switch. Please don’t use address 0 (all switches off). Distributor 0 is already integrated into LSS Ethernet.
  • Page 16 Distributor board dimensions and screw holes...

  • Page 17: Sample Lec3 Ethernet/Lss Distributor Configurations

    SAMPLE LEC3 ETHERNET/LSS DISTRI BUTOR CONFIGURATIONS This is sample configuration of LSS controllers we recommend according number of LEDs used: Number of LED pixels Total meters for 42 LEDs/m Recommended configuration video strip Up to 4096 1x LEC3 Up to 8192 1x LEC3, 1x LSS Distributor Up to 12288 2x LEC3, 1x LSS Distributor...

  • Page 18: Spi-Matrix

    SPI-MATRIX SPI-Matrix is pure ArtNet output device. It’s not supported by LED Strip Studio software. You can use it using following software/hardware controllers: • Madrix • Chamsys • MA-Grand • Any other standard ArtNet controller SPI-Matrix hardware is the same as LEC3 device, only the license key for LED Strip Studio software is not integrated.

  • Page 19: Powered Led Ethernet Controller

    POWERED LED ETHERNET CONTROLLER Powered LED Ethernet Controller is basically LEC3 device with integrated power source. PSU parameters are 320W, 5V, 60A. It’s ideal solution for rental businesses, which want to use digital led lights (strips, bars, pixels, …).

  • Page 20: Lec3 Ethernet Board Dmx Control

    LEC3 ETHERNET BOARD DMX CONTROL It is possible to use LSS Ethernet also without the computer. You can play animations from SD-card and switch between them using DMX. Here are DMX control channels: 1. Brightness – brightness of drawn image 2.

  • Page 21: Led Strip Studio - Ethernet And Signal Connection Scheme When Using Lec3

    LED STRIP STUDIO – ETHERNET AND SIGNAL CONNECTION SCHEME WHEN USING LEC3 Typical signal connection of LED Strip Studio You can use several LEC3 devices connected to Ethernet network to handle more than 4096 individual LED pixels (even 50000 and more). Use standard Ethernet switch and Ethernet cables to do that.

  • Page 22: Connecting Tm, Ws, Apa Or Sk Family Led Strips With Lec3

    CONNECTING TM, WS, APA OR SK FAMILY LED STRIPS WITH LEC3 DIRECT CONNECTION Following scheme shows how to connect SPI digital LEDs (TM, WS or SK family digital LEDs), power source and LSS3: Power source, TM/WS/SK LED strips and LEC3 board connection scheme You can use 5-24V power supply depending on used digital strips or pixels.

  • Page 23: Separate Power Supplies (More Than 5A Per Lec3 Output)

    SEPARATE POWER SUPPLIES (MORE THAN 5A PE R LEC3 OUTPUT) In case you need more power per output than 5A, you can use separate power supply as on following scheme. Using separate power supply with TM, WS or SK strips If you notice, GND is connected to power source and to LEC3.

  • Page 24: Connecting Lec3 With Ws2801, Ws2803 Led Pixels

    CONNECTING LEC3 WITH WS2801, WS2803 LED PIXELS Connecting LED Pixels and LEC3 Notes: • Usually the LED Pixels use 12V power supply! • LED Pixels usually use WS chips. You must connect also clock signal for the LED pixels! We usually use blue line from LEC3/LSS Distributor and connect it to Clock on first pixel (usually the producers use yellow color).
  • Page 25 Pixel power boost...

  • Page 26: Detailed Cable-Connection For Led Strips

    DETAILED CABLE-CONNECTION FOR LED STRIPS There are two GND (ground) pins, one Data and one +5V pin on LSS TM1809 LED strips: Strip connection at the top Recommended strip connection at the bottom If you notice, we use a little trick here – it’s better to connect power-source cables to 2 segment.

  • Page 27: Recommended Wire Types

    RECOMMENDED WIRE TYPES Every installation requires signal and power cables. SIGNAL CABLES Cable type Where to use • PC to LSS Ethernet • LSS Ethernet to LSS Distributor • FTP Ethernet cable CAT.5E LSS Distributor to LSS Distributor • sometimes possible also for LSS Distributor to LED strip •...
  • Page 28 To convert mm2 to AWG please refer to this table: American Wire Gauge Diameter Diameter Cross Sectional Area (AWG) (inches) (mm) 0000 0.46 11.68 107.16 0.4096 10.40 84.97 0.3648 9.27 67.40 0.3249 8.25 53.46 0.2893 7.35 42.39 0.2576 6.54 33.61 0.2294 5.83 26.65...

  • Page 29: Lec3 Control Modes

    ETHERNET MODE The most common usage of the LEC3 is to use it as LED output for LED Strip Studio software. The main benefit is the real-time control – you can drag and drop and play video, generate nice LED effects or even create complete LED show synchronized with music in the timeline feature of LED Strip Studio.

  • Page 30: Artnet Sd-Card Mode

    ARTNET SD-CARD MODE In this mode you can trigger animations stored on SD card (exported from LED Strip Studio software). You can set what Universe and DMX address to use in LEC3 Web Configuration. LED Strip Studio uses following DMX channels: 1.

  • Page 31: Dmx Out

    DMX OUT DMX Out can be in two different modes – Out and Through. Through This mode of DMX OUT is active only in case you use LEC3 in DMX mode. Data from DMX in is automatically send to DMX out (similar to any other kind of DMX light). This mode means, the LEC3 device is generating the DMX signal.

  • Page 32: Lec3 Web Configuration

    LEC3 WEB CONFIGURATION Web configuration allows you to set all important parameters of LEC3 even using your mobile phone (but you can also use any Windows or Mac computer). To access web configuration you must type your device IP address into Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari or any other favorite web browser.

  • Page 33: Main Menu

    MAIN MENU You can select following options in menu: • Status – displays status of the device • All Sett. – displays all settings of the device. • Main Sett., Autoplay Sett., Art-Net Sett., DMX Sett. – will enable you to display just settings for desired section of the All Sett.

  • Page 34: Status

    DIP switch • Shows current status of DIP switch DMX in status • DMX in is not connected • DMX in is connected and receiving data The status bar is “live” – you can see all the changes immediately. STATUS First screen you’ll see after you open LEC3 configuration is the Status screen.

  • Page 35: Outputs

    Serial number Serial number of the device. MAC addr MAC address of the device. Control mode Shows current control mode. See the LEC3 control modes for details. DIP switch state Shows the current DIP switch state. SD-Card Shows whether SD card is inserted into the device (Yes/No). inserted Displays current IP address of the device.

  • Page 36: Art-Net/Dmx

    Speed Serial number of the device. Repeat If this is on, file is repeated. This setting is also used for DMX SD-card and Art-Net SD-card mode. ART-NET/DMX This section shows settings related to Art-Net and DMX. Art-Net and DMX settings ART-NET/DMX DMX/Art-Net mode You can use LEC3 in Pixel or SD Card mode over Art-Net and DMX.
  • Page 37 ART-NET DMX OUT universe You can select one universe of incoming Art-Net universes to be sent out as DMX512 signal out of the LEC3 device. Pixel mode Display current settings of outputs for Art-Net. • Out1-Out4 – one of the 4 outputs •...

  • Page 38: All Sett

    ALL SETT. Display all the settings of the LEC3 device. In case you want to display just some of Main, Autoplay, Art-Net or DMX settings, just click some of the link in the main top menu. This is the list of all the sections with explanation. MAIN SETTINGS Contains basic settings of the LEC3 device.

  • Page 39: Outputs

    Color order – order of the RGB channels. All these settings are used in Art-Net, DMX and Autoplay modes. In case you control LEC3 from LSS software, you define these settings in the LED Strip Studio workspace. AUTOPLAY These settings allow you to define how the device is working in auto play mode.

  • Page 40: Art-Net/Dmx

    ART-NET/DMX DMX/Art-Net mode Allows you to select between SD-card or Pixel mode for Art-Net and DMX DMX OUT Universe (1-256) One universe of the incoming Art-Net universes can be used send out from LEC3 device as standard DMX512 signal. You can define which one it’ll be. DMX address (1-512) DMX address.

  • Page 41: Account Settings

    ACCOUNT SETTINGS You can change your current password. Default name and password is admin/admin. You can reset password by resetting device to default state (by holding Up button at the device power up for 5 seconds).
  • Page 42 NOTES:...

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