Color Kinetics iCOLOR COVE iCV-003-12 User Manual

i
COLOR COVE ™
U S E R G U I D E
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Welcome to a more colorful world brought to you
Illustration A:
by Color Kinetics and Chromacore®, our patented
i
Color Cove (side)
technology that generates colored light and effects
MODEL # iCV-003-12 SHOWN
using a microprocessor to control Red, Green and
Blue LEDs.
This guide contains important information not only
on operating your new iColor™ Cove, but also on
using it safely. For your protection, please read it
carefully before embarking on your colorful adven-
Lay Out Each Component
[ 1 ]
ture. There are very few rules, but those that exist
• Measure the cove area to be lit, and determine
are there for your safety. This guide will show you
the number of six- and twelve-inch segments need-
how to get the most out of your cove lighting.
ed. The best lighting effect is produced when the
housings are placed end to end, touching each
This box contains:
other (see Fig.1a). When turning corners, the hous-
• One iColor Cove light in housing
ings can be placed either end to end, or stag-
• One pair of black plastic mounting feet with screws
gered (see Fig.1b).
Additionally, you will need the following items: Fig.1a:
HOUSINGS PLACED END TO END
• iMOPS Power Supply
(Model #: PWR-iMOPS-150-02). This power supply
is available from Color Kinetics and contains two
50' master cables.
• Tools (screw gun, pliers, wire cutters)
• Instrument to set the dip switches. We suggest that
Fig.1b HOUSINGS STAGGERED (TOP VIEW)
you use a blunt object such as a stylus or pen cap.
Don't use anything sharp that may damage the
switches.
T H E W O R L D A C C O R D I N G
T O C O L O R K I N E T I C S
Also, select a location for the power supply. For
For the most part, the language of Color Kinetics
power handling purposes, the recommended
and Chromacore is oriented around Effects and
locations are given in Step
Variations.
should be located out of direct view.
Mark Path and Install Housing Clamps
Effects [ 2 ]
• Mark the centerline of the path that the housings
Effects refer to what type of output, or displays, are
will follow in the cove, using a pencil or chalk line.
produced. With iColor Cove you can select any one
Install the black plastic housing clamps along the
of six Effects in Stand Alone mode:
centerline. If you choose to separate the feet, the

• Fixed Color

• Color Wash
clamps should be placed so that they sit 1.5 to 2
• Cross Fade • Random Color
inches from either end of the housing.
• Fixed Color Strobe • Variable Color Strobe
Set Dip Switches
[ 3 ]
Variations
• Your iColor Cove has been pre-programmed with an
assortment of Shows. The unit is factory-set to
Once you have chosen the desired Effect, you can
DMX address 1 (all DIP switches off). See Table
then choose different Variations which will further
Two for more information.
modify the Effect by adjusting factors such as:
• Color • Speed
• Brightness • Saturation
SWITCH #
• Strobe Rate • Cycle Direction
Not every Variation is available with every Effect.
FIXED
Each Effect has a unique combination of variables COLOR
(see Table One: Settings Table). Each combination of
Effects and Variations produces a unique "Show."
COLOR
After you choose the desired Effects and Variations, WASH
the information is communicated to the unit's "brain,"
that smart microprocessor which controls the mixing
CROSS
of the Red, Green, and Blue LEDs—the breakthrough
FADE
technology we call Chromacore.
Lay of the Land RANDOM
COLOR
Illustration A: iColor Cove shows the components
that make up the iColor Cove light.
FIXED
COLOR

Install Your iColor Cove

STROBE
Having said all this, you're ready to start installing
VARIABLE
your units. Installing your iColor Cove involves these
COLOR
simple steps:
STROBE
MODEL # iCV-003-12, iCV-003-6
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Specifications subject to change without notice.
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LED STRIP MOUNTING FEET IDC CONTROLLER
: :
( NOTE LED ARE ( NOTE TWO #6 CONNECTOR WITH SWITCHES
S
) )
NOT SHOWN SCREWS REQUIRED
HOUSING
If the lights will be running in Stand Alone mode,
set the dip switches on each segment to the desired
show as described in the Stand Alone Settings sec-
tion of this guide. If your lights will be running in
DMX mode, assign each strip in the cove a unique
DMX address. See the DMX SETTINGS section in
this guide.
Snap Housings into Place
[ 4 ]
• Snap the housings into the plastic feet. Be sure that
all housings are oriented with the IDC connector in
the same direction, as shown in Fig.1a.
Install Master Cable
[ 5 ]
• Lay the master cable in the cove next to the hous-
IDC connectors
ing clamps. Each iMOPS-150 supports two 50'
long master cables. Each master cable can support
up to ten 12" fixtures or sixteen 6" fixtures.
Installations with more fixtures require additional
power supplies. Recommended wiring schemes are
shown in Fig. 2a and 2b. IMPORTANT: In any
wiring configuration, master cable runs must not
exceed 50' per power supply terminal.
Fig. 2a
. The power supply
[ 5 ]
COVE
POWER SUPPLY
Place power supply halfway along cove and run
master cables of equal lengths to each end of cove.
Fig. 2b
COVE
Place power supply at one end of cove
POWER SUPPLY
and run master cable to closest end and
midpoint of cove.
Table One: Settings Table
red
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Add levels of Add levels of Add levels of
On
Red Green Blue
Cycle
Satura- Bright-
Speed
On
Direc-
tion ness
.5 sec - 2 hrs
tion
Ending Color Starting Color Speed
red, green, blue, red, green, blue, from starting color
cyan, magenta, yellow, cyan, magenta, yellow, to ending color and
white, black white, black back again
Starting Color
Speed Satura-
red, green, blue,
.05 sec - 3 min tion cyan, magenta, yellow,
white, black
Color
Strobe Rate
red, green, blue, cyan,
20 /sec - 2 /sec
magenta, yellow, white, black
Cycle
Speed Strobe Rate
Direc- On
(color advance) 20 /sec - 2 /sec
tion
To terminate the master cable, cut it to length at the
closest connector. Do not leave any excess cable
hanging.
Connect each Segment to Master Cable
[ 6 ]
PUB-000014-00 Rev 00
• Attach the IDC connector on each iColor Cove
segment to the nearest connector on the master
cable. The connectors will only join together in a
certain orientation (see Fig. 3 below).
Connect Cable to Power Supply
[ 7 ]
Fig. 3
WARNING: Make sure the power supply is off
before connecting or disconnecting fixtures.
• The iMOPS Power Supply provides power and
data for iColor Cove. Each supply has two three-
position terminal blocks labeled with the master
cable wire colors. To connect the master cable to
the power supply, connect each strand to the
labeled terminal block (black wire to terminal
labeled "black," etc). See the iMOPS installation
guide for more detailed information.
Connect the Power Supply to Power
[ 8 ]
• Power connects to the power supply through the
three open terminals on the end of the unit labeled
N (neutral), L (line), — 1 (ground). This power supply
is designed to be hardwired to power by a profes-
sional electrical contractor.
D M X S E T T I N G S
If you are using a DMX512 controller, Color Kinetics
Synchronizer or another external controller to control
your iColor Cove, set switches 10, 11 and 12 OFF on
every segment of Cove. You may assign each light a
unique DMX address. The DMX addresses for the first
40 lights are given in Table Two: DMX Address.
Throughout this guide, the symbol I indicates the
switch should be ON. (A complete list of all 512
DMX address settings is available upon request, or
at www.colorkinetics.com under Support.)
Table Two: DMX Address
SWITCH#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 1 1
3 2 4 I I
I I
6 3 7
9 4 10 I I
I I
12 5 13
15 6 16 I I I I
I I
18 7 19
21 8 22 I I I
I I
24 9 25
27 10 28 I I I I
I I I I
30 11 31
33 12 34 I I
I I
36 13 37
39 14 40 I I I I
I I I
42 15 43
1 1 12
45 16 46 I I I I
I I
48 17 49
On On 51 18 52 I I I I
I I I I
54 19 55
57 20 58 I I I I
I I I I
60 21 61
63 22 64 I I I I I I
On
66 23 67 I I
I I I
69 24 70
I
72 25 73 I
I I I I
75 26 76
On
78 27 79 I I I I
I I I
81 28 82
84 29 85 I I I
I I I I I
87 30 88
On
90 31 91 I I I I
I I I I I
93 32 94
96 33 97 I I
I I I I
99 34 100
On
102 35 103 I I I I
I I I I
105 36 106
108 37 109 I I I I
I I I I I I
111 38 112
On 114 39 115 I I I I
I I I I I
117 40 118
S TA N D A L O N E S E T T I N G S
C H O O S E T H E V A R I A T I O N : C O L O R W A S H
The Color Wash can be varied by Speed, Saturation,
If you are using your iColor Cove in Stand Alone
Brightness and Cycle Direction.
mode, this section describes the effects you can
achieve. Effects work in Stand Alone mode only. N Speed
In Color Wash, Speed is defined as the amount of
Throughout this guide, the symbol I indicates the
time that elapses between the initial display of the
switch should be ON.
Starting Color in Cycle One (Red in ROYGBIV, or
The following six types of Effects are possible in
Violet in VIBGYOR), and its next display which be-
Stand Alone operation.
gins Cycle Two. There are 64 different speeds which
can be set in the Color Wash Effect, ranging from as
F I X E D C O L O R
fast as .5 seconds to as long as 2 hours to complete
Fixed Color allows the static display of any one of 512
a single cycle. Switches #1–6 control the speed
possible colors. A Fixed Color Effect is generated by
options. For the fastest speed (.5 sec.), all switches
blending the primary colors of Red, Green and Blue.
between #1–6 are OFF. For the slowest speed (2
hrs.), all switches between #1–6 are ON. Table
To Select Fixed Color, first set the switches for the
Three: Color Wash Speed illustrates the available
Fixed Color Effect (remember that ON is the UP
options, switch settings and their binary equivalents.
position).
C H O O S E T H E E F F E C T : F I X E D C O L O R Table Three: Color Wash Speed
Switches #10, 11 and 12: ON
SWITCH #
0 0.5 sec
C H O O S E T H E V A R I A T I O N : F I X E D C O L O R
1 0.6 sec
Vary Fixed Color by choosing one of 512 discrete
2 0.7 sec
colors.
3 0.8 sec
4 0.9 sec
N Discrete Color
5 1.1 sec
Switches #1–3 control hues of Red. Switches #4–6
6 1.2 sec
control hues of Green. Switches #7–9 control hues 7 1.4 sec
8 1.6 sec
of Blue. To illustrate the principles behind the dip
9 1.9 sec
switch configurations let's look at Blue (display of
10 2.2 sec
Reds and Greens follow similar principles). In gener-
11 2.5 sec
al, the fewer switches in the ON position, the lighter 12 2.9 sec
13 3.3 sec
the shade of color displayed. So, to get a very light
14 3.8 sec
"sky blue," turn ON only switch #7. The next hue
15 4.4 sec
would be switch #8 only and so on.
16 5 sec
17 5.8 sec
With additive color mixing (thanks to Chromacore
18 6.7 sec
technology's ability to think), you can mix Reds,
19 7.7 sec
Greens and Blues to produce secondary colors. 20 8.8 sec
21 10.2 sec
Illustration B shows how secondary colors are
22 11.7 sec
produced:
23 13.4 sec
24 15.4 sec
In other words, if you want:
25 18 sec
Illustration B
26 20 sec
27 24 sec
28 27 sec
RED
29 30 sec
30 35 sec
31 40 sec
YELLOW MAGENTA 32 45 sec
33 50 sec
34 1 min
WHITE
35 1.1 min
GREEN BLUE 36 1.3 min
CYAN
37 1.5 min
38 1.8 min
39 2 min
40 2.3 min
Desired Color Mix
41 2.7 min
Yellow Green and Red
42 3 min
43 3.5 min
Magenta Blue and Red
44 4 min
Cyan Green and Blue
45 4.5 min
White Red, Green and Blue
46 5 min
47 5.5 min
S A M P L E F I X E D C O L O R E F F E C T
48 6 min
Full Intensity Red
49 6.5 min
50 7 min
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
51 8 min
ON
52 9 min
53 10 min
OFF
54 12 min
55 15 min
C O L O R WA S H
56 20 min
57 25 min
The Color Wash Effect moves sequentially around
58 30 min
the spectrum of colors in either clockwise (Red -
59 40 min
Orange -Yellow - Green - Blue - Indigo -Violet or ROYG-
60 50 min
BIV) or counterclockwise (Violet - Indigo - Blue - Green -
61 1 hr
62 1.5 hrs
Yellow - Orange - Red or VIBGYOR) direction, repeat-
63 2 hrs
ing the same cycle over and over, at user-definable
speeds. The Color Wash differs from Random Color
N
Saturation
which has no distinct or sequential pattern of color
You can vary the saturation by choosing light satura-
generation.
tion (pastels) or full saturation. Switch #7 controls
To select Color Wash, first set the switches for the
Saturation. For light saturation, set switch #7 OFF.
Color Wash Effect.
Full saturation is achieved by setting switch #7 ON.
C H O O S E T H E E F F E C T : C O L O R W A S H
N Brightness
Switches #10 and 11: ON Switch #12: OFF
Switch #8 controls the level of brightness. The bright-
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