Summary of Contents for Light O Rama CR150D
- Page 1 RGB, Macro & Color Effect Programming Guide for the Cosmic Color Ribbon CR150D & Cosmic Color Bulbs CB50D November 22, 2010 V1.0 Copyright © Light O Rama, Inc. 2010...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Using the Sequence Editor (SE)......24 SE – Adding the CCR/CCB........ 25 SE – Color Fade Example ......... 28 Introduction.............. 5 SE – Color Fade with Chase......29 Firmware Version ............ 6 SE – Color Effect Example......... 31 Hardware Configuration........... -
Page 3: Introduction
Introduction way. For example, you could set all the RGB channels to 75% brightness in blue and select the This guide explains how to control the Light O Rama Fill-from-Controller-to-End Macro Effect. Selecting (LOR) Cosmic Color Ribbon (CCR) and Cosmic this effect causes all pixels on the device to go dark Color Bulbs (CCB). -
Page 4: Resolution, Macro & Color Channels
Refer to the QuickStart Guide to make sure the Logical Resolution (channel 151) hardware is properly configured; otherwise the This channel allows the logical resolution of the examples may not work. The guide is available here: device to be changed on the fly. The logical http://www.lightorama.com/Documents/QuickStartGu resolution is the number of pixels the device appears ideForColorRibbon.pdf... -
Page 5: Color Effects (Channels - 155, 156, 157)
pixel has one fewer physical pixels than all the other 5 – Twinkle red + blue logical pixels. 6 – Twinkle green + blue 7 – Twinkle white Since we are in Triples channel mode, only as many 8 – Twinkle random (red + green + blue) RGB channels as are necessary to address the 9 –... -
Page 6: Macro Effects (Channels - 152, 153, 154)
You can use the resolution channel to set the size of 5 – Chase away from Controller the logical pixel that changes during a color effect. If 6 – Chase towards Controller the logical resolution is set to the physical resolution, 7 –... -
Page 7: Macro Mode 3 - Fill From Ends To Center
Macro submode is not used. Macro Mode 6 – Chase towards Controller The Macro Submode channel sets the number of Macro Mode 3 – Fill from Ends to Center pixels on and off in the chase. E.g. an intensity of As you fade the Macro Effect channel from 0 to 16% means 1 pixel on and 6 pixels off. -
Page 8: Macro Mode 10 - Beat Chase Towards
Macro Mode 10 – Beat Chase Towards Macro Mode 12 – Strobe Random The Macro Submode channel sets the number of This effect causes the pixels to randomly strobe. It is pixels on and off in the chase. E.g. an intensity of similar to a twinkle color effect except that it exposes 16% means 1 pixel on and 6 pixels off. -
Page 9: Hardware And Software Set Up
If you have not set up the RS485 adapter on your PC, refer to the manual available here: http://lightorama.com/PDF/RS485_Adapters_Man_ Web.pdf If you have not set up the Light O Rama software on your PC, refer to this page: http://lightorama.com/SoftwareDownloadPage.html If your configuration is different or you are not sure of the configuration, refer to the Quick Start manual: http://lightorama.com/Documents/QuickStartGuideF... -
Page 10: Hwu -Rgb Channels
Under Channel Mode (lower right) click the radio HWU –RGB Channels and Resolution button for Extended Circuit Ids. The Select Channel At their highest resolution, the CCR and CCB have Group slider (center bottom) will become available. 50 pixels which correspond to 50 RGB channels or 150 separate color channels. -
Page 11: Hwu - Macro Effects
You can go back to channel 151 and change it to channels in your sequence exactly as you set the intensity 5% to set the number of logical pixels to 5. HWU sliders. When you go back to channels 1 to 16, you will find Note that the intensity varies from 0% to that the first 15 channels control the entire device. -
Page 12: Hwu - Color Effects Example
HWU – Color Effects Example 1. Leave all RGB Channels off. 2. Set the Channel 151 (Resolution) to intensity Color Effects are used to set the RGB channels 0% – this selects the configured resolution, without having to manipulate 50 RGB channels or which should be 50 pixels. -
Page 13: Se - Adding The Ccr/Ccb
• Resolution: 50 Pixels • Strips: 1 • DMX Mode: <does not matter> SE – Adding the CCR/CCB Start the Sequence Editor. If this box does not appear, click File -> New to get it: Select the “New Sequence” tab, click “New Animation Sequence”... -
Page 14: Se - Color Fade Example
Right click the first channel button labeled “Unit Use the right scroll bar to scroll down to the 01.1” and select Insert Device -> Insert Device channels after the 50 RGB channels and the 7 Above. The following window will be displayed: control channels. -
Page 15: Se - Color Fade With Chase
You can click the Random Buttons to get a color fade you like or use the Choose button to select a color for the beginning and end of your fade. Once you have a color fade, click on the grid and while holding the left mouse button, move the mouse to place this fade on the CCR RGB channels. -
Page 16: Se - Color Effect Example
to set the Color Mode (CM) channel to 17% intensity SE – Color Effect Example for the entire time we want this effect to run. Click If you are continuing from the previous example, type Control-Z a few times to clear the grid. In any the Intensity Tool Setting/Options button in the event, clear the grid of all effects. -
Page 17: Se - Macro Effect Example
We have set the Color Mode to 17% to select the Dazzle Effect. We have set the Color Speed to 70% to select how fast we want the dazzle colors to change and we have set the overall intensity of the RGB device to 90%. - Page 18 Click the Edit button so we can change the Now we can click the Radio Button for 1% and 3% intensities. The following window will pop up: intensity to set the control channels. First set the Logical Resolution of the device to 1 pixel.
- Page 19 Click the Radio button for 3% in the Intensity Tool window. Then click the Intensity Tool button select the Intensity Tool. Click the leftmost cell in the Macro Mode (MM) channel and while holding the left mouse button, drag across to the 3 second mark. Again, this intensity is too small to see, but if you hover over a cell it will display a window with the intensity.
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Page 20: Se Color Effect With Macro Effect
the fade up you just did and while holding the left and 90% – these intensities are needed to set the mouse button, drag across to 3 seconds. You various Macro and Color Effect channels. screen should look like this: Click the button in the second row to bring up the Intensity Tool. - Page 21 selected Macro Mode 5, which is Chase Away from Controller. Click 44% intensity from the Intensity Tool window. Click the first Cell in the MS (Macro Submode) channel and while holding the left mouse button, drag the mouse to the right for as long as you did in Scroll down to the Macro Control and Color effect the previous paragraph.
- Page 22 before. This selects a fast speed for the color effect, meaning the colors will change quickly. Finally, click 100% intensity from the Intensity Tool window. Click the second cell in the CI (Color Intensity) channel and while holding the left mouse button, drag the mouse to the right for as long as you did before.
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