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JDC Line 500
Rev. 20210318-02 – Software v. 1.0.0

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  • Page 1 JDC Line 500 Rev. 20210318-02 – Software v. 1.0.0...
  • Page 2 This document covers fixture software version 1.0.0 © 2020-2021 German Light Products GmbH. All rights reserved. The marks ‘GLP’ and ‘German Light Products’ are trademarks registered as the property of German Light Products GmbH in Germany, in the United States of America and in other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Safety ......................4 Key to symbols ..................4 GLP Service and Support ..............5 JDC Line 500 overview ................6 Features ....................... 7 JDC Line 1000 ..................8 Fixture setup ................... 8 Strobe effects ..................8 Individual Cell Control ................8 Shutter / intensity effects ..............

  • Page 4: Safety

    If you have any doubts or questions about how to use the GLP® JDC Line 500 lighting fixture safely, contact your GLP supplier for assistance. Your GLP supplier will be happy to help.

  • Page 5: Glp Service And Support

    GLP and affiliated companies will take no responsibility for damage or injury resulting from disregard for the information in the user documentation. ● Check the GLP website at www.glp.de and make sure that you have the latest versions of the fixture’s Quick Start and Safety Manual and this user manual.

  • Page 6: Jdc Line 500 Overview

    2. JDC Line 500 overview Figure 1. JDC Line 500 overview A – End bracket / side-to-side J – DMX OUT/THRU (5-pin XLR) alignment points K – Network port B (EtherCON), B – Network port A (EtherCON), failsafe failsafe) L –...

  • Page 7: Features

    ● Quarter-turn locking points for omega clamps and end-to-end fastener bars ● Integration with JDC Line 1000 fixture The JDC Line 500 features a central tube of 100 x powerful White LEDs in 20 segments that provide impressive strobe effects and pixel mapping. Above and below the White LEDs are 200 x RGB LEDs in two rows that can be controlled as 20 or 40 segments.

  • Page 8: Jdc Line 1000

    Some of the control modes provide individual control of the white or RGB segments. On the JDC Line 500 the line of powerful White LEDs can be split into 20 segments. The line of powerful RGB LEDs can also be split into 20 segments with the additional possibility of separating the top and bottom half of each segment to give individual control of 40 RGB pixels.

  • Page 9: Background Color

    German Light Products® flash, random double flash, triple flash, random triple flash, spike, lightning, random pixel flash and random fixture flash effects as well as instant blackout. Background Color All control modes offer a set of RGBW channels with a separate dimmer called Background Color.

  • Page 10: Dimming

    ● At DMX values from 005 to 250 the fixture will perform flashes with long intervals to super-short intervals between flashes. If an intensity effect is selected, the Flash Rate channel lets you adjust the speed of the intensity effect. JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Flash Style

    German Light Products® Flash style The JDC Line 500 offers two types of LED behavior when operating as a strobe: ● Normal sets LEDs to light continuously during flashes at the PWM rate set using the control panel (the default rate is 3000 Hz) ●...

  • Page 12: Signal Behavior

    Besides maximizing light output in high ambient temperatures, you can use this mode to cool down a fixture quickly or to remove dust from cooling fans. JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 13: Pwm Frequency

    German Light Products® ● Medium – sets fans to constant operation at medium speed. Light output intensity is reduced to a level where it will normally remain constant at ambient temperatures of up to 45° C (113° F). Intensity is smoothly limited further if it becomes necessary in order to keep fixture temperature at optimum temperature level.

  • Page 14: Display Orientation

    Manual control If the JDC Line 500 is connected to mains power you can control it without using a DMX controller if you open the Manual Control menu in the control panel. This menu also lets you reboot the fixture.

  • Page 15: Custom Settings And Reloading Factory Defaults

    German Light Products® Custom settings and reloading factory defaults Custom settings are stored after a power off/on cycle and after a reset. Two options are available in the fixture’s control panel for deleting multiple custom settings and restoring defaults: ● Fixture Settings  Load Settings  Default reloads all the fixture’s factory default settings except DMX address, DMX mode and Control protocol.

  • Page 16: Control Menus And Onboard Display

    When navigating in the menus, the QUICK MENU / BACK button navigates back one level towards the top of the menu. TOP-RIGHT BUTTON (UP) Scroll up through a menu or increase a number. BOTTOM-RIGHT BUTTON (DOWN) Scroll down through a menu or decrease a number. JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 17: Quick Menu

    German Light Products® When you apply power to the fixture it takes a few seconds to boot. After it has booted, the panel displays the default screen. DMX control is disabled when the control menus are active. A number of options for customizing the onboard display are available on the DMX Control / Settings channel and in the Display control menu in the control panel.

  • Page 18: Setting Up The Control Protocol

    5. Setting up the control protocol The JDC Line 500 can be controlled via USITT512 DMX over a standard DMX cable link using the fixture’s 5-pin XLR connectors or via Art-Net or sACN over network cable using the fixture’s Ethernet port. This section explains how to configure the fixture to use the control data protocol that it is connected to.
  • Page 19 German Light Products® sACN To configure the fixture to receive DMX control data via sACN, open the menus in the fixture’s control panel and make the following settings: In the first menu (root menu), give a suitable DMX address to the fixture. In the Protocol Setup ...

  • Page 20: Control Menu Layout

    Flash Style Xenon Simulated xenon flicker strobe 8000 Sets white point to 8000 K 6500 Sets white point to 6500 K White point 5600 Sets white point to 5600 K Off (RAW) Raw white control JDC Line 500 User Manual...
  • Page 21 German Light Products® Normal pixel order: 1 to 10 (Pixel 1 is at Power IN) Reversed pixel order: 10 to 1 x-mirror (Pixel 1 is at Power OUT) Pixel Mirror Inverted pixel order y-mirror (Pixel 11 to 20 on top row) Reversed and inverted pixel order x-y-mirror (Pixel 20 to 11 on top row)
  • Page 22 Load factory backup (confirm 5 sec.) counters to zero, sets DMX address to 1, sets DMX mode to default (Mode 2: WStrobe + RGBStrobe) Default settings are written in BOLD type. JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 23: Quick Menu

    German Light Products® Quick menu To open the quick menu, press the ENTER button: [>>] symbol Menus Notes Display automatically inverts if Auto fixture is inverted Display Orientation Normal Display normal Inverted Display inverted down to up Reboot Confirm Reboots fixture Preset 1 Hold 3 sec.

  • Page 24: Dmx Control Modes Overview

    7. DMX control modes overview The following DMX control modes are available in the JDC Line 500. DMX Mode 1: RGBW Strobe Mode 1 14 DMX Channels RGBW Strobe RGBW strobe RGBW strobe is a global strobe that Intensity coarse...
  • Page 25 German Light Products® Mode 2 DMX Mode 2: W Strobe + RGB Strobe W Strobe + RGB Strobe 34 DMX channels White strobe with FX Intensity coarse White strobe with FX runs on the White Intensity fine segments only and has an effects Duration engine with 50 patterns.
  • Page 26 Background color on the Control/Settings channel. The upper and lower halves of each segment are controlled together, giving 20 RGB pixels. Control / Settings lets you configure the fixture remotely via DMX. JDC Line 500 User Manual...
  • Page 27 German Light Products® Mode 4 DMX Mode 4: White + RGB Strobes + W White + RGB Strobes + W Pixel Pixel White segments overall control 47 DMX Channels Intensity coarse Intensity fine White segments overall control gives Duration overall output control of the Flash rate (Shutter) individually controllable White Intensity effects (Strobe mode)
  • Page 28 (see above). fixture remotely via DMX. RGB segments individual control adjusts the color of the individual RGB segments. The output of these segments is determined by the RGB segments overall control channels (see above). JDC Line 500 User Manual...
  • Page 29 German Light Products® Mode 6 DMX Mode 6: MultiPix Advanced MultiPix Advanced 158 DMX Channels White strobe Intensity coarse White segments overall control gives Intensity fine overall output control of the Duration individually controllable White Flash rate (Shutter) segments at the end of this DMX mode Intensity effects (Strobe mode) (see below).

  • Page 30: Dmx Control Channel Layout

    3 seconds (or other duration if indicated in the table) to apply the command. ● Some commands on the Control / Settings channel require the DMX value zero to be sent first and then moved directly to the DMX value required by the command concerned. JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 31: Dmx Mode 1: Rgbw Strobe

    German Light Products® DMX MODE 1 DMX Mode 1: RGBW Strobe 16 DMX Channels Percent Default Channel Command range Fade Global RGBW strobe Global intensity coarse RGBW intensity 0 → 100% (16-bit) 65535 Fade Global intensity fine Global flash Flash duration short → long Fade duration Closed...

  • Page 32: Dmx Mode 2: W Strobe + Rgb Strobe

    White pattern step CW fast → slow select / speed 50.2 74.5 Fade (run pattern step 1 … n) Stop 74.9 75.3 Snap CCW slow → fast 75.7 Fade (run pattern step n … 1) JDC Line 500 User Manual...
  • Page 33 German Light Products® DMX MODE 2 No crossfading, snap from one step Snap to next Snap → longest crossfade (fade in 49.0 Fade and fade out times are identical) White pattern step No crossfading, snap from one step crossfading 49.4 51.0 Snap to next...
  • Page 34 Intensity 0 → 100% Fade 31 Red background Intensity 0 → 100% Fade 32 Green background Intensity 0 → 100% Fade 33 Blue background Intensity 0 → 100% Fade 34 White background Intensity 0 → 100% Fade JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 35: Dmx Mode 3: W Strobe + Rgb Pixel

    German Light Products® DMX MODE 3 DMX Mode 3: W Strobe + RGB Pixel 84 DMX Channels Percent Default Channel Command range Fade strobe with FX patterns White White intensity coarse White intensity 0 → 100% (16-bit) 65535 Fade White intensity fine White flash Flash duration short →...
  • Page 36 Triple flash 58.8 64.3 Triple flash random 64.7 70.2 Spikes 70.6 76.1 Lightning 76.5 82.0 Random pixel flash 82.4 87.8 Random fixture flash 88.2 93.7 No function 94.1 96.9 Random pattern 97.3 98.4 Random pixel 98.8 JDC Line 500 User Manual...
  • Page 37 German Light Products® DMX MODE 3 Open Snap 10 000 K CTC (RGB) … 99,2 Fade 2 500 K RGB strobe phase shift 0 → 359° RGB strobe phase Fade offset relative to White strobe Background color 20 Intensity backgnd. Intensity 0 →...

  • Page 38: Dmx Mode 4: White + Rgb Strobes + W Pixel

    RGB intensity 0 → 100% (16-bit) 65535 Fade RGB intensity fine RGB duration Flash duration short → long Fade Closed Snap RGB flash rate Flash rate slow → fast 97.6 Fade (Shutter) Open Snap JDC Line 500 User Manual...
  • Page 39 German Light Products® DMX MODE 4 Off (normal sync flashes) Single flash if change on flash rate 11.4 channel Pulse 11.8 17.3 Pulse opening 17.6 23.1 Pulse closing 23.5 29.0 Pulse random 29.4 34.9 Pulse opening random 35.3 40.8 RGB intensity Pulse closing random 41.2 46.7...
  • Page 40 White segment 01 White intensity 0 → 100% Fade White segment 02 White segments in order: … … Fade intensity 0 → 100% White segment 19 White segment 20 White intensity 0 → 100% Fade JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 41: Dmx Mode 5: Multipix

    German Light Products® DMX MODE 5 DMX Mode 5: Multipix 98 DMX Channels Percent Default Channel Command range Fade White segments overall control White intensity coarse White intensity 0 → 100% (16-bit) 65535 Fade White intensity fine White duration Flash duration short → long Fade Closed Snap...
  • Page 42 Fade intensity 0 → 100% Blue segment 19 Red segment 20 Red intensity 0 → 100% Fade Green segment 20 Green intensity 0 → 100% Fade Blue segment 20 Blue intensity 0 → 100% Fade JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 43: Dmx Mode 6: Multipix Advanced

    German Light Products® DMX MODE 6 DMX Mode 6: Multipix Advanced 158 DMX Channels Percent Default Channel Command range Fade White segments overall control White intensity coarse White intensity 0 → 100% (16-bit) 65535 Fade White intensity fine White duration Flash duration short →...
  • Page 44 RGB segments lower halves in … … Fade order, intensity 0-100% Blue segt. lower 39 Red segment Red intensity 0-100% Fade lower 40 Green segment Green intensity 0-100% Fade lower 40 Blue segment Blue intensity 0-100% Fade lower 40 JDC Line 500 User Manual...

  • Page 45: Control / Settings Channel

    German Light Products® CONTROL / SETTINGS Control / Settings channel The Control / Settings commands listed below are available on Channel 6 in every DMX mode. Percent Default Channel Command range Fade No function Dimmer curve: Soft / square law (3 sec.) Dimmer curve: Linear (3 sec.) No function 10.2...
  • Page 46 To reduce the risk of accidentally changing settings, the commands on the Control / Settings channel must be held for a certain time before they are executed. The above table indicates the number of seconds that you must hold a command. JDC Line 500 User Manual...

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