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- Page 1 LC-1X 1-CH LIGHTING CONTROLLER USER MANUAL © BOOMLIGHTS 265 McNeilly Road Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5H2 Canada © 2021 BOOMLIGHTS. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 13...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS WARNING ..........................3 WHAT’S INCLUDED ......................3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ...................... 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................3 1.1 Overview ........................3 1.2 Features ........................4 2.0 OPERATION ........................5 2.1 Default Set-Up ......................5 2.2 Getting Started ......................5 2.3 Colour Combinations ....................6 2.4 DMX Output ...................... -
Page 3: Warning
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview The LC-1X is a single channel RGB LED and DMX lighting controller that has been specially designed by musicians for musicians. Treat your lighting like an instrument by using MIDI to create custom automated light shows. No additional hardware or software required. The LC-1X seamlessly integrates with any existing hardware or software set-up. -
Page 4: Features
1.2 Features 1 - RGB Channel Output Connector: The 4-pin USB type B connector is used for driving any 12V common anode RGB LED strip. DO NOT CONNECT TO A USB PORT ON A COMPUTER! 2 - Indicator Light: Displays the colour output of the unit. This is the colour that will ultimately be displayed by any connected LED strip or DMX light. -
Page 5: Operation
DMX lights. See section 2.4 for more information about how the LC-1X transmits DMX signals. Next connect the “MIDI Out” of your MIDI device to the “MIDI In” of the LC-1X via a MIDI cable. Ensure you are using the correct MIDI channel and MIDI notes on your MIDI device. See section 2.3.1 for more information about how to configure the MIDI channel and MIDI notes that the LC-1X will respond to. -
Page 6: Colour Combinations
To adhere to the same conventions as Boomlights’ RGB LED MIDI control protocol, the only DMX channels the LC-1X will utilize will be the colours red, green and blue as well as the overall brightness. This allows for each colour of an RGB DMX light to be designated to and controlled by the corresponding MIDI note within a 3 MIDI note group. - Page 7 DMX lights. Example: Below is an example of the DMX address configuration for an RGB DMX PAR64 light. The LC-1X only controls the red, green and blue values of the light. Therefore, the remaining channels will be set to a value of zero.
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Page 8: Dmx Address Table
2.5.1 Changing the MIDI Note DIP Switches On the bottom of the LC-1X, you will find a pair of DIP switch arrays. Switches 1 to 4 of the first DIP switch array control the MIDI channel the unit responds to while switches 5 to 7 control the DMX address the unit transmits, which are reserved for custom configurations. -
Page 9: Midi Note Dip Switch Table
It is important to note that any changes to the DIP switches must be done while the unit is powered off, as the unit only checks the DIP switch settings during start-up. 2.5.2 MIDI Note DIP Switch Table Note Octave Number Binary Note... - Page 10 Note Octave Number Binary Note Octave Number Binary 1001000 1101100 1001001 1101101 1001010 1101110 1001011 1101111 1001100 1110000 1001101 1110001 1001110 1110010 1001111 1110011 1010000 1110100 1010001 1110101 1010010 1110110 1010011 1110111 1010100 1111000 1010101 1111001 1010110 1111010 1010111 1111011 1011000 1111100 1011001...
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Page 11: Changing The Midi Channel Dip Switches
2.5.3 Changing the MIDI Channel DIP Switches Setting switches 1 to 4 on the first DIP switch array determines which MIDI channel the unit will respond to. These DIP switches are set the same way in which the MIDI note DIP switches are set. That is, when a DIP switch is in the up position, it is considered “1”... - Page 12 Of course, you can assign each unit to whichever MIDI notes you desire. This is simply an example of a possible configuration in which the first 24 MIDI notes are assigned concurrently to 8 units. Ultimately, you can use as many LC-1X units as the MIDI scale will allow.
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Page 13: Current Limit
3.0 CURRENT LIMIT Each LC-1X has a current limit of 2A for a connected LED strip. This works out to a maximum LED strip length of 96”. If this length is exceeded, the unit may power off due to the internal resettable fuse.
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