[SML] 4 channel LED dimming. NOT RGBW

sdwheaton sdwheaton at fuse.net
Tue Jul 19 00:53:08 UTC 2016


I appear to have unintentionally led everyone astray.  Let me try again.
We have a few shows using LEDion  panels (flat LED panels common in discos etc) the panels have simple RGB LED strips inside, but they run from a driver module that is no longer supported by the manufacturer.  That module uses 4 channels per panel.  RGBI.  Modules could run 4,8, or 16 panels each from a DMX feed.
We used to be able to obtain the decoder chip in the driver box. But we can no longer get it.Now when a driver fails, it is a brick...  the show, however, must go on.  We could Re wire the system to use a cluster of small LED dimmer blocks, but the existing cues are built around the RGBI drivers and most LED dimmers are not built that way,  if we cannot find a dimmer/driver that uses RGBI output, we will need to get the lighting for the show re-cued, adding considerable expense to a retrofit that will already cost serious dollars.
So what I am essentially looking for would be a small LED dimmer that has RGBI capability.
I apologize for the confusion.
Stuart

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device-------- Original message --------From: "C. Andrew Dunning via Stagecraft" <stagecraft at theatrical.net> Date: 7/18/2016  3:47 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: 'Stagecraft Mailing List' <stagecraft at theatrical.net> Cc: "C. Andrew Dunning" <landrudesign at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [SML] 4 channel LED dimming. NOT RGBW 
Perhaps missing the point from the O.P., but many LED products don’t use an Intensity channel.  They rely on the console to provide that functionality virtually. C. Andrew DunningLandru Design-Nashville, TN, USA-cad at landrudesign.comlandrudesign@gmail.comlandrudesign at comcast.netwww.landrudesign.com   From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Dave Vick via Stagecraft
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 2:41 PM
To: sdwheaton at fuse.net; Stagecraft Mailing List
Cc: Dave Vick
Subject: Re: [SML] 4 channel LED dimming. NOT RGBW On Monday, July 18, 2016, Stuart Wheaton via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:On 7/18/2016 1:55 PM, JIM VOGEL wrote:Most LED's have a profile for RGBI (and IRGB).
I'm not sure I follow you... Just a wild-ass guess, but I'm betting  the "I" in the RGBI/IRGB profile is for "Intensity"....  

-- 
Dave Vick
Just Another Guy Tryin' To Survive
Sent from the DavePad
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://theatrical.net/pipermail/stagecraft_theatrical.net/attachments/20160718/ff1e4fbb/attachment.html>


More information about the Stagecraft mailing list