Services: Deco LED System Description
my-tronic Ledon's systems offer flexibility: the light sources can be either individually controlled or connected in a DMX512 network
The RGB illumination systems are highly customisable lighting solutions that can generate a very large palette of colour effects. The systems can be adapted to suit different shapes and sizes, light intensities, number and types of LED light sources and control devices. Each light source in the system can be individually controlled, thus allowing the customer to create very complex light effects and animations: rainbow effects (colours changing smoothly and continuously from one to another - no sudden colour change), stroboscope (quick flashing colours, with adjustable colour, time on and time off), wave (colours starting from OFF state, going to their brightest level and then back to OFF state - colour and cycle time adjustable), moving lights (animation effects, consecutive light sources display the same effect with different delays, leaving the impression of light and/or colour that "flows" from one point to another), bar-graph effects (sound-controlled digital VU-meters, level indicators, etc). Another feature is the possibility to have more light effects in a sequence (for example: rainbow for 2 minutes, then wave for 3 minutes; or complete daily/weekly/monthly schedules). Setting different values to the available parameters can customize all the effects.
Generally, the RGB illumination system consists of a global controller (DMX source), local controllers (colour and light boosters) and the LED light sources (figure 1.1)
Global Controller - DMX Source
The global controller is used to manage the whole system. The user can create a sequence of light effects and store it into the integrated memory. Depending on the actual controller used, more such sequences can be stored in the internal memory or as files on a PC. These can be later used, eliminating the need of re-configuring the desired colour effects. During operation, the global controller sends data to the local controllers and can inform the user if hardware failures occur.
As global controller one of the following can be used:
+ PC software (requires a PC, communication hardware and control software):
~ e:cue programmer with its hardware interfaces e:cue nano or e:cue twilight, e:cue dongle, e:cue e:node
~ DMX-120 Stage Line with its hardware interfacel
~ other light controlling software and hardware interfaces
+ hardware devices:
~ EUROLIGHT light mixing console
~ Lite-puter's ECP-103J
~ Lite-puter's CP-2B or CP-3B control panels along with DP-6B interface
~ other DMX 512 compatible light controllers
The PC software offers a flexible and easy to use interface for creating and customizing sequences of light and colour effects. Different sequences can be stored as files on the disk, allowing easy re-use and copying between different systems.
Hardware devices are a more compact and un-expensive global control alternative, and they are best fit for simple control modes.
Local Controller - Color Booster
The local controller is used to control a certain number of light sources (depending on the number of RGB channel outputs). It receives the data from the global controller and it is also used to connect the power supplies necessary for the light sources to operate (different light sources may need different voltages to operate).
The local controller may use pre-programmed effects in case there is no global controller in the system. This is especially useful when only a few effects are needed, in a system that has a limited number of light-sources that can be controlled using a single local controller.
The light sources are built using LEDs and have a normal operating time of approximately 50000 hours. Mostly RGB LED light sources are used (they combine red, green and blue LEDs or LEDs with integrated red, green and blue chips to generate every colour in the spectrum), but also custom specific light sources can be built (using LEDs with various colours, for example red and white, or white and yellow, etc). The light sources can have different sizes and shapes: stripes, spots, ropes, triangles, panels and so on, due to the fact that LEDs have a small size that allows us to mount them in any possible shape.
For example a stripe-shaped lightsource is built by concatenating more stripes together, with lengths from 14 cm up to 8 m and more. It is controlled by a RGB output of a local controller.
The local controllers include parameters related to the power supplies (output voltages, output current capabilities), luminosity characteristics, operating conditions (temperature, humidity) and others. For more information please consult the related datasheet.
LED Light Sources
+ The LED stripes can be mounted in diffuser tubes (the 29mm wide stripes), in aluminium rails (the 8mm, 16mm and the 29mm wide stripes) or on sliding supports (the 29mm wide stripes) for easy maintenance.
+ The LED spots can have the following sizes: 50mm circles with or without integrated controller (local controller onboard), 100mm circles with integrated controller (local controller onboard) and 100mm circles without integrated controller (must be controlled by a RGB output of a local controller)- or other sizes on request.
+ A LED plain light panel is a square shaped source without integrated controller for applications such as illuminated walls, ceilings or floors, depending on the used housing.
