Yorkville LP-DMX3/5 - Manual (Page 6)

Controls, indicators and connectors
Mode Switches
The two-place DIPswitch to the extreme left selects the operating mode of
the combined LP-LED4 and LP-DMX3 or LP-DMX5.
Placing both switches in the down position selects mode 1. This is the most
basic mode of operation, intended for use with simple, low-cost DMX
controllers with few available channels. The LP-LED4 occupies four DMX
channels, each of which controls the intensity of one LED pod, while the
color that pod produces is selected by that pod’s rotary switch on the LP-
LED4.
Placing the left switch up and the right switch down selects mode 2. This
mode uses two DMX channels per pod or eight total. The channels are
organized in pairs: the first channel controls intensity, the second controls
color for pod 1, the third and fourth control intensity and color for pod 2 and
so on. DMX allows a wider selection of colors than are available on the LP-
LED4’s rotary switches. When selecting the color, don’t look directly into
the LEDs. Instead, look at the scene being lit. Besides avoiding damage to
your eyes, you’ll see the colors more accurately.
Placing the left switch down and the right switch up selects mode 3. This
mode was designed to add a little flash to your light show – it turns each pod
into a strobe. Each pod now occupies three DMX channels, so the entire LP-
LED4 occupies twelve channels. In each group of three channels, the first
again controls intensity and the second controls color. The third controls the
strobe rate, from several seconds per flash up to about 10 flashes per second.
Placing the strobe rate channel “full-on” puts the pod back into continuous
mode, so that it can be used as a normal light when the strobe effect is not