sirrob28 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Hey guys, I have inherited a D-light AC-16 1.13 version controller. After several attempts I finally got the box to work of the D-light HU. My question is that will this box work on a LOR network? I have tried using the LOR HU with no luck. The light stops blinking and goes solid but nothing shows up in the LOR HU. Is there a trick or something i can do to make this thing work? Any input would be great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stil Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 No trick to doing this. You cannot use the LOR HU to control the D-Light Controller. You have to use the D-Light HU. However the LOR Sequence editor and Scheduler will control D-Light units just fine. I have 5 D-Light and 7 LOR controllers in my setup and have had no problems running both on the same network for several years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirrob28 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Well I have tried hooking it up to my other boxes with no luck. The lights all stop blinking on all the LOR boxes but still blinks on the D light. Is there a setting or something I am missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I'm not familiar with the D light equipment. But I will try to help. Chances are you're missing a crossover cable. I doubt that it uses the same pair of wires as the LOR network. And it's a very good possibility it needs DMX protocols not lor. With that being said you would have to run a DMX network with the LOR controllers running in DMX mode for them to be on the same network. Also you would need the proper crossover cables so your data positive and data negative wires match up with the D light configuration. Hopefully somebody else will chime in who is more familiar with his equipment and confirm or deny this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stil Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 D-Light controllers are clones of LOR controllers. They are connected to the network the exact same way. Not sure why the LED would not go solid when connected. Are you able to get the D-Light controllers working using the D-Light hardware utility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirrob28 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 I can actually get the red light to go solid using both the LOR and D light HU, but the lights only work with the D light HU. When using the sequencer and selecting the channel what do use in the drop down box for the device type? I have read some info about the adapter I currently use the usb485b. This is starting to get a little frustrating but I want to get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stil Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) Do not get frustrated. It will work perfectly. In the drop down list you select the Light-0-Rama controller and then whatever Unit ID and channel you have the D-light controller set to. You CANNOT use the Light-O-Rama Hardware utility to check the D-Light controllers. You have to use the D-Light HU for D-Light controllers and the LOR HU for LOR controllers. It is too bad that you cannot use just one but that is the way it is. I can guarantee that your controllers will work perfectly barring any unforeseen triac or other electrical failure. The USB adapter that you are using is correct. Good luckMark Edited November 14, 2015 by stil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirrob28 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Well i hooked it up to the sequencer, daisy chained it , set the right box number in the sequencer and still nothing. The red light continues to blink with no results. The LOR box worked just fine. I feel like I missing something so stupid,lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stil Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Try creating a simple animation in the Sequence editor with just the D-Light Unit ID. Plug the cat5 cable from the USB485 adapter to the D-Light controller and run the sequence. Do the lights come on? If they work then it could be a bad cable between the LOR controller and the D-Light controller. Other than that I am not sure what else to try. You did say that you can control the lights using the D-Light Hardware Utility, correct? If so, then the LOR sequence editor should be able to control the lights as well. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Reading through the post. It seems to me that the box is looking for a different language. I know you said it supposed to be an lor clone. But just for the hell of it try sending it a DMX signal and see what it does. Maybe somebody along the line set it up to receive DMX. There are a few other language is out there but DMX would be the more common one. The lights going to sit there blinking until it receives a language that it can understand Edited November 15, 2015 by Ebuechner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stil Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 You may be correct. I am not familiar with the DMX protocol but do know that the AC-16's can be configured that way. If it is a true AC-16 (unmodified) and the D-Light HU can control it then I would think that it would work fine using the LOR sequencer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now