Doug Fleenor Design ColorWheel - Manual

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DOUG FLEENOR DESIGN, Inc.
396 Corbett Canyon Road
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
(805) 481-9599 Voice and FAX
Color Wheel Installation and Operation
Overview
The Color Wheel is a simple wall-mounted device designed to operate DMX512 based
LED lighting fixtures. It can be configured to operate 3, 4, or 5 channel fixtures. Active
channels may be increased or decreased individually, or all at once.
Electrical connections
All electrical connections to the Color Wheel are made through a removable five
conductor terminal block on the back of the unit. This allows all connections to be made
to the terminals without the Color Wheel unit present. The terminal block and wires can
be pushed into the wall box while painting, etc. are taking place. The Color Wheel can
then be plugged in and attached to the wall box when the installation is finished.
Power connection
The Color Wheel requires low voltage power to operate. This voltage must be in the
range of 10 - 24 volts AC or DC at 70-30 mA respectively. If such a power source is not
available, use Doug Fleenor Design’s model XFMR power transformer.
Power should be connected to the top Color Wheel terminals labeled ‘V’ and ‘C’. If low
voltage AC power is used, the polarity does not matter. If low voltage DC power is
being used, the positive wire should be connected to the ‘V’ terminal and the negative
wire should be connected to the ‘C’ terminal.
Cabling from the power source to the Color Wheel should be sized appropriately for the