Star Headlight & Lantern 8600 Series Intercepto - 66" Tow Packages - Manual (Page 13)

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● Lightbars with strobes or LEDs can be programmed with the user’s choice of flash
pattern.
● If you have both strobes and LEDs in your lightbar, programming of the strobe
pack(s) and LED flasher(s) must be done separately.
● If you have multiple strobe packs or multiple LED flashers, all of the strobe packs can be
programmed together and all of the LED flashers can be programmed together or each
strobe pack or LED flasher can also be programmed separately, if you desire different
patterns for each.
1. To program the flash pattern turn only the strobe pack(s) on that you wish to program.
2. Briefly touch the red w/green stripe wire to +12VDC and release it. Continue to briefly
touch and release this wire to +12VDC until you find the pattern desired. The pattern
lists for the strobe packs can be found below.
3. Once you have the pattern you like, turn the pack off. The pack will remember the
pattern next time it is activated.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for each additional strobe pack you wish to program.
5. Once your programming is complete, tape the end of the red w/green stripe wire so that
it does not come into contact with +12VDC.
Pattern Programming
Pattern Warning Pattern Style
1 Alternating Five-Flash (default)
2 Pseudo-Random
3 Alternating Singleflash
4 Alternating Doubleflash
5 Alternating Quadflash
The strobe packs are defaulted for Five-Flash mode. You can scroll through pseudo-
random, singleflash, doubleflash, quadflash, and back to five-flash by touching and
releasing the red w/green stripe wire to +12VDC.
Please note: If you have only the corner strobes activated (white w/yellow wire or white w/
red wire), heads 1 and 4 will alternate (see the center lightbar layout diagram on page
2). If you have only the front or rear strobes activated (brown w/yellow or brown w/
red) then heads 2 and 3 will alternate. If you activate the corners AND the fronts or
rears at the same time, heads 1 and 4 will flash together, opposite of 2 and 3.
Automatic Power Up Head Check
Each 4-outlet power pack comes with a safety feature which checks for proper operation of each
individual strobe head each time you turn on the strobe pack. This feature works by quickly
flashing each head once separately and determining if any of the heads did not flash. If two heads
normally flash together, and one fails and does not flash during the start up test, the strobe pack
will automatically reduce the output power to that particular side so that the “other” remaining
head(s) isn’t over powered. The power to that side will be reduced until the strobe pack is turned
off and on again and the faulty head tests good.
The 4-outlet strobe pack will check all four heads each time the pack is turned on EVEN if the head
select feature is being used and only two heads are to be activated. After checking all four heads,
the pack will begin flashing normally. It takes approximately 0.250 sec. to check all four heads.
Note: If you replace the non-working head, it is necessary to cycle power to the pack
before that head and the one that flashes with it will start flashing again at full
power. (You should never replace a defective head with the pack activated!!)
Strobe Pack Flash Patterns