300Watt Accessory Power Supply

model: LED300
technical data sheet

LED300 accessory power supply

The LED300 power supply distributes DMX512 data and 24 Volt power to lighting fixtures and accessories. Primarily designed to power and control Color Kinetics ColorBlast 12 LED fixtures, the LED300 can also drive Color Kinetics iColor Cove, Altman Spectra PAR, and similar products, as well as color scrollers, gobo rotators, and other powered DMX512 controlled accessories.

Power and data are provided on six 4-Pin female XLR connectors. Power appears on pins 1 and 4, Data is provided on pins 2 and 3. Polarity and data levels are field adjustable by a service technician.

The LED300 features our DownShifter technology that shifts incoming DMX512 data and outputs the desired channels as channels 1, 2 and 3. This allows all fixtures to be set to address "001" with the power supply routing the proper signals to the proper outputs. To enable DownShifter mode the address switch is set to a valid DMX512 address (1 through 512). The system then operates similar to a dimmer pack with the first fixture controlled by the selected channel (and the two successive channels), the second fixture being controlled by the selected channel plus three, the third fixture being controlled by the selected channel plus six, and so forth.

DownShifter mode is disabled (so DMX512 data passes through to every output unmodified) by setting the address switch to 000.

The LED300 can provide 5 volt differential or single ended 24 volt data. The majority of DMX512 controlled accessories that operate on 24 volt power use 5 volt differential data. Original Color Kinetics ColorBlast and iColor Cove products also used 5 volt differential data. Newer Color Kinetics ColorBlast 6 and ColorBlast 12 require 24 volt single ended data (3-wire protocol). Control data is placed on pins 2 and 3. Differential data uses pin 2 for data- and pin 3 for data+. Single ended data places the same signal on both pin 2 and pin 3 so either pin can be used for control.

The LED300 is convection cooled (no fan) for silent operation. The supply is provided with a North American Parallel Blade with Ground (PBG) mains connection. It is internally switchable to nominal 115 volt or 230 volt operation.

Doug Fleenor Design, Inc. is not affiliated with Color Kinetics, Inc. or Altman Lighting, Inc.
ColorBlast 6, ColorBlast 12, and iColor Cove are trademarked products of Color Kinetics Inc.
Spectra PAR is a trademarked product of Altman Lighting, Inc.

SPECIFICATIONS: Model LED300 - 300W Power Supply for LED Fixtures
Input power: 250 Kilobaud, 0.2 Volts minimum, 12 Volts maximum.
Input circuit: EIA-485 receiver with two 100 ohm PTC self resetting fuses, four low capacitance transient suppression diodes.
Input connector: Gold plated 5 pin male (Neutrik D-1 series).
Input pass through: Gold plated 5 pin female (Neutrik D-1 series). All five pins are passed through.
Input Isolation: 600 Volts
Output baud rate: 250 Kilobits per second
Output circuit 5V: ESD protected EIA-485 transceiver (LT1785)
Output signal 5V: EIA-485 driver yields an approximate 3 volt signal into 120 Ohms
Output circuit 24V: MC34074 high speed op-amp tuned for 4uS bit period (250 Kb/s) yields approximately 22V at load.
Output signal 24V: 22 Volt signal
Output connector: Gold plated 4 pin female (Neutrik D-1 series). Rated at 10 amps.
Output current (power): 12.5 amps (300watts) continuous [limited to 5 amps (120 watts) maximum per output]
Connector pin out:
ColorBlast 12
iCove
Single End Data
Differential Data (DMX512)
Model LED300
(standard)
LED300-S1
(on request)
LED300-Differential
(on request)
Pin 1 24VDC Common Common
Pin 2 Data + OR Data + OR Data -
Pin 3 Data + Data + Data +
Pin 4 Common 24VDC 24VDC
Indicators: Red Power LED, Green Signal LED, Yellow data type LED connected to port 1
External user controls: Recessed three segment BCD address switches
000 = Standard power supply operation. Connected devices must be addressed as needed.
1 - 512 = Enables DownShifter power supply operation. Connected devices are to be addressed to start address 1.
Standalone modes: Below is a list of start address and their corresponding outcome.
6nn = Fixed colors where nn selects approximate Roscolux(TM) gel color.
7nn = Fading effects. The tens place selects an effect and the ones place adjusts the fade time.
8nn = Strobe effects. The tens place selects an effect and ones place adjusts flash rate.
900 = Rabdin selection of fading and strobing effects.
Internal slide switches: Each of the six output ports can be selected to output differential (DMX512) or single ended (Color Kinetics Color Blast 12) data. It is recommended that all ports be set identically.
Internal polarity select: 24vdc polarity setting for pins 1 and 4 on all twelve output ports
Power input: 115~120 VAC 11A / 200~230 VAC 7A 50-60Hz selected by internal switch
Color: Black anodized with white silkscreen nomenclature
Size : 9.25"h X 5.25"d X 9.7"w
Mounting Options: Two 1/2" holes for half couplers or "C" Clamp and handle slot

Doug Fleenor Design, Inc.
396 Corbett Canyon Road
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
(805) 481-9599 voice and FAX
(888) 4-DMX512 toll free
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