Control Card
Blue "Power" LED
Behavior |
Status or Error |
Solid On |
Power is present at the control card |
Off |
Power is not present at the control card |
Slow Blink, ERROR Fast Blink |
Invalid RDM ID. Contact ETC Technical Services. |
Slow Blink, ERROR Dark |
Bootloader mode: waiting for firmware. Insert a microSD card with a valid firmware file. |
Triple Blink |
Firmware download in progress |
Green "DMX" LED
Behavior |
Status or Error |
Solid On |
DMX is present |
Off |
DMX is not present |
Triple Blink |
Firmware download in progress |
Yellow "LINK" LED
Behavior |
Status or Error |
Rapid Blink |
Communication is active. Blinks to indicate active communication with output cards e.g. level changes. |
Off |
Communication to control cards is inactive. LED will be off if levels are static. |
Slow Blink, ERROR Fast Blink |
Invalid RDM ID. Contact ETC Technical Services. |
Slow Blink, ERROR Dark |
Bootloader mode: waiting for firmware. Insert a microSD card with a valid firmware file. |
Triple Blink |
Firmware download in progress |
Red "ERROR" LED
Behavior |
Status or Error |
Off |
Normal operation. |
Solid On |
There is an active error. The current error state is being transmitted as an RDM status message. |
Fast Blink |
Invalid RDM ID. Contact ETC Technical Services. |
Double Blink |
MicroSD card error. |
Triple Blink |
Firmware download in progress |
Output Card
These tables apply to all F-Drive R12 output cards.
Channels 1-4
These LEDs will be lit either red or green.
LED Color and Behavior |
Status or Error |
Solid On |
Output is > 0% |
Off |
Output is off |
Triple Blink |
Firmware download in progress. |
Solid On |
There is an active error. Check errors via RDM status messages. |
Fast Blink |
Navis RGBW firmware upload in progress (Chroma only) |
Slow Blink |
A Navis RGBW fixture on the line needs firmware (Chroma only) |
Alternating blink in pairs |
Bootloader mode: waiting for firmware. Red LEDs blink in pairs "1" and "3" then "2" and "4." |