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R12 LED Indicators

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."

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