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lighting control sequences. See the Troubleshooting
section if you have problems.
Tip: Under “Max Units” on the upper right, click
the Change button and move the slider to select
10 units. This will cut down the scan time
because the HWU will not have to scan for 240
controllers. Click OK.
Click the Refresh button (center top of window) to
have the Hardware Utility scan for all controllers
attached to the PC. When it finishes, the drop down
menu to the right of the Refresh button will list all
controllers found. Use this menu to select your
controller. See the Troubleshooting section if you
have problems.
You can use the “Test Unit’s Operation” portion of
the window to test the controller. Make sure you
have some lights plugged into the controller and
use the various options to test the lights.
This is a good time to experiment with different
intensities, fade rates and chase speeds. This
information will be useful if you want to create your
own light shows.
Setting the Unit ID with Software
If you have not installed the Light O Rama Windows
Showtime Software, do it now.
Plug the controller power cord(s) into AC power and
turn it on. The Status Display should rotate through
the “Idle” messages – see the Status Display
section. This means that the controller is waiting for
the PC to talk to it. Connect the controller to your
PC – see the Connecting Controller-To-Pc Data
Cable section.
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Start the Hardware Utility – click start ► All
Programs ► Light-O-Rama ► Light-O-Rama
Control Panel. There will be a light bulb with a red
halo on the right side of the task bar at the bottom
of the screen. Right-click the light bulb and select
Hardware Utility from the menu. Make sure the LOR
Control tab is selected. You will see the following
window:
Click the Auto Configure button in the Setup Comm
Port section. The Hardware Utility will search for the
COM port that your RS485 adapter is plugged into
and select it.
When assigning a unit ID, only one controller
should be plugged into the RS485 adapter on the
PC. Be sure you do not have more than one
controller connected.
Steps to set/change unit ID:
1. In the Change Existing ID section, use the Old
Unit ID drop down menu to select Any Unit, then