Vaporizer Strobe Light

[dicky]

Hi I got one of these Vaporizer Strobe lights here for repair.

Could be a Zoom Vaporizer 1500 or Source Vaporizer 1500. Maybe both are the same thing? It just says Vaporizer Strobe Light on the back, no model number etc.

It has a circuit breaker type on off switch at one end with captive mains lead and DMX in/out plus 10 dip switches at the other end

Could be it has 2 DMX channels rate/intensity, though I didn't attach a DMX controller just yet as it's in my storage unit, but does anyone know about these strobes and whether they are supposed to have a standalone strobe function (switch 10 on?)

This one powers up, or at least I can hear the fan running and red LED comes on, but doesn't flash, so is faulty unless I am using it incorrectly

Cheers
Rich

[dicky]

Kinda partly answered my own question - spotted a built in mic behind the mounting bracket - so definitely has built in sound to strobe - anyone know how to activate that?

Rich

[Daryll]

Cant find the manual , but have a look at this thread .

http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=16949

Cheers

Daryll

[dicky]

Cheers Daryl

I had seen that thread but the link to the manual is dead. I'm guessing this strobe is the same one as described there

Best guess from having a look at it is a microcontroller faultt - The DIP switch 10 works - switches the voltage on an input port pin on the microcontroller, The Sound-to-Light circuit works, sends pulse to microcontroller pin when I tap the casing, but the micro never sends a signal to trigger the flash.

Oscillator running, micro isn't permananetly RESET, unless I am missing something like a Dip Swithch setting then this one can't be repaired

Rich

[stormproductions]

I've got one of these.

Not sure if I've ever tried it stand-alone, but it definitely uses 2 channels of DMX and needs a combination of values on both channels to get output. Can't remember what the values are - I end up just having a quick play with a couple of sliders on the desk each time I use it to remind myself!

The blinder function is where it really comes in handy.

[dicky]

Hi mate
Could you possibly plug it in and set DIP switch 10 to on, all others off, and see if it runs sound-to-light stand alone

Cheers

[stormproductions]

Will try to remember next time I'm at the unit (may get out there later today)!

[stormproductions]

OK, tried it last night.

Just switch 10 on gives constant flashing.
Trial and error determined that switches 9 + 10 both on gives sound to light.