Mega Bar 50RC >> Using 2 of them >> Master/Slave

Former Member

ok,

thinking about buying 2 Mega Bar 50's
i called ADJ, but they did not have an answer for me as they have not tested,
was told to consult the manual, but the manual is very basic and does not go into much detail

question are a few:
if hooking up 2 of these, in master slave
will the remote control control the slave?
or only the master will "see" remote

if i want to "blackout" both, or change colors of both,
is it suffice to "blackout" or change the master?
or do i have to point remote(s) on both Bars?

it would make sense to point to the master and have slave respond

i know manually (without remote), the slave will follow all actions from master,

but will someone please explain exactly how the remote(s) function when master/slave is used

and hooking up one RC, and one non-RC units
i've seen it done by Brian Redd,
and the one RC controlled them all, even the older non-RC's...

but need to know if they are all RC units (with remote), how that will work

ADJ, please test this and advise

thank you so much to anyone who can shed some light on this

2/8/1112:46 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

I was asked a similar question at mobile beat.
The answer was not fully satisfactory to the person who asked me.
If your using two of these units and both IR eye's are within range of the remote you very well may get both responding to the same command. But one thing is if you had one 50RGB RC and one 50RGB non RC and you hooked the two up master/slave the non RC would follow the master RC. Make sense? Again I did not have a lot of time to play with these so I COULD be wrong. But it is the nature of single channel only remotes unfortunately.
Sincerely,

2/8/1112:57 PM

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Former Member

thanks James,

so we know about RC with non-RC

but how about BOTH RC, and if tehy are FAR apart ??
pointing at master what happens?
pointing at slave , what happens?

these are things us future buyers need to know BEFORE we buy,

is it that hard for ADJ to test this out?

2/8/111:02 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

Your welcome. We do apologize for not having a test run. We are all very busy in the office. Let me see if i can get this tested.
Sincerely,

2/8/111:09 PM

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Former Member

thank you James,

also see if both are on top of each other, and you hit remote 1x, if they both respond

please test using master/slave and no master/slave

just wondering if i should get 1 remote and 1 non-remote, or 2x RC

much appreciated

2/8/111:13 PM

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Former Member

how do you go about mounting the Mega Bar 50 on simple light stand?

all my other lights just hang off 1 nut/bolt
but these have brackets on both sides,
will these fit on the side arms of my On-Stage stand? occupying the 2 mounts on each?
i dont use a truss, jsut 1 simple stand with "T" and side bars

anyone have these bolted to their light stands?

2/8/112:56 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

You should be able to mount them vertically or horizontally by using either one end of the bracket or both ends. Depending in the size of the hole on the brackets you should be able to bolt them directly on the stand.

2/8/113:24 PM

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Former Member

i would want to bolt it with both end brackets,
but exact what's distance? did not see in manual _(
and does this distance match that of my sidearms on my On-Stage?

2/8/113:27 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

From the product page, "The ADJ Mega Bar 50RGB RC is a compact 22-inch (1/2-meter) LED lighting Bar"

2/8/113:34 PM

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Former Member

thanks James, but that's end to end, the entire Bar

but center screw to center screw , end to end is probably not exactly 22"

2/8/113:43 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

Are you talking about the center mount in the middle of the bar? Like where the bracket would be?
Sincerely,

2/8/113:51 PM

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Former Member

Center mount on Mega 50's?
They don't have

So I'm talking where you screw on one side to where you screw on the other. The distance
And how that lines up with my stands side bars

2/8/114:21 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

I'm not really sure. perhaps call sales and ask them. I think a sales person may respond here too.
Sincerely,

2/9/112:28 AM

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rgrantMember

I use two mini clamps and sometimes mount them on top so I can also use c-clamps to mount more lights underneath.

2/9/115:10 AM

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JinglesForum Admin

I found out the answer to your remote question.

"After testing units you must point RC to master unit only and slave should fallow .

But if slave unit picks up RC signal when coming back on with auto run or program select the slave unit will change
to master then you will have to set unit back on slave mode using your RC. Master unit must be further away from slave unit."

Make sense?
Sincerely,

2/9/116:07 PM

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Former Member

make sense?

well i think if an RC unit is in slave mode
it SHOULD NOT respond to any remote

sensor on slave unit should deactivate when in slave mode

the way it is now makes it impossible to put 2 Mega Bar RC units (master/slave) in close proximity, as 1 remote alter both units, putting the slave into master, etc,

2/9/117:26 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

Ya. I understand but as of right now they only way to deactivate the sensor if the unit is in RC mode is to open the unit up and disconnect the cable from the Ir eye, which will void your warranty.

I will suggest to our R&D people to have a better method for this. In the mean time all I can say is I'm sorry.
Sincerely,

2/9/117:47 PM

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Former Member

james,

no need to apologize

maybe via update of some sort

easy, when unit is in SLAVE, IGNORE IR sensor
as we want ONLY master to respond :-)

i wish i worked for ADJ :-)

2/9/117:54 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

I would hope we can fix this issue in the future. As it seems that a lot of people may come across it. But it's up to the powers that be here. And they usually listen to us/you guys.
Maybe one day you can work for us. I had the same hope you had about 3 years ago. now look where I am at.

Keep the dream alive! haha.
Sincerely,

2/9/118:11 PM

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Former Member

theay just have to add IR off in program mode,

or in the next batch they build,
put in a physical IR on/off switch :-)

2/9/118:22 PM

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Former Member

Simple fix...just put a peice of tape on the slave units. The remote is IR which is a beam not RF signal. Although an RF system for future updates would be nice..more range and it can be under a table etc.

3/14/114:41 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

Well.........the IR receiver is on the front lens of the mega bar. In the place of one single LED diode. You would be putting a piece of tape on the front lens and depending on if it is crowd facing or not people would see a single piece of tape. Also because it is on the front lens who knows if the signal would slip around the tape and effect the slaves.
Just a thought.
Sincerely,

3/14/114:51 PM

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Former Member

I haven't seen these yet as my local dealer is overstocked on the old style fixtures. I didn't know where the IR receiver was located.

3/14/115:07 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

no problem.

and the title "bedroom" DJ just reflects your post count. It's not intended to mean your a bedroom DJ.