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Turn off the IR of a Mega bar Rc?

FM Former Member
I have 2 Mega bar rc and i want to use them close together on the floor without a DMX in a master/slave mode.

Problem is that when i put 1 on master and 1 on slave they both react on the RC remote and the slave jumps out of it's slave mode.

I tried duck tape on the ir eye of the slave but that does not work.

How can i turn off the IR receiver of the slave bar??

Thanks,
Edgar
The Netherlands.
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S Studio42 (Guest)
Do they both continue to do the same thing?

It could be that the slave is responding as it should to the master, but that would only be true if they are both doing the same thing.

Also, I don't see anything in the manual that talks about if the RC works off IR(line of sight within range) or RF. I don't suspect there is an IR eye, but I can't tell from the pictures of the manual. Personally, I suspect that it would be RF because it doesn't need to be line of sight and would probably work a bit better in parties and clubs, where these lights are meant to operate. I do see stuff tht SUGGESTS(page 11) that it is IR, but it doesn't say definitively, and you could do very narrow RF, but even so, you get lots of room for slack in such an environment.

Trying to use IR control for a floor-based application might not be the best thing to do. We'll let ADJ say how it works.

If they both do the same thing when you're using te remote, then they SHOULD be fine, and they are both responding to the signal from the remote being received at the master. Again, make sure the first is it in fact a MASTER in MASTER mode, and the second is a SLAVE.
FM Former Member
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Originally posted by Chris Pickett:
Do they both continue to do the same thing?

It could be that the slave is responding as it should to the master, but that would only be true if they are both doing the same thing.

Also, I don't see anything in the manual that talks about if the RC works off IR(line of sight within range) or RF. I don't suspect there is an IR eye, but I can't tell from the pictures of the manual. Personally, I suspect that it would be RF because it doesn't need to be line of sight and would probably work a bit better in parties and clubs, where these lights are meant to operate. I do see stuff tht SUGGESTS(page 11) that it is IR, but it doesn't say definitively, and you could do very narrow RF, but even so, you get lots of room for slack in such an environment.

Trying to use IR control for a floor-based application might not be the best thing to do. We'll let ADJ say how it works.

If they both do the same thing when you're using te remote, then they SHOULD be fine, and they are both responding to the signal from the remote being received at the master. Again, make sure the first is it in fact a MASTER in MASTER mode, and the second is a SLAVE.


Hi Chris,
Thanks for your reply.
I have 1 megabar in master mode and 1 magabar in slave mode with a dmx cable (you can see it on the displays so thats ok) but when i want the master to go from program mode to SA (sound) and i use de RC both (master and slave) react and jump into SA mode. When i want to go from SA to program mode they both are doing diffrent things because speed and timing is not the same.
When i want to put 1 in slave mode with the RC they both jump into slave mode..
I have to put a big pillow on the master IR eye so i can put the other in slave mode but that s*cks..

Anybody know what to do??
Thanks,
Edgar.
S Studio42 (Guest)
Well, that doesn't sound right to me.

As I underststand how it SHOULD work, UNLESS the "master" is in DMX mode, as long as the master in in fact a master(and not in DMX mode0), then the slave should follow the master. In program mode, the master should be transmitting what it is doing to the slave unit so it will follow. Similarly, in sound active mode, only the master's sound active functionality should be engaged and they should both be doing the same.

This is NOT to be confused with sound active in DMX mode, where when you do that, each light responds to sound active independently.
FM Former Member
Hi Chris,

What you say is correct BUT...
1.I put 1 Megabar in "slave mode"

2.I put the other megabar in "SA" or "program
mode because a "master mode" does not excist (i don't use DMX mode)

3.everything works and the slave folows the master in "program" or "SA mode"

4.BUT when i use my RC to put the master in a other mode (lets say from "program" to "SA") the slave also jumps out of it's "slave mode" into the same mode as the master (for example the "sa" or "program mode") and does not follows the master..(because the master and slave are close together and both react on to the remote control)
When that happens the slave is in the same mode as the master but they are not synchronous any more.

Hope you understand what i mean.
Cheers,
Edgar.
S Studio42 (Guest)
Something is not correct then, but where is this issue....

I read the manual and there is nothing that discusses how to place a unit into master mode, so I'm typing based on the assumption that the unit is either in master mode unless otherwise placed into slave mode. You may wish to follow the instructions about the mode button to confirm.

In master/slave operation, whatever the master is doing, the slaves should be doing, with the exception of a very sight delay if there even is one.

Try reversing which one is the master and slave and see if that makes any progress.
FM Former Member
Hi Chris,

I tried to change who is master/slave but i does not help.
There is no master mode, only a slave mode (or SA mode, programa mode, etc)

Bar keeps jumping out of slave mode every time i use the remote controle for the master bar..

Please ADJ, tell me what to do!
Cheers,
Edgar.
J JinglesForum Admin
"Only way to solve his problem is to open up the slave units and disconnect IR cable from PCB.
And that should be solution  for him I just tried it on 2 mega 50 bars"
The above quote is from our service tech. However please keep in mind that doing this will void your warranty and is not something we recommend a lot of users do.
Sincerely,

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