Main Light Industries' LED-powered LightStar fiber optic illuminator, part of DiCon Lighting's FiberLamp product line, offers a broad spectrum of RGBW LED colors with output comparable to a 150-watt metal halide powered illuminator while weighing less and drawing less power. The unit requires only 2 amps, generates less heat, and uses a quieter fan than non-LED alternatives. The fiber port has a 30mm aperture, which can handle 900 points of fiber, enough to light one circuit of a 20'x30' Main Light LightScape fiber optic drapery. The LightStar illuminator also has full DMX capability for remote control; up to 30 units can be daisy chained via DMX control using five-pin XLR or Ethernet RJ-45 in-and-out connectors. Built-in DMX-based master-slave functionality allows one unit to control and synchronize the behavior of the other units, such as dimming and twinkling. LightStar can also operate in standalone mode as well as be controlled locally at the illuminator. The unit has a DIP switch to set the DMX address and it requires eight DMX channels for control-one per color and one each for the twinkle wheel; the strobe; the dimmer and a pre-mixed white color.
The 5 lb LightStar measures 12 by 6 by 5 inches. DiCon Lighting manufactures the LightStar illuminator under the FiberLamp brand and finalized the product design based on feedback from Main Light, which is the primary distributor for the LightStar illuminator to entertainment markets.
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