Robert Engel
Member
I've got another question about 0-10v dimming. The problem is the typical architectural style of 0-10 that the drivers source current for the dimmer / control to sink where zero on the control equals minimum brightness of the can lights, but only when power is switched off do the lights really go dark/off.
Specifically, there are some can lights that we need to change control from the architectural dimmers over to DMX control. They are wired with each can has an individual 0-10v line already home run to it, however the 120v power is common to all. We already have DMX to 0-10v converters working for each (we can individually control the brightness of each can - minimum to maximum), but to get them to go dark/off we would need a relay to cut power to the string of cans. Therefore to make one go dark (interrupt power), all would go dark. Does anyone know of a different LED driver that we could swap out the existing drivers that would actually go dark on 'zero' instead of 'minimum on brightness'? Or a relay that could be installed at every can that would watch the 0-10 and disconnect power when 'zero' is controlled to actually make it dark?
Am I making any sense at all?
Thanks,
Robert Engel
Specifically, there are some can lights that we need to change control from the architectural dimmers over to DMX control. They are wired with each can has an individual 0-10v line already home run to it, however the 120v power is common to all. We already have DMX to 0-10v converters working for each (we can individually control the brightness of each can - minimum to maximum), but to get them to go dark/off we would need a relay to cut power to the string of cans. Therefore to make one go dark (interrupt power), all would go dark. Does anyone know of a different LED driver that we could swap out the existing drivers that would actually go dark on 'zero' instead of 'minimum on brightness'? Or a relay that could be installed at every can that would watch the 0-10 and disconnect power when 'zero' is controlled to actually make it dark?
Am I making any sense at all?
Thanks,
Robert Engel