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Offline TexasStingray

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What do the LED's on the USB dongle mean.
« on: November 18, 2012, »
What do the LED's on the USB dongle mean?
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Re: What do the LED's on the USB dongle mean.
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2012, »
Red - power
green - signal present
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What do the LED's on the USB dongle mean.
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2012, »
The green is actually hooked to the data out pin on the 485 chip. If transmitting DMX, you can move the dongle rapidly and see the sync pulse...
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Re: What do the LED's on the USB dongle mean.
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2012, »
true, but i meant for any useful troubleshooting purposes...  if you didn't have green, you didn't have signal.
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