Daimyo68 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 So, I have the Storm, and purchased the 10V converter to use on a custom fixture I built some time ago using ELN drivers. The fixture is currently controlled via the Apex, but I am in the process of building another fixture using LDD drivers. Anyways, I got the converter, and in the box it comes with a 12v, 1Amp power supply... No instructions, none found on their website. Anyone able to give me some info on this and how to use the PS? Thx Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 EDIT: see reply from BenCoralux below Not sure why it came with a power supply. All it does is plug into the Storm socket, no external power needed. http://coralux.net/?wpsc-product=storm-10v-converter The Storm needs a power supply, but not the converter. Link to comment
Daimyo68 Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 I'm not sure why it came with it either. There's no place to wire/plug it into. I'm assuming they made a mistake? But the box it was in did fit both the power supply and converter just right. Link to comment
Daimyo68 Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Something else, the power supply for the Storm is 9v, 1amp How are the controller and converter going to supply 10v? Link to comment
flamehawk1613 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 the power supply for the fan power and control board is 12 v I would guess someone sent the wrong product. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 EDIT: see reply from BenCoralux below Something else, the power supply for the Storm is 9v, 1amp How are the controller and converter going to supply 10v? Voltage in doesn't need to necessarily be near or above voltage out. the Storm still sends a 5v PWM signal and then the little board does the rest. It doesn't need any more power to do so since it is not adding anything to the power output, just doubling the voltage (which cuts the current in half). Link to comment
BenCoralux Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Ben from Coralux here (no relation to Jedi, he is the real master). When using the 10V daughter board with the Storm, you should use the included 12V power adapter. The converter doesn't use the voltage doubler circuit described by jedimasterben, but instead accepts 12V and cuts it down to 10V. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any further questions. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Ben from Coralux here (no relation to Jedi, he is the real master). When using the 10V daughter board with the Storm, you should use the included 12V power adapter. The converter doesn't use the voltage doubler circuit described by jedimasterben, but instead accepts 12V and cuts it down to 10V. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any further questions. Actually, you're the master of the Storm Mind if I send you an email? I'd like to pick your brain about some settings on the Storm X. Link to comment
BenCoralux Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Send away, ben followed by @ coralux dot net Link to comment
Daimyo68 Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Ben from Coralux here (no relation to Jedi, he is the real master). When using the 10V daughter board with the Storm, you should use the included 12V power adapter. The converter doesn't use the voltage doubler circuit described by jedimasterben, but instead accepts 12V and cuts it down to 10V. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any further questions. Ok, so the power supply that was sent with the converter replaces the original PS for the Storm (which is 9v if I recall correctly). Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Ok, so the power supply that was sent with the converter replaces the original PS for the Storm (which is 9v if I recall correctly). Correct. Link to comment
Daimyo68 Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Sadly, the converter is not working... With nothing connected, I checked to make sure I had the 5v pwm signal coming out of the Storm, and every channel works. Turned the controller off, plugged in the Converter, powered it back up, and I have nothing coming out of the converter. Coming out of the Converter (left to right): 1: 0.00v 2: 0.00v 3: 0.00v 4: Can be adjusted using the controller, 0.00 - 5v 5: Can be adjusted using the controller, 0.00 - 5v 6: 0.00v 7: 4.83v steady 8: .931v steady 9: 1.002v steady 10: 5v steady The drivers I'm using are Meanwell ELN-60-48D, and a single ELN-30-24D. The fixture was just taken off my system and disconnected from the Apex. I hooked it back up to the Apex and the fixture lights up as normal. I also connected the Storm alone to an LDD driven fixture, and it also works fine. I'm assuming I received a bad Converter. Here's an image of the Storm and Converter: Link to comment
Daimyo68 Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Just an update on this. I emailed LGB, and Coralux was cc'd in the reply email. Ben responded quickly and had a good idea about what the issue was. My Storm controller is Version 1.0, and it turns out that the early models of the controller do not work with the Converter. Ben was a great help with this and remedied my situation quickly. I did, after finding the issue, go directly to the Coralux website, and in their description of the Converter, it states to contact them before ordering so that they can confirm that the converter will work with your setup. I wish I would have known that from the start, I would have contacted them first, but the statement isn't in LGB's website, and I just ordered the part. Anyways, thx goes out to Milad for putting me in touch with Ben, and the fast responses to my email. Link to comment
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