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Farbwerk does not show all color channels

rizosha

Newbie

Farbwerk does not show all color channels

Thursday, February 8th 2018, 11:44am

Hi!

I bought one farbwerk and 3 RGB Led Strip. Farbwerk is connected by USB to motherboard and by aquabus to an aquaero 6 (no problem with that) and firmware is already updated.

None of the 3 RGB LED Strip shows all the color channels. One of them shows only Blue and Green and the others only Blue channel. When I try to select (for example) only red color (100% R, 0% B, 0%G) the LED strip is off.

How can I resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance!

InfoSeeker

Senior Member

Thursday, February 8th 2018, 7:19pm

Which RGB strips (model #) are you using?

Have you tried moving a strip to different ports on the farbwerk to see if the problem follows the strip or the port?

rizosha

Newbie

Friday, February 9th 2018, 12:32am

I have noticed the problem is the connectors. The connection with the LED strip is very weak. If you press the connector with fingers the LED works. It seems the connectors are low of quality. I double check the clip of the connector and it is well closed (I press it until I hear a click) so the problem is not a bad installation.

This time I give a negative point to aquacomputer, their connectors are very bad.

InfoSeeker

Senior Member

Friday, February 9th 2018, 5:30am

This may be a dumb question, but are you sure you used the right connectors for the strips you have?
The regular and IP65 strips/connectors are not interchangeable.

rizosha

Newbie

Friday, February 9th 2018, 7:40pm

No problem with that. I'm using the right connectors for my IP67 LED strip. I have the connectors with Product No. 53182. They are compatible with IP67 and standard strips

InfoSeeker

Senior Member

Saturday, February 10th 2018, 2:20am

The connector with product number 53182 is not compatible with the ip65 RGB strips.
At the bottom of the description it states: "Note: this connector is not compatible with IP65 LED strips!"

If you have the IP65 strips, you need the connector with product # 53184.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "InfoSeeker" (Feb 10th 2018, 3:06am)

Revan654

Junior Member

Friday, February 23rd 2018, 9:24pm

Quoted from "rizosha"

Hi!



I bought one farbwerk and 3 RGB Led Strip. Farbwerk is connected by USB
to motherboard and by aquabus to an aquaero 6 (no problem with that) and
firmware is already updated.



None of the 3 RGB LED Strip shows all the color channels. One of them
shows only Blue and Green and the others only Blue channel. When I try
to select (for example) only red color (100% R, 0% B, 0%G) the LED strip
is off.



How can I resolve this problem?



Thanks in advance!
First make sure the LED strip is Common Anode and not common cathode. Farbwerk only supports Common Anode, Where AQ6 only supports Common Cathode. Farbwerk also doesn't use the standard RGB inputs.

Those tigerpaw connectors are ok, but it's better just to solder the wires directly onto the LED strip. Allot of the issue is going to between the gel and the contact pads trying to get the tigerpaw to make contact.

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