S3 12V board lights - not working

[yoerik roevens]

Originally Posted by J-S-Q

One option would be to use the USB sockets for light fittings instead of the XLRs.

Indeed, I myself put an usb hub underneath and put up some usb LEDs which are widely available and pretty cheap. XLR lights would be too much light for me anyway I guess.
So I agree this must be fixed, but I disagree it's a priority. There are very easy and cheap ways to accommodate desk lighting. You can even use the XLR lights and connect them to a basic 5-buck power adapter.

However, there are no alternatives to fix the broken and lacking features mentioned above, and those are far more important as they would save a considerable amount of time every day, improve the creative process and reduce frustration big time.

So please, don't waste your time on powering desklights before you actually turn the S3 into a professional functional controller.

[J-S-Q]

Originally Posted by yoerik roevens

So please, don't waste your time on powering desklights before you actually turn the S3 into a professional functional controller.

Agreed!

[martthie_08]

umm, I've read through this thread but still unclear:
are the 12V board supposed to work for the S3L live system?
I connected two of these
http://www.thomann.de/de/stairville_...067b48f8dcd0d0
and nothing happens when I turn up the lights in the Options-->Interaction tab

[Kristo Kotkas]

Originally Posted by martthie_08

umm, I've read through this thread but still unclear:
are the 12V board supposed to work for the S3L live system?
I connected two of these
http://www.thomann.de/de/stairville_...067b48f8dcd0d0
and nothing happens when I turn up the lights in the Options-->Interaction tab

You need to rewire them in the lapm xlr connector to match the board output pinout

[martthie_08]

ok, thanks for that!

where can I find the specification / pinout for the AVID S3 side of things?

[martthie_08]

bump

is it really such a big secret?

[Kristo Kotkas]

Hi, I guess if you take your multimeter and check the pins for voltage you'll find it out in 3 sec. I would tell you if I would remember, just check it out.