User Manuals

The following product user manuals and related technical documentation is available for download as PDF documents: Product Manuals MP3 Controller (655 KB) Digital Input/Output Controller (904 KB) DMX Controller (453 KB) Servo Controller (453 KB) Haunted House in a Box Assembly and Operating Instructions (2.6 MB) FM Transmitter Assembly and Operating Instructions (2.7 MB) PowerPrism16 Instructions (30 AMP light controller Part No. BLD16 and 30 AMP light controller in enclosure Part No. ELD16) (4.2 MB)   Technical Overviews (includes troubleshooting information) Monster Brain Animation Processor (220 KB) PowerPrism16 (881 KB) MP3 Controller (996 KB) Digital Input Controller 16 (614 KB) Digital Output controller 32 (563 KB)   Training Manuals Training Manual rev 1.2 (3,237 KB) Advanced Training Manual rev 1.1 (2,061 KB) Physical Connection Guide (445 KB)   Appendices Appendix A: Setting Board Addresses (30 KB) Appendix B: Networking the Controllers (32 KB) Appendix C: Binary Inputs and Track File Naming (28 KB) Appendix E: DMX with Animation Control Language (35 KB) Appendix F: Firmware Updates (23 KB)   Technical Documentation What to Know About Setting Up Your Show (2.98 MB) This document will present some of the issues you will want to consider before starting to build your show.   How to Synchronize Lights, Music, and Special Effects (501 KB) This quick-read document will supply you with the basics if you want to synchronize music to lights or other special effects in your display.   Description of Lighting Effects (81 KB) This document describes each of the lighting effects our light controllers can perform.  Each channel on a given controller can perform each lighting effect listed independently of other channels on the same controller.   Pro Series Package Installation Guide (476 KB) Use this guide to learn how to install a plug-and-play PO16-MB or PO8-MB without any custom programming.   Animated Lighting Quick Reference and Troubleshooting (564 KB) Look in here for information on a variety of summary and troubleshooting topics on Animation Director, the Visualizer, and hardware/network connections.   How to Build Macros (70 KB) This document provides an overview of programming macros with Animation Director.   How to control landscape lighting (12VAC) with a Power Prism LD16 (41 KB) A schematic of how to wire a LD16-T to a landscape lighting transformer to control 12VAC lights.  Please note that this controller will not adjust the output voltage when a light goes out.