Orbis Lighting System
Orbis lamps comprise a circuit assembly suspended within two plastic moulded semi circles. The mouldings are bonded together using a special process producing a globe with a cable passing through the centre.
A version with connectors is also available. The PCB assembly has single colour, RGB or RGBW LEDs (RGBW SH Version only). The LEDs are located to achieve near uniform illumination of the entire globe and excellent colour mixing. The circuit assembly also incorporates an infra red receiver for communication with the hand programmer which sets the lamp number. When the number of globes in a given string is low the cable can be very thin (1mm) giving the impression of light sources floating in space.
The semi circles are bonded together at Glasson Electronics and finished to reduce visibility of the seam. The whole assembly forms a 70mm diameter white globe with cables or connectors across the diameter. LED units can be shipped at any customer specified spacing. Cable glands can be fitted if required for outdoor applications.
Note that although the seam between the globes is processed to reduce its optical impact it is visible when viewed at short range.
Orbis lamps interpret the combined power and data signal and control single colour, RGB or RGBW LEDS accordingly. Up to 170 RGB LED units can be assembled in a single string with a maximum string length of 100M. The total cable length can be increased by running parallel strings.
Orbis Typical Installation
About Orbis Lighting System
Orbis lamps comprise a circuit assembly suspended within two plastic moulded semi circles. The mouldings are bonded together using a special process producing a globe with a cable passing through the centre. A version with connectors is also available. The PCB assembly has single colour, RGB or RGBW LEDs (RGBW SH Version only). The LEDs are located to achieve near uniform illumination of the entire globe and excellent colour mixing. The circuit assembly also incorporates an infra red receiver for communication with the hand programmer which sets the lamp number. When the number of globes in a given string is low the cable can be very thin (1mm) giving the impression of light sources floating in space.
The semi circles are bonded together at Glasson Electronics and finished to reduce visibility of the seam. The whole assembly forms a 70mm diameter white globe with cables or connectors across the diameter. LED units can be shipped at any customer specified spacing. Cable glands can be fitted if required for outdoor applications.
Note that although the seam between the globes is processed to reduce its optical impact it is visible when viewed at short range.
Orbis lamps interpret the combined power and data signal and control single colour, RGB or RGBW LEDS accordingly. Up to 170 RGB LED units can be assembled in a single string with a maximum string length of 100M. The total cable length can be increased by running parallel strings.
Main Features of the Orbis Lighting System
- Strong white 70mm diameter plastic globe,
- Available in single colour, RGB or RGBW.
- Maximum cable length of 100M. Cable length can be increased by the use of parallel connected strings.
- Small cable diameter for excellent installation transparency.
- Polarity insensitive – connects to the cable either way around.
- Tri colour LEDS for superior colour mixing.
- Linear current control (not PWM) for excellent flicker free colours when viewed with a video camera.
- Each LED unit has a unique address which is user programmed using the hand programmer described below. This can be reprogrammed thousands of times.
- Internal fuse resistor to prevent a single LED unit failure compromising the whole system.
- Version with connectors available.
- Waterproof cable gland version available.
- Weight 60g.
Operation
A system is comprised of a VP or IP series mains driver. These accept universal mains supply and output a DC voltage with the combined power and data signal modulated on the supply. Up to a full DMX universe (200 single colour, 170 RGB or 127 RGBW) Orbis nodes all wire in parallel from the driver output. Nodes can be wired in strings or individually wired and connect back to the power unit outputs using terminals or splitters. Once wiring is complete, each lamp is assigned a number using the Infra Red Hand Programmer. The number makes a given lamp unique on the system. Note that multiple nodes can be assigned the same number and will then operate from the same DMX Channels. Once installation is complete each node will respond to the assigned DMX channels.