Hi All,
Bit of background - I'm in the UK and am looking at importing a 2015+ ex-LEA Charger some time next year for shows/hire/film(when the pound is doing better against the dollar!). At this stage, I do not know whether it will have any equipment still on it. However, as a technical learning project over the winter, I want to procure the lighting hardware and get my head around the setup and programming. I'm completely new to this world, and definetly not an installer. I am, however, a mechanical engineer with some electrical experience to frame my level understanding.
As I understand, with a Sapphire, to control a DUO lighthead like the Micron series, you can only power on the lighthead. And the pattern is managed by the inbuilt flasher in the lighthead, preset with the Scan lock wire. However, I've noticed in the Whelen Commander software that both the Cantrol and the Core have the capability to output a flash pattern on both the low and high current outputs which is great for syncing up with a lightbar. But surely this is not compatible with any lighthead that has Scan Lock? Do I need a dumb style DUO lighthead? I've only looked through the Whelen catalogue so far, but could someone suggest the type of lightheads I should be looking for.
Thanks in advance and apologies if I'm sounding like an idiot. I did have a quick search through the forums. Also aware that this setup is overkill for a vehicle not in service, but I tend to do that with my projects.
Bit of background - I'm in the UK and am looking at importing a 2015+ ex-LEA Charger some time next year for shows/hire/film(when the pound is doing better against the dollar!). At this stage, I do not know whether it will have any equipment still on it. However, as a technical learning project over the winter, I want to procure the lighting hardware and get my head around the setup and programming. I'm completely new to this world, and definetly not an installer. I am, however, a mechanical engineer with some electrical experience to frame my level understanding.
As I understand, with a Sapphire, to control a DUO lighthead like the Micron series, you can only power on the lighthead. And the pattern is managed by the inbuilt flasher in the lighthead, preset with the Scan lock wire. However, I've noticed in the Whelen Commander software that both the Cantrol and the Core have the capability to output a flash pattern on both the low and high current outputs which is great for syncing up with a lightbar. But surely this is not compatible with any lighthead that has Scan Lock? Do I need a dumb style DUO lighthead? I've only looked through the Whelen catalogue so far, but could someone suggest the type of lightheads I should be looking for.
Thanks in advance and apologies if I'm sounding like an idiot. I did have a quick search through the forums. Also aware that this setup is overkill for a vehicle not in service, but I tend to do that with my projects.