Installation in the Night Radian
CAUTION: Do not connect power to the system until all the LED strips and the RC control cable have been plugged into the LED controller. If you do, damage can be done to the LED strips and/or the LED controller.
To install the new controller, you will need to remove the distribution connector that is in the belly of the plane, under the hatch. First remove the hatch by squeezing the pins together at the hinge so they slide out. Grasp all of the connectors that are plugged into the connector block in the fuselage, rock it back and forth to break free the adhesive on the bottom of the block, and gently pull the connector block out of the fuselage. Then disconnect all the LED connectors from the connector block. Next you will need to thread the new cable that came with the Radian LED Controller through the passage in the fuselage. The easiest way to do this is by taping it to the connector of the original LED controller that you unplugged from the connector block, and using that to carefully pull the new cable through the passage. This cable will need to be plugged into a spare channel in your radio receiver. The other end will connect to the RC input pins on the new Radian LED Controller. If your transmitter has a rotary knob, connect the cable to RC Chan 1 Input. If your transmitter does not have a rotary knob and you want to use a 2 or 3 position switch, connect the cable to RC Chan 2 Input. Once the cable is connected, plug the LED connectors from each of the LED strings into the correct output pins of the controller. On all connections to the new controller, the signal pins (usually white or light brown wire) are the pins farthest away from the board. Tuck the LED Controller into the forward area of the hatch with the LED output pins pointing toward the rear of the plane, and the programming buttons facing up. Replace the hatch by squeezing the pins so they slide into the hinge. You are now ready to power up your plane and test out the LED Controller.
Configuration - Enabling and disabling the NAV lights
The navigation light option is enabled by default on the LED Controller. If you want to disable it, press and hold the Enable/Disable button for a few seconds. It can be re-enabled by repeating this action.
Configuration - LED Show Selection
There are several shows programmed into the LED Controller, and they are all enabled by default. With a rotary knob on your transmitter, you can slowly cycle through all the different shows. If you don’t have a rotary knob, you can assign the channel to a 3-position, or even a 2-position switch. Then you simply flip the switch down to cycle through all the shows, every few seconds, and when you want to stay on the current show, flip the switch up. You can also enable or disable any of the shows by entering programming mode. This is completely optional, and not necessary for normal operation.
To enter programming mode on the LED Controller, hold down the Cycle button for a few seconds. The LEDs will all flash to indicate that programming mode has been entered. You can then click the Cycle button to cycle through all the available shows. The LEDs will flash either green or red to indicate if that show is enabled or disabled. You can change the enabled/disabled state of any show by clicking the Enable button while on that show. When changing the state, the LEDs will flash red or green to indicate that you have changed the state of that show. When you reach the end of the shows, it will cycle back to the beginning again. When you are finished choosing which shows you want to use, hold down the Cycle button for a few seconds. The LEDs will all flash to indicate that programming mode has been exited, and your changes have been saved. If you don’t exit program mode correctly (i.e. removing power), your changes will not be saved.