Dual Color FS Impaxx Problems!!!

[JohnFireFan]

I have two red/white Federal Signal Impaxx. I am helping a friend wire it up and am having a few difficulties. The light has several wires: red=positive, black=ground, white=option, green=pattern, yellow=sync, orange=sync. He is trying to have the steady burn white come on when he is in reverse but connecting black to ground and white to positive does not turn on the steady burn white like it should. In order for the steady burn white light to come on I have to apply positive to the red wire. This means in order for him to backup with solid white he must turn on his warning lights or red wire. I have red the manual and nothing seems to help. Any help would be great!!!!!!

 

[C17LVFD]

These might help...


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QgyGTPa1mnI


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3CZnh2yj8


Seth

 

[JohnFireFan]

Thanks for the help Seth but unfortunately that did not help my application.

 

[bluestinger90]

You should be able to power only the white.


http://elightbars.org/forums/f13/step-lights-2012-ford-f250-37271/


Either you have the old version, or leftcoastmark was wrong and they never implemented such a feature.

 

[RecElect]

I have two red/white Federal Signal Impaxx. I am helping a friend wire it up and am having a few difficulties. The light has several wires: red=positive, black=ground, white=option, green=pattern, yellow=sync, orange=sync. He is trying to have the steady burn white come on when he is in reverse but connecting black to ground and white to positive does not turn on the steady burn white like it should. In order for the steady burn white light to come on I have to apply positive to the red wire. This means in order for him to backup with solid white he must turn on his warning lights or red wire. I have red the manual and nothing seems to help. Any help would be great!!!!!!

From the manual, this is how you make the option mode flash white with the pattern. Doing these steps again will make the option wire work as a steady burn. likewise, if you were to follow the instructions on changing from a controller to a follower and then back to a controller, it would reset to default and should give you the solid clear your after by default.


to set the OPTION Wire Mode:


1. Connect the black wire from the lighthead to ground (–GND).


2. Apply 12 Vdc (+BAT) to the red wire from the lighthead.


3. Set the lighthead to be controller or follower. See page 13. (disregard this step for now)


4. Apply 12 Vdc (+BAT) to the white wire from the lighthead.


5. Hold the green pattern-selection wire to ground (–GND)


until the lighthead goes out and then flashes four times. This


procedure will take approximately 6 seconds to complete.


Remove the green wire from –GND, shortly after the four


flashes complete. Changing from follower to controller resets


all features to the default (Table 2 on page 15).


The OPTION wire now enables the white LEDs to flash with


the pattern. (or changes it back to default which is what you are trying to do)





sometimes it can get a little confusing when you are counting flashes but keep trying, it should work.


Hope this helps

 

[Quentin]

White is an over ride so have to have power to red and white wire. Just need to put in a relay or diodes

 

[Sigma Safety]

I have two red/white Federal Signal Impaxx. I am helping a friend wire it up and am having a few difficulties. The light has several wires: red=positive, black=ground, white=option, green=pattern, yellow=sync, orange=sync. He is trying to have the steady burn white come on when he is in reverse but connecting black to ground and white to positive does not turn on the steady burn white like it should. In order for the steady burn white light to come on I have to apply positive to the red wire. This means in order for him to backup with solid white he must turn on his warning lights or red wire. I have red the manual and nothing seems to help. Any help would be great!!!!!!

This must be an older Impaxx before they changed the steady-burn function. You will likely have to power the red flashing before you can activate the steady-white wire. On the newer (in the last year or so) they have changed this so you can just activate the steady-burn colour with the option wire, not requiring any other wire to see power.

 

[Quentin]

I wish mine where that way

 

[cswroe]

EDIT....


Thought there was a start-up color setting but not seeing it in the manual. I have the older ones in push bumpers set to go white with the take-downs and they did not flash the color, and I don't think they flash at all when they are turned on. Just have the red on one relay and white on another. If takedown button is pressed, it applies power to both relays, in regular mode, just powers the red.

 

[PJD642]

EDIT....

Thought there was a start-up color setting but not seeing it in the manual. I have the older ones in push bumpers set to go white with the take-downs and they did not flash the color, and I don't think they flash at all when they are turned on. Just have the red on one relay and white on another. If takedown button is pressed, it applies power to both relays, in regular mode, just powers the red.

There certainly did used to be a start-up color setting - had it on mine that I sold last year.