The VP-X has a Wig-Wag feature built-in, not a strobe feature.Just received the FlyLeds DIY kit to replace my Ztron wing lites. Has anyone installed these with a VPX ?? The kit comes with a strobe controller card. VPX has its own strobe feature. Wondering if the controller card is needed or not ??
Just received the FlyLeds DIY kit to replace my Ztron wing lites. Has anyone installed these with a VPX ?? The kit comes with a strobe controller card. VPX has its own strobe feature. Wondering if the controller card is needed or not ??
The VP-X has a Wig-Wag feature built-in, not a strobe feature.
If you want your FlyLed's white LED's to work as strobe lights, you will need the FlyLed's controller.
... So, short answer based on a quick review of the documents, you will need a Landing light, Landing light Wig-Wag (if you want this feature), Nav and Strobe light switches.
Will this work or is there something I'm overlooking?
Hi Brad
This will work pretty much as expected, the only minor point to note is that with a progressive switch the Taxi circuit is active in both middle and upper switch positions, so when the lights are in Landing/wigwag mode from the VP-X the centre taxi lights will remain illuminated. Viewed from a distance the lights will still appear to change from "I can see you" to "holy ****"!
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In this diagram the VP-X is controlling the landing lights via two outputs Y and Z, as shown by the blue lines. The circles/lights marked L are the landing lights, so that's the "All" power input on the Seven Stars, and the lights marked T are the taxi lights or "Taxi" power input on the lights.
The Taxi circuit is also shown using another input and output combination (orange lines) but if you were running short of ins/outs on the VP-X there's no reason why the Taxi lights couldn't be wired "conventionally" using the same switch and a 5 amp fuse, bypassing the VP-X.
Perfect explanation.That's correct, due to the fact that you're still applying power to the Taxi light inputs via the three position switch.
If you used a separate on/off switch here you could turn it off, and then the centre LED would join in with the other six being controlled by the VP-X.