How many DMX channels does it use?

Six modes are selectable from the fixture: 3, 4, 6, 10, 48 and 54 channels. Three gives you red, green and blue. Four adds white, six adds strobe and a master dimmer, and ten brings in colour macros. The 48 and 54 channel modes hand you every cell separately, which is where the pixel effects live. Choose the mode on the four-button menu before you address it.

Can I use it without a lighting desk?

Yes. The onboard menu runs static colours, RGBW colour mixing, colour fades and a sound-active mode. Link several battens together with DMX cable, set one as master, and the rest follow. For a hall with no control position that is often all you need.

Is it bright enough for a school hall?

Manufacturer figures are 3,851 lux at 2 metres with everything full on, from twelve 15W emitters. Treat it as a wash and accent fixture rather than a key light. Across a cloth, a cyc or a wall at close range it does the job well. Lighting faces from the back of a hall is a different tool, and we would rather tell you that before you book than after.

No. The manufacturer specifies indoor use and publishes no IP rating, so it needs to stay under cover and dry. If you are working in a marquee or on an outdoor stage, talk to us about what would suit instead.

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LED batten hire — LEDJ Pixel Storm 12 Quad MKII

Twelve cells of RGBW in a metre-long bar, each one addressable on its own. The Pixel Storm 12 MKII handles the jobs a school or dance show throws at a batten: an even wash across a cyc, uplighters down the side walls of a hall, colour chases running along the front of the stage. Patch it as a single fixture on three channels, or open it up to 54 and map every pixel. Hire is £16 per day.

The LEDJ Pixel Storm 12 Quad Batten MKII is a 1035mm LED bar built for colour. Twelve 15W quad-colour cells mix red, green, blue and white behind a 10 x 45 degree ellipsoidal lens, and that narrow-by-wide spread is what makes it a wash bar rather than a row of spots. Aim it up a wall and the beam stretches sideways across the surface, which is why battens like this end up uplighting halls, washing cycloramas and lifting a flat black backdrop into something with depth.

Each cell is individually addressable. In 48 or 54 channel mode you get all twelve of them, four channels apiece, for chases and pixel effects along the bar. Drop to 3, 4, 6 or 10 channel mode and the whole batten behaves as one fixture, which keeps a small patch tidy when all you want is a colour and a dimmer. Strobe, colour macros and a master dimmer sit in the larger modes.

Without a desk it still works. The four-button menu on the end plate runs static colours, colour mixing, fades, sound-active mode and master/slave linking, so one bar can drive a row of others.

Two end brackets and a central bracket cover hanging, floor standing and uplighting angles, and the eyebrow supplied with the fixture hides the LEDs when it sits at the foot of a wall. PowerCON and XLR connections in and out at both ends make daisy-chaining straightforward. Weight is 6.5kg and the manufacturer specifies indoor use.

Available from 1stintheatre for dry hire or supplied with a technician.

Below the Pixel Storm sit two budget bars, the Equinox and Stairville 240/8 types: a metre of LED colour apiece at £3.25 and £2.50 a day. They do not zone like the Pixel Storm — the whole bar takes one colour — but for washing a wall, colouring a stage skirt or edging a set they do the job for less than a coffee, and a row of them goes a long way.

What you get

The batten with its two end brackets and central bracket, for hanging on a bar or standing on the floor

The eyebrow that ships with this fixture from new, which hides the LEDs when the bar is uplighting at eye level. Tell us if you need it and we will confirm it is on the booking

Power and DMX leads are quoted alongside rather than assumed. The batten takes powerCON in and out, and DMX on 3-pin or 5-pin XLR, so tell us your supply and your desk and we will confirm what needs to travel with it

Clamps, safety bonds, floor stands and a DMX terminator can be added to the hire. Ask when you book

Good for

Cyc and backcloth washes in school halls where rigging positions are limited

Uplighting the side walls of a village hall for a show, a concert or an awards evening

Colour changes and pixel chases behind dance numbers

Floor-standing colour from the deck, or low side light for a dance piece

Adding a wash to an existing rig without swallowing the patch, since three or four channels covers it

Set dressing, band risers and staging colour at small live events

What you need to know

What it does

A metre-long wash bar. Twelve cells of colour, either all the same for a flat wash or each one on its own for chases along the bar.

Control

DMX. Three channels if you only want a colour, up to 54 if you want every cell.

Power

150 watts from a normal socket.

Where it goes

Brackets for hanging, standing on the floor and uplighting a wall all come with it. 6.5 kg.

No lighting desk?

Static colours, fades and a sound-active mode run straight from the buttons on the end plate.

Hire rates

Item	Rate
LEDJ Pixel Storm 12 Quad Batten MKII	£16 / day
Equinox LED Bar 240/8 - 1m	£3.25 / day
Stairville LED Bar 240/8 - 1m	£2.50 / day

Rates are per day and exclude VAT. Ask us about multi-day and show-week rates, delivery, and hiring with a technician.

Alternatives

Chauvet COLORband PiX-M — Twelve individually addressable cells in the same metre-long bar, with a motorised tilt so it can be re-aimed from the lighting desk rather than a ladder. Tri-colour RGB rather than RGBW.

Full technical specification (20)

LED configuration	12 x 15W quad-colour LEDs (RGBW)
Beam angle	10° x 45° (ellipsoidal)
Output	3,851 lux at 2m with all colours full on (15,400 lux at 1m; 1,710 lux at 3m)
DMX modes	3 / 4 / 6 / 10 / 48 / 54 channel, selectable from the onboard menu
Pixel control	All 12 cells individually addressable in 48 and 54 channel modes (4 channels per cell)
Standalone modes	Static colour, colour mix, colour change, colour fade, sound active, master/slave, built-in programs
Dimming and strobe	0-100% dimming, variable strobe, selectable dimming curve
Refresh rate	3kHz
Power draw	150 W (manufacturer specification table). Note: the rear-panel label shown in the same manual states 180 W, and some retailers publish 186 W
Power supply	100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
Fuse	F3A 250V
Weight	6.5 kg
Dimensions	155 x 1035 x 145 mm as published by the manufacturer (the bar itself measures 1035 mm long and 145 mm deep on the manual drawing)
Power connectors	powerCON input and output for link-through
DMX connectors	3-pin XLR in and out, plus 5-pin XLR in and out
Cooling	Temperature-controlled fan
Rigging	Two end brackets plus a central bracket, with adjustable knobs and safety eyes
Supplied accessory	Eyebrow for uplighting, fitted into grooves on either side of the batten
Environment	Indoor use only; no IP rating published
Manufacturer order code	LEDJ293 (LEDJ / Prolight Concepts)

Common questions

Six modes are selectable from the fixture: 3, 4, 6, 10, 48 and 54 channels. Three gives you red, green and blue. Four adds white, six adds strobe and a master dimmer, and ten brings in colour macros. The 48 and 54 channel modes hand you every cell separately, which is where the pixel effects live. Choose the mode on the four-button menu before you address it.
Yes. The onboard menu runs static colours, RGBW colour mixing, colour fades and a sound-active mode. Link several battens together with DMX cable, set one as master, and the rest follow. For a hall with no control position that is often all you need.
Manufacturer figures are 3,851 lux at 2 metres with everything full on, from twelve 15W emitters. Treat it as a wash and accent fixture rather than a key light. Across a cloth, a cyc or a wall at close range it does the job well. Lighting faces from the back of a hall is a different tool, and we would rather tell you that before you book than after.
No. The manufacturer specifies indoor use and publishes no IP rating, so it needs to stay under cover and dry. If you are working in a marquee or on an outdoor stage, talk to us about what would suit instead.