DMX Widget

Running four Cyberlights w/DMX Widget with a USB connection to a laptop. One of the four lights keeps malfunctioning. We've had it bench tested by 3 different companies - they say it is OK. In thinking back we recall that all five lights on the Widget used to light (we think). Our current Widget display is:

TX Mode - ON
RX Mode - OFF
DMX OK - OFF
Active - ON
Link - ON

We've tried different laptops, wiping out the HOG PC program and reinstalling. Problem seemed to start after techs removed some temporary Christmas lighting two years ago (MAC 300's).

Any thoughts?
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    [quote=harleybob]Where to begin? The bulb in this light seems to be lit all the time once power is turned on. Oddly, of the four lights this is the only one you can visually see that the bulb is struck. Initially the light may work fine for a while then stop emitting light even though the bulb is still lit. After a show and our HOG 2 program is closed and our laptop computer is turned off, this fixture never shuts down - we must turn off electrical power.

    I have seen this probelm before in Cybers....either you have a problem somewhere on the Logic board (probably Voltage Regulators or one of the DMX diodes) or the 14 pin harness connecting the PSB to the Logic is going bad.....that is where I would start anyway.....hard to say without cracking it open and taking a look.....definitely sounds like a fixture specific problem.

    Hope this helps:)
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    [quote=harleybob]Where to begin? The bulb in this light seems to be lit all the time once power is turned on. Oddly, of the four lights this is the only one you can visually see that the bulb is struck. Initially the light may work fine for a while then stop emitting light even though the bulb is still lit. After a show and our HOG 2 program is closed and our laptop computer is turned off, this fixture never shuts down - we must turn off electrical power.

    I have seen this probelm before in Cybers....either you have a problem somewhere on the Logic board (probably Voltage Regulators or one of the DMX diodes) or the 14 pin harness connecting the PSB to the Logic is going bad.....that is where I would start anyway.....hard to say without cracking it open and taking a look.....definitely sounds like a fixture specific problem.

    Hope this helps:)
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