Whelen Liberty LC changing patterns

Here's hopefully a quick video of how you can use scan lock to change the patterns on your Liberty lightbar using the scanlock wire, how to default your lightbar and use the sync wire! Hope this all helps!
Here is the link to the paperwork I had and used for my Liberty...
www.whelen.com/install/137/137...

[@customcsusa]

I had your problem with “sync”. Then I ripped the lc board out and put a Wecan board in. Best decision of my life…

[@rjracing38]

Those boards are so much nicer and allows for much more abilities to run everything correclty.

[@Tundralifted]

Wish you would of done a video on that I want to change my bar to Wecan I have a core setup

[@rjracing38]

@@Tundralifted, I would love to do a tutorial video for that I just don't have the boards or controllers on hand to do so unfortunately.

[@five0fan]

Great video, very educational. Thank you for sharing

[@rjracing38]

five0fan, you are very welcome.

[@kodymcpheron5619]

Hi there, thanks for this educational video! How would I set up the bar to flash with the sync on to simultaneous instead of alternating the corners front and rear?

[@customcsusa]

Really great and informative video though. Very elaborate and intuitive and I appreciate it.

[@rjracing38]

Glad it was helpful! Glad you enjoyed!

[@jconcepcion7320]

Gracias compañero

[@iMoses14]

Do you think it's possible to use this Whelen I/O Board in a Code 3 X2100 or RX2700 to add better flash patterns?

[@rjracing38]

iMoses14, do I think it's possible? Yes. With a little wiring reconfiguration, I don't see why it wouldn't work. I would cross reference the current draw from each lighthead from the Wheelen side to the Code 3 lightheads and make sure you won't overdraw the board but I think you may be ok.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Compañero gracias ya me funcionó aora tengo una duda cual.es el.cable de sincronización delos módulos osea para que agan los mismo todos

[@robertgift6762]

Well done! Thank you. How are the LEDs dimmed? Amperage lowered?

[@rjracing38]

You can dim the lightbar. Depending on how yours may be setup, traditionally the dimming or low power function will typically be on the purple or violet wire. Once you have power to the lightbar and the pattern running, you can activate a switch directly to this wire and should put the lightbar in a low power function making the leds dim down.

[@beaker15tyler39]

So I have a question about the wiring, when you want to run 2 or more functions at once can you just crimp them to the same terminal?

[@rjracing38]

beaker15 Tyler, yes you can. So if you want to run code 3 and flashing take-downs, grab those two wires, tie them together and you'll be able to then hook them up to the same switch/terminal on your device you're using to control the bar.

[@joshuahect]

Do you know if the jumper wire has to have power from my brain or do I just need to connect it to the bars motherboard?

[@rjracing38]

I presume you are referring to the jumper wire bundle that has like the yellow, violet, white, green, etc multi-color wiring correct? If so, that will get power from the brain unit that you are using to activate certain patterns/modes. So for example, if you are activating you take-downs on he white/black wire, your switch box you have power to already will send power from the switch to the lightbar to activate that option for you. The only power you are putting directly from your power source/battery would be the power and ground wiring that is directly from the bar but the bundle wiring will be supplied power from your brain/switch box.

[@Abdullah-sv1rf]

​Really helpful video, thanks! Just curious what is the difference between the I/O board in the middle of the lightbar and the small PCB board built into the LED diodes? What's main purpose for each? why do we need both PCB boards in the center of the lightbar and in the LED light lead? can't just have a flasher in the middle and that's it?

[@clterry07]

the I/O board the membrain for the whole bars operation ( I-O controlled the function of the bar alley lights leds lights front spot light .... and the pcb board allowes the electricity to flow through to the diode at a certain amperage .. not all led lights have the same watts / amps

[@rjracing38]

Sorry for being super late getting to you, chris terroy hit the nail on the head for me.

[@rjracing38]

@@clterry07 Thanks for watching and for assisting for answering Abdul's question.

[@jcflyer6213]

I just tried applying 12V+ to that 3rd pin next to the TA wires to sync left to right and I must have done something wrong because my entire IO board is now a paperweight. HAHA I have no idea what happened, it was working for a little while then I went to change patterns and it just stopped all together. No functions working at all but no blown fuses. tested lightheads all working, just had to buy a new board on ebay.

[@clterry07]

mmmm I wouldn't have done that ... use the wires in the fuction cable .... you probably fried circuit diode on the I/O board ...

[@vw72713]

Is it possible to have it run on a synchronized pattern, except for the takedowns which should be on their own pattern?

[@rjracing38]

There is a way to have the lights be set in a synchronized pattern which I have made a video showing how to wire it up and set everything up. The video link is; kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2a7Yp6ibcafpdE also labeled Whelen Liberty Sync Wiring. Hope this helps out

[@jacemckinney9487]

I'm having the same issue with multiple vars. IS there a way to contact t you to see if you can help me figure it out?

[@rjracing38]

What issues are you having and which bars?

[@daverogers7512]

Great vid My bar is only doing left to right flash , I tried your trick with the wire in the 3 pin plug by still the same Amy advise

[@rjracing38]

Yours is flashing left and right side synchronized before using a jumping wire in the 3-pin plug? Or was it flashing random patterns on each light head but left and right side?

[@daverogers7512]

@@rjracing38 yeah flashing left & right b4 using sync wire

[@rjracing38]

@@daverogers7512 Are all the light heads that are flashing on the left flashing together at the same time with the same patterns? If so, I'm wondering if someone had either gone through and took the time to program each lighthead to have the same pattern setup on the entire bare so it was acting like the sync wire was powered up.

[@daverogers7512]

@@rjracing38 Thanks for getting back to me t’s always been set to random one day it just synced 🤷‍♂️ tried all the tricks no joy

[@rjracing38]

@@daverogers7512 If everything was random before and then all of a sudden started syncing, somehow that circuit is now getting power. Is yours the LC bar?

[@jconcepcion7320]

Podría facilitarme una foto delos dos cables de cambiar los patrones

[@dasarge84]

i know this video may be a little old but what is the wire gauge of the power and the trigger wires? i have a liberty on shipping and i would like to know what size wire is on the harness to extend it beond the 4ft length thats on the bar im getting (its a used bar not new) any information would be a great help

[@rjracing38]

I believe you can use like a 16awg or 18awg depending on how long you are trying to make the harness and how much current you will be running. I would say the trigger wires would probably be a 16awg and then for the power, much thicker, maybe 8awg or 10awg...

[@dasarge84]

@@rjracing38 so I have a whelen relay controller that I can run the bar from in the rear of my vehicle I would think maybe 8ft max to the controller with at most an amp on each control wire as per whelens reccamended load the factory power cable is around 8-10 AWG? If that's the size then I should have plenty of cable here to extend the power cable my bar is fully populated but full LED no halogen or strobe heads

[@JPRBombero]

Excellent, I asking me the same thing today, reassembling me Liberty. Why the patterns need to randomly

[@rjracing38]

They have a random mode and a sync mode you can activate. Just depends on how you want your bar to be configured.

[@JPRBombero]

@@rjracing38 thanks brother!

[@daverogers7512]

@@rjracing38 how do you get it out of sync mode ? Is there a sequence I have Reyes outing power to the pin next to the t/a pins no change ?

[@rjracing38]

@@daverogers7512 If your bar is in sync mode, then you just have to disconnect power to that sync wire on the board. On the three pin plug on the upper left corner of the control board, pending on how yours is setup but should be fairly close to my setup, if there is a wire hooked up on the third pin, you will need to disconnect that wire to get the bar out of sync mode. You are more than likely going to have to open the bar up to see what is where on which color wire.

[@austinwhisman9099]

I can’t figure out how to change my flashing TD patterns, can you help with that?

[@rjracing38]

You will have to leave the entire bar off and locate the wire for just your takedowns. This is typically white/blue wire but verify on your bar to be sure. Activating this color should activate your takedowns and your driver/passenger alley lights flashing. Once they are active, then you should be able to grab your white/violet wire, this will be your flash pattern selection wire, then briefly activate power to this wire for a second or so and watch your patterns change. The takedowns and alley flash patterns only have 4 selections you can chose from such as your single flash 240 or 120 ALT/Slm or a double flash 120 or 240 ALT/Slm. Then once you are happy with your selection, let the pattern run for 5 seconds to lock it in as your new standard default pattern.

[@burnjack291]

At the rear side i have 6 flashing amber leds and the passenger side 3 of them works and the other 3 at the left not working. I try switching a good one from right to left and still not working ! Do u know what the problem maybe? Thanks!

[@rjracing38]

Gonna be hard to say without seeing it but could be either wiring issue, connector issue or something with the board.

[@burnjack291]

@@rjracing38 The wires from the 6 amber leds on the rear go directly to the controller in the cab. It does not go to the controller board within the light bar. I have order a new in cab controller witch controls the hole light bar and the 6 leds at rear of the bar side. will see if this will fix it.

[@davidvelasquez2465]

Hey do you know how to set up a full light bar cruise ?

[@rjracing38]

Are you wanting to have the entire lightbar set up in cruise mode or just the standard corners that is normal?

[@quesohombre3972]

Same question. Entire lightbar set up in cruise mode is what I want

[@johnwithgt3781]

What does the ox input do on my part

[@rjracing38]

If you are referring to the AUX or Auxiliary instead of "ox", that depends on what you have hooked up and how you have your bar configured. If you decided to hook up additional lights or something else that you wanted active while you were running the Cruise Lights / Auxiliary / White-Orange wire, you then have to select what mode you wanted in regards to the White-Orange wire being active. The three modes I am referring to are low/dim cruise & Auxiliary both active(default) , high cruise/full power & auxiliary active, or cruise mode off with auxiliary only being active.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Compañero sacó los videos

[@jconcepcion7320]

Cuál es el cable para cambiar los patrones compañero gracias

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, Dependiendo de cómo su barra está configurada pero más que probable, la suya está configurada usando el blanco con el alambre violeta. Usted tiene que tener el lightheaded encendido, después aplica energía a ese alambre por un segundo o dos y eso debe cambiar el patrón. Espero que esto ayude, mi español no es genial, pero espero que esto ayude.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Gracias tengo ese mismo board es y kiero cambiar el patrón de take down y corners

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, Si usted está mirando para cambiar las luces del descolgamiento y del callejón, energía ésos para arriba y después utilizar la exploración-cerradura (alambre blanco-violeta posiblemente) y suministrar a ese alambre por un segundo o dos con la toma abajo y o el callejón todavía accionados para arriba . Luego, cuando tenga el patrón deseado, déjelo encendido durante al menos cinco segundos y eso debería bloquearlo.

[@user-bz1ed7ri5z]

I want the installation guide liberty

[@rjracing38]

You should be able to locate the installation guide on google. There are a couple different guides out there depending on your bar and it's configuration but most are pretty close to the same.

[@montanamedia]

I'm stuck on traffic advisor on the rear. How do you deactivate the traffic advisor and make the rear bar flash like the front? Been trying for hours.

[@rjracing38]

Depending if you have a Liberty LFL or LC lightbar, most of which have the same wiring setup, but to disable power to your traffic advisor, depending on what direction the traffic advisor is flashing, you would need to remove power or the following wires from your control box/switch; white/yellow - this wire is for the left directional, white/green - this is for the right directional. Now there is also a couple dip switches installed on the control board that control some of the settings of the lightbar with regards to corner operations, asynchronous/synchronous modes, warning/ta modes, etc.

[@rjracing38]

Also, there are a couple links online via PDF that can show how the wiring may be setup and you would need to examine that and cross reference your bar and see the similarities and how yours is configured. Example, www.whelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/14349.pdf

[@montanamedia]

@@rjracing38 I guess I don't know which one I have, but lll pull the top cover. I haven't done that yet. Didn't know there was dip switches

[@rjracing38]

@@montanamedia More than likely that should hopefully help with the switches.

[@montanamedia]

@@rjracing38 yeah. When I unhook the TA wire, the rear of the bar doesn't work at all.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Podría mostrarme cómo lo tiene conectado el de sincronización por favor

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, Estaré encantado de mostrarte donde está conectado el cable de sincronización. Tengo un par de videos que estoy grabando el jueves, añadiré ese video y lo publicaré para ti.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Compañero buenas el.cable de sincronización donde va conectado

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, Mi cable de sincronización está conectado al lado de los dos cables que controlan los cables de su asesor de tráfico ... no normalmente conectado para que pueda ver un punto vacío en ese pin que se puede instalar un nuevo cable y pin en el enchufe de la placa. En mi video, @ 2:42, el enchufe que verás es mi cable marrón con los conectores de cable rojo. Que es el enchufe que necesita para la sincronización.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Lo e echo y no pasa nada compañero

[@jconcepcion7320]

Lo que nesecito es saber cuáles o cual es el cable que ase la.funcion. compañeto

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, El alambre debe ser el blanco con la raya violeta. Tendrá que encender el módulo que desee cambiar y luego aplicar la CC de 12 voltios al alambre de bloqueo de exploración (que debería ser su blanco con hilo de rayas violeta) durante aproximadamente un segundo o menos y luego soltar el cable de bloqueo de exploración Y eso debería cambiar el patrón.

[@andrewflaim3238]

Hey bud can you email me that paperwork? The link isn’t working and I can’t find it.

[@rjracing38]

Hey, sorry for the delays, I have noticed from the address I had for the link had been removed or something but I can get my paperwork scanned in and emailed over to you if you still need.

[@jacksonmoore5091]

Can I accces this wire without taking the top off my bar

[@rjracing38]

To ensure the wire is connected to the board, you would need to pull the top off the bar. If you are sure the wire is hooked up, then pulling the top off won't be needed and you can do everything on the control box side of the wire.

[@jacksonmoore5091]

rjracing38 where do I access the wire does it come down out of the bottom of the bar or do you have a diagrram or pic

[@rjracing38]

@@jacksonmoore5091, the wiring exits through the bottom of the lightbar and goes to a control box to power specific light patterns or how ever you have it hooked up, programmed, etc.

[@montanamedia]

@@rjracing38 did you see my comment?

[@jconcepcion7320]

Esta conectado pero el cable que sale va al positivo o donde

[@rjracing38]

El cable que sale del conector debe ser el cable positivo mientras la tierra sigue siendo el mismo. Cuando tengas la barra activa utilizando código 1 o lo que usted tenga configuración, luego activar el cable de sincronización y debe sincronizar a la barra para ti.

[@therisingking9941]

Can you change the color?

[@rjracing38]

That will require different LED modules and more LEDs, a control board to handle that and programming to tell the board what LED color to activate on what model, etc. I have gone through this on another lightbar I custom made for someone and not super difficult but timely and can be expensive to setup.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Por que e echo todo y no cambian

[@jconcepcion7320]

Gracias compañero porque e tratado de cambiar el.patrón de todo el.boars liberty demi biombo.y no e.podido

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, eres muy bienvenido. Realmente haré otro video para ayudar a mostrar cómo cambiar los patrones o cada módulo o en su caso! Tomar bajadas y callejones. Los patrones cambiarán sólo sus patrones de parpadeo en la toma abajo y el callejón pero no su sólido en estado.

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, El alambre debe ser el blanco con la raya violeta. Tendrá que encender el módulo que desee cambiar y luego aplicar la CC de 12 voltios al alambre de bloqueo de exploración (que debería ser su blanco con hilo de rayas violeta) durante aproximadamente un segundo o menos y luego soltar el cable de bloqueo de exploración Y eso debería cambiar el patrón.

[@jconcepcion7320]

Podría mandarme una foto delos cables

[@rjracing38]

JAN ALEXANDER, Sí, puedo conseguir una imagen para usted y publicarla para usted en el día siguiente o así para usted.

[@Gary-yo6pm]

i don't even have a wire that is black & green...

[@rjracing38]

Do you have the outboard lights? You may have a set of takedowns in the outboard positions...