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Chauvet COLORado 3 Solo troubleshooting
The Chauvet COLORado 3 Solo problems live-event techs bring to Ask Roadie most (also called Colorado 3, Colorado Solo). Pick your symptom, or describe your own in plain words, and get the likeliest fix first, with the manual page when there is one.
Common COLORado 3 Solo errors & problems
What techs run into most, and what's usually behind it. The step-by-step fix for your exact unit is in Ask Roadie.
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Colors look wrong / dimming is not smooth or does not match incandescent rigs
Likely cause: The Solo exposes four selectable dimming curves plus a linear mode; mismatched dimmer/CCT settings between fixtures are the usual cause of uneven fades and color drift, not LED failure.
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Fixture does not respond to DMX or shows no output even though powered
Likely cause: No-output calls almost always trace to an address/personality mismatch, a stand-alone operating mode overriding DMX, or an unterminated/faulty data line rather than a hardware fault.
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How to update firmware on the COLORado 3 Solo
Likely cause: The Solo has a built-in USB-A port that only reads FAT32 up to 32GB; interrupting the write can brick the fixture, so the confirmed procedure is drive-in / Info&Updating / leave powered.
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Key specs a tech needs on site (Colorado 3 Solo)
Likely cause: Fast reference for power planning, throw and patching; per-fixture current draw depends on input voltage so the fixture label is the authoritative amperage figure.
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LED output flickers or stutters on camera / under a lighting console
Likely cause: Chauvet Solo fixtures default to a high DMX refresh that can beat against camera shutters and cheap consoles; slowing the refresh and eliminating ground-loop/AC-ripple on the data line removes the visible flicker.
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On ETC ColorSource / Eos, Clear-Auto or clearing parameters does not release the fixture
Likely cause: The Chauvet Solo library profile does not respond to the console's Clear-Auto path, so an explicit Home is required to return the fixture to a known state.
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RDM discovery fails, duplicate UIDs, or intermittent RDM behavior
Likely cause: Early COLORado 3 Solo firmware had RDM/UID bugs; V4.0 specifically corrects RDM handling and the V1.5 patch repairs the unique ID so RDM discovery is stable after the upgrade path.
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