The Animated Lighting EDMX1 controller can handle 10 amps maximum per channel with a maximum of 30 amps total per controller.  It’s important to remember that in most cases you will not be pulling 30 amps continuously because lights will be cycling on and off or running at reduced levels (dimmed).

Most North American household power outlets/ sockets are rated at 15 amps maximum at 120VAC.and North American commercial power outlets/sockets are rated at 20 amps maximum at 120VAC. The EDMX1 is supplied with two power cords, and each should be plugged into a different outlet (on different circuits) in order to reach the 30 amp maximum (15 amps each cord). Units that operate on 240VAC and have terminal strip outputs are available.

The EDMX1 also offers multi-phase capabilities. It can be used on one- or two-phase installations and correctly detect what phase each power input is connected to.

Each light controller in the system can have a unique starting channel number. This is how the system differentiates one output or channel from another. The controller’s starting channel is set using the two rotary address switches on the board. There are 16 positions on each switch allowing a possible 256 possible settings (16 x 16).

Each light and/or device in the system has its own light channel.  Valid channel numbers are 1 through 512. Typically you would set each controller’s starting channel to a unique number, making sure the channels don’t overlap from controller to controller. However, this is not a requirement. It is possible to overlap channels on controllers. If two controllers have the same channels then those channels will do the same thing (e.g. first controller has channels 1 through 16, second controller has channels 8 through 23, etc). This feature makes it very easy to have two controllers doing the same thing without needing to control more channels.