Front Panel
The Output 8 MKII front panel is laid out for fast at-a-glance status checks during a show.
From left to right:
| Element | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Status LED | Overall controller state — see Status LED |
| 8 RGB channel indicators | One per output channel. The color and brightness tell you the channel's mode and whether it's on or off — see Channel indicators below. |
| Front button | Configurable per controller — see Front Button |
Channel indicators
Each channel has its own RGB LED. The color tells you how that channel is set up, and the brightness tells you whether it's on or off:
| Light | What it means |
|---|---|
| Green | A standard relay channel. Solid green when the channel is on, dark when it's off. |
| Orange | A standard relay channel set to inverted. Bright when the channel is on, and dimly lit when it's off (so it's never fully dark). |
| Red | A solid-state (powered) channel. Lit when the channel is on. If that channel is also set to inverted, it stays dimly lit when off instead of going fully dark. |
A couple of things to take away:
- The color tells you the channel's mode at a glance — green means a standard relay, red means solid-state, and orange means the channel is inverted.
- Inverted channels are never fully dark. They keep a faint glow when off, so you can always tell an inverted channel apart from one that's simply turned off or disabled.
The light reflects the commanded state of the channel — so an inverted channel shows its indicator on when the channel is active, even though that flips the output the opposite way.
You can disable the channel indicators entirely from the controller's Configuration tab in Studio (useful in pitch-black haunt environments where any light leak would break the scene).
Mounting
The MKII chassis has the same dimensions and mounting hole pattern as the MKI, so existing rack-mount, wall-mount, and DIN-rail brackets all work. If you're upgrading from MKI, your mounting hardware is reusable.