Whelen VTXFB User Manual

®

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road
Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684
Phone: [phone]

Vertex™ LED Lighthead

Installation Guide:

Flange Mount

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Internet: www.whelen.com
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Safety First

This document provides all the necessary information to allow your Whelen product to be properly and safely installed.
Before beginning the installation and/or operation of your new product, the installation technician and operator must
read this manual completely. Important information is contained herein that could prevent serious injury or damage.

• Proper installation of this product requires the installer to have a good understanding of automotive electronics,
systems and procedures.

• If mounting this product requires drilling holes, the installer MUST be sure that no vehicle components or other
vital parts could be damaged by the drilling process. Check both sides of the mounting surface before drilling
begins. Also de-burr any holes and remove any metal shards or remnants. Install grommets into all wire
passage holes.

• If this manual states that this product may be mounted with suction cups, magnets, tape or Velcro®, clean the
mounting surface with a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and water and dry thoroughly.

• Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment area of your air bag. Equipment mounted or
located in the air bag deployment area will damage or reduce the effectiveness of the air bag, or become a
projectile that could cause serious personal injury or death. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for the air bag
deployment area. The User/Installer assumes full responsibility to determine proper mounting location, based
on providing ultimate safety to all passengers inside the vehicle.

• For this product to operate at optimum efficiency, a good electrical connection to chassis ground must be
made. The recommended procedure requires the product ground wire to be connected directly to the NEGATIVE
(-) battery post.

• If this product uses a remote device to activate or control this product, make sure that this control is located in
an area that allows both the vehicle and the control to be operated safely in any driving condition.

• Do not attempt to activate or control this device in a hazardous driving situation.

• This product contains either strobe light(s), halogen light(s), high-intensity LEDs or a combination of these
lights. Do not stare directly into these lights. Momentary blindness and/or eye damage could result.

• Use only soap and water to clean the outer lens. Use of other chemicals could result in premature lens cracking
(crazing) and discoloration. Lenses in this condition have significantly reduced effectiveness and should be
replaced immediately. Inspect and operate this product regularly to confirm its proper operation and mounting
condition. Do not use a pressure washer to clean this product.

• It is recommended that these instructions be stored in a safe place and referred to when performing
maintenance and/or reinstallation of this product.

• FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO
THE PRODUCT OR VEHICLE AND/OR SERIOUS INJURY TO YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS!

Automotive: Lightheads

For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty

©2009 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14251 (010809)

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WARNING: All customer supplied wires that connect to the positive
terminal of the battery must be sized to supply at least 125% of the
maximum operating current and FUSED at the battery to carry that
load. DO NOT USE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT!

Permanent mounting of this product will require drilling. It is
absolutely necessary to make sure that no other vehicle components
could be damaged by this process. Check both sides of the
mounting surface before starting. If damage is likely, select a
different mounting location.

IMPORTANT! It is the responsibility of the installation technician to
make sure that the installation and operation of this product will not
interfere with or compromise the operation or efficiency of any
vehicle equipment!

IMPORTANT! Before returning the vehicle to active service, visually
confirm the proper operation of this product, as well as all vehicle
components/equipment.

Installation:

1. Place the flange onto the mounting surface in its exact mounting
position and mark off the location of the 2 mounting holes and the
center wire hole.

2. Drill two mounting holes for the two supplied #4 sheet metal screws
(Use a #47 drill bit). Also drill a 1” wire hole in the center of the two
mounting holes.

3. Insert the lighthead cable and driver module into the wire hole, add
the gasket and secure the light with the sheet metal screws supplied.

4. Extend the red and black wires to your power source and wire as
shown in the wiring diagram

Wiring & Operation:

This LED lighthead is powered & controlled by a 4-wire cable. All
switches, fuses and fuse blocks are customer supplied.

RED: Positive - Extend RED wire to +12V DC. (Fuse @ 3 amps).

BLACK: Ground - Extend BLACK wire to negative terminal of battery.

GREEN: SYNC - Connect GREEN wire to other SYNC capable lights to

synchronize output. Cap this wire off if it is not used.

WHITE: Scan-Lock™ - Extend WHITE wire to customer
supplied momentary switch (Fuse @ 1 amp).

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS LIGHTHEAD
WITHOUT THE LED DRIVER MODULE CONNECTED.

Scan-Lock™

In order to program flash patterns, the lighthead must be on. With
the lighthead activated:

TO CHANGE PATTERNS: To advance to the next pattern apply +12VDC
to the WHITE wire for less than 1 second and release. To cycle back to the
previous pattern apply +12VDC to the WHITE wire for more than 1 second
and release.

TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT PATTERN: When the desired pattern is
displayed, allow it to run for more than 5 seconds. The lighthead will now
display this pattern when initially activated.

TO RESTORE THE FACTORY DEFAULT PATTERN: With the light
turned off, apply power to the WHITE wire. With power applied to the
WHITE wire, turn the light on. Allow the unit to run for 3 seconds before
removing power from the WHITE wire.

A normally open momentary switch should be used to control Scan-Lock
operation.

SYNC:

To SYNC two or more lightheads, configure all lightheads to display the
same Phase 1 pattern. Turn the
lightheads off and connect the GREY
wires coming from the lightheads
together. When the lightheads are
activated, the patterns displayed will be
synchronized. To configure specific
lightheads to alternate their patterns with
other lightheads, advance the pattern of

#4
Sheet
metal
screw

Mounting
Flange

either lighthead to Phase 2 of the current
pattern.

Phase Operation

Phase 1 (PH1) flashes simultaneously

Lighthead

with PH1
Phase 2 (PH2) flashes simultaneously
with PH2
PH1 alternates with PH2

MOUNTING HOLES

ONE
INCH

WIRE
HOLE

Gasket

MOUNTING
SURFACE

1.874"

SPST
Switch

3 AMP

Fuse

BATTERY

Connect to other SYNC capable

product or cap off wire.

Normally Open
Momentary Switch

IMPORTANT WARNING!

CAUTION! DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT
THESE LEDS WHILE THEY ARE ON.
MOMENTARY BLINDNESS AND/OR EYE
DAMAGE COULD RESULT!

BLACK

GREEN

RED

WHITE

F

Flash Patterns / SYNC

SignalAlert™ 75

1.

SignalAlert™ 75

2.

CometFlash® 75

3.

CometFlash® 75

4.

DoubleFlash 75

5.

DoubleFlash 75

6.

PH1
PH2
PH1
PH2
PH1
PH2

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7

SingleFlash 75

8.

SingleFlash 75

9.

ComAlert™

10.

ComAlert™

11.

LongBurst™

12.

LongBurst™

13.

PingPong ™

PH1

Non-SYNC Patterns

PH2

15.

PH1

16.

PH2

17.

PH1

18.

PH2

19.

PH1

PingPong™

Non-SYNC Patterns

SingleFlash 90
SingleFlash 120
SingleFlash 300
DoubleFlash 150
ComAlert™ 150

PH214.

20.

ActionFlash™ 1

21.

ActionFlash™ 2

22.

ModuFlash™

23.

ActionScan™

24.

Steady