Ape Labs USA Official 2.4 GHz RF Remote Control Tutorial

This video will provide you with a very detailed walk through of our tiny but mighty remote control that works with our entire line of Ape Labs fixtures. You'll learn how to master your lights in less than 6 minutes.
The "Secret Sauce" behind our tiny but mighty uplighting fixtures is our amazingly simple and strikingly brilliant remote control. Watch this video and see why so many members of our extended Ape Labs USA family love our products!
In this video you’ll learn how to program and control any of our Ape Labs lighting fixtures using the Ape Labs 2.4 GHz Remote Control.
It’s capable of transmitting commands to an unlimited number of Ape Labs products at the same time over tremendous distances when compared to traditional Infra Red remotes.
While any of our lights can be controlled via our rock solid wireless DMX protocol, many of our valued clients choose to use this credit card sized omni-directional 2.4 GHz remote. Truth be told, it’s really the secret sauce to easily controlling our tiny but mighty ape labs uplights in non-DMX mode.
With just one Ape Labs RF remote, you can assign up to 4 groups to any number of lights and with two remotes, you can assign up to 8 groups. Plus, since every Ape Labs LED fixture utilizes the same software, you can mix any combination of lights within each remote’s grouping. This not only aligns with our directive to “Keep it Simple” it also enables you to create DMX-like shows on the fly with absolutely no pre-programming.
Let’s get to know this amazingly powerful yet simple to use piece of technology a bit better.
First, to activate your remote, simply press any button to wake the device up out of its “sleep” mode.
It’s recommended that you press the mini flashlight button to bring the remote out of its sleep mode, to prevent any unwanted response of any light that is currently activated. The remote will remain in “active” mode for approximately 5 minutes after any of its buttons are pressed.
There are other (more advanced) functions where the mini flashlight and other combinations of buttons can be used, however, we’ll get into that in another series of videos.
For now, let’s see how to identify and assign a fixture to any one of the four groups after waking up the remote.
As you turn on a fixture by pressing the fixture’s one and only button, you will notice one of the group lights on the remote will start flashing rapidly. This indicates the fixture’s current group number that it’s assigned to.
Within 5 seconds, tap the “group” button repeatedly. You’ll notice that the selected fixture’s blue LED will flash rapidly. This indicates the light is ready to be assigned to the group you will ultimately select. As long as you continue to tap the Group button your fixture will remain in group program mode until you stop at your selected group.
At this point, simply wait a few seconds for the fixture to stop flashing, or to save a few seconds, press the power button on the remote, and the chosen group will be immediately assigned.
Assigning multiple lights to a specific group at one time
If you’d like to set multiple fixtures to any single group to save time, simply turn those fixtures on at the same time and press the group button repeatedly until the group you want is flashing. Again, either wait a few seconds for the Fixtures Blue LED’s to stop flashing or press the power button on the remote to lock in and assign the fixtures to your selected group.
Selecting a specific group of fixtures to control
Now that we know how to assign single or multiple lights to a group, let’s look at how to control lights in each individual group.
Here we’ve assigned each uplight to a corresponding group from 1 to 4
A tap of the group button will activate the fixture that’s assigned to that group’s frequency. This function allows you to control all fixtures and their related functions in that group independently without affecting the 3 other groups.
Power Button
Next let’s look at the power button itself which when tapped, will cause all fixtures to enter and exit standby mode. This is a great feature if you physically place your lights in advance of your event and want to conserve or extend power or simply don’t need or want the lights to be illuminated until later in the event.
(Battery Status Mode)
While in standby by mode, you will notice a dim green or red glow when looking directly into a fixture.
If the LED is green, it indicates that there is more that 50% battery life remaining in the fixture. Red indicates that there is less than 50% battery life left in that particular fixture. (NOTE: to disable or re-enable the battery status mode please watch the video titled, “Enabling or Disabling the battery status indicator” in the Tutorials section of our website or our CZcams Channel.)