About the Chauvet COLORado PXL Bar 16 Professional Motorized Tilting RGBW LED Batten
The Chauvet COLORado PXL Bar 16 is a professional motorized LED lighting fixture designed for dynamic stage, studio, and event lighting applications. This batten integrates sixteen individually controllable RGBW LED pixels into a compact housing, each capable of independent color and intensity control, enabling the creation of complex pixel-mapped effects, color gradients, and animated chases. A defining feature of this fixture is its motorized tilt capability, which allows the entire bar to pivot smoothly along its long axis, adding a layer of kinetic movement that dramatically enhances visual impact. This combination of pixel-level detail and mechanical motion makes it a versatile tool for lighting designers seeking to add vivid color washes, sharp beam effects, and moving visual elements to their designs.
The fixture utilizes high-output RGBW LEDs, which include a dedicated white diode alongside the red, green, and blue. This addition provides a much richer and more balanced pure white output compared to RGB-only mixing, as well as a broader palette of pastel and saturated colors. The individual pixel control, managed via standard DMX protocols, allows each LED to be addressed separately, turning the bar into a detailed canvas for graphic effects or precise beam positioning. The integrated servo motor provides quiet and accurate tilt movement, which can be programmed to sweep in synchronization with music or to hold precise angles as part of a static stage look. The housing is constructed from durable aluminum with a robust yoke mounting system, built to withstand the demands of touring and frequent repositioning.
Designed for ease of integration into professional lighting rigs, the PXL Bar 16 offers multiple DMX addressing modes to conserve control channels when full pixel control is not required. It includes built-in thermal management to ensure consistent performance and longevity of the LEDs and electronics. The fixture is typically powered via a locking powerCON connector and features standard DMX input and output ports for daisy-chaining. With its blend of high-density pixel mapping and motorized movement, the Chauvet COLORado PXL Bar 16 provides lighting designers with a powerful and multifunctional instrument for creating immersive and animated lighting environments in live concert, theatrical, and corporate event productions.