Corsair RGB fans

[Jurrunio]

How does their RGB control work? I hate these proprietary standards, but then they do look good so I still want to know them better.

 

1. Lighting Node Pro & Commander Pro, are these the same thing?

 

2. My ML120 x3 with Lighting Node Pro came with 2 of these plastic hubs, I think one of them is the Lighting node, but which is which and what's the other thing? The larger one has 6 or more RGB plugs, the smaller one has 2.

 

3. ML fans have different RGB connectors as the rest of the Corsair RGB fan lineups?

 

4. HD series are not software controllable and rely on their in-box (another proprietary controller I assume) controller for RGB control, right?

 

5. How should I connect them to a motherboard, if say I have an SP120 RGB, LL120 RGB, ML120 RGB & HD120 RGB?

 

Thanks

[GrockleTD]

37 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

How does their RGB control work? I hate these proprietary standards, but then they do look good so I still want to know them better.

 

1. Lighting Node Pro & Commander Pro, are these the same thing?

 

2. My ML120 x3 with Lighting Node Pro came with 2 of these plastic hubs, I think one of them is the Lighting node, but which is which and what's the other thing? The larger one has 6 or more RGB plugs, the smaller one has 2.

 

3. ML fans have different RGB connectors as the rest of the Corsair RGB fan lineups?

 

4. HD series are not software controllable and rely on their in-box (another proprietary controller I assume) controller for RGB control, right?

 

5. How should I connect them to a motherboard, if say I have an SP120 RGB, LL120 RGB, ML120 RGB & HD120 RGB?

 

Thanks

i believe commander pro has additonal lighting ports for RGB strips, i think the other bit is to connect multiple lighting nodes together for easier sync across all fans, not sure about the third one, HD can definitely be software controlled, the ultimate RGB build guide by LTT shows this, and connect all fans to node pro, node pro(s) to the other thing, other thing to USB 2.0/ RGB header on the motherboard

[GrockleTD]

keep in mind i am not certain, i have never used or bought any of these products. the only thing i am certain of is that the HD120s can be software controlled

[Dissitesuxba11s]

6 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

How does their RGB control work? I hate these proprietary standards, but then they do look good so I still want to know them better.

 

1. Lighting Node Pro & Commander Pro, are these the same thing?

 

2. My ML120 x3 with Lighting Node Pro came with 2 of these plastic hubs, I think one of them is the Lighting node, but which is which and what's the other thing? The larger one has 6 or more RGB plugs, the smaller one has 2.

 

3. ML fans have different RGB connectors as the rest of the Corsair RGB fan lineups?

 

4. HD series are not software controllable and rely on their in-box (another proprietary controller I assume) controller for RGB control, right?

 

5. How should I connect them to a motherboard, if say I have an SP120 RGB, LL120 RGB, ML120 RGB & HD120 RGB?

 

Thanks

1. Commander Pro has 6 fan headers and 2 RGB headers, while the Lighting Node Pro has 2 RGB headers.

2. The Lighting Node Pro is the smaller one with 2 RGB headers. The one with 6 RGB headers is just the regular Corsair lighting hub. I believe you can connect the lighting hub to the Node and individually control the RGB fans through iCue.

3. I believe all Corsair fans have the same RGB connector.

4. You can control the HD series of fans with iCue. See below build log.

5. If the Lighting Node is the same my Commander Pro, you connect it to a USB 2 motherboard header, and SATA PSU connector, then you connect the lighting hub to the Lighting Node, which you then connect the fans to the hub.

 

Build log with a lot of HD120s: