NovaStar LED Control Accessories
The supporting parts around a NovaStar system: scheduled power switching, light and temperature sensors, cabinet monitoring, 3D sync, an outdoor enclosure for a Taurus player, and HDR conversion. Almost every one of them attaches to a specific host, so start from the model number of the hardware you already own.
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Altelix NF14VFA1C-NVS1 Weatherproof Enclosure for NovaStar Taurus Players
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What are LED control accessories?
They are the parts that do a job your controller and receiving cards cannot do on their own.
An LED wall needs more than a signal path. Something has to switch the power supplies on in the morning and off at night, read how bright it is outside so the screen can follow, watch the temperature and the fans inside a cabinet, and keep a player dry when it is mounted on a pole. Those jobs are what this category covers. What the parts share is that each one attaches to a specific host — a sending card, a receiving card, a multifunction card or a player — so the model number of that host decides what you can buy.
LED control accessory comparison
Read the “What it works with” column before you read the price. Most of what is here fits one family of host hardware and nothing else, and that is what rules a part in or out.
| Model | Catalog price | Availability | What it does | What it works with | Power | Ports | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RC4 | $20 | In stock | Relay expansion card that lets a JT-series player card switch a sign's power on and off | JT series only — NovaStar names the JT50 and JT100. Sending-card systems use an MFN300 instead | DC 4.5–5.5 V from the host card; 1.5 W | 4 relays, DC 30 V/3 A. For AC, NovaStar switches a solid-state relay rather than the load; RS485 input | 91.5 × 45.0 × 16.1 mm |
| MON300 | $59 | In stock | Monitoring card that reports fans, supply voltages, temperature, humidity, door and smoke from inside one cabinet | MRV320 and MRV560 receiving cards only. Goes at the far end of your module chains, one per cabinet. A-series cards already monitor without it | DC 5.0 V, 0.75 W, wired from a cabinet power supply to the card's own terminals | 3 module connectors, 16-pin flat cable to the receiving card, 8 voltage terminals, 4 fan headers, door input | 144.0 × 91.5 × 22.5 mm |
| MTH310 | $100 | In stock | Waterproof temperature sensor for a cabinet or power distribution box; reads −20 °C to +75 °C | MFN300 card or MFN300-B box only — it will not go onto a sending card | DC 5 V from the port it plugs into; nothing to supply | One sensor lead, 5 m supplied, replaceable with 25 m | 85 mm long probe, 20 mm across the body |
| MFN300 | $118 | In stock | Multifunction card that schedules screen power, reads sensors and adds audio at the screen end | Joins the Ethernet run before, between or after your receiving cards, or RS232 straight to a PC. Set up in NovaLCT | DC 3.3–5.5 V from your distribution box; 2.5 W | 8 power switch channels (AC 250 V / DC 30 V, 3 A), 4 RS485 sensor ports, 1 audio out, RS232 and Gigabit Ethernet | 144.0 × 94.8 × 20.0 mm bare board |
| NS060-5A | $118 | In stock | Light sensor that feeds ambient brightness to the card it plugs into, so screen brightness tracks daylight | A sending card with a light-sensor port (MCTRL300, MSD300, MSD600), an asynchronous player card, or an MFN300 | DC 5 V from the port it plugs into; nothing to supply | One sensor lead, 5 m; the NS060-10A is the 10 m version | 83.4 mm long, 34 mm hex body; mounts through a 30 mm hole (M30×1.5) |
| MFN300-B | $216 | In stock | Switches your screen's power supplies on its own schedule and reads its sensors — boxed, so there is no bare board to mount | NovaStar sending card or all-in-one controller, set up in NovaLCT; head or end of the Ethernet run only, never mid-run | AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz on its own cord; 5 W | 8 power switch channels (AC 250 V / DC 30 V, 3 A), 2 RS485 sensor ports, 1 audio out, RS232 and Gigabit Ethernet | 204.0 × 163.0 × 48.0 mm |
| NF14VFA1C-NVS1 | $399 | In stock | Altelix vented weatherproof enclosure (NEMA 3R/IP24) with a thermostat fan, pre-drilled for a NovaStar Taurus player | Taurus TB30, TB50 and TB60, player not included; room alongside for an LTE router or modem | AC 120 V on a 5 ft cord; 10 A total across everything inside | 4 × 120 V outlets, 2 × PG-16 sealed cable glands | 401 × 352 × 258 mm outside; 330 × 279 × 127 mm usable inside |
| Vunit 3000 | $749 | In stock | Room control processor — one press dims the lights, drops the projector screen, switches sources and powers displays | AV and building equipment over serial, relay, IR, DMX512 and Ethernet. Not LED screen control, and CCC certified only | AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz; 60 W | Card slots: control card (Gigabit Ethernet), 7 × COM, 12 × relay with 6 I/O and 3 IR, 4-in 3-out HDMI. Ask us which are fitted | 482.6 × 360 × 94.6 mm, 11 kg fully populated |
| EMT200 | $925 | In stock | 3D emitter that syncs shutter glasses to a 3D LED wall; five pairs of glasses included | Sending cards on NovaStar's 3D list (MCTRL4K, MCTRL1600, KT and MEE series, H series). 3D halves what the sender can drive, and cannot run with low latency | DC 5 V from the supplied adapter; 1 W | 2 × Gigabit Ethernet in the screen run, 1 × VESA 3D sync out to a third-party emitter | 119.2 × 119.2 × 29.5 mm |
| HDR Master 4K | $4,500 | In stock | Video processor that converts SDR to HDR10 or HLG, and back the other way | Feeds your controller or fiber run over HDMI, 10G fiber or 12G-SDI — all three carry the same picture, not separate screens | AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz, 3 A; 120 W | In: 1 × HDMI 2.0, 1 × DP 1.2, 4 × 12G-SDI. Out: 2 × HDMI 2.0, 4 × 10G fiber, 4 × 12G-SDI, plus GENLOCK in and loop | 482.6 × 442.5 × 50.5 mm, 7.5 kg — taller than one rack unit, allow two |
How do you choose the right LED control accessory?
Work from the host outwards, not from the accessory in.
Read the label on the card, player or cabinet you already own. A MON300 fits an MRV320 or MRV560 and no other receiving card. An MTH310 plugs into an MFN300 or MFN300-B and will not go onto a sending card. The host decides the shortlist before anything else does.
Some of this you may not have to buy. A-series receiving cards report temperature, voltages and fan speed through smart-module or HUB monitoring, which NovaLCT reads with no extra hardware fitted, so a monitoring card is a part for older screens rather than for a new build.
The relay channels on an MFN300 or an RC4 are rated 3 A, roughly 360 VA at 120 V. Above that the card drives a separate switching device instead of the load itself — NovaStar's RC4 diagram uses a solid-state relay with its own DC supply — so budget for that part as well.
Complete your LED control system
These parts only make sense next to the hardware they attach to. If you are not certain which host is in your system, these categories will get you to the model number.
TaurusCompare scheduled-playback players for managed LED signage.Media PlayersReview playback options for content-led display installations.
Receiving CardsMatch the cabinet-side card to the display configuration and control system.LED control accessory manuals, datasheets and software
Every document here is the manufacturer's own. Three are worth opening before you order: the MON300 datasheet for which receiving cards it fits, the MTH310 datasheet for which host it plugs into, and the Altelix datasheet for what fits inside the enclosure and the 10 A ceiling.
LED control accessory FAQs
The questions that decide whether a supporting part will work with what you already own.
How do I switch an LED screen on and off automatically?
With an MFN300 multifunction card or an MFN300-B box. Both hold their own clock and their own on/off table, so the schedule keeps running after the control PC is shut down, and both give you eight switched channels rated 3 A each. On anything past a small screen those channels switch contactors rather than the power supplies directly.
Do I need a light sensor or a temperature sensor?
A light sensor if the screen is painful to look at after dark and washed out at noon: the NS060-5A feeds ambient brightness to the card it plugs into, and your controller moves screen brightness to match. A temperature sensor if you only find out a cabinet has been running hot after a module dies: the MTH310 reads −20 °C to +75 °C. The MTH310 needs an MFN300 or MFN300-B to plug into; the NS060-5A needs any card with a light-sensor port.
Can I monitor cabinet temperature and fans without a monitoring card?
Often, yes. A-series receiving cards report through smart-module or HUB monitoring, and NovaLCT reads that straight off the card. The MON300 is the part for older screens: it fits the MRV320 and MRV560 only, one card per cabinet, and fan-speed detection needs fans with a pulse signal output cable, which ordinary two-wire cabinet fans do not have.
What do I need to mount a NovaStar Taurus player outdoors?
The Altelix NF14VFA1C-NVS1 enclosure, ordered separately from the player. Its mounting plate is pre-drilled for the TB30, TB50 and TB60, there is room beside the player for an LTE router or a modem, and the ceiling is 10 A at 120 V across everything inside — not 10 A per outlet.
Which of these accessories are not LED screen parts?
Two of them. The Vunit 3000 is a room control processor for lights, projector screens and sources, and the RC4 relay card only works with JT-series signage. Neither one replaces a controller or a receiving card, and neither one touches your picture.