Setting up LEDs can be tricky, especially if you don't' have experience with them, or Refloat. Don't worry though, we will walk you through it.
Starting things to understand;
- Our Thor controllers power their LEDs as one big daisy chain; STATUS - FRONT - REAR
- Each LED strip is comprised of three important things; their LED COUNT - LENGTH, and LED TYPE.
- LEDs must be configured in REFLOAT - SPECS first, then animated in REFLOAT - LEDs.
If you have an issue with an LED at the beginning of your chain, this will affect the ones after it.You can find your LED count by counting the exact amount of LEDs on your strip. The singled out yellow ones are typically the HEADLIGHT leds and sometimes aren't counted into the total LED count. Although our LEDs are RGB, the coding language they speak are GRB, so in the LED type this will be set to GRB instead of RGB.
REFLOAT - SPECS
The first step in setting up LEDs is to have their hardware set up properly.
Scroll down and find your STATUS, FRONT, and REAR sectionsAbove the STATUS section you'll find; LED MODE - Set this to INTERNALBelow this you'll find: LED Pin - Set this to DEDICATED LED Pin
- Now you'll have the STATUS led configuration. Make sure it's set up like this;
Status LED Strip Order - 1st
Status LED Strip Length - 10
Status LED color Order - GRB
- Next you'll have the FRONT led configuration. Make sure it's set up like this;
Status LED Strip Order - 2nd
Status LED Strip length - 10 (count may vary by set up)
Status LED color Order - GRB
- Next you'll have your REAR led configuration. Make sure it's set up like this;
Status LED Strip Order - 3rd
Status LED Strip Length - 20 (count may vary by set up)
Status LED color Order - GRB
Changing values in REFLOAT - SPECS will need a power cycle before you can see their changes. Be sure to allow for 10-15 seconds intervals in power cycles or your LEDs might glitch out and show weird patterns. A proper power cycle fixes this.
REFLOAT - LEDS
After our hardware is specified, we can now play around with our animations.
There's a lot of settings in this page, this is due to how configurable our LEDs. Take a moment to read through all the HELP buttons and don't get overwhelmed by the options. They're very straight forward once you read through them thoroughly.
- We do have some notable settings you should change off the bat though. Move through your FRONT and REAR LED headers here. We suggest changing these to a solid WHITE and RED, respectively. There's a bunch of animations you can have, but to ensure everything is working as intended it's best to have a simple LED animation configuration then work from there.
- Change your brightness's from 50% to 85% or higher. At lower brightness's, the BRIGHT led functions of our LED bars will not engage. Turn your brightness values up to have them activate properly.
- Under the STATUS section there's a setting called STATUS IDLE TIMEOUT; Change this from 0s to anything greater. At 0s this disables your STATUS led animations. Changing it to anything higher will engage the idle timer and display it's animation once it's reached.
Popular Troubleshooting Tips
LEDs are sometimes really finicky and there's a lot of variables that can affect their effectiveness. Below are some common issues and ways we have found to resolve them.
- Inconsistent LED / Glitchy patterns
This can happen for a few reasons.;1) You're power cycling your board too fast. If you turn off, then back on your device before it's had enough time to properly reset it can mess with their behaviors. Be sure to give enough breathing time for the controller to reset (10 seconds)2) A LED bar is shorting out on the box, likely the FRONT led. Our LEDs are open circuits, but they have an insulative coating around them. But sometimes the LEDs can still short against the box, creating weird and bizarre animations or out right breaking them. Try to insulate the LED bar from the controller box with electrical tape, Kapton, or anything else that can physically stop the LED bar from touching the box.3) You might have an older iteration of LEDs from us. Our older models had some designs flaws that would incur glitches more often. Work though these other steps then try talking to support.
1) You may find your LED's flicker when the motor is engaged. Most of the time it's only the rear LED that experiences this. This is a phenomenon we haven't figured out yet, but it's likely due to motor current interfering with your LEDs data line, or a lack of good shielding from the phase wires. Try to manage your wires inside your controller box away from phase wires, or purchase a data pick up transmitter.2) You might have an older iteration of LEDs from us. Our older models had some designs flaws that would incur glitches more often. Work though these other steps then try talking to support.
Here's some documentation on how LED strips are wired.
Updated on: 01/02/2026