Status, November 2026: current. Chauvet DJ still lists the Shocker Panel FX.
What it is
The Shocker Panel FX is a strobe, wash and blinder in one panel from Chauvet DJ: 480 tri-colour LEDs in eight RGB sections sit above and below a strip of 32 cool-white LEDs in eight white sections (Chauvet DJ product page). Chauvet DJ put its page up in February 2024. It is a different light from the outdoor-rated Shocker Panel FX IP and from the smaller Shocker FX.
Chauvet DJ rates it at 13,626 lumens and 1,131 lux at 2 m, with a 119° beam and a strobe rate of 0 to 20 Hz. On its own it runs 40 automatic programs, 15 static colours and a sound-active mode from its built-in microphone, and it can lead other units in master/slave mode. It takes 8, 18, 34 or 47 DMX channels over 3-pin and 5-pin XLR. Its manual lets a master unit take Chauvet DJ's optional IRC-6 remote; the one Thomann owner who reviewed it missed a remote in the box and ran it from DasLight 4.
It draws 281 W at 230 V and power-links 10 units at 230 V or 5 at 120 V over powerCON-compatible connectors. EU units come with a powerCON cable with bare wire at one end, so a plug has to be wired on or a ready-made cable bought, as that owner did. It weighs 3.9 kg in an all-metal housing, and the manual says to use a safety cable whenever it hangs overhead. Bonedo found its display hard to read.
Strobes have safety rules the rest of a rig doesn't: the strobe lights guide sets out the UK Health and Safety Executive's recommended flash-rate limit for clubs and public performances.