DMX Controller

[Mickpat]

I was thinking about adding this to my order of lights to start testing.  My thought was to use this with the DMX dongle and start learning how to program sequences.  Do you think this would work?  Only a little bit more expensive than the standalone controller.

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[chrisatpsu]

do be sure, you should ask Ray

[tbone321]

I was thinking about adding this to my order of lights to start testing.  My thought was to use this with the DMX dongle and start learning how to program sequences.  Do you think this would work?  Only a little bit more expensive than the standalone controller.

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The only real issue that I see with this controller is that it is only capable of controlling a max of 120 nodes.  This will limit its testing capability to 100 node strings or less.  If your strings are 100 node or less then it will allow you to test them but if you have any 128 node ones, it will only light the first 120 nodes.  I'm not sure how it will help you to learn how to sequence.  You really don't need any hardware to do that.  Just a computer and the software that you intend to use and the music that you want to sequence to.

[Mickpat]

Why is this controller only limited to 120 nodes?  I dont see that called out so I must be missing something.  I know how to use LSP, but want to play with different effects and see how they look outside.  This would be more flexible than the preset controller.

[rrowan]

Why is this controller only limited to 120 nodes?  I dont see that called out so I must be missing something.  I know how to use LSP, but want to play with different effects and see how they look outside.  This would be more flexible than the preset controller.

Just my guess but the case says 360 channels on it

360 / 3 = 120 nodes

Cheers

Rick R.

[tbone321]

Why is this controller only limited to 120 nodes?  I dont see that called out so I must be missing something.  I know how to use LSP, but want to play with different effects and see how they look outside.  This would be more flexible than the preset controller.

As Rick said above, the case clearly says 360 channels.  Each node uses three channels.  If you want to use it to see what your sequences will look like with the actual nodes then it should do what you want but remember, it is limited to 120 nodes which should still be enough to do what you want. 

[chrisatpsu]

i just picked this up, and it does 512 channels...

the pic is wrong the item has 1809 in the name, the picture shows a different number

[hbomb341]

I received mine last week - another nice device there are dip switches on it allows you to send test commands without having to get a computer out.  Nice and small - screw terminals are easy to work with.  I didn't pull out the computer to play with the DMX part - just energized my lights and packed it all up till I had time to really play.

Harrison

[chrisatpsu]

it's nice as a tester, but i wouldnt use it in a show, though

[hbomb341]

it's nice as a tester, but i wouldnt use it in a show, though

I agree with this.

Harrison

[JDM1oc]

Does anyone have a manual or description for this controller? I've got it connected and it lights up the strings, but I am not sure about the dmx side of things.

Thanks,

Josh

[chrisatpsu]

Without a dmx signal, you can make it light up the strings by moving the address switches
To make it work with the lynx dongle, you have to make a cable using the xlr connectors. Make a standard lynx to xlr cable using the info in the wiki. I think I have to end up reversing pins 1 and 2 to get it to work. Plus you need to make a terminator using the xlr plug for the DMC out port and a 120 ohm resistor.