I was just pondering all of the pluses to moving to Smart String nodes, for example to outline the house, such as only having to run one string, individual node control, many many colors, any length from 1 to 128, and another one of the possible benefits poses a question:
Do the nodes connect in parallel with the SS Controller or are they wired in series, from one node to another?
The reason I ask, is one of the benefits I hashed out was that if a node stops working, it's just one lonely node, and it would barely be noticeable, and could be cut out of the string and replaced at the end of the season. However, then I started wondering if the power and data were being provided through each node to the one next to it, and if say, the first one dies, would the rest die with it?