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Offline rimist

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Configuration verification
« on: April 19, 2012, »
For the pond lighting I asked about in another thread, would it work to use a USB dongle configured for pixelnet connected directly to a 4 port passive hub that is injected with power to the SSC (or SSC2) to three waterproof, turtle proof fixtures made with square pixels?

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Offline JDM1oc

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Re: Configuration verification
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2012, »
Not sure if you are supposed to do it that way, but I have tried it that way and it worked fine.  I only used them that way for testing, but it should work. 

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Re: Configuration verification
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2012, »
Thanks

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Re: Configuration verification
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2012, »
i'm not 100% percent sure if that's ok to do or not, but mark your cables well, b/c if you happen to plug the cat5 cable from your eD into the powered side of the hub by mistake, you're sure to have zapped your eD. 
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Re: Configuration verification
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2012, »
Since he is not using an ED that shouldn't be an issue.  Since he is using a USB dongle, he cannot connect the wrong pins to power unless he uses the wrong type of cable such as a crossover cable.  While the 4 port hub was not creatd with this use in mind, it should work just fine for this specific configuration.
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