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Hardware => Lynx Smart String => Topic started by: RJ on February 27, 2011,

Title: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: RJ on February 27, 2011,

Heres a little video to entertain you.

http://vimeo.com/20434352

RJ

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: rrowan on February 27, 2011,

Hi RJ,

Nice Video.

But Hey you are suppose to be working on getting the e-dongle ready for us and not playing with demo software  ;D  ::)

Cheers

Rick R.

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: RJ on February 27, 2011,

I got to test it don't I ?  ;D

RJ

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: JerryPlak on February 27, 2011,

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Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: ratroder on February 28, 2011,

Lookin' good.  >.d9

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: tpboyce on February 28, 2011,

Is it safe to assume that this could be used with Vixen and LSP as well to utilize Ethernet instead of USB?

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: RJ on February 28, 2011,

Yes,
I have tested it successfully on both already.

RJ

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: taybrynn on February 28, 2011,

Can you say what you did to get it working, or is it experimental software at this point?

Of course you had to test it !!  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: RJ on February 28, 2011,

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Can you say what you did to get it working, or is it experimental software at this point?

Of course you had to test it !!  ;D ;D ;D

Vixen  -  setup the plugin
LSP - Setup the plugin
Madrix - setup the output

It just works with them all you do not need any special software. Got to love standard protocols.

RJ

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: Mickpat on March 04, 2011,

This is very cool.  What version of the software would I need to purchase if I were running 375 nodes?  It looks like they limit the number of DMX channels on the basic software.

http://www.farralane.com/store/p-4848-madrix-led-control-software.aspx

Michael

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: JonB256 on March 04, 2011,

375 Nodes is into the 3 Universe range, so you'd need the Basic key.

Looks like just under $1500.00 (US)  (up to 16 universes) If you think of it as $100 per Universe, it doesn't hurt so much.

The Starter set, at just 1 Universe, is $490 per Universe

The Ultimate version, though it costs $3000.00 (US) works out to under $15 per Universe. Now that is cheap!

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: tbone321 on March 04, 2011,

It's only "cheap" if you need that many universes and have 3 grand lying around and can spend it just to make lights blink.

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: tpboyce on March 14, 2011,

RJ, any idea on a rough cost for the EtherDongle?  You mention standards, so I assume this is using E1.31 as the standard.  Are you automagically combining 4 DMX universes back into 1 Pixlenet Universe?  When is the EtherDongle going to be available?  Will there be firmware to do E1.31 to DMX and/or HyperDMX?  I have some plain RGB lights inside my upstairs windows.  This year, I hijacked a CAT5 run for DMX, but if I had something cheap, I could keep the ethernet and just run DMX over Ethernet.

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: fjaust on March 14, 2011,

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Hi RJ,

Nice Video.

But Hey you are suppose to be working on getting the e-dongle ready for us and not playing with demo software  ;D  ::)

Cheers

Rick R.

what's an e-dongle? is that running dongle through ethernet ?

thanks, scott

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: fjaust on March 14, 2011,

doh, never mind...just realised the thread heading says 'ether-dongle'  <fp.

Title: Re: EtherDongle and Madrix demo
Post by: RJ on March 14, 2011,

I made a new thread about what the EtherDongle does in the smart stings section.

RJ