DiyLightAnimation
Hardware => Lynx Smart String => Topic started by: Kasey911 on August 25, 2013,
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Hey gang,
I've decided to start on a new project but was wondering if my idea is going to work. Before I order anything from Ray, I thought I'd pick your brains and see if I'm asking for trouble.
What is like to know is if I order pixels with 2 meter spacing, will I have problems with the SSC v4 controlling them. I'm looking at having no more than 15 nodes per SSC.
Thanks in advance for any input you might have.
Kasey
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Once you get the data from the SSC to the first node. Its the nodes regenerating the data.
2 meters is about 6 1/2 feet. I am not sure off the top of my head of the max distance between the SSC and the 1 node but I know v4 is the best with that.
You might need to inject power for that distance.
Rick R.
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I was able to get 6 feet without an issue with the v4 on a 104 node (Regular) with 8" spacing between nodes. Like Rick said might have to inject power, but I think you will be ok.
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Cool, thanks guys. I think I'll try cutting up one of my strings first and adding some wire between nodes just to make sure things work before I order.
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I believe the OP was asking for the distance between nodes. Not from ssc to 1st node. 2 meters might be an issue.
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If 2 meters doesn't work maybe you could do 1 meter and only light up every other node and the other nodes will just be signal regenerators?
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Thanks for the input. I will be hacking up some of my existing nodes to see if the spacing will work. Having the "null" nodes is a good idea if the spacing is too much.