I think that the issue that many seem to be missing is that Pixelnet is a seperate protocol. It is NOT DMX. Because of that, the IDMX controllers would be useless. I don't see any easy way to integrate Pixelnet into a LOR network but that doesn't make it impossible either.
I guess I should have posed this question better. What I was looking for is if anyone had any ideas on how to go about doing the protocol conversion (LOR -> PixelNet). I think I remember earlier in this thread that RJ said the protocol would be open, so maybe I will be able to figure out a way when that is released. Or maybe I am better off switching ti LSP or Vixen, but I would loose my LOR investment. I will have to wait and see what details and ideas come out. Thanks all for your comments and suggestions.
Mike
It is not hard for me to make a box that converts LOR to PixelNet, Just as it is possible to make firmware for the Expresses that would run either DMX or LOR protocol.
The issue is LOR is not an open protocol and so without Dan and his people saying it is OK I do not believe it is right to do so. They are in business and this is their lively hood. I do it as a hobby and so it is done for the enjoyment for me. I doubt they would ever tell me it is OK so the flip is the protocol to run it will be published shortly and they will be more than welcome to include it into their software to run my smart strings. I do not expect this either because it would then compete with the Cosmic Color Ribbons which they likely do not want.
They are a great company and people, but that is the point they are a company, when you sell finished products or make profits from them it is a business you are not here to give stuff away like we are but instead to make money on it and get as many people to use it as you can.
Getting as many people to use our stuff as possible is a pride thing for us. For them it is about paying their people and putting food on the table.
If I could have made it LOR compatible I would is the point, but I can not mess with businesses like LOR, What if they decided I was infringing on the protocol? Then they sue me and the hobby that I have no income from cost me lots of money. Then I have to stop designing stuff.
Right now we are small enough I doubt they pay any attention to us at all. I know who Dan at LOR is but I seriously doubt he knows who RJ is?
Now if lots of users like our stuff enough that they move from Lor S2 to LSP just because they can not run our stuff in LOR software. They may take notice and be more open to adding the protocols into S2 or allowing use to make our stuff work with it. Again this is likely not going to happen.
Sorry,
All this ramboling was just to explain why it is not compatible with LOR.
RJ