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Title: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on March 20, 2011,
Do to what appears to be enough demand for express kits we are opening another coop up:



This Co-Op is for the Lynx Express version 5 kit.  

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There is no options on this coop. The PCB's or Heatsinks alone are avaliable from me already.  

This coop is for parts, PCB and heatsink.

No kits will contain the Cases as it is just as cost effective for the users to order them and easier for the coop managers.

This Coop will close on March 26th 2011  at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time zone or when it fills its limit of 100 kits.

NO MORE THAN 100 KITS will be allowed on this coop and it will automatically be considered closed at that point!!!

Full Payment is expected when the coop is closed no orders can be made until all members have paid. All members will receive PM’s or be directed by post how to pay once the coop closes with details.

Please get your paypal payments in as soon as you get the Co-Op invoice PM as no orders can be placed until all payments have been received. You will have only 7 days to get payments in before you orders will be dropped.

By joining this Co-Op you also agree that the Co-Op manager, DLA (as a board to also include all administrators, moderators, and members) shall not be held for any liability.  You are joining this Co-Op at your own risk.

What is a Lynx Express you may ask?

Well the Lynx Express is a 16 Channel controller based off the popular Lynx and FreeStyle designs but with some nice new features.  The Lynx Express supports on board push button start address programming, the ability to program the Pic without removing it from the controller, and On board diagnostics.  In addition this controller has some advanced features.

Some of the features are:

1.  Custom dimming (LNT) curves that can be assigned on a per channel basis. What this means is that you can have standard and Led light strings plugged into your controller and be able to get them to dim at the same rate.

2.  Testing.  If you have problems with your LE.  You can now put the LE into a diagnostics mode that will help isolate those problems.

3.  Wireless  Yes that’s right this controller will support a plug and play module that allows your controller to go wireless with the addition of the wireless equipment.

4.  Built in snubber resistors to help LED users. no need to add the resistor plugs on you led strings as they are built in. This does not effect standard light users.

As with any Co-Op this Co-Op is subject to the forum rules.  These rules can be reviewed using the following link.

Forum Co-Op rules

http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=111.0

You will receive all the parts you need for the complete kit.  To complete your setup you will need power cords for the AC hookup and a DMX dongle to use along with the Vixen or LightShowPro software programs.  At the time of this writing I can only suggest the use of the Lynx USB DMX adapter or the Enttec Pro.  There are other adapters that can be used but due to issues that have been found with them I cannot recommend them.

Now for the pricing.  

We have a base goal of 50 kits.  This goal allows the cost per unit to drop low enough to make it cost effective to run the coop. below this number we will not make the order.
 
Pricing is below broken into the 50 unit levels.  The pricing below will include all fees, shipping and handling charges to get the items to the Coop Manager.

*****50 Kit Level*****

Lynx Express Complete Kit /w heatsink  (No Case)    $68

This is an estimate and the previous coops have all beat this in the past. The larger the amount the better the pricing most times.

Shipping will be based on the USPS flat rate box.  This is the box that will ship in the US for $10.95 a box and international for $45.50 Canada and Mexico $27.95.  This is the shipping cost per flat rate box we can fit about 6 kits in a single flat rate box but can go to a larger flat rate box for larger orders for a few dollars more up to twelve. If you wish to have insurance on your package it is your responsiblity to choose the amount and lookup the cost to add. You must add this to your paypal payment and in the comments explain you paid for insurence and how much. We can not be held responsable for you packaged once accepted at the post office and we have a receipt of shipment if it is not insured.  

Post with the quanitity you wish in this thread.  Please do not post questions or your thoughts in the coop thread. Start a new thread in the correct area for these. Coop threads are strickly for people requesting orders. If you later wish to change your quanity please post again clearly stating that this is a update to a previous order and how many you wish it to be now.

If you have any questions please post a new thread to help keep the coop thread clean.

Thanks for all the help in completeing the coop.

RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on March 20, 2011,
Member Name         ordered    Paid        
bcstuff  4Y
bwhite505  6Y
cBell 3Y
chrisatpsu  2Y
deanathpc  4Y
diceman3807  4Y
fertsy 3Y
holland lights  2Y
JDM1oc  6Y
keithr  2Y
kjam22 2Y
kpurcell  4Y
loveroflife96 2Y
mmciver 2Y
mokeefe  6Y
njKeever  5Y
Pete  6Y
Robert Waller  20Y
shaunkad  2Y
skulldan 1Y
sleonhardt  4Y
steve hughes 2Y
SteveMaris  2Y
TheBanker4Y
tpctech  6Y
Total :109
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: bcstuff on March 20, 2011,
Well I guess I will start this off...

RJ,

I would like 4 LE kits please.

Thanks,
Brian


P.S. I still haven't assembled the first four, I am way behind for Christmas.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: shaunkad on March 20, 2011,
2 please
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: mokeefe on March 20, 2011,
Well I recently invested in a new solder station and fume absorber, so I might as well give it some workout.

Please put me down for 6 LE kits.

RJ, you must be either a saint or a glutton for punishment having just finished up the previous LE coop. Thanks for all you do.

-Mike
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: SteveMaris on March 20, 2011,
2 kits please
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: bwhite505 on March 20, 2011,
RJ,

Please put me down for six kits. 

Thanks,

Brian
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: Pete on March 20, 2011,
Hey RJ -

Put me down for 6 kits - Please!!! >.d9
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: JDM1oc on March 20, 2011,
6 please

Thanks RJ!

Josh
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: steve hughes on March 20, 2011,
put me down for 2 please

Dang, the pile is growing of stuff I still have to put together..better get after it, or teach the wife to solder so she can put them together during summer break from teaching ;D
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: deanathpc on March 20, 2011,
Hey RJ I'll take 4 please.....  This is addicting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Dean
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: cBell on March 20, 2011,
3 Please
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: keithr on March 20, 2011,
2 kits for me please....
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: mmciver on March 20, 2011,
2 kits for me please!
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: fertsy on March 20, 2011,
No waiting this time...

3 Kits please.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: jnealand on March 20, 2011,
Wow 4 hours and you already have 48 of the 100 taken.  Demand is really up.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: TheBanker on March 20, 2011,
I will take 4, please thank you.....I made it this time!!!!!
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: skulldan on March 20, 2011,
Add me in for 1 please.

Thanks again RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: njKeever on March 20, 2011,
I will take 5 please. Thanks for getting another coop going so fast!
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: sleonhardt on March 20, 2011,
Please
I would like to have four (4) of the kits.
Scott
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: diceman3807 on March 20, 2011,
I would like 4 kits please...

Thanks!

Jon
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: chrisatpsu on March 20, 2011,
2 kits please
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: loveroflife96 on March 20, 2011,
Please add me to the Co-Op for 2 kits.  Thanks RJ for the quick turnaround from the first co-cop!  Bless you!
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: holland lights on March 20, 2011,
put me down for 2 kits rj.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: kjam22 on March 20, 2011,
I would like two kits too - Thanks
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: tpctech on March 20, 2011,

Time to prepare for more blinky.........6 kits please

Thanks

KEN
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: Robert Waller on March 20, 2011,
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I'm trying to switch all my stuff from LOR.  I would like 20 kits.  Can I order that many?

Sorry, I should have made my request more positive.  Please put me down for 20 kits.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: fbinthesouth on March 20, 2011,
I would like 4 please.
Rusty
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: remixsam on March 20, 2011,
1 kit please
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: kpurcell on March 20, 2011,
I would like 4 please.

Ken
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: kpurcell on March 20, 2011,
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I would like 4 please.

Ken

Arrgh, just realized we are over the 100 limit, wasn't expecting there was an order fro twenty (20) in there?!

So much for ever getting an LE, last time I joined DLA a few days after the closing. Now a short run and I miss that too.

Ken
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on March 20, 2011,
Coop closed to orders we have 103 at this time.

I will send out payment pms in the next day please watch for them and get them in as fast as possible.

RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on March 21, 2011,
All Payment PM's have been sent please get them sent in as soon as possible.

RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on March 21, 2011,
I guess I messed up and missed a post when counting the list

JDM1oc  put in for 6 on the first page but did not get put on my list so we are at 109 at this point.

RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on April 13, 2011,
All parts are in and sorted waiting on Heatsinks to come in from the Anodizer.

RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on April 16, 2011,
Coop is packed to ship and will go out Monday.

Thread is unlocked.

RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: rrowan on April 16, 2011,
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Coop is packed to ship and will go out Monday.

Thread is unlocked.

RJ

Try again, its still locked LOL

oops did I post that out loud?

Rick R.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: holland lights on April 17, 2011,
I guess i need to get the cords ordered then. Got my 2 enclosures in.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: chrisatpsu on April 20, 2011,
i just got my kits..   ;D

Thanks RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: SteveMaris on April 20, 2011,
Just got my order in. That was FAST! Thank you R.J. and all involved. You are the Best!!! 8)
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: JDM1oc on April 20, 2011,
My expresses arrived in California today!  Thank you RJ and family!  <res.

Josh
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: njKeever on April 20, 2011,
Just got all 5 of mine. Thanks so much for all the hard work and time you put into the coop.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: holland lights on April 20, 2011,
I got mine in. Quick question, is the chips already programed? i think i read somewhere they was in a coop but i wasnt sure.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: njKeever on April 20, 2011,
Yes, they should be.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: trekster on April 20, 2011,
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Just got all 5 of mine. Thanks so much for all the hard work and time you put into the coop.

Excuse me????????????  You got all three of yours and two that belong to Trekster.  <pop..

         <yk..
         Ron
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: njKeever on April 20, 2011,
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Just got all 5 of mine. Thanks so much for all the hard work and time you put into the coop.

Excuse me????????????  You got all three of yours and two that belong to Trekster.  <pop..

         <yk..
         Ron

Oh, you wanted those replaced?  ???

Just kidding, I got two for you to replace the two you so graciously let us have. Thanks again, I love this community!  ;D
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: fertsy on April 20, 2011,
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Yes, they should be.

Can anyone confirm this? I was wondering the same thing.

Got mine in today as well in Utah. Thanks to all involved
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: Pete on April 20, 2011,
Thank you RJ for all the work that you put into this coop!  I appreciate all the unseen work that is needed to get all those parts out to all of us.  Thanks!!

I received my kits today out here in Washington State, just as I was leaving for work!!  I can hardly wait until I get home tonight.  >.d9

Pete
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: SteveMaris on April 20, 2011,
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Yes, they should be.

Can anyone confirm this? I was wondering the same thing.

Got mine in today as well in Utah. Thanks to all involved
The pics do come programmed. NO WORRIES! ;D
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on April 20, 2011,
Yes all pics are programmed on the coop.

RJ
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: bwhite505 on April 20, 2011,
I got mine today also.  Can't wait to put them together.

Thanks RJ and helpers.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: mmciver on April 20, 2011,
Christmas in April at my house today!!!

WOOHOO!!!

I received my 2 today.

Now I have to wait to get back from a business trip to put them together!

Maybe if I time it right, I will get these done just before the wireless boards show up!

Gotta love Blinky BLinky!!!

Mike.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: deanathpc on April 20, 2011,
Got mine today!  Early afternoon in fact.  And 2 of the  4 are already built and tested! 

Thanks to all involved.  We appreciate it!

Dean
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: fertsy on April 20, 2011,
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Got mine today!  Early afternoon in fact.  And 2 of the  4 are already built and tested! 

Thanks to all involved.  We appreciate it!

Dean

You sir, are an animal <res.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: TheBanker on April 20, 2011,
Got it....
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: keithr on April 20, 2011,
Two in the mail box today!  Thank you RJ for the coop


Keith
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: Robert Waller on April 20, 2011,
I got 2 boxes today.  Each box had ten kits including the correct number of kit packages.  Aside from a few loose screws that worked their way out of the heat sink bags everything looks good.  I have enough to keep me busy for some time.

Thank you RJ for running these Coops and allowing the rest of us to participate in this fun.
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: deanathpc on April 21, 2011,
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Got mine today!  Early afternoon in fact.  And 2 of the  4 are already built and tested! 

Thanks to all involved.  We appreciate it!

Dean

You sir, are an animal <res.

lol well an update for you then..  all 4 are built...  and tested.  Although I still can't program the channels via software.  Always have to do it manually on each board.  Makes me wonder if the light curves will program correctly.

But after this coop I'm now at 6 which makes me happy..  Now to get the wireless coop stuff and I'll be set with the exception of cords and cases...  Love this addiction!
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: sleonhardt on April 22, 2011,
RJ
I got mine on Wednesday. Everything looks like it is here. I built my first one with only one small mistake. I did not get one of the buttons down tight to the board. But everything has tested out great.  Thank you very much RJ and everyone who helped you. Also your video was a great help. I like that better than reading directions.
Thanks Again
Scott
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: mokeefe on April 22, 2011,
Received my well sorted and packaged LE order this week.  I'm just amazed at the amount of time and effort the volunteer coop managers put into these. They are spoiling me with this level of quality each time.  Thanks to everyone in the Jordan clan involved, yet again, in a successfully run coop.

-Mike
Title: Re: 2nd Express coop of 2011
Post by: RJ on April 22, 2011,
Glad everyone is happy you should all have them as they were all in the U.S. this coop. I am moving this to the finished coop section.