Hub questions

[aERonAUtical96]

Been away for a while and am late on the coops.

Looking for active hub pcbs, but the store only shows passive available (if up to date).

If I can't find an active hub pcb, can I do the following:

pc ->  pixelnet dongle -> lynx equipment -> passive hub -> ssc

Trying to determine if I can do pixels this year or just wait for next.

Will there be extra zeus pcbs w/ the current coop?

[aERonAUtical96]

Sorry guys, guess I was looking at the wrong store page.  There does appear to be an active hub pcb available.

[jnealand]

For future reference.  You only need an active hub if you want to convert some of the channels to DMX.  Otherwise the passove hub works fine.

[aERonAUtical96]

Yes.  I think I understand that.  Can you put DMX in front of the hubs (either active or passive) after a dongle flashed for pixelnet?

[keitha43]

No, once flashed with pixelnet firmware all dongles only output pixelnet. The active hub can mirror 512 pixelnet channels with dmx channels with a jumper determining the channel range. The active hub is generating the dmx not the dongle.