Lynx Express Newbie UK

[CaptainMurdoch]

FPP does support the DLA Lynx USB dongle for one DMX or PixelNet universe as well as the DLA Lynx EtherDongle for four universes of DMX or PixelNet.

If you go the EtherDongle route, then you can also use another home router instead of the switch and plug the WAN port of this second router into hour home network.  This will allow your Pi to get to the internet for time updates but keep the multicast E1.31 traffic off of your home network.  You can also open a hole up through that router to allow port 80 HTTP access through to the Pi so you can get to the admin web page.

If you want more FPP info you should go over to the Falcon site and they can answer any questions you have.

[mangoat]

ok, so my network for my xmas lights looks like this


pi --->  wipi usb dongle for wireless internet from home network
pi --->  switch  ---> p12s controller

and i would like to add

pi---->  switch  --->  lynx express (via ethernet dongle if i need to???)

not feasible?  i dont understand fully how the lynx stuff works.

cheers.
mangoat

[twooly]

It would be

pi ----> switch ------> ETD (flashed with DMX) ------> Express
or
pi ----> switch ------> ETD (flashed with pixelnet) -------> Active Hub ------> Express

[mangoat]

Ok, so the etd with etherdongle from here right???

[twooly]

Yes and I would probably take the rest of your pi questions over to the correct forums, you'll get more detail about it over there.

[mangoat]

the pi questions i am ok with, its trying to understand the products from this site.
sorry.

[tbone321]

I believe that he was referring to FPP, not the Pi itself.  The ETD IS the Etherdongle.  The ETD (EtherDongle) is what we use to convert e131 to PixelNet which is the protocol that our smart string equipment runs on.