Author Topic: What's the difference from SSC versions (Read 2033 times)

lawn patrol · « **on:** January 27, 2015, »

Currently I have v2 SSC without the mod. I'm wondering what exactly the mod does. From reading the wiki and looking at the comparison chart it looks like you gain distance from the hub to the controller.

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My other question is I just purchased 3 and 4 core connectors from ray ru has any one else used these on the controllers and do they work good?

I was able to get free shipping it took a little work into convincing them because at first the answer was no.

Steve Gase · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2015, »

the mod basically improves the reliability at longer distances to the first pixel.

maybe... there are some other features like grouping that come with v3 firmware. i'm unsure.

i don't believe an updated v3 firmware was ever created with more color order choices... so that will not be improved with the mod.

tbone321 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2015, »

Version 1 is as expected, the original version. It worked well but did have some issues not working on some strings when the test controller from Ray would.

Version 2 was a redesign to fix the issue with Ver 1 but it actually made it a little worse. If you have version 2 SSC's, I would consider making the modification to convert it to Ver 3

Version 3 is the modification to either Ver 1 or Ver 2 SSC's. This mod does correct the problem that the two previous versions had.

Version 4 is a complete redesign of the SCC. It uses a different PIC and is smaller and costs a little less than the previous SCC's.

lawn patrol · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2015, »

Thanks for the information the v2 SSC have been working good for me. Since I'm replacing all the pigtails with 3 and 4 core connectors I'll just do the mod too.

bcstuff · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2015, »

Last year I converted five SSCv1 to the v3 mod during the Christmas season to try and help with flaky and stuck nodes (What was I thinking, during season??) I should have left well enough alone because I couldn't get any of the 5 controllers to work after the mod. I am very familiar with SSC setup and programming, so even after triple checking everything it still did not work. So at the time I needed them for my show and converted them back to v1 and they continued to work fine.

I have since purchased enough SSC4 to replace all my SSCv1. The v4 SSC and supposedly the v3 mod have less problems with flaky nodes by improving the data line output signal.
Since I switched to SSCv4 I have had less problems with nodes.

I am not trying to say not to do the mod, just don't go crazy and test 1 out before you change them all.

As far as the waterproof pigtails, I have begun to convert all of my SSCs to 4 core and 3 core waterproof pigtails. The ones I used this past season had no problems. Some of my older cat5 pigtails have had problems with corrosion.

jnealand · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2015, »

All my SSCs are v3. Have not had any problems with them. I have a bunch that are mounted under the eaves and under my front porch roof, they use a 3 core output and the cat5 input connector. All have been working good for 3 years. All the SSCs that are out in the yard and more exposed to the elements use the 3 core waterproof output and either have a 4 core waterproof input or have a direct cat5 (about 3 ft) long enough to go all the way into the battery box with the passive hub so the cat5 connector is not exposed to the elements. All have worked good.

lawn patrol · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2015, »