A hub receives pixelnet and can pass that pixelnet signal to other devices -- smart string controllers, and other hubs.
Q1: Does the hub regenerate the incoming signal to create a clean signal for another long run of twisted pair cable?
Its been claimed that Pixelnet can handle 300ft cable runs...
Q2: is 300ft the distance between EtD and the Smart hub -- AND also another 300ft from the Smart hub to the SSC? (600ft total through 1 hub -- from the EtD to the SSC...?)
Q3: What from the Smart hub to another another Smart Hub... is the pixelnet output port regenerated to provide another 300ft? (900ft total through 2 hubs -- from the EtD to the SSC...?)
Q4: Does the Smart/Passive apply only to the DMX feature? ...if the 16pt Smart Hub regenerates Pixelnet for the output port -- does the 16pt Passive Hub do the same?
Q5: Does the 4pt Passive hub regenerate Pixelnet?
A5: No... the 4pt only has fuses, there is no RS485 chip, it does not allow the Pixelnet universe to be selected though a jumper -- only the first universe is used.