WIRELESS DMX PROJECT UPDATE

[ThaiWay]

Thanks for the update RJ!

Now if I only half your small brain-power :-)

John

[Brad]

Cool! Thanks for the update RJ.

Brad

[ElectricCraft1]

Glad to see everything is working as planned.  Thanks for everything RJ.

Branden

[claytor1999]

Who would have thought Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy could sound like Mad Scientist music.

Cool stuff RJ

[RJ]

Update,

  The progress continues on the Wireless DMX. It has taken a lot of time to get where  I am but it is looking very promising. I will be ordering a couple of test PCB's this week to allow me to begin the Range testing of the units. I do have a few bugs to kill yet but total normal and all part of it. I do have a universe of DMX moving across the protoboard wireless and running my Express on the bench. My test seqence is a 512 channel of on / off on every channel at 25ms with them alternating to make it work hard and it is looking very good.

I would say that if the range is good we are going to have wireless modules for the expresses very soon.

I priced out the parts for the receiver and the parts come to $16 for one. The pcb's will run about $1.80 each if we can get an order of 200 units.  So it will be under $20 to build.

The transmitter will be not much more just some connectors and such that add some to it.

RJ

[WWNF911]

I priced out the parts for the receiver and the parts come to $16 for one. The pcb's will run about $1.80 each if we can get an order of 200 units.  So it will be under $20 to build.

The transmitter will be not much more just some connectors and such that add some to it.

Curious,.. I thought there was a slot for the wireless mod on the Express. So, what is the pcb for? Is it gonna be a piggyback pcb?

Leon

[RJ]

The PCB is the tiny module that plugs into the slot.

RJ

[WWNF911]

Thanks RJ.

Remember the drooling smiley I had posted in the MR16 Controller section?  Going to go dust it off!!!!


Leon

[thedudedrummer]

Can this be used for all dmx items, or just the express?
-Mike

[WWNF911]

Can this be used for all dmx items, or just the express?
-Mike

I could be wrong on this, but I think if you go wireless out to your express, you can then daisy chain from there to a complete universe.

[rrowan]

Can this be used for all dmx items, or just the express?
-Mike

I could be wrong on this, but I think if you go wireless out to your express, you can then daisy chain from there to a complete universe.

The module that RJ is talking about is only for the Express. The plan is to have plug ins for the other lynx hardware but I am not sure if that is still the game plan.

Leon is correct, you can daisy chain from a wireless Express to other dmx devices using cat5.

Rick R.

[vairmoose]

RJ,   this is excellent news and one more notch on your belt.  Thank you for your passion to make this hobby/obsession not only workable but exciting for those that must limit the funds they can invest.   

Larry   

[rrowan]

LOL

You know I was so intend on answering a question that I totally forgot to added my Kudos to RJ.

Please add my thanks for all of the hard work and HOURS upon HOURS of coding you put into the wireless module. I still can't believe how cheap these units will cost at the same time knowing how work went into them and what they are doing.

Many Thanks

Rick R.

[ThaiWay]

Kudos Galore, RJ!

John

[Greg]

Sounding good there RJ!

Personally, I think you should be adding a couple bucks onto each PCB across the Lynx product line.  I understand your rational for not doing so thus far, but, your time is worth a bunch to everyone here and this forum doesn't get served for free either.

I know there is info in the wiki on how to donate and all, but a couple bucks a PCB would be relatively painless for most everyone here pursuing this hobby and a simple means of giving support over time.

Greg