Smart String Coop

[Trepidati0n]

@ $0.63 a node, figure ~1500 nodes along with relavent controllers.

Goal this year is

8 LE's (6 active, 2 backup)
2 Dongles (1 active, 1 backup)
Relavent Wireless Gear
2 Hub (1 active, 1 backup)
1500 nodes (80% active)
Relavent controllers for SS's

[Trepidati0n]

I count ~78400 (using the lower ends of people's estimates).  That is almost $50k at $0.63.

So few nodes...I was thinking at least 100k nodes by now.

[FireMedic4Christ]

I am shooting for around 2000 nodes.

[rdebolt]

Around 2000

[ldkennell]

What is the distance between nodes on a string? I don't specifically recall the dimentions of a 128 node Smart string. Is it approx. 40 ft?

ldkennell

[Rainlover]

ldkennell,
The spacing is 3.5".

John

[CaptKirk]

So it was YOU !!

Well no dancing with the green women for two weeks as punishment!  

RJ

No GREEN women?  No problem- they respond to DMX so I can set them for ANY color!!   Full speed ahead Mr. Sulu!!

[Sparky96]

I'd love more but I think 128 nodes to start with is all I have budget for, I still need a dongle too.

David

[akonkman]

I'd be looking for about 350 nodes, plus a Lynx Dongle (I'm new to Lynx/DMX), hub, and 4 SS controllers

[cnyncrvr]

I would be looking at around 4096 nodes. or 32 128 node strings.

[tpboyce]

I would like to duplicate your Megatree so ~1000.  May be higher depending upon some other factors.

[ron d]

well I have waited before deciding how many to jump in for and the # keeps increasing while the wife keeps rolling her eyes. I need 3,000 and want 5,000. If i had a three thousand watt RGB wall washer to my head I would commit to 4,000 right now but with a few more weeks I may jump in deeper. This is really allot to consider and seeing and touching an actual production sample would make me feel allot better but at the price it is really something I cannot turn down. Everything I have seen of rjs designs thus far has simply been the best so Im IN!




I already have 70,000 lights and I am not afraid to use them! 

[deplanche]

500ish for me

[ron d]

A couple questions, additional parts to run these wireless? I am assuming hopefully just a hub and wireless receiver and can you use a dmx splitter on the out side of the hub to control 2 or more strands to simply do the same thing.
also the most channels I think I saw from one dongle was 4096 I think I read and I wanted to make sure its possible to run two or more dongles.

[RJ]

A couple questions, additional parts to run these wireless? I am assuming hopefully just a hub and wireless receiver and can you use a dmx splitter on the out side of the hub to control 2 or more strands to simply do the same thing.
also the most channels I think I saw from one dongle was 4096 I think I read and I wanted to make sure its possible to run two or more dongles.

There is no wireless for PixelNet

You can not use a splitter to do as you are saying. One hub port = One Smart String Controller.

I did run two dongles in a test but the limitation becomes the software keeping up even with vixen. You need a hefty computer.

RJ