EtherDongle and Madrix demo

[RJ]

Heres a little video to entertain you.

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RJ

[rrowan]

Hi RJ,

Nice Video.

But Hey you are suppose to be working on getting the e-dongle ready for us and not playing with demo software   

Cheers

Rick R.

[RJ]

I got to test it don't I ? 

RJ

[JerryPlak]

 

[ratroder]

Lookin' good. 

[tpboyce]

Is it safe to assume that this could be used with Vixen and LSP as well to utilize Ethernet instead of USB?

[RJ]

Yes,
I have tested it successfully on both already.

RJ

[taybrynn]

Can you say what you did to get it working, or is it experimental software at this point?

Of course you had to test it !! 

[RJ]

Can you say what you did to get it working, or is it experimental software at this point?

Of course you had to test it !! 

Vixen  -  setup the plugin
LSP - Setup the plugin
Madrix - setup the output

It just works with them all you do not need any special software. Got to love standard protocols.

RJ

[Mickpat]

This is very cool.  What version of the software would I need to purchase if I were running 375 nodes?  It looks like they limit the number of DMX channels on the basic software.

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[JonB256]

375 Nodes is into the 3 Universe range, so you'd need the Basic key.

Looks like just under $1500.00 (US)  (up to 16 universes) If you think of it as $100 per Universe, it doesn't hurt so much.

The Starter set, at just 1 Universe, is $490 per Universe

The Ultimate version, though it costs $3000.00 (US) works out to under $15 per Universe. Now that is cheap!

[tbone321]

It's only "cheap" if you need that many universes and have 3 grand lying around and can spend it just to make lights blink.

[tpboyce]

RJ, any idea on a rough cost for the EtherDongle?  You mention standards, so I assume this is using E1.31 as the standard.  Are you automagically combining 4 DMX universes back into 1 Pixlenet Universe?  When is the EtherDongle going to be available?  Will there be firmware to do E1.31 to DMX and/or HyperDMX?  I have some plain RGB lights inside my upstairs windows.  This year, I hijacked a CAT5 run for DMX, but if I had something cheap, I could keep the ethernet and just run DMX over Ethernet.

[fjaust]

Hi RJ,

Nice Video.

But Hey you are suppose to be working on getting the e-dongle ready for us and not playing with demo software   

Cheers

Rick R.

what's an e-dongle? is that running dongle through ethernet ?

thanks, scott

[fjaust]

doh, never mind...just realised the thread heading says 'ether-dongle'