How do you power the conductor?

[sittinguphigh]

I didn't see a power cord. How do you power the conductor?
And what is the volt range you can use?
I have 12.8 volts low to 14.4 volts high lithuim battery.
Should I go higher on the volts I wonder?
I could go 16 volts to 18 volts by adding anther battery.

And while your at it the four passive hub I need the voltage power range
there to? If you would please?

Thanks

Mort

[rrowan]

You don't power the conductor

You power the Etherdongle like you would normally do and the conductor sits on top of the etherdongle and gets its power from the connection between the two board (etherDongle and conductor)

clear as mud?

Rick R.

[sittinguphigh]

On a DMX dongle normaly gets it's from the computer.
There is no computer now.
Not following you.
There has to be a power input.

Thanks

Mort

[rrowan]

On a DMX dongle normaly gets it's from the computer.
There is no computer now.
Not following you.
There has to be a power input.

Thanks

Mort

you are thinking of the USB dongle and not the EtherDongle. The EtherDongle never gets power from the usb port.

The Conductor attaches to the Etherdongle only. If the Etherdongle is outputting dmx or pixelnet it still using a power supply from the wall plug.

Rick R.

[rokkett]

The conductor is a daughter board that plugs directly into the EtherDongle that is powered by an external wall wart...

[onesmoothhead]

My Ed has a wall wort.

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[sittinguphigh]

Thanks Rick.
I haven't built a etherdongle yet.
I remember RJ saying that I could run a etherdongle, conductor, four pastive hub and 4 ssc with a 12 volt battery on it's own.
The etherdongle has DC voltage regulators and DC/DC  convertor.
Have to asume that the Etherdongle runs on DC volt.
The video RJ made for the ethernetdongle it looks like he is using a ac/dc power adaptor.
So all I need to know is what voltage range the etherdongle is using? And I'm good.
And also for the range for the 4 port active hub.
Or I will need regulator.

[chrisatpsu]

4 port hub is passive, it only takes in power to give to the smart strings. it does not consume power for itself. (just traces, fuses, and rj45 jacks)

[sittinguphigh]

So The DC power supple on the 4 port hub voltage would be the same as the smart srtings volts. Then what is the voltage range on the smart strings then.

[rm357]

You can hook the 4 port hub directly to your 12v battery.

The strings are 12v, but are pretty tolerant of the input voltage. I would disconnect them when you hook up the battery charger... Battery chargers usually push the voltage up in 14 volt range (or higher for a faster charge...)

I have run a string on as little as 5v using the tester from aliexpress, but the ssc will drop out somewhere in the 6 to 7 volt range.

I'm not sure about the etherdongle...

[n1ist]

The Etherdongle is powered with a Triad WDU6-600 wallwart.  Nominally, this is a 6V DC 600mA brick.  Open circuit (ie, not plugged into the ed, so no load) voltage is 9.4V.  Given that it has a 7805 regulator, it needs to be over 7v under load.  I measured mine and it's 7.3v (ed only, no conductor).

I would NOT feed in much more than 9v since any higher voltage results in more heat being generated in the regulator.

/mike

[sittinguphigh]

So if I'm hearing it right. I will need a regulator or set down for the etherdongle/conductor.

That stills leaves me the 4 port passive hub.

Does any one know the voltage range is on the 4 port passive hub/smart string/SSC?

Thanks

Mort

[rm357]

Just hook the passive hub strait to the 12 volt battery.

Just be sure to disconnect the hub when you hook up the charger

[sittinguphigh]

No charger. Just a battery.
The SS are made to run on a DC power supply
Not a battery.
So I need to know what the range is
for then SS for voltage.
Does the SS has to be keeped at 12 volts or is there a range?

[chrisatpsu]

11.5V ~ 12.5V range

oops, forgot about something....

11.3V ~ 12.3V range