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    Hi, I'm Trevor from Campbelltown, NSW! :-)

    Hello from the otherside of the Highway! Im in Narellan about to setup my display feel free to reach out more than happy to show you some stuff as I setup. There are few of us in the local area or if you head up a blacktown / kellyville area there are also others. lots and lots of suppliers...
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    Local/AU Sydney Build Party - 10 September

    But there's no daryl to save the day with a serial cable 😂
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    Local/AU Sydney Build Party - 10 September

    It's definately happening! It's already started!
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    Local/AU Sydney Build Party - 10 September

    If anyone needs anything 3d printed you can send me the model and I can have them ready for Sunday 👍 (mounting brackets for controllers, brackets, etc)
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    Server PSU advantages/disadvantages

    Server power supplies were hard to source as a result of the bitcoin mining saga. They were a cheap way to power multiple ASIC miners. Seem as though that has dropped a bit they should come back to ebay. The other issue with buying the break outs were a lot of people were buying china copies...
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    Release 2023.05 Released

    Thanks Legend, I better update
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    Smoke and Bubbles

    Bit of a late reply for the mixture stuff lol. But better now than never. From looking at my ebay history everything has gone up over the last year (Who would of guessed). I grabbed glycerin of ebay heres a couple of links: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/233569039061...
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    Vivid 2023 … exhibiting

    Reading through the funding models is interesting. If its something that is going to happen the display would have to be designed asap. its all pretty generic from NSW gov in regards to the T&C's. The only grey area is what the space would be like does it all depend on scale of the proposed...
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    Blow moulds in Australia

    Is there any specific design you can share? Getting a tool made for a specific purpose to blow mould is very very expensive ($10k+ and for something 1.2 meters maybe even up to $80k) View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLyaZbT97EI&ab_channel=ToolingU-SME my mate does plastic blow...
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    Extending display across the road

    Hello, I use Ubiquiti equipment as you will find attempting to go 50 meters across a street with regular residential Wifi will simply not cope heres a video of my equipment View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68SS85lG3WQ&ab_channel=JacksTools However you can simply use a cheaper version...
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    Multiple Colorlight Cards with FPP for P5 Panels (Guide)

    These are the ones I have been using for 3 years now https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3930129 Not warping as of yet. My P10 brackets were printed in PLA+ and is still going
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    P5 Build

    If you are thinking of making an outdoor panel I would recommend talking to Troy from ELD to see if you can workout a backing plate which the panels mount to. Then you can build a frame around it. Daryl might be be able to comment on how well the panels seal with the supplied gasket when he...
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    P5 Build

    If your using outdoor panels don't weather proof the front they need natural ventilation. Just a warning from personal experience with using polycarbonate / perspex for a front cover to a matrix. I'm not sure what the weather is like in your area but if it is warm and humid no doubt it will...
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    Watts needed for show

    Everything is programmed with Xlights / Falcon Controllers using Streaming ACN (E1.31) which is a similar to DMX512.
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