Eddy and Blink:
Thanks for both of your insights. I *thought* Blink's explanation was what I would hear, but I couldn't even come up with the words to make it work.
\dmc
Could someone explain to me the advantage of Option 2? So you can carry more current (and have a longer string of strobes)?
I'd like to just have some strobes go off when the sequence software says, for as long as the sequence software says, driven by a 5vdc controller. So in my application...
I believe both the RJ and RPM splitters use the "standard" of DMX on RJ45 pins 1 and 2, expecting standard AT&T T568B wiring (to get the twisted pair on Cat5), with DataA on Pin 1 and DataB on Pin 2.
I can't confirm that, though, because DIYC is now down for the fourth consecutive day :( ...
Hi folks:
You may have seen me around some of the other Christmas lights forums -- DIYC, DLA. I have posted a lot about the Sawyer Star, a 64-LED array, which is now a 2011 project.
Two-thousand-ten will be my third year for an animated show; I started out with DMX and used the Lynx SSR4/w DMX...