gmoolenaar
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Hi All,
I am a bit of a gumby in this field and starting off anew.
I have purchased the ECG-D2-2 from j1sys as the bridge, as I liked the idea of having a larger capacity to run cat5 cabling than a USB dongle offers.
I then started to review the different options available for the DMX controllers and became confused over the different options avialable at the sites. Sometimes they mention controllers, other times they have called them decoders. Not sure if they is difference. I want to be able to control some 5V led strings and rope lights purchased from Kmart and Target.
I have checked RayWu:
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/24-channel-dmx-constant-voltage-decoder-DC12-24V-input-3A-24channel-output-LN-DMXTCON-24CH-DC12/701799_554408768.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/DMX-512-Module-decoder-DC5V-input-P-N-LN-DMXMODEL-3CH-5V/701799_307297559.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Easy-DMX-LED-controller-dmx-decoder-driver/701799_378111925.html
The first two are decoders where the last has bother controller/decoder listed.
The second question I have, is the controllers I looked at have 3 channels with a + input. I assume when connecting multiple strings to the group, you just pair up the + connection into the single connection?
At this stage, I am not worried about reliability, as I am just going to have a play this year and see where it leads.
Thanks in advance
I am a bit of a gumby in this field and starting off anew.
I have purchased the ECG-D2-2 from j1sys as the bridge, as I liked the idea of having a larger capacity to run cat5 cabling than a USB dongle offers.
I then started to review the different options available for the DMX controllers and became confused over the different options avialable at the sites. Sometimes they mention controllers, other times they have called them decoders. Not sure if they is difference. I want to be able to control some 5V led strings and rope lights purchased from Kmart and Target.
I have checked RayWu:
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/24-channel-dmx-constant-voltage-decoder-DC12-24V-input-3A-24channel-output-LN-DMXTCON-24CH-DC12/701799_554408768.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/DMX-512-Module-decoder-DC5V-input-P-N-LN-DMXMODEL-3CH-5V/701799_307297559.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Easy-DMX-LED-controller-dmx-decoder-driver/701799_378111925.html
The first two are decoders where the last has bother controller/decoder listed.
The second question I have, is the controllers I looked at have 3 channels with a + input. I assume when connecting multiple strings to the group, you just pair up the + connection into the single connection?
At this stage, I am not worried about reliability, as I am just going to have a play this year and see where it leads.
Thanks in advance