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[QUOTE="Manuel, post: 121837, member: 35057"] First of all, sorry for the delay in responding. Blame my work. As I indicated at the beginning of the conversation, until last year I have illuminated my house with strings of traditional lights (led), with “static” lights (with the turn signals that come in the lights). But this year I was trying to make lighting with music and get the lights to dance (like in the videos in the videos section). [URL]https://auschristmaslighting.com/videos/[/URL] I tried, or believed, that I could use the lights that I already had (the traditional chains). But after this conversation with you (it has been a great help, and I want to thank you, again) I have drawn some conclusions. 1- It seems that reusing my old strings of lights will give me a lot of problems: the voltage of those lights, 31V DC, their polarity and etc. … Forces me to use “special” and expensive Decoders. It is better than leaving those lights in the "drawer" and buying smart LEDs (pixel type). Do not use led strips: they will deteriorate. Use WS2811 IC type or similar. What other types of lights can I use to create outdoor shows? 2- Forget my light chains and use (buy) 12V DC lights and use the “usual” DMX512 Decoders. Do you have any preference about the Decoders to use? 3 About Decoder. In Decoders it indicates the voltage you can use, generally 5-24VDC. This means that I can't put a 30VDC source on it because it would burn it out, right? However, you have indicated to me that there are 24VDC Decoders that support 30VDC. How can I test, without "burning", if a Decoder supports more voltage? On the other hand. In a 5-24VDC Decoder (for example), powered by a 12VDC power source, I can't use 5VDC LEDs because they will burn out, right? The voltage of the LEDs that I can use to connect to a Decoder can never be lower than that of the source, correct? 4- As I want my show to grow year by year, I must forget the DMX Console (use it only for testing) and use a laptop with a software for control. So I will get more universes. With your experience, what is the most complete software, and what is the simplest to use? What usb / dmx interface do you recommend? 5- As you already told me at the beginning of the conversation, since I want to make the show grow, and have more universes and more elements, I will have to forget DMX512 and go to E1.31. Can I continue to use the DMX Decoders that I have if I change to E1.31 ?. What if I use DMX-SPI? Better than E1.31? Can I use the same software if I use DMX or E1.31? Thanks for everything and sorry for disturbing. [/QUOTE]
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