Hello,
In my display, I am having issues regarding interference between the data wires for my display. Currently, I have 8 wires bundled together which run from my power box to my Mega Tree to control the strings. Inside the power box, I have shielded the data wires to protect the data which runs from my ESP controllers to an RJ45 socket. The idea is that I can run a UTP/STP cable from the power box to the tree where it would then split off from another RJ45 socket mounted to the frame of the tree.
In theory, the idea worked well. However, in practice, I am getting a tonne of interference between each data cable in the ethernet cable. After researching, it seems as though you cannot buy ethernet cables where each individual cable is shielded (there can only be shielded in pairs such as Cat7). I thought there may be a different way to transfer the data through a different medium such as optical. Obviously not fibre optic because it is expensive and not necessary in the slightest. But possibly using Toslink cables but even then this seems unnecessary.
Does anyone know of a cheap and easy way to create a bundle of shielded wires that can be easily connected and disconnected to sockets on the tree and in the power box?
A better solution would include 9 wires as I currently have a single wire running beside the UTP/STP cable going to the same location.
Maybe there is a way to convert 'combine' the data wires together on a PCB and transmit properly using the Ethernet protocol to be received and decoded at the other end? Like a serial bridge?
Thank you!
In my display, I am having issues regarding interference between the data wires for my display. Currently, I have 8 wires bundled together which run from my power box to my Mega Tree to control the strings. Inside the power box, I have shielded the data wires to protect the data which runs from my ESP controllers to an RJ45 socket. The idea is that I can run a UTP/STP cable from the power box to the tree where it would then split off from another RJ45 socket mounted to the frame of the tree.
In theory, the idea worked well. However, in practice, I am getting a tonne of interference between each data cable in the ethernet cable. After researching, it seems as though you cannot buy ethernet cables where each individual cable is shielded (there can only be shielded in pairs such as Cat7). I thought there may be a different way to transfer the data through a different medium such as optical. Obviously not fibre optic because it is expensive and not necessary in the slightest. But possibly using Toslink cables but even then this seems unnecessary.
Does anyone know of a cheap and easy way to create a bundle of shielded wires that can be easily connected and disconnected to sockets on the tree and in the power box?
A better solution would include 9 wires as I currently have a single wire running beside the UTP/STP cable going to the same location.
Maybe there is a way to convert 'combine' the data wires together on a PCB and transmit properly using the Ethernet protocol to be received and decoded at the other end? Like a serial bridge?
Thank you!
Last edited: