thewanderingpine
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- Mar 13, 2021
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So I've had a fairly large work project that's taken my focus completely off any lighting stuff the last 6 weeks or so. That's now coming to an end - and I'm starting to realize that's it's almost November. This post is part brain-dump, part cry for help.
Here's what I seem to see as my next steps that are all requirements before christmas
* Work out and purchase a FM transmitter
* Ideally have some form of outdoor speaks in the front yard? I'd probably like these to live in the back yard the rest of the year - so something decent and waterproof
* Work out how to mount basically everything - the roof being the main challenge here. Also my special/custom mega trees + floods (aka actual trees).
* finish setting up my new home network. (needed for the permanently mounted dig-quad driving the strips around the roofline - currently not in wifi signal.)
* setup a controller box. (Is it a bad idea to try and setup my f16v4 without the new router/switch/vlan/etc setup?)
* Cables. Cables everywhere. I've realised in the last couple of days that I've kindof underestimated this bit. I'm now starting to guess at what I need - but I'm not sure how to be certain without setting it all up.
* controller box location. How far from my megatree's should I consider having my controller box. Is 6-7 metres OK? Or is that a bad plan? It means more cable runs - but means I can have my box out of the front yard behind a security fence.
* Cameras (also part of the new network build) - have the gear and have run the cables -- need to setup the network hub.
What am I missing? What's going to take up my time in ways that I'm not expecting? How much time do I need?
Here's what I seem to see as my next steps that are all requirements before christmas
* Work out and purchase a FM transmitter
* Ideally have some form of outdoor speaks in the front yard? I'd probably like these to live in the back yard the rest of the year - so something decent and waterproof
* Work out how to mount basically everything - the roof being the main challenge here. Also my special/custom mega trees + floods (aka actual trees).
* finish setting up my new home network. (needed for the permanently mounted dig-quad driving the strips around the roofline - currently not in wifi signal.)
* setup a controller box. (Is it a bad idea to try and setup my f16v4 without the new router/switch/vlan/etc setup?)
* Cables. Cables everywhere. I've realised in the last couple of days that I've kindof underestimated this bit. I'm now starting to guess at what I need - but I'm not sure how to be certain without setting it all up.
* controller box location. How far from my megatree's should I consider having my controller box. Is 6-7 metres OK? Or is that a bad plan? It means more cable runs - but means I can have my box out of the front yard behind a security fence.
* Cameras (also part of the new network build) - have the gear and have run the cables -- need to setup the network hub.
What am I missing? What's going to take up my time in ways that I'm not expecting? How much time do I need?
