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Lightsupchapman

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Hi everyone, last year I had a 16 channel lor show.  This year I am planning on 32 channel incans 8 strand dumb mega tree using lor dumb strips and controller and a 16 string 180 rgb not lor megatree using a falcon controller.  Any ideas what else I'm gonna need in order to get this to all work in sync?  

Thanks, dave

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So two separate dongles coming out of my computer or 2 networks setup in xlights or lor or wherever I do my programming from?  My lor controllers would be daisy chained on one and the pixels on another?

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The E1.31 uses an ethernet LAN, not RS-485, so it would be connected via your "normal" LAN connection.  The LOR network needs an RS-485 dongle.  Remember that ethernet and RS-485 are not compatible and there is a possibility of hardware damage if they are mixed up.  To minimize that possibility, I use different color Cat-5 cable for each.  E1.31 is Green and RS-485 is Purple.  I have several other colors that are used for specific purposes as well.

 

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doesn't the falcon controller have a RS-485 output that could eliminate the need for the dongle and allow connection of the LOR controllers to the falcon?

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Yes! It works great. You do have to use it in DMX mode, but it only affects how you set the ID for the LOR controller. No dongle needed!

 

 

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