Guest Don Gillespie Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 does it matter how you cat 5 your contollers together ie: controller #1 to controller #7, #7 to #4 ect ect or do they have to be linked in order?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Any order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 No it does not. you can plug it any order. as long as you know where the start controller is and the end is.my controller was pluged in this order start of 2010.3-1-2-4-6-7-5. just the way my layout was. when i started it did go in order. after i moved I didnt want to redo all my sequences.last year, start of 2010. my dogs playing by controller one. yanked on the cat 5 cable going to controller 2. I had to reroute every cat 5 cables. so my controllers went like this. 3-5-7-6-4-2-1.my out put in controller 1 is broken.I did send Dan an e-mail and he told me he would fix it for free. I do want to pay for it, since it was my fault. but he told me, maybe in a later time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzaas Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 evana wrote: I did send Dan an e-mail and he told me he would fix it for free. I do want to pay for it, since it was my fault. but he told me maybe ator in a later time.LOR has the best customer service, I've said it time and time again. I love these guys.It is a good idea to label the outside of your controllers especially when you have them out of order, that way troubleshooting is much easier if something goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightzilla Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yes any order but believe it or not I put mine in number order. 1 thru 14. This year 1 thru 20 or I may mix them up.Last year I forgot to flip the light switch for controller 1 & 2 and for awhile everything else ran except for 1 & 2 and I thought......."that's just great, that is just what I need 1 week from Christmas eve 2 controllers out of commission and I only have 1 spare controller card.After my "Blond" moment I saw the switch was not on.I found that interesting that the MP3 Director unit ran the show even if some of the controllers are not powered up, just so long as all the cables are connected. Oh yea I had another blond moment too........I forgot to add 1 cat5 cable to the last controller and this time I checked for the obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 thanks, makes the yard layout real easy now, I wanted to know because I plan on using a controller up on the roof and I want to move some of them around so the extension cords are not so long making it easier to set up and take down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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