Ron Boyd Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Quick question, Using S3 version 3.1.4. If I create a RGB Channel, does that take up 3 regular channels on the Controller unit or does it create 3 sub channels, red, green and blue and only take up one controller channel?From the S3 manual it says "[align=left]For RGB devices, which can change colors, three separate channels (a red, a green, and a blue) can be grouped together into a single RGB channel.[/align][align=left]I'm a complete rookie to the RGB stuff and only a softmore to LOR. If someone could clarify this it would be greatly appreciated.[/align][align=left]Thanks,[/align][align=left]Ron[/align] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 a RGB channel is 3 channels on a controller. This is for a few features, a few differnt colors on props, the house, and so on. Remember they do not have to be Red Green Blue, they can be Blue, Red, White or whatever you like. Most of the time when we refer to RGB were talking about Pixels that can blend the 3 colors into virtually millions of colors becuase all 3 Red, Green, Blue are in the same LED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Boyd Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks for the quick reply. I was leaning toward that but I just wasn't sure. That leaves another strobe channel, or something else I have in mind, from what I was initially planning.Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 going with RGB setup you can eat up channels quick. Some guys make it almost magical, I like to pick on Sparkylighs on youtube, hes a memeber here as well.That video became my 2011 Favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoore Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 dariansdad wrote: [align=left]I'm a complete rookie to the RGB stuff and only a softmore to LOR. If someone could clarify this it would be greatly appreciated[/align]It might be helpful to watch the two hours RGB videos that cover from the ground up on RGB and pixels, wiring, power, etc:http://www.holidaycoro.com/kb_results.asp?ID=15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoore Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 dariansdad wrote: [align=left]I'm a complete rookie to the RGB stuff and only a softmore to LOR. If someone could clarify this it would be greatly appreciated[/align]It might be helpful to watch the two hours RGB videos that cover from the ground up on RGB and pixels, wiring, power, etc:http://www.holidaycoro.com/kb_results.asp?ID=15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoore Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 GoofyGuy wrote: going with RGB setup you can eat up channels quick. (sorry about the duplicate posts...)Actually I think RGB decreases the number of channels and they tend to be cheaper channels. It was common before RGB to have RGBW and some even had other colors (purple, orange, yellow). Now, with just three channels you get hundreds of thousands of colors to millions of colors. So now that halloween display is your Christmas display.What eats up channels is RGB pixels but basic RGB lights, I would say, use less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 dmoore wrote: GoofyGuy wrote: going with RGB setup you can eat up channels quick. (sorry about the duplicate posts...)Actually I think RGB decreases the number of channels and they tend to be cheaper channels. It was common before RGB to have RGBW and some even had other colors (purple, orange, yellow). Now, with just three channels you get hundreds of thousands of colors to millions of colors. So now that halloween display is your Christmas display.What eats up channels is RGB pixels but basic RGB lights, I would say, use less.I think/assume thats what he was asking was 3 strings of lights for RGB. I could be wrong and only one person can say. RGB strips all over my house next year, I will only have LED strings as my leaping arches, which may soon become 2801's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdeditch Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Watch Daves Videos, you will learn everything from them.dmoore wrote: dariansdad wrote: [align=left]I'm a complete rookie to the RGB stuff and only a softmore to LOR. If someone could clarify this it would be greatly appreciated[/align]It might be helpful to watch the two hours RGB videos that cover from the ground up on RGB and pixels, wiring, power, etc:http://www.holidaycoro.com/kb_results.asp?ID=15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Boyd Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 I have another question. I will have 4 strings of LED M-6s on my windows for 2012. They are not pixels. If I convert the Red, green and blue string channels to RGB channels, and program them like RGB pixels, can I get different colors? The individual lights will be within one inch of the others. (ie. Red-1"-Green-1"-Blue-1"-White-1"-Red, and so forth. I think I might be reaching here. I was just wondering if anyone had tried this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoore Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 dariansdad wrote:I have another question. I will have 4 strings of LED M-6s on my windows for 2012. They are not pixels. If I convert the Red, green and blue string channels to RGB channels, and program them like RGB pixels, can I get different colors? The individual lights will be within one inch of the others. (ie. Red-1"-Green-1"-Blue-1"-White-1"-Red, and so forth. I think I might be reaching here. I was just wondering if anyone had tried this.In general the answer would be no. You are correct on the spacing - that has a very large effect on the color mixing. The relationship is between the spacing of each individual color (RGB) and the distance from which they are going to be viewed. You would of course need to perform some testing to see what works for your given situation. Keep in mind that most of the RGB pixels have LED's that are .02" apart and thus, even up close, you can't often make out the seperate LEDs.Another alternative is to put the LED's behind a diffuser, such as coro, and that will ensure better color mixing as the individual LEDs will not be visable.I've not seen this done but I would love to see an example of it. Of course with pixels so cheap, it's likely cheaper to use them than 3-4 strands of LEDs (if color mixing is what you are after.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ott Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 dariansdad wrote: Quick question, Using S3 version 3.1.4. If I create a RGB Channel, does that take up 3 regular channels on the Controller unit or does it create 3 sub channels, red, green and blue and only take up one controller channel? Okay, I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that when you refer to Controller in the above, that you are referring to a LOR controller. If that is the case, than no, a RGB channel does not take away any channels on the LOR controller.You must add a DMX interface (Enttec Pro or Open, another USB485, or any of many others) to control RGB, and this interface effectively adds 512 channels, of which one RGB channel takes up 3, 1 each for red, blue, and green.Hope I have not confused you too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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