zanclus Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Hi, Well its the new year (hope everyone had a safe and Happy Christmas) and time to make some improvements . I would like to eliminate my LOR Dongle and run just E1.31. I ran E682 and some dumb controllers for my DMX this season and everything worked great. My only problem is that out in my garage where I had my computer it got so cold that the computer froze, so I had to bring it inside the house and run cables out the window. We had a warm up yesterday so I installed a weatherproof box outside and ran 2 Network outlets in it so all I have to do is plug inside and outside. I ordered a 6 port Bridge from Diyledexpress and would like to run my 2 LOR controllers Via E1.31. What I am unsure of is how do I set up the LOR controllers in Network Prefs. Also do I connect the Crossover cable to one of the Bridge ports to the 1st controller? this is what I think the wiring sold be. If I have something wrong please feel free to point that out ... Pc Ethernet port ---network switch--- E682-----Pixels ---6 port bridge---dumb DMX --- LOR controllers via crossover cable. Thanks for any input ,John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Benedict Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 None of the LOR controllers I know of will run directly off of E1.31 protocol; they only run DMX or LOR protocols. There are converters out there that will change E1.31 to DMX which is what you seem to be trying to do. The six DMX outputs of the Bridge should be defined in the same way as the other E1.31 controllers you used last year. Running the LOR controllers in DMX mode will result in losing smooth fades, twinkles and shimmers.You may have quite a bit more network traffic using them in DMX mode, since the fades, twinkles and shimmers are built into the LOR controller firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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