greywolf Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) i'd like to ask for opinions on this layout i am considering going RGB for the house and my 16 channel controller for the little amount of decor on the yard ... i would be able to place on such a small pallet ... from center - right.... the uprights are approx. 92 inches tall (3) , the beam surrounding the porch above the uprights is approx. 16 feet long ... the bird box is approx. 36 feet longgranted this can be done with (2) CCP's or CCB's , but those are continuous stripsi would like to do this with (1) controller for the RGB and have better control over the individual stringsany ideas and suggestions are welcomedthis might be a question for design and sales as wellhere is the visual i will be using thanks Edited September 13, 2014 by greywolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 just to make sure your clear on a couple things, the lor ac controllers are not for red strips you will need a dc controller. now for example the lor cmb 16 will only control 5 rgb strips. the cmb 24 will control 8 strips. ccrs ccps ccbs are a totally different animal. 1 ccr has 50 rgb channels that expand into 150 total channels . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 As James said, RGB strips, are two flavors...dumb and intelligent and each type uses different controllers. CCP's and CCB's use their own controllers as those devices are intelligent types. Regular RGB strips are usually Dumb devices and require a DC controller such as the CMB24 and a DC power supply to run. The differences: Dumb strips, the entire strip is one color together, but any color you wish and you program the colors, fades, twinkles in the SE. Intelligent CCR's, CCP's, CCB's are where you can change each lamp to any color individually. They come with their own controller and power supply. Also in the "intelligent" variety are pixels. These can be controlled from a DMX universe and the proper controller card such the Joshua Systems ECG-P12S card or the San Devices 6804 card, plus a power supply that you supply. Pixels are easily available from many places or vendors. Bottom line is that Intelligent and Dumb are not compatible. Know which you are dealing with before buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywolf Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) oh i hear ya, i'm about as green as a Christmas tree when it comes to DMX and RGB i would like to find someone near me to come out and help me make up a shopping list so i can do this right this aint like building a pc whole different animal thanks for the responses Edited September 13, 2014 by greywolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Its really late this year to start for this year. I respectfullly suggest starting on the RGB things, next season, but start in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywolf Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 oh yea i knoweveryone's trying to get their own displays ready and up and running i mean if anyone gets a little "free time" pass some ideas my way then after this season get with me i'm having to rebuild my sequences and display stuff cause of multiple pc rebuilds, i'm still tweaking my show pc at this moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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