k6ccc Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Larry, that answer does not make sense. You can assign any DMX universes that you want to an E682. For example, the E682 that drives my pixel tree and star use universes 11 - 16, and the E682 that drives my GE Color Effects uses universes 21 - 22. The only limitation is that the E682 will handle a maximum of 12 universes (in uni-cast), but they can be any 12 (and don't have to be in order either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdanna77 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Sorry but Now for a silly question. that would be 12 universes in Unicast per board ? Or you have max of 12 universes per group of boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KStatefan Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Sorry but Now for a silly question. that would be 12 universes in Unicast per board ? Or you have max of 12 universes per group of boards. You can have around 63,000 universes on a E1.31 network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdanna77 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 That's what I thought. But just had to ask. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmilkie Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) Sorry but Now for a silly question. that would be 12 universes in Unicast per board ? Or you have max of 12 universes per group of boards. I asked the same question; Each board has 12 universes; you just increase the IP address by one for each additional board board 1= 192.168.1.206 board 2= 192.168.1.207 etc this would give you 12 universes for board 1, 12 universes for board 2 = 24 universes total Universe Numberingboard 1: 1-12board 2: 13-24board 3(etc); 25-36 etc . Edited March 10, 2015 by wmilkie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 wmilkie,That's pretty close. There is no requirement to use even number spacing or universe numbers. For example at my house for 2014, I had the following:192.168.131.99 E6804 #1 for the roses - universe 10 (it only has 17 pixels) - used year round192.168.131.98 E6804 #2 for planter & walkway - universes 1 - 4 - used year round192.168.131.91 E682 #1 for pixel tree & star - universes 11 - 16192.168.131.92 E682 #2 for GE color effects on eves - universes 21 & 22 The current plan is for 2015 the expanded pixel tree will take up all of E682 #1 on universes 11 - 15, and the expanded pixel star and a new pixel spinner will take a new E682 #3 (192.168.131.93) using universes 16 - 20, and an addition of a new E6804 #3 (192.168.131.94) using universes 26 & 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmilkie Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 wmilkie,That's pretty close. There is no requirement to use even number spacing or universe numbers. For example at my house for 2014, I had the following:192.168.131.99 E6804 #1 for the roses - universe 10 (it only has 17 pixels) - used year round192.168.131.98 E6804 #2 for planter & walkway - universes 1 - 4 - used year round192.168.131.91 E682 #1 for pixel tree & star - universes 11 - 16192.168.131.92 E682 #2 for GE color effects on eves - universes 21 & 22 The current plan is for 2015 the expanded pixel tree will take up all of E682 #1 on universes 11 - 15, and the expanded pixel star and a new pixel spinner will take a new E682 #3 (192.168.131.93) using universes 16 - 20, and an addition of a new E6804 #3 (192.168.131.94) using universes 26 & 27 Truefor my simple mind, I was trying to make it simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDrumAZ Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Larry, that answer does not make sense. You can assign any DMX universes that you want to an E682. For example, the E682 that drives my pixel tree and star use universes 11 - 16, and the E682 that drives my GE Color Effects uses universes 21 - 22. The only limitation is that the E682 will handle a maximum of 12 universes (in uni-cast), but they can be any 12 (and don't have to be in order either). I guess I missed the part where he is using 3 different controllers, and in that case you're right, that does not make sense. Sounds like a good phone call for Jim to answer.I asked the same question; Each board has 12 universes; you just increase the IP address by one for each additional board board 1= 192.168.1.206 board 2= 192.168.1.207 etc this would give you 12 universes for board 1, 12 universes for board 2 = 24 universes total Universe Numberingboard 1: 1-12board 2: 13-24board 3(etc); 25-36 etc . 12 universes (unicast) per board. 7 universes (multicast) per board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John (oldandslow) Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Do you have to go on the sandevice web site and change the address for each controller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Do you have to go on the sandevice web site and change the address for each controller? John,Yes, you connect to each board and give it the desired IP address. A factory default E682 has an IP of 192.168.1.206 according to the manual. I do not normally have anything running in the 192.168.1.xxx subnet at home. What I do with a new card is connect it directly to my laptop and give my laptop an address of 192.168.1.199. Using a web browser, I then connect to the new card and change it's IP address to whatever address is desired in the 192.168.131.xxx address range. Note that you need to restart the card for the new address to take effect. Once I have changed the address, I can connect to new card to my E1.31 LAN and control / config it from the show computer (the only other computer on that LAN). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John (oldandslow) Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Wow, thanks for the information. I checked and have a 6804 from last year running that address, so I guess I will make one 207 and the last one 208. Then can I have each card start at universe 1? I know that I have to go to network preferences and want to have 196.168.1.206 universe 1196.168.1.207 universe 1196.168.1.208 universe 1There will not be any live internet running from this computer. I will use a 10/100 5 port switch.Does this sound ok?Thanks for the helpJohn(oldandslow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Not quite. You will most likely not have the same universes on each card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John (oldandslow) Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I will have 1 - 6804 and 2 - E682's How would you suggest I set this up?Again, thanks for your helpJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 John, I'm on my phone and can't take the time right now to give a long answer, but look at my post 26 for what I'm doing. You can put whatever universe you want wherever you want. I'll give a longer answer later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John (oldandslow) Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Ok thanks, I'm running in multicastJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John (oldandslow) Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Ok, I think I finally got it.the first controller 206 only has 1 universe, so the second controller go's up one number 207 and has 7 universes starting at universe 2 to universe 9. The third controller will be 208 and has 5 universes and will start at universe 10 to 15.Is this OK?ThanksJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Correct. I would leave some dead bands so if you later add a universe, you don't have to hop scotch around with numbers. For example, 1-12 allocated for #1, 13-24 allocated for #2, 25 - 36 for #3 - even if you're not using all of the available universes. It does not hurt to leave gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John (oldandslow) Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 What a great tip. I have unused ports on two of the controllers for future things I would like to add.I will take your advice and leave the dead bands for next years stuff. Thank you for your support and time. John(oldandslow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John (oldandslow) Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I have another question. I left the blank spaces for the first controller and started the second controller on universe 5 in DMX setup.My board is programed universes 1 to 7. Do I have to reprogram my board to universe 5 to 12? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 If you are asking about what universes the E682 board responds to, yes, you need to tell the E682 what universes it's listening to. That is about a 15 second effort. Very easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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