Pixicon and ctb networking

[Andrew 92]

Hi guys, i need to connect 1x pixi con snd 3x ctb to lor sequence editor. I currently have the black rs485 converter which i used tonuse for the ctb.

however now i connected the ctb and puxicon to the same lor rs485 network. When i did so only the ctb worked. Later i connected ctb to lor via rs485 and the puxi con vis ethernrt directly to pc.

when i set comm 3 to 500k the pixels work and ctb does not work. Thsn when i set network to recomended ( low speed) the ctb works but pixels dont.

 

is there a way to controb ctb vis rs 485 and pixicon via network card symiltanousley with show editor ? 

[k6ccc]

Take a look at this web page:

http://www1.lightorama.com/network-speeds/

When using LOR networking, the Pixcon 16 REQUIRES at least a 500K network speed and Enhanced network mode.  Unless your CTB controllers are Gen 3, they CAN NOT use 500K speed nor Enhanced network mode.  I'm assuming that the CTBs are not Gen 3 since they did not work for you at 500K speed.  You have a couple of solutions.

1)  Run a second LOR network.  Have one network running at 56K or 115K speed and non-enhanced mode for the CTB controllers, and add a second network that is running at either 500K or 1000K speed and in Enhanced mode for the Pixcon 16.  Note that running two networks requires an Advanced or Pro level LOR software license, and using Enhanced mode requires a Pro level license.  This option would require adding a second USB to RS-485 adapter and it should be the Red High Speed version.

2)  Run the Pixcon in E1.31 networking mode instead of LOR networking mode.  For this you would run a separate network cable from your computer LAN to a different jack on the Pixcon 16.  This option would require at least an Advanced level LOR software license.  I'm going to be very specific here.  E1.31 uses your computer's ethernet LAN connection and NOT the Cat-5 from your USB adapter.  Mixing up ethernet and RS-485 can be bad.  Under the right circumstances, it can cause the magic blue smoke to leak out of one device or the other.  My recommendation is to use a different color Cat-5 cable.  In my case, my LOR networks use purple Cat-5 cable and E1.31 uses green Cat-5 cable.

3)  Replace the CTB controllers with Gen 3 controllers.  Then you can run them on the same 500K speed enhanced network at the Pixcon 16.

In the first two options, you would have to do some channel assignment changes, but that's not all that hard.  Based on your statements, I gather that you have at least the Advanced LOR network, and it sounds like you got close to option 2.  Read up on E1.31 and see if that option will work for you.  When you have questions (you will), feel free to ask.

BTW, I see you are in Malta.  Although I did not talk to him, I listened to a conversation over ham radio today between a guy in Malta talking to a couple people here in the U.S.A.

 

Edited December 9, 2017 by k6ccc

[Andrew 92]

Thats good  i have a couple of friends that use ham radio.

 

if i add a second rs485 connection, will the sewuence editor transmitt the same data at two different speeds and are there any configuration to do in sequence editor appartnfrom the network settings?

[TheDucks]

5 hours ago, Andrew 92 said:

Thats good  i have a couple of friends that use ham radio.

 

if i add a second rs485 connection, will the sequence editor transmit the same data at two different speeds and are there any configuration to do in sequence editor appartnfrom the network settings?

All you do is change the Network name associated with the channels that are on the Pix.... Typically from Regular ->Aux A.  by using the (SE) Tools: Channel Configuration

(It might be easier, less channels (only 3 controllers) , to change the SLOW network to AUX A. That is what I did )