Protege94 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I already have purchased the CTBXX Input Connector Gen3, but am looking at purchasing the the Input Pup. Here is my question..... I am wanting to build between 1 and 4 light up buttons that I will place at the edge of my yard. The buttons will trigger a specific sequence. I know that both boards have an output of 9v, but am I wrong in thinking that the CTBXX Input Connector will be able to power 4 light up buttons better than the Input Pup because the power is being provided from a 120v powered controller over a USB powered 485 Booster? Here are the buttons I am considering: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) To bad your not closer to Chicago Il I have a pole 7 feet tall with 4 big buttons 4 colors and a Imputpup mounted in CG 1500 box on pole I used this for interactive show at sidewalk. Push the big red button the red trees come on push blue bottom the blue trees come and same for the other 2 buttons also one short pole with big button that would activate singing Santa face to tell jokes I ran this when the music stopped Have not used this for last couple years just sitting in storage Edited April 5, 2018 by Dennis Laff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protege94 Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, Dennis Laff said: To bad your not closer to Chicago Il I have a pole 7 feet tall with 4 big buttons 4 colors and a Imputpup mounted in CG 1500 box on pole I used this for interactive show at sidewalk. Push the big red button the red trees come on push blue bottom the blue trees come and same for the other 2 buttons also one short pole with big button that would activate singing Santa face to tell jokes I ran this when the music stopped Have not used this for last couple years just sitting in storage My wife and I go to Chicago every Christmas (maybe not this one, we just had a baby) and enjoy all the festive things. Do you have a display page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 You can go to YouTube. Look up . Lafffchristmas. Reflections of earth. Light o Rama I won light o Rama contest with this one I'll send you a picture of pole with buttons if you send me your email I never going to use them anymore like to change display every few years . Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe3502 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 On 4/5/2018 at 11:29 AM, Dennis Laff said: You can go to YouTube. Look up . Lafffchristmas. Reflections of earth. Light o Rama I won light o Rama contest with this one I'll send you a picture of pole with buttons if you send me your email I never going to use them anymore like to change display every few years . Dennis Dennis, if I may ask, were the buttons in use during the show? I want my show to keep going and when someone wants to press a button to turn on a group of channels, just as you did, did your show stop when someone began messing with them? That is how I would like to set mine up. I want mine to stop the show when someone is messing with the buttons and then when said person is done it returns either back to the beginning of the show or back to where it left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 No I have not used the pole in 3 years but you can setup anyway you want . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 On 4/5/2018 at 7:42 AM, Protege94 said: I am wanting to build between 1 and 4 light up buttons that I will place at the edge of my yard. The buttons will trigger a specific sequence. I know that both boards have an output of 9v, but am I wrong in thinking that the CTBXX Input Connector will be able to power 4 light up buttons better than the Input Pup because the power is being provided from a 120v powered controller over a USB powered 485 Booster? The InputPup does NOT have a accessory power output.. It can take power from another controller via pins 3 & 6 accessory power OR it can be locally powered via a 9V source. Looking at the docs for the switch, that is a two wire connection for both the switch function and the LED. The InputPup MAY drive enough current to turn on the LED, but I suspect it will be VERY dim as the InputPup has a fairly high resistance current limiting resistor. The same would likely be the case with the inputs on a CTB16, but I have never used one for that purpose. Just a note in case you are using Enhanced networks. You CAN NOT detect inputs on an Enhanced network (except in the Hardware Utility when it won't be operating Enhanced mode). For that reason, I have a separate LOR network that is non-enhanced just for my InputPup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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