pouterson1 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Hi, I'm trying to figure out how many strings I can run on one port off of a Pixcon16. Is it 100 pixels or can I do more? I'd like to do 150-200. I appreciate the help. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 58 minutes ago, pouterson1 said: Hi, I'm trying to figure out how many strings I can run on one port off of a Pixcon16. Is it 100 pixels or can I do more? I'd like to do 150-200. I appreciate the help. Paul You can use up to 100 pixels on 12v before needing power injection depending on the specs of the pixels, the fuse is the limit. The Pixcon also maxes out at 170 pixels per port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouterson1 Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr. P said: You can use up to 100 pixels on 12v before needing power injection depending on the specs of the pixels, the fuse is the limit. The Pixcon also maxes out at 170 pixels per port. Ok, thanks. I'm using the LOR 12v pixels. What would you recommend for power injection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 hour ago, pouterson1 said: Ok, thanks. I'm using the LOR 12v pixels. What would you recommend for power injection? Any 12V power supply with capacity, including the one that drives your controller (if it has the spare capacity). 1) all supply negatives need to be tied together near the controller 2)Fuse the injection lead (+) at the supply end (flaming wire is not fun) 3) run both + and - to the injection point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouterson1 Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 12:32 AM, TheDucks said: Any 12V power supply with capacity, including the one that drives your controller (if it has the spare capacity). 1) all supply negatives need to be tied together near the controller 2)Fuse the injection lead (+) at the supply end (flaming wire is not fun) 3) run both + and - to the injection point Ok, thanks. I appreciate the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 48 minutes ago, pouterson1 said: Ok, thanks. I appreciate the help. Here is a link with diagrams for reference https://www.doityourselfchristmas.com/wiki/index.php?title=Power_Injection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouterson1 Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 On 11/21/2018 at 10:12 PM, TheDucks said: Here is a link with diagrams for reference https://www.doityourselfchristmas.com/wiki/index.php?title=Power_Injection Thanks, I appreciate it. I have another question, when I configured the Pixcon16 thru the NP util, I used the simple setup and told it that I had 100 pixels per port. In reality, I use 50 pixels on some and 100 on the others. Do I need to go back into the NP util to change that for each port? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_b Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 7:32 PM, Mr. P said: You can use up to 100 pixels on 12v before needing power injection depending on the specs of the pixels, the fuse is the limit. The Pixcon also maxes out at 170 pixels per port. The Pixcon16 can run 340 pixels per port when using an E1.31 network. http://www1.lightorama.com/PDF/Pixcon16Datasheet.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 15 minutes ago, Little_b said: The Pixcon16 can run 340 pixels per port when using an E1.31 network. http://www1.lightorama.com/PDF/Pixcon16Datasheet.pdf Yes you can but the op never stated so I just took it that they were using on LOR network as most do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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