New CCR?

[metallus2000]

I just received six ea. CCR's. They are different from previous and have a female connector on the opposite end. Can we chain them now?

[Mr. P]

35 minutes ago, metallus2000 said:

I just received six ea. CCR's. They are different from previous and have a female connector on the opposite end. Can we chain them now?

If you are talking about chaining the pixel controller then NO. If you are talking about adding another ribbon to the end of the first to make 100 pixels then YES, you could always do that as long as the power supply was large enough and the pixel controller can be programmed.

Edited November 4 by Mr. P

[metallus2000]

1 minute ago, Mr. P said:

If you are talking about chaining the pixel controller then NO. If you are talking about adding another ribbon to the end of the first to make 100 pixels then YES, you could always do that as long as the power supply was large enough.

OK thanks. I'll test them out. The older CCR's I have, did not have a female connector on the other end.

[Mr. P]

Just now, metallus2000 said:

OK thanks. I'll test them out. The older CCR's I have, did not have a female connector on the other end.

If you are using an original CCR controller then you would need a larger power supply and I don't know if the original controller can be programmed for more then 50 pixels per output in the programming.

[metallus2000]

3 minutes ago, Mr. P said:

If you are using an original CCR controller then you would need a larger power supply and I don't know if the original controller can be programmed for more then 50 pixels per output in the programming.

No. I bought some CCR's last year. They did not have a female connector on the opposite end, just the male connector. This is something new, I haven't seen before.

[MattBrown]

A CCR ribbon draws about 3 amps at 12 volts when displaying white at 100% brightness. 2 strips will draw about 6 amps, which exceeds the 4 amp fuse we use in our Pixie and Aurora controllers. So you may blow a fuse.

The other thing that happens is there is power loss along the strip. The connector at the end of the first strip will not be outputting 12 volts, but rather something less. The drop will continue along the second string. When displaying white, at the end of the second strip the pixels may be pink (indicating too much power loss)  or they won't light at all.

You could set the dimming curve in Prop Definition to the "30% pixel curve" and perhaps avoid these problems - as the strips won't draw as much power in that configuration.

[metallus2000]

1 hour ago, MattBrown said:

A CCR ribbon draws about 3 amps at 12 volts when displaying white at 100% brightness. 2 strips will draw about 6 amps, which exceeds the 4 amp fuse we use in our Pixie and Aurora controllers. So you may blow a fuse.

The other thing that happens is there is power loss along the strip. The connector at the end of the first strip will not be outputting 12 volts, but rather something less. The drop will continue along the second string. When displaying white, at the end of the second strip the pixels may be pink (indicating too much power loss)  or they won't light at all.

You could set the dimming curve in Prop Definition to the "30% pixel curve" and perhaps avoid these problems - as the strips won't draw as much power in that configuration.

From the Helpdesk:

.."It seems that a small batch of CCRs were recently manufactured differently than ordered. Generally we have the CCRs made without female end connectors as there are power loss problems if you would connect multiple together on an Aurora, so it helps to remove it as a option. The order should have at least come with end caps. Please use those and do not connect end to end."

[Mr. P]

You can connect multiples end to end but you would have to power inject due to the limit of the fuses.