I just don't know the pinout, voltage, or pixel IC type. With the correct pinout, the bars may work just fine on a SansDevices pixel controller in place of the Chauvet Artnet controller. I thought I saw that before under another label. It is not just doing all address settings and signal distribution but also supply power to the units to guarantee trouble-free operation. The compact unit can handle up to 16 units of LPiX.40 controlled by artnet. The DPiX.4 is the control unit for the LPiX.40. I don't think Chauvet repackaged it, only re-labeled it.Įdit Found the match down to the connectors used. It would not be the first time, but the physical configuration looks very familiar.Ĭhinese Artnet Pixel or DMX controllers in that housing looks very familiar too. This is why I still suspect they may be using an inexpensive off the shelf pixel chip with their controllers.
#CHAUVET EPIX WITH PROVIDEOPLAYER 2 SERIAL#
I can't see any configuration to directly scan 480 channels of LED's on a single CAT5 cable other than using a serial protocol. Not far from our normal 170 per universe.
4 strips of 40 is 160 pixels to a string or 480 channels. Each output will accept 4 bars each in serial daisy chain configuration. I highly suspect it uses one of the common pixel serial protocols between the Artnet Controller module and the light bars. There are not enough conductors in a CAT5 cable to matrix that many lights. If I recall, these epix units are matrixed LEDs that are directly scanned by the controller.I originally thought this until I looked at how the bars are interconnected. It's mostly direct drive leds off a controller of some sort. Most of the Chauvet stuff does not use pixel chips. Using the built-in wizard, enter in the dimensions of the screen and the resolution of each of the projectors and ProVideoPlayer does the rest. All addressing is done in the controller so it is highly likely they are pixel strips with an Artnet pixel bridge controller. ProVideoPlayer has a powerful new edge-blending engine that makes it easy to use 2 or more projectors to create a seamless large screen image, vertically or horizontally. IF you get one, see if you can find the protocol and pinout between the ArtNet controller and the pixel bars. This is only an assumption reading between the lines. They don't say it in the manual, but I suspect the bars only contain a WS2812 type pixel or other pixel and the Artnet to pixel bars is handled in the controller. Controller (required): EPIX™ Drive 642 Don't buy any lights without the required controller.
Reading the cut sheet, it appears the light will not work without it's companion controller. If you want to run the lights from a PC, Freestyler supports Artnet out of the box and is free.
I think LOR supports E1.31 but not Artnet. To talk to the device your show controller must output Artnet. Artnet is a network protocol similar to e1.31.
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