I have a need for the following:
Multiple RGBW Led strips usually in the 4 - 12 range
Not very long, low power dray
intensity and color values controlled independently.
ideally some ability to turn some of them off/on or switch them between multiple 'modes'. Ideally with input from a switch somewhere else I wire up.
On the surface DMX lighting seems like its capable of doing this. But I've never used it before. What do I need to know? Can anyone recommend a lighting controller?
Something like this seems ideal, especially given I can daisy chain more of them if I need to add more discrete channels.
But I definitely don't understand the controllers enough. I don't need to go full DJ with this, program animations, etc. I just want good control over each light wrapped up in a nice package.
Bump for the evening crowd. Curtis?
Did you stop? Drop? Shut it down, open up shop?
Sorry, I'm no help. Given the title , I have the Rough Riders anthem in my head.
In reply to Appleseed :
I've got "X Gon' Give It To You" in mine.
grover
Dork
5/26/22 11:35 p.m.
All of my experience is from more than 10 years ago and never with LEDs. From what i remember though, none of that should be an issue. Controllers used to be Uber cheap- not sure about recently.
In reply to grover :
They have a very very very wide range of prices and capabilities. I'm not sure how to find what I need. I may just take a stab at it with a wifi DMX controller, but honestly wifi/the need for a "smart" interface is a negative for my application.
Some questions:
1) How do you want to control this thing? Use a laptop and some lighting control program to set it once, and then just a lightswitch to turn it off and on? Or "Alexa, set light group 2 to blue, 50%"
2) Are you hoping to integrate this with anything else? Have it synch to music, have it turn red when the home alarm goes off, have it turn on automatically at dusk and off at dawn?
DMX is a great way of controlling lights, but you could also go with just a regular cheap LED strip driver/controller.
1) this is used for demonstration purposes (think kitchen showroom). I want to be able to adjust the intensity and color at any time, but I also want to switch a few of them between two different modes (think day/night mode). No alexa integration whatsoever.
2) no integration with anything else
I'm open to a "regular cheap LED" controller, but those are generally a pain in the ass, and only control a single channel. They don't give you as fine a control over the RGBW values (I'd prefer a 0-100 or 0-255 for each of the 4 wires), and matching the values across multiple channels sucks. But if there is a 4+ light (16 channel) controller that is off the shelf that can do this, let me know where to find it.
