George Linkenhoker wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 08:23 |
Hi Matt, I have been using the w-dmx from wireless solution http://wirelessdmx.com/ (snip) You basically synchronize a transmitter with a receiver and they stay together hopping around the spectrum to the cleanest channel. |
Matt Dittman wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 08:41 |
Bob, Did you have the original Chauvet offering, or the newer D-Fi 2.0? Supposedly they fixed a lot of the problems with the second module? |
Bob Charest wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 08:46 | ||
Hi George, Thanks for relating your experience with the W-DMX units. Do you know if one can use one transmitter and synchronize it to three receivers, or is there a one-to-one correspondence needed between the units? Also, I just saw a much lower price posted by SIRS-e on ebay, so now my interest is really piqued, at least for those units. I wonder how they compare in stability to the W-DMX units. Best regards, Bob Charest |
Matt Dittman wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 08:55 |
I know what you mean about the price point. Some of the offerings by SIRS-e are found on ebay China-direct. They're just marketed by SIRS-e. I don't know if there would be much difference between the ones that come straight from China and those that are repackaged as a company's product, albeit for a higher price. Like the Chauvet LED par cans that you can get as unbranded cans, for cheaper. Same thing without the name. |
Bob Charest wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 10:14 | ||
Hi Matt, On the SIRS-e site the price for a pair of transceivers is $391, On ebay they're listed as $430.16... I'm very tempted to place an order directly through the company. There appear to be a number of slightly different units listed there, so I've got to check a bit more. I wonder if the W-DMX units have come down in price and I'm just not finding it... Best regards, Bob |
Tim Palmer wrote on Tue, 06 January 2009 07:40 |
For what it's worth I run 4 of the Chauvet 900 Mhz units, 1 transmitter and 3 receivers( 1 on the truss, 1 on each follow spot). I had 1 of the units bad out of the box and sent it in to chauvet, they replaced it. I have never had any problems with interference or erratic behaviour of these devices in the small setups I have done. |
Matt Dittman wrote on Sun, 04 January 2009 21:27 |
My band is trying to cut down on our setup time some more. I have 7m of triangle truss in the back and a tree up front. The lights are run via laptop software MIDI'd with a foot controller. It would be nice to put the tree on whichever side we want, and put the computer whereever without running cables everywhere. The Chauvet and SIRS-e wireless DMX offerings are getting pretty low priced. Seems like they come in 900MHz and 2.4GHz offerings. Which is 'better' for a small scale installation? I have heard both sides, that 2.4GHz may be stronger but the 900MHz band isn't as cluttered. Thoughts? |