Hi,
I'm installing a matrix (5 x4) of LED-spotlights (12V DC - not RGB, just white) in the ceiling of our living room.
I want my domotics software (running on a Synology 414 or a Raspi, haven' made my mind up which software to use yet) to control (dim) each LED-spotlight individual, over Ethernet (LAN), so we can program "zones of light in our living room ...
so I basically need a 20-channel low power 12V DC LED-spot dimmer
I know there are tons of relais-cards out there that can be hooked up to the LAN and controlled by Domoticz, but now I need to dim (PWM ?) these 12V DC spotlights over LAN ...
Arduino DMX shield or a USB-DMX ?
connecting the DMX to my domotics software (haven' made my mind up which one to use yet) by USB, and sending the DMX signal to DMX LED dimmers ?
... then, making dummy dimmers in my domotics software (haven' made my mind up which one to use yet) for each of the 27 DMX channels ?
for example, could this work ?
I also found this : http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product ... 53991.html
But the main question remains : can my domotics software (haven' made my mind up which one to use yet) control these boxes and send out DMX commands to control DMX channels ...
controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
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controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
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Re: controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
perhaps a zwave stick with (a couple) fibaro rgbw modules?
they are wireless so no worries for the cables
they are wireless so no worries for the cables
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Re: controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
20 fibaro modules (for each spotlight) ?!Akatar wrote:perhaps a zwave stick with (a couple) fibaro rgbw modules?
they are wireless so no worries for the cables
wow, that's gonna cost me an arm and a leg !
Re: controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
5 lights per module.
4 fibaro modules, that's expensive indeed.........
4 fibaro modules, that's expensive indeed.........
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Re: controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
wow, 5 lights per module ?
that changes the game indeed !
now that I've looked into it, indeed, RGBW channels can be used as independent channels as well ... didn't know that !
thanks a lot for this usefull info !
but, when I look, I see RGBW = 4 outputs
where is the 5th ?
that changes the game indeed !
now that I've looked into it, indeed, RGBW channels can be used as independent channels as well ... didn't know that !
thanks a lot for this usefull info !
but, when I look, I see RGBW = 4 outputs
where is the 5th ?
Re: controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
Maybe you could use the JeeNode Dimmer Plug. I used it to individually control a bunch (12 or 13 IIRC) of white LED strips on the stairs.
It's based on a PCA9635 which can control 16 channels so you would need 2 of those. i2c so easy to do with a RPi or an Arduino (as I did).
Read more here: http://blog.hekkers.net/tag/staircase/
It's based on a PCA9635 which can control 16 channels so you would need 2 of those. i2c so easy to do with a RPi or an Arduino (as I did).
Read more here: http://blog.hekkers.net/tag/staircase/
Re: controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
oeps my mistakepascalspits wrote:wow, 5 lights per module ?
that changes the game indeed !
now that I've looked into it, indeed, RGBW channels can be used as independent channels as well ... didn't know that !
thanks a lot for this usefull info !
but, when I look, I see RGBW = 4 outputs
where is the 5th ?
rgbw are 4 channels
Re: controlling spotlights in the living room ceiling by DMX
If you group the leds in four groups one RGBW module would be enough i think. As long as you keep the attached leds under 144 Watt (12Volt)
http://www.fibaro.com/manuals/en/FGRGBW ... .1-2.3.pdf
If you really want to control each led individually you can use one of these
http://www.proled.com/en/products/91-mb ... annel.html
http://www.fibaro.com/manuals/en/FGRGBW ... .1-2.3.pdf
If you really want to control each led individually you can use one of these
http://www.proled.com/en/products/91-mb ... annel.html
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