Pixel Web - Pixel Drive - Avo

[24seven]

Has anyone ever run pixel web

 

Currently thinking of using it on some shows how does it work ... I see it currently as ... data sent from pixel drive controlled by the desk with the avo pixel drive personality

 

------ is it one DMX line or multiple DMX lines to the cloth from pixeldrive ??

 

I am currently a little confused by this as I am currently trying to work out the size of desk to control this and the lights

 

 

Any insight would be good

 

Mark W-E

[andystone]

Pixeldrive is a media server which maps images and video on to an LED matrix, whether this be a collection of individual LED fixtures, LED battens or LED cloths.

 

The console then controls the media server by allowing you to select media content and then manipulate it by, for example, changing its colour, rotating it, adding effects, etc. In many cases you run multiple layers, each layer having its own content and being manipulated separately. You can either use the layers as separate output that you crossfade between or you can overlay one layer over another so you can have more than one thing going on at once - for instance one layer might be an image of a window shape, then a second layer would be a video of moving clouds within the window.

 

The number of channels required on the console is dependent on the number of channels required by the media server and the number of layers you are using, it is not dependent on the number of LED fixtures you are using as these are controlled by the media server. In general a media server will take between 250 and 500 control channels.

 

Hope this makes some kind of sense!

[niclights]

Did you mean ColorWeb?

 

Just in case you didn't understand from the above, Pixeldrive & other similar media servers need or are PC's (ie. Hippotizer)

 

These take all the hard work out of controlling large numbers of LED fixtures, especially when in a grid where they are perfect for video. The control channels for media servers is small & control data is output from an interface. There are usually different levels of hardware depending on how many universes you need where a Universe = 512 channels and each universe = 1 cable.

 

PixelDrive requires 13 control channels from a desk according to Avo Fixture Personality Library. I haven't investigated further!

 

You don't have to use a media server, but control channels and complexity add up fast without:

 

ColorWeb is a available in two pitches - either 16 or 64 pixels, each 3 channel = 48 or 192 channels per section. (1mx1m)

 

ColorPower can do 480 channels = 10 coarse pitch sections, therefore you would need one power supply per Universe.

 

HTH

[Glyn O'Donoghue]

Hi Mark,

 

Avo to Pixeldrive is just like a big moving light for each layer. Pixeldrive to Color Web 250 is 1 universe per 10 panels.

 

If it's Color Web 250 1m x 1m panels, each Color Web PSU uses 480 DMX channels and can feed 160 x RGB pixels (10 x Web 250 panels, 16 pixels to a web panel). So each PSU will use up a universe from Pixel Drive.

 

Glyn

glyn.odonoghue@aclighting.com

[24seven]

Hi Mark,

 

Avo to Pixeldrive is just like a big moving light for each layer. Pixeldrive to Color Web 250 is 1 universe per 10 panels.

 

If it's Color Web 250 1m x 1m panels, each Color Web PSU uses 480 DMX channels and can feed 160 x RGB pixels (10 x Web 250 panels, 16 pixels to a web panel). So each PSU will use up a universe from Pixel Drive.

 

Glyn

glyn.odonoghue@aclighting.com

 

Thanks Glyn

 

Just the info I need thanks

 

Mark W-E