Dumb string and Falcon Hub

[onesmoothhead]

Can the Falcon Hub power Dumb String Controllers?

[David Pitts]

No.

[onesmoothhead]

Thank you David

[zwiller]

I think Smooth means the DLA DSC and not "a dumb string controller".  If so, it does work and have used DSC's a few years with Falcon hub and honestly never thought much about it.   

[David Pitts]

You could be right sorry forgot about DSC's. They were like $15.00 each (ouch). I always used a $45.00 27 channel controller just made more sense.

[zwiller]

Agreed but the smaller form factor and PNP nature is cool.  I use mine for spots and they are mounted on frames all wired up.  Too lazy to redo it.  I gotta ask.  I always wondered about a Falcon DSC.  Is it practical to design something that would make a hub or F16 port dumb?  Maybe not enough interest to justify. 

[CaptainMurdoch]

I always wondered about a Falcon DSC.  Is it practical to design something that would make a hub or F16 port dumb?  Maybe not enough interest to justify.

This idea is similar to RobG's flood boards.  They have a WS2811 chip on them and drive a 10W (or higher) LED light.  You can't drive a string of dumb RGB off of them, but you can use them to hang LED flood lights off of a pixel port.  I have one port on a F16v1 which runs 4 of these 20W flood boards.  The 20W boards require 24V or higher power so I use power injection right at the controller to power the floods.  The 20W flood board kits were under $10 including the 20W LED.

[twooly]

I've got a "falcon" version of a firmware to program the dsc, I wanted the test and remote programming so why not write your own 😜

[zwiller]

I am talking something smaller like μDSC    In my situation my spots are plain white and I'd have to buy 2 27ch controllers and PS or 1 controller but run ALOT of wire like I did using DLA MR16. 

[twooly]

Ha still have an mr16 doing some rgb floods and white floods but yeah I want to switch them off that next year

[onesmoothhead]

Shoot, I was talking about the DLA DSC. I have had them for years and now have a use to just light up an area of different colors. No need for smart string nodes. I have had these from the beginning. I got it figured out.  Plus thanks for all the other comments on this post. I now have more things to buy in the next few years. lol