Difference between revisions of "FAQ"

Revision as of 19:17, 18 August 2009

• Low Voltage Lighting in Oz; A quick run down on low voltage lighting and Toroid Transformers.

• Pinouts; What you need to know to connect 3 or 5 pin XLR connectors to RJ-45 (Lynx and LOR)

• Light-O-Rama Controllers; What you need to know to use LOR with Lynx

• Dimming; How Dimming works with random trigger ssrs

• Pic Dimming; Chat log of RJ explaining how different types of dimmers work

• LED Descriptions; Description of the difference between 1/2 wave and Full wave LEDs

• Lynx Voltage Info; Describes which Lynx hardware that can be used on different voltages and hertz

• Coop Info; General Information about what a Coop is

• PIC Programming; A list of users who can program PICs for members

• Red Neck Pic24 programmer; Barebones way to program the pic25 chips without using a lynx pcb

Glossary:

• Lynx = A family of hardware that is designed and under copyright by Robert Jordan

• DMX = Industry standard for light control (ie: used by Theaters, DJs, DLA, etc) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512-A)

• Dongle = A device that connects to your computer by way of the USB port and then transmits the DMX signal to dimmers (light controllers)

• PIC = micro-controller that is a tiny computer with some software (called firmware), the "brains" of the devices (http://www.microchip.com/)

Who are the Chat Room Regulars?

Abbreviations, Acronyms & Chat Room Slang:

• LE = Lynx Express

• FS = (Lynx) Freestyle

• SSR = Solid State Relay

• OZ/Oz = Australia

• BRB = Be Right Back

• BBL = Be Back Later

• WB = Welcome Back

• NP = No Problem

• TTYL = Talk to You (ya) Later

• LOL = Laugh Out Loud