FAQ
From DiyLightAnimation
- 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
