Last question. I have a 16 chan unit on order specificly to drive some pumps (on / off). I've been testing one pump like this with several of my existing seqs for a while now and it seems to work well.
BUT
You new product sounds like a better way to go. Do you agree that it is a better way to control pumps or given the same pump type could I use a standard 16 chan unit to get the same results at maybe a higher cost due to the number of chans?
The reason I'm asking is, if the new product is *the* way to go for pump control, I may want to cancel my order for the 16 chan and redirect those funds to the fountain controller.
I'm working on putting some servos into my display for this year. When will the DIO32 board specs be available to check out? Any more information on this product would be great.
Thanks for letting us know about the other stuff though
Evan
That is interesting. All the prior posts about the DIO-32 card have indicated servo control. Interesting that this is the first post about it that does not mention servo control as one of the features..
-klb- wrote: That is interesting. All the prior posts about the DIO-32 card have indicated servo control. Interesting that this is the first post about it that does not mention servo control as one of the features..
- Kevin
Kevin, I went back to the very first post on this thread and re-read all the way. In the very first post at the bottom there is a note that there will be a daughter card for servo control. There are no other posts here that indicate that it has been dropped. Some may be trying to locate an alternative, to be able to plan and program with ample time before Halloween. (IMO)
Thanks for letting us know about the other stuff though
Evan
Evan,
That is my back-up plan also. Do you plan to use the VSA software with the card? http://www.brookshiresoftware.com/vsa_overview.htm I have read quite a few reviews on this software and from what I have read so far, it definitely seems like the easy way to do and synchronize animatronics.
Yah that was the Software I was looking at. My Wife is the one doing Halloween So I wanted something simple yet powerful and I think that's the way to go... I don't mind spending money on software if it's going to do what we want it to do.
LightORamaJohn wrote: Here are the products to be delivered in August & September:
Edit: Forgot to mention that the DIO32 has headers on it allowing 16 servos to be controlled by two of the 8-channel ports.
Hmm, I must have missed this. I would love to test this out to see how it works!!!!
Hell I don't even mind being a beta tester for this one!
Cheers
Evan
I have dealt with them before with G-Gauge trains (Aristocraft). They have a company philosophy like LOR and bend over backwards for the customer. All I need now is the board. I am not doing a Halloween show, but once I get Christmas up and running this year, I want to get into animatronics experimentation hot and heavy. Already have enough lights and channels, I been wanting to get into the animatronics for a couple years now. Have been waiting for the anticipated LOR board for a while now. If it's not out by the end of the year, I will go with the Parallax board as it has really good recommendations on several sites also. Just need to figure out how to trigger the animatronics programming with LOR.
