Pixie User Manual
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Power-supply cords should be routed so that
they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by
items placed upon or against them, paying partic-
ular attention to the point they exit from the unit
Start-Up Demo Installation
The PIXIE Driver comes loaded with a scrolling rainbow
demo sequence which will run and loop every time you
power the unit up so you can get your installation tested
straight away once you connect your LED pixel strips.
When any valid data is fed through the DMX or USB ports
it will override the demo playback sequence and keep lis-
tening to the data ports until you re-power the unit.
If you do not want the PIXIE driver to generate any output
when powered up, it can be done by erasing the pre-
loaded show or overwriting it with your own as further de-
scribed in the ENTTEC PRO Manager software section.
Power Budgeting
This section explains how many Dots or LEDs can be con-
nected to the unit.
Please note that the 55W and 65W mod-
els have only one power supply (VCC) and the VCC0 output
will not be available.
Warning
: (VCC and VCC0)
cannot
be connected in paral-
lel.
Pixel Strips and Pixel Tile
The strips/tile supported by the PIXIE driver are based on the
WS2811, WS2812 and WS2812B protocol.
The following table shows the maximum number of LEDs that
the driver can power when driven to the max. (RGB channels
on 100% or white).
300 RGB LEDs can be substituted for 240 RGBW LEDs in the
above table.
Pixel Dots
The dots supported by the PIXIE driver are based on the
WS2811, WS2812 and WS2812B protocol.
Regardless of the output power (65w or 130W) and output
voltage (12V or 24V), any PIXIE drivers can process 1024 DMX
channels. However, since Pixel Dots have much higher light
output compared to Pixel strip, this leads to the higher power
consumption.
This limits the number of dots that a driver can control, and
can be calculated by: dividing the total output of driver with
the output of each dot. For example,
This calculation can also be used to calculate how many PIXIE
drivers will suit your application when one driver is not
enough.
Warning: Overloading
the outputs could cause the driver
and the connected strips to malfunction or flicker.
Status LED
The Pixie driver comes with two LED indicators located in the
front panel.
Power
Source
73540(55W)
73541(110W)
VCC
300 RGB LEDs/2 Tiles
300 RGB LEDs/2 Tiles
VCC0
Unused
300 RGB LEDs/2 Tiles
TOTAL: 300 RGB LEDs/2 Tiles
600 RGB LEDs/4 Tiles
Item
Value
Pixel Dot
8PDOT1-CF rated at 0.6w/dot
PIXIE Driver
73453 12V 130w
Max quantity
130w/0.6w= 216pcs
