Rosco CubeConnect, User Manual

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CubeConnect Compression Propagation
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The CubeConnect system was designed for applications which can not
support expensive 3rd party full-speed wireless DMX hardware, but require
dynamic or static effects. The patented CubeConnect algorithm
automatically compresses the incoming DMX data to maximize throughput to
the dongles by only sending DMX channels which changed from the previous
frame.
Creative techniques can be implemented to maximize the CubeConnect
performance when many fixtures are being controlled:
Doubling up fixtures addresses will help minimize propagation delay. Shows
can also be composed with the compression method in mind. For example,
instead of a normal cross fade from red to green, a "streak" effect could be
applied - this is a common effect used by programmers and can be used here
to creatively optimize the performance of the entire system (as only 1 address
is changing at any point in time).
See chart on the next page for a detailed prediction of the propagation delay.