connecting multiple controllers

[quefol]

i have a question for someone that has expieance in hooking up multiple controllers i have one olson 595 with ren-c a led tricks with parallel port connection an now i am in the process of building a ren 24 i only have one serial connetion and one parallel port on the back of my pc how do i connect everything to work together with the same sequence in vixen

[Penfold]

What you can do is get a Serial card like the one you can find at MJPA, link below:

http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=12765+DC

Or you can also get a USB to Serial converter that you can find online. An example would be like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ADAPTER-CABLE-SE...item5ad94ae1d0

After you get a couple of new ports in place it's just a matter of making sure you have the plugins selected in Vixen.

[Mudsculpter]

I have one of these and this is much more reasonable.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Smartio-MOXA-8-P...item53db8574f5

[Penfold]

WoW! thanks for posting that little gem Chuck that got me drooling. I didn't know that there was a much cheaper card! COOL!

[XmasInGalt]

Originally Posted by Mudsculpter

I have one of these and this is much more reasonable.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Smartio-MOXA-8-P...item53db8574f5

That's the same card I've had in my machine for the last two years. I've used up to 5 ports during a show without any problems.

[quefol]

i have tried a usb to serial connector on my ren c but dosent want to work very well channels like to flicker on an off randomly is there settings i need to change

[Mudsculpter]

I tried the USB to serial connector method first and it was a waste of time for me.
If you have a PC for your show computer with an open PCI slot you are better off getting a MOXA multi port when they come available.

[oldcqr]

Originally Posted by Mudsculpter

If you have a PC for your show computer with an open PCI slot you are better off getting a MOXA multi port when they come available.

<< this.

Last year I was having problems with Vixen and 'access denied' errors (someone please correct me). Others commented that they only see that problem when using USB to RS232 adapters, so I went ahead and purchased a cheap ($12) 2 serial port PCI card for this year. Hopefully this new card will clear up that error.

Monoprice has them for a buck cheaper, but I can't recomended them any more. They've screwed up 4 of my last 11 orders - 3 were missing stuff, and the last one they sent wrong stuff.

[Mudsculpter]

During setup I usually have the same errors. I can't really explain why it happens though. A reboot clears things up.

[oldcqr]

Originally Posted by Mudsculpter

During setup I usually have the same errors. I can't really explain why it happens though. A reboot clears things up.

For me, a reboot fixes the problem for a random amount of time -- 1 day to more than a week. Then it shows up again.