¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThere are about 7 decode (plus 1-3 encode, currently I have 3 DM-TXes around the house but only really use one with any kind of regularity and the other two are definitely in the ¡°they¡¯ll wait until I get my hands on more gear¡±) and the distribution of encoders and decoders is largely to get out of the (IMO) stupid cross patching I¡¯m currently doing to get DM to and from data drops in places where ¡°I¡¯ll never need AV CAT cable here¡¡± (from the time before DM was really a thing¡ but remind me never to say that about LV cabling next time I buy and wire a house¡) ? The switch choice aside from being in my ¡°reasonable enough¡± price range (it was about $80 shipped including both power supplies) was mostly driven by the desire to be able to do 10G over copper between the ¡°Data Core¡± and ?¡°AV Core¡± but also because I wanted to be able to power the non-¡°C¡±-series cards over PoE ¨C and the DM-NVX-350 are somewhat absurdly power hungry (requiring the 60-watt UPoE capability) ?(Aside from just not wanting to deal with wall warts, I manage power somewhat aggressively on the house when I¡¯m away so being able to turn off PoE to the switch port is a lot cleaner than scattering a bunch of relays or controlled outlets around. ? Since I have the cable between AV and data and the 10G ports are already there the fat pipe is essentially free. ? Looking forward to having some fun ¨C all the weird things I¡¯ve been curious about but would never do with a client¡¯s hardware or on a client¡¯s network¡. ? Lincoln ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 6:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [crestron] NVX Philosophical Network Config Pondering ? How many TV/Decoder end-points outside of your rack?? ? I'm definitely above my head on a lot of these streaming network details but: - If you have 24 encode/decoders or less, I would put them all on one switch. I think this would eliminate the need for a fat uplink. - Since you're using the DMF chassis' to power the encoders (and decoders for AVRs in rack, etc.), you wouldn't need POE for these, thus the POE requirements would be limited saving $$ on the switch you'd need for this - If you need more than 24 ports, going to a 48 port unit with limited/half-POE budget, could solve this also... ? Sorry if I'm missing details in your system design, and of course you probably already have thought of these things... Hope you can get things going great!! sounds fun!!! |
