pppfffff! i was looking at getting the pixlite 16, but now...
Truthfully, I am a newbie at this. I've been reading and watching everything I can find, but I've never hear of a pixelnet universe. From what you've said, the controller pumps all the data for 2 (or more) universes down one string. How does that affect performance?
Which controller software is best for multiple universes and works with Nutracker?
the falcon and nutcracker teams are tight...
nutcracker has native support for dmx, LOR, pixelnet, e1.31 and dongles/controllers from many different vendors.
Pixelnet was invented by RJ of the diylightanimation.com forum. the falcon team has built a compatible solution that plays well with DLA kits -- but offers a lot of additional advantages. one of the big ideas from the falcon team is the falcon Pi Player that uses a $30 general purpose computer to play sequences, music, and video.
regarding the amount of pixelnet data (4096 channels)... it is the purpose of the controller (zeus, falcon, SSC, USC, etc.) to use the assigned channel number for the string and extract only the channel data for that collection of pixels. the controller converts from pixelnet data to SPI (pixel data).