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Farmboy90:
I am posting this here since the powermamae users seem to be the only ones using the new led-wiz and rgb drives from RandyT.

I would like to know if it is possible to wire multiple buttons (say 5 for example) to the same output on the led-wiz?  I am trying to reuse outputs since the 32 on the led-wiz is not enough for my 16 buttons.

I realize the buttons that are wired together like this are all going to blink/look the same.  That is fine.  I am just wondering if it is as straight forward as splicing the output wire from the led-wiz 5 times and running those to each RGB drive for each button.  Is there a resistor change or a power issue?

Brewser:
I would like to know also. I have been thinking about buying this setup but I can't figure out what I would need. You say 32 inputs is not enough for 16 buttons, that doesn't make sense to me. I have about 22 buttons that I would like to light. What would I need to purchase to do this? Also I don't want to solder so is there a solution for this as well? confusing....I just need it all laid out and easy to understand.

Farmboy90:
Brewser,

I will be doing some wiring with this setup tomorrow for a buddy of mine, so I will have concrete answers then.  However I *think* I have it figured out.

Each RGB drive can take up to 3 inputs (R, G, and B).  You don't need to use all the inputs, but you won't get the full color spectrum if you don't.  This might be fine for your setup.  For example you may only want the reds, blues, purples, etc.  In that case you would only wire the R and B inputs of the RGB.  If you wanted them to be green and green only, you would just wire the G part.

So....  for FULL color spectrum you need 3 outputs of the led-wiz.  One will go to the R on the RGB drive, another for the B, and finally another for the G.  That is why I said the one led-wiz with 32 outputs is not enough for my friend with 16 buttons.   He wants all of them to have full spectrum color.  At a minimum he would want a 48 output led-wiz to accomplish this.  Even then, all 16 buttons would cycle the same and be the same color since they would all have to share led-wiz outputs.  Since they don't make 48 output led-wiz boards, he would ideally need two of them.

Now if you got all that, let's talk other connections....

It is possible to splice off wires from the led-wiz so multiple buttons can be powered by one output.  You do just that - splice the output wire from the led-wiz and run the splices to how ever many buttons you want powered by it.  I think there is a limit of 15 per output, but that is FAR FAR more than you would need obviously.

So I think I can tell you exactly what you need if you tell me how you want these buttons to work.  Do you want all 22 buttons to have full color spectrum and run independently of each other?  If so, then you need 66 outputs, or three led-wizs.

However what might be better (I assume you have a 2 player panel), is to have the P1 buttons and P2 buttons all match - in both color and their "cycleness".  That means those 12 buttons can reuse the same 18 outputs (again if you want full RGB support) , leaving you with 14 other outputs for the remaining 12 buttons.

It all depends on what you want from a look and functionality standpoint.

Think about it, post here, and I will try to help more.

Farmboy90:
Oh, and there is a no solder solution here.  Just plug and play type stuff, so no worries there.  RandyT made it nice an easy for us.  The solution is expensive but sweet.

Kremmit:
Maybe Mike & Randy should ask Saint for a "LED Wiz Support" forum.  :angel:

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