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-BEYOND Ultimate currently only supports 40 Hardware controllers (FB4 or FB3) per installation. This requires a high-performance pc to run. However, there are a few options, as we do have a number of clients who regularly exceed 40 lasers, and even up to hundreds of lasers. This mainly looks like having multiple PCs running together.+BEYOND Ultimate currently supports 40 Hardware controllers (FB4 or FB3) per installation. This requires a high-performance pc to run. However, there are a few options, as we do have a number of clients who regularly exceed 40 lasers, and even up to hundreds of lasers. This mainly looks like having multiple PCs running together.
  
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 Once you are finished programming, load the zone file and timeline on each computer, then just delete the unneeded zones from each PC, depending on which lasers are connected to that PC. Once you are finished programming, load the zone file and timeline on each computer, then just delete the unneeded zones from each PC, depending on which lasers are connected to that PC.
  
-The easiest to code them all together is probably Artnet timecode, you can broadcast it on a network that is separate from all the laser nets, and plug each pc into that network through separate network adapters on those computers. Then some master can send it all over the network, and all BEYOND instances can listen to it.+Probably the easiest way to have two or more BEYOND computers run in sync is using Art-Net timecode. This allows you to start all running BEYOND instances at the same time. 
  
-Otherwise, you will want to have something like a TC4000 for each computer and run separate audio tracks to each.+You can broadcast Artnet timecode on a network that is separate from all the laser nets by plugging each pc into this separate network through additional network adapters on those computers. Then some master can send it all over the network, and all BEYOND instances can listen to it. 
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 +Otherwise, you may use a TC4000 or other SMPTE device for each computer and run separate audio tracks to each.
  
 We recommend maintaining a PC as the "programming session" that doesn't connect to lasers but is just used as a preview in the system, so you can follow what the whole rig is doing. We recommend maintaining a PC as the "programming session" that doesn't connect to lasers but is just used as a preview in the system, so you can follow what the whole rig is doing.
beyond/40_-lasers.1746776436.txt · Last modified: 2025/05/09 09:40 by Bob Varkevisser

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