probably not gonna be useful, but hey, i was bored.
Using widely available cat5e/RJ45 cables and connectors to supply a centralized power/data network for paintball systems, i.e. hopper, warpfeed module, and marker all from a central power source, instead of each having their own batteries (and thus weight + bulk). hopper/warp conversion would be easy, would require a placebo battery box to slide in place of the standard batteries, w/ a connector on the bottom, then a custom cover w/ a hole in it for the cable to clip into. the placebo box would also have jumpers for which pair in the 4pair cable to expect power (or data) from. the central power source would also have jumpers for power/data settings for the pairs. only thing (since i don't own an electro marker) i can't visualize yet, is how this would connect to a marker to power it (or get data from it, in the case of intelliframes) cleanly...
-possibility of cat53/monoplug 'dongles' for interfaces for people w/ existing mono-plug setups for data
-or screw the central power source, and rewire all your gear to source off one thing w/ batteries (all juice from hopper, or warp, or marker)
-interesting article snippet that might be useful
then again, my current marker i'm building is a 0-battery high ROF setup, so this is all unnecessary...
Using widely available cat5e/RJ45 cables and connectors to supply a centralized power/data network for paintball systems, i.e. hopper, warpfeed module, and marker all from a central power source, instead of each having their own batteries (and thus weight + bulk). hopper/warp conversion would be easy, would require a placebo battery box to slide in place of the standard batteries, w/ a connector on the bottom, then a custom cover w/ a hole in it for the cable to clip into. the placebo box would also have jumpers for which pair in the 4pair cable to expect power (or data) from. the central power source would also have jumpers for power/data settings for the pairs. only thing (since i don't own an electro marker) i can't visualize yet, is how this would connect to a marker to power it (or get data from it, in the case of intelliframes) cleanly...
-possibility of cat53/monoplug 'dongles' for interfaces for people w/ existing mono-plug setups for data
-or screw the central power source, and rewire all your gear to source off one thing w/ batteries (all juice from hopper, or warp, or marker)
-interesting article snippet that might be useful
then again, my current marker i'm building is a 0-battery high ROF setup, so this is all unnecessary...
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