Brompton Technology Tessera M2 - Connection Guidelines

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The processor communicates with LED fixtures on the network using the Tessera protocol,
which is transmitted via cabling that conforms to Cat 5e or above (this includes Neutrik
etherCON terminations).
The topology of a Tessera system is very simple. The fixtures just need to be connected to
the processor either directly or via a Gigabit Ethernet network switch. Once connected, a
group of fixtures in an daisy-chain becomes a string.
Note: The Tessera Protocol only supports Gigabit Ethernet compliant equipment. It will not
work at all with 100BaseT(Fast Ethernet)or 10BaseT
Connection Guidelines
Cat 5e or better cable must be used to connect between processors and fixtures. The
maximum supported individual cable length is 100m. The Tessera protocol can be
transmitted over standard Gigabit Ethernet compliant fibre optic hardware for single runs
exceeding this distance.
The suggested maximum number of nodes between the processor and the furthest panel in
any system is 5 switches and 50 panels (fibre optic transceivers would also count as
switches). By using switches up to 500 fixtures can be run from a single processor output
port (assuming this does not exceed the pixel limit of the output).
Each output port from the processor can control up to a maximum of 525,000 pixels at 60Hz
at a network bit depth of 8 bit. "Network Load" on page89 for a precise explanation of how
the pixel limit per output is affected by different layouts and network bit depths.
Note: The Tessera Protocol does not support connection over WiFi