LED wall planning guides

10 guides and a glossary · the reasoning behind every number the calculator produces

These guides give the rules the calculator applies, written down so you can check them: power and circuits, panels per data port, rigging and hang limits, heat, weight and what to pack for a load-in.

• How to calculate LED wall power

  LED wall power draw and circuit count: maximum against typical draw, the 80% derate, panels per 16 A or 20 A circuit, and the distros a wall needs.

• How many LED panels per data port

  How many LED panels one gigabit port carries: the 650,000 pixel limit, what refresh rate and bit depth do to it, and how to split a wall into runs.

• What to pack for an LED wall load-in

  What goes on the truck for an LED wall: panels and spares (about 5% for a show, 10% on tour), bumpers and rigging, power, data, processing and cases.

• LED wall rigging: bumpers, points and hang limits

  How LED walls hang: bumper bars in one, two and three panel widths, rigging points and point loads with a dynamic factor, and the published hang limits.

• How to choose an LED wall processor

  How to size an LED processor: total against per-port pixel capacity, the 650,000 pixels per port rule, what 10-bit and high refresh cost, and redundancy.

• How to use RigPlan

  A walkthrough of RigPlan: plan the wall step by step, read the derived pack list, wiring and power runs, set venue limits, check gear back in and print.

• LED walls on camera: refresh, genlock, moiré and pitch

  What changes when an LED wall is filmed: PWM refresh against frame rate, genlock and shutter, moiré and finer pitch, brightness and bit depth.

• LED wall heat output and cooling

  The heat an LED wall puts into a room, from the datasheet: typical against maximum draw, kW to BTU per hour, and 96 to 772 W/m² for five install panels.

• LED wall weight and the load on the structure

  What a permanent LED wall weighs: 22 to 42 kg/m² for install panels from the makers’ sheets, the load on the structure, depth, the frame and the sign-off.

• Specifying a permanent LED wall: the checklist

  What to settle before an LED wall is installed: pitch from viewing distance, size in cabinets, house circuits, heat, weight, looped data and the processor.

• LED wall glossary

  The terms crews actually use, pixel pitch to sub-hire, defined short and practical, consistent with the rules the calculator applies.