LED wall planning guides

The reasoning behind every number the calculator produces.

These are the working conventions behind LED wall planning — the ones that live in the heads of people who have loaded in a few hundred shows. They are also the rules the calculator applies, written down so you can check them rather than trust them.

• How to calculate LED wall powerWork out LED wall power draw and circuit count: max versus typical draw, the 80% derate, panels per 16 A or 20 A circuit, and how many distros a wall needs.
• How many LED panels per data portHow many LED panels a single gigabit port carries: the ~650,000 pixel limit, how refresh rate and bit depth change it, safe port loading thresholds, and how to break a wall into data runs.
• What to pack for an LED wall load-inA complete LED wall pack list: panels and spares, bumpers and rigging hardware, power distribution, data cabling, processing and cases — and the ratios crews use to derive each.