Manufacturer specifications, a worked example wall, and a live calculator preloaded with this tile. Change columns and rows to get resolution, power draw, circuits, the data wiring plan, rigging quantities and the complete pack list.
Spec sheet from the manufacturer datasheet
Manufacturer
Desay, X series
Pixel pitch
3.125 mm
Cabinet size
500 × 500 × 100 mm
Pixels per cabinet
160 × 160 (25,600 px)
Weight
10.5 kg (42 kg/m²)
Max power, full white
190 W (760 W/m²)
Typical power
67 W
Refresh rate
3,840 Hz
Brightness
3,000 nits
Viewing angle (H / V)
160° / 100°
Max hang
not published by manufacturer
Hanging bar weight
not published by manufacturer
Panels per dolly
8 (our packing assumption)
Source: Desay: X Series datasheet (catalogue pages 07/08) , retrieved 2026-09-11. Datasheet gives 760/266 W/m² for the 0.25 m² panel; IP65/54 outdoor rental cabinet. No hanging limit is published, so the hang figure is a conservative placeholder.
Worked example: a 16 × 9 wall (16:9)
16 columns by 9 rows of this tile makes a 8.00 × 4.50 m wall, the closest this cabinet gets to 16:9, at 2,560 × 1,440 pixels (3.69 MP): 144 panels plus 8 spares at the one-off rate. It weighs about 1,712 kg including bumpers, around 685 kg across each of 3 points.
On European power it draws 27.4 kW at full white (9.6 kW on typical content), which at an 80% derate is 16 × 16 A / 230 V circuits. Data comes to 8 runs at up to 20 panels per port, worst run 71% loaded, fitting 1 × Novastar VX1000. Every figure is derived by the calculator below. Change the numbers for your own wall.
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8.00 × 4.50 m · 2,816 × 1,584 px · 16:9
Needs 2 × Novastar VX1000: 16 runs, 10 ports per unit.
Smallest NovaStar that carries this wall on one unit: MCTRL4K · 16 ports · 8.8 M px.
Job settingsEU 230 V / 16 A · one-off, 5% spares · 60 Hz 8-bit · 80% port load
Venue limits
What the venue and logistics actually offer. The job warns when the design exceeds them.
Quick resolution · size + pitch
2,069 × 1,034 px · 2.14 M px · 5× 1G @ 80%
Rough check before you know the panel. Assumes ~650 k px per 1G port at 60 Hz 8-bit, loaded to your port limit.
Rig stock · bumpers
What your shop owns, shared across every wall in the job and allocated in wall order. Shortfalls land on the wall that runs out. Used when flown. Saved in this browser. Assumes every rig hangs on the same bars. If your bars are system-specific, the Solo and Shop tiers track bars per panel system.
Main: 16 × 9 ROE Visual BP2 V2
Size
8.00 × 4.50 m
Area
36.0 m²
Resolution
2,816 × 1,584 px
Pixels
4.46 M px
Panels
144 + 8 spares
Weight
1,408 kg incl. bumpers
Power
23 kW max, 11.5 kW typical, 8 circuits
Data
16 runs on 2 processors at 60 Hz 8-bit
Truck
6 m of deck
This is a live example. Change the panel and size in the rail and every figure recomputes.
Data wiring16 runs · up to 16 panels per run at 80% · worst 43% · 2× Novastar VX1000
Run 1
Column 1
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 2
Column 2
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 3
Column 3
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 4
Column 4
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 5
Column 5
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 6
Column 6
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 7
Column 7
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 8
Column 8
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 9
Column 9
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 10
Column 10
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 11
Column 11
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 12
Column 12
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 13
Column 13
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 14
Column 14
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 15
Column 15
9 panels · 43% of port
Run 16
Column 16
9 panels · 43% of port
Power runs8 circuits · up to 18 panels/circuit · 23 kW max · 1× distro
Circuit 1
Columns 1 to 2, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L1
Circuit 2
Columns 3 to 4, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L2
Circuit 3
Columns 5 to 6, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L3
Circuit 4
Columns 7 to 8, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L1
Circuit 5
Columns 9 to 10, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L2
Circuit 6
Columns 11 to 12, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L3
Circuit 7
Columns 13 to 14, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L1
Circuit 8
Columns 15 to 16, snake up and down, hops right
18 panels · 2,880 W · 98% · Distro 1 · L2
Patch
Distro 1: circuits 1 to 8 (L1×3 L2×3 L3×2)
The rules behind every number
Every quantity above is derived from the rules below, written with working AV techs and corrected as they red-pen them.
openSpare panels: 5% of wall count, minimum 2 (one-off).
✓ confirmedBumpers come from your stock, not a formula: widest first, combined to cover 16 columns. Partial coverage (a wider bar over fewer columns) is allowed and noted; shortfalls are flagged instead of invented.
✓ confirmedHanging bar weights from ROE Visual: 1-wide 4.5 kg, 2-wide 7.7 kg, 3-wide 11.3 kg. BO/BP hanging bar, clamp (V4.5 for 1-wide, V3.5 for 2- and 3-wide), Black Onyx & Pearl user manual V1.8 (2023-10-08); the shackle versions weigh 5.2, 8.4 and 12 kg.
openRigging points: one per ≤3 m of wall width, minimum 2, giving 3. 1× 1 t hoist per point.
openPer point: 2× steel, 2× spanset, 4× 3.25 t shackle.
openPoint load: wall weight ÷ points × 1.2 dynamic factor. Warn above 800 kg per 1 t hoist.
✓ confirmedCircuits sized on max load (full white) at 80% derate: 18 panels per 16 A / 230 V circuit (160 W/panel). Typical draw shown separately for the venue/generator ask.
✓ confirmedPower runs follow the connectors: in one side, out the other, gendered plugs, jumpers as short as the maker can get away with. Vertical works both ways, sideways only one hop to the right (rear view), so a run may snake up and down across adjacent columns, but never left and right. Vertical snakes over 2 columns need 8 circuits (single columns would need 16, full rows 9).
open1× 63 A 3-phase distro per 18 circuits (1). TRUE1 jumpers = panels − runs, +10% spare.
✓ confirmedRuns are load-balanced: panels split evenly across the circuits a shape needs (12+12, never 18+6) so every main-in pulls about the same. Phases are a suggested round-robin L1 to L3 within each distro.
✓ confirmedExact-pixel mapping (Novastar VX1000): a port carries only the panels wired to it, and data snakes in any direction (unlike power). Wiring follows whole columns as vertical serpentines, numbered from the left seen from the rear, the natural reading order when patching, with every run capped at 80% of 650 k px per 1G port at 60 Hz 8-bit (threshold, refresh and depth adjustable): at most 16 panels per run, giving 16 runs, worst run 43%. Loads balance evenly across runs. Capacity is the sheet figure at 8-bit; refresh scales as 60/Hz. No sheet publishes a per-port width cap; the MX40 Pro’s minimum load width is applied where it bites. Correct me with measured figures.
✓ confirmedRedundancy defaults off. Rental shows rarely run looped data; it is primarily a critical-installation feature. Turning it on doubles the runs (A+B loops).
openHome runs cut at run distance + wall height + 5 m service loop.
openProcessors are checked on two limits: port count and total pixel capacity (capacities placeholder).
✓ confirmedProcessor list defaults to Novastar (VX1000 first, UHD Jr / MCTRL / MX / VX family). Rental houses rarely run Brompton; it stays available for the shops that do. All figures verified against manufacturer spec sheets.
openCases: 8 panels per dolly, 60 cables per trunk, 8 bumpers per case, rigging trunk per 6 points. Truck estimate: 0.5 m² footprint per case over 2.4 m trailer width.
openElectronics spares: 1 receiving card per 25 panels, 1 PSU per 25, minimum 1 each.
Cable tags288 tags · 16 data runs · 8 circuits
One label per cable, both ends named, in the order the runs are wired: cabinets as column and row seen from the rear, c1r1 top left. Print them, or copy the list as CSV for a label printer.
The tag list, your own label format, and the CSV for a label printer are a Solo feature.
Planning aid. Rigging figures (points, loads, hardware) must be verified by a competent rigger before anything leaves the ground; panel and processor figures come from the manufacturers' datasheets and can change between revisions. Made with RigPlan, the free LED wall planner · rigplan.app