If the flashes are the same trigger voltage, you can also "daisy chain" them together with splitters. This allows you to fire more than one flash with a single receiver. I do this often with 3 flashes connected to one Skyport receiver.
DDCSD GIVIN' GOOD KARMA  13,313 posts Likes: 3 Joined Jun 2007 Location: South Dakota More info | Aug 03, 2008 16:37 | #16 If the flashes are the same trigger voltage, you can also "daisy chain" them together with splitters. This allows you to fire more than one flash with a single receiver. I do this often with 3 flashes connected to one Skyport receiver. Derek
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PacAce Cream of the Crop  26,900 posts Likes: 40 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Keystone State, USA More info | Aug 03, 2008 16:57 | #17 DDCSD wrote in post #6039191  If the flashes are the same trigger voltage, you can also "daisy chain" them together with splitters. This allows you to fire more than one flash with a single receiver. I do this often with 3 flashes connected to one Skyport receiver. True. The assumption I made was that all flashes were to be operated wirelessly except, of course, for the short cable connecting the flash to the PW unit. ...Leo
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DDCSD GIVIN' GOOD KARMA 13,313 posts Likes: 3 Joined Jun 2007 Location: South Dakota More info | Aug 03, 2008 17:07 | #18 PacAce wrote in post #6039314 True. The assumption I made was that all flashes were to be operated wirelessly except, of course, for the short cable connecting the flash to the PW unit. And, of course, we can take this a step further and say that we can also operate a million flashes/strobes with two PW units (one Tx and one Rx), if all the one were triggered optically by the one flash connected to the PW unit. 
Derek
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PacAce Cream of the Crop 26,900 posts Likes: 40 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Keystone State, USA More info | Aug 03, 2008 17:14 | #19 DDCSD wrote in post #6039381  Comment wasn't really directed at your posts. Just putting it out there in case the OP was interested. You actually don't even need the PW's, you could fire a flash on camera (in manual of course) and have the optical slave nearby daisy-chained to the other 999,999 flashes. That'd still kinda be wireless. Now we're thinking outside the box! Well, there you go! I think that covers any scenario the OP can think of. He can light up as many strobes/flashes as he wants with from zero PW units up to as many as he can afford to get. ...Leo
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DDCSD GIVIN' GOOD KARMA 13,313 posts Likes: 3 Joined Jun 2007 Location: South Dakota More info | Aug 03, 2008 17:19 | #20 PacAce wrote in post #6039441 Well, there you go! I think that covers any scenario the OP can think of. He can light up as many strobes/flashes as he wants with from zero PW units up to as many as he can afford to get. He would only be limited in channels to how many optical triggers he has and cables/splitters. Just unhook the "channels" that you don't want to fire! Derek
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Aug 04, 2008 01:36 | #21 Heh I've assumed til now there's no product in existance that does what I want... So I'd just have to buy skyports. datadump
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Chosenbydestiny I somehow feel enlightened now  593 posts Joined Jul 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA. More info | Aug 04, 2008 03:37 | #22 Oh okay, i guess i'm going to the store tomorrow to buy another 2 flashes and 2 pocketwizards so i can fire 4 lights from afar! One day I'll have these millions you speak of... Thanks! - Ryan, photographer/videographer
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constrict Goldmember  1,032 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Maine More info | Aug 04, 2008 12:11 | #23 PacAce wrote in post #5947437 Unfortunately, with the Plus II, you can only fire one channel at a time, determined by what channel the unit on top of the camera is set. If you want the ability to fire any of the channels in combinations, you'll need to ugrade to a MultiMax if you want to stay within the PW family or switch to an Elinchrom Skyport which, btw, might be priced more to your liking.  What if you have 1 Multimax and 4 Plus II's? 5D | 5DIII | 1DIV| 16-35 f2.8L II | 24-70 f2.8L II | 70-200 f2.8L IS II | 24 f1.4L II | 35 f1.4L | 50mm f1.4 | 85mm f1.2 II
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PacAce Cream of the Crop 26,900 posts Likes: 40 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Keystone State, USA More info | Aug 04, 2008 12:16 | #24 constrict wrote in post #6044411 What if you have 1 Multimax and 4 Plus II's? Nope, that won't work either since zone triggering is only supported by channel 17 and up. The Plus II only works in channels 1 through 4. ...Leo
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NathanJK Member 135 posts Joined Oct 2007 Location: Texas More info | Aug 26, 2008 03:25 | #25 DDCSD wrote in post #6039191 If the flashes are the same trigger voltage, you can also "daisy chain" them together with splitters. This allows you to fire more than one flash with a single receiver. I do this often with 3 flashes connected to one Skyport receiver. Sorry to bring this thread back, but does anyone know if there is a problem daisy chaining flashes with just a small difference in trigger voltage, ie: a few volts? I've used my 580ex and 285HV this way without issue so far. http://www.shuttersnapstudios.com
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