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    Smoke.......

    Hey Goat, The machines I have looked at are not waterproof as the are designed to be used indoors. Not hard to build a cover though.Most of the smaller machines do not have DMX control. So you will need to control manually.. There are some with wireless control. Even the smallest machine will...
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    Where to inject power on long tuns of pixel strip

    I am planning to replace about 50m of ropelights with pixel strip. In order to make it easier to mount The strip will be mounted in 5m lengths of "air seeder hose" The strip is 12v in 5m rolls with 30 LEDs per meter. Is this too long a gap between power inject points? Does 30 LEDs per metre...
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    XLights by Demtel?

    Have spent some time in the am working on the show with the home shopping in the background. Have I created a monster? lol or sm I just confuded. Show starts with all modelsOFF Then All ON. After the arches group is on. But there is more, all the other groups remain on. At mark 29.99 All models...
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    Lost in Space (where have my groups gone)

    I have created several groups following the example on page 16 of the manual Groups are crreted and visible in layout mode but when in sequencer they sre not there. Is there some setting which I have not found, I expected to find the groups showing on the sequencer page and no, they are not...
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    Mounting RGB Bullet Pixels to Roof Ridge Line/Peaks

    Have not looked st the specs in detail but UV may be an issue long term,. I am converting to pixel strip with IP 65 rating plus extra silicone at ends. Mechanical support provided by "Suntuff clear polycarbonate H joiner" (Bunnings $17 per 3m) Pixel strip fits inside and shines through while...
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    DMX model help needed

    When I first hooked it up I got the web page and all info was per the book. Played around for a few days but could not get things working (Moving head / flood / relay controller ) Thought I would check configuration but when I tied to get webpage up it would either hang or mag "you are not...
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    DMX model help needed

    Thanks guys. Have been using the moving head model but the single line is great as well. Now I can set up for one channel the problem is how to set up for more outputs. I mentioned my controller is three channel and I may go for a 12 channel unit as i have a lot of old floods and spots...
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    DMX model help needed

    Repost - I posted to wrong board Can anyone help. I need to create a model to control relays via DMX. Start address is settable via Dip switch on board. The controller has three (or another model 12) consecutive channels. Each channel controls a relay. If output is 0 -- 127 Relay is open. If...
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    Model wanted for DMX relay control

    Can anyone help. I need to create a model to control relays via DMX. Start address is settable via Dip switch on board. The controller has three (or another model 12) consecutive channels. Each channel controls a relay. If output is 0 -- 127 Relay is open. If 128 -- 255 relay is closed. Is...
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    Mounting RGB Bullet Pixels to Roof Ridge Line/Peaks

    I am just converting from rope lights / string lights to pixel strip or nodes and so will have same problem. I am thinking of rectangular cable Trunking with clip on lid. (4m? length $12.90 Bunnings) Nodes would be pressed into drilled hole so they were on top and visible . cable protected in...
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    Covers for Moving Head Lights <> Simple to make & under $40

    Hi, I have just made a pair of these. How to do it and pics are in the attached word doc.
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    Answered Cannot create groups

    Thanks guys. Problem turned out to be me clicking in wrong spot.. In video by Leechberg Lights the place to right click is top left. Looks like a change has been made since then. Now if you click anywhere but top left it brings up the Name group dialog. Also window is slightly different now...
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    Answered Link to e1.31 Standard

    Following is link to ESTA / ANSI Standard for E1.31 http://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/docs/E1-31-2016.pdf
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    Answered Cannot create groups

    Have just downloaded Xlights Ver 2018,15 64 bit and trying to create new sequence. Have Done setuo. Then in Layout created a number of models. Created a very simple animation sequence. Now to do some grouping. Back to layout and right click on Model/Group in top row. Nothing happens. Is there...
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    Nutcracker: What new effects would you like to see?

    Not an effect but functionality. Copy and Paste When sequencing You select/ highlight an area and a "dashed" box appears around selection BUT as soon as mouse key is released the box disappears. Can still copy but not sure what you are copying. Would be good to allow selection to be...
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