Recent content by Camknox

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    New Mega Tree

    Power = Wattage I'm sure Doctor_007 was using a colloquial reference to avoid confusion.
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    Panel

    Awesome! That's definitely the way I'm leaning now. Thank you!
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    Panel

    That's really cool. All my lights are WS2811 12V so would be going with those but otherwise something like what you've done there could really work. At 2700mm wide what did you do to weather protect the other ends (I assume you bought 5m rolls)?
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    Panel

    I don't think the resolution will be a big concern really. The viewing distance for most people will be greater than 25m anyway. Resolution at that distance is a null point. Given the cost to build a P10 panel is around the $900 mark (without shipping) vs. buying say 20x strings of 100 bullets...
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    Panel

    Hi guys, So getting straight into it for 2017 the wife would like to have a panel covering one of our upstairs windows for text, pictures and the like. With that in mind I'm after some guidance. The dimensions of the area to be covered are 1760mm x 1430mm (LxH) or there abouts. I can...
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    HDPE/PE-X

    Cheers. Will look into it!
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    HDPE/PE-X

    Hi all. I know it's too late for this year but I'm putting it out there to the group. Does anyone have a line on a source of either 1" or 2" HDPE/PE-X (translucent) within Australia at a non-exhorbitant price. I found some for $1300 for 10m. That's not happening. They pay $1 for a few feet in...
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    Help with shopping list

    Steve, I too am just starting out this year. I read the 101 and couldn't make much sense of a lot of it so I dove head first. As of today I have got the start of my display working perfectly. I've purchased a load of lights, a controller and a metric ton of cabling to join them all together...
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    2016 Plans

    It seems the more I am tinkering the faster my understanding of what I'm doing wrong is. I was seeing under-power issues while testing multiple strings linked by 3m joining cables (I've got it covered for the display but didn't want to go all out setting up for testing) so I instead wired each...
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    2016 Plans

    Update 2: I got it working. It was an ID10T problem. Now all I have to do is build everything and get ready!
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    2016 Plans

    Update: I bared back the wires some more and re-inserted them and now the controller is able to cycle through its test pattern OK. I am still unable to control the lights from Xlights though.
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    2016 Plans

    So it's been a few days and in that time I've received a bunch of stuff. I've managed to get everything plugged together but that seems to be about as far as I've gotten. I have wired 12v to the Pixlite16 and through it to the LED strip. The first 3 LED's are coming on and appear to be a...
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    2016 Plans

    Like this? http://www.jaycar.com.au/Electromechanical-Components/Relays-%26-Accessories/Cradle-Mount/12V-DPDT-10A-Power-Relay/p/SY4065
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    2016 Plans

    Clarifying; 1. The rope light motif I have that is fed by a 240v standard outlet plug (not a reducing plug pack) is about 9m long and cost a small fortune. I won't be pursuing replacing this out with new lighting, at least not any time soon as it is only the 3rd Christmas of use. I am looking...
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