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The one tool I carry at all times during setup and takedown is a pair of flush cutters. I use them to trim zip ties without leaving a sharp edge, cut zip ties off things, trim the excess coro when I drill through it, cut wires, and whatever else I might need to trim or cut. These are actually...

Not my favorite sequence this year, but I filmed it so I could submit it to xatw.

Sequence from blinkysequences.com

I watched the video, and I genuinely could not tell you which one was 100FPS. Looks great, though, as always.

I use EMT like you're saying. I have some strong magnets on the frames at the top and some metal washers permanently mounted on the house for them to snap to. For others, I put a D-ring up at the eaves and run a cord from that to the top, which the EMT frame sitting on a ledge or the ground...

Visionary Light Shows sequence mapped on our 2025 display

Is there a web interface to access the controller you bought? Unfortunately, I don't think any of us have purchased those, so we're just trying to get an idea what you have. If there's a web interface, you might be able to see if it's just running FPP. It seems likely that it would be, given...

What you have probably isn't exactly DMX512, but I'm not familiar with the exact kit you purchased. Can you link it so we can tell exactly what it is? Assuming you're running FPP, upgrading to a Pi5 won't have any benefit, it will just cost you money you could be spending on lights. A good...

Demented Elf Productions does voiceovers, and they have a partnership with BF Light Shows for sequencing them. It's $125 US for 3 sequences, and they do good work. https://dementedelfproductions.com/?page_id=437

Sequence from rgb-sequences.com

The xLights Around the World Christmas sequence this year.

I have PEX arches. There are some concerns with them, like trying to get hem all the same curvature and avoiding twist in them. I am actually considering switching to coro arches, but those have a very different look than PEX. While I have strip in my arches, I would use closely spaced seed...

I meant galvanized steel EMT like this stuff. It won't get brittle, and you can buy steel 90 degree elbows for the corners. You can also buy hangers for it, or it will snap to a magnet if you mount some. There are also screws in the elbows, so you could collapse them down if you need to.

So I want to be clear that there is no easy way to do this. My philosophy is to put as much time and effort as I possibly can into making it easier the next year. Permanent eave lighting definitely falls under that category. I rented a lift and installed all of mine and it's a life-saver. I used...

Sequence by Visionary Light Shows with matrix effects from Xtreme Sequences.