Recent content by cdallen

thanks Daryl.. appreciate the speedy reply!

Hi All, merry christmas! Given that its raining and my weekend of starting my lights setup has for now been put on hold, i was looking at replacing my pi as i'm running on my backup .. Has anyone managed to install FPP on rPi 5 yet? I've looked and seen the rPi 5 is not on the supported hardware...

Hello! some additions to last years attempt. i had them up december 1... as of writing.. the rest of the street hasnt really tried :D. Had a few compliments... its not much by others standards.. but im happy. next year will be house outline... so need to work out how to do that without...

Hi team... Curious on what's happening here... I'm using 5v to power my controller.. I was using the right hand side first (ports 9 to 16) and this year I've had to expand onto the left side. I've run additional power from PSU to the power input..all good.. anyways, I opened the box all my...

disclaimer: never bought so i do not know the quality... so buyer beware EBAY STORE...

I want to make my own pigtails.. can anyone recommend a connector? I plan on buying a reel of cable as it is the same to buy 50m and ship as it is to buy a 6m pigtail (go figure) and then wire the connnectors Edit: spelling

after lengthy searching and a few references to a thesaurus.. i found wire obelisks at mitre10.... you can find the same ones at other shops, but these are the cheapest.. not sure if they're outside of NSW/Sydney https://www.mitre10.com.au/hammertone-wire-obelisk here's a couple in real life

this hobby is soooo frustrating... all this week no worries... tonight, same old playlist wont play.. can not log into controller over wifi to check outputs or reupload config... i've changed nothing. it all worked. the Pi is sending data.. but controller is not doing anything with it. other...

blurry picture.. but, after 2 years.. i did it.. it's not much, and it took a week to get the strips to stay in a mixture of 30+ degree days and torrential thunderstorms. liquid nails metal and mirror - hot, cold and vertical

I'm using strips and invested in so E suntuf polycarbonate end caps ... I can't get them to stick.. I used double sided automotive tape that seems to stick to everything excrpt my house! What should I use? Leaning towards semi permanent.. bit will go permanent if I have to

perfect! was looking for these last night

honestly at this point just a falcon controller.... and power injection. do i need to add in resistors at some point? there's 3 output terminals on the psu

I'm using a mean well rsp-320-5 power supply which means 60A out. I'm going to fuse the circuit, but do I need to use 60A fuses between psu and component? Do components only draw the amperage they require? does it really even matter from a component point of view?

cool.. extension leads are a thing. Have found them on the Ray Wu... perfect. thanks for the guidance

pigtails... how long are your pigtails typically? after watching a few videos here and there i'm guessing those of you with sizable displays have psu's/controllers etc at various spots around the display but i want to keep all the power and controllers somewhat centralised but that would mean...