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I would recommend that you have a grand plan of what your display could be but start small and then over the years build up because you do not want to waste money on things that have to replaced later on and then your show will change each year you get your tax return 😃 And 12 volts is the...

Hi I have a remote PI connected to a T.V screen in my display upstairs which show santa waving as part of the sequences and was thinking that I could use the baldrick controller that I have in the front yard to run a video of santa waving at the kids when a button is pushed thats connected to...

If there is a XLights Around Australia this year can I nominate this song

As you are using a video file why dont you increase your resolution instead of 192 x 108 you could go 384 x 216 or even higher Down size would be a bigger fseq file and longer render times View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uchTx8ZaC6g

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I have trouble with networks to so take this advice with a grain of salt I would set up one at time and give it a static ip address and confirm it works before moving on to the next one and if you still have problems swap the port over on the switch to see if the problems follows or not so you...

Hi just saw a video by Greg Macaree on 4 wire 12v Native pixels that looks good and covers the problems of having a bad pixel with the back up data keeping the string working and has a lower wattage use than 5 Volt pixels which would reduce the need to Power Inject, he found his pixel at 12V to...

Hi Nathan Can you tell us a bit about yourself so we can reach out and help you Like where you are, area wise State, Suburb Do you have any idea what you want

Last night tonight had a great turn out of people with a lot of repeat visitors during December and other from past years that have made it a part of their Christmas time Needed to start earlier each night as people where coming and waiting for the show with alot of young ones Had one prop go...

I have moved from the Differential Receiver Boards to the Baldrick 8 port pixel controller this year with 3 of them so that if I have a problem with my F16v3, F16v4 or even my F16v5 I don't kill off a big part of the show as when my F16v4 packed it in this year which I will look into next year...

With the wings I get a lot of kids just pushing the buttons all at once and when people are trying to take photo's with the wings Try to work out a system where the button runs a sequence for a set time before it can change to the next sequence of colors and the button's don't light up when a...

I think I will get a Baldrick Signals next year to count how many people turn up for my display

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