Recent content by Grant Astley

Hi All Just wondering how many channels people are running on their F16V3s. I notice no one seems to run them even close to their maximum? - Some research shows that if you run at max number of channels your display may run out of step? If this is the case why is the controller stated as...

Thank you for sharing your shows logandc99. I am having one issue when importing the effects for cant stop the feeling, I am only getting the lyrics for the backing vocals 1 and backing vocals 2 coming through. New timing is not there? This means that the mouth does not move as it should...

Hi Chris Thank you for this detailed explanation. I have now got the GPIO pins to operate a relay. Much appreciated. Cheers Grant

Hi, I know that this is an old thread however I am trying to use the code to control a relay connected to an arduino. I have the following setup Raspberry pi3 running FPP connected to a F16V3 via Ethernet, the arduino is then connected from the F16V3 to the arduino via Ethernet. I have...

Hi All I have searched the net for a few days now looking for a way to use one of the GPIO outputs of the FPP running on a Raspberry Pi 3 board to control a relay which will be used to turn on and off the 240Vac lights. I need no clarification, etc on the physical connection of the relay or...

Hi Darryl, any chance you got any differential expansion boards and receivers for the F16V3? I always seem to leave it too late to start looking at the setup for the current yr.

So this is what I have came up with. In the pics there are 8 strips hanging off the roof. Two more to come once I repair them / they were not finished in time :( Next year I plan on adding 30 more strips. This leaves me room for many more and once filled I can just add more to it until the...

Hi all As it gets closer to pack everything away for another year (or there about) I was wondering how everyone stores there lights in particular the RBG mounting strips. I noticed when I was building that once loaded up with LEDs they take up a fair amount of room. So fair I really only have 2...

Hi AAH You have hit the nail on the head. I did have vixen running on the computer it was not playing at time of testing lights though. I did not realise that that would still be putting out E1.31 data just from having it open. I did notice that in the E1.31 status the universes were receiving...

Figured out how to post youtube video so here is a video showing the problem View: https://youtu.be/m3GU2tEkwRM

Thank you all. I thought that they could have up to 1024 pixels per output? Or is that the max and recommended max is 640? I plan on using a differential expansion board and receivers to extend to other elements next year. Either way I think that this board should keep me going for a while at...

Ok I have managed to get my FPP talking to the F16, turned out that I didnt check the enable E131 checkbox in the FPP settings. Now though onto another problem that I am having. When running test mode through the F16 interface the pixels light up and stay on as expected, all good. However...

Excellent thank you Keith So I have removed the gateway from the Ethernet port settings on the Pi, turned off IPv6 on my router, added the script into cmd prompt. Now I can talk through to the F16 wireless from my laptop through the router to the Pi then bridged through to the F16 and I can...

Hi All I have got my setup wired and have now got to the stage of turning it all on and to start testing it all. My current network settings are Pi running FPP Eth0 IP: 192.168.101.1 Net Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Wlan0 IP...

And this is how the leads going to the pixel strings are made