Recent content by JPB

My old computer was sluggish when sequencing with Vixen but I replaced it last year with a i5-4690 processor and 16GB of ram and it is fine now. Show runs off a Pi 3B

My mid size tree is nylon webbing with eyelets. Blatant copy of Ruprechts one

If you want to a cheap voltage stable power supply for testing you can use a computer power supply. https://www.instructables.com/id/Convert-an-ATX-Power-Supply-Into-a-Regular-DC-Powe/ I actually have three in my house setup and have zero issues over many years.

They move while being handled during setup but once the wireframe is mounted it takes less than a minute to roughly straighten any that are way off. Not really an issue.

Here is a close up of one of my wire frames with square pixels.

I have changed some of my wire frames to pixels using square pixels. Attached using a thin cable tie on the diagonal, works well.

I put a band of yellow heatshrink on to the connectors of any 12v props I have and the same with both ends of their designated power cords.

yes I initially fell to the same issue, found a nice quiet frequency, had a Tune To sign professionally printed and then found out about the odds rule. Fixed the sign with duct tape and a sharp knife.

Yes Vixen will send E1.31 for the pixlight or other controller to act on. But you also need to configure your controller so that it knows how to use that data as in which lights/channels are on such ports. I think Keith is hinting that xlights can send that configuration data as well which is...

Perfect. thanks Ben

Hi, does anyone have the v2.7 hex file for an ECG-P2 they could share or where I could find a copy? Jon

Walking distance for me :)

On the gable ends i am super happy with the cable tie mounts pop riveted to the the colourbond fascia. But I would love a better way for below the gutter. I have thought about the magnet idea but it is a fair bit of weight. I guess I could use the cable tie mounts pop riveted as high as...

If you are handy you can do it yourself. Here is a link that shows you how. https://makezine.com/projects/computer-power-supply-to-bench-power-supply-adapter/ I use two modified pc power supplies in my display and a third as my test power supply