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Hi I have used Advatek Pixlite 16's for years and still use Advatech assistant to set all the pixel and universe stuff. I do all the display in xLights and set the universe to props but don't map in xLights.

Check that you have Light output ON.

I have a Pixlite16 running my Megatree, 24 strings of 50 pixels running of 12 outputs, the tree was running flawlesly when I was testing this morning and now won't light up string 1. I have checked the strings and they are OK, I can lite them up using the test function in xLights and with...

Has anyone seen a sequence by The Florin Street Band, it's old but so beautiful hopefully someone will do something with it. My Favourite Time of year

I agree these are a pain to clip together, due to a work accident many years ago I have some shorter fingers which makes it challenging but still achievable. I do like the look of the evo pixels but the extra cost makes the seed pixels and 3d prints more palatable for me, I also have the spare...

Hi Laurie, Welcome to the next step in the Christmas light journey. I am happy to help you out with what I can, I'm in Kaiapoi and have been playing around with this stuff for a while now. My first bit of advice is to not be to ambitious in the first year, this can be a hobby where things...

I have done both and feel the pixel bullets are a lot less work. I am in the process of doing 2 new driveway arches which are 4m wide, with 375 seed pixels on each, they wrap around pool noodles and are mounted in 3d prints I got the stl of SFL in the US. These prints are really nice and defuse...

It's often been said that this is a hobby with very high highs and awfully low lows, it can get pretty overwhelming at times. This Christmas was a saga for me with all sorts of issues but I just kept plodding along and got through it, the reality is the people that come to see our shows aren't...

Bit of an update. I'm still printing the pixel poppers but thought I'd take a break and print the T&B connections and the strip stabilisers for the strips. I had a bit of trouble finding the files for these due to my poor filing but tracked them down eventually. The one other drama I had was...

I have started with my tree upgrade for 2025, it is currently a semi flat 24 string 50 node ws2811 pixel tree approx 5m to the top of the star. I've had it up for a few years now and it has performed vey well to date, it was originally 16 strings of 75/m strip which had great density but was...

Do you want to buy one or make it yourself

Thanks for this Alan. You got me out of the crap at Christmas with the super fast response with the Baldrick boards, thanks again for that as well. I just purchased another Baldrick so that's 3 now very happy with the boards.

I have bought the files for the Poppers, do you have any tips for printing them.

I've been using 8mm for props for years as I couldn't get the 10mm stuff here (NZ) and it's been fine.

My thoughts exactly, would prefer a standalone not a hat I'm too old for all the complexity of multiple programs/apps. I 'm no good at multi tasking, I can't chew chewing gum and walk at the same time. I still happily use xSchedule on a dedicated laptop to run the show.