Ugh. That would be a pain. I went with the Kulp controllers to just be able to add more controllers w/o having to worry about managing a network of CAT6 cables. I'm not sure how that would even work. I will eventually have 7 controllers all over the yard, some 200' away from each other and some...
Hi all,
My show has 2 Kulp K8s driving 4 140 nodes 3D sphere props. I also have a Falcon F16v3 with 2 expansion boards (48 ports) driving a mega tree with about 5,600 nodes on 48 strings plus a star. I have a Pi/FPP inside as the master driving the show with the 2 Kulps and the Falcon in remote...
Hey folks. I’m having a problem with a model in xLights that’s probably a dumb newbie oversight.
In xLights I’m using a Kulp K8-B controller to drive a string of lights off port 1 for a Boscoyo model called ICOSA Sphere Small:
https://boscoyostudio.com/product/icosa-sphere-small/
I’m also...
Thanks all. I added a loose schematic of my future layout to my original post.
One thought is that I take my Pi out of my mega tree enclosure and put it, along with a switch, in a new enclosure closer to the center of the 8 new props. In that new enclosure would also be an F48 Differential...
Hello folks,
I have a newbie question for you. I just mounted my first show this year. I started small with a single mega tree prop. It’s a stand alone prop with a F16v3 plus 2 expansion boards and a Raspberry Pi/FPP playing an xLights sequence.
Next year I’d like to expand beyond my single...
I think you gave me the answer. The controller seems to be correctly configured now. I'll know after I get the pixels on the tree but all channels seem to be working fine. What I was doing wrong was I hadn't set the master model to the controller to allow xLights to set it. I now have the...
I think the reason for the shadow models is it allows xLights to seamlessly transition effects from the base strings to the upper string as one. I don't think I'm able to let xLights configure the controller since to do this I have to set "individual channels" to on. If I enter the controller I...
Hi Katekate, I just looked at the outputs (I'm a newbie) and I see that's the problem. I only have ports 1-4 and 48 active in the outputs. I was hoping that xLights would configure the board for me but it's a tree design that has sub models and I have to configure my own strings in the model so...
Hi folks,
I have an F16v3 whose ports aren't working past port 4. The lights work fine on ports 1-4. Ports 5-16 aren't completely dead. The first pixel seems to work but nothing after the first pixel. I'm testing with the physical test button on the board to isolate against any software issues...
Hello folks,
I’m having trouble with the basics with an xLights output to my Raspberry Pi/FPP and F16v3 with 2 expansion boards config.
I created a simple sequence just to test the workflow. The sequence is just a simple tree with one animation.
I went through Keith Wesley’s 2020 xLights 101...
Thanks for the good advice. That's helpful. I'm actually going to start out with 3 Mean Well LRS-350 PSUs to power my 5400 12v pixels (107 pixels per string plus a 270 pixel star) on my tree @ 20%. I'm modeling my tree after Doug Reel's (reelpilot on YouTube, inspirelightshows.com) slick design...