Recent content by Mattslights

Thank you for sharing this Jarrad33, can I ask which sizes of the mini trees you are using? They look to be the small and large size no medium size. Do I have that right?

Possibly... so would a one way bearing spin freely during the day when the motor was not running? Then in the evening when the motor started it would engage the driveshaft because the bearing only spins one way. Is that how it would work?

A pull/push solenoid like this one? Core Electronics

Hi everyone, I’m looking for ideas for a prop that I’ve worked on over the last few years that is finally getting closer to finishing it ready for my Christmas display. Here is a video showing the Santa Radar I built back in 2018 using lights bought from those pop-up Christmas stores I used...

Thanks OzAz I'll have a look through these videos :)

Hi all, I’m keen to find out if there are any videos of presentations at Mini’s in NSW, QLD, SA, WA or TAS this year? I find these videos very helpful to learn more about the hobby. Thanks Matt

Thanks for the good news Alan! I just placed my order 👍

Thank you everyone for helping me with this. Colin (cscool36) came out to my house and spent a number of hours figuring it out and now the lights are working!! Being my first year there were a number of rookie errors made but now that it’s up and running and my family friends are enjoying...

Sorry Bazzy, I'm still struggling with this port set up, when I make those changes, click save, go to another page then come back to the port configuration the ports I have changed are highlighted in red?

Hi Bazzy, I’ve separated the icicle strings to a maximum of 120 pixels per string. I thought I would try and keep the smart receivers and their settings, it seems to be working ok. But if that changes I’ll run the necessary cat5 cables to each receiver and change the dip switches. When I tick...

Thanks Bazzy, this is great. I’ll work with this. What would you suggest the longest distance between the receiver and the first pixel could be? This is the wire I’m using https://www.bunnings.com.au/click-20m-white-extension-lead_p0189127 I’m trying to avoid putting a receiver and power...

Thanks Bazzy, this is very helpful! Its my first year so all new technology and planning but I know the end result will be worthwhile. Just to clarify on my first receiver I’m using 4 candy canes that have 99 pixels on each receiver port, that controller is daisy chained to the second...

Hi, My display has two sections of icicles, each section has 5 sets of icicles in each set (with power injection). I'm using an F48, I'm getting an "invalid" message in these lines. Any suggestions or tips on setting this up would be appreciated.

Hi everyone, I set up the strings within FPP, tested them in Test Mode and most pixels worked throughout my display. So I went back to FFP to look at how I had set up strings but it wouldn’t get past the screen “receiving string and universe settings”. Being my first time, its likely that I...