Recent content by mbl111

Hey guys, I'm looking for some sort of cheap WS2811 festooning from RayWu or similar. All the things I've found seem to be a half sphere with LEDs on a chip with a different protocol. I was thinking of potentially finding some kind of frosted ball I could attach to bullet style 12mm nodes...

Just wanted to update and say that I've solved the problem. Turns out I'd somehow fried the chip in my Pixlite 16 Reciever. Quick swap out and everything was up and running again

From my controller to the first pixel I have a 5m data run, but its boosted by a Hanson Electronics Null Pixel booster and has worked fine in all other testing. From there, I have approx 480 pixels, 4 10w WS2811 flood lights with 4 power injection points evenly spaced across the run. I ran the...

Hey guys, I seem to be having some trouble with a certain run of 12v bullet pixels in my display. When I put them into a test pattern from my PixLite 16 controller, whenever they go red the green will flash on and off strobing the lights between Red and Yellow until the controller sets them to...

Hey guys, I'm currently in the process of testing my display elements and I've only just realized that my strips and nodes have a different colour order. Is it possible to keep them both on the same stream of WS2811 data and somehow adjust the mapping in either my Pixlite 16 or FPP?

I'm trying to patch some elements to controllers and I don't seem to be having much luck. My "Snowflake" prop has its order set out in the custom prop editor correctly, and when I go to patch it it seems to pick up the fact that an order is set, but with my sub groups under the main "Snowflake"...

So what does everyone use as a base for their controller boxes to mount everything to? I've been considering using wood, will that work?

So I'm planning to use the GPIO pins of my Raspberry Pi 3 and FPP scripts to control the 240v power supply to my display. From what I've read I think I will be able to use a Playlist to trigger a script that controls GPIO pins on my PI, which will trigger a bunch of 240v relays that switch...

How do you send data to your sign? Is it just a standalone prop that displays the "Tune To" message with FPP on the BBB? or are you able to control it from your sequences too?

Fantastic Tip! Just drilled my first length of conduit and the holes are perfect! Now just to work on expanding the back holes and cleaning up the front holes :)

Any advice on how to keep this line straight down the length of the conduit? I kinda figured this would be the best way to keep my pixels in a line but I couldn't work out how to stop my hand/conduit from moving off center

I was just wondering if power injection can work if you branch off the wire coming into the strip (as in the image) or if you need to run a second cable all the way from the power supply?

I'm currently in the process of designing my controller box, and I have a question. I am using these screw terminals (Below) to make connections between the different parts of my box. I want to be able to have a higher rated fuse on the power outputs, so I am thinking of wiring up the outputs as...

Hey guys! Not really christmas related, however this week we are setting up for a production of Phantom of the Opera at the Riverside theatres in Parramatta. Thought you might be interested to know we'll be using the DMX36 to control the lights on the giant chandelier that crashes over the...

Just picked up a box; So for everyones information, The new 200 strings cut roughly every 1.5 meters. They also come with a 30v DC power adapter.