Recent content by merryoncherry

So I assume each panel has 100 pixels, you and you are doing a zigzag on each panel? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10 20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11 ... 100,99,98,97,96,95,94,93,92,91 And I assume that you want to be able to disassemble at the boundaries, and all the same. So this means for the...

Agree... you can also use seed pixels (like B4IGO says), or something intermediate, like the gumdrops that go in the same tree strip, are much lighter, and use 1/3 of the power as a traditional resistor bullet. If you go bullets, these also come in the resistor variety or ones that use 1/3 of...

You can add a controller you don't own yet. But it doesn't matter until much later if things are connected to controllers or not. Also, the 5 strands is red because 36 doesn't divide by 5. Try 35?

It's really easy. Just use the visualizer and drop the tree and the star on the same controller port, tree first. (There's lots of videos, but ... just easier to show in a screen shot.) But let's go back to the tree for a second... there are strings, strands, and pixel nodes. How many...

Absolutely. Like your family can share cars of different makes and models, they all drive on the same road... and if you already know how to drive one car it is pretty easy to learn how to drive a different one.

+1, got rid of all smart receivers in favor of 8- or 16-port controllers and it made my life better. Still have some dumb receiver boxes that were customized for the power and port needs of specific props. Those receivers are very easy to use, compatible across all controllers (though Hinks /...

2 out of how many, if it is one string it possibly is junk and you should ask about the warranty, often 2 years...

People seem to be enjoying my show again this year. Light wands (2000) have all been given out as of the day before yesterday. Candy cane stocks should be fully depleted today or tomorrow. So I guess the quantities were about right. Weather may have kept the crowds down by 20% overall, but...

I have always wanted to do this song. (And, pay no attention to the tune to saying "your radio station goes here")

I find the irwin works fine, just turn the little knob down from "kill" to "stun". After you do that, sometimes you need to use the xacto/craft knife to separate the conductors, they don't always pull apart easily like the bigger wires do... so maybe fugley is onto something there, especially...

Lots more questions. Let's start with the end connected to the Falcon. Is the Falcon powering it? Is it a factory xConnect or Ray Wu, or is it one you put on the string? Does putting another string on that port work, or does putting this string on another known working port work? (Just...

What kind of LEDs? When you say the first led is lighting up you mean the first first, or the first one after the break? The end meaning far end?

You are correct. If you do "per preview" with a 2D camera, you will get this result on the icicles that are perpendicular to the view. Possible solutions: 1. Go through all the effects and change them to another camera, or not do "per preview" (maybe use "default") 2. Do what I do, rotate the...

I agree that it is probably not the pigtail... the diff (network) cable with the 4 pairs is the cable I meant also. As it is not required that A be first in the chain, it wasn't obvious that this would be ruled out by the other receivers working.

If you get a chance to try test patterns, see if it locks on white ... if that's the case you can dim it at the controller until you have a chance to change the cabling.