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A year or two on, how are the Kmart smart wifi plugs going?

So the 2m by 2m setup is as follows. 20 seperate drops of seed pixels, each drop has 20 x 10cm spaced pixels. So to get them running in xlights, they need to be 20 sets of 40 or 10 sets of 40?

Juke of Brunswick is good for meet ups and events. They have rooms for hire. Otherwise Colonel lights garden uniting church is usually happy to host events…

Am excited to hear how you managed it. Would you be able to upload your xlights model too? I'd like to start fiddling with mine as well, just holding off from cutting off the usb connector. :)

My original budget for this year was $2500, it’s now hit $5000, most likely will land around $5500 by Christmas when the lights are up. It is what it is. As per network cable, if you are making the runs your self, just get the cheapest box of 305m (1000ft) of cat5e you can find.

I’ve got the same set to play with. Certainly keen to hear how you go with figuring this out…

Howdy Darylc, I'm from Chandlers Hill, and yourself? :) Good to know re strips, I was planning on running it on conduit, zip tied into place at the joint points, figured that would be the safest way to keep them in place and mostly out of harms way. Am curious how you are finding the seed...

The old saying, long time listener, first time caller suits. I've been lurking on and off for the past few years but never took the leap to sign up or progress past enjoying other people's displays. Well, I finally took the leap! My background is network engineering, with a sprinkle of Amateur...