Recent content by ryanschristmaslights

In most cases there should be no need to transmit more than 100mW anyway. My transmitter IIRC is configured for 10mW or slightly over this (I use an EDM transmitter with adjustable 1-100mW output but they are no longer available). It is too bad that FM transmitters <100mW aren't readily...

Same here, I have used iTunes as my legal source of show music for years. 🙂

Yes, you can play sequences without having internet access. But you'll still need Ethernet cabling or Wi-Fi to allow your controllers to receive data from your show player (which could be an Raspberry Pi with FPP or Windows/Linux PC with xSchedule). One caveat is if you use rPi to run your show...

I used a different, less well-known supplier off Alibaba for the GS8208 bullet pixels, Shenzhen Shiji Lighting Co., Ltd. The more well known suppliers either couldn't supply them to me or their minimum order quantity was too high, when I reached out to them in 2021. I did however purchase...

I should note these prices are excl. delivery.

Great informative post @merryoncherry ! Just on the price, they are coming down. From the same supplier in 2021 where the GS8208 cost US$0.35 per bullet pixel, this year they were only US$0.17 (for same string specification).

I presume you mean these Light-O-Rama 12V DC RGB flood lights. The light is what we typically refer to as 'dumb RGB', in that they don't have any smarts in them to make the lights addressable. Dumb RGB lights run off of a low voltage DC controller, such as those listed in our wiki or 101 manual...

This video from 2018 covers using a midi keyboard as a method for triggering a predefined sequence with xSchedule (the scheduler software for xLights). Of course 7 years is a really long time in the world of technology so there may be more up to date methods. I'm not sure if this is quite what...

At last, 101 Fourth Edition is now available for download (see top post). Just in time for the first Australian Mini of the year. Additions include: DDP Pixel ICs with backup data Seed pixels Moving head lights E-Fuses xConnect plugs F-Test Other changes involve: Reorganising how FPP...

Words you may encounter when setting up and using DDP & E1.31 pixel controllers and other Ethernet devices

Selfie wings are a type of interactive element found at some Christmas lights displays where visitors are invited to take their selfie.