Recent content by ryanschristmaslights

@Juddge : Yes I did paint it myself. Used normal acrylic paint with a brush though, only the top coat was sprayed on. I have some printed gingerbread people and star poles from Ink Creations, plus Boscoyo Mini Trees on green coro so thought a white reindeer would look odd. Particularly for the...

Here's the reindeer and two of the three presents (not final location). I decided to leave the antlers white to make them stand out against a dark brown fence at night. For this same reason I also opted for a lighter brown/orange for the fur. Hopefully the paint holds up in the weather but I...

Final week of October check-in, how is everyone's progress? I have completed a control box build, painted some coro, pushed pixels into said coro, and started putting up some of the lights outside (starting with the more discreet elements). I meant to grab some photos of the painted coro props...

Hi there and welcome. You can absolutely mix older 'dumb' lights with RGB pixels, but you'll need different controller types for both. I still have some non-pixel elements like rope light motifs and some other miscellaneous things. For dumb light controllers usually these take a DMX data input...

⏰ Here's your three months to December warning! Have you started working on your 2026 display plans (building, sequencing)? What changes do you plan to make, or if you're brand new to lighting how are your grand plans going? I should really get started on a new controller box now that I have...

Thanks for having us @deblen

I will come along, probably after 12. No need to cater for me 🙂 Paging @LobbieLx, here's your chance to meet some locals.

I have a show PC that runs xSchedule (xLights Scheduler) and the on demand photo op I can manually trigger using the xSchedule web interface through my phone outside via WiFi. I have it set up as an unscheduled one song playlist. I think we all get these visitors, who either don't stick around...

I loop the same playlist every night between 8:30 and 10:30, extended to 11 on Christmas Eve. All up, one rotation probably lasts about 25-30 minutes. I have shortened a number of songs, aiming to have a higher ratio of vehicle visitors see a more interesting and busy part of a sequence and not...

Hello and welcome! There are a few of us dotted around Adelaide and beyond. Andrews Farm is probably the closest location where you'll find a couple of member displays. There used to be someone else with an animated display in Munno Para but I've not heard anything from them for a few years now...

I have purchased GS8208 12V pixel lights from Shiji several times now, every year since 2021. I documented some of that journey here: https://auschristmaslighting.com/threads/gs8208-12v-pixel-strings-a-wildcard-third-option-for-the-5v-vs-12v-ws2811-question.14464/ In some Shiji orders I have...

PixLite 16 (MK1) is an older board design that lacks some features of the MK2. I would guess that test mode on the MK1 PixLite 16 always outputs to all 16 outputs and the individual output toggle is limited to MK2. I have a mixture of PixLite 16 MK1 and MK2 and have not had a need for...

I am happy with push fit for the props I have from Extreme Lighting Displays (coro) and Ink Creations (actually PVC, not coro). At least then it is still relatively easy to remove a pixel if it is faulty or fix a mistake during installation - e.g. wrong hole or skipped a pixel (only a matter of...

Yes there are IC chips designed for RGBW, such as WS2814. Compared to RGB, RGBW adds in a dedicated white LED. I personally have not considered this for my display since I find RGB is already bright enough (actually too bright IMO without limiting brightness to well under 100%). There may be...