Recent content by stan780953

Thanks for the feedback guys. Lots of great tips.

What the best brightness level for pixels? I ran my small show at 100% last year as I didn’t really know what I was doing! This year I have added a mega a tree and some candy canes. I’m just interested what other people are doing and is it good practice to apply at the the controller level or in...

@merryoncherry Thanks for your help, worked a treat.

Hi, I have Xlights configured for my layout/controller but want to help a friend to design a sequence. How easy is it to swap between the two layouts and controllers without messing anything up? Thanks

@Skymaster Thank you for your reply. I'm using a Falcon F16, PixLite 4, Meanwell RSP-320 PSU's and FFP. By the sounds of it I should be fine but as this is all new to me I wanted to be on the safe side.

Hi, Should I be installing a fuse between my controller and PSU? There doesn't seem to be a shutdown procedure so I'm worried that killing the power each time is going to cause an issue.

Thanks for the advice guy. I have decided to go down the route of waterproof speaker and amp from AliExpress.

@Skymaster Thanks for the advice. I will probably look at running the mains out but will look into the radio option also.

@Skymaster It's using USB so was thinking about just running a separate power cable.

This will be my second year of displaying lights and I wanted to add music this year. I’m only looking to play one song a night at a pre-planned time. I have connected a Bluetooth speaker to the Raspberry Pi running FFP using an aux cable and this works fine. I'm thinking about hiding the...

Thanks for your help. Port 9 is the way forward.

Pic 1 is my current setup which is working fine but there are additions on the way so I wanted to make sure I get the PSU setup correct going forward and looking for a bit of advice. Any help would be appreciated.. I have another PSU to help with the extra load but wondering if the pic...

@KStatefan My thinking is that because I have only got 16 strands the spiral effect wouldn't have been as great as say a 32 strand. I think going back to basics will rectify the issue.

@merryoncherry Thanks for your reply - I think I need to check my start point and try a basic test. The strings are zig zagged and I wasn't sure if I needed to change anything else in xLights. I tried a spiral effect which didn't look right so I'm hoping if I check things over I can get it...

Hi, I have created a 16 strand tree, each strand is 50 pixels and connected to the controller over 4 ports. Although everything seems to be working I just wanted someone to cast their eyes over the settings to make sure it's correct. I'm not sure if it's because of the lack of strings, but...