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i am planning on getting pixel icicles for next year as well i was wondering about the sequencing. Would be a lot easier to order them with the same number pixels on each drop? So you can simply make a horizontal matrix?

here in the us they sell PEX tubing that works pretty well

it is not really hard but if a pixel is broken you may need to remove it so you loose pixels you can buy replacement strips off ebay also i stopped using the CCRs because they break so easily

2 things i can think of. I have been bitten by having multiple E1.31 sources running at the same time (have FPP running and use xlights for testing) if you use xlights make sure you dont have the feature enabled to add strobes to your effects. have done that by accident too and was wondering...

i would systematically test pieces get one controller and strip that works completely. connect it and only it and test if this one works keep using that controller and test all the strips with it if a strip doesnt work or partially doesnt work chances are you have a broken strip. you can...

thanks i guess i will play with it some more strange that without any settings the lights work but have the wrong color but if i apply effects to the second set of lights they stop responding and some are slightly on in either white or a little red worst case i can move them to the second...

i already had a J1sys P2 controller that controls some rgb strips on my windows. these strips are GRB. last year i didnt bother and just changed the sequencer setup. this year i decided to fix it in the controller and modified the rgb order in the P2 for the first 140 pixels All fine now...

just added a similar tree this year. i like it because it looks nice and is probably the easiest one to do i bought an artificial unlit christmas tree 7.5 feet used a J1SYS P2 controller and a C9 pixel string and a 12V power supply. i used the larger pixels because i like the look of them on...

I started 3 years ago with LOR only. 2 years ago I started adding some dumb RGB using DMX Last year I added pixels just like you are talking about. One mega tree and window outlines. Also added more dumb RGB using DMX so my hardware setup was a PC running LOR S3 with a LOR dongle (6 LOR...

started with 2 P2s last year and just ordered two more P2s and a P12 for this year will possibly also try using 2801s directly on a raspberry. have some locations that I only need a small number of pixels and they are somewhat remote so a wifi link to a raspberry would be fine and the cost...

possibly multicast blocked in your router. IMO better off using unicast anyway. I use multiple P2's and up to a few days ago used them with LOR without problem (except for a little lag here and there). Because of the lag I switched to FPP for my show computer

Sean thanks actually got that working today and had the mega tree running from LOR. This year I'd rather still run with lor. don't want to change too many things at once. for next year I will change my lor controllers to use DMX and then possibly switch.

Looks very nice. Hope you don't mind me asking a question re LOR and getting xlights over to LOR I currently have sequences in LOR and I want to add xlights data over to LOR whats the best way to get everything from xlights to LOR (data as well as channel configuration) thanks for any help Mike

How about just download xlights/nutcracker and create a few. Really easy and free

you can buy a plug in power meter if you don't have a good meter. you simply plug it in and then plug the load into the meter. it will then show the amps and watts used and a getter one will also record it over time. I doubt that the fuse in the LOR box blows because of where the box is plugged...