Recent content by swampgator352

Hi all. One of the last things I need to order this year are PVC mounting clips to attach my roof outline. Can anyone recommend a general rule of thumb for spacing them apart? I'm trying to avoid massively over/under ordering. Many thanks!

Trying to build a very basic first year show and I am beginning to feel the time crunch. I hope to set up a basic roof outline and some smart flood lights. Currently in my possession I have: Raspberry Pi Zero W Micro SD Card Falcon Pi Cap Meanwell 12v power supply Pixel flood light 20 watt (x3)...

Finally cancelled my order and planning to work with a different vendor.

I was imagining having maybe 6 or 8 flood lights shining on the front facade of our one-story, white brick home. I would like them to definitely be noticeable, perhaps a bit more than just background. The video was quite helpful, thank you. Leaning towards 20 or 30 watts at this point, I think...

Hi all, do you have any advice for someone new to the hobby and looking to begin dabbling with flood lights? Despite placing my pixel order back in March, I am still waiting to receive it. I am itching to start making progress on something and am considering ordering some pixel flood lights and...

This will be my first year...I'm planning to start small with about 1,000 pixels. Planning to run a Falcon F16v3 most likely. I realize that VLAN's are not "necessary" for a show that size, but I'm looking to learn about networking.

Hi all, I am trying to enhance my home network to accomplish separate VLAN's for: 1) personal trusted devices, 2) IoT devices and christmas light show, 3) guest wifi network. While I realize that this might be slightly overkill, I am hoping to learn more about networking in general as part of...

I really appreciate your thoughts on this topic! I have kept researching and am considering setting up a few VLANs in the house through a managed switch. Do you think there would be less of a learning curve/be easier to troubleshoot this kind of network design?

After setting up the subnet, what type of headaches do you open yourself up to? I was thinking that once it was set up there would not be much ongoing maintenance needed, but it sounds like that might not be the case. I would love to know more...fairly inexperienced here.

Thanks, Terry! Don't know why I didn't think to just unplug, so simple!

Thanks so much, that's a helpful place for me to start planning! Any advice on fishing cables through the walls? Is there a way to avoid the need to run them through studs, etc.? Are there any best practices around securing an outdoor ethernet port? Does that present a security concern? Would...

I am moving into a new home that does not seem to have any coax connection installed inside the home. I don't think there is even a connection coming into the house from the ISP, but I am fairly confident that the ISP will be responsible for that. Given this somewhat blank slate, I am trying...

This is very helpful, thank you so much for sharing! Does your white data wire originate from the Data In 22 AWG BTF Lighting Connector? I think I am seeing it break off to several different pixels, is that right? Why is that needed? For the V+ wire, are the various in-line fuse legs spliced...

Hi i13, Yes, that is exactly the section I was talking about. Your clarification has been extremely helpful, thank you!

I have found the video posted earlier in this thread immensely helpful in understanding some of the conceptual ideas behind power injection. I'm getting a little bit hung-up, however, on the details surrounding wiring the harnesses into the pixel string. Does anyone have any labelled...