Recent content by wazsxr

Hi, I'm setting up a new tree, 180deg using 5 LED strips @ 5m each with 60 pixels/m -1500 pixels. I planned on running zigzag to make 10 strands in total @ 2.5m each. My question is around wiring and setup in xLights, I was hoping that I could use just two ports on the Falcon controller...

Ok, so to stick with the 12v that's on my Falcon controller I need to use any strip that is WS2815 to keep the individual addressable pixels?

O_O, big in my eyes... well bigger than the canes and 1m trees I have right now. I guess I need to step up the game a bit then, I knew it wasn't a mega tree so I went with the big description. How big do I need to go to qualify as BIG?

Ok, so I've learnt something today! I thought everything controlled by WS2812 and higher was individual. So do I need to stick with WS2812 or are there others I can go for?

I suppose "big" is relative haha. 2.5m strips on each string x 10 to make up a flat half tree. Not sure what you'd call that, so I went with big tree.

I think I've just miscounted looking at the strip now, no cuts at this stage; it's still on the reel. Looking at the actual strip I can see that they have one chip every 6 pixels so I think I've been duped by Ali. Does anyone have a strip they can recommend and used before with the Falcon...

I just hooked up the 12v strip straight to the port, no need to inject. I was making sure it wasn't the port for that test. So all the wires seem to be hooked up to where they should be, there is 24v at the strip and data wire checked out for continuity. I did try hooking it up to 12v to see...

Good idea, I checked it all when I first wired it up and it checked out but haven't checked after it's hooked up and running. I'll do this now and report back.

I'm only running it over about 1m at this stage, I'm hoping that gauge of the wire isn't coming into play... yet.

I've posted a pic but it's waiting on a moderator. It's a T but it's a power injector T so no data on the injection side. Please keep bringing the straws out, I'm happy to try anything right now, I don't want to have to can the 24v power supply and strips!

@MikeKrebs, if it helps I'm more than happy to. The white cable at the top (or right of this picture) goes to the 24V power supply:

I thought so as well but unfortunately it isn't working. I thought the issue may be because the both the controller -ve and the 24v -ve are on the same line which might be causing some sort of issue with the voltage at the strip and mixing up the data line, but if you've done the same @uncledan...

I've done a search of this forum (and tried hitting up Google) however I cannot seem to find an answer to what I thought was going to be a simple setup. I have my F16V3 running quite happily with some 12V pixel displays, I wanted to step things up this year with a large tree. I thought I'd be...