thebaronn
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Hello
This is my first post here and it is for CopperCreekLights!
Some one asked me a question about my display on auschristmaslighting and I was thinking "I don't have an account there??" Then I searched and saw that a member needed more information, so here it is! I may have answered his questions incorrectly, or not at all and wanted to make it right!
This year we has a 48X80 RGB Pixel Screen running point on our show. As much as I was jealous of the screen vs my Ultimate Mega Tree I have come to embrace the screen.
Here are some pictures, you do not have to be logged in to view them:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.513802198651185.121228.323555271009213&type=3
1. Sandwich 5 4'X8' pieces of Corrugated Plastic with a sheet of 4'X8' 1" pegboard on top.
2. Place the pegboard in such a way that all 48 holes can be drilled into the Coro with the last hole as close to the bottom as possible
(To leave room at the top to attach it to the house)
3. Drill holes all the way through every other hole (2" spacing) Use a high quality drillbit that is sharp so yu don't have to clean the holes. Drill a 48X16 Grid
Now, I chose this number because I could use 16 pixel strings from Ray Wu with 48 pixels in each string with a power supply at the E682 bard (no power injected
down the line) and it was easy to create the matix in LightShowPro.
4. Then, cut the grid from the rest of the Coro (the original sheets are 48"X96", new dimensions are 32"X96"
5. Sandwich the top of the panel between 2 1'X2' boards. I predrilled the 3 holes and then used the coated Drywall screws with a washer on the head to secure them
6. I started in the middle, I clamped the panel to the roof and when it was level I drilled 2 holes all the way through and attached the panel with bolts. Then did the same
for the other 4 panels.
7. The easy part was done! The hardest and most painful part was pressing the pixels through the coro.
I used the flat WS2811 pixels from Ray Wu. I ordered 4 types of pixels from Ray back in July. My and my wife looked at each pixel. While the TS3001 has more levels of color, the Ws2811 were at least twice as bright, that was the selling point (some members on the DIY forum have disagreed with me on this point, but too late now). As you can see, they are really bright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukASk78uJto These are the pixels: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/WS2811-LED-pixel-node-DC5V-input-full-color-RGB-string-50pcs-a-string-IP68-rated/701799_581805567.html Ray made custom 5" spacing for me. I do not like the cylindrical pixels. The cyllindrical pixels were easily pulled out of the coro (even just by brushing against it or wind moving the panel). And I only have 200 pixels of cyllidrical type and I have pulled the wires on 3 of them apart. I have yet to pull apart a flat pixel and I have much more of those. Also, It is easier to do a visual check on the pixel to make sure they are sealed correctly, or at least appear to be.
I have to give a lot of the credit to Jim at Sandevices. I was originally creating a santa house: http://www.lightshowpro.com/lightshow-support/2583-lightshow-pro-work-ccpixel-santa-house.html But when I went to him with E681 questions he asked why I was limiting myself to that particular shape. (of course I did purchase 4 more boards......) He showed me pictures of his lights and I was hooked. At the time he was using the pixels to display pictures. I figured that if I was going to do this I wanted video! It actually played an important part in the Live Halloween Show Generator Rex: The Death of Rex Salazar, Halloween 2012 at the happyholidayhome
Each panel is controlled by one E682 board. I do not come close to maxing out the number of channels in each board, but I wanted something easy. I could move each panel individually and it could be its own panel somewhere in the landscape.
All Boards are run through 1 8port router. No internet traffic, wifi is only enabled so I could control the lights from my iphone.
Hope this helps.
Eric
This is my first post here and it is for CopperCreekLights!
Some one asked me a question about my display on auschristmaslighting and I was thinking "I don't have an account there??" Then I searched and saw that a member needed more information, so here it is! I may have answered his questions incorrectly, or not at all and wanted to make it right!
This year we has a 48X80 RGB Pixel Screen running point on our show. As much as I was jealous of the screen vs my Ultimate Mega Tree I have come to embrace the screen.
Here are some pictures, you do not have to be logged in to view them:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.513802198651185.121228.323555271009213&type=3
1. Sandwich 5 4'X8' pieces of Corrugated Plastic with a sheet of 4'X8' 1" pegboard on top.
2. Place the pegboard in such a way that all 48 holes can be drilled into the Coro with the last hole as close to the bottom as possible
(To leave room at the top to attach it to the house)
3. Drill holes all the way through every other hole (2" spacing) Use a high quality drillbit that is sharp so yu don't have to clean the holes. Drill a 48X16 Grid
Now, I chose this number because I could use 16 pixel strings from Ray Wu with 48 pixels in each string with a power supply at the E682 bard (no power injected
down the line) and it was easy to create the matix in LightShowPro.
4. Then, cut the grid from the rest of the Coro (the original sheets are 48"X96", new dimensions are 32"X96"
5. Sandwich the top of the panel between 2 1'X2' boards. I predrilled the 3 holes and then used the coated Drywall screws with a washer on the head to secure them
6. I started in the middle, I clamped the panel to the roof and when it was level I drilled 2 holes all the way through and attached the panel with bolts. Then did the same
for the other 4 panels.
7. The easy part was done! The hardest and most painful part was pressing the pixels through the coro.
I used the flat WS2811 pixels from Ray Wu. I ordered 4 types of pixels from Ray back in July. My and my wife looked at each pixel. While the TS3001 has more levels of color, the Ws2811 were at least twice as bright, that was the selling point (some members on the DIY forum have disagreed with me on this point, but too late now). As you can see, they are really bright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukASk78uJto These are the pixels: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/WS2811-LED-pixel-node-DC5V-input-full-color-RGB-string-50pcs-a-string-IP68-rated/701799_581805567.html Ray made custom 5" spacing for me. I do not like the cylindrical pixels. The cyllindrical pixels were easily pulled out of the coro (even just by brushing against it or wind moving the panel). And I only have 200 pixels of cyllidrical type and I have pulled the wires on 3 of them apart. I have yet to pull apart a flat pixel and I have much more of those. Also, It is easier to do a visual check on the pixel to make sure they are sealed correctly, or at least appear to be.
I have to give a lot of the credit to Jim at Sandevices. I was originally creating a santa house: http://www.lightshowpro.com/lightshow-support/2583-lightshow-pro-work-ccpixel-santa-house.html But when I went to him with E681 questions he asked why I was limiting myself to that particular shape. (of course I did purchase 4 more boards......) He showed me pictures of his lights and I was hooked. At the time he was using the pixels to display pictures. I figured that if I was going to do this I wanted video! It actually played an important part in the Live Halloween Show Generator Rex: The Death of Rex Salazar, Halloween 2012 at the happyholidayhome
Each panel is controlled by one E682 board. I do not come close to maxing out the number of channels in each board, but I wanted something easy. I could move each panel individually and it could be its own panel somewhere in the landscape.
All Boards are run through 1 8port router. No internet traffic, wifi is only enabled so I could control the lights from my iphone.
Hope this helps.
Eric
