5V WS2811 bulbs have random animation when connected to falcon.

cspurgeon2010

cspurgeon2010

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This is a little complicated so bare with me,
Currently I am running all of my lights with 12V so my falcon is all 12V. My friend gave me some 5V WS2811 bulbs and I ran the data from them to the falcon and ran the V+ and V- separately to a 5V 60A power supply. When I connect them the lights instantly turn on and have a random animation with all the lights flickering to different colors. I tried changing them but they will not respond using the controller. What are the possible solutions to this?
 
cspurgeon2010 said:
This is a little complicated so bare with me,
Currently I am running all of my lights with 12V so my falcon is all 12V. My friend gave me some 5V WS2811 bulbs and I ran the data from them to the falcon and ran the V+ and V- separately to a 5V 60A power supply. When I connect them the lights instantly turn on and have a random animation with all the lights flickering to different colors. I tried changing them but they will not respond using the controller. What are the possible solutions to this?
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Did you run Data and Gnd from the controller? you need both. you can then Power inject the 5v at Pixel 1

Cheers
Phil
 
Like Phil says, run your ground/negative to both the controller and the power. Complete circuit for both of the functions of the wire.
 
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