Coro Floods

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Just a quick post about today's project, 2 floods for my garage door cover.


I have made a couple of the HolidayCoro Flood units and they are so quick and easy. Stripped out 2 Elite floods from Bunnings $19.95 NZ each, trimmed the coro boards a little to fit, peal tape and stick on, solder a couple of wires and Bob's your uncle.


Thirty minutes and colours galor!! I bought the boards, RGB lights and controllers and am very happy with them, the videos and instructions on the site are first class.


Kev :)
 
Has anyone compared the light output of these to a similar setup using the Rainbow flood?


David's approach definitely seems really easy - just wasn't sure of how well it worked as a flood light compared to others.
 
flogger7 said:
Has anyone compared the light output of these to a similar setup using the Rainbow flood?


David's approach definitely seems really easy - just wasn't sure of how well it worked as a flood light compared to others.
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If you get your floods and don't think they were worth the money - we'll be happy to take it back.

The thing with floods is that you can't really compare one to another - each is different in it's own right. Say for example that you have a complex, wide house with lots of nooks and cranys. You'll never get even and complete coverage with a high output flood - instead you'll end up with shadows and dark spots. So in that case, you'd want a number of lower level output units instead to be able to cover the entire area.

Another issue is control - with the more floods you have, the more control over "sweeps" over your house - with one or two high output units, you loose that ability.

David
 
dmoore said:
flogger7 said:
Has anyone compared the light output of these to a similar setup using the Rainbow flood?


David's approach definitely seems really easy - just wasn't sure of how well it worked as a flood light compared to others.
Click to expand...

If you get your floods and don't think they were worth the money - we'll be happy to take it back.

The thing with floods is that you can't really compare one to another - each is different in it's own right. Say for example that you have a complex, wide house with lots of nooks and cranys. You'll never get even and complete coverage with a high output flood - instead you'll end up with shadows and dark spots. So in that case, you'd want a number of lower level output units instead to be able to cover the entire area.

Another issue is control - with the more floods you have, the more control over "sweeps" over your house - with one or two high output units, you loose that ability.

David
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I couldnt agree more there david, I use 15 floods on my house to cover the whole house and to also give that sweeping effect
 
ɟɐsʇǝppʎ said:
dmoore said:
flogger7 said:
Has anyone compared the light output of these to a similar setup using the Rainbow flood?


David's approach definitely seems really easy - just wasn't sure of how well it worked as a flood light compared to others.
Click to expand...

If you get your floods and don't think they were worth the money - we'll be happy to take it back.

The thing with floods is that you can't really compare one to another - each is different in it's own right. Say for example that you have a complex, wide house with lots of nooks and cranys. You'll never get even and complete coverage with a high output flood - instead you'll end up with shadows and dark spots. So in that case, you'd want a number of lower level output units instead to be able to cover the entire area.

Another issue is control - with the more floods you have, the more control over "sweeps" over your house - with one or two high output units, you loose that ability.

David
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I couldnt agree more there david, I use 15 floods on my house to cover the whole house and to also give that sweeping effect
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So thats how you did it! Back to the drawing board.
 
Trying to set the address channel on these with the HolidayCoro dongle but I am not having any luck. I have set the com port and have the correct driver, when I select the channel # I want it says writing OK, I close the application and look for the read channel button as in the video but there isn't one to be seen??


I am using my old HP laptop running Vista which is what I do all my programming on, I have no trouble setting address's with my Lynx gear on this.


Has anyone else had problems and better still anyone got tips on what may be wrong???


Kev :)
 
I had the same problem... I think the latest version does not read like the video.
I ended up having to use LOR to test the channels once i had programmed them.
If your controllers are not programming, check your wiring.. I eventually had to use a different cable even after making sure the wiring was correct.
Once I made a new cable, it worked fine for me for writing.
 
I ran into the same problem. I program with that programmer and test in Xlights. Its free and it works.
 
I have used a separate cable for power and soldered the cut cat5 to the controller for the DMX, when I start the programmer the lights don't go off to say it's getting the signal.


Should they go off with the latest version?


I have checked it in Xlights but no joy changing the address.


Kev :)
 
All sorted, once again operator error.


I made up another cable, watched Davids video several times and it programmed fine.


It's funny when the controller actually does the blink to show it has a signal from the programmer its like winning Lotto.


Kev :)
 
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