Having trouble/frustration configuring P2

[Greg.Ca]

I have 250 pixels on each output of the P2. I keep getting the 'effects overlap' error message when trying to configure pixels on the two different outputs. If I configure 170 pixels or less, then it seems to be fine. But anything over 170 pixels, just won't configure with out an error message.

1 Y WS2811 2500 49 1 170 Effects Overlap
2 Y 50 1 80
3 N 0 0 0
4 N 0 0 0
5 N WS2811 2500 51 1 170
6 N 52 1 80
7 N 0 0 0
8 N 0 0 0


I have 48 regular universes on four separate P12S's that work fine but the last four universes 49, 50, 51, and 52 (which are on my P2) I can't seem to configure correctly without an error message.

How do I correctly configure the string config and effect config screens with pixels MORE than 170 per output. Remember I have 250 pixels on each output and can't seem to configure these 250 pixels on each output. Any help??

--Greg--

 

[Ɠαяєтн]

Hi Greg,


What are the settings you have in the "Effects Config", rather than those shown on the "String Config"?

 

[JPB]

As Garreth said, check your effect config page. My string config is similar to yours and I dont have issues.
Jon

 

[Ɠαяєтн]

The starting slot is the starting channel of the universe for first pixel. I wold also share the pixels across the 2 universes, i would put them each at 125 pixels. Just so your not fully loading 1 universe.


Try this;

1 Y WS2811 2500 49 1 125
2 Y 50 1 125
3 N 0 0 0
4 N 0 0 0
5 N WS2811 2500 51 1 125
6 N 52 1 125
7 N 0 0 0
8 N 0 0 0

 

[adski]

My guess apparently wasn't very "educated". I tried to edit it, but that didn't work, so I deleted the post.

Dave

 

[ShellNZ]

Greg was in chat earlier and all is well now

 

[gerry]

What was the issue ? Was it to do with the effects page or something else ?

 

[ShellNZ]

Yep, effects Was trying to put e.g 170px on #01A then 80px on #01B, instead of putting on #02A

 

[gerry]

Thanks Shell.

For the benefit of others, in my early days (hmmm... that would be a few weeks ago), I struggled trying to figure out why the P2 would only output to the first 50 pixels on a strip and not further. After much much time spent trying to isolate the cause including swapping P2 etc , superman went straight to the effects page , where I had used that page to change the orientation from RGB to BGR to match the lights for a one set and left the remaining unticked - thinking that only the one that had to be changed needed to be ticked. The result was that the pixels corresponding to the sets after simply did not light up.

( I have since done this within LSP)

 

[Superman]

Well done Gerry.
It is a steep learning curve but as can see we are all more then happy to help each other out.

 

[Benslights]

your doing well Gerry keep up the good work

 

[gerry]

Thanks Ben,

About 1/2 the time now I can contriol the lights, the other 1/2 the lights appear to have a mind of their own

One of the trickiest bits I think is aligning the terminology of sizes/channels/pixels/logical/physical across LSP (controller and controller plug in) and the P2s - hence the above statement !