Newbie problems

[Notenoughlights]

Oh ok, it is the one at the start. How do I solve that issue if that’s it? I’ve plugged the female from the controller to the male of the lights (side where D I is)

You'll need to verify that the + and - wires are going to the + and - wires of the pixel, if they are, then the data will be the 3rd wire never trust the colours on pigtails to be correct.

 

[azzb]

Ok, I did just go by the colours. How should I verify?

 

[Notenoughlights]

Disconnect the data wire from the controller, see if the light goes out.

 

[azzb]

Disconnect the data wire from the controller, see if the light goes out.

Power stayed on. Soo it must be the data and ground the wrong way around?

 

[Notenoughlights]

Re connect the data wire where you took it out, and disconnect the negative wire, does the light still stay on

 

[azzb]

Re connect the data wire where you took it out, and disconnect the negative wire, does the light still stay on

Now there’s a few lights on with the ground disconnected

 

[Notenoughlights]

I see that you've used the green/yellow as ground, usually that's the data wire on pigtails, so I have a feeling you've got them backwards, but do this at your own risk, it may pay to only touch the wires into the connector in the case that something goes wrong you can remove them fast.

 

[azzb]

I don’t know what’s going on now. I have the brown as positive, green yellow data and blue ground. They all flick on when I plug it in and then nothing.

 

[Notenoughlights]

Try running test mode on the controller and see what you get

 

[azzb]

Ok great stuff
the test mode on the controller works

 

[Notenoughlights]

Wonderful, we've got that part working, now you just need to get it running from a computer.

 

[azzb]

Wonderful, we've got that part working, now you just need to get it running from a computer.

Correct. cheers

as I’ve only got one set of pixels plugged into port 1, I’ve only set up as a test for configuration

 

[Notenoughlights]

To me that looks correct, so long as you have Xlights pointing to the IP on your controller and you have turned on the output to lights button, it should work

 

[azzb]

To me that looks correct, so long as you have Xlights pointing to the IP on your controller and you have turned on the output to lights button, it should work

Ok, obviously the wires was a great tip
another great tip was turning xLights output to lights

thanks soo much for your help

 

[azzb]

thanks everyone for their input