"Let It Go" @ Bentonville Heart Lites

[mararunr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca5tFbE5yn4


99%   5v pixels - 100% pixels/floods/power supplies from Ray Wu
100% xLights sequencing
100% Falcon F16v2 Controllers
100% Falcon Player on Raspberry Pi show computers

[needbrew]

That is very nice.  Can you provide specifics on your set-up?  Number of controllers, types of lights, number of lights?

[mararunr]

That is very nice.  Can you provide specifics on your set-up?  Number of controllers, types of lights, number of lights?

2 20 foot 360 degree mega trees - 32 strands of 50 pixels with 50 additional pixels on the tree pole and a dual-sided star toppers with 45 pixels on each side of the star.
Various other elements including 4 foot, 3 foot, and 2 foot snowflakes,  a 200 pixel bethlehem star with 50 strobe pixels, several strobes (made by wrapping 7 strobe pixels into one element at controller level), HDPE pipe arches.
Everything is mounted/made from pvc, wood, and/or coroplast (no metal/welding involved).

99% 5v pixels of various types (bullets, squares, strips).  The 1% is 24v floods and some 12v rectangle modules.

I don't know the total count but I know I'm north of 10,000 at this point.  (I don't keep track.)

I run 4 Raspberry Pis with FPP on them.  1 is the master and used only for audio.  The other 3 are for each of the 3 F16v2 controllers.  My whole show is wireless from a networking perspective (no cat 5/6 network cables running across my yard/walkways).

I don't need to run 3 controllers, I just do for convenience sake.  I have one for the right side (garage face and right mega tree), one for the yard space (small trees, nativity and left mega tree), and one in the entryway for everything else (house front not garage and roof).

My farthest data run is 50' to the roof peak.  I do not use pixel extenders/uamps or anything of the like because the F16v2 controllers can easily carry data 50' on twisted pair wires.  My largest number of pixels on one data run is 600 pixels.  (Each F16v2 output can control up to 680 pixels)

I run data separately from power on everything using a 2-wire method.  I run data on 2 wire with the data line and a negative line.  I run power from PSUs in various locations on 2 wire with positive and negative lines. 


Hope this helps.

[babybear]

Afternoon   I'm new to this so I read all the post learning things. I have a question about your setup.  Your wiring, I understand keeping the data seperate from the power but is it helpful to run a ground with your data lines.  With data is it better to run bigger gauge wire, or does it hurt.

[abrianbaker]

Wow that is awesome!  Would you be willing to share your xml file? 

Very impressive!

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[mararunr]

Afternoon   I'm new to this so I read all the post learning things. I have a question about your setup.  Your wiring, I understand keeping the data seperate from the power but is it helpful to run a ground with your data lines.  With data is it better to run bigger gauge wire, or does it hurt.

I run 18 gauge 2 conductor wire everywhere.  Yes, for my setup, it is important to run ground with data to ensure grounds across different devices (controller, powers supplies, Raspberry Pis, everything) are all grounded together.


For example if I only ran data from my F16v2 in the entry way up to the roof, and then my snowflake arches get power from a power supply on the roof - the grounds between the two systems wouldn't be connected which is a big no, no as I understand it.  So yes, I run negative with data along with running negative with data.  Again, all 2 conductor 18 gauge wire everywhere (allows me to buy in bulk by not using different gauges).

[mararunr]

Wow that is awesome!  Would you be willing to share your xml file? 

Very impressive!

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yes I will post at some point....trying to finish up filming tonight and still have a couple songs to add to the show before done.

[needbrew]

That is awesome.  Thank you so much for sharing your set-up.  I am looking to get into this and was curious what a set-up like yours takes. 

[needbrew]

What lights are you running for the outline on the house?

[mararunr]

What lights are you running for the outline on the house?

Ws2811 square base pixels zip tied to half inch pvc.

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[mararunr]

Files attached as promised (included rgbeffects for those that want to see models in layout - set up two hundred 510 universes to cover the channel spread).

[Steve Gase]

thanks for sharing!!

[mararunr]

thanks for sharing!!

You're welcome and sorry for the delay.

[sebjsan]

Can u share a link to those icicles lights?

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[mararunr]

Can u share a link to those icicles lights?

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Yes, attached.  Pick vendor of your choice and negotiate a price.  zip tie it together to make the drops look nice and voila - icicles.  (I paid $11 or $12 a string I think.)