Sean Meighan

Software => Xlights Setup => Topic started by: sean on January 13, 2014, 02:22:25 PM

Title: Welcome Everyone!
Post by: sean on January 13, 2014, 02:22:25 PM
This is the new xLights , Nutcracker forum. We hope that it can help you.

sean
matt brown
frankr
don julien
dave pitts
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Post by: ocanada1 on January 13, 2014, 04:45:50 PM
Hello Sean I joined!  Thank you for setting up a Tapatalk forum.  It's my go to place to read each day.  Anne
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Post by: Cenote on January 13, 2014, 04:46:39 PM
awesome, thanks
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Post by: Greg Young on January 13, 2014, 04:46:54 PM
Looking good so far, thanks Sean!
Greg
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Post by: bdeditch on January 13, 2014, 04:54:59 PM
Nice
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Post by: Jeff Messer on January 13, 2014, 04:57:20 PM
I have a feeling this is going to be great !!!!!
Jeff
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Post by: sebjsan on January 13, 2014, 04:59:56 PM
Loving the UI :)
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Post by: THurrle on January 13, 2014, 05:01:09 PM
A new place to come for the information I lack.
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Post by: harrison0550 on January 13, 2014, 05:06:51 PM
Love it! Nice crisp colors too.
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Post by: Lights On Fifth on January 13, 2014, 05:28:09 PM
Looks fantastic Sean thanks, now to keep learning.  :P
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Post by: hearthstonelights on January 13, 2014, 05:34:00 PM
testing 1 2 

thanks sean




duane
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Post by: Walter on January 13, 2014, 05:36:34 PM
Hi everyone get ready for lots of Newbie questions from me.
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Post by: Dennislaff on January 13, 2014, 05:38:38 PM
Just signed on but have been using nutcracker form the start
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Post by: Xenia on January 13, 2014, 05:50:32 PM
Hello All, good to be here.

Randy
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Post by: jnealand on January 13, 2014, 06:03:22 PM
Sean, I think now that you have your own forum there is no need to keep posting everything in all the other forums.  Monitor the others, but try to keep your workload down.

Jim Nealand
Kennesaw, GA
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Post by: drlucas on January 13, 2014, 06:19:51 PM
I agree with Jim completely!!!

Save your spare cycles for coding....I mean spending time with the boys!!

I actively watch 3 forums. Now it's four...,but really only followed anything xlights related over at DLA. I'll shift most of my attention here.

Thanks for creating the new community here.

Ryan
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Post by: Steve Gase on January 13, 2014, 06:21:29 PM
Welcome everyone!

Hey Sean, with the site, a wiki, a forum, and all of the other expenses-- where do we go to donate to the cause?  (maybe a donate button on the wiki page?)

Also, would a Download button at the top help people find the software easier?
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Post by: Steve Gase on January 13, 2014, 06:25:38 PM
I agree with Jim completely!!!

Save your spare cycles for coding....I mean spending time with the boys!!

I actively watch 3 forums. Now it's four...,but really only followed anything xlights related over at DLA. I'll shift most of my attention here.

Thanks for creating the new community here.

Ryan
I agree...  let's make this the SINGLE destination for Nutcracker.  Not only does it make your life easier, it makes EVERYONE's life easier... I monitor 4 other sites now, and keeping up with the (sometimes redundant) discussions adds time to keeping up with the software.

Also, I wonder how much I miss by not monitoring the other bajillion sites. :)

Thanks for everything!!
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Post by: tmcteer on January 13, 2014, 06:32:33 PM
Hi Sean,

This will be my goto place for XL and NC. +1 on you should spin your cycles here.

Tom
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Post by: Danbe on January 13, 2014, 06:33:54 PM
Nice
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Post by: Ed Slonka Jr on January 13, 2014, 06:55:22 PM
Thanks Sean for the forum and you and the others for such a great product!!!!  :D
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Post by: Donny M. Carter on January 13, 2014, 06:59:38 PM
Thanks Sean and Xlights/Nutcracker team!
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Post by: DSMJuggalo on January 13, 2014, 07:10:18 PM
Awesome, thanks for doing this Sean


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Post by: JerryPlak on January 13, 2014, 07:10:25 PM
Thanks Sean and Xlights/Nutcracker team!

well Said Donny,
Thanks Sean and Xlights/Nutcracker team!
Jerry Plak
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Post by: twooly on January 13, 2014, 07:24:33 PM
I agree with everyone, I'm glad you setup this forum so we can get xlights/Nutcracker info into one place.
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Post by: Steve Gase on January 13, 2014, 07:27:54 PM
I agree with everyone, I'm glad you setup this forum so we can get xlights/Nutcracker info into one place.

Question for everyone...  If most message traffic DOES occur at this forum, how do we keep xLights and Nutcracker awareness high at the other forums?  Lots of messages at your favorite site helps to draw people into the discussion.
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Post by: gforman on January 13, 2014, 08:51:59 PM
Great site

Glen
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Post by: budude on January 13, 2014, 09:05:11 PM
Howdy!
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Post by: jeff a on January 13, 2014, 09:12:33 PM
new to this hope this will help with learning.
thanks guys.
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Post by: bob ginn on January 13, 2014, 09:13:27 PM
Hey, I was supposed to be first member!!!   ;D  87 new members beat me to it...thanks Sean for putting it up...time will tell whether you curse me or thank me!...looks great so far!
Title: Re: Welcome Everyone!
Post by: sean on January 13, 2014, 09:18:22 PM
I agree with everyone, I'm glad you setup this forum so we can get xlights/Nutcracker info into one place.

Question for everyone...  If most message traffic DOES occur at this forum, how do we keep xLights and Nutcracker awareness high at the other forums?  Lots of messages at your favorite site helps to draw people into the discussion.

there is a problem with one site is all you need.

does everyone who have LOR only post and get support from the LOR site?
LSP users only go to the LSP site?

I will continue to read the other  forums and respond to questions, but this will be my primary hangout.
Do people even know about the other forums?
DIYC = HLS, Vixen, Renard
DIYC.org = Vixen+, Renard
ACL = LSP
DLA = DLA equipment

now there are LOR, Vixen people on all of those but it is my observation that the majority of posts follow the above. Probably as this year goes on I will spend time here and on www.falconchristmas.com. Thisis because i am extrensively using the falcon equipment and pi player. Is the falcon equipment better than san devices, j1sys? No!

Do I know the developer of falconchristmas and he lives 45 minutes away, Yes!

I will treat this forum as an evolution. i think by summer people will know this is the place to come to get the latest information on xlights and nutcracker.
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Post by: gforman on January 13, 2014, 10:13:39 PM
Sean

this is going to be a very popular site, thanks again.

looks like it will have over 100 users on the first day


Glen
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Post by: Firecop252 on January 13, 2014, 11:52:19 PM
Thanks for the site Sean.   Going to be nice to get what I need as I venture into XL/NC this year.   Will be nice to find it all in one place!
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Post by: elmochamp on January 14, 2014, 06:28:50 AM
Sean - Thanks for the site.  I plan on learning a lot this coming year.
Gary
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Post by: Charl Marais on January 14, 2014, 07:05:38 AM
This is going to be a interesting site to watch and I am going to have to spend more time on the forums now as I am following a few now.  Just glad I am not up to the numbers you are following yet Sean  ;D
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Post by: mms on January 14, 2014, 07:27:16 AM
I agree with everyone, I'm glad you setup this forum so we can get xlights/Nutcracker info into one place.

Question for everyone...  If most message traffic DOES occur at this forum, how do we keep xLights and Nutcracker awareness high at the other forums?  Lots of messages at your favorite site helps to draw people into the discussion.

there is a problem with one site is all you need.

does everyone who have LOR only post and get support from the LOR site?
LSP users only go to the LSP site?

I will continue to read the other  forums and respond to questions, but this will be my primary hangout.
Do people even know about the other forums?
DIYC = HLS, Vixen, Renard
DIYC.org = Vixen+, Renard
ACL = LSP
DLA = DLA equipment

now there are LOR, Vixen people on all of those but it is my observation that the majority of posts follow the above. Probably as this year goes on I will spend time here and on www.falconchristmas.com. Thisis because i am extrensively using the falcon equipment and pi player. Is the falcon equipment better than san devices, j1sys? No!

Do I know the developer of falconchristmas and he lives 45 minutes away, Yes!

I will treat this forum as an evolution. i think by summer people will know this is the place to come to get the latest information on xlights and nutcracker.

This makes perfect sense!  Hopefully this will minimize some of the duplicity across all the forums - eventually.  Like any "new" product, it will take some time for it to catch on.  I can't imagine trying to follow 19 forums on a daily basis!

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Post by: maffeirw on January 14, 2014, 08:09:06 AM
Question for everyone...  If most message traffic DOES occur at this forum, how do we keep xLights and Nutcracker awareness high at the other forums?  Lots of messages at your favorite site helps to draw people into the discussion.

If Sean continued to post the headings for his announcements in all the forums, but in the body of each did a stock " For more information" link to the content at this site, it might draw more people here. At the very least it might increase the centralized discussion and make this site the main Nutcracker information depository.

Sean, I think that we all agree that you and your team should spend your time improving Nutcracker and having lives rather than posting the same information on 19 sites. Thanks again for a great product. :)
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Post by: Charl Marais on January 14, 2014, 08:14:19 AM
Sean or any other admin.

Just a suggestion but I would put a confirmation tool on this site to check people who register.  This site is still new and free of spammers and other crap but it will not remain so for long.

Just a thought  ;D
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Post by: rdebolt on January 14, 2014, 08:17:13 AM
Great site Sean! One more that I have to follow!  ;)
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Post by: smeighan on January 14, 2014, 09:12:03 AM
a test of posting by sean
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Post by: Billings North Pole on January 14, 2014, 10:34:36 AM
Just awesome glad to be here!  8)
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Post by: pk on January 14, 2014, 01:50:24 PM
Hi Everyone.  It is nice to have this site with the emphasis on xlights/nutcracker.  Wow there are a lot of "newbies" at this site - LOL
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Post by: zanclus on January 16, 2014, 07:18:58 AM
Just  wanted  to  say  Hello. I am new to Nutcracker and  haven't  quite  gotten it  yet. I hope I don't ask too many  stupid  questions....
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Post by: Buckeyelights on January 16, 2014, 11:08:51 AM
Hi Everyone!!

Excited to be experimenting with XLights/Nutcracker and appreciate the work of the XLights/Nutcracker team.

Is it too early to I ask for forgiveness and your patience with my stupid questions about to come  :)

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Post by: sean on January 16, 2014, 02:11:15 PM
no stupid questions. ask anything, we are friendly.

3 admins for this forum
2010 .. matt brown wrote xlights as a scheduler
2011 ..
2013 .. sean wrote web based nutcracker to create rgb effects
2013 .. matt ported nutcracker from the web and added it as a tab inside of xlights, now 50x faster
            dave pitts created pi player, falcon-16, Falcon-8, fpd, pixelnet=>5 dmx converter,
            new firmware for Smart String Controllers, atx power board
2014 .. ??

all the admins believe in open sourcing everything we do. That means any of us could disappear but our products would continue.
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Post by: JonB256 on January 18, 2014, 04:49:48 AM
Yay! First Spammer!

and gone!
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Post by: sean on January 18, 2014, 09:37:48 AM
Yay! First Spammer!

sent from my Galaxy Note
and first spammer gone
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Post by: Donny M. Carter on January 18, 2014, 12:17:03 PM
Yay! First Spammer!

sent from my Galaxy Note
and first spammer gone

Almost! http://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=72.0
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Post by: rdebolt on January 18, 2014, 09:57:46 PM
AND http://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=75.0  :'(