Sean Meighan
Software => Xlights Setup => Topic started by: kryptic on May 18, 2018, 09:05:22 PM
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Hello, I have found a problem that I have no idea how to fix . So when I connect 50 Ws2811 pixels to a single channel in xlights I choose blue and just turn that single color on it seems to be right, but on my other 2 channels that I have strung 3 strings of 50 which is 150 pixels everything changes some of the pixels are red or green and not blue. I am not sure when I setup my models if I did that part right , when I toggle strand and check nodes is where I can see that the colors are incorrect on like 100 of 150 pixels on each of the larger strings.
Sorry I am still a total newb this is my first season with pixels. I have a Falcon F4v3 Dave Pitts controller and 30 amp 5 volt power supply and a Ras Pi 3 b in master to talk to my Falcon.
Thanks in advance.
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Is the string type set to Single Color Blue for all those models?
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yes it is and when I pull up node mode it does show up green, in pixels past 50 on each of the 2 channels that I am running 150 pixels on. I am going to try and use 3 individual stings I think and then just point them to channel 1 and 2 I am not so sure I can do it like that but, im not sure what is going on. here is 2 pics of some of what it does
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It would be better to show the model setup parameters.
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Have you set up the controller for the proper number of nodes per output?
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I figured some of the problem out its a universe problem, with the 150 on each of 2 of my channels that I have connected it didnt matter which way I connected them in xlights 3 strings of 1 long string it seemed to not like it , but I changed some universe stuff around and got 3 of my 4 channels to working right. I still have not had channel 4 respond yet it may just be something I missed. I also had some colors that were not right which I solved within the controller string configuration,I should have known better than to have bought pixels from another source, than Ray Wu. I shopped more generic on my WS2811s. I am not sure why channel 4 doesnt seem to work right yet I know my pixel count is right and I should have plenty of universes over it. I have not hung any pixels up yet either I want to make sure Im not the laughing stock of my neighbor hood being a newbie, maybe i can introduce some technology to this little town. Thanks to all that have contributed to helping me thus far. I have way more to learn. I read over the xlights manual a couple more times and determined that I had a universe problem thats why my strings had mixed colors in my screen shots, I think.
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Again. You need to show screenshots of the model parameters. Nobody can figure out what you are trying to do with that description. One pixel is 3 channels by itself so you are confusing everyone with the way you use the word channel. I think you really mean output. That's why we need to see the models you've drawn.
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Hello if I change my settings in xlights to match what my pixels like in order to make them all the same color do I need to change the settings in the Falcon F4v3 strings dialogue to match the settings in xlights and if so do I need to change that for every sequence everytime the colors are wrong. The reason I ask is that if I change in on xlights and then on the Falcon then play a different sequence its wrong. So intern I would have to change that setting everytime a diff sequence plays on my show to match the correct light colors.
Thanks to everyone who has helped and mastered this.
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Changing the color order swaps bytes around so you don't do it in 2 spots because that will just do a double swap.
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I create a sequence that just turns on all props the same color then adjust each controller until the color is correct. Seems to be the simplest solution for me. One sequence for each color - red, blue, and green. Never needed to do white.