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Show Assets / Re: This is why I love using Xlights
« on: November 03, 2015, 09:27:54 PM »
Cool !!!
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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: Questions - using mp4, dumb rgb trees, starting a .bat file when playing a show
« on: October 22, 2015, 02:35:46 PM »
I may have made it look more complicated than it actually is... If all you want to do is turn on the projector before the show and off when the show is over, all you need is two batch files (one to run the .exe to turn on the projector and one to run the .exe to turn it off). I can help you with that... just let me know... 
Dan
Dan
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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: Questions - using mp4, dumb rgb trees, starting a .bat file when playing a show
« on: October 16, 2015, 11:08:35 AM »
Running a .bat file is possible using the XLights scheduler. (Matt added it back in ver 2011C, and it's still there in the latest version)... please look at #5 below
xLights 2011c for Windows is now available for download from SourceForge:
It contains the following changes:
1.If you have changed the output order in Vixen, xLights now understands this and will play back the sequence correctly.
2.If you are using profiles in Vixen, you will now need to copy your .pro file to the xLights directory (this supports the change above).
3.There was a bug in LOR playback when using unit ids above 80. This is now fixed.
4.xLights now remembers the state of the "Run Schedule" check box.
5.There is now an EXEC command available when using scripts. This runs an operating system command. So if you want to write the name of the currently playing sequence to a text file, select Playlist > Custom Script from the xScheduler menu. Then you can do something like on line 225:
220 PRINT "Playing:",ITEMNAME$(NextItem)
225 EXEC "CMD /C ECHO " + ITEMNAME$(NextItem) + " >c:\nowplaying.txt"
230 PLAYITEM NextItem
6.When defining your lighting networks, you can now choose a port called "NotConnected". This will allow you to test xScheduler functionality without actually having your dongles connected to your PC.
I use the following to run a .bat file that changes the titles on my scrolling LED sign and also send RDS data to my EDM transmitter. Let me know if you have questions
Here is that part of the script in the scheduler/show:
215 PRINT "At:", FORMATDATETIME$(NOW,5)
220 PRINT "Playing:",ITEMNAME$(NextItem)
225 EXEC "C:\LSP\" + ITEMNAME$(NextItem) + ".bat"
230 PLAYITEM NextItem
Here is a .bat file that runs:
start C:\SLC16com.exe COM4 {IMMEDIATE}{BRIGHTRED}Tune your radio to {BRIGHTGREEN}93.5 FM {BRIGHTRED}to listen to the lights... {BRIGHTYELLOW}Now Playing: {BRIGHTGREEN} Christmas Can-Can{BRIGHTRED} by {BRIGHTGREEN}Straight, No Chasers...
copy C:\LSP\can_can.txt C:\lsp\rds.txt
And here is the text file that the .bat file calls:
Christmas Can-Can by Straight, No Chasers...
Hope this helps (and makes sense )
Dan
xLights 2011c for Windows is now available for download from SourceForge:
It contains the following changes:
1.If you have changed the output order in Vixen, xLights now understands this and will play back the sequence correctly.
2.If you are using profiles in Vixen, you will now need to copy your .pro file to the xLights directory (this supports the change above).
3.There was a bug in LOR playback when using unit ids above 80. This is now fixed.
4.xLights now remembers the state of the "Run Schedule" check box.
5.There is now an EXEC command available when using scripts. This runs an operating system command. So if you want to write the name of the currently playing sequence to a text file, select Playlist > Custom Script from the xScheduler menu. Then you can do something like on line 225:
220 PRINT "Playing:",ITEMNAME$(NextItem)
225 EXEC "CMD /C ECHO " + ITEMNAME$(NextItem) + " >c:\nowplaying.txt"
230 PLAYITEM NextItem
6.When defining your lighting networks, you can now choose a port called "NotConnected". This will allow you to test xScheduler functionality without actually having your dongles connected to your PC.
I use the following to run a .bat file that changes the titles on my scrolling LED sign and also send RDS data to my EDM transmitter. Let me know if you have questions
Here is that part of the script in the scheduler/show:
215 PRINT "At:", FORMATDATETIME$(NOW,5)
220 PRINT "Playing:",ITEMNAME$(NextItem)
225 EXEC "C:\LSP\" + ITEMNAME$(NextItem) + ".bat"
230 PLAYITEM NextItem
Here is a .bat file that runs:
start C:\SLC16com.exe COM4 {IMMEDIATE}{BRIGHTRED}Tune your radio to {BRIGHTGREEN}93.5 FM {BRIGHTRED}to listen to the lights... {BRIGHTYELLOW}Now Playing: {BRIGHTGREEN} Christmas Can-Can{BRIGHTRED} by {BRIGHTGREEN}Straight, No Chasers...
copy C:\LSP\can_can.txt C:\lsp\rds.txt
And here is the text file that the .bat file calls:
Christmas Can-Can by Straight, No Chasers...
Hope this helps (and makes sense
)Dan
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User Manual / Re: xLights / Nutcracker User Manual initial release
« on: August 18, 2015, 09:19:24 AM »
WOW... That is great... Thanks !
I had never dropped a picture effect in V.4... Duh !!
Dan
I had never dropped a picture effect in V.4... Duh !!
Dan
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User Manual / Re: xLights / Nutcracker User Manual initial release
« on: August 17, 2015, 06:06:58 PM »
WOW... Thanks guys for doing this !!!
On page 75 it talks about a pixel/matrix editor... Where is that located? Or what program is that?
Thanks, again, for your efforts !!!
Dan
On page 75 it talks about a pixel/matrix editor... Where is that located? Or what program is that?
Thanks, again, for your efforts !!!
Dan
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Xlights Setup / Re: USB Connection
« on: May 29, 2015, 06:59:04 PM »
Depending on what version of windows you are running, you can see USB ports in the "Device Manager" under " Ports (COM & LPT)... Or (Win 7) you can go to "Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Devices and Printers" and you can see the USB devices and what port they are on...
Hope that helps...
Dan
Hope that helps...
Dan
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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: Can anyone please point me in the direction of a good tutorial on running LOR controllers in dmx
« on: May 23, 2015, 06:26:24 PM »
You still have twinkle and shimmer... it's just done thru DMX... not the built-in LOR twinkle and shimmer... so it's somewhat different, but it's still there :-)
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Bugs (Please dont post here, soon to be deprecated) / Re: star model bug in versions later than 4_0_28 ? (FIXED)
« on: May 19, 2015, 06:00:04 PM »
FIXED in 4_0_32 !
Thanks, Dan K !!!
Thanks, Dan K !!!
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Bugs (Please dont post here, soon to be deprecated) / star model bug in versions later than 4_0_28 ?
« on: May 16, 2015, 02:51:51 PM »
I watched Dan K's video on how to edit a strand in a model. Part of the video talked about how to make a star model that had different star sizes in the same model.
I have stars that have four different sizes in each star and since I had different models for each star at the time, I thought this would be a GREAT way to reduce my model count by 12 models ( I have 4 stars, each with 4 different size stars). so, I deleted my star models and replaced them with the star model that Dan talked about... WORKED GREAT !!
However, in versions later than 4_0_28, the new star model is broken... pictures attached...
So, for now, I'm using 4_0_28...
Dan
I have stars that have four different sizes in each star and since I had different models for each star at the time, I thought this would be a GREAT way to reduce my model count by 12 models ( I have 4 stars, each with 4 different size stars). so, I deleted my star models and replaced them with the star model that Dan talked about... WORKED GREAT !!
However, in versions later than 4_0_28, the new star model is broken... pictures attached...
So, for now, I'm using 4_0_28...
Dan
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Events/Gatherings / Re: Colorado Light Enthusiast Meeting May 23
« on: May 12, 2015, 07:54:51 PM »
Graduation commitment for me also, so I won"t be able to attended this one ...
Dan
Dan
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What new effects you would like to see / Re: Not an effect request but a 'feature' request
« on: January 01, 2015, 06:20:24 PM »
WOW, Greg, I didn't make it up to your display this year, but I certainly will for 2015 !!!
Dan
Dan
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The Water Cooler / Re: Let It Go
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:01:10 PM »
What were you using to capture the video? Great resoluTion and color !!!
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The Water Cooler / Re: Made The News
« on: December 06, 2014, 07:10:34 PM »
Be careful... I had to make sure to remove my display from the news media because the traffic got absolutely terrible... Now it's only word of mouth and is much more pleasant for the neighbors...
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The Water Cooler / Re: Puzzeling
« on: December 03, 2014, 07:53:36 PM »
Hi, Don...
How are the announcements scheduled in the schedule? Are the announcements done like a musical sequence?
Dan
How are the announcements scheduled in the schedule? Are the announcements done like a musical sequence?
Dan