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Xlights Setup / garbage output

« on: December 10, 2018, 12:18:40 PM »

I posted this on Falcon also. I am very late to start up this year I started my show Saturday night and noticed the mega tree ( controlled by an Fv2 blue board and expansion board) was just random garbage outputs. The rest of the show using my LOR and old DLA equipment was playing correctly.  I looked in the web interface and made some adjustments. I re-rendered the sequences. Still random colors and effects but some models and effects were playing in their assigned places. Apparently there some changes I did not pay attention to and in digging around  I see there are set up choices in the layout section. So...do I need to set up the models or is the issue with the set up of the F2? 

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Enhancement Requests / Re: a run at start up option

« on: December 17, 2016, 08:30:23 AM »

a very simple solution. Thank you

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Enhancement Requests / a run at start up option

« on: December 16, 2016, 05:59:05 PM »

I am finding there is no way from stopping windows 10 from re-starting my pc. I have adjusted my user time but cant stop it from rebooting  during the off 12 hours. I know I should be using the FPP but mine  does not have a connection to the internet at this time and I know this is something I should have been worrying about 6 months ago, when I cold have done something about it. Is it feasible to have a run at startup option so if we have a power loss or reset, the program would just restart if set to do so.
as an aside, I waited too long to roll back my older laptop when it was updated by my wife to windows 10 so I feel stuck this year. A trip was planned for me on the 20-23 and don't have anyone that is dependable to check to see if the show is running  .......sorry for the mini vent.

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Nutcracker Effects / Re: pictures not moving with the sequence

« on: December 14, 2016, 07:23:53 AM »

In the end it sequence does not look very good when played in the display. I am kinda of disappointed.  I have a 28 strings  60 led  270 deg. tree, and I don't have the tree strips close enough to get decent resolution so the pictures look like water color blobs moving across the tree. It looks great on the whole house display in x-lights. It might be better if it was displayed  on a matrix. I might try a readjustment on the tree today.

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Nutcracker Effects / Re: pictures not moving with the sequence

« on: December 13, 2016, 06:44:00 PM »

the pictures did not appear until I transferred them to the show computer and put them in the same  named file. The pictures did not save in the fscq file.

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Nutcracker Effects / Re: pictures not moving with the sequence

« on: December 13, 2016, 06:21:44 PM »

playing the fscq sequence , and still no pictures.  they are png files I drew in the grid block on the effects assist in x lights on my desk top. saved and transferred both files to the show computer.

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Nutcracker Effects / Re: pictures not moving with the sequence

« on: December 13, 2016, 05:48:01 PM »

OK how do I get it to play with the pictures.  Tell x-lights to play the fscq file not the xml file?

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Nutcracker Effects / pictures not moving with the sequence

« on: December 13, 2016, 05:21:40 PM »

I fished a sequence that has several pictures in the sequence saved it to a thumb drive for transfer to the show computer. Once on the show computer there are no pictures in the sequence. I had this happen to a super star sequence I converted. the effects are there and the picture icon is in the sequence. but no picture.
I guess the (gif) pictures do not save in the file. just record the place to find the picture file?

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Xlights Setup / Re: tool bar reset

« on: November 29, 2016, 08:51:09 AM »

thank you guys. I am starting very late this year, I see there have been several changes, should have been keeping up but life keeps getting in the way.

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Xlights Setup / tool bar reset

« on: November 28, 2016, 07:49:57 PM »

I was working on my two screen desktop. I got a new laptop and copied my files to to a usb drive and opened up the freshly dl ed NC. I can't the preview window or model preview window. Best I can figure it's  placing them off the single laptop screen. I did the tool bar reset and restarted and the windows come back in the same places and I still cannot see the preview windows. The lay out page is right and all my models are there. I know its something easy  thx in advance Jim.

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: damaged my show

« on: December 13, 2015, 07:30:31 PM »

In the end I created a new sequence with my new model layout. I imported my LOR layer. Then I imported the .XML file from my old layout and brought my mega tree into the new sequence.  It worked, and with help from Dave Pitts ( he is the best ) my show is up and running.  I never was able to copy an entire model  or even to find it in the manual. But being in a rush and under pressure is never good for learning anything new.

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: damaged my show

« on: December 09, 2015, 08:13:16 PM »

not trying to be contrary, I just can't seem to get anything to work. I will take a fresh stab at it later.

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: damaged my show

« on: December 09, 2015, 06:35:43 PM »

I cant copy and paste between two open x light  programs.  I have two screens both programs open.

I had to change my model numbering because of the AC controllers (they need to be first because they run in counts of 16 ) I did not know, or realize that when I set up my models several months ago.  In LOR changing controller numbering is not a big deal and I did not think about it.

This changed my RGBeffects files and none of my sequences are working now. I can re-import the LOR background stuff into the renumbered models and it runs fine. I need to get the mega tree and star I sequenced in to the "re numbered" X Lights.

I am just frustrated and way behind and need a push in the right direction. Thank you for trying to help Gilrock I am not trying to be stupid on purpose.

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: damaged my show

« on: December 09, 2015, 04:11:11 PM »

that is the problem I had to make channel numbering changes and I guess that changed the rgbeffect file

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: damaged my show

« on: December 09, 2015, 03:45:11 PM »

 I don't know if I did it right but I got the same mis mash play back when I deleted the FSEQ file. I created a new sequence and re imported my LOR sequence with the correct channel set up. I then attempted to Import in the mega tree xml file from my old completed sequence and I get a crash. I  am about ready to try anything short of human sacrifice to rescue this mess. I don't understand why the program cares about what channels I tell it to turn on  if it is  1 or 100 ?.