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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: June 01, 2017, 06:26:04 AM »

ty i know i have a static setup on my FFP. i'll figure out how to do that on the laptop. ty for all the comments.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 28, 2017, 10:29:21 AM »

yes if i plug the laptop directly into the router it does show a link with my network and does connect. but if i plug it into the controller it shows as unidenified network and will not talk to it. the laptop is maybe a year or 2 old.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 27, 2017, 09:54:31 AM »

Ok. I have it plugged into my range extender/booster out in the garage and it is up and running at moment.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 27, 2017, 09:28:43 AM »

i have a wireless extender/booster with a ethernet port and imma try and see if it still works when plugged into that.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 27, 2017, 09:23:02 AM »

i may be going about it all wrong or not explaining what i'm trying to do correctly. i'm trying to connect one side of an ethernet cable to the ethernet port of my laptop and the other end to the controller and run tests and or run the show direct with xlights. i don't know if that's even possible without the laptop being connected to the internet. all i do know is that if i connect it this way it doesn't work but if i connect the cable from the controller to my hardwired PC i can control the lights from both it AND the laptop even tho the laptop isn't directly connected by any cables so i'm assuming it's doing it wirelessly.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 27, 2017, 08:53:51 AM »

i have turned off the wifi adapter and it still would not play directly from the laptop. in the ethernet options it says the ethernet port is unidentified.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 27, 2017, 07:48:44 AM »

ethernet port of laptop is 192.168.1.73 and wifi is 192.168.1.254 i believe

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 26, 2017, 11:45:56 PM »

no no. i have wifi. but i cant get the controller to play a test or sequence directly from the laptop when its plugged into it.unless i plug the controller into my hardwired PC.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 26, 2017, 06:12:27 PM »

controller ip is 192.168.1.207 / PC ip is 192.168.1.73 / the check sequence ip says 192.168.1.73

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 25, 2017, 06:58:32 PM »

i do have a wifi extender/booster that has a ethernet port on it to direct plug in to. think that may be sufficient? it is a sandevices E682 and when i've tested using my hardwired PC it worked fine but i had it connected with a 4 port ethernet splitter so i think it would be directly connected that way which is why it worked i'm sure.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 25, 2017, 06:32:52 PM »

so basically i need at the very least a wireless switch of some sort inline with it. which is probably why it works when the cable is plugged into my main hardwired PC and i can still control the lights through the laptop even tho the laptop doesn't have any cables connected to it.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 25, 2017, 06:15:35 PM »

ok i set the force ip to what it said in the check sequence and still nothing. now just to make sure i've got this hooked up right, i have the cable plugged in my laptop and the other end plugged directly into my controllers etho port.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 25, 2017, 01:19:54 PM »

I had found a force ip in menu but when I tried to put my IP address in it would not let me select ok, only close.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 25, 2017, 12:24:23 PM »

I do have it on a raspberry pi but I'd like to be able to run tests and or run the show with the laptop if needed.

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Xlights Setup / Re: running xlights from a laptop issue

« on: May 25, 2017, 06:01:56 AM »

then how would i change that so that i can run the show from the ethernet port of the laptop but still be able to use my wireless on it as well.