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My Show Setup / How do I set up my Fobble machine with 6 DMX channels

« on: November 09, 2020, 09:41:05 AM »

I'm trying to set up my Froggy's Fog - Fobble Machine as a DMX model in Xlights ver 2020.47.  But there doesn't seem to be a generic DMX model in the drop down list.  How do I set up a 6 channel DMX model in the Layout screen?

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / where it the Output To Lights box?

« on: October 06, 2020, 02:05:12 PM »

I have a 12 ribbon mega tree set up in xlights on a falcon F16V3 controller.  I am able to test the lights on the controller.  I can also test the lights in Xlights.  But when I try to run a sequence the lights don't work.  I know there is an Output to Lights button.  But I can't seem to find it. 

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Show Outline and Eyes on Auto for singing trees don't appear to be working

« on: January 06, 2020, 02:52:08 PM »

Thank you again Gilrock,
Given all the problems I had for my first year with Xlights I do a Check Sequence on everything.  :0)
I did figure out how to use Paint to resize the images.  So I've resized the images and the Warnings went away.  So if anyone else has these errors I'd be happy to send the resized images.  Thank you again for your quick responses.  Even though I've had a ton of problems switching over to Xlights I'm glad I did. 

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Show Outline and Eyes on Auto for singing trees don't appear to be working

« on: January 06, 2020, 01:18:11 PM »

Thank you Gilrock for the response.  The images I'm having issues with are the ones I downloaded from the Xlights Around the World project for the Greatest Show sequence.  So I'm wondering if other people who downloaded those images are having the same issues.  I don't have a problem resizing the images as I would like Xlights to operate as efficiently as possible.  What is the best way to resize the image?

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Show Outline and Eyes on Auto for singing trees don't appear to be working

« on: January 05, 2020, 08:48:46 PM »

Hello,
In answer to your question about what color I'm trying to set...   I may not have been clear I have 2 different types of singing faces.  1) is for an 8 channel AC singing face prop.  It is on that prop where you can set the color for each of the channel definitions.  I've included a pic of the screen where you can set that.  The other type of singing face is for my 12 ribbon CCR tree.   I suspected that the problem I was having with the AC singing face prop is with the model that I downloaded from last year's show.  So in a new show directory (my Halloween show),  I created the singing AC faces from scratch and it appears to be working ok now.  However I am still having a problem with the singing faces for the 12 ribbon CCR tree.  In the 'Check Sequence' print out I'm getting a warning that the "PTBarnum02_AI_eo.png' is 10.3 times the height or width of the model ... xLights is going to need to do lots of work to resize the image. Model 'Tree - Mega 12 CCR', Start 0:22.400.  I've run the sequence and it seems to be running ok.  I've run this sequence in last years display with an earlier version of Xlights and I wasn't getting this warning.  So to be safe I'd like to try to find out what's causing the Warning.   I've included a package of the sequence,  the Check Sequence printout, and a copy of the screen where I can set the color for my AC singing props.

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Show Outline and Eyes on Auto for singing trees don't appear to be working

« on: December 31, 2019, 08:54:40 PM »

Hello there,
Thank you for your responses.  So as an update I created a brand new show directory.  Instead of downloading my singing tree xmodels from last year.  I created the 4 Singing Xmas Tree models from scratch.  And rather than creating one model and then copying it I just created a separate model for each of the four trees.  I created The Greatest Show sequence for only the singing faces props and my 12 ribbon CCR tree.  The singing faces do work now but when I try to change the color to Green instead of the default Red, neither the Outline nor the Eyes work. This isn't a problem since the color doesn't translate to the actual prop since they are 8 channel AC props.
In answer to your question,  yes I did run the Check Sequence and am getting some warnings about the image sizes being 10 times the size of the prop.  Again I'm using a 12 ribbon CCR tree which I had working last year and older versions of Xlights.  But now I'm getting the image size problem.  Perhaps you could look into it.

For this sequence I only concentrated on the singing Xmas trees and the 12 CCR mega tree.  So the file is much smaller and I was able to up load it.

Oh on the other question, yes I did stop and restart Xlights and still had the same issue.  Also I installed the latest version of Xlights,  2019.74

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Show Outline and Eyes on Auto for singing trees don't appear to be working

« on: December 29, 2019, 09:24:03 AM »

I have been trying to define my singing Christmas trees for the Xlights Around the World sequence.  I have been using the singing faces models for the last 2 years.   Up until now when I'm sequencing the faces and check the Outline box the outline appears in the Model preview window.  I also set the Eyes on Auto and those also appeared in the Model Preview window.  But now when I check the Outline checkbox and select the Auto feature from the Eyes drop down box neither the Outline or eyes show up in the Model Preview window.  They also don't show in the House Preview window.   My singing faces models are 8 channel AC models.  I'm using the latest version of Xlights,  2019.72  64 bit.  Please note that I did try this with an earlier version of Xlights, 2019.42 64 bit, and don't have the same problem.   As requested I am including a screen shot of the Model Layout screen.  I'm also including the sequence screen showing the Outline checkbox and Eyes set to Auto and the Model Preview window.  I tried to include the packaged sequence for "The Greatest Show" sequence. But my screen kept timing out so I'm sending the 2 screen shots.  Let me know if you need it or anything else and I'll try to send it again.
Thank you,
Dennis H

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R.H. Sequencing / Re: Why pay more than $37 for a sequence.

« on: May 15, 2019, 06:35:21 PM »

Is this offer still good?

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The Water Cooler / Has anyone purchased the Spider Corner Web from Boscoyo?

« on: May 13, 2019, 12:51:50 PM »

If so, have you figured out how to wire it?  I have tried numerous ways and can't figure it out.  It has a total of 90 nodes with 6 spokes and 5 cross webbing strips.  I've attached a picture of it. 

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Lyrics edit

« on: May 08, 2019, 10:08:57 PM »

Thank you again for your response Keith.  I reverted back to another show directory and have it working there.  So I'll stick with that for now.

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Lyrics edit

« on: May 07, 2019, 11:51:54 PM »

I found the Holiday Coro models for singing monsters on the Google drive and have downloaded those.  They seem to be working although I had to fix the Mega Pumpkin to match my other faces.
Thank you again for your support.

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Lyrics edit

« on: May 07, 2019, 08:11:10 PM »

Is there a predefined model that I could download?

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Lyrics edit

« on: May 07, 2019, 08:07:57 PM »

I do have the outline defined.  In fact I have used this model successfully in other sequences but for some reason it  seems to have stopped working.  I went back into other sequences that were working but now they don't seem to be working.  I tried redefining the model but I'm still getting the same result.  I'm just wondering if somehow I changed a setting somewhere. 

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Lyrics edit

« on: May 07, 2019, 07:04:02 PM »

Thank you for your response.  Yes I read in another post about holding down the shift key when double clicking and that worked.  Now I just checked the settings per your note and set it back to double clicking to bring up the txt.  But now I'm having a problem where when I set up the face for a phrase I get the mouth movements in the preview but I don't get the outline.  I have checked the Outline Checkbox but I still don't get the outline when I play the sequence.  Is there some other setting?

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: Lyrics edit

« on: May 07, 2019, 04:38:37 PM »

For some reason I can no longer edit or enter lyrics.  When I double click in the segment to enter lyrics it just plays the song.   I have upgraded to 2019.24 and still not able to get it to work.   Also the little Papagayo appears to be struck out.