Tennessee ++ Fall Mini
All are invited, not just the folks from TN. In March, we had folks from TN, GA, NC, AL, FL and we also had someone join us from New Zealand, by far winning the most distance traveled.
WHEN: Saturday, September 20, 2014
WHERE: Doug Delongs house 3787 Blue Springs Road in Cleveland, TN
TIME: TBD (usually 9 am – 4 pm)
We’ll take up $$$ for lunch, usually pizza or Subway.
We will discuss all aspects of putting together a great display from nuts and bolts to finished display. This is a great time for newcomers to ask questions.
Topics will/can range from:
Lights to use: Incandescent, LED’s, RGB dumb and smart strings, Matrices, mega trees, and Coro elements.
Hardware: basic controllers, miniature pixel controllers, E1.31, Sandevices, J1SYS, dumb and smart controllers, etc.
Software: LOR, Vixen, Hls, Superstar, Xlights/Nutcracker and if needed, how to use Vegomatic to easily add RGB channels to LOR S3.
Power Injection: This is something that all can learn when using the low voltage, DC items such as pixels and basic RGB
If the interest is there, several of us can demonstrate good and most likely, different techniques for soldering, ie. connecting pixel strips or strings, adding pigtails, soldering together controller boards and such.
Been there, done that. We can have one on one instruction if the need arises. Lots of us have been doing this for several years and have the "Been there, done that and I got the t-shirt" mentality. We're all willing to share our experiences, good and bad.
Construction of elements: Need ideas how to construct leaping arches, mega trees, spiral trees, Marty fan, etc. Bring your new, cool element, to show off. It gives others ideas for creating new exciting elements for their display as well as how to build them.
What’s new: Let’s talk about the new stuff which will hopefully include an update on LOR S3.
Buy and Sell: There are almost always items for sale.
Mark your calendar for the 20th.
More info to come.
