converting LOR

[Gilrock]

Well the mapping output was for you.  We wouldn't know if that's correct for your setup you need to verify that.

I see data in the nodes so that data is going to be sent somewhere if you have output to lights turned on.

[Jkellar]

I do have the light output turned on and nothing is working at the lights. And as far as the mapping goes everything lines up xlights channel 1 with LOR channel 1 and so on. I guess I will just have to give up and rewrite all my sequences or go back to using LOR. Thanks for everyone's help but I am not sure what to do from here because it all worked before (in the house) I know I was using a older version of xlights but not sure which one at the time. Thanks again for everyone's time.

[Gilrock]

Look at the attached picture where I marked up your sequence.  If you drop an effect in the Yellow box area then you should see data show up in the Orange box area.  There is no way that data in the Orange box can be working while data in the Blue boxes is not.  Just isolate it to this one element and make sure when you play the cursor is actually moving over those sections where there's data.

[Jkellar]

I believe I have officially figured out my problem, I can admit I am a dumb ass. I moved my show center (PC, fm transmitter etc.) to a new location and plugged in to the nearest LOR box to a Falcon controller and ran my cables unfortunately that meant the closes LOR controller was unit 5 which is now universe 1 channels 64 thru 80. Well I guess DMX does not care for that because I ran a cable from a falcon controller to LOR box 1 and everything works. Still not sure why when I dropped an effect in xlights to my whole house model they worked. But if I dropped a effect into one model alone it didn't. But right now I don't care it all WORKS. Now to just route wires differently and I can have fun.

Thanks again everyone for your help

[Gilrock]

Yeah the LOR unit ID determines where in the DMX stream it will pick off the data so it doesn't matter where in the chain you put that controller it grabs the same data.  Glad its working.

[Ebuechner]

My bet is that it's a bad RJ45 Jack. The Lor controllers seem to have a problem with that especially if you use pre-made cables with strain relief.

[Phrog30]

My bet is that it's a bad RJ45 Jack. The Lor controllers seem to have a problem with that especially if you use pre-made cables with strain relief.

Ummmm, he just said he got it working.

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[Ebuechner]

My bet is that it's a bad RJ45 Jack. The Lor controllers seem to have a problem with that especially if you use pre-made cables with strain relief.

Ummmm, he just said he got it working.

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 after he plugged into a different box.

[Gilrock]

Yes but it wasn't a hardware problem from what I gather.  He plugged into LOR unit ID #5 expecting to see lights come on but he was sending data targeted for LOR unit ID #1.  So yes when he moved to LOR unit ID #1 things started working but it wasn't because of a cable problem.

[Ebuechner]

Ahh.  I made the Assumption he had all of his LOR units Daisy chained together.

[Anthony.Bigda]

Question for you guys along these same lines. I was using LOR S4 this year and was i can say less then pleased with it. When you run LOR controllers in DMX from xlights do you need to have the controllers in alpha numeric order 1,2,3,4 when cabled or can they just be Dasey chained in any order like the LOR protocol allows?


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[Gilrock]

When LOR controllers are in DMX mode they can be in any order.  The unit ID tells the LOR unit where in the DMX stream to start picking off data.

[Anthony.Bigda]

When LOR controllers are in DMX mode they can be in any order.  The unit ID tells the LOR unit where in the DMX stream to start picking off data.

Well that makes it easier then I thought
Thanks


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[Phrog30]

I was using LOR S4 this year and was i can say less then pleased with it.

You can import your LOR sequences into xlights. There are a lot of ex LOR users now using xlights. Gil, one of the developers, was a LOR user. He has spent a lot of time making effects that mimic superstar effects. My point, switching to xlights will be easy and the best decision you will make. I wish I would have done it sooner.

James

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