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Offline nsteadman

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New to Xlights and having trouble with the Test
« on: December 19, 2021, 11:25:04 AM »
Hello, I am new to setting up a christmas display.  I wanted to start with just a megatree for the first year and then expand.  I have my megatree and star assembled but am having trouble connecting up with xLights.

I downloaded xLights, setup my Alphapix 16 controller per the instructions, inserted a Boyscoyo 23.3 star, used the visualizer to move it to port 9 which is where it is plugged into my controller.

The testing on the controller works fine.
The testing through my web ip interface works.
I have uploaded the output from within XLights and there is a green dot to the right of the Delete button.
When I go to tools, test, and select my model it doesn't do anything, I have selected various options. 
Clearly I am missing something....  Please let me know what  images I need to post to get some guidance on what to do next.

Thanks and looking forward to getting started with animated lights. 

Natalie
« Last Edit: December 19, 2021, 11:39:00 AM by nsteadman »

Offline Gilrock

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Re: New to Xlights and having trouble with the Test
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2021, 06:36:29 AM »
Are you selecting the Output to Lights button?

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Re: New to Xlights and having trouble with the Test
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2021, 03:03:43 PM »
Looks like my controller was still in test mode, so I switched my controller to normal and I'm getting the test to output in xlights now. New question, which I will post in a new thread regarding actually exporting my show to my controller.