P10 with BBB not Outputting when Driven by xLights

[s.lane]

Trying to add a p10 panel to my show this year but having problem.  Hopefully someone can help.  I'm running latest version of FPP v5.3.  I had the panel working on v3.old with a few issues.  My v3.old wouldn't let me migrate the config to v5.3 so I started from scratch with screen prints of v3.old.

After getting the BBB with new FPP software, the Display Testing works perfectly.  So my issue is with xLights driving the panel.

Seams like bridge mode went away in v5.3.  Looks like I only have remote and player option.  I've tried both.

Let me know if there are other screenprints needed.

[dkulp]

In xLights, flip to DDP protocol.     In FPP, go to the Channel Inputs page and turn on the inputs and hit save.   If using DDP,  you don't need to define any input universes so you just need to enable the inputs. 

[s.lane]

Thanks for the response.  Made the two changes and still a no go.

Do I need to make changes to Outputs in FPP?  I still have E1.31 with IP and universes.

[jnealand]

Your start channels do not match

[s.lane]

I made changes to FPP channel inputs.  i think it matches xLights now.  Still not working.

FPP is receiving the DDP data.  But panel not doing anything.

See anything else??  I'm not giving up yet.

[jnealand]

Your controller has not been setup and what does your LED panel screen look like in FPP?

Controller should be FPP and Model should be "LED Panels"

[s.lane]

Got it working.

Made the changes you mentioned.  But still no go.  Unchecked "Keep Channel Numbers" and it started working. 
Looks like I'm in business.  jnealand was trying to get me to fix start channels but nothing i tried worked.  That checkbox got the start channels to match.

Thanks for the help.

HoHoHo.

[Gilrock]

Can you enlighten me where this "Keep Channel Numbers" box was?  I don't always catch all the changes in xLights but wanted to know if its in our software.

[Rudy B.]

Can you enlighten me where this "Keep Channel Numbers" box was?  I don't always catch all the changes in xLights but wanted to know if its in our software.

It's in the DDP Controller setup. Not sure what it does, but I believe it's checked by default. I leave it checked and have no problem with start channels.

[dkulp]

Can you enlighten me where this "Keep Channel Numbers" box was?  I don't always catch all the changes in xLights but wanted to know if its in our software.

The DDP packet includes the channel number for the channel in the packet.   There are two options for the DDP output:

1) Keep the raw xLights channel number

2) Start the channel number in the packet to "1" for that controller.

Some controllers want #2.   For example, the espixelstick code assumes #2 since you don't configure start channels on them.  The first channel it receives is what is output to the first light.   Minleon's are the same way.   Others, like the FPP based controllers and Falcons (I think Hinks as well) prefer #1 as we can configure the start channel for the strings to exactly match what you see in xLights.