Help for setup DMX 30ch board & universes

[Krazyzeus]

I am very new this but I have spent a lot of time synchronizing songs for Christmas and Halloween. Between watching the videos and learning from my own mistakes I feel xLights is a great program.

Unfortunately to run my show I am at a lost at trying to get xlights an/or computer to find my controlling cards so I can run my show.

I don't have LOR, Vixen or any other programs or their products. What I do have is,
 xLights, Windows 7, dumb RGB Led strip lights, 4 DMX 30 channel boards with dip switch (QJ-30CHDMX-20140730).

In my setup on xlights I have 4 universes setup as
E131  Mutlicast  Unver #1  Last ch-30  channels  1-30
E131  Mutlicast  Unver #2  Last ch-30  channels  31-60
E131  Mutlicast  Unver #3  Last ch-30  channels  61-90
E131  Mutlicast  Unver #4  Last ch-30  channels  91-120

I planned on using ethernet outlet from computer to the first controller card (universe 1) then card 1 to (U#2) , (U#3) then to the last controller (U#4).  The main problem is I can not get computer and or xlights to recognize my first card which does have the dip switch set with only #1 switch on the on position.

Is my xlights setup wrong for this type of controller?
Tried Unicast setting with IP address as 192.168.0.40 but nothing worked.
Do I have to change something on my Windows 7 for the Local Area Network (LAN) settings and if so how?

In some of the videos a DMX 27 channel card is being use which is no different than a 8,16,30 or 36 channel so I must be missing something getting my controller to be recognized. Is there something wrong in my setup or I'm missing a item. If anyone could help it would be gratefully appreciated.
 

[Ebuechner]

The big thing you're missing is thats not a E1.31 card. With the dip switches it needs a Serial input which means you would need a bridge or a USB dongle to connect it to your computer.

[jbsquires]

Yes you need a way to send out the DMX data from your computer to your controllers such as a E131 to DMX dongle or a USB to DMX dongle. There are many available such as the Lynx USB dongle or Entec dongles. Second thing I noticed is your setup, a DMX universe can have up to 512 channels so you only need ONE universe for your setup this year.