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Offline nmiller0113

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Pixel Grouping in xLights
« on: September 12, 2017, 12:23:31 PM »
Can it be done in xLights

Long story around why I'm asking this but I'll try to keep this question fairly basic.  When I am referring to pixel grouping I'm referring to the same type of feature you find on controllers where you can group multiple pixels as a single one.  So you may be asking why do I need it in xLights if I can do it on the controller.  Short story, I want to do it on specific models but only on *some* sequences, not all!  If I set it on the controller it's all or nothing, but if I can control it in the the sequencer that would provide the most flexibility.  I think it would work best in the model configuration and then I can just swap models in sequences based on whether I want pixels grouped or not.
 Just a thought as I couldn't see a way to do it but maybe I'm missing something.  Or, maybe there is another way to do this.  OR...maybe this is gonna become a feature request :)

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Re: Pixel Grouping in xLights
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2017, 12:29:25 PM »
I showed how to do this one week ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJT5sGVphsE

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Re: Pixel Grouping in xLights
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2017, 10:51:28 PM »
Gil, thank you so much.  That's exactly what I was looking for and needed.  It gave me the ideas I needed!