ESP8266 Pixel Stick IP Addressing

[Tory Street Lights]

When using Multicast for data delivery to ESP8266 Pixel Stick's within xLights, as long as each device has a unique IP Address, which does not show on the setup page when using "Multicast".  Does xLights use the Universe/Start channel as it's identifier to address/locate the appropriate Pixelstick for the appropriate models/Pixel strings, not it's IP address.

I am not a networking person, still getting my head around this aspect and want to get that part right while adding another 10 or so Pixel sticks to the system this year.

Chers,

Terry

[keithsw1111]

When you use multicast xlights just sends all the data to all the pixel sticks and each pixel stick makes the decision about if the message is for them by looking at the universe number.


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[Tory Street Lights]

Hi Keith,

Thank you, that is what I "assumed", so brilliant to have it confirmed  :-)  Now to "work" re-programming the tiny beasts.

Terry

[keithsw1111]

Good luck. I think you are going to have performance and reliability issues if you run lots of them.


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[Tory Street Lights]

Good luck. I think you are going to have performance and reliability issues if you run lots of them.


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I am only adding about a half dozen or so, and that will be the the lot for my setup  :-)

Terry

[Mikel3332]

Good luck. I think you are going to have performance and reliability issues if you run lots of them.


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Would there be less problems running them in Unicast, i will have 9 in my show this year

[Tory Street Lights]

Good luck. I think you are going to have performance and reliability issues if you run lots of them.


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Would there be less problems running them in Unicast, i will have 9 in my show this year

Multicast cures a number of streaming issues that occur because unicast is continually attempting to correct missing data in the received data stream.  This chokes up the AP and produces big lag in the system.

Going to Multicast with the 13 I ran last year solved all the problems I was seeing!!