how to configure Xlights when you use a teensy3.2 as a controller

[morry]

I want to use a teensy3.2 as an 8 port controller and not sure how to setup xlights

[keithsw1111]

What protocol does your sketch expect.


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[morry]

This is what it says at the top of the sketch, is this what you mean?
Program to control WS2811 RGB LED by Vixen Lights 3.x

[morry]

I think it is using serial prtocol

[Gilrock]

You know I bought one of those a year ago to figure out how to make it work and never got around to it.  Now I'm not even sure where the board is.  It shouldn't be that hard to get going.  I remember the conversation was also talking about whether I'd make our code work with the existing way it was working in Vixen because they had a special keyword in the Sketch.  Otherwise it was going to need a simple Sketch modification to work with the standard xLights DMX interface.  I don't really have time to dive into it right now but what you want is to use DMX protocol and make the Sketch expect the packet format xLights is sending out.

[keithsw1111]

Yeah serial ain’t a packet format. It’s a transport. The data has to be in a format. We support a few aerial protocols but the most common is dmx.


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[JerryPlak]

some reading info
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_uart.html
 

[morry]

Using FPP player I am getting output to lights  but I don't know how to map specific models to the ports coming out of the the octows2811 that is attached to the teensy

[morry]

FYI, I got my teensy working with xlights right now just one port driving one string of 1196 pixels

[Gilrock]

Wow nice I didn't know you could drive that many on one port.  Is that a 50ms sequence?