Uploading MegaTree config to span multiple controllers?

[deonb]

I'm trying to use the "Upload to Controller" feature. How do I set up a megatree to span multiple controllers though?

My megatree is a 64 strand x 100 tree. I have 4 controllers set up for it, connected to 16 strands per controller (E682):
10.0.131.50
10.0.131.60
10.0.131.70
10.0.131.80

The Ctrlr Conn setting is configured as: WS2811:1-64

I haven't configured anything else under Controller Connection.

When I do "View Controller", it shows controller 10.0.131.50 with pixel ports 1 to 17 (confirmed 17), with the first 17 strands configured on it. It does not show any connections to .60, .70 or .80

Is the feature currently limited to a single controller per prop or am I setting things up wrong?

[keithsw1111]

You cant upload to controllers to configure a single model that spans multiple controllers.

If you are desperate for upload then the only way to do this is to set your model to port 0 and no protocol and then create shadow models which represent the part of the prop on each controller and configure the shadow model for upload. You will get a warning on upload but it will upload.

[deonb]

That's ok - I can just use a second Show Directory and upload it as 4 separate megatrees to the controllers. Still beats entering the configuration manually into the E682 web page (by a lot)!

Can I log this as a (very low priority) feature request though?

[keithsw1111]

As a feature request. No. We are not going to add it as it will significantly complicate something that is already not easy for a case used by very few people with already existing workarounds.

I would not be creating a separate show folder. Just create the shadow models and put them in the unassigned preview.

[deonb]

Ok, no problem.

One thing - I already have a separate show folder where I have all my controllers listed then one megatree assigned to each of them as a 100 x 16.

Main reason for that is if I'm doing a "where exactly did I plug in that prop again?" and if the controllers get configured from my main xLights show, the E682 ports without props are shut down when I upload the config, so I can't even find the wayward prop by using a test pattern output.

With my "test" show though I can just run through all controllers and reconfigure everything to 16 ports x 100 pixels and do an output all to find the missing prop.

Is there an easier/better way to do this than a second show folder?

(I actually don't mind what I'm doing at all now - it works fine and it's 1000 times easier than the direct controller config.)