2811 Floodlight Setup Help

[mmais]

I have been trying to add 2 2811 floodlights to my backyard setup. I used the DMX Flood & set the protocol to ws2811 but when I try & sequence it the food only stays on as white. I know it is something simple but just can not find it. Below is a snip of my setup.
 Thanks, Mike

[worksopian]

Don't use the DMX flood, create a single line with 2 pixels.

[mmais]

That worked thanks.
 Mike

[Gilrock]

The DMX Flood should work.  If it doesn't it would be nice for someone to report that instead of just telling people to not use it.

[mmais]

The way I had it set up the flood would not change color. Above is a snip of how I had it.
 Mike

[Gilrock]

That setup looks fine.  Were you perhaps trying to control it from within a group?  That's the only way I know you can run into problems.  Groups need to be "Per Model" buffers for DMX.  You can leave it as the single pixels but we do want it working for others.

[worksopian]

The DMX Flood should work.  If it doesn't it would be nice for someone to report that instead of just telling people to not use it.

Sorry Gil, just trying to help. I appreciate all that the developers do.

[mmais]

That setup looks fine.  Were you perhaps trying to control it from within a group?  That's the only way I know you can run into problems.  Groups need to be "Per Model" buffers for DMX.  You can leave it as the single pixels but we do want it working for others.

Gil
 I was running it just the way you see it & would not change colors. No groups.
Mike

[Gilrock]

Gil
 I was running it just the way you see it & would not change colors. No groups.
Mike

But you didn't show me anything but the setup that does not show me how you were trying to sequence it.  Everything matters like which effect, which render style, blending options, etc.  Why don't you just zip up a package sequence with a simple example that doesn't work.  That's the easiest quickest way to show me what your doing.

[mmais]

Gil
 Per your request here is the sequence. None of the floods change color, & Lantern one is now not changing. Has to be something simple I am not seeing.
 Thanks, Mike

[ozaz]

Whilst Gil is probably correct, and being one of the devs, very likely correct that " The DMX Flood should work" why confuse things for a simple WS2811 flood. KISS principle 

Just use a single line with 1 node per string (assuming the floods you are using are something like these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32912497979.html ) Not sure why the other person suggested 2 nodes?

Your example the effect is 2 minutes long, which does make the transition from colour to colour very slow. Suggest for testing purposes, to reduce that to say 10-20 seconds.
I noticed that your colour gradient the colours don't change, and box under the padlock icon was set to an up arrow. Try changing that thing (not sure what that box is called, see screenshot below) to the clock icon. Worked for me.

[mmais]

Whilst Gil is probably correct, and being one of the devs, very likely correct that " The DMX Flood should work" why confuse things for a simple WS2811 flood. KISS principle 

Just use a single line with 1 node per string (assuming the floods you are using are something like these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32912497979.html ) Not sure why the other person suggested 2 nodes?

Your example the effect is 2 minutes long, which does make the transition from colour to colour very slow. Suggest for testing purposes, to reduce that to say 10-20 seconds.
I noticed that your colour gradient the colours don't change, and box under the padlock icon was set to an up arrow. Try changing that thing (not sure what that box is called, see screenshot below) to the clock icon. Worked for me.

Looks like the simple click on the color selection did the trick.
 Thanks, Mike

[Gilrock]

If making a flood light with a single line model was easy we would have never created the DMX Flood light...lol.  I've lost count of how many users could not figure out how to do it.  You have to create the model...make it one light...change its size and transparency.  With the DMX Flood light you just drop it down and it will work without all those setting changes so I'd say my way is the KISS method.

[Gilrock]

So I looked at your file and the DMXFloodlight is working perfectly.  Uncheck all the colors and check red it turns red, green turns green, and blue turns blue.  You have it trying to use a weird color curve on a bars effect.  That's kind of a strange thing to do with the Bars effect.  Normally you just select the different colors you want for the bars not try to use a color curve for one slice of the bars effect.  For a Floodlight I would suggest you use the ColorWash effect and then select the colors you would like it to cycle through.

[mmais]

Thanks, Gil
I am learning new things about Lights every day.
 Mike