Help setting up 99 pixel Boscoyo candy canes.

[wazsxr]

Hi,
I've got two questions about setting up my new Boscoyo 99 pixel candy canes.  The first one is around setting it up in xlights, as you can see below pixel 70 and beyond is not lighting up in sequence with the rest of the model. How do I go about diagnosing and fixing this problem please?

Wiring:


Is there anything else I can provide to help get a solution?

The other question is around the leftover pixel in the string (it's a 100px string),  it is stuffing up the pixel alignment later in the sequence as it's seen as the first pixel in the next model, I hope that makes sense.  Thank you for the help!

-Warren

[Rudy B.]

I would replace pixels 69 & 70.  You can put a single null pixel at the beginning of the next prop.

[wazsxr]

Thanks for the reply.  Are you thinking that pixels 69 and 70 may be faulty?  Would that affect all pixels downstream from it as from 70 onwards it is the same colour?  I connected another 100px string and it did the same thing so I'm thinking it's the programming somehow.  I've just got it set to do a colour wash and the model in xlights is showing the entire candy cane the same consistent colour as it transitions.

[Gilrock]

If 2 strings are showing the same thing I wouldn't cut anything until you exhaust all possible setup issues.  I have 16 of those candy canes and I personally cut things to the correct size but I wasn't starting with premade strings either.  To me it just adds years of headaches to have to account for the extra pixel.  I'd cut it out.  You could modify the custom model and add 1 pixel and then just put tape around it.

[wazsxr]

You could modify the custom model and add 1 pixel and then just put tape around it.

I like this idea! Simple and effective.  Thank you for that.

Any ideas on the different colours from pixel 70 onwards?  I did a bit of testing and if the model is the built in polyline and it works just fine so I think I can rule out the physical pixel line as being the issue, it must be the model.  I haven't worked with custom models (or default for that matter) so any help will be much appreciated.

[wazsxr]

I discovered what the issue was and thought I would post back here for the benefit of anyone else who has this issue.  I skipped setting up the Falcon Player's universes to match up with the Falcon Controller, once this was matching everything else fell into place (I'll still need some black tape over pixel 100 thanks Gilrock ).  Thanks for the help everyone.