MegaTree with Star in the middle

[MrRocketman]

Hello,

I am having troubles properly defining my MegaTree due to the fact that my star is in the middle of the tree. I've attached a drawing to show my channel numbers/how my MegaTree is physically wired.

My MegaTree is 16 strands of 50 pixels. I thought I would be able to define it normally, with say 8 strands of 100 nodes so they zig-zag. And then turn on individual strand numbers. The problem is my star comes at the end of the 9th strand and data comes back out of the star into the 10th strand. That would be right in the middle of an XLights strand.

Any ideas on how I can define my MegaTree model in XLights properly?

The best I've come up with is just 16 individual single strand models and then a group to encapsulate them. But then I can define my Matrix/Image faces to the model.

Thanks,
James (MrRocketman)

[MrRocketman]

Wow, it dawned on my right after posting that all I need is a Custom model 16x50 that's not part of my display. And just leave my 16 single strand models for visual purposes only.

Hopefully this helps someone down the road.