Working with Excel

[ajterry]

I am new to pixels and nodes as well as Xlights. I have been doing a display using LOR for 3 years and want to get into pixels and nodes.

I have watched a lot of videos. I am trying to convert my LOR to Xlights and trying to incorporate shared talking props, ie: bulbs and trees into my sequences, but they don't channel up correctly when I play the sequence and watch the models.

I saw videos where some use Excel. I have downloaded an alternative to Excel, but I don't know how to get the channel configuration into the spreadsheet.

I don't know how to setup the spreadsheet to see what my channel config woud be in Xlights from LOR.
Could someone help a newbie with this?

I sure would appreciate it. I want to get my this years display sequenced as I am trying to re-sequence my sequences with talking figures and you know how long that takes.
I am having channel assignment issues in Xlights and my prop don't act correctly.

My email address is: cdburner1950@comcast.net for anyone wanting to contact me or coach me with Excel or Xlight setup

[greg s]

Clyde at leechburg lights has a ton of videos, that was pretty much my bible making the transfer to LOR made the transition very easy.  I believe he has one a video on excel/LOR and xlights mapping somewhere.  Here is the link to his video, I think it is what you are looking for and may help, His channel is loaded with some great info.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGhjHkyAhe4

[Gilrock]

ajterry,

If you could package up your xLights show directory and one of the LOR sequences I'd like to take a look so I can better learn the process of what you're running into and possibly use it to create a help video.  When I did mine a few years ago it was straightforward because I had already converted all my LOR stuff to DMX universes so it came in 1:1.

If you have any sequence you've started in xLights just open it and do Tools -> Package Sequence or otherwise just open xLights and do Tools -> Package Log Files.  Either method will give me everything needed to recreate what you have in xLights.  Then just add in a LOR sequence.  Hopefully S4 because I'm not running S5.

By the way I'm one of the xLights developers if you didn't know.  You should be able to send a PM on the forum.