LOR Pixie controller in XLights not working right

[brichi]

Hey guys, so in my efforts of maybe using XLights over LOR this year I am attempting to use a LOR Pixie4 with xlights and its not working 100% , here is what I got


1, 4 channel pixie 4 running with the red high speed LOR usb dongle. I have 1 50 pixel (150 channel) ribbon connected to port 1 and another to port 2. When I open xlights I have nothing set, clean slate so I hit Add USB, Network type is LOR, selected the dongle under PORT, then I notice the baud rate maxes at 96 channels in LOR mode when I need 150, so how do I add this correctly? I tried switching the jumpers on the pixie4 to DMX mode but no luck getting it connected.

I searched and most videos are for older versions and don't apply to my setup.

thanks!

[Gilrock]

That note about 96 channels is really old so I have no idea if its true.  I'd ignore it and just test it out.

[brichi]

thank you, I have been testing but its weird, I get the strip to light up but after node 12 on the strip it stops no matter how many channels I add past 12. the 13th turns red

[Gilrock]

I keep meaning to test the LOR output at higher channel counts.  I have CCRs I can use and I have the non high-speed LOR dongle.

[brichi]

yeah, it seems pretty straight forward yet I cant get it working right, lol

[brichi]

heres some shots of my settings and what the controller and lights look like

https://www.dropbox.com/s/84guc5l9ju4qiuu/Screen%20Shot%202018-01-19%20at%2011.30.21%20AM.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7cz76gdc5key69/Screen%20Shot%202018-01-19%20at%2011.30.46%20AM.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/irl25ud7omcek00/IMG_0654.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ru5q5ogt19ttvia/IMG_0655.JPG?dl=0

[Ebuechner]

Do you have a way of testing the strip other than the Lor controller?
I only mention this because my first thought is maybe the strip went bad at that node.

[brichi]

the strips are good, if I open LOR and run my show everything works great as it should

[keithsw1111]

The 96 channel soft limit comes from the inefficiencies of the lor protocol we use. Every channel carries a 5 byte overhead. When combined with slow serial that kills you.

[Gilrock]

The 96 channel soft limit comes from the inefficiencies of the lor protocol we use. Every channel carries a 5 byte overhead. When combined with slow serial that kills you.

So my question is how is LOR getting away with it?  They run the same protocol from a PC and it works.

[Ebuechner]

If it was me I would run it and DMX mode.
I don't know that controller but I'm sure you'll probably have to make a crossover cable DMX is pin 1 and 2, Lor uses pins 5 and 6.
Pin 1 to pin 4, and pin 2 to pin 5.

[brichi]

its one or LOR pixie 4's that uses the dongle to convert usb to ethernet cord, it has a dmx pinning you can do on the board but it wasn't working either

[Ebuechner]

Are you running any other E1.31 controllers?
Most any of the other controllers out there will output DMX.
You could go from the E1.31 controller to the pixie 4 and skip the dongle, this would be a better setup.

[brichi]

all 8 controllers I use in my show are Pixies but I just got a Alphapix but it doesn't have dual ethernet ports and I don't think I can run a pixie controller off a network switch

[Ebuechner]

No you can't run a Pixi off of the network but your alphapix should be able to Output DMX.