Using LOR CCR II ribbons with xLights

[Val Bennett]

Has anyone successfully set up and used the newer LOR CCR II ribbons in xLights using the LOR dongle and not DMX? My older CCR ribbons with one output per controller work fine, but the second ribbon on each CCR II controller doesn't turn on. Also, the first ribbon isn't turning on all the lights as commanded.

[Gilrock]

Haven't had any to test with.  How did you try to set them up in xLights?

[Val Bennett]

Gil, attached is my packaged sequence. If my setup and layout aren't in there, let me know. The CCR II uses a Pixie2D controller, I have 100 pixels on each of 2 strings connected to the 2 ports. In the "Layout" tab, I tried changing the LOR controller definition to "RGB Controller", "CCR", and "Pixie 4" just to see if it made a difference, but it didn't.
BTW - I watched your YouTube instructional video for setting up LOR hardware with xLights, thank you for that!

[Gilrock]

So the only choices in that dialog that really mean anything are the Pixie4, Pixie8, and Pixie16.  What I do with those is strip off the 4, 8, and 16 to use as the number of unit ids you need so if you picked Pixie4 you were getting the channels assigned to 4 unit ids.  All the other names work the same and are just there to give you a pretty name to show.

I think you need to be using the Split addressing mode because that will give you 2 unit ids.

Addressing works like this:
Normal:  There is only 1 unit id for all channels
Legacy:  Every 16 channels is assigned a consecutive unit id starting with the first
Split:      The channels are divided in half and split between 2 unit ids

When you select Pixie4, Pixie8, or Pixie16 then the channel count you enter is per output so its multiplied by the 4, 8, or 16.

[Val Bennett]

Gil, using the "split" addressing mode did the job

Thanks a bunch, you bailed me out once again!