megatree port settings

[rickswa]

Hey All,

Still getting used to this new controller setup but If I'm using an f16v3 with differential receiver boards, would I use ws2811 or DMX as the protocol?  Right now I have it set as WS2811 and then the port that matches what port it is on the diff. receiver board.  I just read on another thread that they used DMX so now I'm wondering, do I use ws2811 and the port # for the 16 ports on the main board and then switch to DMX and the port # on the expansion boards or just keep it ws2811 for all of them?

Also, I have a 36 string megatree but have 6 strands per port.  I can't figure out how to split the total strings up so that I can assign different ports to different strings. 

Thanks for any help.

[keithsw1111]

Use ws2811. Dmx is only used for real DNA devices.

To split your tree you need to set the models strong property.

[poporacer]

Just to clarify your Tree settings, the terminology get confusing.
Your tree has 36 strands
Your controller is connected to a string
Strands per string is how many times your string will go up and down.
Strings=Port connections.
So in your case, you would have your tree set to 6 strings and 6 strands per string. The # pixels per string will be the number of pixels that is connected to each port (6 strands)

[rickswa]

thank you for the help Poporacer.  So I do have my tree defined in layout as you said with 6 strings, 360 nodes/string and 6 strands/string.  Right now the f16 is setup to use ports 25-30 to output to those blocks of 6 from differential receiver cards. I'm just having a hard time figuring out how to select each port for the blocks of 6.  It seems I can only select a port and protocol for the overall model itself. Any ideas?  Thank you again.

[keithsw1111]

It will automatically increment the port for each string.