Minitrees and the star

[nayrma]

I have 3 of the large Boscoyo trees used in my light show.  They are 85 nodes with a 20 node star.  I recently switched to Xlights and discovered that the software expects them to be wired a specific way.  I would prefer not to have to rewire them but need to see if there is a way in Xlights to represent the tree model and the star. My initial thought was to create submodels.  I did this for tree 1 with nodes 1-52 being used and 73 to 105 for the tree.  I then went back and added a star that started on the channels that were not included in the submodel.  My star is in the middle of the strand and not the end.  This worked fine for tree 1 but not for 2 or 3

I have this working at the controller level with virtual strings but need the software to work too.

I have considered just using the submodels to represent the tree and the star.  Not ideal but I think this would work.  The problem is with no physical representation of the star, might be hard to work with.

Any ideas on how to solve this problem without rewiring the whole thing?

[Gilrock]

You might be able to check Individual Start Channels on the Tree model and then create the channel gap.  If that doesn't work yes there are probably other ways like creating a custom model but it kind of ruins the features of how the effects usually work.  Those really are 2 distinct models so its best to spend a little more time soldering a wire than making the wiring convenient and then having years of sequencing issues.

[jnealand]

You really need to rewire and put the star at the end.  I have found that 15 nodes in the star works great and keeps my string to a nice even 100.

[nayrma]

I figured this much but I was just trying to avoid work.  Good thing is no soldering as I already have a completed strand.  I need to pull them apart and move the nodes around.

Thanks for the input.  I fully agree that I would rather do this right now as opposed to doing a workaround that might create some problems later down the road.

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