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Offline shadow62672

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Spinner wont spin :)
« on: November 19, 2020, 06:31:22 PM »
Very new....

I have setup a model spinner as follows:
1 string
arms 16
lights on arm 11
hollow 5%
start angle )
Arc 360.

When I test on the controller all the lights light up. When I test in the Xlights program only the first 4 lights work. Tested it on other strands same issue.

Where should I start on diagnosis?

Again a total newbie and jumping in.






Offline Henry

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Re: Spinner wont spin :)
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2020, 01:27:01 AM »
... When I test in the Xlights program only the first 4 lights work. ...

I am also somewhat new to xLights (less so to pixels).  However, I saw essentially the same issue when I had accidentally left my raspberry pi (running FPP) sending output to the pixels, and also had xLight set to "output to lights" (the last icon in main bar, by default).

I think that xLights and FPP were both sending data over wifi, just that one was sending an all-off signal slightly later than the first was sending the pattern.  Thus, a few lights went on, then flickered off, (repeat).

It may not be your issue, but worth checking.  Good luck!

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Re: Spinner wont spin :)
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2020, 05:57:54 AM »
Zoom.

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Re: Spinner wont spin :)
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2020, 01:35:12 PM »
zoom meeting? or zoom on model? If zoom on model, it works just fine on model and preview in xlights, it only lights 4 lights on the physical model.

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Re: Spinner wont spin :)
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2020, 02:23:38 PM »
Zoom meeting. The guys in there fix issues all day long.

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Re: Spinner wont spin :)
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2020, 08:39:44 AM »
Thank you Keith~