DiyLightAnimation

Thanks to both of you for your replies.  I have a friend here locally who is using Falcon controllers and X-lights and he highly recommends them.  Let me ask another question and this is probably not the correct board but here goes:  Wasn't there a device made to use with the LE that would basically be preprogrammed with your show information and would run the show without having to be physically linked up via a Cat 5 cable?  Wasn't it called the Conductor?  I have been thinking about using my LE controllers to turn on and off my static lights.  I like to vary the on and off time depending on the date, day of week, etc. and thought this would be a good way to do it however I don't want to have to connect them all via ethernet cable.

Sorry, I was confused.  I thought you were asking about the cable instead of the pole.  The pole was galvanized.  It broke right at the point where it went into the coupling.  The pole was made up of 3 sections and they were all tightened as much as possible using pipe wrenches.  There was actually no threads visible.  As far as the guy wires I was using 3.  They were attached just a few inches from the top of the pole.  Good point about using 6.  I may add 3 more assuming I rebuild this thing for next year.  I actually have large eye bolts permanently cemented in the ground that I attach the cables to.  They are designed to be right at ground level so in the summer I can mow right over them.  Some years they are a little hard to find however I have very accurate measurements so usually I can find them pretty easily.

I appreciate everyone's comments and input.  Merry Christmas!!

I thought some of you might be interested in what happened to my 25' mega tree last Saturday night.  A strong cold front came through with extremely high winds that blew almost continuously for several hours.  One of my guy wires broke and the stress snapped the 3" steel pole like it was a twig.  I always feel that I over engineer everything that I do however in hindsight using the small, braided clothesline for a guy wire was an obvious mistake.  Show is over this year however I plan to be back bigger and better next year.  I have attached a picture of the aftermath.

Sorry for my slow reply but thanks to all for posting replies to my question.  I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Some time back I asked (I believe on this board) if anyone could suggest songs to sequence.  Someone gave me a link to a website with a list of the most popular songs to sequence.  I bought some of them on Amazon and then promptly replaced my computer and lost them.  Anyone heard of this site and maybe could post a link to it? 

After making this post I saw where someone else had the same issue.  The only reply was that the file may be corrupted.  Sorry I should have looked closer before making a new post however does anyone have any other ideas? 

1 for me please.

Thanks,
Paul

I did this last year when 2 channels failed on one LE.  I was able to shift them to a different controller using Light Show Pro.  If you have to replace the triac be careful that you don't overheat the board when desoldering.  I did this and messed up the board to where those channels are not operational.