DiyLightAnimation

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Anyone interested in adding some equipment or buying everything you need to get started message me. I live in the Gettysburg area, if you would like any more info message me.

Wow I feel like a goof! I was doing some reading & thought that you only needed two power cords to run higher amperage ! As for the optic chip, guess I will try to swap them around & see what happens. Thank you so much for the quick reply. Lights on the roof & getting nervous.

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Yes I got the kit from J1sys, I have set it up according to this info:
* Programming Lynx DMX Dongle v2.0.pdf  in first post in this thread.
I plugged it in & have a red led lighting. How do I test ?
Keep having error messages in Vixen. Do I need a controller hooked up ? Or can I test somehow without the controller ? In device manager I have USB serial port (com4) & verified driver is FTDI version 2.8.12.0

Were you able to finish programming the PIC and verify a Checksum of 0A6F?

An illuminated red LED indicates that power is applied to the dongle.

You don't need a controller to do a preliminary operational test, Bill's instruction video shows how to do this using Vixen and verifying the comport. When testing the green LED should illuminate and change intensity when testing.

Rich

Yes I finally got it thanks. Now have my dongle built & ready to go & my 1st express. Don't have cords yet but am curious if I can hook them up & do a sequence to see if both are working properly. Can I do that ? Will the LED's on the express indicate channel changes etc... Now trying to get the hang of Vixen. Is that the easiest software to learn with ?

Thanks for your help

Thanks everyone, got it built . Now just having issues testing dongle.

Following the instruction. Seemed simple enough except I keep getting this message after importing the hex.
New firmware must be downloaded for PICkit3 to work with the part selected.
When I click ok i get unhandled exception occured with these details:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
Microchip.PICkit3.ProtocolException: Expected command echo 0x003F, but received 0x1024
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.ReceiveCommandResponse(UInt32 Command, Byte[]& DataReceived)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.SendCommandWithDataAndResponse(UInt32 Command, Byte[] Data)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.SendCommandWithResponse(UInt32 Command)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.UpdateSystemStatus()
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.GetFailures()
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.ReceiveCommandResponse(UInt32 Command, Byte[]& DataReceived)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.SendCommandWithDataAndResponse(UInt32 Command, Byte[] Data)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.SendCommandWithData(UInt32 Command, Byte[] Data)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.PK3Control.SetPower(PowerOptions Options, Int32 Voltage)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.Program.SetVdd(Boolean TurnOn, Boolean HoldTargetReset, Int32 Voltage)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.FormPICkit3.SetTargetPower(Boolean TurnOn, Boolean HoldTargetReset, Int32 Voltage)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.FormPICkit3.SetTargetPower(Boolean TurnOn)
   at Microchip.PICkit3.FormPICkit3.memoryOperationComplete(Object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
   at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnRunWorkerCompleted(RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
   at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.AsyncOperationCompleted(Object arg)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3615 (GDR.050727-3600)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
PICkit 3
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Microchip/PICkit%203/PICkit%203.exe
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3614 (GDR.050727-3600)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3082 (QFE.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Looks like it may have done something , but I am not sure.

Help please I can't remember which side of the led is positive .

Thanks