DiyLightAnimation

Thanks.  Sounds like xlights is the way to go!!!

Merry Christmas to all my DIYLightAnimation Friends.

Steve

Tomorrow is November 1st and I only have 1 new song done.  Does anyone have a time machine?

Has anybody made the leap yet to Windows 10 and tested Vixen(2.x and 3), Xlights, Nutcracker, or any of the other emerging sequencing software and had success?  I haven't tried yet, just trying to determine if its feasible.

Thanks

Let me give an example to see if I understand the limitations correctly.

If I have a palm tree currently set on Channel 3 on my 1st Lynx Express (overall system channel 3), and I physically change my extension cord routing and hardware to have it run to Channel 4 on my 2nd Lynx Express (overall system channel 20), is there no quick way to change the Vixen software (on Vixen 2.0) to move my channel order to reflect this hardware change?  i.e. move the palm tree from channel 3 to channel 20?

Given your more detailed explanation of what it is you want to do, then:
    1) I answered the correct question
    2) I believe I answered the question correctly

Unless someone corrects me because I am wrong (which is always likely), the only thing you can do is (assuming you are swapping channels 3 and 20):
1)  right click on channel 3
2) Copy the channel
3) paste it to an empty channel (one you are not using - say channel 100)
4) right click on Channel 20
5) Copy the channel
6) paste it into channel 3
7) Copy channel 100
Paste it into channel 20
9) Clear channel 100

I am not aware of remapping channels in Vixen to different output channels in the yard.  In fact, in one of the other Christmas light forums, a similar discussion just happened.  Someone thought it was possible (feature added) but they cannot figure it out.  I think he was thinking about Vixen+ or Vixen 3.
5)

Correct.  Music is not necessary to create a sequence. 

Steve

Don't know about Vixen 3, but the capability doesn't directly exist in Vixen 2.X.

What I do however is make a very short sequence that has all lights turned on (or the lights I want turned on) and then hit the "Pause" button on Vixen.  This stops the timer on the sequence but it continues to send out the last signal until I hit the "stop" button (or the start button and then the stop button).

An alternative way would be to make the same small sequence mentioned above but then repeat the loop indefinitely until you are ready to turn it off.  That works too.

Steve