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Nutcracker: RGB Effects Builder / Re: Home sick from work - serious Nutcracker bug fix time
« on: December 11, 2012, 07:57:33 pm »
I might be a release or two behind - but my local install nor the network version is not generating a LOR .lms project properly. I can create effects OK but not the final project. The issue is that I have a 30 x 42 pixel tree but the resulting LMS file (not the animated GIF or the little dialog box you see that describes the output) ends up with 30 x 30 pixels.

User: budude
Model: MTREE-30S-42P

Either project that I have in my lists are not working. I can't retest at the moment as I'm at work but I've tried it several times. Again, creating effects with the same model and effects in the project works fine. I'll try it again later tonight.

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Lynx Express / Re: star adress problem with other dmx device
« on: August 03, 2012, 01:25:53 am »
Taking a Ren24SS as an example, if you set the starting address on the first PIC to something other than '1' - say '65', the first PIC will pull in everything from 1-64 and toss it, read in 65-72 and feed the rest, which will be back to address '1' again for the next PIC on the board. You only need to change the first PIC on a multi-PIC board.

Note the simplest thing to do if you don't like this behavior is to simply run a wire from the input to the output jacks across pins 4-4 and pins 5-5 and now no stripping. This will make it a bit more like what most folks consider a "normal" DMX setup. But of course doing this gets rid of all the auto-addressing ability of Renards which many consider a good thing.

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The Porch / Re: Cool songs for Halloween 2012
« on: August 02, 2012, 01:59:01 am »
The Overture from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera is kind of neat. My first year of lighting I used a WinAmp to Renard plug-in somebody came up with and just played the song - no sequencing (basically a color organ).

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Lynx Express / Re: star adress problem with other dmx device
« on: August 02, 2012, 01:41:33 am »
Henri - I thought you had this all figured out last year?  ;)

You can put a start address on the Ren/DMX boards if you want them to but you may be able to get away with configuring the Lynx to a starting address beyond the end of the Renards. Say you have Lynx LE -> Ren48LSD -> Ren48LSD. You would keep the start address of all the Ren's set to '1' and set the Lynx to start at 97 and keep it at the head of the string. I recall you want that since you are using Lynx Wireless and then stringing out the Ren's after.

The LE will pick up 97-112 and the Ren's will use 1-96.

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Getting started with Light Animation / Re: animated faces
« on: August 02, 2012, 01:24:58 am »
It's a bit of work but download a copy of Papagayo (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login) and then use a Vixen plug-in (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login) to setup the sequence.

edit - - fixed link issue for Papagayo - tx

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Sale/Trade / Re: wtb flex strip caps will trade!!!!!!!
« on: August 02, 2012, 01:21:50 am »
You can get some here - You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

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The Porch / Re: Arduino programming
« on: August 02, 2012, 12:57:57 am »
Another one for PICs is Great Cow Basic (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login) - it's a bit on the light side but it has a GUI builder which can get you started and then tailor things better with the text version. I moved on to PICBasic Pro which is very nice - just need some free time to actually use it...

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The Porch / Re: HLS new light software
« on: July 09, 2012, 05:29:50 pm »
I wouldn't consider HLS as a replacement for existing LSP users - more like an alternative to Vixen 2.x. It supports RGB, can easily renumber/reorder channels or channel groups, has support for all the major dongles/interfaces (E1.31, Enttec Pro/Open, Lynx, Serial, etc). It can import Vixen sequences and Joe indicated it wouldn't be an issue making an exporter as well. It interfaces very well with Nutcracker.

If you're just starting out or are an existing Vixen user, I think this has some features that are very nice so give it a try - it's free like Vixen and fixes get done within a day or so (currently anyway). The big problem with Vixen is the show scheduler - it's very inefficient and a resource hog so HLS (or Vixen with xLights) may be a good alternative.

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Other Projects / Re: Custom Channel Number
« on: December 31, 2011, 01:38:39 pm »
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Thanks for all your info, I through together a breadboard using a PIC16F688 and the DMX code and so far its all working. I still need to fully test my DMX pass but in theory it should work.

I have this on the Ren4Flood if you are interested.

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The Porch / Re: what to used with 5050 rgb strip
« on: December 31, 2011, 01:41:16 am »
Henri - the Ren48LSD can drive about 1 meter of 60 LEDs/meter or 2 meters of 30 LEDs/meter. This is with the assumption that they are using 20mA LEDs and 12v (20 groups of 3 so 20 x 20mA). If that meets your needs then you should be good to go. Just provide enough power with the supply to drive the strips as well as the board logic (PICS + oscillator + 48 transistors - about 375mA). If you want longer lengths then you will need a heftier driver using some other type of DC controller or DC SSR.

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Other Projects / Re: Custom Channel Number
« on: December 30, 2011, 02:41:36 pm »
I don't think there's anything that will specifically address your requirements. The Ren48LSD was designed for RGB+W devices and there's no way to skip channels internally - but this is true for most controllers whether Renard or Lynx. You could choose to not use the RJ45's and wire directly to the board instead. Another option - and one I used for some LED strips was to get an RJ45 punchout block - wire directly to the board but configure the RJ45's in any configuration you wish and run straight Cat5 patch cables out to your devices.

If you are interested, there is Renard/DMX code available that supports just 4-channels and it's possible it could be configured for 3 as well. It's very easy to get around the Renard "channel eating" process by going with a THRU connection. This would make it operate just like any other DMX device and allow overlapping addresses, etc. I'd suggest that you move that discussion back to DIYC however if you want to go that route. There are several code examples for other microcontrollers that support DMX as well.

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xlights / Re: xLights Hardware Suport
« on: December 30, 2011, 02:15:36 pm »
You have to ensure the web server is disabled or you will get no light activity on the 4th socket (which is defaulted to universe #4 as well). Either reconfigure the E680/1 to disable the web server or shorten the timeout. You can disable it manually by entering "QUIT 999" on the web GUI. The red LED on the E680 indicates if the web server is active - this must be off to run traffic to this 4th socket.

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The Porch / Re: You just got to love your older children
« on: December 16, 2011, 01:45:00 am »
Well - - look at this way - at least they show *some* interest in your show (albeit negative) - in my case they (all college age) couldn't care less about the show!

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The Porch / Re: Re: LOR S3 info released
« on: October 16, 2011, 01:20:41 pm »
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I guess my question is if the Enttec works why not the Lynx? Don't they function the same?
The Enttec PRO has a dozen or so commands that it responds to. The Lynx dongle only implements one of those commands - send dmx. And even that one command has differences - with the Lynx you must send a full universe, whereas with the Enttec you can send less than a full universe.

So the answer to your question is that it depends on which commands S3 sends to the dongle.

Will/Does xLights support S3?

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Sale/Trade / Re: WTB a couple PC power supply PCB's that were sold here a while back?
« on: May 01, 2011, 03:30:54 pm »
If you're interested in keeping the power supply intact another option is to get an ATX power supply extender cable and cut off the motherboard connector. I got some 18" extensions really cheap and then just tied all the colors together. I permanently connected the green PS_ON wire directly to ground (black) but you can put a switch inline if you want.

While not as elegant as a PS adapter board it works great and you can just unplug the PS if you want.

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