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You need to measure the voltage at full white. Nothing else matters.

the CG style enclosures by wired watts are similar to the CG ones, but not the same. The hole pattern is different. I tried to use a mounting plate...

I've measured 12.21v at the PSU and 11.93v exiting the last prop running a single PSU. However some color combinations and the line would drop to...

Install wireshark on a pc. Set up a filter to only look at data coming from the rPI. Then run your sequences. Capture the traffic near the end of a...

Has anyone used something like bees wax or gorilla spray glue.

If I ssh to the Pi via the FPP interface, I get "You don't have permission to capture on that device (socket: Operation not permitted). If I ssh...

If you want, you could ssh into the Pi and run tcpdump and see if the blanking packet is being sent between sequences. Sync packets go out about once...

Loaded this new firmware up on 2 of my controllers. Seems I still have the same behavior. They're not blanking. I've been lucky so far for things to...

Just to clarify, I do have the "Blank between sequences" box and "Always transmit channel data" box in FPP checked.

Ammo crates are often used. The Harbor Freight and Walmart ones are the ones most frequently mentioned. Make sure your stuff will fit.

In many cases, it is on the controller side. Dim your display way down and it will photograph better.

Your bus idea is right on. Good thoughts there. I think it is the 45 feet. 18 AWG at 12V will drop 4-5 volts at that distance and the pixels probably...

This is also a good use of "shadow models". Simple in concept but easiest if you see the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSyxB14-SE The...

The timing for the interframe gap does affect the all the pixels. But if the pixels are doing the sequence correctly until 70% white, I would say it...

Form a layout group.of.the two strings, and place them next to each other in the layout. Place all your effects on the layout group of 200...

Yes, Tom, that is what he is saying. Compatibility mode is a Windows thing. It most has to do with display scaling. ...

The only options that would have carried over would be update intervals both set at 25 currently. I programmed everything this year in my Windows 10...

Thanks! I’ll give it a shot tonight.

Do you have the compatibility settings enabled for it? We found another user was having similar issues when using those settings to correct other...

That timing is for the interframe gap and only really affects the first pixel from the controller. The power reduction is what is making it work.

So haven't totally nailed it, but updating the firmware on the 6804 which then gives the ability to increase the timing from 150ns to 300ns, and...

Make sure you have sufficient power to each of your boards. That is a problem I had. If the controller boards don't have enough power they are very...

That is very definitely a power problem.

I inject every 50 pixels for a 12v string. Most people inject every 100

Thanks for replying. The injection is ok. Grounds are common throughout. Just tried with just the first 2 arches connected (ie no PI). Still...

I've setup a 12V DC rail that each prop taps into like the attached. Each individual bulb prop does pull quite a bit of power if all pixels are run...