Thank You to the Designers of Vixen

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This is to the designers/programmers of Vixen, and all on the forum that answer so many questions.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!
This is my first year at attempting any type of sequencing to my Christmas lights, and all of the neighbors decided to get involved, (or should I say they volunteered me) to sequence the entire block. We have setup 12 houses with lights and music. The bill of materials is below. Each house uses its own power and I have the PC that runs it all. We connected CAT 5 cables to each house to run the SSR’s. I also decided to use the Ramsey FM30 FM transmitter for my first year. I have heard others having some noise problems with it so I was a little worried. If I used the supplied antenna, it did have a little noise, but once I connected the TM100 Dipole antenna, all of the problems went away and the quality of the signal is crystal clear.
Again, I just want to say to all, Thank You for making this a truly wonderful Christmas. The system is online currently and works every night without me touching a thing. Vixen it truly a wonderful and easy to use program.

BOM
Approx 30,000 lights
200 of 320 channels used (Grinch Boards)
Over 8000 feet of CAT 5
Approx 130 extension cords

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Congrats,
What are you going to do next year:mrgreen:?

[tweist]

Dimming, and going from 192 channels used to 320.
I love this stuff.

[tweist]

During these economy time, the street of Bainbridge Cir, Murrieta Ca thought we would do something to put a smile on peoples faces. So the block decided to do something different this year for Christmas, we synchronized all 12 houses to music. It came out very impressive and it is a must see as the video does not do it justice. This was a team effort with the entire neighborhood getting involved. It started back in May with a simple discussion on what it would take. Next thing we know it was done. It has really brought the entire neighborhood together. You have to see it to believe it. Check out the YouTube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVkpBaf_eAo

30000 plus lights
130 extension cords
Over 8000 feet of control cable
Programming time: don’t ask.