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I do have the two bytes in the serial controller in Vixen. I had them in there when it was working. Haven't changed a thing and suddenly not working.

Gotcha. So the only concern beyond that is the distance that 14/2 is running and the voltage drop. What kind of wire do you typically use for power...

Correct. A 14 AWG wire can handle about 15A * 0.8 = 12A so that would be a good wire size for your setup. FYI: I prefer a model with more...

So increase the injection frequency or increase the injection wire size

That means you cannot support 200 pixels on a single 16 AWG wire. You need to drop the current through the feed wire to 8A or less.

Thank you. The outline is paint. I *could* drill a pixel hole outline wirh a 12mm bit, but yes, that is very time consuming.

Wiznet module failure?

https://wallyslights.com/collections/12v-pixels/products/12v-ws2811-xconnect-resistor-bullet-pixel It This is the pixel. Its rated for .6w so...

UPDATE: I uninstalled 3.10.1 from the show PC and re-installed 3.9.5 so it matches the main PC and now the preview works. The preview was...

My advice: Yes do not try to get this working for this season, but do not stop working on the issue either. It takes a long time to get all of these...

This is nice but some critical information needed to calculate loss is missing. What is the max per pixel current your pixels use? I typically use...

Win10 for me.

Happy birthday! Did you ever find those xbee adapters you were looking for?

Very well done.

What version of Windows are you guys experiencing the crash with?

Ok so this is my proposed plan: Controller and power supply in the back left corner of the house. Left side is 212 pixels. First 100 fed from the...

I power inject a lot so that I can run at 100% brightness. Wiring with power injection at both ends of a string, and/or laying out the pixels for...

If there was an equally good and easy way to drill press and punch the pixels into plywood, I would gladly walk out on my long-term relationship with...

Seems I have run into the same issue. Updated my preview on the main PC then copied the profile to the show PC and when I tried to configure the...

Do you outline using paint or do you use a marker/pen?

Actually, this is a good sketch for mechanical or "cheap SSR". It is using digital.write and has start coding. This sketch uses 2 bytes for start...

Go into your bin of old light strings and find a chaser set from the 90s. Cut the lights off and wire female plugs onto each of the three...

Those are awesome!

I do all the work for the display. My neighbors comment if I don't have new cutouts each year. Lol

Thanks for your thoughts and help. I think we are going to sit this season out and regroup next year.

pure luck

Don't be silly! That is for direct drive only. LOL