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So it looks like I'm a little late to the game, but thanks for this video. I'm running 4 16 foot ws2811 strips off an esp32 and they start freaking out occasionally. I bought some of the f amps and will be installing them between the strips.
Friends don’t let friends use strip. 😂 They can be a little finicky. Flickering can be caused by so many things. Make sure to test the pixels separately to eliminate them as the problem. Then, make sure the grounds are good. Let me know how it goes.
It’s been a while since I’ve been to Canispater Christmas. I saw this about your puppy, Lexi. I’m truly, deeply sorry for your loss. I’m glad for the joy she brought you over the years. That joy only deepens the sorrow, I think. ❤
I don’t know the answer to that. It doesn’t show up in the list, but it could also be called something else. You can contact David Pitts. His contact info is at the bottom of the page on PixelController.com
As I see list doesnt exist, only broken link. Have contact them and got pretty shallow answer to my questions. Seems its just backup inside of strip, no need to connect anywhere just shortwire at strip beginning to gnd would be good. So every led chip except first gets data from two point. If you see chip as 12345 1. one have 3 wires to controller and backup data should be shorted to ground, unless you extend strip to strip. Chip 2. gets data in from data out of 1.chip and also backup in from data in from 1.chip. also for every next chip till end of strip. So any led in chain dies rest will keep working, but if two next to each other die rest will not work anymore becausee both data in and backup in are broken.
@@user-vv3kh5vh3z Hmm. Seems like it would be "yes" or "no." OR, not exactly, but set it to "X" and it's the same thing. If it isn't supported, but could be, then it would be based on number of people asking for it I suppose. What kind of info were you looking for?
@@CanispaterChristmas Well I wanted to put two 2.5m strips in parallel next to each other so have high power bar and make few of those bars to have some animations in background of music events. They only answer they prefer double outputs per bar and adress them as same than putting both strips in parallel data. I got answer from your video I guess, so can inject* separate power supply to leds since each bar would be about 200w 16.5Amp. I think it can work with this strip, so only left is software, I think Madrex or Elm would be the best in my case if it works with controller.
@user-vv3kh5vh3z basically don’t try to drive 2 separate strips with the same signal. Either chain them together as 1 strip (and control them through software) or use 2 controller ports and set them as the same address so they output the same thing. xLights will do this and even has some live show capabilities (I don’t know a lot about that since I run everything automated). See Keith’s training video on the software.
I typically use what I have on hand at the time (I'm very scientific that way, lol). Just make sure the prop won't exceed the current capability of the wire. Make sure it doesn't overheat when you first turn it on. Try to stay with 100% copper. Copper Clad Aluminum (CCA) tends to corrode quickly. Doesn't have to be fancy silicone wire. 😂
Welcome back Jeff. Your videos have really helped me in what will now be my 5th year of Christmas pixel lighting this year, and I still refer back to certain videos now. All the best!
Awesome to see you back Jeff! If it makes you feel better, I have footage to edit from Mattos Designs sending me Evo pixels before the launch date! Then my work and university studies got in the way.... maybe that video will get released with the joke of being exactly 1 year late from the launch 😂.
