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ESPixelStick FPP Remote Multisync Setup

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In this Tutorial, I will show you how setup and configure multiple wireless ESPixelSticks to run in FPP Remote multisync mode.
This includes using xLights to configure the ESPixelSticks outputs and to assign prop, setting up the ESPixelSticks using the web based IU, Uploading a sequence to a Falcon Player (FPP) and to the ESPixelSticks, Setting up a sequence in a playlist and finally a working demo of all this.
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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - What is FPP Remote Multisync
1:34 - Network Diagram
2:40 - Setup ESPixelSticks in xLights
3:52 - Assign Props to ESPixelSticks
5:10 - Upload Outputs to ESPixelSticks
5:33 - Test using xLights
6:16 - Demo Props using xLights
7:00 - Upload Sequence to FPP and ESPixelSticks
7:26 - Set ESPixelSticks to FPP Remote
8:04 - FPP Connect to Upload Sequence to FPP and ESPixelSticks
8:46 - Setup Playlist
9:18 - Demo Multisync on Props
10:07 - Conclusion

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18 авг 2024

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@jasongetsit 8 месяцев назад

Tony thank you for this helpful video. I finally switched from Multicast to Multisync. I did notice something not mentioned in the video that I ran into. In Xlights when configuring the controllers you left them set as "Active". In my case this made it so I was still sending out DDP Packets continuously over wifi to the props and still getting lag. After some diagnosing and help (Zoom Room Matt) I found that that setting needs to be changed to "Xlights Only". Setting it this way makes it so the FPP Master only sends the "Start", "Stop", and "Sync" commands. Thank you again for your video's they are extremely helpful.

@thechristmaslightguy 8 месяцев назад

Yes. You are correct. Actually I found that out later after creating the video but never updated the comments.

@ciarank100 Год назад

This is awesome, thanks for taking the time to put it - saved a lot of guesswork on my side!

@thechristmaslightguy Год назад

You are very welcome!

@brettcoppola7036 2 года назад

Finally got everything setup, 13 essticks and fpp connect setup but sticks read "idle" when I play sequences through fpp interface. The fpp pi shows it's playing sequence, playlist but nothing plays of sticks. I have verified all sequence files have transferred to each esstick but nothing plays. Able to play sequences direct from xlights still, very copy, of course. Thanks for all the help, feel like I'm really close to completion here!

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

Are the ESPixelSticks in "FPP Remote" mode? Check the FPP Mult-Sync page for the "Mode".

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

Check "FPP Settings" -> "System" on FPP. Make sure "Send MultSync Packets" are enabled.

@brettcoppola7036 2 года назад

Yahtzee!

@brettcoppola7036 2 года назад

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

@@brettcoppola7036 You are very welcome! Enjoy!

@xmaspixel 2 года назад

Thanks a lot to share, a question, how many universes can be handled with espixelstick in DDP mode, I already have the outputs configured in my FPP in DDP mode but it only executes one universe per espixelstick, when I put it in E1.31 unicast mode all universes work, any configuration that I am missing? thanks in advance

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

When you upload the media (sequence) to the FPP using "FPP Connect" try setting the "UDP Out" option to "All". This should configure the FPP output channels correctly. The ESPixelStick can drive 800 pixels at 25ms refresh which is almost 5 universes, but this will require power injection.

@xmaspixel 2 года назад

I already tried but I can't have more than 1 universe by esp32

@andrewm1967 8 месяцев назад

seeing as how the ESPixelStick: is not available for purchase would I be able to purchase a D1 Mini Pro and a Micro SD Card Shield D1 Mini TF ? Would that work the same ?

@thechristmaslightguy 8 месяцев назад

Yes. In theory it should work but I have never tried it. How many ESPixelSticks do you need? I have some extra that I would sell you. Contact me directly on Discord: "thechristmaslightguy" or on FB: "TonyLKeith"

@philspitler 2 года назад

This is great. How often does the master send sync packets? Basically I'm wondering what would happen if the wifi dropped. Would they keep going and reconnect to the master of the wifi came back up.

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

I believe the current sequence will keep playing without the sync commands. Once the WIFI came back up, the master would start sending sync commands and the ESPixelStick would "catch" up to master.

@tydingsctlights9167 Год назад

So can I not run four dig quads with AE+ SD cards and make one master and the others remote? I'm not quite clear in your diagram of what the Master FPP is. Is this the FPP on your browser sending synch packets? Thanks.

@thechristmaslightguy Год назад

In my diagram, the "Master FPP Falcon Player V5.5" is a Raspberry PI with FPP installed. It is sending the multisync packets. My laptop with browser is used to show the web interface on the Master FPP. DIG QUAD with AE+ SD Cards do not support FPP Master mode, only remote mode. You will need device (PI/Computer) / controller (Kulp) running FPP.

@damianpault 2 года назад

Should output to lights be on when uploading to the espixelstick? Getting nothing when I play the fseq file. Followed every step closely and checked all the other comments. I can see it playing the fseq files but nothing on the LEDs. Tested and working LEDs, checked everything is OK, I suspect there is no data in the fseq file. Feel like I've missed something obvious, any suggestions seriously welcome 🙏

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

Are you getting output when you drive the ESPixelStick with xLights? Check the sequence version in xLights "Preferences." Open xLights, go to xLights menu -> "Preferences" -> "Sequences" -> "FSEQ Version" -> set to "V2 Uncompressed" then upload sequence again to ESPixelStick

@KennyF Год назад

You use 16gig sd cards in each stick. Do you know if that big of SD card is required? How much space have you seen your longer sequences use?

@thechristmaslightguy Год назад

Good question. You can use smaller SD cards (8g 0r 4g) without any issue but it depends on how many sequences you have in your playlist or uploaded to the ESPixelStick. My largest sequence is about 50MB.

@KennyF Год назад

@@thechristmaslightguy thanks for the info! If your largest is at 50 mb could the SD card be even smaller like 1gig or under? I'm new to these and am not sure if there's more on the SD cards then just the sequences that require space

@thechristmaslightguy Год назад

@@KennyF Yes. It is possible but once again depends on how big your sequences are and how many you have. I don't believe there is anything stored on the SD card other than the sequences.

@ednagriffith3206 2 года назад

can this be used for landscape lighting?

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

Yes. I have used a ESPixelStick to control my LED landscape lights that I retrofitted with LED Pixels. The only downside is the ESPixelStick doesn't have a scheduler. You will need to use an FPP to schedule when the ESPixelStick should run or I did it a slightly different way. I used the existing timer from my landscape lighting. The timer turns on/off the lights by turning on/off the power. I set the ESPixelStick to play an uploaded sequence automatically when it was powered up. My sequence cycled the lights slowly through several colors then repeated. See my video titled "ESPixelStick Firmware V4, Running Uploaded Sequences" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S9NcJOeuHBY.html for more information about playing uploaded sequences.

@xmaspixel 2 года назад

How should the setup of the fpp outputs be?

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

When you upload the media (sequence) to the FPP using "FPP Connect" try setting the "UDP Out" option to "All". This should configure the FPP output channels correctly.

@mikepistolesi7222 2 года назад

I have a question on Xlight, how do you set up a matrix using 16x16 matrix panels I have 8 of them and I would like to make a 64x32 matrix but I can't figure out how to set it up on Xlight. Thanks for all the videos it helps a lot. I'm using esp32 with six ports running espixestick 4.3.

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

I'm sorry - I'm not sure how you would do that either.

@solbernhardt8843 2 года назад

Trying to setup a pixelstick can't get it to recognize the sd card

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

Make sure the SD card is formatted properly (FAT) and inserted the correct way (facing down). When the SD card is detected a new menu option called "file management" will appear.

@brettcoppola7036 2 года назад

First timer here. Thank you for the video. I am trying to run 10 x espixel in this way and want to get one working correctly before I set up the rest. I have access wirelessly to es through ip but cannot move forward with "visualize" step, "upload output". Do you have any idea why these options might be grayed out in xlights? Thank you for the help

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

Brett - Make sure the ESPixelStick has the Auto Layout Models option enabled. This is in the Controllers Tab when the ESPixelStick is selected.

@brettcoppola7036 2 года назад

@@thechristmaslightguy auto layout is not an option

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

@@brettcoppola7036 I’m not sure. Please confirm the hardware and firmware version.

@brettcoppola7036 2 года назад

@@thechristmaslightguypixel stick is 3.2, xlights is ver 2022.05

@thechristmaslightguy 2 года назад

@@brettcoppola7036 This is the issue. You have upgrade the firmware to version 4. In the video I'm running ESPixelStick v4.0-beta4. github.com/forkineye/ESPixelStick/releases