Another excellent video for anyone new to this hobby. I will not have a matrix this year but you really increased my interest in moving forward to seriously consider one for next year. Thank you for the video.
Hey there. Thank you very much. I am glad you liked it. I am working on a new project which will use a number of snowflakes to create a matrix like display. You're going to like it.
Thank you. Been wanting and searching for help with matrix. Thank you again. Wanting to use it for pictures and video and color displays with my show. Thank you for the help with xlights also. Greatly appreciate
Thanks! I do not have a follow up video but, here is what I did. I made a 8 x 4 feet wooden frame using 2 x 2 strip board, then screw the matrix to the frame. Then use a couple of steel screw eye on the top corners of the frame. On the wall I used concrete anchors in between bricks and put a 3 inch screw. Then just hanged the matrix on those screws. Thanks for watching.
@@trevilights Thats fantastic! I'm building a matrix to attach to my brick chimney this year and was wondering how I would attach it. This would do nicely. Thanks once again!
As a new person In this hobby I find these videos so informative and makes it seem so much easier. I was wondering what do you use for your splices to make them waterproof. I just got my matrix and I’m going to start setting it up.
I did not because the resolution is still not too good with 880 pixels. 3000+ will great. There is an image of some bells in the following video. ruclips.net/video/HVZft2kFnyI/видео.html
Thanks again for your videos. It's one thing making your own light display but taking the time to go to the effort of making these videos to teach others and share your knowledge is much appreciated. I was surprised that you power inject after 400 pixels, Is that your rule of thumb? I had it in mind that it should be at least every 200-300 pixels. Running at 30% brightness I suppose the more total LEDs in your over-all display the less need to run at high brightness without lighting the whole street up :)
Hey Steve. Thank you very much for your words. I do appreciate them. Yes, I inject power every 300-400 pixels and the brightness at 30%. The subdivision where I live is kind of dark, so that helps. Thanks for watching.
Hey Trevi, Hope you and your family are doing well. Can wait for another Awesome video 😉 One question, do you know how to use the visualizer in xlights? If so will you make a video on how to use the visualizer?
Hey Danny. All well over here. Thanks. I am actually working on the editing part of a new video. Should be up in a few days. I do not use the visualizer at all but I guess I could do a short video on it. I usually have some weird setup that the visualizer would not be able to handle. But It is a great tool for a clean port setup.
Thanks for your videos they are super informative! I’d love a video going into more detail about how you power inject on your display. That is the part of this hobby that freaks me out the most. Have you used the F8 Distro boards from falcon?
Hi Kalburt. Thanks for watching my videos. Do not get caught up on power injection. Pretty much all you are doing is keeping a stable voltage throughout a string of pixels. I have not used the Falcon F8 Distro Boards but I do recommend them. You have probably read about cutting the positive wire at some point of the string to prevent issues when connecting to power supplies in parallel. But if you look at the link below, some devices can be connected in parallel (Look at the description for " Parallel/Redundancy Operation is possible"). Just make sure that all the power devices are the same voltages and capacity. www.amazon.com/Universal-Regulated-Switching-Converter-Transformer/dp/B08LDC41B6/ref=sr_1_16?crid=2E1BU9D4WI9MT&keywords=12v%2Bpower%2Bsupply%2Bled%2Bparallel&qid=1666786302&sprefix=12v%2Bpower%2Bsupply%2Bled%2Bparallel%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-16&th=1
@@trevilights that is helpful, thanks! I mainly just don’t want to burn my house down haha. I haven’t had too much need for power injection in the past and just used multiple ports on my F16V4 but I’m adding a matrix this year and will need to do some power injection. I’m planning to use the power supply in my controller and just attaching the F8 distro. In my understanding I shouldn’t need to worry about cutting the positive wire because it’s the same power supply. That’s helpful to know that some power supplies don’t require you to cut the positive wire
@@kalburtdallof5031 You are correct, you have nothing to worry about if you are using one power supply for all of your elements. Just make sure you do not overloaded it. Have fun.
great job on the matrix i did one with only 400 pixel 15x15 5volts just want to know for power injection i put 2 wires running to power surply could i just solder a wire to begining of pixel and end and then just run one wire to power surply thank you trevi i learn alot from your videos
Hello den. If I understand correctly you want to do a "Y" connection. The answer is yes. But do the positive and negative as well. Use a thicker wire so it can handle the load. Should not be much. An 18awg wire should be fine.
Great video! Will there be a lesson on how to add images to the matrix, it is very interesting how the pictures will look at a resolution of 882 pixels
Hi " El Margnifico". Thanks for your comments. I am working on a video where I will show the configuration for Candy Canes and Snowflakes. I will add a section on showing some pictures on the Matrix. Do not expect much. Having a 1 inch between pixels makes it a low-res matrix. The 5000+ pixel setup would be great for videos!.
Hi Trevi, I love your videos, simple and so informative. I have a question. I have a Boscoyo ChromaMesh 2″ matrix, 24X48 1152 pixels or nodes. I hooked it up to 2 channels. Can I run 600 pixels on channel 1 and 552 on channel 2? or do I have to split them at 576? If I can run it at 600 and 552, what would my settings be in xlights?
Hey Dave. Thanks for watching. You can divide your pixels as you wish since you can give xlights the absolute channel where each of your strings of pixels start. For example, your 600 pixels string will be from channel 1 to channel 1800 (600 pixels x 3 channels per pixel). And your second string with 552 pixels will start from channel 1801 to channel 3456. So you port 1 should start on channel 1 and your second port from channel 1801 in your controller.
@@trevilights Hi Trevi, so i spliced the lights so I have 576 on each string. i have lots of power injection as well. my problem is there is a mirror image on top and bottom, as well if i put in text it is upside down. i would like to send you pictures of my settings and what the screen looks like if that's ok.
Gran video. Me cuesta un poco entenderlo al estar en inglés, pero como siempre muy buen contenido. Le he mandado un correo con mi proyecto espero que le guste.
Hola Jesus. Mucho gusto en saludarte. Recibí tu correo. Los árboles te quedaron fantasticos. Hoy mismo te mando los detalles del árbol de navidad grande. También te voy a mandar fotografías de otros elementos como los copos de nieve y los bastones. Saludos.
@@trevilights Me alegra mucho que te hayan gustado los árboles. Muchísimas gracias por todo de verdad, no sabe que bien me vendrá todo lo que me mande. Espero que algún día mi economía me permita poder viajar a su zona, poder ver su show y conocerle en persona. Espero que tenga un buen día y gracias de nuevo.
Hi Philip, They are more expensive and fragile since the circuit is flexible. The strands need to be under tension also. Also when using strips some will light up more that 1 pixel at a time. This bullet type are very sturdy.
Hello, Thanks for the video. you show 882 for your pixel count, however it will only let me do 682 on 1 port. How would I change that? Also I used a heat gun on low setting and pointed it at the hole I was putting the pixel in for about 5 seconds and that was a huge help
Hey Bruce, Thanks for watching my videos. Glad to help. Do you have expansion boards? If you do, then this will affect your pixel count per port. If you do not, then chances are that you accidentally switched to that option and now the controller is acting weird. Unfortunately I found out that the only way to recover from this issue is resetting the controller to Factory Setting. This will cause you to lose all the settings, even the network settings. So take note of your setting before doing a factory reset. This will be a good time to do a Firmware Update if you have not done so. Doing a firmware update might prevent this from happening again. To do a factory reset all you have to do is remove the power from the controller, then while pressing and holding down the 'Select' button in the board apply power and hold the button down for 5 sec. Release button. This should reset the board to factory setting. Connect to network and check your port setting. Having to do this sucks but I did not found any other way. Good luck.
At the end of the video you talk about a larger matrix with 3528 lights, broken into 4 ports of 882 each. For the build, do I run a line from my falcon controller, port 1, to the start of the bottom left and run 882 lights vertically, then cut the wire and run a wire from port 2 and start another run of 882 lights? Then cut the wire and run another run of 882 lights from port 3...etc...
You are correct. The configuration of the Matrix in xLights would be 4 Strings of 882 pixels each String and 21 Strands. The Direction will be "Vertical". Each string goes to a port in the controller(4).
Hey Trevi, I setup my Falcon controller and FFP using your videos and it works great. Any chance of a video for a virtual matrix in the near future. The videos I have watched don’t explain as good as you do. Thanks
Thanks Alexis. Just personal preference. I like having control of every port and channels. I have found that if I make a mistake in xlights it could potentially mess of my setup.
Hi Steve. If you set your controller to run as a player, then you can upload your sequences to the controller into an SD card. The other option is to use a Raspberry Pi to play your sequences and send the data using an ethernet cord to the controller(recommend).
Hi Trevi great video, was wondering if you got a video on how to setup a F16V3 Falcon in the stand alone mode. If not do you know where I can find some information on how to do it.
Hi Percy. Thanks for watching my video. Stand Alone mode? If you are referring to using the controller without an external Sequence player like to Falcon Player; it's still not supported by the controllers Firmware. At least not yet. I was just browsing their website and there still no information about it. Sorry. Using a Raspberry Pi is very simple and not expensive. Your can get a kit on Amazon for around $70.
@@trevilights I got a Falcon F16V3 in February and talked to David from there and he told me that the F16V3 that I got did support the standalone feature
@@percydoucet1838 It is supported but it's my understanding that the current version of their firmware does not. I would encourage you to call them again and asked them. If you find more about it please let me know and I'll be more than happy to make a video out of it. You can send me any further information to "contact@trevilights.com". The controller do come with n SD card slot, but it's currently only used for software updates.
Hello Trevi. Thank you for your video. It's so easy to follow. Im late now for my first pixel display. I tested my props last night before install. Falcon controller test were all working but when i tried to do matrix sequence through xlights and clicked output to lights bulb, exactly what you are doing, none of my props lights are working from xlights. My upload from xlights setup to my controller has no errors. Any idea why lights are not displaying?
in xlights on the Controllers tab, make sure you have 1 entry with the IP address of your Falcon. Make sure you unselect the 'Auto Layout Models" and put 96 on the 'Universe count' and 510 'Channels per Universe'. On the Falcon on E1.31 page you should also have your universes defines the same way.
The falcon controller manual says to not plug it into an AC outlet, only to use DC power...where the heck do I get that from? It comes with what looks like a normal AC power cord....?
@@trevilights Yes I started to push them in and then I didn't think I was putting them on the right side. I have 1764 pixels to do. Thanks for all your help all the time.
Yes you have. Each pixels uses a little of the current up to the point when you will see the brightness get lower and lower along the string, until it causes the data signal to start failing. Power injection is a must.
@@trevilights I am so nervous about it. I am new to the hobby so I will continue to study it and learn about it. Thank you for these videos. They are very helpful.
@@loriadderley5963 You are welcome. I will recommend that you start small. You can start with some flakes and some Candy Canes. Next season you can build a Mega Tree, which is a little more challenging and requires more planning. If you need help you can always book some of my time on my website trevilights.com
Hola Rodrigo. Gracias por ver mis videos. Solamente he usado un solo controlador. Después de analizar otras marcas me decidí hace años por Falcon Controller. Es muy sencillo de usar y puede controlar más de 16,000 Pixeles. Es una inversión que haces solo una vez. Las tiras y serie de Pixeles yo las compro directamente de Amazon. Vaya, todas están hechas en China y he notado que la marca Alitove salen buenas.
Another excellent video for anyone new to this hobby. I will not have a matrix this year but you really increased my interest in moving forward to seriously consider one for next year. Thank you for the video.
Excellent video Trevi! Thank you!
Thanks. Glad to help.
Hey Trevi,
Thanks for another awesome video.
This video is just in time I was getting ready to start my matrix.
Can't wait for the next video.
Hey Danny. Good to hear from you. Good luck with your matrix.
@@trevilights Thanks and have a safe 4th !!
@@dannygasca6898 You too.
Great video, it seems your 2021 CHRISTMAS show will be amazing ;-) saludos desde Europa
Thanks for watching. Saludos.
Another fantastic and simple explanation! Thank you so much for this video! I am definitely going to build my matrix next!
Hey there. Thank you very much. I am glad you liked it. I am working on a new project which will use a number of snowflakes to create a matrix like display. You're going to like it.
@@trevilights Muy bien Trevi. How heavy would you say the matrix is once the pixels are inserted?
@@elace2007 Maybe 50 to 60 pounds.
@@trevilights Thanks! Did you just stick to the 882 pixels or added more? It looks very nice and clear in your light show!
@@elace2007Still the same 882 pixels.
Thank you. Been wanting and searching for help with matrix. Thank you again. Wanting to use it for pictures and video and color displays with my show. Thank you for the help with xlights also. Greatly appreciate
Thanks. Let me know if you run into any issues with your matrix.
Now I know how easy it’s thanks man great explanation
Glad to help. Thanks for watching.
Thx for video looks really easy
Big thanks,… I like this guy teaching ,.. very easy to understand ❤ ,.. the best Tutor 👍🏻
Thank you very much. Glad to help.
Great job Trevi Lights in this video. Would love to see a follow up on how you hang/display this matrix.
Thanks! I do not have a follow up video but, here is what I did. I made a 8 x 4 feet wooden frame using 2 x 2 strip board, then screw the matrix to the frame. Then use a couple of steel screw eye on the top corners of the frame. On the wall I used concrete anchors in between bricks and put a 3 inch screw. Then just hanged the matrix on those screws. Thanks for watching.
@@trevilights Thats fantastic! I'm building a matrix to attach to my brick chimney this year and was wondering how I would attach it. This would do nicely. Thanks once again!
As a new person In this hobby I find these videos so informative and makes it seem so much easier. I was wondering what do you use for your splices to make them waterproof. I just got my matrix and I’m going to start setting it up.
Hey KC. Thanks for your comment. Not sure what you mean by "Waterproof spices". Can you elaborate more on your question?
Great video! I was hoping you would run an image or video on the matrix though!
I did not because the resolution is still not too good with 880 pixels. 3000+ will great. There is an image of some bells in the following video.
ruclips.net/video/HVZft2kFnyI/видео.html
Perfect
Thank you.
Thanks again for your videos. It's one thing making your own light display but taking the time to go to the effort of making these videos to teach others and share your knowledge is much appreciated. I was surprised that you power inject after 400 pixels, Is that your rule of thumb? I had it in mind that it should be at least every 200-300 pixels. Running at 30% brightness I suppose the more total LEDs in your over-all display the less need to run at high brightness without lighting the whole street up :)
Hey Steve. Thank you very much for your words. I do appreciate them. Yes, I inject power every 300-400 pixels and the brightness at 30%. The subdivision where I live is kind of dark, so that helps. Thanks for watching.
Great video. Gave me lots of good info on configuring the matrix. Now do I want to lose my thumb punching that many pixels....
Hey Larry. Glad it helped you. It was brutal. I got a few blisters on my fingers and I has wearing gloves! Thanks for watching.
Hey Trevi,
Hope you and your family are doing well.
Can wait for another Awesome video 😉
One question, do you know how to use the visualizer in xlights?
If so will you make a video on how to use the visualizer?
Hey Danny. All well over here. Thanks. I am actually working on the editing part of a new video. Should be up in a few days. I do not use the visualizer at all but I guess I could do a short video on it. I usually have some weird setup that the visualizer would not be able to handle. But It is a great tool for a clean port setup.
@@trevilights If you have the time that would be great. Your videos are so easy to learn from.
Thanks for your videos they are super informative! I’d love a video going into more detail about how you power inject on your display. That is the part of this hobby that freaks me out the most. Have you used the F8 Distro boards from falcon?
Hi Kalburt. Thanks for watching my videos. Do not get caught up on power injection. Pretty much all you are doing is keeping a stable voltage throughout a string of pixels. I have not used the Falcon F8 Distro Boards but I do recommend them. You have probably read about cutting the positive wire at some point of the string to prevent issues when connecting to power supplies in parallel. But if you look at the link below, some devices can be connected in parallel (Look at the description for " Parallel/Redundancy Operation is possible"). Just make sure that all the power devices are the same voltages and capacity.
www.amazon.com/Universal-Regulated-Switching-Converter-Transformer/dp/B08LDC41B6/ref=sr_1_16?crid=2E1BU9D4WI9MT&keywords=12v%2Bpower%2Bsupply%2Bled%2Bparallel&qid=1666786302&sprefix=12v%2Bpower%2Bsupply%2Bled%2Bparallel%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-16&th=1
@@trevilights that is helpful, thanks! I mainly just don’t want to burn my house down haha. I haven’t had too much need for power injection in the past and just used multiple ports on my F16V4 but I’m adding a matrix this year and will need to do some power injection. I’m planning to use the power supply in my controller and just attaching the F8 distro. In my understanding I shouldn’t need to worry about cutting the positive wire because it’s the same power supply. That’s helpful to know that some power supplies don’t require you to cut the positive wire
@@kalburtdallof5031 You are correct, you have nothing to worry about if you are using one power supply for all of your elements. Just make sure you do not overloaded it. Have fun.
Hola Trevi, no olvides tus videos en español. Ayudan mucho
great job on the matrix i did one with only 400 pixel 15x15 5volts just want to know for power injection i put 2 wires running to power surply could i just solder a wire to begining of pixel and end and then just run one wire to power surply thank you trevi i learn alot from your videos
Hello den. If I understand correctly you want to do a "Y" connection. The answer is yes. But do the positive and negative as well. Use a thicker wire so it can handle the load. Should not be much. An 18awg wire should be fine.
Great video. Do you have a video of your complete light show?
Take a look a my channel. There a few full shows that I added a few days ago.
Great video! Will there be a lesson on how to add images to the matrix, it is very interesting how the pictures will look at a resolution of 882 pixels
Hi " El Margnifico". Thanks for your comments. I am working on a video where I will show the configuration for Candy Canes and Snowflakes. I will add a section on showing some pictures on the Matrix. Do not expect much. Having a 1 inch between pixels makes it a low-res matrix. The 5000+ pixel setup would be great for videos!.
@@trevilights thanks for the answer, we will wait for the following videos
Hi Trevi, I love your videos, simple and so informative. I have a question. I have a Boscoyo ChromaMesh 2″ matrix, 24X48 1152 pixels or nodes. I hooked it up to 2 channels. Can I run 600 pixels on channel 1 and 552 on channel 2? or do I have to split them at 576? If I can run it at 600 and 552, what would my settings be in xlights?
Hey Dave. Thanks for watching. You can divide your pixels as you wish since you can give xlights the absolute channel where each of your strings of pixels start. For example, your 600 pixels string will be from channel 1 to channel 1800 (600 pixels x 3 channels per pixel). And your second string with 552 pixels will start from channel 1801 to channel 3456. So you port 1 should start on channel 1 and your second port from channel 1801 in your controller.
@@trevilights Hi Trevi, so i spliced the lights so I have 576 on each string. i have lots of power injection as well. my problem is there is a mirror image on top and bottom, as well if i put in text it is upside down. i would like to send you pictures of my settings and what the screen looks like if that's ok.
@@davetuttle2174 Send me the pictures to ....
contact@trevilights.com
Gran video. Me cuesta un poco entenderlo al estar en inglés, pero como siempre muy buen contenido. Le he mandado un correo con mi proyecto espero que le guste.
Hola Jesus. Mucho gusto en saludarte. Recibí tu correo. Los árboles te quedaron fantasticos. Hoy mismo te mando los detalles del árbol de navidad grande. También te voy a mandar fotografías de otros elementos como los copos de nieve y los bastones. Saludos.
@@trevilights Me alegra mucho que te hayan gustado los árboles. Muchísimas gracias por todo de verdad, no sabe que bien me vendrá todo lo que me mande. Espero que algún día mi economía me permita poder viajar a su zona, poder ver su show y conocerle en persona. Espero que tenga un buen día y gracias de nuevo.
Nice video Trevi. I'm new to this so I don't know what I am talking about, but why not use LED strips instead?
Hi Philip, They are more expensive and fragile since the circuit is flexible. The strands need to be under tension also. Also when using strips some will light up more that 1 pixel at a time. This bullet type are very sturdy.
Hello,
Thanks for the video. you show 882 for your pixel count, however it will only let me do 682 on 1 port. How would I change that? Also I used a heat gun on low setting and pointed it at the hole I was putting the pixel in for about 5 seconds and that was a huge help
Hey Bruce, Thanks for watching my videos. Glad to help. Do you have expansion boards? If you do, then this will affect your pixel count per port. If you do not, then chances are that you accidentally switched to that option and now the controller is acting weird. Unfortunately I found out that the only way to recover from this issue is resetting the controller to Factory Setting. This will cause you to lose all the settings, even the network settings. So take note of your setting before doing a factory reset. This will be a good time to do a Firmware Update if you have not done so. Doing a firmware update might prevent this from happening again. To do a factory reset all you have to do is remove the power from the controller, then while pressing and holding down the 'Select' button in the board apply power and hold the button down for 5 sec. Release button. This should reset the board to factory setting. Connect to network and check your port setting. Having to do this sucks but I did not found any other way. Good luck.
Looks so cool. So sad can’t find a falcon controller 😢
Thanks. They are out stock right now.
At the end of the video you talk about a larger matrix with 3528 lights, broken into 4 ports of 882 each. For the build, do I run a line from my falcon controller, port 1, to the start of the bottom left and run 882 lights vertically, then cut the wire and run a wire from port 2 and start another run of 882 lights? Then cut the wire and run another run of 882 lights from port 3...etc...
You are correct. The configuration of the Matrix in xLights would be 4 Strings of 882 pixels each String and 21 Strands. The Direction will be "Vertical". Each string goes to a port in the controller(4).
Hey Trevi,
I setup my Falcon controller and FFP using your videos and it works great. Any chance of a video for a virtual matrix in the near future. The videos I have watched don’t explain as good as you do. Thanks
Hey Sebastian, thank you very much for watching. I have never done one. But I'll keep it in mind.
@@trevilights thanks
Great video…. Why do you config the falcon controller rather than simply upload the config from XLights directly?
Thanks Alexis. Just personal preference. I like having control of every port and channels. I have found that if I make a mistake in xlights it could potentially mess of my setup.
Once you are done setting up what you want on the computer, do you then upload the programmed sequence onto the controller itself?
Hi Steve. If you set your controller to run as a player, then you can upload your sequences to the controller into an SD card. The other option is to use a Raspberry Pi to play your sequences and send the data using an ethernet cord to the controller(recommend).
Hi Trevi great video, was wondering if you got a video on how to setup a F16V3 Falcon in the stand alone mode. If not do you know where I can find some information on how to do it.
Hi Percy. Thanks for watching my video. Stand Alone mode? If you are referring to using the controller without an external Sequence player like to Falcon Player; it's still not supported by the controllers Firmware. At least not yet. I was just browsing their website and there still no information about it. Sorry. Using a Raspberry Pi is very simple and not expensive. Your can get a kit on Amazon for around $70.
@@trevilights I got a Falcon F16V3 in February and talked to David from there and he told me that the F16V3 that I got did support the standalone feature
@@percydoucet1838 It is supported but it's my understanding that the current version of their firmware does not. I would encourage you to call them again and asked them. If you find more about it please let me know and I'll be more than happy to make a video out of it. You can send me any further information to "contact@trevilights.com". The controller do come with n SD card slot, but it's currently only used for software updates.
looks an awful lot like a standard peg board. Are the holes smaller?
Hey John, smaller in diameter? The pixels bullet pixels fit well, but the stiffness of the plastic makes it hard to push the pixels in.
Hello Trevi. Thank you for your video. It's so easy to follow. Im late now for my first pixel display. I tested my props last night before install. Falcon controller test were all working but when i tried to do matrix sequence through xlights and clicked output to lights bulb, exactly what you are doing, none of my props lights are working from xlights. My upload from xlights setup to my controller has no errors. Any idea why lights are not displaying?
in xlights on the Controllers tab, make sure you have 1 entry with the IP address of your Falcon. Make sure you unselect the 'Auto Layout Models" and put 96 on the 'Universe count' and 510 'Channels per Universe'. On the Falcon on E1.31 page you should also have your universes defines the same way.
On my website trevilights.com you can book some of my time if needed.
Thanks Trevi. Very nice. Good to know you have consultation services. I will surely book shortly for all my questions. Happy holidays
@@randybaron5190 Thanks Randy. Happy holidays to you too.
The falcon controller manual says to not plug it into an AC outlet, only to use DC power...where the heck do I get that from? It comes with what looks like a normal AC power cord....?
The normal AC power cord is connected to a 12v power supply inside the the gray power box. The 12v DC power supply feeds the controller Main board.
Hi Trevi I just got my matrix like yours. Wounding what side you put the pixels in. The dull side or the shiny side . Please help
I use the dull side to the front, so the light do not reflect. Take your time pushing in the pixels, the plastic is hard.
@@trevilights
Yes I started to push them in and then I didn't think I was putting them on the right side. I have 1764 pixels to do. Thanks for all your help all the time.
@@percydoucet1838 Awsome. Make sure you try setting it up in xlights and follow the correct wiring path. You will need to use 2 ports for this.
You weren’t kidding about how much of a pain it is to push these pixels, even with pixel pliers!
Hahaha. I can feel your pain. I would do like 300 pixels and then rest for 2 days. Your hand get tired.
Question. Do you have to do power injection?
Yes you have. Each pixels uses a little of the current up to the point when you will see the brightness get lower and lower along the string, until it causes the data signal to start failing. Power injection is a must.
@@trevilights I am so nervous about it. I am new to the hobby so I will continue to study it and learn about it. Thank you for these videos. They are very helpful.
@@loriadderley5963 You are welcome. I will recommend that you start small. You can start with some flakes and some Candy Canes. Next season you can build a Mega Tree, which is a little more challenging and requires more planning. If you need help you can always book some of my time on my website trevilights.com
Hola mi amigo! Quisiera recomendación de un controlador y tiras leds, tengo pensado cubrir mi casa con unas 8 tiras leds y 2 árboles cantantes
Hola Rodrigo. Gracias por ver mis videos. Solamente he usado un solo controlador. Después de analizar otras marcas me decidí hace años por Falcon Controller. Es muy sencillo de usar y puede controlar más de 16,000 Pixeles. Es una inversión que haces solo una vez. Las tiras y serie de Pixeles yo las compro directamente de Amazon. Vaya, todas están hechas en China y he notado que la marca Alitove salen buenas.
@@trevilights Buenísima buena onda amigo! No tiene algún correo en el que podamos hablar?
@@MrRodriruso contact@trevilights.com
Tervi, tienes el video en español de la configuración de la pantalla
Desafortunadamente no.
Hola Sr Trevi tiene alguna red social donde seguirlo?
Hola Carlos. Desafortunadamente no. Solamente por aquí. Gracias por ver el video.