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@@FMFRPEMTFF I hear that often but it’s so much quicker for me to use AI to generate the videos when I don’t have as much time to do a live video.

@@FMFRPEMTFF thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

@@ronm6585 Yes. I do use AI when I don’t have time to create a live video.

@@thechristmaslightguy Cool. 👏🏻

@@CalvertLarry Yes. I do use D-ID for my AI video with my cloned voice.

@@CalvertLarry Are you going to run WLED or ESPixelStick firmware?

No. Sorry I see how this can be confusing. Some controllers have power terminals/connections for 2 power supplies. The controller has two separate power terminals/connections. One connection is used for the 1/2 of the ports and the other connection is used for the other 1/2 of the ports. Example: Falcon controllers with 16 ports has 2 power connections (+ and-). The first power supply terminal is for ports 1-8 and the second power supply terminal for ports 9-16. The positive (+) connection isn't tied together on the controller. Does that make sense?

@@thechristmaslightguy Thanks for the reply but I'm still confused. I understand your explanation, you say ports 1-8 use one PS and 9-16 can use another. But isn't your diagram only using a single port, port 1? Wouldn't that mean there is no opportunity to use a separate PS. Sorry for being so dense, just try to understand this.

@@GFSwinger1693 I understand your confusion. My diagram is labeled "1 port" on both ports. It is meant to indicate 2 different ports (as in 1 port and another port). I guess it would have been more clear to mark the ports differently such as port 1 and port 9.

@@thechristmaslightguy Ah ha! OK, that makes more sense. Either two different ports that don't share the same PS at the controller or as in example 2, one port but sever the red power wire. Thanks for clarification. Good day.

@@jamesn4727 Thanks for the feedback. I will keep that in mind when making my next video. I will also update the description to include how to manually setup the controller.

@@TomInOhio2 Not many people know this song.

@@thechristmaslightguy That was on Bob Rivers' "More Twisted Christmas" album. Good choice! Very funny.

@@joemoffo9706 it’s 50 X 28 pixels (1400). I used plastic mesh fencing to hold the pixels with 3/4 inch EMT and MakerPipe couplers. It has a dedicated Kulp 8 port controller running as a FPP remote. The spacing is about 1 1/2 inches

Thank you! I’m glad you like it.

Are you getting GPIO 15 can't be used? If so, scroll down to "Relay GPIO" and set to unused.

Thanks for watching.

@@AndrewFroude You’re welcome. I’m glad you found the video helpful.

Sorry for the delay in responding. I was traveling and out of the country. I'm not aware of any software for the Rasberry PI that could control relays and used xLights.

12 volt pixels

@@ColbyHiggs Thank you. I really appreciate it.

@@ColbyHiggs Thabks for watching. I’m glad you enjoyed it. These are really nice additions to my display.

Hey Tom - Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I was out of town for a wedding. Yes. You could use other GPI0s. The AE+ modules uses the following GPIO Pins. These should be available for addition relays. LED6 - GPIO 21 (AE+) LED7 - GPIO 17 (AE+) LED8 - GPIO 22 (AE+)

@@thechristmaslightguy Hi Tony, thanks for the reply and hope that you enjoyed the wedding! My DigQuad does not have an AE+ "hat" and I don't see that as an purchasable option in the Dr. Zzzz store. But, it is possible to use one or more of the four built-in ws2811 outputs as a relay output instead? It is just a matter of defining the correct output pin in the PixelStick interface? Thank you!

Tom - I would try using the GPIO 0 (button). This is a pin just above Q1. See quinled.info/quinled-dig-quad-pinout-guide/ for pinout. I'm not sure about using Q1-Q4 since these outputs are level shifted. I would try to use the GPIO at the header not the LED output. It is just a matter of defining the correct GPIO output pin in the ESPixelStick firmware (relay).

@@thechristmaslightguy Thank you, Tony! I will certainly use the "button" GPIO. Great idea. Have a good day!

@@TomInOhio2 let me know if it works. It should.

You videos are very easy to follow specially for a newbies like me.

@@APManor-eu8xs unfortunately I don’t own one of the new dig Octa brain boards. If I had one, I would do a video on it.

@@thechristmaslightguy Thanks you, highly appreciated

@@thechristmaslightguy i wish i can send you one of mine😅, your videos and instruction are really help full for a newbies like me and not really tech guy.

@@APManor-eu8xs Thank you. I’m glad you find my videos helpful.

Yes. You can write the sequence to the SD card directly. Make sure the sequence is saved as "V2 Uncompressed". See xLights Preferences -> Sequences -> SEQ Version.

Another option is to upload using FTP. If you are running the latest version of ESPixelStick firmware. There is an option to enable FTP. You can use an FTP client to upload the sequence to the controller without taking the SD card out. Make sure your FTP client is running in single port mode. I know FileZilla works but other FTP clients should work.

@@MrGeoffification I’m not sure what the maximum number of pixels per port but I have run 400 per port without any issues. All controllers have a maximum but you have consider the refresh rate.

@@thechristmaslightguy so sorry for all the questions- but when I get to the web gui I don’t have an effects tab. Is the effects tab on an old version of espixelstick? Or do I have something misconfigured? Or is it cause I’m using a dig uno? I’d like to do some testing but can’t seem to figure out how to just send basic rgb.

@@MrGeoffification On the secondary input set to effects. Once you set it to effect then, the effects section will appear.

@@thechristmaslightguy got it! Thanks!!

Also- for anyone in the future wondering- I was able to get at least 690 pixels on one port. (With plenty of power injection)

No worries. I have done the exact same thing before.

If you use DDP protocol, there no need to worry about channels and universes. Xlights will assign the channels automatically.

Create your relays in the layout tab. Go to controllers tab. Click on DIG-Quad controller. Use visualize button / window to drop the relays onto output 5

Drop the Pixels onto the outputs 1-4. The relays will be assigned 1 channel per relay in sequential order (since each relay is one 1 channel). Does this make sense?

​@@thechristmaslightguy Hi Tony, it does make sense, thanks. I can't use DDP as one of my light controllers doesn't support it. Do you know if the relay outputs on the Quad are assigned channels before the pixel outputs in the ESPixelStick firmware? Thanks again.

No. If there are pixels on the other outputs they will be assigned first then after would be the relays. If your case assign the pixels channels then the relays sequentially after the pixels on the DIG-Quad

I'm using 2 strands of seeds over 2 ports. The first strand has 448 seed pixels with power injection at the end of the strand (string) - 448th pixel. The second strand is 448 + 50 (star) or 498 seed pixels with power injection at the 448 seed pixel. I'm driving 448 pixels before I introduce power injection.

@@thechristmaslightguy - Thanks!

You are welcome. Let me know if you have any further questions.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks. I agree the tree turned out to be a very nice prop. I'm glad you watch my videos. The AI is a bit creepy even for me but it is so much faster to create the video using AI. At least this video has my own voice in it (cloned voice).

Thank you!

Joe - Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. In theory it should work. I don't own a DIG OCTA and haven't tested but it should work. Set the Primary Input to "DDP", output channel(s) to "DMX" and Secordary Input to "FPP Remote".

Hello. Thanks for watching my video. I currently don't have a video on how to create a 3D layout in xLights. You have to start be creating a 3D model of your house. I used an application called "Hover" to create a 3D model of my house then imported into xLights. Once you have it imported, then you can add all your props to your house/yard in 3D. I know there are some video from others that show this process. I would search for other videos to help out.

Thank you! I’m glad you liked the video.

Good question! The firmware is installed (written) to the device not the SD card. The SD card is only used for file storage (sequences). I believe etcher is used to write images to an SD card. There is a new web based installer available that was just released last week. See this link th-cam.com/video/olu29-oUXTo/w-d-xo.html or check out my video called "How to Update ESPixelStick Firmware Using the New Web-Based Installer"

Thank you. I’m glad you find the video useful.

Yes. It is very similar to the WLED installer.

You're welcome!

When you play a sequence from xLights - all props including mega tree works. Correct? Have you tried to play the sequence locally on the Mega Tree? Upload the sequence and set the secondard to FPP Remote - select sequence and run it locally. Does it work?

@@thechristmaslightguy Thank you for you quick reply. Yes all props work from xlights. Secondary already set to FFP remote on the dig quad, I changed remote configuration to play my .fseq file. I don't see a "run" to start command to play it.

@@joemoffo9706 you should be able to save the configuration and about five seconds later it should play the sequence. Make sure you are not outputting from Xlights.

@@joemoffo9706 if the sequence does not run, something is not configured properly. Try to re-upload the sequence to the controller.

@@thechristmaslightguy Thank you for your help. The sequence did not run locally. I finally got a good upload and now it works. I think that I have a network problem from my desktop to the controllers as I have my controllers and fpp on a separate router. I am using the wifi on my desktop as a second network to my fpp/controllers router.

You are welcome

You are welcome. I hope the tutorial was helpful.

I plan on doing more live person videos. It is just much quicker to create a video using AI and wanted to try out the technology.

Thanks for the feedback. Just trying something new. It is much faster to create the AI generated videos versus the live version. I will still continue to do live versions.

Thanks for the feedback. Just trying something new and using the latest technology. the AI generated videos are much faster to produce than the live versions. I will still continue to do live versions.

Thanks for the feedback. just trying something new. The AI versions are much easier to produce than the live versions. I will still continue to do live versions.

Okay - Are you able to connect to the WLED AP? Make sure you entered the correct SSID and Password of your wireless network. Are you able to see the connected devices on your wireless network? If so, then you can enter the IP address of the ESPixelStick into your browser (example 192.168.0.11)

@@thechristmaslightguy I switched to ESPixelStick firmware and it works, but I use the same WIFI credentials for the WLED firmware and It then dissapears from my network, even after trying to connect to the IP

@@xaviprieto6753 Is there anyway you can verify the controller is connecting to your network when using the WLED firmware? Does your router show connected devices? If it connects you should be able to pull up the web interface using the IP address with computer on the same wireless network.

In this video I'm running 200 pixels on 2 ports (400 total). In other videos, I have ran 100 pixels on 8 ports (800 total) at 20 frames/second. At this time, I haven't created a video using an FPP to output music. I have it setup in my show network and in my office. Contact me if you need more information.

Nice idea. Let me know if you need 3/16 fiberglass rods. I have plenty that I can cut the length to order.

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you. I really like my Pear Trees as they are unique and different.

Thanks. I like the pear tree also. They are unique and a bit different.

Please do. Let me know what you think. Enjoy!