Am looking into various options for controlling pixels and this video was super helpful, thank you so much! How reliable and stable do you find the WiFi chip when sending sACN? I'm guessing it does not support 5GHz Wifi? I'm looking to integrate these into dancers' costumes with a Wireless Access Point side of stage but have concerns about dropping frames and gaining a reliable connection with something so small
I had the same issue when I first plugged it into my laptop. I was using an old USB cable. I read some of the mini USB cables only support charging, they literally are missing the pins or wires to transmit data. Not sure if that was mine (it looked normal) but I found another newer one I had lying around. When I used the newer cable the light only blinked 3 times again but I heard the Windows chime that it was connected. I didn't get the driver setup dialog but I did see the device now showing up at COM3 in my Device Manager. Maybe Windows 10 automatically installs it now when you preload the drivers. I did the install just like the video. After the firmware was flashed and the device restarted the light is now on and solid. I wonder if in the video he is using a device he had already previously flashed so it was already set to go and had a solid light.
When I go to pixelstick01 it takes me no where. I have to type in the ip address and it gets me to the menu. Any thoughts on why I can't get to the setup when typing pixelstick01 in the browser window for chrome?
I cannot flash my ESPArtStick... I keep getting the error "failed to program the ESP 8266. verify your device is propperly connected and in program mode".. It's a D1 Mini... I tried shorting GPIO0 to GND but that din't help either... I can upload sketches using the Arduino IDE so I know the board and cable are ok... Any ideas?
At 4:09 you go into "Final Testing" and then at 4:22 you state that "Everything is Working Fine" yet at no point in the video do you mention, or take the time to test the SD Card capability of the unit? Why was that.. seems like a major feature of the unit is totally omitted.
The beta versions 4.x of the software now use the SD card. See this video as how to set up and run using FPP remote: th-cam.com/video/LBGD8CwKUJI/w-d-xo.html
I flashed mine then switched to wled instead. I then couldn't get it to work with xlights so I went back to espixelstick firmware. It still didn't work, so I reinstalled wled and now it won't be discovered by the app. Any ides what I did wrong.
I followed this verbatim, get to flash tool, enter my SSID, passphrase, add a host name the assigned com port and do upload, it says completed, but at the bottom has the following Connecting to networkname as pixeltest Connecting with DHCP.............................. *** Failed to connect *** *** Timeout - Reverting to default SSID *** Connecting to ENTER_SSID_HERE as pixeltest Connecting with DHCP.............................. *** Failed to connect *** *** FAILED TO ASSOCIATE WITH AP, REBOOTING *** any ideas?!? Thanks!
No. But I won't buy anything from Amazon anymore. Once Forkineye sells it out right. Then I will buy more. But for now. I will just set my leds with ESP8266
This is great! Thank you!
Definitely gave me a better idea of how to start a small project. Now to understand Xlight to set to music.
Am looking into various options for controlling pixels and this video was super helpful, thank you so much! How reliable and stable do you find the WiFi chip when sending sACN? I'm guessing it does not support 5GHz Wifi? I'm looking to integrate these into dancers' costumes with a Wireless Access Point side of stage but have concerns about dropping frames and gaining a reliable connection with something so small
any idea as to why the light on the espixelstick will not stay on? mine only blinks 3 times
I had the same issue when I first plugged it into my laptop. I was using an old USB cable. I read some of the mini USB cables only support charging, they literally are missing the pins or wires to transmit data. Not sure if that was mine (it looked normal) but I found another newer one I had lying around.
When I used the newer cable the light only blinked 3 times again but I heard the Windows chime that it was connected. I didn't get the driver setup dialog but I did see the device now showing up at COM3 in my Device Manager. Maybe Windows 10 automatically installs it now when you preload the drivers.
I did the install just like the video. After the firmware was flashed and the device restarted the light is now on and solid.
I wonder if in the video he is using a device he had already previously flashed so it was already set to go and had a solid light.
When I go to pixelstick01 it takes me no where. I have to type in the ip address and it gets me to the menu. Any thoughts on why I can't get to the setup when typing pixelstick01 in the browser window for chrome?
Does this always need to be connected to wifi to run, or can I save a sequence onto the board?
Great job. Thanks for posting.
Just curious when you let Xlights discover it why did it assign it as ddp? I thought espixelstick were e1.31 type controllers? Thanks.😊
I don't have an answer because it does the same to me, yet they work just fine. Some say e1.31 and others DDP. I have 14 units.
Thanks a ton for this great tutorial!!
I cannot flash my ESPArtStick... I keep getting the error "failed to program the ESP 8266. verify your device is propperly connected and in program mode".. It's a D1 Mini... I tried shorting GPIO0 to GND but that din't help either... I can upload sketches using the Arduino IDE so I know the board and cable are ok... Any ideas?
At 4:09 you go into "Final Testing" and then at 4:22 you state that "Everything is Working Fine" yet at no point in the video do you mention, or take the time to test the SD Card capability of the unit?
Why was that.. seems like a major feature of the unit is totally omitted.
The beta versions 4.x of the software now use the SD card.
See this video as how to set up and run using FPP remote: th-cam.com/video/LBGD8CwKUJI/w-d-xo.html
I flashed mine then switched to wled instead. I then couldn't get it to work with xlights so I went back to espixelstick firmware. It still didn't work, so I reinstalled wled and now it won't be discovered by the app. Any ides what I did wrong.
How is this done in Linux?
I followed this verbatim, get to flash tool, enter my SSID, passphrase, add a host name the assigned com port and do upload, it says completed, but at the bottom has the following
Connecting to networkname as pixeltest
Connecting with DHCP..............................
*** Failed to connect ***
*** Timeout - Reverting to default SSID ***
Connecting to ENTER_SSID_HERE as pixeltest
Connecting with DHCP..............................
*** Failed to connect ***
*** FAILED TO ASSOCIATE WITH AP, REBOOTING ***
any ideas?!? Thanks!
Anyone have problems not connecting to network?
No. But I won't buy anything from Amazon anymore. Once Forkineye sells it out right. Then I will buy more. But for now. I will just set my leds with ESP8266
@@johnnagy1575 forkineye.com/espixelstick-v3/
@@andrewlee4239 yes. I have one of these. I will not buy it from Amazon
@@johnnagy1575 that is Shelby's own site, & will ship worldwide..