So you say when using one controller port but two power supply (PS) to never ever connect the +V together. Isn't that exactly what you are doing in the diagram shown starting at time 5:36 ? You don't have a red line connecting the PS1 +V to the PS2 +V but internal to the controller there is only one port 1 +V. The second diagram starting at 6:43 makes sense because you isolate the second string of lights from the port 1 +V by severing the red wire. The second two PS diagram makes sense, the first one does not because both halfs are sharing the port 1 +V.
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.
Hi, Thanks for that video. I have 5 strips of ws2812b leds that I’m trying to power inject with a second power source. I have source 1 (5v 3a) to the sp110e controller to the 5 Alitove wd2812b strips (each with 150 lights). I power injected at the 3rd strip, with source 2 (5v 60 amp supply), cutting the v+ between strip 4 and 5, then connecting source 2 to the power injection lines of strip 4. The v- and signal lines between strpis 3 and 4 are connected. But strips 4 and 5 are not coming on. How can i fix that? What should I check? Note: when I injected using just the same power source for everything, it all worked fine.
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So you say when using one controller port but two power supply (PS) to never ever connect the +V together. Isn't that exactly what you are doing in the diagram shown starting at time 5:36 ? You don't have a red line connecting the PS1 +V to the PS2 +V but internal to the controller there is only one port 1 +V. The second diagram starting at 6:43 makes sense because you isolate the second string of lights from the port 1 +V by severing the red wire. The second two PS diagram makes sense, the first one does not because both halfs are sharing the port 1 +V.
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.
Hi, Thanks for that video. I have 5 strips of ws2812b leds that I’m trying to power inject with a second power source.
I have source 1 (5v 3a) to the sp110e controller to the 5 Alitove wd2812b strips (each with 150 lights). I power injected at the 3rd strip, with source 2 (5v 60 amp supply), cutting the v+ between strip 4 and 5, then connecting source 2 to the power injection lines of strip 4. The v- and signal lines between strpis 3 and 4 are connected. But strips 4 and 5 are not coming on.
How can i fix that? What should I check?
Note: when I injected using just the same power source for everything, it all worked fine.
Do you have the v- from source 2 connected to v- on strips and source 1?