Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Sorry guys i know there is probably a post already but i cant find iti have music but no lights... reset board boards a few times... does the cold weather have somethign to do with it any help would be great! I ahve cars stopping help ASAP thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Sounds like a communication issue.Stop the shows, can you see the boards in the HWU? (Hardware Editor.)Check your sequences. Did you remember to assign the channels to the lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 did hardware already.... channel configurate set its something with the communication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Stop the shows, again.Can you control the lights via the Sequence Editor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 not even that...its def. a communication issuehow should i reset the board? something with ten seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Power offReset channels to 0-0Power onPower offReset Channels to original setting.Don't recall exactly where the 10 seconds comes in. Though if you waited 10 seconds between each step, you'd be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Some of the cat 5 is frozen under ground...could that be it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Joe, it's got to be a comm cord. This happened to me during the Christmas season. Unplug the other controllers comm cord after controller #1 (leaving controller #1 hooked up and see what happens.Good luck,Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 If anything, call me. I'll pm you my phone number.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Joe Petrowski wrote: Some of the cat 5 is frozen under ground...could that be it?I don't know if that's the problem, but it's probably worth investigating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Do you have a solid LED on your controllers? If its, you dont' have communication.Cold shouldn't hurt your controllers or your cables. Of course, something could have gotten shifted while being frozen and broken a wire, etc...What I would do is bring a controller inside, near the computer, and use a known-good cable to see if you can get a solid light. If not, you know you have a software config issues, or an issue with your "dongle" (PC interface)-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Santas Helper wrote: Joe, it's got to be a comm cord. This happened to me during the Christmas season. Unplug the other controllers comm cord after controller #1 (leaving controller #1 hooked up and see what happens.Good luck,TomJoe, if unplugging the comm cord from the out side of controller #1 and lights to that controller works, then the comm cord going to controller #2 is bad. If controller #1 isn't working, then run a different cable to controller #1. If any of those comm cables are bad, they could effect all the controllers.It might be a connector to either end of the cables or an exposed wire within the line.Hope this helps.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 i cant test the cat5 cable that goes from computer to outside... i need atleast 50 feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Joe Petrowski wrote: i cant test the cat5 cable that goes from computer to outside... i need atleast 50 feetWell you have two options: Buy a cheap cable tester (you can get them online for <$20, or in stores for <$40). They are splittable so that one end goes on one end of the cable and sends a signal, and the other goes on the other end and reads the signal, so length doesn't matter.Other option is to bring a controller inside like I suggested above.I supose a third option is to get a new 50' cable and replace it, and see if the situation improves.Good luck,-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 If you have 2 controllers for the display. Disconnect the comm cord to the #2 controller and see if you get a blinking light on controller #1 (like Tim mentioned). I bet it's one of those comm cords. Make all connections are in good too. especially from the computer.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 tfischer wrote: I supose a third option is to get a new 50' cable and replace it, and see if the situation improves.Good luck,-TimA spare cable wouldn't be a bad idea either for the future.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 i have a anoter LOR plugged it into the computer and no connection i think it is the usb adapter thing to the cat 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Joe,You have PM.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Joe Petrowski wrote: i have a anoter LOR plugged it into the computer and no connection i think it is the usb adapter thing to the cat 5Has this configuration ever worked? that is, was it working, then stopped working suddenly? If so, did anything change?Barring anything more obvioius, I'd try reinstalling the drivers for the USB 'dongle'.This is, of course, assuming you tried a known-good cable for the test in the quote above.-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 OK I have no energy left....thanks everyone. I will look into with out pressure tomarrow..i am going make a voice over about the problem.... thanks again... i will look into it after the 10 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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