plasmadrive Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 2 hours ago, brichi said: yes, just pulled the chip and the heat does go away ah ha.. Most likely the comm chip is trash... is the voltage regulator still works, which I assume it does since it is self protected, changing that comm chip might yield you a working board.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 thanks Plasma, I'm getting a replacement from LOR tomorrow so I'm not going to bother getting the chip but good to know in case it happens again in the future, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 hey guys, so I got a new pixie4 which now works great I plug in Ray Wu strip and only half light up even though I am picking 100 pixels, I plug in the LOR CCR and all light up, Any ideas other then a bad strip? When the ray wu one is lit I test the voltage at the end and get 12v all around so there no broken connection from beginning to end Ray wu lights LOR CCR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Glad to hear the replacement Pixie is working. Keeping in mind that I know nothing about configuration of the Pixie controllers, how are you testing the strips? By that I mean, a test sequence you wrote, a test pattern built into the Pixie, the Hardware Utility, something else?Sent from my Droid Turbo via Tapatalk, so blame any typos or spelling errors on Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 I am testing with both the LOR S4 hardware utility and creating an "all on" sequence in in sequence editor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 it stops right at this pixel, 100 pixels selected in LOR SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 in a few when I get a second I'm going to cut at that point and put on new wires, maybe theres a bad connection, pixel, chip at that spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 What pixel number does the lit section end with? Number 50 perchance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 correct, 50 is the last one lighting even though I have it set to allow up to 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 You still have something set wrong. Most controllers have a way of setting the number of pixels connected. Get out your pixie manual and figure out how to change the settings. If you have everything set correctly on the computer that's the only place left. I'm sure at this point your Hardware is fine you'll just have to find that setting that's limiting it to 50 pixels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) yes, in the hardware utility I had to go into the cosmic config and set to 100, I'm an idiot, I kept missing that when lloking through it. thanks guys Edited January 1, 2017 by brichi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 So, now that you have that figured out.. Have you figured out how you blew the comm chip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 no but I'm afraid to plug in the RayWu strip taking this chance of blowing it again, everything with the LOR CCR's are working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 If wired correctly there's absolutely no way that the ray wu light strip could damage the board. It's far more likely that static electricity from you would damage the board or that chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 ill give it another go, right now I tore it apart, Ill resolder on new connections and test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Hi just something to think about if your buying more strips most people I know use the 2811 strip with 50 pixels their on sale now at Holiday Lights Express . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 thank you, I was trying the 100 pixel ones for the arch but I don't see too much of a difference really so I'm sticking with the 50's most likely. the 60's look cool though if wrapping windows and such being its double the leds wrapped around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) Actually I have 3 100 count strips I cut them in half put 50 pixels in each arch. (Have 6 ) using the 2 in white tube from McMaster Carr like Johnson Family I did try 25 pixels but I did go with 100 ct strips for my arches looks much brighter. Using a sandevices E6804 to controll pixels Edited January 1, 2017 by Dennis Laff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichi Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 awesome Dennis, thank you, I did the same, ordered the same tubing, plan on doing 8 arches, ill do the second arch in 50 pixels to compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I built 4 of those arches and I used the strips that are 16 pixels per meter. So 50 pixels ends up being around 11 feet of tubing. I'm using 2 DMX universes to run the 4 arches I only Power the strips from one side so the power is passed directly to the second Arch so I don't need power injection. I use the green 16 gauge extension cord wire from the controller to minimize Power Drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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