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Can PIXIE16 V1.01 Control 64 Square Pixels


purdurnr

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I did not need all 50 for 4 windows.  I spliced them onto the end of 1 string, to a length of 64, to cover the additional perimeter of my car garage. 

How can I control the 64 pixels?  I can only seem to control 50.  Hardware Controller allows me to control the 50.

Looking at documents/web, it may be PIXIE16 can only control 50 pixels per port?

Could I Divide 64 by a different resolution?  Say 17 x 4 = 64???  Guess I didn't figure it would limit to 50.  ANY TRICKS?

I hate to just use 50 and have 2' gaps at both ends :(  Greatly appreciate any guidance!

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According to this:

    http://www1.lightorama.com/pixie-controllers/

The Pixie can do 100 Pixels per port. Not having used one, I can only guess that you need to check the settings for the port and perhaps your connections.

Can't count how many times I have added pixels to a string, forgotten to change the controller (Sans E6804, in my case) and gone into panic for a moment before realizing.

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Doing more research I think I found an answer for someone trying to use 100 pixel strings.  They were not supported in Visualizer/Superstar, which is what I want.

They suggest to use the DMX Pixel String creator.  Use that Visualizer in Super Star.  Create the animation.  Import into Sequence editor.  COPY the DMX animation into a different device for a 100 pixel strip.  I will try this tonight.

I was able to verify the strip worked by using Hardware Utility and setting Pixels to 100 and resolution to 50.  They all turned on.  Just need to create the animations and visualizer.

Here is the answer from the post I found:

update for all who are following: 

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After contacting LOR it is as I thought, strings above 50 are not supported in S4 visualizer and the old FAKE OUT method will have to be used.

If your unfamiliar with this method, here's a quick run down,,,

from LOR:

As you say, the visualizer does not support Cosmic Color Devices of 100 strings. The workaround is to do the following:

1) In the visualizer create 100 pixel DMX strings
2) Import the visualization into superstar and create your sequence
3) export the sequence to sequence editor

4) launch the sequence editor
5) add a pixie device and set it to have 100 pixels
6) use copy/paste to copy from the exported superstar sequence into the pixie device.
    when you paste the sequence into the pixie device rows it will take on the pixie addressing

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