toddm1919 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 For my Halloween display, I have a simple looping 2 minute long sequence that uses only my AC controllers and two Pixie 4s to control 25 lights/pixels. However, I have all of my controllers and my CCRs connected in preparation for Christmas. Today I had my computer on with the schedule enabled with the show to start at 5:45. Before that time, I noticed that the last pixels on two of my CCRs were lit up green. The control panel showed that no sequence was playing, and these CCRs are not listed in my Halloween sequence. I disabled the shows, and the pixels stayed lit. I unplugged the controllers, and the pixels turned off (obviously). I plugged them back in and the pixels stayed off. I re-enabled the schedule, the pixels stayed off, so I let things go. At 5:45, the sequence started to play. I checked it several times and it was fine until about an hour later when I went out to check on things. This time the first pixel on one of the CCRs was lit up what looked like green and blue at 100%. Since the controller/CCR is not even in the sequence, the pixels that turned on were different in each case, and the fact that the the first time it happened there was no sequence playing. I am confused as to why this would happen. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 http://www1.lightorama.com/PDF/Pixie_Man_Web.pdf page 16 First Pixel is Status Indicator If this box is checked, the status LED will be mirrored in white on string one’s pixel nearest the controller. This occurs for 60 seconds after power up. This checkbox exists to save the effort of having to open up the controller box up; you can just unplug and plug in the controller to check its status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddm1919 Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 Thanks Bob, but I forgot to mention that the CCRs are original CCR150 with there own controller...not the new ones that connect to the pixie4. In addition, the original problem was that the last pixel set was lit solid green..not the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sysco Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 unplug power from the 150 controller ,leave the strip connected to the controller, hold down the blue button on the back of the controller reapply power plug to controller should run through red,green,blue if there is a problem with the pixel it should show up in testing just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrown1972 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 21 hours ago, toddm1919 said: For my Halloween display, I have a simple looping 2 minute long sequence that uses only my AC controllers and two Pixie 4s to control 25 lights/pixels. However, I have all of my controllers and my CCRs connected in preparation for Christmas. Today I had my computer on with the schedule enabled with the show to start at 5:45. Before that time, I noticed that the last pixels on two of my CCRs were lit up green. The control panel showed that no sequence was playing, and these CCRs are not listed in my Halloween sequence. I disabled the shows, and the pixels stayed lit. I unplugged the controllers, and the pixels turned off (obviously). I plugged them back in and the pixels stayed off. I re-enabled the schedule, the pixels stayed off, so I let things go. At 5:45, the sequence started to play. I checked it several times and it was fine until about an hour later when I went out to check on things. This time the first pixel on one of the CCRs was lit up what looked like green and blue at 100%. Since the controller/CCR is not even in the sequence, the pixels that turned on were different in each case, and the fact that the the first time it happened there was no sequence playing. I am confused as to why this would happen. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot it? I had a very similar problem in the past. I had a few pixels that would stay on after the show was done. I was using an extension cord that I learned was not grounding correctly. Changed the extension cord and problem was corrected. I know it's not the exact issue you are having but might be worth looking into if you are using any extension cords. Let us know if you figure it out please. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddm1919 Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Tried the reset. Everything looked good for the night, but in the morning random pixels were on again. Going to try to change some extension cables next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hamilton Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 This is sounding like a channel ID conflict. I had a similar problem last year and when I ran the verifier, it showed me there was an ID conflict. It seems that many people forget to run that program when strange things like this happen. Try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddm1919 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 I finally had a chance to do some trial and error. It looks like I had an AC cable to close to a network cable. I changed it yesterday afternoon...so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 19 minutes ago, toddm1919 said: I finally had a chance to do some trial and error. It looks like I had an AC cable to close to a network cable. I changed it yesterday afternoon...so far so good. If that's all you did I expect to see you come back with the same problem. As Richard stated above more than likely you have a channel conflict and another controller within the sequence or your master config is sharing the port. If you don't know or want to research you can test this by creating a new sequence and 1 row at a time add sequence to the row. Play and see if any of them affect the lights. Or you can just use the verifier tool. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddm1919 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 If you read my original post, there was no sequence running when the problem first occurred. I don’t see how it could be a conflicting channel ID, when I was not sending any information to any of my controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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