badgerloco Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Am new to RGB Pixels and testing a LOR 16/25 tree with Pixie 8D and can't get lights to work. I am using S5 pro latest version with Windows 10. Testing with the free sequence downloaded from LOR website. I am using my old RS485B adapter and wondering if that is the problem? I can test each individual string in the Hardware Utility and lights are working. Also just when I get controller set up in Hardware Utility and then go to Control Panel to start a show the networks drops out and I have to refresh to locate unit. Thanks for any help you can provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 8 hours ago, badgerloco said: Am new to RGB Pixels and testing a LOR 16/25 tree with Pixie 8D and can't get lights to work. I am using S5 pro latest version with Windows 10. Testing with the free sequence downloaded from LOR website. I am using my old RS485B adapter and wondering if that is the problem? I can test each individual string in the Hardware Utility and lights are working. Also just when I get controller set up in Hardware Utility and then go to Control Panel to start a show the networks drops out and I have to refresh to locate unit. Thanks for any help you can provide. Read and watch the video. S5 and S4 pretty much the same when setting things up and all pixies work the same way. You should also get a red adapter ASAP. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjbadb Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 check this out, had the same issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 You can start by pushing up the speed of your old adapter to above 115K, in the NETWORK CONFIGURATION, for testing ONLY. A Pixie8 can gobble a lot of bandwidth depending on the show. A RED (HS) adapter is needed and run it at 500K minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasLights Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 i have the pixie8 and only the old adapter. I was able to do testing and sequence testing with that adapter. I ran the advanced network but at the lowest speed. For the show, i ran from the director and actually have a red adapter on my shopping list for this year so i can run both my old and new networks from my PC at the same time.v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasLights Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 But i did just remember to get it to work, i had to play with the Network preferences dialog to set the com port i was using to support enhanced so the control panel would recognize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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