sparky2305 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I started the prep work for the house 2 months ago and the lights started to go up about 3 weeks ago.All my lights (except rope lights) are hand made LED sets!spaced 6" apart they run over half a mile end to end.This should be the biggest residental display the UK has seen sofar (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner518 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I see alot of people are alrighty setting things up! I'm a newbie who will be doing his first 32 channel display. I still have to hook up my controllers to my computer for the first time. I thought if I start now it would be to early. than I still have to figure out how to do sequences. Well I need to figure out how to edit them to work for me. I have a felling I will not be ready for this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 tmadak wrote: Hi toddmoon,I have not heard of many EDMs that developed problems so it caught my attention. Did you try and replace the power adapter to see if that got rid of the hum? Just trying to save you from sending it back.tomNever mind, I see that you have already replaced the wall wart. I was just agreeing with tmadak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfvillano Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 The first year's show is shaping up. Spent the last few weeks building my radio sign and stands for the four controllers and getting the FM transmitter (Mobile Black Box) into a weather proof enclosure. Rented a 50' articulated boom lift and installed stainless steel hooks under the eves to hang the icicle lights from - should not need to set foot on a ladder - NICE!Connected all four controllers to the laptop and ran some tests to veryify communications - all good! Moved an intro sequence and a few musical sequences onto the SD card and test ran the MP3 player, FM transmitter, and 32 sets of lights. Everything worked like a charm. I have been spending a few hours each week since Sept. working on sequences / songs for the show. I should have about twelve to fifteen sequences ready in time.Removed 96 strings of 100 count mini lights from their boxes and have them ready to be installed on the house once I get home from work off the coast of Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 28th. Still need to fabricate my extension cords from 1500'of cord and dig out some of last years lights for the porch eves. It will be a busy weekend starting on the 28th! Hoping to have everything operational by Monday night the 30th if the weather allows. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky2305 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 ny_yankee_25 wrote: I see alot of people are alrighty setting things up! I'm a newbie who will be doing his first 32 channel display. I still have to hook up my controllers to my computer for the first time. I thought if I start now it would be to early. than I still have to figure out how to do sequences. Well I need to figure out how to edit them to work for me. I have a felling I will not be ready for this year.This is my first year using LOR too!There are some great videos on the lor support webpage showing some really good tips on building sequences.you can through together a basic 32 channel program in an hour or so.you still have pleanty of time for a great setup!!although saying that ive been working on this project since January and the prep work is still not finnished!!!!!!!Good luck with it mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipwdw Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 well.... now that halloween is over & the haunted house that i am part owner of is officially closed its time to get that torn down and get christmas up. i am cheating alot this year... as the haunted house is sort of a professional set-up at a city park, i went and got all my extension cords, lights, fog machines..... everything but the structural stuff (the house was about 10,000 sq ft this year & we had about 1200 guests visit this year over 10 nights of operation. so i will take a few days and get most if not all the christmas stuff in the next few days and then go back and finish at the haunt. someone remind me.... why do we do this? it seems every year i say i will choose one or the other. the haunted house used to be a 1 day project! oh well..... back to work.chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddmoon Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I went all out with Halloween this year. As I tore it down over the weekend I thought why did I go so over the top.A lot of it was just to see what I could do with my additional unit and spread things out. So in a way it was a test run for my Christmas show. However after I got through tearing it all down I told myself I am not going to this extent for Halloween again. I guess we will see. It gets in your blood and you just can not let go! More lights More channels it is an addiction that will not go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I suppose Halloween is entirely a matter of location, location, location. Our trick-or-treater count has been declining for the past few years in the part of town where we live. I was going to do some stuff for Halloween including sound effects and strobes to scare the bejeebers out of some of the candy goblins, but got too busy with Christmas stuff and didn't get around to it in time. Turns out we had a total of eight trick-or-treaters. Makes me glad I didn't waste my time... but the good news is that I'm still on track to have everything up and to be in full-scale test mode by the end of the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddmoon Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I do not know how many kiddies came to our door. I do know that we went through 20 pounds of candy. If my wife had been passing out the candy it would have been 40 pounds and I would have had made a trip to the store for more candy.It was a fun weekend event. However I do not think I will be doing as much next year. I will be spending more time with preparation for Christmas.I have been frustrated with the lack of effort with our towns Christmas display so I am high jacking the committee this year and taking it over. I am going to animate our city's displays as soon as I can get the city council to approve the funding. It wont happen this year but I am hoping that I can get a budget for it for Christmas 2010.Ah, the things I can do with other peoples money. This years city's budget is only $1000.00. Most of those funds are already committed to things this year so there is not much I can do to effect things this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardShank Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 ny_yankee_25 wrote: I see alot of people are alrighty setting things up! I'm a newbie who will be doing his first 32 channel display. I still have to hook up my controllers to my computer for the first time. I thought if I start now it would be to early. than I still have to figure out how to do sequences. Well I need to figure out how to edit them to work for me. I have a felling I will not be ready for this year.Don't give in so easily. I had a 48 channel show with about 8 songs sequenced in less than 6 weeks, all lights up and the show running!You can do it to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky2305 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Finally a dry day in England! managed to get a few lights installed and wired up in the remaining hour of sunlight after rushing home from work.Get in!!:dude: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Jeff Millard wrote: I hate to whine, but this isn't one of the better days I've had in recent history... I have the flu while on vacation, it's cold and I still don't have the furnace installed in the house, the worst possible canidate in history is now Governer Elect, and the Phils are second in the World Series. At least the Yanks can afford the parade...Jeff,Sorry to learn that you're sick and cold - definitely a bad combination. I do admit to being a bit surprised to learn that you're unhappy to be getting rid of one of the most corrupt governors ever elected. I would have thought that would be reason enough to be celebrating. As for the Phils being second in the World Series, I can't say that I have even one iota (or fraction thereof) of compassion for you. At least they're the best team in the National League. Unfortunately, being the best team in the National League isn't nearly enough this time around. As Jeets said last night, the Commissioner's trophy is where it belongs! What more is there to be said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Yes, Jeff, you're probably right that this should be in a different thread, but we're here now so we might as well duke it out. I agree with much of what you say regarding corruption in politics. And not living in NJ I'm in no position to disagree with your assessment of who's more crooked - that seems more endemic to NJ than to most other places, although its something I could never get used to. But what boils my sap is hearing people crying over how much the Yankees spend and how its so unfair to everyone else. That's just about the biggest crock of BS going. (Editor's note - I'm originally from upstate NY and have been a Yankees fan since I was six years old. Mickey Mantle was my boyhood hero.) I now live in Minnesota and all I hear is the crying and moaning from Twins fans. They rail against the Evil Empire in NY but turn a blind eye toward (the late) crooked Carl Pohlad. According to Forbes, Pohlad was agruably the wealthiest man ever to own any major league sport franchise. He could buy and sell George Steinbrenner many times over. Why then was he sucking on Steinbrenner's teat for so many years all the while crying poverty? Shouldn't it have been the other way around? Why didn't he use the revenue sharing and luxury tax money that he was pocketing from Steinbrenner to improve his own ballclub when that's what the money was supposedly for? Why are the residents of and visitors to Minnesota footing the bill for his new stadium? We're paying for a billionaire's new building in which he'll employ millionaires to make even more billions. Is it just me or is something not right with that equation somewhere? The reason why the Phillies are former champions isn't because the Yankees outspent them - didn't that occur last year also? Convenient excuse for crybabies is all that is. The reason why the Phillies didn't win was because they made too many mistakes and didn't get the timely hits when they needed them. Let's not make it any more complicated than it is.PS - glad to hear your dog is doing better. Amazing how resilient those beasts are, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Jeff Millard wrote: If they didn't have the money, all the best players wouldn't be in one place. Actually, all the best players aren't in one place. I think the Yankees would do well to pick up Chase Utley - I like his style of playing and unlike Robinson Cano he isn't afraid to get his uniform dirty. And Jayson Werth would be a definite upgrade over Nick Swisher in right field. I need to send a memo to Brian Cashman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffandnicole Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Oh goodie...a thread I can enter, after my unexplained absense over the past year (my problem is I have too many hobbies, and never commit 100% to any of them!).Phillies: I was hoping. I was dreaming. I was waiting to see if Ultey could top his post-World Series speech from last year. But at least we can say we were repeating National League Champions, if not World Champions. Where I work (I'm a 'hated' state employee), there are many Yankees fans along with us Phillies fans...and a few (snicker) Mets fans (snicker snicker). Thus, they've been very happy over the past few days!Corzine/Christie: I think Corzine decided to pick the wrong time to become Governor. He was the first governor in decades to reduce spending from the year before. He managed to balance the budget without a whole lot of one-shot gimmicks. That said, he had to manage the state during the worst economic period in 70 years. He raised the sales tax, applied it to more items, and took away the property tax rebates for many. The campaign against him included stuff he *didn't* do - such as the 800% toll increase he proposed. If anything, one of the most iconic images of his governonship was the infamous motor vehicle accident where his vehicle, estimated to be driven at 91 mph in a 65 zone, hit a guardrail and an unbuckled Corzine was thrown about the vehicle, nearly killing him. I'm not happy about our new governor either. He's presented nothing in his campaign (other than killing off, er, I mean laying off, state workers) that will help the state in the next 4 years. Heck, his whole campaign ran on the theme of People Hating Corzine. In any other time period, he would've failed miserable.BTW, which WS game were you at Jeff? I had a small season ticket plan this year shared with my parents, and was fortunate enough to have tix to Game 3 - the rain delayed game that we eventually lost.Oh well...Eagles/Cowboys thread anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky2305 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 A sunny weekend in England meant the roof is all finished!!it only took about 20 hours!!! its not even that big.still is suppose its better to take your time and do a good job than to rush it and look shoddy.and i didn't break any roof tiles. Happy Days! Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Well, Yesterday I got all my new cords made, got all the lights up and checked, moved everything over to the show computer. Hooked up controllers and ran my shows, everything worked fine. Waited till dark , double checked all shows and sequences. All looked GREAT!! No problems at all. Went in had a nice dinner with my family, and sat back and relaxed. And then I woke up, looked outside, chuckled ,and went out and got started on my first string of lights. Aren't dreams a good way to put a smile on your face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsea300 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 This was a good weekend. Great weather an a lot of progress. I got the roof completed and FM transmitter up and running. All window lights on and 3 of my 6 foot trees done. All above hooked up and tested all is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Jeff Millard wrote: If they didn't have the money, all the best players wouldn't be in one place.Hmmm...I believe the best player in MLB is right here in Seattle...Ichrio. And it's amazing how many GREAT players have come and gone thru Seattle..A-RodRandy JohnsonGriffey JrRaul IbanezOmar Vizqueland I am sure I am forgetting a few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santabob Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 jimswinder wrote: Jeff Millard wrote: If they didn't have the money, all the best players wouldn't be in one place.Hmmm...I believe the best player in MLB is right here in Seattle...Ichrio. And it's amazing how many GREAT players have come and gone thru Seattle..A-RodRandy JohnsonGriffey JrRaul IbanezOmar Vizqueland I am sure I am forgetting a few...Well if the Rangers had Yankee money they would kill ev1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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