Quefol Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Trying to set up my e682 can't get get it to accept data from lor I followed many tutorials with no luck am shure the e682 is set up correctly it accepts test data. network preferences are set to multicast e1 31 comm listener bulb shows red when I enable it I get open of serial port has failed but indicates connection is accepted if I remove comm 1 under lor network preferences I can start the listener with no errors I don't have a dmx dongle installed do you need one for it to work there's a youtube video showing that one needed to be installed is that true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quefol Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 I got it working I guess the channels I was using wasn't dmx I am a newbie to lor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Usually if you see or hear something on a youtube tutorial. Then you can usually take that to the bank. Actually it would be the USB to RS-485 adapter, not the DMX adapter. And I have to qualify this. If you use one of the usual LOR controllers and this adapter. Then you can either delete it from the network preferences. Or just plug the adapter in, no controllers needed. I prefer to tell people to do the second way. Cause sure enough I and others will forget that they deleted the entry in the network preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I just ordered one of these which hasn't shipped out yet as they won't be in stock till the end of the month. I'll learn it as quickly as possible too and hopefully not run into any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983ss454 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I just ordered one of these which hasn't shipped out yet as they won't be in stock till the end of the month. I'll learn it as quickly as possible too and hopefully not run into any issues. Setting up the E682 in really really simple, setting up the channels in LOR was a bit of a learning curve for me. As it was the first DMX channels I had done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Setting up the E682 in really really simple, setting up the channels in LOR was a bit of a learning curve for me. As it was the first DMX channels I had doneI have the P12S already so setting up things in LOR is easy. Already learned all that. From what I saw, the firmware configurations are quite different but accomplish the same things so I doubt there'll be any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quefol Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm going to be using mine for a 12 ribbon supper star I was gong to maybe buy a few already made sequences it would save me a lot of time and there are some pretty nice ones at supperstarlights.com dose any one know if these sequence channels are already configured as dmx and if they are not what would be the best way to do so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmilkie Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Just remember when running DMX from LOR to turn on Control Panel to turn on the lights; I kept forgetting this, wasted a lot of time troubleshooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983ss454 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Just remember when running DMX from LOR to turn on Control Panel to turn on the lights; I kept forgetting this, wasted a lot of time troubleshooting Also if your running a regular LOR network,You need to have your LOR dongle plugged in a s well to get the control lights box blue I'm going to be using mine for a 12 ribbon supper star I was gong to maybe buy a few already made sequences it would save me a lot of time and there are some pretty nice ones at supperstarlights.com dose any one know if these sequence channels are already configured as dmx and if they are not what would be the best way to do soI'm not sure how Brian does his sequences,But holidaysequences if you request they wii export the sequences in DMX before sending to you. The point of that is that if you don't do this, then the colors will be off. Superstar exports white as a pinkish color for the CCD's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quefol Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Would I need the dongle if I run 2 lor 16 channel controlers in dmx mode I was planning to output the last cluster on the e682 to dmx and and daisy chain all my controlers to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983ss454 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Would I need the dongle if I run 2 lor 16 channel controlers in dmx mode I was planning to output the last cluster on the e682 to dmx and and daisy chain all my controlers to that No that would work fine, but if you have a LOR network setup on your network preferences then when you run the program it will be looking for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Benson Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 If you delete ALL LOR networks from the LOR tab in network preferences, you do not need a LOR dongle attached to the computer inorder to send E1.31 to a Sandevices controller. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) So I received my E682 controller. Got it powered up, connected to the computer, a single strip is connected and yes, the correct type is identified, universe 1, port 1-1, 50 pixels only, so channel 1-150. I see and I can change the test pattern. All 3 yellow leds are on, red led is on and the green one is slightly pulsating so its receiving commands. Obviously I can see the card's firmware and I can make changes to it from the browser. xLights to test, configured it for Unicast as is the E682 card, universe 1, channels 1-150. Nothing happens when I go to test and attempt to turn on anything. Yes, the check block is set to command the lights. Now this all works just fine on my P12S, so its not like I'm going into this blind as such. I took the exact same strip and connected it to the P12S, it tests just fine and works normally. So either there's something wrong with my E682 configuration, xLights having some issue or some other unknown. Help! Edited February 9, 2015 by dgrant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basis21b Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) In the image you have the test pattern set to 6. Are you resetting that value to 0 when testing with xLights? Edited February 9, 2015 by basis21b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 No, I left it there. I only changed the test pattern number to verify the card was functioning. Just still couldn't command it with xLights. Guess I'll have to change that to 0 and see if it comes to life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983ss454 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 No, I left it there. I only changed the test pattern number to verify the card was functioning. Just still couldn't command it with xLights. Guess I'll have to change that to 0 and see if it comes to life! There's your problem, must be value 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thank you both, will test that this afternoon after work. I knew it had to be something simple...lol, tried everything else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thank You both...that was it. Today I turned off the self-test function by setting it to "0" and sure enough, now it works perfectly. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Lambert Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I had the exact same issue at the start of last season. Something so simple caused me uncountable hours to track down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basis21b Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I had the exact same issue at the start of last season.Something so simple caused me uncountable hours to track down Care to venture a guess as to why I focused on the test pattern setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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