canadianchristmas 30 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Last night I was outside working on my lights for halloween, the lights were all turned off but the controllers were still running. I was going to go inside the house but the door got stuck so I rang the doorbell a few times, thats when I noticed the first 3 pixels on the window frame closest to the doorbell just randomly lit up, I rang the doorbell a few more times and I could get those 3 pixels to randomly change colours... I don't mind this issue because as soon as you send another command to the strip it goes away instantly and when the show is running nothing happens. This is very odd to me,the whole house is using 3 core pigtails and 3 core extension cords. Link to post Share on other sites
DevMike 429 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 With a PixCon16? Link to post Share on other sites
canadianchristmas 30 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 With a PixCon16?no,alphapix 4 from holiday coro Link to post Share on other sites
bdeditch 10 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 no,alphapix 4 from holiday coroThats doesn't surprise me. Link to post Share on other sites
canadianchristmas 30 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Thats doesn't surprise me.lol, have you had problems with them too? Link to post Share on other sites
WCW_FL 0 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Wireless doorbell? Link to post Share on other sites
EmmienLightFan 93 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 How wierd!!! Are the lights the first one? Sometimes electrical noise causes one or two of the first pixels in a string to turn on with my Pixlite4. Is the doorbell mains powered or battery and is it wireless? Link to post Share on other sites
Darryl Lambert 82 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 At least now you can say that your show is interactive!! :-P 1 Link to post Share on other sites
canadianchristmas 30 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Wireless doorbell?No the doorbell is a wired one. How wierd!!! Are the lights the first one? Sometimes electrical noise causes one or two of the first pixels in a string to turn on with my Pixlite4. Is the doorbell mains powered or battery and is it wireless?It is the first 3 pixels on the strip, the doorbell is wired in to the house, I suspect it is from electrical interference from the doorbell wiring like you said. At least now you can say that your show is interactive!! :-PLOL I love that, I will have to keep it in mind! Link to post Share on other sites
canadianchristmas 30 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Here is a picture I took outside after ringing the doorbell, I took this picture last night: Link to post Share on other sites
DevMike 429 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Induction (like RF) is Voodoo. Just remember because you posted the problem here on the LOR site it has to be something wrong with our software, not the hardware Link to post Share on other sites
jstorms 220 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Just get it over with and burn your house down. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EmmienLightFan 93 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I wonder why the lights turn on and why they go certain colours. When the ground cable comes out of my controller (The one that goes to my pixels) random lights come on. It is normally the first one and the second on red, and the fourth on green. Just now the first light on my arches flashed random colours while a fluorescent light was coming on, then stayed a pinkish white when it had turned on completely. Link to post Share on other sites
Max-Paul 282 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 A blonde goes to a doctor and she says it hurts when I press here. Doctor says well quiet pushing there. So moral of story is quiet ringing the door bell. No, really try to move the wires further from the door bell push button. Maybe ferret beads on the RGB leads just before the strip and maybe near the controller too. Link to post Share on other sites
canadianchristmas 30 Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 Just get it over with and burn your house down.I will get on to that after Halloween.... Thanks for the great renovation idea! Link to post Share on other sites
canadianchristmas 30 Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) A blonde goes to a doctor and she says it hurts when I press here. Doctor says well quiet pushing there. So moral of story is quiet ringing the door bell. No, really try to move the wires further from the door bell push button. Maybe ferret beads on the RGB leads just before the strip and maybe near the controller too.LOL Im blonde, I have moved the wires around, I Had some AC power cords running over them and it has seemed to fix it somewhat Edited October 10, 2015 by canadianchristmas Link to post Share on other sites
Old Sarge 174 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 GHOSTS.... looks like just cheap insulation on your wires to your door bell.. closeness to your lights is letting the magnetic sig get from your door bell wiring to your lights... Not a electrician here but I remember from school electrical currents produce magnetism or some kind of signal.... May need to just replace your door bell wiring to fix the problem. maybe try shielding somehow between where your wiring is and where your lights are... experiment with some foil... It works for stopping the alien signals I use to get before adding some into my baseball cap when I am outside... hahaha 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Max-Paul 282 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hey old sarge, That tin foil in the base ball cap only works if you have a wire attached to the foil and it is long enough to drag across the ground, about 6" of it and bare too. Link to post Share on other sites
Darryl Lambert 82 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Sarge 174 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I tried that but kept tripping on it plus it was picking up to much ground static so... I made a small antenna like the old tv rabbit ears for it and that seemed to work to help stop the interference from the wrong planet from getting threw... Acted more like a filter.. Link to post Share on other sites
Max-Paul 282 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Ah I see what you did there Sarge. Tuned the tin foil. Changed the inductance while keeping the cap the same value. Thus shifting the tank circuit to a new harmonic. Link to post Share on other sites
dmoore 12 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Thats doesn't surprise me. I'm not sure this goes to fixing his issue. canadianchristmas - Please contact us at support@holidaycoro.com and we'll be happy to diagnose the issue. Link to post Share on other sites
marsh28 60 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Last night I was outside working on my lights for halloween, the lights were all turned off but the controllers were still running. I was going to go inside the house but the door got stuck so I rang the doorbell a few times, thats when I noticed the first 3 pixels on the window frame closest to the doorbell just randomly lit up, I rang the doorbell a few more times and I could get those 3 pixels to randomly change colours... I don't mind this issue because as soon as you send another command to the strip it goes away instantly and when the show is running nothing happens. This is very odd to me,the whole house is using 3 core pigtails and 3 core extension cords.You should take advantage of it and add that "effect" to your show... Link to post Share on other sites
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