Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Hi First year trier needing help Help .... I have made a singing Father Christmas Face which I was hoping to control with a LOR sequence on the laptop, BUT no matter what I try it does not seem to control the lights in any sort of order The set up is made with 5v single colour pixels, which I have taken back to the controller (8 single Channels), with all common legs connected together (V+) I have the fixture connected as shown with dip switch set at 1 Can somebody please talk me through the LOR sequence set up to get it to “talk” to this unit, as I must be doing something wrong Please help me to setup the correct procedure as i am a complete LOR newby and am trying to use mainly DMX for the singing face Thank you for any help with this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMurray Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 What DMX controller do you have? DMX won't work directly off of the LOR USB adapter. Unless it is an LOR product connected to one of THEIR controllers. Otherwise with any other vendors products you would need a USB DMX adapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtomason Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, BMurray said: Otherwise with any other vendors products you would need a USB DMX adapter. ...Or be running E1.31 over CAT5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 39 minutes ago, Bevvyboy Clarke said: Hi First year trier needing help Help .... I have made a singing Father Christmas Face which I was hoping to control with a LOR sequence on the laptop, BUT no matter what I try it does not seem to control the lights in any sort of order The set up is made with 5v single colour pixels, which I have taken back to the controller (8 single Channels), with all common legs connected together (V+) I have the fixture connected as shown with dip switch set at 1 Can somebody please talk me through the LOR sequence set up to get it to “talk” to this unit, as I must be doing something wrong Please help me to setup the correct procedure as i am a complete LOR newby and am trying to use mainly DMX for the singing face Thank you for any help with this problem You probably need a crossover cable from lor to dmx lor sells them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Dennis I have made a crossover cable as described in you tube but it still doesn't work the light on the board flashes quickly which apparently means that it's receiving a dmx signal but when you play the sequence nothing happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 1 hour ago, BMurray said: What DMX controller do you have? DMX won't work directly off of the LOR USB adapter. Unless it is an LOR product connected to one of THEIR controllers. Otherwise with any other vendors products you would need a USB DMX adapter. BMurray the board is just a 12way unit that accepts a dmx signal via cat5 connection from the Lor adaptor using a crossover cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 When you a dmx controller on lor network you have to use there dmx chart to set the address did you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 No I haven't could you explain please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 What ID. did you give the controller that will determine the start channel when in dmx mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 I think this is where I could be missing something ....where do you set this ID ? Is it in the sequence editor (I think it's set to universe 1) but don't know where to set the start ID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) In network Preferances you have to select dmx. Then the. adapter, and set the universe number .the controller you have has to tell you what dip switchs to select for the start address you want. Just a note most people don't recommend using the USB-485 adapter for DMX Edited December 17, 2017 by Dennis Laff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 thanks Dennis I have done what you said and set to Universe 1 but I don't seem to see a start address where should I be looking for that please? (I have also ordered an E1.31 adaptor but it hasn't arrived yet). would this be a better option ? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMurray Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 14 hours ago, Bevvyboy Clarke said: BMurray the board is just a 12way unit that accepts a dmx signal via cat5 connection from the Lor adaptor using a crossover cable Can you post an actual picture of the controller? From the diagram you've posted it is a "12" channel controller. But technically it will control only "4" strings of RGB nodes. You CAN have 12 string attached but each RGB string would only display the color that it is attached to. If you have "single" color strings. What is the color? For example if your trying to attach a "white" string to (R)ed, (G)reen, or (B)lue connection I don't think it will work. Because it is sending a signal for a particular color that isn't there. This is what I understand. Can anyone else chip in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Bevvyboy Clarke said: thanks Dennis I have done what you said and set to Universe 1 but I don't seem to see a start address where should I be looking for that please? (I have also ordered an E1.31 adaptor but it hasn't arrived yet). would this be a better option ? Thank you Whoever you bought the 12 channel controller from should have supplied with the dip switch settings what adapter did you buy the board isn't E1-31 it's dmx . Edited December 17, 2017 by Dennis Laff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Sorry to delay BMurray I have attached the photos showing the controller controlling 4 positions of a test face when connected there are white and blue pixels the white pixels are connected to R1, G2, B3 with R4 connecting the blue pixels just tried to upload photos but they are too big I will try again tomorrow as I am in the UK and it's work in the morning ? but thanks for sticking with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) BMurray.... Both colours are lit in the positions I've stated but on the Number 10 fun dip switch so it looks like the single pixels will light up in all positions if that helps Edited December 18, 2017 by Bevvyboy Clarke Name added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Dennis Laff all I have received with the unit was a basic wiring diagram and a picture of how to set the dip switch it doesn't tell me a specific start setting that I can see... Sorry. am I supposed to have the Lor 16 controller connected and then this other controller Daisy chained in some way? Or in theory can this controller be run like I have shown just using the software ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 If you don't know the start address of controller how did you sequence your Christmas face. What channels did you assign If I where you I would buy something that has more documentation . Like. Light o Rama. Cmb 24 . For dumb strips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bevvyboy Clarke Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Dennis Laff sorry if I seem a bit slow but I did the sequence in Lor sequence editor In network settings I selected DMX... I selected DMX universe and as its a trial board I selected the universe 1 which I believed allowed me to set up channels 1 through to 8 (which is the sequence editors 8off positions) with each label also set as universe 1 (all 8), 1 through to 8 is this not right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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