CRMSNRD Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I bought a 24x50 matrix board and a pixcon 16 controller. the sequence im using is from a dmx 24 channel sequence. I am running 12 universes with 100 pixels on each but just cant get it right. What setting do I need the pixcon on? I have 1 under zig zag and tried it at the 500 speed and looked like it wasn't running fast enough. so I tried it at 1000 last night and it was all garbled. Do I have too many lights on one channel? any help would be appreciated! thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 100 lights per universe is no problem , tell us how you have matrix setup pixel editor S5 S4 need more info . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 I use the sequence editor, bought the sequence from holidaysequences.com. copied and pasted the 1000 channels into my 1000 channels. only difference is he has 24x50 and I have 12x1000. set up the pixcon 16 and worked ok the first time I used it. you could make out what was going on but it was a mirrored image so the guy told me to try a faster speed so I ordered the g4 mps player and made a port 1000 speed. it got worse and on two strands only 50 pixels are working and on 2 about 70 are working. This happens when I run the test also. I am using s4 I believe. don't really use a pixel editor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 sorry, I have 1 port running 100 pixels. 50 going 1 way then up one and back 50. I put the zig zag at 1 but not sure that's what it needs to be at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Confirm your software version. Your profile is showing 5.3.10, but your earlier message said S4. The answer substantially differs between versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 MY SOFTWARE VERSION IS 4.4.4. PRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 minute ago, CRMSNRD said: MY SOFTWARE VERSION IS 4.4.4. PRO Thank you - and thank you for updating your profile as well. I don't have S4 on anything so I can't create a file for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 SHOULD I UPGRADE TO S5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 minute ago, CRMSNRD said: SHOULD I UPGRADE TO S5? In January, yes - NOT NOW! Too big of a learning curve to make that switch right before show season. However I would recommend that you upgrade to S5 in January. That way you have many months to learn the new software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockhammer53 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I concur with k6ccc, the differences between S4 and S5 are HUGE ! Wait until after the New Year to upgrade....then spend the time with S5 and delving into the land of pixel-mania...yes you can do pixels in S4, just a bit more cumbersome. Regarding S4, there ARE some very good experts here for that help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 (edited) Crmsrd it's seems that you don't have your channels setup right can you post a picture of your channel layout in SE and do you set the bitrate on the song before using in the sequence how did you zigzag in SE . Edited November 6, 2019 by Dennis Laff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 I can ge a picture of my channel layout when I get home, but I set the controller at 39 and went 100 per port for 12 channels. I put the zig zag setting at 1 but im not sure that is right because I can t tell if that's 1 pixel or 1 set of 50 or what. that may be my problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Do you have the setup info on the sequence layout from Holiday Coro ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 IT IS FROM HOLIDAYSEQUENCES.COM. IIT IS SET UP AS A 24 DMX. 50 PIXELS PER PORT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Can you show how you put the rgb channels in SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrown1972 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 3 hours ago, CRMSNRD said: I can ge a picture of my channel layout when I get home, but I set the controller at 39 and went 100 per port for 12 channels. I put the zig zag setting at 1 but im not sure that is right because I can t tell if that's 1 pixel or 1 set of 50 or what. that may be my problem I don't know anything about the pixcon controller but your zig zag should be set at every 50th pixel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 and then each port has 100 channels under it and so on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Are you running this Pixcon16 in LOR mode or E1.31? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRMSNRD Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 yes,i have the lor mode checked on the pixcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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