Numbers 0 to 9

[Jeremiah Ackermann]

1 minute ago, gsmith37064 said:

It has nothing to do with the controller. What is happening is the preview for the prop is created as 111,222,333,444,555,666,777,888, etc

This is why you only see some pixels light up if you are using the motion rows. Look at them... they are missing most of the pixels.

That was done deliberately to make a single pixel look like 3 pixels so the preview looks better. It certainly works ok with AC props done this way and I assume it does for pixel based props as well. At least I feel I have done that in the past and everything worked ok.

[gsmith37064]

2 minutes ago, Jeremiah Ackermann said:

That was done deliberately to make a single pixel look like 3 pixels so the preview looks better. It certainly works ok with AC props done this way and I assume it does for pixel based props as well. At least I feel I have done that in the past and everything worked ok.

Are you doing this as AC props? I read a little above and it talked about RGB strips. But I am trying to see if it was DUMB or Smart RGB.

If SMART - your motion row designs do not match the prop. You only have 7 pixels in use when in reality you should be 21.

Edited September 4 by gsmith37064

[Jeremiah Ackermann]

1 minute ago, gsmith37064 said:

Are you doing this as AC props?

No, I believe these are being used: https://www.holidaycoro.com/Smart-Pixel-Rectangle-RGB-Module-with-6-Inch-p/662.htm.  I am thinking each module is a single pixel even though it looks like 3. If something like a bullet pixel is being used, then it should definitely be 21 pixels instead and you take out the repeating numbers.

[gsmith37064]

2 minutes ago, Jeremiah Ackermann said:

No, I believe these are being used: https://www.holidaycoro.com/Smart-Pixel-Rectangle-RGB-Module-with-6-Inch-p/662.htm.  I am thinking each module is a single pixel even though it looks like 3. If something like a bullet pixel is being used, then it should definitely be 21 pixels instead and you take out the repeating numbers.

Each module is 3 pixels... you need to design the prop to be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and so on.

You are trying to make an AC prop and not an RGB prop.

I can update the file and email it back to you. What is your email?

Edited September 4 by gsmith37064

[gsmith37064]

8 minutes ago, Jeremiah Ackermann said:

No, I believe these are being used: https://www.holidaycoro.com/Smart-Pixel-Rectangle-RGB-Module-with-6-Inch-p/662.htm.  I am thinking each module is a single pixel even though it looks like 3. If something like a bullet pixel is being used, then it should definitely be 21 pixels instead and you take out the repeating numbers.

Each module contains a quantity of three, 5mm x 5mm RGB LEDs (each which has a single red, green and blue LED) for a total of 9 LEDs per module

Edited September 4 by gsmith37064

[Jeremiah Ackermann]

9 minutes ago, gsmith37064 said:

Each module is 3 pixels.

Sorry, I don't mean to go back and forth, but do you have those same modules and can confirm they are indeed 3 pixels per module? I have used the RGB strip from HC that these modules are basically made from. The strip also has 9 LEDS or 3 5x5 RGB heads but all three operate as a single pixel. Just because there are 3 different RGB LED heads does not mean there is 3 separate pixels.

Here is a video that talks about the strip where he also confirms there is only one pixel in those 9 LEDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxescKThG4w

[gsmith37064]

8 minutes ago, Jeremiah Ackermann said:

Sorry, I don't mean to go back and forth, but do you have those same modules and can confirm they are indeed 3 pixels per module? I have used the RGB strip from HC that these modules are basically made from. The strip also has 9 LEDS or 3 5x5 RGB heads but all three operate as a single pixel. Just because there are 3 different RGB LED heads does not mean there is 3 separate pixels.

Here is a video that talks about the strip where he also confirms there is only one pixel in those 9 LEDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxescKThG4w

This is right from their site: Each module contains a quantity of three, 5mm x 5mm RGB LEDs (each which has a single red, green and blue LED) for a total of 9 LEDs per module

You cannot have 1 pixel with 9 leds.

Each LED is 3 LED modules. Red Green Blue. You have 9 total which means 3 pixels.

Edited September 4 by gsmith37064

[Jeremiah Ackermann]

18 minutes ago, gsmith37064 said:

You cannot have 1 pixel with 9 leds

Please watch the first 20 seconds of the video I posted, you will learn something from it.

[Gasman66]

I am using a Pixie 4 controller from LOR.

At the time I tried the sequence Jeremiah provided I used a string of 50 - 12mm bullet smart RGB pixels. I set the first set of digits on Channel 1 and the second set of digits on Channel 2.   I have not tried to use the HC pixel modules because I had already ordered the coro-prop with two sets of 15 pixel groups (3 wide x 5 tall) before found out about them.  I did order the HC strips but the HC pixel strips are larger than the two groups of 15 pixels and out of proportion with the two letters of S I above them.  Picture of the prop attached.  

Your help and advise is appreciated.

Jim

[Jeremiah Ackermann]

@Gasman66, thanks for the picture, that helps a ton since the previous file was built on the assumption of the HC modules.

Here is an updated sequence based on your coro design. I made the preview use LOR protocol since I now know your using a Pixie4 and both digits are set to use unit ID 1 at the moment so that you can hook up that 50 pixel string to a single output on the Pixie4. The second digit starts at circuit/channel 46 (each pixel is 3 channels for red, green, and blue... 90 channels total for those two digits). Adjust those unit ids and start circuit/channels accordingly.  If your Pixie4 is set to unit ID 1 and you hook these digits to output 1, then no change is needed.

SevenSegmentTest-Bullets.loredit

[Gasman66]

Jeremiah,

Thanks again for the sequence. I ran it on the 50 pixel string before I put them in the prop.  It took me a few playbacks and drilling into the Custom features to understand the pixels that were lighting.  How did you designate the pixels for each digit ?  

I will be out of pocket for a couple of weeks before I can install the pixels and run the sequence. When I get that done I will post a picture or video.

I really appreciate your assistance.

Jim

[Gasman66]

Jeremiah,

I am back working on my prop.  I have not been able to find/see how you programed the individual SI pathway.pdfpixels assigned to each digit.  As I add the pixels to the prop I would like to use a string of 50 spaced 4" apart.  To do so and not cut the string to add wire between a block of digits.  I have included the path I am planning to use.  See the attached diagram.  To make this plan work I think I need to renumber the digits.

[TheDucks]

Nothing prevents you from leaving a skipped pixel (cover it with black tape), behind the prop or use it for a Decimal point /1/2 colon