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  1. cybuch
    Makes sense, but does that mean I need to change the way I addressed my bulbs? do they need to be: bulb 1 (1,2,3,4), bulb2 (5,6,7,8), bulb3 (9,10,11,12), bulb4 (13,14,15,16), etc... And do you guys plan on adding random channel chasing to the driver?
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    @jackstone is it possible to create a chase effect with comma separated channel numbers? I see how to do it with starting channel and ending channel. Here is basically what I am trying to do: I have 12 RGBW bulbs in a row and I want to chase a color or white down the row. I used 3 channel decoders (px24500), one for each bulb for RGB and then I put all the whites for the first 3 bulbs on a separate RGB controller. Do I need to rewire my bulbs so they are all in a channel series? Any help is greatly appreciated. They are addressed as follows: bulb 1 - (1,2,3,10) bulb2 - (4,5,6,11) bulb3 - (7,8,9,12) bulb4 - (13,14,15,22) bulb5 - (16,17,18,23) bulb6 - (19,20,21,24) etc...
  3. cybuch
    Perfect! Thank you. I just ordered 11 more. I will post a video of what I am up to in a few weeks.
  4. cybuch
    Is this just a bulb or is the housing included? Also, do you have to dimensions?
  5. cybuch
    What version does that put the driver at?
  6. cybuch
    That is so cool!!!! Awesome job!
  7. cybuch
    Thanks!!! Right!
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    Pic and video wall.mp4
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    Absolutely. Its kind of a long confusing story, but I will try to explain. I have a total of 8 RGBW LED strips mounted to a huge corrugated metal wall (72 feet long, 1 row at the top, one row at the bottom). The wires run on the back side of the wall while the LEDs are on the front. I used 16/4 speaker wire of the RGBW grounds and 16/2 (only one conductor) for the 12V to each strip, home run. I didn't tie the two sets of wire sheaths together, they just kind of hung separately behind the wall at a space of maybe 5 or 6 feet from each other. Well as we know, the dimming occurs from PWM, which tuns on and off really fast, creating a square wave type frequency. We also know that when we run electricity down a pair of wires, it creates a magnetic field. Well believe it or not the fact that I have the 12volts wire so far away from the RGBW grounds caused a very large magnetic field and normally this wouldn't be a big deal. However, the RGBW dimming creates a square wave frequency and because the magnetic field was so large (16/4 and 16/2 speaker wires being so far from each other) they metal wall was actually picking up the magnetic frequency and making audible! I zip tied the two speaker wires (16/4 and 16/2) the entire lengths together and moved the 12volts to the 16/4 and the W ground to the 16/2 and that solved the problem. Next time I will get the 18/6 wire.
  10. cybuch
    My strips are 5 wire, RGBW and 12v. I figured out the problem, all quiet now and working correctly.
  11. cybuch
    not sure what you mean by dedicated power wires, but if I run 4 stings, no buzzing, any more than that, buzzing.
  12. cybuch
    Got it all working, the issue was, I like songs with bass and full volume with full bass was too much, turned down the volume and all is good! However, the RGB driver makes a high pitch noise when dimming. @jackstone any ideas?
  13. cybuch
    Ok, I finally got it working. Was a bad local driver. Now I am having trouble with the sound to light feature. I have the Matrix output 8 tied into contact 3 on the HC800 and I crank the volume and bass but no effects. Any ideas?
  14. cybuch
    What should the serial setting be?
  15. cybuch
    is there a secrete to getting the engineering solutions to work on an itach??? Tried straight through, xover, no connect.. ??? I am connected to 2, 3, 5...nothing!
  16. cybuch
    Where is your WIFI antenna? I am running the BP501 with WIFI and I installed it myself when I reworked all the plumbing and jets. When I installed the WIFI antenna, I was sure to put it a decent distance from the BP501. I have never had it disconnect and I have used both APPs on my iPhone without issue.
  17. cybuch
    I just loaded the bullfrog app and I will test it against the balboa app. The balboa app for me has been rock solid, been up and running for 120 days without disconnect.
  18. cybuch
    Awesome! I would definitely be interested in testing and helping to debug. My balboa controller has been rock solid on the network/iPhone APP.
  19. cybuch
    Hey Eric, would you be willing to share the IP Protocol for the balboa wifi?
  20. cybuch
    I am looking forward to your driver! I just rebuilt my entire hot tub and I am installing the Balboa BP501 with WIFI tomorrow. I would love to test it for you.
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