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A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
Correct, channel 79 is incorrect. I do appreciate the chart. -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
@jackstone, the file located here http://www.look4ideas.com/techstuff/dmxchart.pdf has an issue with channel 79. Through me through a few hour loop today. Not sure if you are the correct person to let know, but maybe you can get it corrected. -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
That would be fantastic! I also have some other lights in my landscape that I could use this with. Please let me know if you add that feature. -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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? -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
@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... -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
Perfect! Thank you. I just ordered 11 more. I will post a video of what I am up to in a few weeks. -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
Is this just a bulb or is the housing included? Also, do you have to dimensions? -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
What version does that put the driver at? -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
That is so cool!!!! Awesome job! -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
Thanks!!! Right! -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
Pic and video wall.mp4 -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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. -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
My strips are 5 wire, RGBW and 12v. I figured out the problem, all quiet now and working correctly. -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
not sure what you mean by dedicated power wires, but if I run 4 stings, no buzzing, any more than that, buzzing. -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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? -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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? -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
What should the serial setting be? -
A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there
cybuch replied to jackstone's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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! -
Bullfrog Spa - Balboa Wifi Driver Beta
cybuch replied to ericscales's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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. -
Bullfrog Spa - Balboa Wifi Driver Beta
cybuch replied to ericscales's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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. -
Bullfrog Spa - Balboa Wifi Driver Beta
cybuch replied to ericscales's topic in General Control4 Discussion
Awesome! I would definitely be interested in testing and helping to debug. My balboa controller has been rock solid on the network/iPhone APP. -
Bullfrog Spa - Balboa Wifi Driver Beta
cybuch replied to ericscales's topic in General Control4 Discussion
Hey Eric, would you be willing to share the IP Protocol for the balboa wifi? -
Bullfrog Spa - Balboa Wifi Driver Beta
cybuch replied to ericscales's topic in General Control4 Discussion
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.