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Post by stancejontland on Aug 28, 2018 3:31:24 GMT -5
anyone on here led or light specialist? need some help understanding how they work and some of the best apps to run them.
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Post by diynuke on Aug 28, 2018 15:39:23 GMT -5
Well what would you want to know. and best apps to run led's/light's?
Not a specialist but maybe I can help you.
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Post by snaker on Aug 28, 2018 16:47:50 GMT -5
Are you talking about some sort of a programmable LED message board?
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Post by pinkscoot on Aug 28, 2018 17:47:29 GMT -5
There are some apps out there but you need to have a way to talk to the DMX. The LED's I work with are DMX controlled ( Digital Multiplex). You generally set a profile on the light defining how many bits you want to use then address the unit with a number 1-512 to tell it what to look for. If you are using 4 bits you can address them with 4 numbers between each unit. An example would be 100 for the first 104 for the second. I usually put 10 numbers between them. Usually each bit tells it what to do for that bit, it depends on the unit. Then you need a controller to tell the unit what to do. here is a Wikipedia explanation for it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512. I just set up 15 LED lights that we set for 8 bits. Each light using its own 10 bits of address. With the lighting console we have we can change colors with the touch of a screen on the lighting console. Here is a picture of the lights close to white:  What exactly are you doing? |
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Post by stancejontland on Aug 29, 2018 22:42:25 GMT -5
its just a led strip 5050 leds 16 feet and i have a sp105e magic controller. and use this app. youtu.be/n6ar-gImUvsim wondering if there is a way to customize each individual led the color i want. everything in the video is what ill be using. |
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Post by pinkscoot on Aug 30, 2018 9:35:51 GMT -5
I'm not familiar with any of that hardware so I can't help you. I think just go through the effects and find what you need.
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Post by stancejontland on Sept 3, 2018 2:12:42 GMT -5
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Post by mrkswthwrth on Sept 3, 2018 10:47:39 GMT -5
Well it appears you did your own math for this one.. 60 led per meter x 5 meters =300 led
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Post by mrkswthwrth on Sept 3, 2018 10:49:50 GMT -5
Best you can do is connect the led strip the way it is explained in your directions. Then play around with the settings until you get the desired effect, if there is not a preprogrammed effect like you would like, you may have to look into arduino to make your own modes. Not something for a novice i woukd say
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Post by stancejontland on Sept 3, 2018 21:52:02 GMT -5
is it pretty hard to program your lights. i seen some stuff where you just type in a bunch of random words and that makes the lights work. and yeah i was just confused on the lights.
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Post by stancejontland on Sept 8, 2018 3:56:29 GMT -5
Can anyone explain to me what setting my pixel number is? #4 and what the pixel max 2048 means. Im guessing the 2048 is 2,048 leds the app can control? Still very new to this  |
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Post by stancejontland on Sept 8, 2018 4:00:06 GMT -5
Well what would you want to know. and best apps to run led's/light's? Not a specialist but maybe I can help you. Yeah what are some of the best apps to control a Bluetooth led strip controller. |
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Post by diynuke on Sept 10, 2018 4:12:12 GMT -5
Well what would you want to know. and best apps to run led's/light's? Not a specialist but maybe I can help you. Yeah what are some of the best apps to control a Bluetooth led strip controller. Well I hoped it would be headlight led related but ive never worked with these kind of led strips. but I think just searching a good how to on youtube should be enough |
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Post by stancejontland on Sept 12, 2018 22:55:01 GMT -5
ok guys got my bluetooth controller today and cannot connect to it. it says it has a password but nothing in the on tructions. ive tried 1234 0000 and 12345678. if anyone has any ideas what it could be or how to find it please let me know!!!
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