Feeling behind

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version

   Channels 3 and 8 also seem to occasionally be dead when the rest of the board is working.
While I can't get a light bulb into the outdoor enclosure, I can swap this board with the one in the garage that runs the house outline.  It's not heated in there, but it is better than outdoors, plus I don't have to worry about the obviousness of having a clamp on lamp with 60 watt bulb just inches away from the controller.  A quick test has the board under the lamp running the house outline just fine.

Edited by LightsOnLogan - 26 Nov 2008 at 12:46am

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version
LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 25 Nov 2008 at 11:30pm
	Channels 3 and 8 also seem to occasionally be dead when the rest of the board is working. While I can't get a light bulb into the outdoor enclosure, I can swap this board with the one in the garage that runs the house outline. It's not heated in there, but it is better than outdoors, plus I don't have to worry about the obviousness of having a clamp on lamp with 60 watt bulb just inches away from the controller. A quick test has the board under the lamp running the house outline just fine. Edited by LightsOnLogan - 26 Nov 2008 at 12:46am


BigDPS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 471	Quote Reply Posted: 26 Nov 2008 at 2:32pm
	My first controller had channels 4 and 11 as being temperamental. They decided when to turn off when they wanted, not according to my sequence. My dilemma was cured with the very good help of other D-Light owners, telling me to put a wall wart to load the triacs. Well let me tell you, this year, I have exactly 32 adapters waiting for those channels thinking they will pi$$ me off and do what they want. Not this year buster!


LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 29 Nov 2008 at 10:06pm
	Woohoo!!! My show is running (partially... only 5 sequences right now). I have a replacement controller on order but the tempermental one is in the garage for the house outline (and is under a light bulb). Tonight my FF controllers kept crashing to the point of needing the "force" option to re-flash them. After some testing I decided (based on some knowledge of the underlying protocol) to try moving them to the ID range D0-DF and haven't had a problem since. This also fixes most of the "flickering and stuck pixels".


LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 29 Nov 2008 at 10:50pm
	FINALLY managed to get the setup finished enough to start the show! Running only two sequences right now. Haven't had time to finish the other six; so they will get added on an "as completed" basis. Show has been running for 5 hours with nary a glitch! Well....aside from a wet connection some where tripping a GFI.


LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 2008 at 8:14pm
	The "it's up... now it isn't... now it is... not again... ahh, now it is good... oh no I'm down for days" routine is getting very old very fast. I'm down again probably for a few days until I can get replacement FF strings (if there are any to ship this late). Two Firefly strands are stuck all white and it appears to be something within the strand itself this time.


LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 2008 at 8:34pm
	Logan, if you're still up, IM me.