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Hi Nick, I am from Canada and I had a light show for the last 2 years and this year I ran in the same problem as you did. We had lots of rain and then it got colder and turn into snow. I had to clear my pixel stakes with the leaf blower. The problem was the extensions connection to the lights, sometimes the lights were going out of whack. I would go out there with the hair blower, undo the connection and try to dry it out. A few days later it would come back. Very annoying and stressful. I thank you, the information I was trying to find out was always covered and very well explained in your videos. I could not of got my show figured out without your help. I wish you the best!

Am I able to use this method but then hook up LOR controllers into the Falcon controller's ethernet ports and then daisy chain more LOR controllers off of each other?

How many controllers can I hook up to one Falcon controller?

Thank you so much for this video! I work with LOR controllers 6 months of the year and next year my boss wants me to run everything via Raspberry Pi. I had no idea where to even begin until I watched this video! Thanks again!

I am an IT Technician and I must say, the way you summarized this was clear and concise! I wish I knew about this video when I was studying for my Network+ certification!

I wonder if this fixture will be able to be controlled by myDMX 2.1, ADJ software

With your knowledge you could even just program sequences and use the virtual preview and sell them that way as side money or even consult for a little bit of money! I’d be willing to pay someone a little bit just to help guide me through parts and sequencing and stuff. And then you still keep your foot in the door and eventually after your future endeavors and you get your own house, you can start it all back up again! I will happily pay you even now to help me get started with parts list and initial setup and stuff like that

Great video, thank you! I just added the app to my player, works absolutely great! I know you mentioned that you left the custom URL section blank. I tried this on mine, used my UA-cam channel as the link, so now when the app is open and you click on my location, it opens and shows my UA-cam channel with the "Subscribe" button front and center. Also thanks to Bob @PulseMesh, great app, please keep it live and going. Worth it!

Nick, your videos are awesome, you have been such a huge help for my show. I found things on your page that i couldn't elsewhere, your great at this! Even if you take a break for a few years, don't lose the passion because if someday down the road you decide to have kids, it may come back and give you the chance to make their holidays just as special. My kids push me to get through the difficulties in this hobby and it pays off when I see the look on their faces. Thank you again and I look forward to 2025!

This is great thank you, best video Ive seen on this! What if you have a window/garage matrix over 704 pixels, how do you keep the 40fps on a single port?

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Hi, the problem with this f*** blue LEDs :-( i have the same problem this year, it was terrible

Im thinking of starting with this hobby. Already did for some indoor stuff but not with xLights. So i wonder, how would your sequences translate to a different setup? For example, if you have talking light bulbs and i have talking trees 🤔

Nick, I had an issue with blue pixels on my mega tree, it all started after it rained pretty decent, all my string connections are via 16ga extension cords soldered and heat shrinked directly to the controller plugs. I noticed on the the affected strings if I cut the heat shrink and soldered again the issues went away, I guess you can get a cold solder joint. These strips worked perfect the year before is what really confused me. After doing this they performed as expected going forward.

thanks for your videos. always helpful

If you'd like to check out the sequences, here's the link! xlightsseq.com/members/bridgeports-lights.5731/#resources Thanks everyone for the support!

Hi Nick!! I've been watching your videos for about 4 years now and you ALWAYS have perfect videos. They are very detailed, educational, interesting and your personality has made these videos a Go To!!!! I will always remember all that you have taught me. I am in my 70's and you have inspired me to push on every year. I admit it is stressful every year, but you have contributed SO MUCH to SO MANY!! You've earned your place!!

What is the best controller to use for EL Wire and can be programmed in xlight?

Nick i want to say thank you for all the great videos you have posted in the past. For such a young guy you have given us so much great information. Enjoy your break. i look forward to new videos in the future.

Thanks for sharing and it will be sad to see the show go but you have to do what you have to do. 😊 I would like to see a video on how to add a purchased sequence to a person's own setup.

Nick- love your channel- I look forward to see what you grand finish will look like. I work for Cisco and we always look forward young talent like yourself. I wish you the very best.

Hey, Nick i have been watching for a long time, I am 19 I started my display the year after i graduated, while gathering supplies before graduation, which was 2023, if your worried about not having time to live your life, don't worry I have a an almost 8k pixel show with this year 2025 being well 10k pixels I have plenty of time to live life and program and set up the display, don't give up and keep going even if some years you can do it big still do something, this hobby has been the best thing that happened to me, and when you don't have the lights up you'll miss it and want them back. Your work is great and you help me a lot thanks bro

Sad to see your leaving, but glad you can have one last amazing year. I’m excited to see what videos you come up with this year. Wishing you luck in the next chapters of your life after high school and I’ll see you when your next video post is.

Just want to say thank you Nick, 2024 was my first time running a light show and your videos are a great help. Also, I am glad that it's not just me thinking that these lights have a mind of their own, for some reason my candycane was getting stuck similarly to your megatree. It would get stuck one day, then work on the next day when it RAINED then stop working again on the next day. I want to say it was an issue with my power injection but I basically replaced the candycane and re-route my power to get everything to run again (on the very last day too because I still needed to record the whole show 😵), it was quite a journey and I can understand some of the stress that you went through.

Your raspberry pi 4 should have gigabit ethernet, they come with it, the first model with gigabit ethernet was the 3, but it was limited to around 300Mbps because it was connected techncially via USB-2 on the board, but in the 4 it is connected directly to the SOC.

For your P5: how many colorlite cards are you using? How many power supply’s? I had a similar issue my P4 is 6x4. To fix the issue I added a second colorlite card and use a total of 4 power supplies. I can give more info if needed. Hope this helps.

There is a local show that is actually two houses across from each other.

I bet you the sun/UV is discoloring the pixels

my whole perspective on the ball drop is now ruined thank you

There is a place a city on the border of Georgia and Florida where instead of a ball drop they have the annual shrimp drop yep a shrimp drop

@7:20 wow! your wire management is next level! Tunnelling them underground. I can't see a single wire! 🤣😂

You do a great job Nick, hopefully you will pick this back up a some point.

Blue/red pixels were an issue I think with everyone this year. I'm 40 & I work full time and put on the show for Xmas. It's only stressful if you let it become stressful it's meant to be fun because it's a hobby. All the best for your future your still a spring chicken and have your whole life ahead of you.

I have a few pixels that stay blue like that, but in the 3 years I have been running my show I haven’t seen any more show up. for the record I live in Wisconsin so we are no exception to drastic temperature changes and haven’t had any glitches or pixels go bad. i also understand what you’re going through with ending your light show as I am currently 15 and wondering how I end the show before I move away for college. one thing thats for sure is I will continue the show when i’m older, I just don’t know when that is.

I had loads of blue pixels this year, in the end I replaced the whole models affected . Apparently it was a bad batch from 2022 and that's the year I started into this hobby so I could have a few more appear next time I put them out.

Davinci Resolve is great! Good choice. Chances are, no matter how far you go, you won't outgrow it.

This is a great video. I seen it on Christmas Eve, set it up in 10 min. It worked awesome.

Give it all she's got Captain.

The reason for pixels freezing could be because of a loose or unconnected data cable

I have no clue what editing software either of those are but I use CapCut desktop it’s free does have a pro version but I recommend and I use it for all my videos for a while

Nick another good one.

Thanks so much for the video! Can you make a video on how to use LOR controllers on xLights?

Hey nick! I have had the issue specifically with mini trees/mega trees, i just changed the start channel and that worked i know seems weird but fixed it!

I love that intro

Nice, i’m going to start order some of the props and stuff, but I can’t get some of the controllers because they’re out of stock.

Is there a way to get the sequence to play when triggered by a motion sensor?

All my house and props are slammed to the right when I click 3D. Can I use Google to put top and side pics to make an OBJ? I'm happy with 2D. Not sure why I should do 3D?

I bought one of these controllers, it started working until every single red led on the ports came on, and the screen, or any other part of the board doesn’t work. How am I supposed to reset the electronic fuses if I can’t connect via WiFi?

Very comprehensive, thank you

Hello great video I am not to well at math can you help me out here. 2,700 12v bullet pixels at 20% brightness how many AC amps ?