My pleasure Jack. In a few days I am going to upload one video about power consumption and power injection. It will help you decide where to inject power to your elements for a great show.
Trevi, I really appreciate your videos. They are simple easy to understand, you present them extremely well. This is my first year and you have made it much less stressful with your insightful videos. Keep them coming. Thanks.
Hey Larry. Thank you so much for your word. I am glad you find them useful. Thanks for watching. All my best wishes to you. Keep safe. Good luck with your project.
Yes, but the configuration starts on the xlights sequence which determines to which controller the data is goto be sent. Also, you need to add the second controller on the channels Output section on the FPP.
Hi DiyVic, Thanks for watching. There a few places where you can buy them. Just google some like ..xlight christmas sequence. Keep in mind that whatever you buy, it is going to need some customizing to fit your display. I have a few for sale at ..trevilights.com My sequence are mostly for singing figuras.
Hi Trevi, the video is very thorough and easy to follow. Thank you very much. I have a falcon controller and just added kulp controller this year. I use a dedicated laptop for my show and uses xschedule for show time. For some reason the models connected to the falcon controller lights up but none of the models connected to the kulp lights up during the scheduled show. Any idea how to make fpp respond to xschedule or do I have to make a separate schedule in FPP for the for kulp board models? It seems odd that I have to run two separate scheduler. Thanks for you assistance
Hey Randy, I must admit that I am not a fan of using xschedule to run a show, but is a good start. I would recommend using the FPP in the Kulp controller to run your show. The FPP is a robust scheduler and will make more sense that running from a laptop. Like I said, I do not know much about xscheduler and it setting, but check the following. In xlights, make sure that you added the Kulp in your list of controllers. When you do this, you will see the range of channels that the Kulp will use. On your Layout, make sure the elements that are connected to the Kulp are mapped to those channels. In the Kulp, On the Channel Input section add an entry accepting those same channel range as in xlights. Also, in the Kulp on the Port definition check for the range of channels. It's tricky to work with two controllers. Again my recommendation will be to use the FPP on the Kulp as your main show scheduler. Good Luck.
Your videos is very helpful. I set up my FPP for this year but uploaded the fseq directly to FPP. I set set up the schedule but the raspberry is not playing it on the time I set it for. Am I missing any step. I followed the video. Thanks
Hi Abby, let's start with the obvious, check the clock of the FPP and make sure is correct. Make sure your shedule is marked as Active. Also restart hte FPP Deamon. You can also delete your schedule and create a new one, maybe there is something wrong with that schedule.
Hey Trevi Awesome channel!! I have a question. Is there a way to make a playlist in Xlights and play it in the sequencer so you can see how it's going to look all together?
Hi Trevi, AWSOME video's. I am new to this but learning so much, especially from your videos. My question for you is do I have to make a sequence for every song or can I upload music to the PI and say play music and then randomly play sequences? Also in Xlights is there a quick way to sequence your layout to a song with random effects? Thank you in advance and again great job!!
Hi Dave. Thank you so much for watching my video and for your kind words. You can load sequences, music and video files. You can play them in the order you want. You can even connect a TV to the PI's HDMI port and play a video. About xlights, many of the available effects have a random setting which will cause the effect to generate different effect. Besides the drag and drop of the effect into the timeline is fairly simple. You can create a very nice sequence in just a few minutes.
Hi Trevi, As always an excellent video! However, I have a question, is it possible to add several songs to your show like one after another or does that have to be done prior to starting a new show like in an audio program like Audacity or something along those lines? Thanks for your help!
Hey there. thanks for watching. The Falcon Player allows you to create different playlist with any number of sequences in them. You can even have a start song and an end song for every playlist. You can also schedule different playlist on different days and times.
Great video, I created and create scheduling time to start following your video, but didn't start the sequences, as was saying under Remote Status, Waiting for MultiSync commands, so what's the MultiSync commands , Thanks
@@trevilights Hi Trevi, at first it was on remote, thats when that message was appearing, now I switched to Player, but still not starting the scheduler, have to press on the play button to start it, so not sure, I'm using Kulp controller with beaglebone black runs with FPP SD card, thanks
@@GTouch25 Is the time set correctly the FPP? Maybe try deleting the playlist and creating a new one. Restart the FPP deamon. This is all I can think of.
@@trevilights I did that already, but I could do it again and see, but do I have the FPP Mode to Player not Remote? As I set it to Player before after it was sat to Remote, thanks
The new Falcon Controller F16V4 can aslo play a sequence directly for a SD card that goes in the controller. No need to have a Falcon Player on a Raspberry Pi.
@@trevilights oh ok. But I just started with this project and I only use esp8266 as a controller for now. Im still waiting for the dig quad I ordered and I think they have the same platform. I don’t have a budget for a bigger and better controller for now. 😊
Yes, xlights includes a simple scheduler that will allow you to play sequences from your computer. You will need to gave the computer on during the playback.
Hi there. Thanks for watching my videos. Let me clarify one thing here. The only way to store sequences in the Falcon controller is to setup the controller as a "Player" and insert a formated SD card in the card slot. To setup the controller to be a "Player", go to the Status page and select Standalone Player in the Controller mode option. Restart the controller. After restating, you will see a new menu option called "Player". Here you can upload and create a playlist. Unfortunately, when you set the controller to be a player, you will not be able to play sequences from xlights anymore. You can always set the controller back to E131/Arnet mode to play sequences from xlights.
Usually, a Raspberry Pi is used to store and play the sequences using the Falcon Player software. All the sequences will be store in the Raspberry Pi and will be connected to the controller using an ethernet cable.
Trevi, I'm having trouble uploading sequences to my Falcon Model F16V3. it's not the same one that you have therefore i icon layout is different. I can test run my lights. just can't upload anything to it. any suggestions? Thank again
Hey Trevi Ok I'm uploading a sequence to the fpp. I followed all your steps in this video. When i go to play the sequence all i get is audio the lights won't go on. Can you help? If i play the sequence through xlights all is good.
Hey Danny, I assume that you have the FPP connected to the Falcon Controller with a Ethernet cable or both are connected to the same router. Check the following. In the FPP go to the Channel Outputs and in the E1.31 tab check that you have all the universes defined and that Unicast Address is the Falcon controller address. At the end of each line there is a button labeled "PING". Click it as see if the FPP can see the IP Address. If not, then something is wrong with you network setup.
hi trevi can i buy a sequence with music to my christms tree show so that make sure my show will run smooth coz its my firts time i bouth already a F3V4 falcon controller i have 2400 lights / 24 strings thank you
Hi There. There are very good chances that it will work with you tree. You will have to import the sequence and map their tree sequence to your tree. Its a gamble.
Trevi Do I have to use a Raspberry PI to get my Falcon Player to come up on my computer. I 've done a IP scan and the computer isn't picking up my Falcon Player. I type the controllers IP address and the controller screen comes up. how do I get the FPP to come Up Thank You again
Hey John. My "falcon Player Initial Setup" explains it. ua-cam.com/video/yqXK5p1eRM4/v-deo.html If the installation went fine, then just plug an Ethernet cable from the PI to the back of your Home Router/Wifi and restart the PI. Your router should assign an IP Address after a few seconds. In a computer that is connected to that Router/wifi open Chrome and type "fpp.local" and see if you get to it. (see minute 18:30 from the above video.
Jack, Sequences get uploaded to the Falcon Player (Raspberry PI) not the Falcon Controller. The Falcon controller does not stores any data about your show. The Falcon player is second device that stores the sequences, playlists and schedules and sends the data to the Falcon controller.
Hi John. I have never worked with the PI's GPIO's or the sainsmart controller. In my case the PI's is only been used as a Host for the Player software. Sorry I cannot be of much help.
Perfect timing was looking for a video just like this. Great video.
Hey Kevin. I am so glad you find it useful. Thanks for watching and good luck with your proyect.
so many great video's. I started to watch them around mid December 2020, I now have my own Christmas show for 2021. Thank You so much Trevi!
My pleasure Jack. In a few days I am going to upload one video about power consumption and power injection. It will help you decide where to inject power to your elements for a great show.
Trevi, I really appreciate your videos. They are simple easy to understand, you present them extremely well. This is my first year and you have made it much less stressful with your insightful videos. Keep them coming. Thanks.
Hey Larry. Thank you so much for your word. I am glad you find them useful. Thanks for watching. All my best wishes to you. Keep safe. Good luck with your project.
Thanks for the video, as always well explained. Keep up the great tutorials
Thanks Ricci. More tutorial coming next week.
Hi Trevi you are a great teacher your tutorials are great .. thank you.
Hi Joseph. Thanks for watching. Glad to help.
another great and easy to learn video
i'm just starting out too great videos you make. would like to see a video with power injection cause you explain very well
Thanks. Yes, a power injection video is coming soon. Thanks for watching.
Thank you very much Trevi. Very good advice. I will try using fpp for the schedule. I assume fpp runs both falcon and kulp right? Thank you.
Yes, but the configuration starts on the xlights sequence which determines to which controller the data is goto be sent. Also, you need to add the second controller on the channels Output section on the FPP.
Great Video Trevi, I'm really enjoying all your content. One question, where is the best place to get all the songs??
Hi DiyVic, Thanks for watching. There a few places where you can buy them. Just google some like ..xlight christmas sequence. Keep in mind that whatever you buy, it is going to need some customizing to fit your display. I have a few for sale at ..trevilights.com
My sequence are mostly for singing figuras.
Ok thanks Trevi, appreciate the quick reply. Thanks again.
Hi Trevi, the video is very thorough and easy to follow. Thank you very much. I have a falcon controller and just added kulp controller this year. I use a dedicated laptop for my show and uses xschedule for show time. For some reason the models connected to the falcon controller lights up but none of the models connected to the kulp lights up during the scheduled show. Any idea how to make fpp respond to xschedule or do I have to make a separate schedule in FPP for the for kulp board models? It seems odd that I have to run two separate scheduler. Thanks for you assistance
Hey Randy, I must admit that I am not a fan of using xschedule to run a show, but is a good start. I would recommend using the FPP in the Kulp controller to run your show. The FPP is a robust scheduler and will make more sense that running from a laptop. Like I said, I do not know much about xscheduler and it setting, but check the following. In xlights, make sure that you added the Kulp in your list of controllers. When you do this, you will see the range of channels that the Kulp will use. On your Layout, make sure the elements that are connected to the Kulp are mapped to those channels. In the Kulp, On the Channel Input section add an entry accepting those same channel range as in xlights. Also, in the Kulp on the Port definition check for the range of channels. It's tricky to work with two controllers. Again my recommendation will be to use the FPP on the Kulp as your main show scheduler. Good Luck.
Do you have a video on adding a extensión board to a falcon f16v3 controller and setting it up
Unfortunately I don't.
Your videos is very helpful. I set up my FPP for this year but uploaded the fseq directly to FPP. I set set up the schedule but the raspberry is not playing it on the time I set it for. Am I missing any step. I followed the video. Thanks
Hi Abby, let's start with the obvious, check the clock of the FPP and make sure is correct. Make sure your shedule is marked as Active. Also restart hte FPP Deamon. You can also delete your schedule and create a new one, maybe there is something wrong with that schedule.
Hey Trevi
Awesome channel!! I have a question. Is there a way to make a playlist in Xlights and play it in the sequencer so you can see how it's going to look all together?
Danny. Xlights comes with a basic scheduler. But to be honest I do not use it. I believe it is under to tools menu in xlights. Give it a try.
I just tried the scheduler and it does not used the sequencer. It plays straight to your controller without going to xlights sequencer.
Thanks. My be it would be in the upcoming updates.
Hi Trevi, AWSOME video's. I am new to this but learning so much, especially from your videos. My question for you is do I have to make a sequence for every song or can I upload music to the PI and say play music and then randomly play sequences? Also in Xlights is there a quick way to sequence your layout to a song with random effects? Thank you in advance and again great job!!
Hi Dave. Thank you so much for watching my video and for your kind words. You can load sequences, music and video files. You can play them in the order you want. You can even connect a TV to the PI's HDMI port and play a video.
About xlights, many of the available effects have a random setting which will cause the effect to generate different effect. Besides the drag and drop of the effect into the timeline is fairly simple.
You can create a very nice sequence in just a few minutes.
@@trevilights Thank you for the quick reply. I will be watching for more video's from you in the future. Take care
Hi Trevi,
As always an excellent video! However, I have a question, is it possible to add several songs to your show like one after another or does that have to be done prior to starting a new show like in an audio program like Audacity or something along those lines?
Thanks for your help!
Hey there. thanks for watching. The Falcon Player allows you to create different playlist with any number of sequences in them. You can even have a start song and an end song for every playlist. You can also schedule different playlist on different days and times.
Great video, I created and create scheduling time to start following your video, but didn't start the sequences, as was saying under Remote Status, Waiting for MultiSync commands, so what's the MultiSync commands , Thanks
Sorry, but I have never seen this error. Did you set you FFP Mode to me other than 'Player"?
@@trevilights Hi Trevi, at first it was on remote, thats when that message was appearing, now I switched to Player, but still not starting the scheduler, have to press on the play button to start it, so not sure, I'm using Kulp controller with beaglebone black runs with FPP SD card, thanks
@@trevilights Also I'm using FPP 5.4.1 version, OS V5.3
@@GTouch25 Is the time set correctly the FPP? Maybe try deleting the playlist and creating a new one. Restart the FPP deamon. This is all I can think of.
@@trevilights I did that already, but I could do it again and see, but do I have the FPP Mode to Player not Remote? As I set it to Player before after it was sat to Remote,
thanks
Hello very informative. I’m new to this and I don’t know if I can play my sequence directly from my computer without using falcon player. Thanks
The new Falcon Controller F16V4 can aslo play a sequence directly for a SD card that goes in the controller. No need to have a Falcon Player on a Raspberry Pi.
@@trevilights oh ok. But I just started with this project and I only use esp8266 as a controller for now. Im still waiting for the dig quad I ordered and I think they have the same platform. I don’t have a budget for a bigger and better controller for now. 😊
Yes, xlights includes a simple scheduler that will allow you to play sequences from your computer. You will need to gave the computer on during the playback.
@@trevilights ok thanks for the help.
If I want to use an FM Transmitter, Will the audio come out of the pi or will I need to set that up?
Yes, the audio comes out of the PI headphones jack with no additional setup. Thanks for watching Ryan.
Dear Mr Trevi I just start to learn Xlight I watch your video all time can you teach me how I upload sequence to Falcon player f16 v4 thank
Hi there. Thanks for watching my videos. Let me clarify one thing here. The only way to store sequences in the Falcon controller is to setup the controller as a "Player" and insert a formated SD card in the card slot. To setup the controller to be a "Player", go to the Status page and select Standalone Player in the Controller mode option. Restart the controller. After restating, you will see a new menu option called "Player". Here you can upload and create a playlist. Unfortunately, when you set the controller to be a player, you will not be able to play sequences from xlights anymore. You can always set the controller back to E131/Arnet mode to play sequences from xlights.
Usually, a Raspberry Pi is used to store and play the sequences using the Falcon Player software. All the sequences will be store in the Raspberry Pi and will be connected to the controller using an ethernet cable.
Trevi, I'm having trouble uploading sequences to my Falcon Model F16V3. it's not the same one that you have therefore i icon layout is different.
I can test run my lights. just can't upload anything to it. any suggestions? Thank again
Hey Trevi
Ok I'm uploading a sequence to the fpp. I followed all your steps in this video. When i go to play the sequence all i get is audio the lights won't go on.
Can you help? If i play the sequence through xlights all is good.
Hey Danny, I assume that you have the FPP connected to the Falcon Controller with a Ethernet cable or both are connected to the same router. Check the following. In the FPP go to the Channel Outputs and in the E1.31 tab check that you have all the universes defined and that Unicast Address is the Falcon controller address. At the end of each line there is a button labeled "PING". Click it as see if the FPP can see the IP Address. If not, then something is wrong with you network setup.
@@trevilights yes Trevi i pinged them all and they all work.
@@dannygasca6898 In that same page, is the Output check box checked? It is just above of the source interface dropdown.
Yse it is.
Muy buen video, me esperare al de español. Saludos...
Hola Mario. Aqui lo tienes.
ua-cam.com/video/UiZR5ksIhSY/v-deo.html
Hi trevi do i need to upload to fpp the sequence and music when i used it to run in player mode? thank you
No. In player mode the controller ignores all incoming data for other sources such as a FPP.
@@trevilights thank you so much
hi trevi can i buy a sequence with music to my christms tree show so that make sure my show will run smooth coz its my firts time i bouth already a F3V4 falcon controller i have 2400 lights / 24 strings thank you
Hi There. There are very good chances that it will work with you tree. You will have to import the sequence and map their tree sequence to your tree. Its a gamble.
Trevi Do I have to use a Raspberry PI to get my Falcon Player to come up on my computer. I 've done a IP scan and the computer isn't picking up my Falcon Player. I type the controllers IP address and the controller screen comes up. how do I get the FPP to come Up Thank You again
Hey John. My "falcon Player Initial Setup" explains it.
ua-cam.com/video/yqXK5p1eRM4/v-deo.html
If the installation went fine, then just plug an Ethernet cable from the PI to the back of your Home Router/Wifi and restart the PI. Your router should assign an IP Address after a few seconds. In a computer that is connected to that Router/wifi open Chrome and type "fpp.local" and see if you get to it. (see minute 18:30 from the above video.
Status Test Inputs Network Configuration E131/Artnet Output Settings Misc Settings
this is my layout on my Falcon
Jack, Sequences get uploaded to the Falcon Player (Raspberry PI) not the Falcon Controller. The Falcon controller does not stores any data about your show.
The Falcon player is second device that stores the sequences, playlists and schedules and sends the data to the Falcon controller.
How do you setup the GPIO's for the Raspberry Pi4 using a sainsmart controller?
Hi John. I have never worked with the PI's GPIO's or the sainsmart controller. In my case the PI's is only been used as a Host for the Player software. Sorry I cannot be of much help.
do you happen to know how to open the xschedule in a mac?
Unfortunately no. Sorry.