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Falcon Player (FPP) / FPP Timezone/Sunset Inaccuraci...
Last post by arl120384 - Today at 06:59:21 AM
Hello All, 

I've had this problem for a while, but for some reason, when trying to schedule a playlist to begin at sunset, and while selecting the preview option to review start times, the times are all several hours after sunset. 

I have had to modify my start time manually by selecting sunset -135 minutes to get it close. I have verified that my timezone is set correctly, and havent seen any other issues with time zones. Anyone else ever had or seen this issue?

Thanks!

Alex
#2
F16v4 Pixel Controller (Blue) / Re: Newbie control panel build
Last post by MikeKrebs - May 14, 2025, 10:07:52 PM
Nope. Sounds like you did your research.
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F16v4 Pixel Controller (Blue) / Newbie control panel build
Last post by Pontchartrain - May 13, 2025, 08:27:33 AM
I'm a newbie planning to do my first Xlights show for Christmas 2025.  As of now I have a handful of mini trees, arches, snowflakes and a 24 x 100 180 degree mega tree. I plan to run at 30-40% power.  About 3,700 12V pixels total.  I'm assembling a control panel with room to add more pixels in the future in the large Bud box.  I have a Falcoln F16V4, one expansion board, two 350 W Meanwell power supplies, and a Raspberry Pi that has me stumped but that's a question for another day.

I'm bringing in power via a 14 ga appliance cord to a single gang out box inside the control panel.  Wago connectors will feed the two power supplies and a single gang outlet with USB C ports.  The outlet will provide power for the Raspberry Pi and possibly a FM transmitter if I can fit one in the Bud box but I like the idea of Pulse Mesh if it is available this year.

One power supply will power the main board.  The other will power the expansion board.  The spare set of outlet terminals on each power supply will be connected to fused terminal blocks and a pigtail out of the control box terminating with a two-wire automotive connector for power injection in future if needed.

My question is, do you see anything wrong with wiring the box this way?
  
Thank you for your help.
#4
Falcon Player (FPP) / Re: How to use FPP with a defa...
Last post by encore - May 12, 2025, 08:10:36 AM
Using a white screen as your default in FPP is totally doable just loop it in a base playlist and trigger your Halloween videos to play once, then return to the white screen. It's cleaner than a black screen, and with some simple event setup, it works smoothly.
#5
BeagleBone Black Controllers / Re: Could not contact signing ...
Last post by DrNeutron - May 10, 2025, 09:15:38 PM
Thanks for quick reply! Will roll back.
#6
BeagleBone Black Controllers / Re: Could not contact signing ...
Last post by AAH - May 10, 2025, 06:50:34 PM
This is a known bug with FPP8.5.1. Change to 8.5 and it will work fine.
#7
BeagleBone Black Controllers / Could not contact signing webs...
Last post by DrNeutron - May 10, 2025, 06:05:11 PM
Had to wipe my BBB16 and reloaded a new Microsdcard with newest version of FPP.
Trying to sign the EEPROM with the same key I had and cannot connect to the API.

Signing Status:
- Contacting API to sign EEPROM

ERROR signing EEPROM:

Could not contact signing website https://api.falconplayer.com
#8
General Hardware / Need Help on LEDvision, Colorl...
Last post by emcee - May 10, 2025, 03:33:21 PM
Hey Guys,

I need some help.  I'm building a  4W by 6H P5 matrix running a Colorlight listener card.
I have used LED Vision 8.5 software to set up the matrix.  Unfortunately, all I can get is Panel 1-1 working correctly.  Cannot get the rest to work correctly.  Panel 1-1 is perfect, panels 5-3 and 6-3 display squiggly multicolored lines.

I feel certain it is a simple fix, but can't seem to get it right.  Started with a default definition from Wally's lights where I bought the  panels. But that didn't work.  Intelligent configuration is completely not intuitive and not able to figure it out.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Mike
#9
Falcon Player (FPP) / Re: FPP 8.5.1 on Pi 4B LAN and...
Last post by csmith - May 10, 2025, 02:43:29 PM
I finally got this working. You're right. There are now two different subnets, and the gateway is set only on the wireless link.

What drove me nuts was that with FPP 8.5.1 (UI at the Advanced level), there are main and backup SSID settings to link to wireless networks. I entered details for both, and FPP would reboot at the oddest times when trying to change parameters. On a whim, I removed the settings for the backup wireless network, and suddenly, the clouds parted, the sun shone, and everything started working great.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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Falcon Player (FPP) / Re: FPP 8.4 released!
Last post by dirknerkle - May 09, 2025, 08:26:22 PM
The last version I used was 4.1 (or thereabouts). I spent a few hours getting used to the latest version which has, of course, multiple changes since 4.1, one of which is certainly the UI.

While the new UI is quite attractive, 4.1 was simpler to use for me. It had an "other" output option that allowed choosing the port (a GPIO port in my case) as well as the kind of data to send out that port. Simple, easy to understand, quick to configure. Imagine my surprise when the ability to do that no longer exists in the "other" output options.

To configure an equivalent function, I needed considerable help. It was suggested that I create a "string" under the PiHat tab using a virtual eeprom. HUH?  This is miles and miles and galaxies away from version 4.1.

I can understand the idea of a string, even though in my application, I had only four pixels. The application involves four patio lights. Granted, it's not an earth-shaking setup and I guess it's somewhat logical to think of it as a "string," just a very short one. But the idea of PiHat and eeprom never crossed my mind. I don't use a Pi Hat -- these four patio lights are driven directly from the GPIO port. And "eeprom?" Nope.  And to boot, it's not even a real eeprom, it's an invisible one!

Perhaps you might add the word Strings to the PiHat tab so that it reads PiHat/Strings so that a near brain-dead person like myself doesn't have to scour the manual (very nice, but not helpful in my case) and burn several hours looking around, trying to figure out how to replicate something in the new system that was brutally simple to do in an earlier version.

Thank you.
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