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    Power to Push Button/Audio Box

    Waterproof connectors not so easy to come by, even for me in the electrical trade, so I keep my powersupplies in the box with what they are powering. Yes I would see a max current draw from the power supply of about the 12Amp mark as the amplifier is rated at 120W - thats 10A assuming its 100%...
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    Power to Push Button/Audio Box

    Yes you can run just 1 cable, but not the 18 AWG that you mentioned- volt drop would be of concern and the cable would be getting warm to the touch. I would sooner use 16 AWG but for preference 14 AWG as I see the max load would be about 12A. The14 AWG would allow you to be alot further from...
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    Help Please Abnormal Conditions - May Cause Poor Performance Could not initialize output type BBB48String

    I had this earlier this year. Working from failing memory- I had to reimage FPP onto my Pi 3B+
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    P5 Panels BBB and FPP testing issue

    how many universe have you set for the display. With 98304 channels and 510 as a channel count that equals 193 universes required
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    More stock and a death in the family

    Take as much time as you need. I lost my wife and mother within 12 months 😭
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    Falcon F16V3 - shutting down

    I was wondering if any has had this issue with their Falcon F16V3 I was outside lastnight doing a bit of filming, when All the lights went out. On inspection, I found that although everything was powered up, the F16 had shut down as if it had had it's power turned off. The only way I could get...
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    GS8208 Pixel – Trusted Suppliers?

    I am running strings of 200 at 40% brillance and no power injection. As for the self test- yes, but I find as the power supply does my FPP and outputs 9-16 of the F16V3 it lasts a very very short time due to the F16V3 power up time. I changed the input plugs to the start of the string to a...
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    GS8208 Pixel – Trusted Suppliers?

    I am currently using 2000 GS8208 12V pixels https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32876598607.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.24.21ef1802POp7bE and like what I am seeing. I have ordered this time...
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    Raspberry Pi - FPP not showing correct date/time

    Placement of battery - this will depend on the 'top hat' that little board on top of the Pi
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    Raspberry Pi - FPP not showing correct date/time

    the type of battery needed with depend on the "real time clock' , but generally they are a CR2032 or equivalent
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    Raspberry Pi - FPP not showing correct date/time

    a couple of things to check. 1 - do you have a battery in to power the 'real time clock'. 2 - does FPP have access to the internet 3 - have you selected the correct time zone. This is my time setup
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    Power tripping while show is static (no lights on)

    Those RCCB's only trip if they sense a imbalance of 30mA between phase and neural (A&N). There is no over current on it, so even if more that 63A are drawn through , it will still not trip.
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    Wrong but Right ?? - RGB colour order in sequencer vs controller

    Both were set to BGR
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    Wrong but Right ?? - RGB colour order in sequencer vs controller

    Here's one for the those that love to delve into lab/testing side of things. This year I have changed the pixels in my Tree (20 strings of 100), gone from 3 wire WS2811 to GS2808, tying data 2 too ground. All testing of the strings using xlights and FPP on a Pi test bench showed that the were...
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    Pixel brightness

    I run most of my show at 30%, but have two models that nee to be at 75% to be at the same briliance
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