You must be the best teacher ever. The way you explain stuff is really clear and understandable.
@T-a-b-b-s8 ай бұрын
Said no one ever
@NSilver8323 жыл бұрын
After watching the video I decided to throw a couple of led strips on my roof, plug them in and call it a day.
@Tom-In-Ga3 жыл бұрын
I'm with you. If this is a beginners guide, I'd hate to see an advanced version.
@ramhemi753 жыл бұрын
Ya fuck this lol
@javi13733 жыл бұрын
Before this video I was like "how hard this shit be" now I'm like "fuck this"
@ramhemi753 жыл бұрын
@@javi1373 check this one out. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qr6mp9uosJnOgp8.html this dude explains it very well!
@Kevinw40403 жыл бұрын
This is why people pay professionals to do it. To hell with this bs.
@briankey45852 жыл бұрын
This really helped me make the decision to skip the lights this year
@dorianmeyette85603 жыл бұрын
Omg! I’ll stick to string lights; props to all of you who do this! Impressive
@HeadlampMafia4 жыл бұрын
out of everybody producing content on this subject, you are the most straightforward and informative. thank you! i will consider patreon.
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@johnmayer47474 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend this video if you are into making your display from static lights to sequenced lights. Love the informative video as this is a pretty good intro to the hobby of the Christmas lights. It also turns into many other holiday lights too, i.e 4th of July, Halloween. I also recommend XLights KZfaq classes as well as the forums from Xlights and Light O Rama. The only complaint I have with the video is your comment of it takes a week for a novice to do an impressive show in a week. Only if you have deep pockets (purchasing a ready made display and sequenced or having some else do it) or you are a anywhere from a intermediate to complete nerd in electronics. And still not a week to do it all. Not trying to scare anyone away but it takes a lot longer to wade thru what you want to do versus all of the different electronic items to do it as well as the programming aspects. If you have a music background, that helps too when sequencing your lights to music. Your advice to start small is the best solution for a novice as it can easily get overwhelming. It has taken me almost 10 years to get my display where I want it to be. Last year was the very first year to setup, sequenced and happy with the display. It is not big or small but it fits the area I have and it took over a month to setup. That does not include selecting the songs to sequence, going thru checking each light (ws2811s, rgb spotlights, static led lights) and checking for anomalies. Can't wait till I retire so I can really do it spectacularly!!
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! The "under a week" part was definitely referring to kit stuff. You can get really creative in this hobby (which is I think why most of us like it), but you can also buy the kits to get up and running quickly if that's what you're after.
@HelpWithHeartbreak4 жыл бұрын
Importing the sequence is definitely one of the most confusing parts to do on your own. Thank you for explaining this so well!
@nickjedl4 жыл бұрын
That xLights guide was really all that I needed. Thanks for keeping me busy doing projects Rob!
@bengoff59303 жыл бұрын
I'm super excited. I've been wanting something to do since retirement. Knowing me, if I start today I might be able to have my "mega strand" of lights programmed in time for Christmas next year.
@TheHookUp3 жыл бұрын
January is a great time to start planning for next December.
@machine27474 жыл бұрын
This really helped tie all the bits together I've learned so far. Thank you!!!!
@emmanuelmeyermeyer1083 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. Wow when I drove by a house with this type of led tree I had no clue what's involved. I always wanted to do this but I feel now I need a degree in IT to do it. When you were going back and forth on the pc my brain went into over load. Lol
@VitoHGrind4 жыл бұрын
First, love your vids. You're literally the reason I even ended up in this hobby. Starting with your holiday lights vids and now into the full show. That said, "less than a week to a full show" is fairly misleading. I suppose with a Ready to Run kit for the mega tree, that element's doable in that time frame, but a whole show is not. It's my first year, I've been at it since August/September and I'm only at about 65% complete. Wiring, soldering, attaching pigtails, power injecting, building props for window outlines, and trouble shooting is all very time consuming. And that's before the dozens of hours you'll spend sequencing. This is still a great tutorial and your xlights section will definitely save me some time!
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that time frame is for kits of course. I know I’m not exactly a beginner, but I completed my tree +sequencing in one Saturday.
@HolidayCoro4 жыл бұрын
It's possible if you have general IT skills (installing software, IP addressing) and you use out of the box sequences along with a ready to run controller. Going Ready2Run assembled alone will save you many, many hours since the controllers are shipped 100% assembled and tested and you don't have to make a bunch of mistakes not purchasing or purchasing the wrong items to complete the project. Power injection is a "level 4" skill that even we don't support for customers due to the likely-hood for damage to hardware and thus we generally have customers using Long Range instead of power injection which is cleaner and easier and just about the same cost.
@rottweiler51503 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh! Thank you SO MUCH for this! NOBODY explains any of this as well as you, truly appreciated!
@RyanAdamsVideo4 жыл бұрын
He would have been my favorite teacher in school. Very cool projects!
@berner573 жыл бұрын
Thanks to KZfaq, he still can be your favorite teacher! I know he is mine, and I am 52.
@colinduncan7863 Жыл бұрын
I've been thinking of upgrading the outside lights for sometime and this is probably the best instructional video I've seen. Great job Rob and thank you!
@TheInfinityCircle.8011 күн бұрын
I am loving the information on your channel. I'm just starting out. I have a model using USB fairy lights that are W2812B for my bedroom sized model and I am looking into beginning to learn programming. My model is not just flat or linear, it is an abstract multi-dimensional star like design. The complex/advanced model is anyway. My first yard sized model with light was called "Tetra Light" and the complex model is 4 times more elements. The programming will be able to handle many different sets of movement on the one model and it's 4 different prototypes so far. As for choosing strips or strings and power, the design in these early stages are basically lights strips in tubes/pipes. I'm using Govee led strips for larger versions and BTF lighting fairy lights for the smaller version. There are sets of 12 light tubes in the simple model and 48 in the complex model. Each of those could be individual segments. I'm going to calculate how many lights that would be. Power is an issue because I would have to hide the wires so they don't hang out all around the ends. The model gives a way to brings power lines through the center of the tubes at large diameters. I could use little 3D printed parabolic cones to distribute lights from strings and pixels aligned by the center wire so the light is reflected around to the tube in a better way that just pixel in tubes. www.youtube.com/@CreativeStarlightCurves
@skinnyyhippo3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm 12 and I begged my parents for years to get me a controller and lights and they did. I got the programming and it didn't work out. Like it was supposed to. It was off beat. I guess that's not to bad considering I did it by myself but u really helped
@estelle66604 жыл бұрын
Nice movie! And nice tree. Now a movie of the total house
@Musicman2474 жыл бұрын
Love your wife's shirt. "I don't need Google, my husband knows everything" Ha! XD
@lordgarth14 жыл бұрын
Musicman247 is it missing “thinks he” ?
@talesmaschio4 жыл бұрын
Gotta buy one of those to my wife.
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
@@lordgarth1 I try to learn more and more each day, but sadly I'll never know everything... not until the FDA green-lights direct brain implants.
@jaemarland29733 жыл бұрын
I'm lights KraZee! But I'm not participating anymore. I've got a new perspective and much more appreciative of folks who do these GREAT displays. Thnx
@Eladtconsulting3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for such a thorough video, you answered like 20 of my 10 questions
@nuno78gtp4 жыл бұрын
A novice can put together an amazing show in about a week...Ha! I'd love to see that
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Kits only of course...
@earlpotter91203 жыл бұрын
Now I know why I’ve never saw a light show in my town. As simple as a trig problem.
@Uncle_Buzz4 жыл бұрын
9:08 - Glad to see the union supervisors on the job.
@DrewOnTwo3042 жыл бұрын
The part about the universe was really helpful. Thanks!
@mar1video3 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal video ! Thank you for bringing us closer to our dreams ! And Your LED obsession is well understood !
@Thoughtfulbuildsllc Жыл бұрын
Wow sick! This is that next level lights I install commercial holiday lights and if I start offering things like this there is way more money in it!
@bryanhickman76634 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rob. Love your succinct explanations, no nonsense , get to the point presentations. I love having you guys 2.5 yrs ahead of my budget. You save me so much time and $. ;-) (Oh, and let me mention the link you have to the WS2812B IP65s was dead last I checked.) Thanks for all you do!
@ChunkySteveo4 жыл бұрын
Another great video Rob, really informative!! Good to see at 09:00 you had plenty of supervisors helping!!!
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Haha, had some friends come over for dinner that night but I was SO close to finishing when they got there that I had to keep going. They kept me company, good friends and unwitting participants in my youtube video.
@1zebula14 жыл бұрын
You’re the man. Love your channel and what you do! #respect
@mitchandaya7004 Жыл бұрын
Nice one. I got idea for our christmas decoration competition at work.
@ein57ein4 жыл бұрын
That's REALLY impressive... a bit out of my budget.. didn't realize the big controllers were that expensive. I look forward to more of this series and I'll be ingesting more of your original LED outline to build my own.
@grimninja20044 жыл бұрын
you can use nodemcu lolin boards (espixelstick firmware) that cost 4$ each to control up to 250+ pixels per controller. you can waterproof them in cheap pvc pipe. you can diy a 18 strand pixel tree for about 250ish dollars and that includes 18 strands of cheap pixels,6 controllers, and a powersupply. how you mount the pixels dictates the rest of your cost. mounting strips are nice, but slicing 1/2 inch pvc pipe in half lenthwise on a tablesaw and drilling 50 1/2 inch holes every 2.4 inches will only cost you 2$ per 20 feet! thats 20$ to mount all the strands. to support it you can create a frame from emt piping, or use conventional megatree methods.
@alexelliott97333 жыл бұрын
The DIY route is definitely the way to go in my opinion. You learn more this way, so that you can add more in the future, AND you save a LOT of money. I use ESP8266 boards controlled via E1.31 with Vixen Lights software. The ESP8266 boards control my LEDs, and I have a separate power supply. It really isn't too hard to build if you do your research.
@ein57ein3 жыл бұрын
@@alexelliott9733 Thanks Alex. I now have lights along my soffits and one other element running on D1 Minis with Dig-Unos. Planning a 7-8' Mega Tree for next year and I won't lie, I'm intimidated by Xlights (for now), but I realize how much it adds to it all. Fortunately, I got a bit of time to learn. The tree will be where I more to nodes and may be where I step up to 12v from my current 5v lights.
@alexelliott97333 жыл бұрын
@@ein57ein That's awesome! I've also been thinking about building a full-fledged mega tree, but it didn't happen this year, so hopefully I'll get around to it for next year as well. Hope yours goes well!
@ein57ein3 жыл бұрын
@@grimninja2004 man! I've got a lot to learn lol... I didn't see your comment before, but now (specially that I'm plotting for next year). I'm thinking about a 180 degree 8' with ~13 strings on a D1Mini or ESP32 with WLED. I know WLED can listen for e1.31, I just gotta figure that part out before next year.
@tonymirenda49323 жыл бұрын
Dude, you are an absolute magician!
@fitlikeaglove73964 жыл бұрын
My favorite hobby, This year will be my 5th year running a light show. One thing I noticed that will cause issues is using DHCP. You just can't do this. I don't use xlights but on Vixen it asks for controller IP, if you're using DHCP this is liable to change after a day or a week depending on router settings. Using a manual IP should be the only option. Also never used Falcon boards because they're quite pricey. I've stuck with SanDevices, they also sell their boards fully assembled which is the option I took. My first SanDevices I got 4 years ago (an E682 ) and it's still running like a champ. Now they have a $99 board that assembled with 4 outputs. Perfect for placement on a display element.
@HolidayCoro4 жыл бұрын
While the E682 was one of the first crop of pixel controllers back in 2010, it has not kept up with all the modern innovations common to newer controllers like - multi-line OLED screens, network switch for daisy chaining, Wi-Fi interface, modular construction allowing 2 times or more outputs per controller, no long range support, no temperature / voltage monitoring and shutdown (for safety), blown fuse monitoring, sequence playback from controller, FM transmitting and other improvements. When factoring in these huge improvements since the release of the E682 years ago, the difference in cost makes sense.
@jendib4 жыл бұрын
Most modern routers keep matching the same IP to a MAC address, so the IP given by the DHCP shouldn't change.
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
I think it's easier to let it take DHCP, then reserve the IP on your router.
@halsaresnowpaw5224 жыл бұрын
You should be able to make DHCP static leases on your router. This will ensure the controllers get the same IP address every time.
@wahlocki3 жыл бұрын
Love your presenting style. Refreshing and straight to the point
@tkantone4 жыл бұрын
I have no idea what u were talking about (setup). It’s a nice outcome
@tyhillbroussard49243 жыл бұрын
I really wanna make my own light shows for Christmas and Halloween for my future house. I’m sure this video can help me.
@cindy-pixellight86252 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing for point lights.
@rickibaron4816 Жыл бұрын
First I want to say that I have subscribed to you page. I have been sequencing a light show for a few years now. While I have considered going with Pixel lights I have too much invested in regular LED lights, (about 25,000), to change my set up. I also wrote my own program to run my lights. I use Digital I/O boards in my display and build all my own circuit boards. I still do the flashy blinky type of display, (no dimming). Even with what I know this set up seems like it would take a lot of study to get a grasp of everything. I have even tried to contact DIY web sites but no ones seems willing to help me out with questions and problems that I encounter. You at least are willing to show how some of these things go together. I did at one time try and purchase systems from people, but no one would explain how to diagnose problems with the systems I bought. It would be nice to see something like this broken down into easy to understand steps to do a display as complex as this. All of the terms you are using need to be defined in every day language for the average person. Thank you for you effort to explain your system.
@talesmaschio4 жыл бұрын
“Don’t attempt to make a show that’s visible from space your very first year”. Ok 👍🏻 got it 😂😂😂
@grimninja20044 жыл бұрын
and... my first year i have a 16 foot high tree with 1000 pixels... gocttha
@commiccannon5923 жыл бұрын
Ohh why not
@GaryEveritt3 жыл бұрын
@@commiccannon592 They will crash the International Space Station
@PatrickMichael20024 жыл бұрын
Great info. Good subject would be how to expand a single effect across all channels and universes as I saw this season. It was spread over someone's entire house ever so often to match intensity of music. Very cool effect.
@jdock6944 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed today and watched a few videos so far. My brain is smoking because I haven't even reached novice level. I'm a "I'm new, I don't know what to do" beginner, beginner level. I'll watch them a few dozen times again and maybe I'll start to understand. I do love the videos and do want to learn.
@mikeerbe87844 жыл бұрын
J check out videos on the video section of xlights.org, or Canispater Christmas and Listen to Our Lights all here on youtube. You'll probably get a better idea from those guys.
@richardlatza22343 жыл бұрын
Greatly appreciated the Timestamps
@fredmbarrett2 жыл бұрын
Great intro, Rob...I'm an IoT hw/sw developer and just getting into xLights and animated shows. Yours is the first video that has actually brought all of the pieces together in an understandable, cohesive manner that, thanks to you, I know understand! Kudos. You mentioned in the vid that you permanently mounted pixel strips to outline your house. Could you share what products/tools you did to do that? Has that been installed for awhile, and if so has it withstood weather/sunlight/snow/rain etc.? I also loved the discussion around PVC pre-fab mounting for your doors and windows. Let's see how you did that!? Thanks again!
@TheHookUp2 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJt8ocJkvs3aaX0.html
@jerryhalasz4 жыл бұрын
100% sure that I never want to do this now. Jeez Rob!
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Ha! That's just as useful as being inspired to do it. Sometimes it's good to know what you don't want to do.
@Roxy-no5wv2 жыл бұрын
Lmao me to
@isettech4 жыл бұрын
Some background on the universe and channel numbers may help some beginners. Stage lighting uses a control signalling called DMX512. It has 512 addresses on a single cable. 512 is a power of 2. One cable with a maximum of 512 channels is referred to a universe. To send multiple universes to the lighting fixtures over Ethernet for large shows and concerts, the data is streamed over networking and broken out into DMX to the individual strings of fixtures on their own universe cable of no more than 512 channels. The fixtures are assigned channels to receive and physically connected to the correct cable universe. In Ethernet networking this protocol was adopted by the hobby people. Most people do not use stage lighting and DMX 512 directly as there are no configuration switches on each pixel. Pixels do not care about DMX addresses, universes, etc. The pixels use another standard. The interface between them is where the confusion begins. Pixels although listed as addressable are in fact NOT addressable. you can't give them an address. They use a serial shift register protocol. There is only the first pixel through to the last pixel in a string. You can not assign them addresses. They get data based on their position in the string. The most common protocol is the WS2811 protocol. The reference to the WS2812 is the exact same protocol. The difference is the pixel contains the chip in the LED. The 2811 has a chip on a board and an LED. Send a bunch of bits to the first pixel and it strips off the first 8 bits for red, 8 bits for Green, and 8 bits for Blue, then sends any further bits out to the next pixel. This is all they do. The next pixel takes the first bit it gets which is the 25th bit and does the same as the first pixel did keeping the first 24 bits it sees and sending along the rest. This continues down the line until the last pixel gets the last few bits that made it that far. DMX on the other hand does use addresses to receive the channel information. No data is stripped from the line and all fixtures receive the same data. The last light on a DMX cable can be addressed to receive the data for DMX channel it is set to receive regardless of position in the string. DMX lighting is addressable. A pixel controller can take one universe of DMX 512 channels and send it as shift register data to a string of pixels using the WS2811 protocol. This is a pixel controller in the very basic form. Due to each pixel using 3 channels of DMX information, there is a full set of data for 170 pixels in 510 DMX channels. The two remaining channels would have enough data for Red and Green for one pixel but no data for the blue. This is why pixel controllers use 510 channels per universe instead of 512. It is desirable to have pixel strings longer than 170 pixels. The shift register Pixels support long strings. The Pixel controller for these strings can take more than one Universe of DMX 512 data and combine them on one output, so using 2 universes of 510 channels instead of 512, will drive a string of 340 pixels using 1020 DMX channels in 2 universes which is easily handled by the software sequencer, ethernet, and pixel controller. This conversion from stage lighitng protocol to get the signal from the software out to the LED strings is where most of the confusion arises in regards to Universes and DMX channels. To add to the confusion, some controllers call the first universe 0 and some call it 1. Getting the addressing wrong in the software or controller by one universe is a common mistake. DMX addresses start with address 1. Pixels sometimes were numbered from 0. Again, this causes some programming headaches. Some pixels are not in the order of Red Green Blue. This if not fixed in the controller or sequencer, it can result in unexpected colors. Due to the hobby market, what used to be very expensive to distribute DMX in shows has now become very affordable. Instead of outputting just the shift register data for Pixels, there are very affordable E1.31 to DMX controllers out there too for very affordable prices. What used to cost over a grand is now under $100 for a 4 universe E1.31 to DMX interface.
@MrUpsidedowngaming4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the time stamps!
@JoseAlvarez-uh7uf2 жыл бұрын
Novice here, this video sounded like another language to me, gonna watch it 20 more x till I get it though, time to learn another language!!
@timmytimmy174 жыл бұрын
Wow this is extraordinary clear! Thank you.
@sasopetrusev47843 жыл бұрын
You are a legend
@edkaempf9064 жыл бұрын
I use SuperStar from Light-O-Rama to sequence all my pixels, and use almost all Holiday Coro controllers and pixels. But, X-Lights also is a very good sequencer. You gave a great overview of the main steps. Just a heads-up: Sequencing RGB lights to a song, the real "wow" of using RGB lights, takes an enormous amount of time. I take approximately 8-10 hours per one minute of a song that I sequence to my lights, and I only have about 17,000 pixels. I say "only" because many of those addicted to this hobby (like me) have multiples of that (e.g., John Storms). So, besides the work required to build props (like a mega tree), plan on spending quite a bit of time sequencing lights to a song. Now, will your next video be how to power wash a driveway? Ok, my poor attempt at humor. I love all your videos!!
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Haha, when I took that picture my first thought was "wow, the driveway looks gross". I think it was a side effect of the HDR applied by the iphone camera. I promise it doesn't actually look that bad.
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree about the time it takes to sequence by the way. The only song I've ever sequenced from scratch was "you make it feel like christmas" by Gwen Stefani because it's my wife's favorite xmas song and it took me around 20 hours, and as I said, I'm not even fully satisfied with the result.
@markusaurelius40153 жыл бұрын
You’re the best. Seriously.
@cityleader884 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on how to physically mount the wiring/lights to your house. I’m pretty lost on injecting power. If you want a house to do you can come over. Haha
@jason3fc4 жыл бұрын
Ha I’ve been watching your channel for over a year now, just realized you are in Tampa. Funny local coincidence.
@danieldavis84464 жыл бұрын
I thought he was somewhere in Fl when I saw him decorating in shorts
@legopepsi3 жыл бұрын
I haven't slept in 7 weeks but thanks to your video I'm now ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
@ytadmin4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic videos. You are doing a great job breaking down the topics you cover. Keep it up!
@codingwithjoyk3 жыл бұрын
I'm hooked! Subscribed...
@andyprusienski79633 жыл бұрын
FYI, before pounding a stake three ft into the ground it is a good idea to contact your local utility locate. It most cases if you will search for a place similar to "One Call", they provide locate for electric, phone, cable, internet, water lines, sewer lines and natural gas lines. Most areas have "811" locating services, oh did I mention it's FREE! having utilities located does not cost you money; having them fixed will cost you money. One last detail it's a good idea to give them at least one week notice to when you want to do the work, this will allow for ALL utilities to respond and locate your utilities.
@TheHookUp3 жыл бұрын
Great advice!
@andyprusienski79633 жыл бұрын
@@TheHookUp Thank you, I work in construction. By the way I love your videos! I have learned a ton but I am still undecided on which LED display I want. Do you have a preference of low voltage vs high voltage?
@jbpoplockanddropit3 жыл бұрын
Great Video. Thinking this is a 2021 project.
@dragon71534 жыл бұрын
Love the video and love the channel, too! Your channel is now on the top of my list! I even printed out the input / output diagram from your "which pins to choose" video on the ESP8266. By the way you look like a young Michael Keaton in the thumbnail for this video ha ha!
@justadarnniceguy20453 жыл бұрын
Good presentation.
@SMALLTECH4 жыл бұрын
Nice Project !!!👍👍
@FazochGreatness2 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!
@dtvolleyball3 жыл бұрын
Is there a Holiday Coro equivalent store for Canadians?
@titustitus7105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you you have been a big help.
@bogdanabobak1767Ай бұрын
Time to make a 2024 version of this. Plus is there not a "basic" controller similar to WLED that just does some prebuilt basic chases, flashing, fading for those with bullet pixels who are not interested in xlight sequencing/syncing etc...
@BLTtogo3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great overview. Helped me accelerate my setup. I’m not clear why you have the same e1.31 controller listed multiple times in the controller setup. My understanding is Xlights supports multiple universes under a single entry.
@andreykalugin7753 жыл бұрын
Наконец-то нормальное описание! Спасибо👍
@chrisw14624 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to check and adjust BRIGHTNESS. You don't want one prop washing out the rest of your display, and you don't want your neighbor to be able to read comfortably by your lights. _Inside_ his house. Respect your neighbors.
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
I fully agree with this. The megatree definitely steals the show on full brightness, makes the rest of the house look small and insignificant. Luckily brightness can be handled directly on the controller so I don't need to go back and edit each effect in xlights.
@mfullana014 жыл бұрын
The Hook Up did not know you could adjust brightness on the controller itself. Just got my Megatree about two weeks ago, put it up this weekend in my backyard for some testing, and it is definetely bright. Will look into brightness setting on the controller menu. Any hints are more than welcome.
@Talking2Wall4 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel!
@seda14us3 жыл бұрын
SUPER ...100% BEST... Thank you...
@AnoNymous-lp5tb4 жыл бұрын
DrZzs: Today I'm gonna show you how to build your own LED shows. That's all for now, Adios! The Hook Up: Nahhh DrZzs!!Hold my beer! This is how you show your LED shows from space.
@ChrisRabkin2 жыл бұрын
Hey I didn't see anything in the comments about the sandevices controllers but they come fully assembled as well.
@devinwright19284 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video on how you made the PVC frames for your doors and windows and attached them? Thanks
@DJMovit4 жыл бұрын
Nice presentation
@AJLoops2 жыл бұрын
My household just wants the big tree
@rottison4 жыл бұрын
this was a great video thank you
@nicojovellanos62692 жыл бұрын
Hi.. mr Hook UP I was electronics enthusiastic way back 40 years now but I want bring it back my know ledge again also I add my suscribed I love your theorical explanations Im already 65 years and already retired do nothing athome but I can still doing this project to maintain my memory thanks
@DavidTramacchi4 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video specifically on power injection? Methods, techniques and tools required? Great videos cheers!!
@HolidayCoro4 жыл бұрын
Power injection should be well understood before implementing. It's a bit like installing a turbo kit on your stock car - all good if you get everything 100% right and really bad if not done correctly. Here are some diagrams that show the basics: www.holidaycoro.com/kb_results.asp?ID=173 Given the number of cheap long range expansion systems (www.holidaycoro.com/Ready2Run-AlphaPix-Flex-Long-Range-Receivers-p/935.htm), the move has been more towards long range and away from power injection due to the complexity.
@ericpeterson48954 жыл бұрын
I would love for you to do an in-depth show on power injection. I don't really understand when or how to do that.
@MegaMissfitz Жыл бұрын
In that case should we hang the decos up this weekend on the channel aswell? So its all warm n cosey for next time you visit. I know how u like your LED lighting 😤😤😤
@MarioGlez233 жыл бұрын
Hola, como podria conseguir todas las instrucciones en español? Me gusta mucho tu trabajo y quisiera empezar a aprender a hacerlo y decorar mi casa asi como la tuya. Espero y puedas ayudarme. Saludos...
@willyscreation4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’m making the move so.
@ksks68024 жыл бұрын
I was looking for guidance in using an input from an xbox one rumble motor to then RF to a receiver to make the led strip light up red with the same pulse of the rumble motor. I'm 100 percent doing this project but I just don't know where to start. Any help would be appreciated.
@C4ptainRedbeard2 жыл бұрын
Maybe you have a video for this, but I am just looking to control these sort of lights with light show app.
@mobgma3 жыл бұрын
great video
@mxr2482 жыл бұрын
Once you got to the computer mumble jumble it was like dropping me off in another country where no one spoke my language. 😞😁. Cause I really would like to do this.
@iainstingemore40482 жыл бұрын
I feel the same I understand most of it but this guy and most if the others zip through the click here put this in here in 2 seconds and I can't keep up even with pausing the vid.
@pbmahaffey Жыл бұрын
What is your spacing for the holes on your pvc frames for the windows and doors?
@TheHookUp Жыл бұрын
Mine are 2.75", but if I had to do it all over again I'd go for 2.5". The 2.75" spacing really stretches the wire between pixels.
@pbmahaffey Жыл бұрын
@@TheHookUp Great.. thanks
@DannyMullen4 жыл бұрын
Great mega tree! I have 14 stings just arrived, I was going to do 2 in spacing but seeing yours I believ 3 in looks nice also. Other note, didn’t you have a video on how to build that wreath? I couldn’t find it. Scanned through your other holiday vids but may have missed it.
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
That will be in the next video I do on this subject.
@DannyMullen4 жыл бұрын
The Hook Up awesome! Thinking it might be similar to what I am trying with my pex. Love to see other solutions to a similar problem. Thanks!!
@gmailcom-ii2to Жыл бұрын
The one to buy is Lights-o-Rama.
@ReviewsAndHowTos2 жыл бұрын
Even a novice can do it *Einstein continues to lecture*
@lauramcdougal39526 ай бұрын
Hello! My first question is how do I run XLights with a wireless network?
@TheHookUp6 ай бұрын
I would not recommend that, it's a ton of data to be sending wirelessly. If you really want to try it's best to configure everything as multicast.
@TheTatartist284 жыл бұрын
Nice video, I would add a disclaimer about that fence post though those bend and break easy in heavy winds. I would use stronger metal poles for the build. Also would let people know that this is only one option like you broke down the controllers so they understand that there are multiple ways to make the same sort of prop. Also don't recall seeing guide wires added for extra support on the tree? That's also a good point to highlight so people don't get frustrated when things start falling over.
@TheHookUp4 жыл бұрын
I did mention the guy wires (both buying the string and when to attach them), but I didn't show a close up. There are certainly tons of options for making every kind of prop, I'll be covering that in my next video on the subject (also PVC/PEX/Coro/3d Printing). This video could have easily been 30-40 minutes long, but I was REALLY trying to keep it short since there's already a ton of good information about the subject if you're willing to sit down and watch hours of videos. I wanted this to be the fast-paced first video you'd would watch to get an overview and then dive in deeper to any particular subject you needed more info on. You think the top rail will buckle in heavy winds? I know it's pretty thin walled, but there's just not that much surface area for the wind to grab a hold of.
@HolidayCoro4 жыл бұрын
The number of factors involved with mounting a megatree and vary quite a bit. We have customers that build MegaTrees on roofs, sand, on flag poles, on the side of a house, on asphalt and concrete and other varied surfaces. As such, there are many factors that come into play on how to balance safety, cost and materials that a customer is able to work with.
@kennethbutler82719 ай бұрын
For leaping arches what leds would you recommend for an 8 foot arch and five arches ?
@philipfwilson3 жыл бұрын
Great video!!!
@michaelm56012 жыл бұрын
Do the light strings come in twenty feet tall. Probably much more expensive. I want to start out with the tree only and want it to be 20 feet tall. Thanks for responding.
@optimusvader78234 жыл бұрын
AMAZING 💡💡💡💡💡🎄, THANK YOU!
@michaelserke4 жыл бұрын
I think i will now need a mega tree and to watch the xlights import section in 4X slo-motion to get all the steps.
@ladwigs3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about changing the light program, for off-season fun ? Like Synergy welcoming you home, for example (Jem)
@RandyRasmussen4 жыл бұрын
Great video! One thing, I share the same last name as Jason. Our last name is pronounced Ras-mus-sen. i.e. Rasmus' son. :). Love our channel!