Troubleshooting your light show

This video covers most of the problems that you will probably encounter in your light show. I will go over identifying the problem, the most common causes of those problems and how to fix them. This video is a little on the long side to cover all the varieties of issues and show configurations but you will likely encounter most of these situations down the road. 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Pixels behind the scenes 03:43 - What makes a pixel light up? 04:10 - Testing Pixel Voltage and Function 05:40 - Testing Pixel Signal 08:35 - Testing Pixels without Test Equipment (Work Arounds)l 09:35 - Testing Theory 10:51 - Common Pixel Problems 10:55 - One Pixel not working 11:04 - Partial String not working 11:16 - Entire String not working 11:22 - One Pixel wrong color 11:38 - Multiple Pixels wrong color 11:51 - Flickering 12:05 - Pixels stuck on solid white 12:16 - First 6 Pixels white, rest odd colors 12:32 - Common causes for one pixel not working 13:37 - Common causes for partial string not working 14:39 - Common causes for entire string not working 15:49 - Common causes of one pixel wrong color 16:10 - Common causes of multiple pixels wrong color 17:28 - Common causes of flickering 19:22 - Common cause of first 6 Pixels white and rest odd colors 20:07 - Common causes of Pixels stuck on solid white 21:10 - Live Demo 21:29 - Rendering Issue #1 22:50 - Identifying the problem 23:17 - Troubleshooting one Pixel not working v1 24:17 - Troubleshooting several pixels wrong color v1 24:55 - Mis-Matched Universe sizes 25:51 - Troubleshooting one pixel not working v2 26:51 - Troubleshooting one Pixel not working v3 29:04 - Rendering Issue #2 30:16 - Troubleshooting several Pixels wrong color V2 30:46 - Smart Receiver mode issue 32:28 - Final testing 33:00 - Troubleshooting several Pixels wrong color v3 34:24 - Pixel color order 36:12 - Additional problems to consider 37:28 - Recap 37:45 - Outro -- Links: -- Software ● xLights- https://xlights.org/ This is the home page for xLights and where you can download the program. It also has some great resources as well. ● FPP - https://falconplayer.com This is the home page for the FPP project. Controllers ● Kulp Lights Controllers- https://www.kulplights.com This is an FPP based controller created by one of the developers of FPP and xLights ● Falcon Controllers- https://pixelcontroller.com/ This is an E1.31/DDP based controller created by one of the original xLights developers ● Wired Watts- https://www.wiredwatts.com/controllers Wired Watts carries the KulpLights line of controllers. ● Wally's Lights- https://wallyslights.com/ Wally's lights carries FPP based controllers. ● Experience Lights- https://experiencelights.com/ This is an E1.31/DDP based controller that is new to the market but has great reviews. ● Microcyb- https://microcyb.com/ This is an FPP based controller that is a Pi Hat type controller. Pixels/Coro etc. ● Boscoyo Studios- https://boscoyostudio.com Boscoyo Studios is one of the larger coro vendors ● Wired Watts- https://www.wiredwatts.com/controllers Wired Watts carries pixels and other lighting related supplies. ● Wally's Lights- https://wallyslights.com/collections/... Wally's lights carries pixels and other lighting related supplies. ● Your Pixel Store- https://yourpixelstore.com/ Your Pixel Store carries pixels and other lighting related supplies. ● EFL Designs- https://www.efl-designs.com/ EFL Designs carries a full line of coro props, many with unique design characteristics. ● Gilbert Engineering USA- https://gilbertengineeringusa.com/ Gilbert Engineering carries a full line of coro props and a few other related lighting accessories. Here are some great resources. ●xLights Zoom Room - http://xlightszoom.com This is probably the best resource for help and learning for just about any aspect in the animated. lighting hobby. It isn't limited to just xLights related issues. ● FPP Manual- https://falconchristmas.github.io/FPP... This is the most current FPP Manual and has some references on networking and many other aspects of this hobby. ●AusChristmasLighting - https://auschristmaslighting.com/ This is a great resource as it the home of the 101 Manual and also has an active forum that is a great resource. ●Falcon Christmas Forum- https://falconchristmas.com/forum/ind... This is probably the second-best resource for information. It is fairly active, and responses are quick and helpful. ●Canispater Christmas    / canispaterchristmas   **Note Canispater Christmas has some great videos, but he has been doing them for a long time so some of the information might be a little outdated. The technology in this hobby is constantly. improving so if the video publish date is more than a year old, then screenshots and methods might be slightly different but the content is very useful.