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  1. danj

    Did you find a CTB16PC yet?   I have one I have used for the last 3 years I am interested in selling.   I have always set it up my garage, so it has never really been in the weather at all.   I can send pics if you are interested, but that would have to be this weekend--I am working out of town this week.

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    2. danj

      danj

      It is a gen 3 controller.   Here are some pictures.  I am selling it because I am basically running all RGBs this year--I was running 16 minitrees with my LOR controller and I am converting them all to the coro-based RGB minitrees that James70818 sells (Boscoyo Studios).   The only AC elements I intend to drive this year are some strobes.   I built two Renard controllers 2 years ago that I have never used.   I intend to use the Renards to drive the strobes this year; I no longer really need the LOR controller.   I was thinking $200 for the controller.   My zip is 70769.   I attached pics.   Sorry they are not very good; took them with my camera in the garage...   The 3rd one is the clearest.

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      Thanks for the photos,

      I am certainly interested, how firm are you on the price? I think ground shipping would be ~$25 from what UPS estimates ( I assume other shippers would be similar). What is your preferred payment method? 

    4. danj

      danj

      I guess I should probably setup a paypal thing. I am on paypal so maybe it is easy!   Just haven't ever sold anything before.   I think I would like to stick to $200.   By the way, it has the USB dongle too.   I should have taken a pic of that too.   sorry about that..   Didn't think about that til just now..

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    Driveway entrance with dual arches
    Love those driveway arches!!!!!
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    zman makes a very good point about one year wonders. I was surprised at how much time everything required. One additional item I learned my first year is that you are presenting a show for others. I had pictured the sequenced display mainly for me but that was incorrect. I could see how you could get into this, have a tough first year then decide wow this is not for me. There is a lot to it!! But I love it and plan to slowly build each year. Looking forward to our next expansion--an RGB mega tree.
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    Point taken. Guilty as charged myself......
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    Well I guess that question is answered....
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    Thanks Sean. I went thru a few of your really basic tutorials to learn how to do the basics in xlights/nutcracker; worked like a champ. I am sure you have seen me post that I did my RGB arch effects in xlights/nutcracker for Christmas 2013 then exported them into LOR and ran from LOR.
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    Sean: Can you please post the vimeo link or something like that so we know where to go? Thanks!
  10. danj
    I had about 8000 lights up this year, about half static and half dynamic. 16 mini trees, four arches with 60 RGB elements per arch, icicles on front of house, nets on bushes, and a small homemade nativity scene with blow molds of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph. I got it all down and "staged" in my garage in one day but based on my progress so far it will take me about 5 days to get it all put up and organized. Of course, I had to "gut" a large part of my work shop to remove a work bench and install a good-sized shelving system for all my new stuff. So the 5 days is including a lot of "first and
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    This was my first year to sequence and to use pixels. I used the WS2811 5050 SMD strips from Ray Wu's store. All my problems were self inflicted, including cable lengths too long (with no "null pixels" installed....) and poor soldering. I had to cut my 5m strips into 2m segments to "fit" into my arches. I had some water problems one night when it had rained fairly steadily all day and night; other than that no problems (of course these were the sealed strips and they were inside PEX tubing). For 2014 I plan to: Put the controller (an E682, which worked wonderfully) closer to the arche
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    I recommend also that you check out DIY Christmas forum for group buys in progress right now. Some are for Renard "BOMs" (all the parts needed to fabricated a Renard board). I didn't look into whether this is cheaper than WayneJ's offerings, as the posts I read about his controllers indicated that his prices were about what all the pieces would be if you bought them individually...
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    Just wondering if anyone would be interested in a mini PLUS in Louisiana? I attended the MS Mini PLUS held in Flowood, MS in July 2013 (hosted by BroLarry)--was wonderful. Anyway, just wondering if there might be interest in Louisiana....
  14. danj
    Go to DIY Christmas forum. Wayne J is selling SS Renard kits now. I can't get the URL to cut/paste for some reason. Search for WayneJ and "SS Renard Kits now available" on that forum; just posted a few days ago. I see lot of good feedback about the kit and the product. Wayne also posted a very good "how to solder" video using an SS Renard board as the example on the video. I plan to order at least one of these for next year, as I am going to move away from LOR and start using non-LOR software & hardware. I have decided to become a DIYer... Ha Nothing against LOR (they sell solid
  15. danj
    Thanks for the quick reply. I was looking for the 3D wire frame angels. I should have said that more clearly in my post
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    We are looking for lighted wire frame angels (the ones that are about 48" high with a trumpet). I have looked around at a few local stores and have dug around on internet with no real success so far. Any ideas out there where we could find this?? Thanks in advance.
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    I second the input vkjohnson provided. This was my first year to synch. EVERYTHING took much longer than I expected. I ran into problems that HAD to be resolved. I am currently using an LOR CTB16PC for my AC channels and a SanDevices E682 for my RGB arches. I took a small dip into RGB this year. It was almost too much for me to be honest; I started in September. But I am glad I did because I now have a lot of learning curve behind me and can confidently go after a pixel tree next year. Here are my thoughts on LOR with respect to RGBs--if you are serious about RGBs you should probably
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