Jeff's Christmas Lights Thread...

[Jeff]

Have been going at it over the past few weeks again. Loads of projects have been finished and I'm working on loads more. Here's a little test video of one of the arches(not in the arch position though)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ZpELCscEY

I currently have 4 of those arches done hanging from the basment rafters and I'm thinking I may do 4 more... if I have time.

I'm going to try and setup some items in the back yard and do a little programming just to get the feel for the software. For the above video I just used a sequence from someone else and massaged it to work with my arch.

At any rate, I'll probably update this again over the next few weeks with hopefully a cool video with about 15,000-20,000 lights setup in the back yard.

Here's the website I've been updating for friends and family to see my wackiness.
http://www.mainelights.org

Hope everyone has had a great summer so far!

[Cappy]

Jeff is there a site and or such that explains how this is done????

is it all tied into a computer and switchs and or what,,, and they way these

things play to music just blows me away can you direct me to a step by

step site and maybe a parts section that explains what you need to do this and why???

this has always interrested me and really would like to give it a try???

THANKS for any info you can provide m8,,, i think the kids would love this

and the neibors would really not like me then :P :P like i care what they think lol..

just make them jealous and then they would have to try also i like compitition

[Digital Parasite]

That is very cool to see your progress. Good luck with the programming and can't wait to see the final product!

[Jeff]

Jeff is there a site and or such that explains how this is done????

is it all tied into a computer and switchs and or what,,, and they way these

things play to music just blows me away can you direct me to a step by

step site and maybe a parts section that explains what you need to do this and why???

this has always interrested me and really would like to give it a try???

THANKS for any info you can provide m8,,, i think the kids would love this

and the neibors would really not like me then :P :P like i care what they think lol..

just make them jealous and then they would have to try also i like compitition

Phew... I'll try answering all those questions... here goes...

I've learned a bunch going to...
Light-O-Rama:
http://www.lightorama.com/

Light-O-Rama forums:
http://lightorama.mywowbb.com/

Do-It-Yourself-Christmas forums:
http://www.doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/

Planet Christmas forums:
http://talk.planetchristmas.com/

Light-O-Rama is an awesome company and they make an awesome product. In the beginning of this thread I talk about their controllers and the software used to synchronize the lights to music.

Basically the L-O-R controllers can control 16 different "channels" of light. Each channel can be turned on or off, dimmed, flashed, faded up or down, and "sparkled". And L-O-R controllers can be connected together with simple phone cable up to 255 controllers. I'm using 9 this year but 255 would be nice.

Just start reading at the above links and you should be able to get a handle on what is needed to start doing this. L-O-R has a starter package that includes a 16-channel controller and the software. I saved a TON of money because I bought 8 of my kits completely unassembled. I soldered all the components to the PCB and did all the assembly into the cases. (Again, you can same a TON of money this way...)

If you get into it and have any questions, feel free to ask. I don't know a lot about this hobby yet but I'm getting there slowly. I'm already looking forward to 2009 when I'll have more time for things other than the basics.

[Cappy]

Phew... I'll try answering all those questions... here goes...

I've learned a bunch going to...
Light-O-Rama:
http://www.lightorama.com/

Light-O-Rama forums:
http://lightorama.mywowbb.com/

Do-It-Yourself-Christmas forums:
http://www.doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/

Planet Christmas forums:
http://talk.planetchristmas.com/

Light-O-Rama is an awesome company and they make an awesome product. In the beginning of this thread I talk about their controllers and the software used to synchronize the lights to music.

Basically the L-O-R controllers can control 16 different "channels" of light. Each channel can be turned on or off, dimmed, flashed, faded up or down, and "sparkled". And L-O-R controllers can be connected together with simple phone cable up to 255 controllers. I'm using 9 this year but 255 would be nice.

Just start reading at the above links and you should be able to get a handle on what is needed to start doing this. L-O-R has a starter package that includes a 16-channel controller and the software. I saved a TON of money because I bought 8 of my kits completely unassembled. I soldered all the components to the PCB and did all the assembly into the cases. (Again, you can same a TON of money this way...)

If you get into it and have any questions, feel free to ask. I don't know a lot about this hobby yet but I'm getting there slowly. I'm already looking forward to 2009 when I'll have more time for things other than the basics.

W0W THANKS BRO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that will help alot ya been thinking about this for along time , ever since i seen the first video on You Tube :P

once again THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONCE !!!!

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

yeah cappy, see told ya we was helpful over here ..
Oh goto http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=statstool and set up your tag on here they look real nice don't they

[Jeff]

Haven't gotten the arches up this week at all for testing but I wrapped another two 5' trees and put lights on my first wire frame...
http://www.mainelights.org/GiantStar/

Talk about alot of zip ties?!?!?

[Digital Parasite]

So Jeff, how are things going? Time is running out now!