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How Does It Work I use a combination of Show Time and xLights software to create the lighting effects that are synchronized
to the music for our show. Sequencing is done on an HP PC notebook
computer. xLights
software creates a playback only file that I upload to a Raspberry Pi single
board computer running the Falcon Pi Player software. HDMI video from the Pi Player connects to
the TV, stereo
audio jack connects to low power FM transmitter and the stereo amplifier and
speakers. Streaming DMX over Ethernet (E1.31) connects
to a wireless router and each pixel board connects via Cat5 cable to the router. The Raspberry Pi and the 4 pixel controllers
each have a static address on the network.
The Falcon Pi player is controlled by a web browser interface page
that can be accessed wirelessly from a cell phone. The
10 Light O Rama 16 channel controllers are running in DMX mode with standard
DMX (E1.11) signal from a bridge output on the Falcon 16v2 board. Each 3-4 minute song takes about 30-40 hours
of programming to create the sequence.
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