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Scripts and other programming stuff.

Enclosure Temperature Control

January 26, 2023 | January 26, 2023 Builds, Code, Holiday Lights, In-Progress/Test Build, Other Builds

During our 2022 lighting season, from Thanksgiving to New Years, the outside temperature ranged from -6℉ to 70℉. When I built a new projector enclosure, I had to build it with four (!) cooling fans/vents, three on the sides and one on the top, so I could keep the temperature inside the enclosure under 100℉..

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Show Control Panel

December 6, 2022 | December 6, 2022 Builds, Code, Holiday Lights

I mentioned this here and thought I would write up some quick information about it. This isn't really a complete build document, but it may give you some ideas you can use for your own show. Last year I used a scrolling P10 display inside the house to display our show's status. It wasn't very..

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New xLights API, Package Script

January 7, 2022 | January 12, 2022 Blog, Code

Late last year, the xLights developers started adding API functionality to xLights so you can script repeating tasks. For example- you can roll your own batch-render or batch controller upload scripts now. The API is still being developed, but I asked the devs to include an option to package a sequence as part of it,..

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A couple of FPP matrix display scripts…

October 4, 2021 | January 12, 2022 Blog, Code, UPDATED

Updated November, 2021: Script Updates and related text changes. Our show has a long matrix display above our carport/driveway that displays general show information, along with our "Tune To" FM frequency to listen to the music, and song information. Usually in order to do this- the information needs to be built into the musical and..

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