For anyone else who landed on this thread. I had the same issue and fixed it with the above suggestion. Really nice to have all the new hyperion features so i recommend it.
Explicitly...
- cut the two signal lines coming out of the light berry controller. You can identify them by opening up the controller box. The circuit board has the wires labeled.
- cut the rj45 signal wires. Leave the power/ground connected. For me, this was green and black, but you can see it by looking at the wire trace on the board.
- connect the signal wires to each other- bypassing the controller. I didn't bother trying to figure out which was the data vs clock. 50/50 shot and doesn't do any harm if you get it wrong.
Things I like about this solution.
- I get to maintain my separate power supply for the LEDs via the lightberry controller. My thought is that this increases the longevity of the pi by not running additional power through the pi. It also has a separate protection circuit. It's also nice because I use a smart plug to turn the LED's on/off without powering off the pi. I know you can do it in software too.
- By keeping the same wire ground connections through the controller, I maintain a common ground which should prevent a ground mismatch. In theory, a ground mismatch would cause the LEDs to flash/flicker.
