Beiträge von Rob S

  • Had everything working great - Moved stuff around = Only first LED lights up solid white

    So I tried using a brand new Pi, and the results have not changed. At this point...Wiring, Power, SD card, and Pi have all been ruled out as the problem. I have tried other sections of extra APA102 strip, but the same problem persists on each of them.


    I have tried installing Hyperion from 2 different computers via HyperCon, and after each of them, my Get Log is the same... Lots of "
    Unit hyperion.service entered failed state.    ", and "ERROR: No valid config found".

    Did another fresh install of OSMC, followed by Hyperion. This is my Get Log.


    Tried sending the original hyperion.config.json file, as well as my renamed config file, but these errors persist.

  • Had everything working great - Moved stuff around = Only first LED lights up solid white

    The Pi is no more than 1ft away from the start of the LED strip. Used the default 4pin connector it came with. The other half of this connection is of the same length and straight to the Pi (with 5v+ wire cut and capped in electrical tape). 2 additional wires coming direct from strip to power/ground.


    I have Apa102 selected in HyperCon.


    Here is what I have in Hypercon right now (which worked at one point).

  • Had everything working great - Moved stuff around = Only first LED lights up solid white

    I had to take the lights off the back of my TV this week (I had a warranty issue to deal with). Up until this moment everything with the Pi, capture, and lights was working wonderfully... When I plugged everything back in, the first LED lit up solid white... And there was no rainbow, nor did any animation commence.


    Although I never touched HyperCon, I thought maybe I'd go through all the settings and make sure everything was good. Even tried changing some, and reverting them back in hopes that might miraculously have an effect... Nothing.


    Figured I might have messed up a solder connection amidst the move, so I de soldered the first strip from the second to alleviate any crossed, or broken connection in the corners. (after a search) I saw on a similar post that someone had a bad strip... So I took the short piece of extra strip I cut off the end after this setup, and it lit up the first LED white as well. So in my eyes, that narrows it down to either the Pi, or the software itself.


    Could I have messed up my Pi somehow, or did something crash in the software along the way? I can connect to the Pi just fine, I've just lost all control of my lights.



    This is the Traffic result immediately after taking the following steps:

    • Format SD card


    • Win32 Disk Imager (tried both OSMC, and Open ELEC with same results)
    • Set up image on Pi (then allowed a few mins for any updates to finish up)


    • HyperCon SSH "Inst./Upd. Hyperion"


    http://pastebin.com/zQDMS9xN



    When I take the SD card out of the PI and plug it in to my Windows PC, I get "There is a problem with this drive. Scan the drive now and fix it" This error only seems to occur after Hyperion has been installed. Is this normal?




    (Admin please move to hardware if you can rule out software through diagnostics).

  • Is there a limit to LED Count?

    It is possible, but unlikely. Had everything meticulously soldered up except for the jumper pins plugged in to the pi, and tried to only touch the section that wasn't working until I knew what was really going on. My first thought was to grab a string of 2801 that I was certain worked fine and test it out to rule out the lights on the TV. There was no response from the LEDs when I sent the config with 2801 selected, so I assumed it to be network or software related. Probably something on my part, but In any case; it abruptly worked all of a sudden after a 'send config' followed by 'start'.


    I've since color calibrated to the best of my ability, and have the grabber in place and working. My only issue at this point is that my TV is my only source for HDR video (upcoming Netflix content), and it doesn't have any 'video out' to grab. I wish the Audio Return Channel acted as a two way HDMI to my receiver,

  • Is there a limit to LED Count?

    Okay. I've got the LED's working again. Don't know how or why everything went the way it did. I tried various strips/strings and chipsets to see what I could gather from the results... finally got my original APA201 working when I sent a new config file from my laptop.


    And to boot, my LED count lights up exactly as programmed. This issue has been mysteriously solved. On to color calibration :bigsmile:

  • Is there a limit to LED Count?

    Thanks for the reply. Had to work all weekend, but I've got today to work on this:thumbup:


    MY pi o/s is OSMC.


    I set the LED count to 280 and the LEDs (initially by setting my left side from 46 to 60). The LEDs that were lighting up White began lighting up as per the startup sequence as they should (The solid white LEDS lit up on the excess few LEDs that I have yet to trim off the end... so that "end of frame marker" was still in place).


    I re counted all my LEDs to be sure, and everything was good, however I did notice that I had all 4 of the corner led boxes checked off which added to my actual total (which would mean that it was actually 16 LEDs missing in the first place).


    I reverted back to my actual left/right LED quantities, and added additional lines at the bottom of the json as you suggested...


    I'm not sure what happened, but now I can't get anything to turn on. Tried uninstalling Hyperion, and OSMC and starting from scratch as per the tutorial. Even tried on another computer (fresh install of HyperCon, OSMC, and Hyperion), but no response. SSH seems to connect fine, just not getting anything out of the LEDs now. Followed steps exactly as before, but not even getting the rainbow, nor any control through coloropicker.


    The strip lights up a random number of White LEDs each time I power it up. Sometimes dozens, and sometimes only the first LED on the strip.


    When I "Inst./Upd> Hyperion", I seeing mention of errors at the bottom of the SSH Traffic panel. Connected the SD card to the computer, and I see no mention that Hyperion even exists in any of the files in OSMC. Should I be seeing a folder for Hyperion in there?


    Not entirely sure what you meant by running that file directly? Do you mean "Local Configuration Path", and then "Send Config" in HyperCon? It didn't have a file extension, so i wasn't sure. And having seen no Hyperion information on the pi confused me further. I've never used a Pi before this project, so bear with me, lol.

  • Is there a limit to LED Count?

    I've got everything all set up with an (APA102) LED count of 266 (85 wide, 45 high). However, the last 12 LEDs are not working as they should (the first 5 light up with a consistent white, followed by an aqua colored one). I thought maybe I had a bad chip/connection on the strip, so I traced back to the last OEM solder points on the strip (every 30leds), cut it, and soldered on a new section. The strip was unresponsive starting in the exact same spot as it was prior to the splice (11 LEDs past this splice).


    I've got power tapped in from two opposing corners to ensure power consistency. The LEDs that light up, seem to work great (however they seem to light up with various intensities of a subtle aqua color after the initializing rainbow swirl finishes).


    Is there a limit of 254 LEDS within HyperCon, or are there limitations with the Raspberry Pi3 I'm using?


    I'm still waiting on my capture device, so I can't do any sort of live stream testing yet, but it would be great to get through these hiccups so I'm ready to roll when it gets here.


    My hyperion.config.json

    My Hyperion Log