For testing of the frame, we are using the build in test patterns included with the AlphaPix controller.\u00a0 We will get into custom light programming in a later post.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>AlphaPix Controller<\/p><\/div>\n
Step 1 – We hook up the Screw together adapter to the frame and then to the controller.\u00a0 Note – It is important to pay attention to the way you are hooking up the wires.<\/p>\n
For example, I hook up the red wire to the Positive, the Yellow wire to the data and the Black wire to the ground on the AlphaPix controller.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>RGB Strip Data Direction<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Window Frame Demonstration<\/p><\/div>\n
On the RGB strip, I make sure to connect the same color wires to Now we are ready to test!\u00a0 Plug up the AlphaPix and after a few seconds, you can press and hold the M button and the controller will go into test mode.\u00a0 Use the + and – keys to cycle through the test patterns offered on the controller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a previous post, we demonstrated how to build and mount\u00a0the RGB window frame, now we are going to show how to test the setup using an AlphaPix 4 controller The items used are as follows: 5′ – 3 conductor… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday-lights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/a>each of the\u00a0connection points, Positive, Data and Ground.\u00a0 Also make sure you are connecting to the correct end of the strip.\u00a0 The data flows in one direction and will be shown on the strip itself, in this case, by an arrow pointing in the direction of data flow.<\/p>\n
![\n<\/a>each of the\u00a0connection points, Positive, Data and Ground.\u00a0 Also make sure you are connecting to the correct end of the strip.\u00a0 The data flows in one direction and will be shown on the strip itself, in this case, by an arrow pointing in the direction of data flow.<\/p>\nNow we are ready to test!\u00a0 Plug up the AlphaPix and after a few seconds, you can press and hold the M button and the controller will go into test mode.\u00a0 Use the + and – keys to cycle through the test patterns offered on the controller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a previous post, we demonstrated how to build and mount\u00a0the RGB window frame, now we are going to show how to test the setup using an AlphaPix 4 controller The items used are as follows: 5′ – 3 conductor… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday-lights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.morganlights.com\/ChristmasBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/StripConnect.jpg\"){kind=link}