Working with a LOR controller is very common when working with Christmas lighting. A lot of people will either already own their own LOR controller or like me, just order a used one off of the interent. So, how do we connect the controller, lights, and lighting controller? In this tutorial, I am using xLights […]
When getting started with Christmas lighting, you probably have all the pixels, conduit, and so on but how do you attach Christmas Light Pixels to your house? To keep everyone happy you also want to consider making the setup and tear down as easy as possible without leaving any traces or marks on the house. […]
During the start of a new year, there’s often some buzz going around about Pre-Sales. What is a pre-sale exactly and should you consider it? A pre-Sale is when you have the opportunity to purchase your Christmas lights very early in the season and the cost is set at a discounted rate. In Christmas lighting, […]
For the 2019 Christmas light display, I was really excited to try some different approaches and really expand my display. In this video and post, I am going to walk through the set up I used for the display and hopefully this will be able to provide some inspiration on how you want to do […]
When it comes to needing to repair a pixel or connecting new pixels there a few different methods you will be able to do yourself. In this post, I share the 3 most popular ways and compare them against each other. Whether you are fixing a pixel or extending your pixel row you want to […]
If you’re like me, I really enjoy having a display put together for different holidays. But with each holiday it can be a lot of work to put up and then have to take down lights after each one. So, how do you go about setting up permanent lights but make it look good on […]
I love having a Christmas light show at my house, but it sure wouldn’t be as much fun if I had to wait around for 5 pm every night to press “start” on my show! Luckily, my show runs automatically and yours can too. But how does it work? To automate your show each night […]
If you’ve spent any time hanging around Christmas light groups or forums online, then you might have heard a lot of talk about this “Raspberry Pi” and how people run their shows off of it. The Raspberry Pi is a small, Linux-based computer that you can use to run your Christmas lights display with a […]
If you are new to sequencing a song for your lights this is a great tutorial to help get you started. We will begin with the basics of how to sequence inside of xLights but also walk you through the thought process of how to approach it. Getting Started To get started you’ll want to […]
When you preparing your lights and planning your Christmas display, one of the first items on your to-do list is preparing your audio. This is a step that you want to have ready before you even begin sequencing your lights. The goal is to make sure that you are bringing in a track of audio […]
