"I knew we shouldn't have bought those LED strands at Dollar General. But Josh didn't give us the budget for anything more, though..."
I kid, I kid.
I kid, I kid.
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EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?
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Disstevefan1
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I hope so. That can be fixed easily.
EPCOTCenterLover
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This is the new Disney. Effects work for a small amount of time, and then they don't. It seems from Disco Yeti on to Rise of the Resistance, it's just the way things are for now.
Gringrinngghost
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It’s likely a data communication issue with the DMX system.
tparris
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Key word “can”. Doesn’t mean they will unfortunately. I’ve lost a lot of hope
See? The lights are the same color!!! MAGIC!!! What else do you want??
Josh - "How much time can we save if we don't do any QA testing on the lighting package?"
Unpaid intern programmer - "6 weeks"
Josh -
Unpaid intern programmer - "6 weeks"
Josh -
Disstevefan1
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This is embarrassing. I was going to say this kind of failure was not in the spirit of EPCOT.
But then again, for today's EPCOT its perfectly inline with the spirit of today's EPCOT.
But then again, for today's EPCOT its perfectly inline with the spirit of today's EPCOT.
Disstevefan1
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T r O p H y ! ! ! ! ! ! !Josh - "How much time can we save if we don't do any QA testing on the lighting package?"
Unpaid intern programmer - "6 weeks"
Josh -
Disstevefan1
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Gringrinngghost
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Jesus Christ a lot of you guys are pedantic. You do know all the SSE Lighting has over 18,000 points where it technically can fail... (each led diode when talking about DMX.) So please find out where the issue lies, and I am wagering it's not a software issue at all, it's a communication or hardwire issue.
Incomudro
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My fear is that the fix would require breaking large areas up.
I'm hoping it's a software issue, or if not - things were designed in such a way that repair or maintenance of these light could be performed without demolition work.
tparris
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When I say software I mean generally speaking, I don’t doubt that it’s a communication or possibly a controller issue.
scuttlebud
Active Member
It looks like the holiday programming is back
Virtual Toad
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I tend to agree. DMX can be tricky (if they are even using DMX, for my pixel lights I'm using custom hardware/software). Either way that's a ton of infrastructure spread out over a large area at the mercy of the elements. A ton of potential failure points. Let's hope they're committed to fixing it.
Yes regardless of what his current issue is, I wonder what the provision is for maintenance on the embedded lights. It looks as though the plastic cover can probably be pulled up to access the LEDs.
Gringrinngghost
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With NeoPixels, if want the level of control I have used in the past, it’s Art-net and that is DMX-512. I’m redoing the power side of things for my replica SSE point of light, but even at 82 overall LEDs, it’s currently 328 channels. If I go back and do a custom DMX style board, I can bring it down to the bare minimum of 4.
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Gringrinngghost
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It has to be hardware. If it was software they could have tried to even remotely restart it if they have the capability, that day it goes out.
The covers appear to be frosty polycarbonate and or acrylic. So there is also the issues of water ingress.
