Opening Night 2011

Our first “official” night is November 26th we will have the lights on from 6-10pm until New Years. The roof lights may not be fully functional until a 7.5V 30 amp power supply arrives from AZ.

Please tune your radios to 87.9 and drive on by for some holiday cheer!

See the “Where Are The Lights” page for more information!

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More Setup Progress

We made more progress last night! Getting closer.
* Terminated (most) cables – Most SSRs cat-5 cables are terminated and tested with at least 1 error. No channel 3 on one of the SSRs. Two more need to be tested, and another swapped channel was easily fixed, but needs to be investigated.
* Tested the Mini Tree SSRNeons
* Tested the Front Yard Tree Renard SS8
* Tested the Renard 64
* Updated Vixen Profile for unused channels

What we have left to do:
* Run lots of power cords
* Finish the reindeer (finishing colors, stands, etc.)
* Fix bug in Renard-to-GECE controller I designed for the roof lights
* Test the Renard SS24
* Fix any bad strings of lights (None on the Tree or Mini tree (yet))
* Set up FM02

Tonight’s plans:
* Play with the Renard-to-GECE controller a little more (I have a couple more ideas to fix my issuse)
* Test the Renard SS24
* Set up the FM02
* Run lots of power cords!

First Year Setup

Feeling a little bit overwhelmed right now because of how much work there is to do. This weekend we started setup.

What we accomplished this weekend:
* Lights in the tree
* GECE lights on the roof
* Built Renard SS8 built for the tree (extension cords)
* Lights in the bushes
* Mini trees built/painted/covered
* SSRNeons built for mini trees, bushes, tune-to sign
* Renard SS24 mounted for bushes/reindeer
* Renard 64XC mounted to controller for the SSRNeons
* Brown color painted on the reindeer
* Data/SSR cables run throughout the yard and roofline

What we have left to do:
* Finish the reindeer (finishing colors, stands, etc.)
* Fix bug in Renard-to-GECE controller I designed for the roof lights
* Terminate cables
* Test each controller/SSR
* Fix any bad strings of lights
* Figure out channel counts (bypass unused Renard 64 channels)
* Set up FM02