Denver Get Together

[smeighan]

Newest update on Aug 2, 2013

What: Denver Area Christmas Get Together
When: 9am-6pm Aug 31 , 2013
Where: Conference room reserved at FireMedic4Christ work. just north of park meadows mall (I-25 & County Line) for aug 31 from 9am- 530pm.
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority Administration
9195 East Mineral Ave
Centennial, CO 80138
Basement level conference room 1 and 2
projectors and screens, wifi, kitchen, soda and snack machines, bring extension cord and power strips,
I think room holds over 100 so there will be plenty of room and it can be divided it we want.


Updated list of people interested, Current count for this event (count has increaed by two since last update Jul 30)
19 Yes
1   No


Name         |     Jul 27   |     Aug 3   |   Aug 10  |   Aug 17  |   Aug 24  | Aug 31    | FORUM
--------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------
Sean           |        Y      |     N         |    N         |      N       |      Y       |      Y     |  DLA
Brian           |        Y      |     Y         |    Y         |      N       |      N       |      Y     | DLA
taybrynn      |        Y      |     N        |    N         |      N       |      Y       |      Y     | DLA
javo             |        N     |     Y         |    Y         |     Y        |      Y       |      Y      | DIYC
kmalsom      |        Y      |     Y        |    Y         |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | DIYC
kevin           |        Y      |     Y        |    Y         |     Y        |      N       |      Y     | LOR
T. Bennett    |        Y     |     Y         |    N        |     N        |      N       |      N     | LOR
greg.ca        |        Y     |     Y         |    Y        |     Y        |      Y        |      Y     | LOR
mms            |        N     |     Y         |    Y         |     Y        |      N       |      Y     | FALCON
pk                |        Y      |     Y        |    Y        |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
dpitts            |       N      |    N         |    Y        |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
kevin            |        Y     |     Y        |    Y        |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
rich               |        Y    |     Y         |    Y         |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
kiplorenzo     |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | LOR
dandameron  |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | FALCON
richard           |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | DLA
justtazz          |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | DLA
dandyman      |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | DLA
David/Renee   |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | Falcon Christmas

 We have people driving down from Fort Collins and up from Colorado springs.

Some suggestions for an agenda

Brian wrote:
- If enough people have the falcon16, perhaps David can talk about setup etc.
- Swap meet if people have stuff to sell or trade.
- Show and tell. I thought this was one of the best parts down in the COS as well as the recent academy in TX.
- setting up rgb / universes to work in LOR3
- how Sean ran show only using nutcracker
- Basics of using vixen 3. Someone in the metro used it exclusively, although I don't remember who.
mms wrote:
A demo of the Falcon Pi Player may be neat.
I'd like to see a demo of Vixen 3 and/or HLS.
Maybe a show and tell new show elements.
sean wrote:
- i will demonstrate how to share nutcracker sequences. ill bring 20 already done and share them
- will bring my 20x120 flex strips and set them up to demo xlights
Greg write:
- I have a lot of 5 meter WS2811 strips 12VDC still brand new in the bags not opened that I want to sell from Ray Wu.  They are just a few     weeks old.
- I also would like to set up a 'swap meet' of Christmas light items that we all could buy/sell/trade. Bring all your unused or un-needed christmas light stuff and let's see if we can trade.
-I'm currently needing 5V WS2811 strips as my requirements for my megatree changed in mid build.



What is everyone bringing?

I will bring my laptop and xlights
pi player => FPD => (2) Falcon-16 baords => 32 strings of lights
20x120 flex 1809 strips mounted to 1/2" metal emt. I will lay them out on the floor and make a grid display
Dave Pitts 7' Candle made out of coro
Coro Star, 60 nodes of rgb inside
Maybe, I will bring my 9' (really 8' 10") Nutcracker
My 12' spider for Halloween

sean

Thanks all

sean

[towtruck]

/sigh

I wish I was closer so I could come. Google maps say 34 hours driving

[smeighan]

i am thinking of starting a teamviewer meeting and broadcast the event live. would others be interested in tuning in to the weekend of Aug 31, 9am to 5pm MST?

[tbone321]

You can count me in for that.

[drlucas]

I'd do my bestest to attend some sessions virtually.

I don't usually want it to rain on a weekend in the summer.....but that will also be influence on how long I tune in for!

[smeighan]

Newest update on Aug 20, 2013

New News! We will be broadcasting the Denver Get together and recording it. If you cant make this event in person, please join us remotely.
We will be using Teamviewer (the same as we use each Thursday for the Nutcracker Tutorials).

Please join the meeting, by clicking on this link on Aug 31st:
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Meeting ID: m93-271-823

If you have a headphone click on the "Voice over IP" on the Teamviewer menu and unmute your headphone to be able to ask questions.




What: Denver Area Christmas Get Together
When: 9am-6pm Aug 31 , 2013
Where: Conference room reserved at FireMedic4Christ work. just north of park meadows mall (I-25 & County Line) for aug 31 from 9am- 530pm.
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority Administration
9195 East Mineral Ave
Centennial, CO 80138
Basement level conference room 1 and 2
projectors and screens, wifi, kitchen, soda and snack machines, bring extension cord and power strips,
I think room holds over 100 so there will be plenty of room and it can be divided it we want.


Agenda: All times are in MST
9-10am: Meet and Greet

-- Start Teamviewer to broadcast to audience. We will have a new conference mike that should make hearing all in the room clear. We also will have two video cameras. --
10-11am: (Dave Pitts)  Demo and discussion of the pi player. Dave Pitts and MyKrofts free software for running your show from a $35 raspberry pi. This software is available now.
11-12pm: (Sean Meighan) COmplete end to end creating of a sequence in xlights/Nutcracker. We will take a song never tried before , mark it up in Audacity, bring it into xlights, create effects and finally play our sequence on the lights in the room. Goal is a sequenced song in < 30 minutes.
12-1pm: Working lunch along with show and tell.
(Rich Renn), how he built rails from plastic fencing and installed lights in them
(Sean), show the 9' Nutcrackers and how they were built
Open discussion of how people built their displays (Please send me more specifics)

1-2pm: Overview of Our Hobby. Sequencers (HLS, LOR, Vixen 2.1, Vixen+,Vixen 3,LSP). Overview of new hardware added this year (like technicolor lights).
2-3pm: (Dave Pitts). Demo of the Falcon-16 boards. Discussion of E682 and j1sys p12r. Also open discussion of any controller board.
3-5pm: Open, maybe we can get speaker to demo and talk about Vixen+ and Vixen 3.
5pm Closing. ...

Agenda is tentative

Recordings will be posted on vimeo the following week.



Updated list of people interested, Current count for this event (count has increased by two since last update Jul 30)
19 Yes
1   No


Name         |     Jul 27   |     Aug 3   |   Aug 10  |   Aug 17  |   Aug 24  | Aug 31    | FORUM
--------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------
Sean           |        Y      |     N         |    N         |      N       |      Y       |      Y     |  DLA
Brian           |        Y      |     Y         |    Y         |      N       |      N       |      Y     | DLA
taybrynn      |        Y      |     N        |    N         |      N       |      Y       |      Y     | DLA
javo             |        N     |     Y         |    Y         |     Y        |      Y       |      Y      | DIYC
kmalsom      |        Y      |     Y        |    Y         |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | DIYC
kevin           |        Y      |     Y        |    Y         |     Y        |      N       |      Y     | LOR
T. Bennett    |        Y     |     Y         |    N        |     N        |      N       |      N     | LOR
greg.ca        |        Y     |     Y         |    Y        |     Y        |      Y        |      Y     | LOR
mms            |        N     |     Y         |    Y         |     Y        |      N       |      Y     | FALCON
pk                |        Y      |     Y        |    Y        |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
dpitts            |       N      |    N         |    Y        |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
kevin            |        Y     |     Y        |    Y        |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
rich               |        Y    |     Y         |    Y         |     Y        |      Y       |      Y     | FALCON
kiplorenzo     |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | LOR
dandameron  |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | FALCON
richard           |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | DLA
justtazz          |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | DLA
dandyman      |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | DLA
David/Renee   |       -      |     -          |    -         |     -        |      -        |      Y     | Falcon Christmas

 We have people driving down from Fort Collins and up from Colorado springs.

Some suggestions for an agenda

Brian wrote:
- If enough people have the falcon16, perhaps David can talk about setup etc.
- Swap meet if people have stuff to sell or trade.
- Show and tell. I thought this was one of the best parts down in the COS as well as the recent academy in TX.
- setting up rgb / universes to work in LOR3
- how Sean ran show only using nutcracker
- Basics of using vixen 3. Someone in the metro used it exclusively, although I don't remember who.
mms wrote:
A demo of the Falcon Pi Player may be neat.
I'd like to see a demo of Vixen 3 and/or HLS.
Maybe a show and tell new show elements.
sean wrote:
- i will demonstrate how to share nutcracker sequences. ill bring 20 already done and share them
- will bring my 20x120 flex strips and set them up to demo xlights
Greg write:
- I have a lot of 5 meter WS2811 strips 12VDC still brand new in the bags not opened that I want to sell from Ray Wu.  They are just a few     weeks old.
- I also would like to set up a 'swap meet' of Christmas light items that we all could buy/sell/trade. Bring all your unused or un-needed christmas light stuff and let's see if we can trade.
-I'm currently needing 5V WS2811 strips as my requirements for my megatree changed in mid build.



What is everyone bringing?

I will bring my laptop and xlights
pi player => FPD => (2) Falcon-16 baords => 32 strings of lights
20x120 flex 1809 strips mounted to 1/2" metal emt. I will lay them out on the floor and make a grid display
Dave Pitts 7' Candle made out of coro
Coro Star, 60 nodes of rgb inside
Maybe, I will bring my 9' (really 8' 10") Nutcracker
My 12' spider for Halloween



Thanks all

sean

[Steve Gase]

Thanks for broadcasting AND recording.  This sounds like a fun event!

[mms]

I'm looking forward to it.  This could almost be called, "how to build a display in a day"!

I was hoping lunch was going to be at Twin Peaks!  LOL.  (Kidding, kind of.)

Let me know if we need to bring anything not mentioned.

[pk]

Should we all bring munchies and soft drinks to share?

[jnealand]

Newest update on Aug 20, 2013
11-12pm: (Sean Meighan) COmplete end to end creating of a sequence in xlights/Nutcracker. We will take a song never tried before , mark it up in Audacity, bring it into xlights, create effects and finally play our sequence on the lights in the room. Goal is a sequenced song in < 30 minutes.

My challenge to you is to pick a more difficult song or something like "I want a Hippopatamus for Christmas" or "Christmas with a Capital C" that has voice interludes.

[FireMedic4Christ]

Sean,
 
Do you have any schedule of events? I have received a few emails about what exactly is going on and what time and also about lunch. Did we get a remote speaker to talk about Vixen?
 
As for lunch, I prefer to stick around the buiding. I think if people leave, it wil delay getting started back up afterwards. We can snack on junk food and potluck, order pizza or jimmy johns and have them deliver, or just not worry about and go somewhere. There are several sit down and fast food places close by.
 
 
Brian

[smeighan]

Sean,
 
Do you have any schedule of events? I have received a few emails about what exactly is going on and what time and also about lunch. Did we get a remote speaker to talk about Vixen?
 
As for lunch, I prefer to stick around the buiding. I think if people leave, it wil delay getting started back up afterwards. We can snack on junk food and potluck, order pizza or jimmy johns and have them deliver, or just not worry about and go somewhere. There are several sit down and fast food places close by.
 
 
Brian

Hi Brian; did you see post #20 above?

i put forth a tentative schedule. I suggested a working lunch.

I have talked with pk, dpitts we are suggesting that a person(probably pk because he has a business account that allows him getting in at 7am)  go to Costco (4 minutes aay) and get drinks, pizza, snacks, veggies. We will ask for a good will offering of $5 from each participant. This will give us around $100 to work with.

aldo brian, we plan on broadcasting most of the sessions on teamviewer. I will probably make a recording each hour and post them on vimeo. This way people can jump to teh subject they are interested in.

thanks
sean

[FireMedic4Christ]

Sean,
 
Do you have any schedule of events? I have received a few emails about what exactly is going on and what time and also about lunch. Did we get a remote speaker to talk about Vixen?
 
As for lunch, I prefer to stick around the buiding. I think if people leave, it wil delay getting started back up afterwards. We can snack on junk food and potluck, order pizza or jimmy johns and have them deliver, or just not worry about and go somewhere. There are several sit down and fast food places close by.
 
 
Brian

Hi Brian; did you see post #20 above?

i put forth a tentative schedule. I suggested a working lunch.

I have talked with pk, dpitts we are suggesting that a person(probably pk because he has a business account that allows him getting in at 7am)  go to Costco (4 minutes aay) and get drinks, pizza, snacks, veggies. We will ask for a good will offering of $5 from each participant. This will give us around $100 to work with.

aldo brian, we plan on broadcasting most of the sessions on teamviewer. I will probably make a recording each hour and post them on vimeo. This way people can jump to teh subject they are interested in.

thanks
sean

Completely missed that post. Thanks for all of the leg work you've done. I can't wait. What time do you need to get in to set up?


Brian

[smeighan]

Denver Get Together Agenda for Aug 31.

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For those who will dial in, there will be a raffle for having sean mark up a song of your choice and setup effects on it,

we will start broadcasting at 9am MST and finish at 5pm MST.

Join for the hour(s) you are interested in

sean

[drlucas]

Hopefully after the day John will release the next beta for Vixen+.