Steve,
The new version of the Smart String Utility hasn't been released yet. It's still in beta with the Zeus firmware. It should be available soon. We've in the last stage of testing.
The firmware for the SSC still needs to be updated to support all color options and then tested though.
Denny
should the latest available utility still show version 1.00?
I'm seeing strange stuff, for BOTH v3 and v4, when I hit the "Transmit" button, the lights start to flash. When I hit "Stop", the lights continue to flash. (...that seems odd)
When I move over to xLights I again see the same behavior for BOTH v3 and v4 -- NOTHING happens. I am using a pixelnet USB dongle, and I see the green LED on the dongle flashing. but nothing with the pixels.
I've successfully used the v3 dongle before, but I just changed the firmware from test to standard -- hence the need to run the utility to set the start channel.
Since I have blinky during the programming operation, I think it shows the kits are working, including PIC and 485 chip. Because the utility still shows version 1.00 and it doesn't stop flashing with the "Stop" button -- I suspect that the start channel is not really getting set. (yes, the program jumper is ON during channel set, and OFF for xLights.)