WS2811 RGB strings set up?

[sittinguphigh]

First how do you get the SSC system to work with WS2811.
Do you have to reprogram the etherdongle, conductor and SSC?

[keitha43]

If that version of WS2811 is compatible with the SSC it would work the same as the recommended lights in the WIKI. There is no special programming for WS2811.

[sittinguphigh]

Mine are programmed from last year. So  nothing has changed?

[jnealand]

If you don't have SSCv4 they may not work at all.  There is no penalty for firing one up and trying it with no change.

[Steve Gase]

WS2811 works fine with v1 through v4.  The only thing you change is the color order in the SSC utility.

Gotchas... Color Order:[/size]The order of Red, Green, Blue is different from other smart string pixels offered by Ray Wu.  The current LYNX Smart String Utility can be used to alter the color order, and future versions of this software will improve the selection process.  If "String" is selected for the Smart String Device Type, then the colors will appear as BGR (blue, green, red) and will mismatch most sequence software.  If "Square Modules" is selected, then RGB order will be presented.Color order is consistent for both TM1804 and WS2811 Technicolor strings.  Using BGR or "Square Modules" will fix this for both chips.

[sittinguphigh]

How do you change the color order?

[Steve Gase]

until the new zeus-compatible smart string utility comes out, you select order by choosing one of the string device types.


the different types will often have a different color order, and RJ simplified the configuration by asking you the type, and from that he inferred the color order.


the next version of the utility will be more direct in asking for the color, as choices: RGB, GRB, BGR, GBR, RBG, BRG.