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This page will be updated frequently during the setup phase of the display. (Oct. / Nov.)
 
See "Setup Photos" page for pictures from the setup phase.

November 24, 2011

  • Programmed and installed LED sign board in yard
  • Placed and connected yard speakers
  • Installed lights along edge of neighbor's yard to prevent parking in his yard while viewing the display
  • Repaired unlit sections of lights throught display
  • Re-worked power feeds to controllers as some channels were moved around
  • Installed 2x150W flood lights on each rear oak tree
  • Made 4 custom extension cords with old light set ends for original arch and twist-tied wiring for said arch in place
  • With the exception of the big pine tree, all seems to be ready for tomorrow night! Looking to start with 4 sequences and add the 5th in later next week

Video of LED sign sequence

November 23, 2011

  • Extended lead cords on other 10 candy canes
  • Made replacement stakes for 5 candy canes with bent, broken, or missing stakes
  • Installed candy canes up both sides of driveway
  • Wind blew lights off house roof edge and partway off garage roof edge, had to repair
  • Transformer on power pole for my house and a neighbor blew around 4:30, halting efforts to finish the big pine tree (details on our little power emergency are here.

November 22, 2011

  • Modified "Christmas Techno Extravaganza" sequence from July for this year's show, bringing us to 3 sequences finished
  • Dad built and painted weatherproof enclosure for LED sign board - LED board to be installed tomorrow in yard

November 21, 2011

  • Extended lead cords by 10' on first 10 of 20 candy canes - what a tedious process

November 20, 2011

  • Did not work outside today, but did do little bits of programming and fixing up channel configs in my sequences
  • Planning to install candy canes tomorrow and wrap large pine tree Wednesday

November 19, 2011

  • Successfully wrapped spiral tree, with much help from ladders and zip ties and my dad
  • Connected spiral tree to controller
  • Wrapped second arch with help of dad, installed arch in yard
  • Made custom extension cords for new arch and connected to controller
  • Began testing candy canes

November 18, 2011

  • Connected house gutter lights (10 channels worth!) to controllers
  • Connected handrail lights to controller
  • Corrected channel assignments for mini trees
  • Made lights bundle for garage roof edge and installed with the help of Derek

November 13, 2011

  • Installed 9 mini trees with 300 lights each in front of spiral tree
  • Zip tied all lights for house gutter together - 5 sections of clear icicle, 1 section of blue icicle, and red/green/blue/clear minis
  • Dad installed gutter lights from roof

November 12, 2011

  • Attempted to put lights on spiral tree but failed miserably, rethinking design of spiral tree for next weekend
  • Made 7-channel 30' wiring harness for left jumping pole to connect to controller under right jumping pole
  • Connected both poles to LOR controller and tested
  • Connected front yard border and side yard border to LOR controllers
  • Repaired com problem in D-Light network, keystone jacks not attached securely
  • Set up poles for front mini-mega (or is it mega mini?) trees
  • Put lights on mega-mini trees and connected to controllers
  • Temporarily connected first arch for testing purposes
  • Connected large front yard trees to controllers

 

November 11, 2011

  • ***Supposed to be Day 2 of the three-day stint, but midway through the day it became obvious that was not the case
  • Had help from dad, sister, and friends Mat Levine and Bryan Griffin
  • Put lights on side yard bushes
  • Put lights on front yard trees
  • Placed 10' jumping poles and guy-wired in place
  • Placed and connected all controllers
  • Redid com wiring to detached garage from house - ran through conduit under pathway and installed keystone jacks and electrical boxes on ends
  • Attached lights to spiral tree pole
  • Connected bushes to LOR controller
  • Noticed com problem to D-Light units in garage and side yard, will rectify tomorrow

November 10, 2011

  • ***Day 1 of a three-day setup stint in which I hope to get (almost) everything put up outside
  • Had help from my dad, sister, and friends Derek Walker and Kyle Fleagle
  • Set up left and right yard borders
  • Installed lights on bushes and handrail
  • Built and set up 16' pole for spiral tree
  • Set up new show computer and updated sound system
  • Ran all power feeds (9 extension cords carrying 100 amps of power!) from Panel to front yard
  • Built and wrapped one of two 20' 1400-light leaping arches

November 8, 2011

  • Installed assembled LOR boards into enclosures and installed input/output cords
  • Adressed newly built LOR boards with LOR utility
  • Finished assembling one of two new 16-channel Light-O-Rama controller boards (Derek assembled my second new one)

October 9, 2011

  • Began programming first song, approximately 20 seconds in
  • Controllers bought but not yet assembled
  • Second LED sign purchased by Derek
  • Additional circuit for computer/sound system installed on panel

August 22, 2011

  • Plan for 2011 is almost finalized
  • Some new display elements built
  • Purchased new 3.5' long LED information sign for web address / FM station (see below photo)
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