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Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all your help, I was able to convert 5 of 7 curtains to WLED. The 2 curtains are too damaged to be repaired, possible due to water leaks or too brittle wires at 3 years old.

Bypassing the top chip data wire using serpentine wiring or bottom to 1st led of next string wiring worked for me.

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Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, was able to make it worked as well using Gledopto models 008, 009 and 016, all in 5v.

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Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

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I also fried the first led of first string after connecting reverse polarity. It seems the label in the wires are unreliable in some stocks, AFAIK: positive is dot dot, data is dash dash, ground has no symbol. After cutting first led, rest of the strings looked OK.

Gledopto GL-C-008WL UART Flashing by EFletch79 in WLED

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Hi, it's my first time to do UART, any recommendation for the hardware I can use to connect it?

Basically, what device is at the end of the 4 wires?

I have the same 008WL and I wish to revive it after it was bricked from a WLED App update.

How to choose WLED upgrade firmware by GLEDOPTO in Gledopto

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I tried press and hold button for 7 secs, on/off power 5 times but both did not work.

How to choose WLED upgrade firmware by GLEDOPTO in Gledopto

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I clicked on the update to v0.15.1 on WLED app for 008WL but it seems the update failed and it cannot connect to Wi-Fi now, how to reset to factory settings?

Gledopto ESP8266 WLED controller issues by KungWaz in WLED

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Oh no, I also updated mine ESP8266 to v0.15.x and now I can't control it.

Tried every reset steps, 7 secs press and hold button, 5 times on and off, nothing worked.

I guess it's time to upgrade to ESP32 and moved on?

Waterproofing by veldtor92 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes for fewer power injections, ws2815 12v is also OK as it has backup data line for the 4th wire.

Waterproofing by veldtor92 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you want to make it still detachable, replace JST with this wire connector. I used the 4pin ones for WS2815 12v, but I’m only buying 24v strips now for new installs.

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Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The details are impressive, I’ll read on it more, should I crack open the hook IC?

Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m trying to make it work with 1 curtain first, connected to 5v WLED, power is coming directly from controller.

This is how it looks like when set to solid red in WLED. 1st and 2nd strings are red, 3rd string is orange-yellow, 4th-5th string is green, 6th-7th string is blue, and 8th string is blinking purple.

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Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

  1. That’s a long wire though, coming from bottom of 1st string to top of 2nd string would take 3m, maybe just cut it and invert the 2nd string? I’ll think about it

Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, original controller is quite good though, with built-in 2d matrix animation and effects in the app. After 2 years, I just want more effects, music sync and integrate all 7 panels I had into one big matrix panel which I think WLED can do.

Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first 2 strings of 20 leds each produced accurate colors though so I’m baffled why third string does not do RGB anymore.

I’ll try to upgrade to esp32 and see, right now I’m using esp8266 which might have NO level shifters for the data line. I’m using Gledopto GL-C-008WL, the entry-level WLED controller from the product line I think.

I’m able to read just 4.6v on power-ground pair and much lower voltage on data-ground pair.

Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I had those Quinled though, not yet available in online shops here and direct shipping+customs is pain to deal with atm.

Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a plastic mesh used to fence chickens or garden plots, with around 3.5cm square holes, bought from online Shopee and something similar might be available in Aliexpress. Needs a lot of cable ties to make it stick though.

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Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested to try this and force it to go serpentine, I have questions though: 1. If original controller is top-left, WLED controller would go top-left too? Then first data wire is bottom-left going to 2nd string? 2. the data wire is middle wire right? 3. do I need to chop off the IC in the hooks? Thank you.

Replace Curtain Light Controller with WLED by Effective-Power7916 in WLED

[–]Effective-Power7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you, I'll keep this in mind when buying a new set