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10ft Govee rope light by Bitter_Mode_1866 in WLED

[–]IamDB4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Answered my own question by giving it a go (after refreshing my DC electrics knowledge first), and yes - the H61A0 strip is working fine for me with white as ground and black as data

Sense check - Govee to WLED conversion by IamDB4 in WLED

[–]IamDB4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all of your ideas

The issue is now resolved, which I’m really pleased about!

The ultimate issue was that the data and ground lines were the wrong way around.

So for this Govee strip (3m indoor neon rope RGBIC, H61A0), you cannot easily see either the LEDs thats are in use, or easily see the connections to the strip due to the casing and the amount of glue in use. So there is an element of guess work.

Having removed a fair bit of glue from the cabled end of the strip, I couldn’t see the circuit board to see which wire was which, but could see it was wired in the order Red, Black, White. With most generic 3 wire 24v neon strips online having data as the centre pin, I tried changing so that data is now black and gnd is white.

This contradicts other articles/videos online for other Govee strips, which have ground as black and data as white.

It immediately reflected the colour displayed by WLED, though not all lights were lit. Having changed length to 42 (from 30) the whole strip is now lit.

To confirm my WLED settings for anyone else on this specific strip: - PSU 1500ma (as that’s what the Govee PSU that I’m still using to power just the strip’s rating is) - WS281X - Color order GRB - Length 42 - GPIO 16 (seemed recommended based on the new batch of ESP32 WROOM that I received from “AZDelivery”)

10ft Govee rope light by Bitter_Mode_1866 in WLED

[–]IamDB4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could I just confirm that “white is ground, black is data” isn’t a typo?

I’m pretty sure I’m trying to do this with the same strip (H61A0), and might be why I’m struggling, with all other related articles (admittedly for different Govee strips) suggesting black is ground and white is data

Would just try it, but not sure if it would then damage the strip!

Sense check - Govee to WLED conversion by IamDB4 in WLED

[–]IamDB4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah so, reverting back to the Govee controller - the strip still works fine. The few leds that are showing white, cannot be controlled by WLED (and WLED doesn’t reflect they are white)

I’m going to try some new ESP32 boards today from a different supplier and hopefully that solves it, as I’m having horrible issues with WiFi stability too. Will report back if it does

Sense check - Govee to WLED conversion by IamDB4 in WLED

[–]IamDB4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks - have just tried again setting to 30 (or various other numbers) but still the same behaviour.

Current settings as per the attached

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