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Speedy-VI

Senior Member

RGBpx Wave Effect - What does the Circular option do?

Saturday, September 14th 2024, 2:54am

I am playing around with the Aquasuite RGBpx presets. I have the Wave effect set to Red with Background Color Black. With the Width and Smoothness sliders both set to 0 I get 1 Red LED that moves from left (connector end) to right on the LED strip (Aquacomputer #53268 15-LED Strip). When I turn the Circular option on nothing happens. The 1 Red LED continues to move from left to right on the LED strip and in the Preview in Aquasuite. What is Circular supposed to do? If it means the Wave will move to the last LED and then jump back to the first LED, it does that anyway. I don't see any change at all. I am using an Octo RGBpx port if that makes any difference.

Remayz

Senior Member

Saturday, September 14th 2024, 7:49pm

it's for fans usually, where the LEDs are in a circle. loops better on effects or behaves a little differently for that layout.

Speedy-VI

Senior Member

Sunday, September 15th 2024, 3:11am

I don't see how the LEDs being arranged in a circle would make any difference in what the LEDs do, but I figured out that Circular does do something when the Width and Smoothness sliders are set to higher values. With Circular off, the pattern does not start over again until it has moved to the last LED and all LEDs turn off. With Circular on, the pattern starts again at LED 1 before the last iteration has completed. Now I am trying to figure out what Color Mode 2 does in the Laser preset.

I'm just playing around with the provided presets and wishing that Aquacomputer would invest the time to freshen their RGBpx platform. The Farbwerk360 is a wonderful RGB controller but IMHO the presets in Aquasuite are rather limited. In the past, Aquacomputer said they were going to add RGBpx port sync, and a new module called RGBpx Fusion, but sadly neither has happened. I also wish they would consider allowing more than 90 LEDs per port, which I think could be safely implemented by simply limiting the brightness when more than 90 LEDs are specified. Most RGB effects are not setting all LEDs to white at 100% brightness. My Farbwerk360 driving 5 x 15-LED strips at100% Brightness is only drawing about 250ma. If I extrapolate this for 360 LEDs doing the same thing, the total current draw would only be 1.2A. Clearly the Farbwerk360 could drive more than 90 LEDs per port while using typical lighting effects.

Remayz

Senior Member

Monday, September 16th 2024, 8:56pm

it doesn't make a difference in what the LEDs do but it makes a difference in how you want to drive them.
Some effects when played on a fan will look off because the point where the effect starts and stops is sharply visible. The Circular thing makes the effect cycle smoothly on circular layouts like fans. Basically, unless the effect is set on a fan, the circular effect doesn't have much use.

Speedy-VI

Senior Member

Tuesday, September 17th 2024, 2:25am

Thank makes perfect sense, thanks.