I connected the LED lights following the instructions provided in the Technical Manual under the LED Strip section. However, after installation, I noticed the lights remain on even when the SLB is turned off.
I’m using a 5V power supply to power the rail lights, and I’ve used the recommended LED strips. I also updated the firmware according to the number of LEDs I’m using.
Can someone please help me understand what I might be doing wrong?
Welcome to the group, lots of good folks and resources here. I have the same set up on my system with the same issue. I put the commands you reference in as macros to turn them off. I often forget to run the macro before I quit g-sender in which case I unplug the power 5v power supply briefly which will turn them off until the next time you fire up the SLB.
@eortiz1 The only thing that comes to mind is the the + lead and the “signal” lead are reversed so that you are feeding the 5v directly from the power source to the leds.
I’m sure that Sienci tech support will get you fixed up.
I checked the wiring, and everything looks good. I’m wondering if the issue might be related to the firmware. I checked the voltage, and it’s reaching the lights, but they’re still not turning on. I also tested with the spare LEDs I have on hand, and nothing is happening.
@eortiz1 I’m confused. Your title and first post say that the lights stay on even with the SLB powered off. Now, you saying that they never turn on. What changed? @Spamming_Eddie Agreed.
The lights are staying on even when the SLB is powered off. I haven’t resolved the issue yet, so for now, I’ve been disconnecting the 5V power source each night. At one point, the LEDs turned off and wouldn’t power back on, but after performing a hard reset on the SLB, they came back on the next day.
@eortiz1 after thinking this through @peter_vanderwalt made the point that since the LED strip is powered by an external PSU, when you turn off the SLB it doesn’t have the time to tell the Rail LED strip to turn it’s lights off before the SLB itself turns off, and that leaves the strip lit up. This doesn’t happen with the ring light since it’s powered by the SLB itself so it loses power and turns off like you’d expect.
We likely can’t fix this through firmware, so until we come up with a new SLB design then the current workaround would be to power off the 5V power supply when you power off the SLB, or use an LED strip that draws low enough current that you can power it from the Ring output.
@eortiz1 I must apologize, Emanuel. As soon as I read @chrismakesstuff reply, I realized why I am not having the same issue, and why my input here was pretty much useless.
The power supply for my LED strip is plugged into a power bar. The SLB is plugged into the same power bar. I don’t use the power switch ont the SLB at all. That switch is on all the time. I kill the power to the power bar. So, I never have a situation where the SLB is off and the LED still have power.
