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Installer guide · wiring the sign to the controller
  1. Know the controller. The client's GLEDOPTO Elite 6D-EXMU (GL-C-619WL) has 6 LED outputs: IO16, IO14, IO13, IO12, IO4, IO2. The sign has exactly 6 data runs, so each run gets its own output. No jumpers, no splicing.
  2. Power first. Letters and neon stay on their own power supplies (the controller is 15 A total, far less than the sign draws). From the controller run only DATA + GND to each run, and tie every PSU ground to the controller ground.
  3. Land the wires on the output terminals, top to bottom:
  4. Enter it in WLED (Config → LED Preferences). Add one output per row, in this order, type WS281x. WLED joins them end to end, so every design lines up.
    #GPIOStartLengthCarries
  5. Neon length. Pixels are 2.17 in apart; cut only on the marks. Extra rope can stay uncut and tucked away: Learn the border (below) finds the real length and turns the hidden pixels off.
    Now set: pixels installed · hidden at the input end · hidden at the far end
  6. Lean WLED setup (sign patterns only, nothing else running):
    • LED Preferences: exactly the 6 outputs above · target refresh 30 fps · automatic brightness limiter off · global brightness cap ~200/255 (less heat in the letters, easier on the PSUs).
    • Usermods: AudioReactive off (no mic). Leave every other usermod off.
    • Network: the controller connects to the Raspberry Pi by Ethernet only. The Pi is the internet link (truck hotspot). Wi-Fi off, Wi-Fi sleep off.
    • Sync Interfaces: UDP sync, E1.31 / Art-Net, Alexa, Hue, IR (pin −1), DMX, MQTT → all off. DDP realtime stays on: the Pi streams the designs over it.
    • Keep: NTP time (holiday schedules) and the presets. Skip 2D map looks if you want the lightest possible load.
  7. Outdoor box. The controller is rated to 45 °C (113 °F), and a closed box in Houston sun can pass that.
    • Mount it in shade or on the cooler side of the truck; use a vented, gasketed box (louvered vent or breather plug) and keep the power supplies out of the controller's box (they're the heat source).
    • Use a non-metal box: the Pi reaches the hotspot over Wi-Fi.
    • Cable glands on every entry, drip loops below the box, entries on the bottom side only.
    • Keep data runs short; if a run from the box to the sign is over ~15 ft, mount the box closer.
  8. Connect and install presets with the panel below. These are the backup looks the controller plays on its own if the Pi ever stops.
  9. Run the Wiring Test.
    • Every letter shows its color → done, all designs will line up.
    • Two neighbors swapped colors → that run is on the wrong output, or its direction is reversed (LED Preferences: Reversed).
    • A letter half lit, or the color spills into the next letter → the pixel count for that run is off; recount that run.
    • Border chase runs away from the neon's input end.
  10. Learn the border. Stand in front of the truck with your phone. A white dot walks the neon. Tell the app when you see it, tap the picture where it is, and tell it when the dot slips behind the sign. Tucked rope at the start, the end or at joints is handled. The app then knows exactly where every neon pixel sits, so every design lines up with the real sign. About 5 minutes. Try Practice first; it needs no sign.
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Installer sheet (WLED settings)

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Segments (one per letter)

        

          
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Controller: GLEDOPTO Elite 6D-EXMU (GL-C-619WL). One output per run: B+Y IO16, O+B IO14, H+A IO13, L+A IO12, L IO4, neon IO2. 4,093 pixels total.

      

    

  


  

    Archive · original SD card patterns 
    
The patterns from the sign's old SD card, kept for reference. Motion and timing come from the file; colors are matched to the factory photos.