Software

Software

• What do you use to actually sequence all the lights that you wish to control?

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Audacity

Audacity is a free audio editing software program and is available on the web. Primarily used by DIYers to edit songs for use in their presentations/ Christmas Light Shows.

• Download Audacity Get your free copy here.

Vixen

Vixen is software written by KC for do-it-yourself lighting automation displays. Vixen is geared towards the do it yourself person with support for all the current, as of May 2008, DIY Controllers with a broad base of plug-ins.

• Check out the Vixen Website for further information
• The Vixen Users Forums are hosted at DIYC.

• Download Vixen Get the latest version here, currently at v2.5.0.0.

• Download .Net 2.0 Required to run Vixen

• Bugzilla for Vixen Found a bug in? Put a request in to get it fixed.

PIC Programming

• Pickit2 Programmer
• MPLAB IDE

FTDI Driver Software

• FTDI USB Drivers USB Drivers needed to use the Lynx DMX dongle, currently at v2.04.16

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