💡 TRC · LED strips field guide Built 2026-10-10 · sources at the bottom
🆕 Fix kit ordered, Oct 10 2026. Greg said buy it. Handed to Grok Bot (task gregbot-2026-10-10-001) since no browser was connected here: 2 × 6-pin clip kit, 1 × 6-pin strip-to-strip clips, 1 × 120 Ω resistors (DMX terminators), 1 × 32 ft 6-pin extension cable. Ships to 1660 9th St. Confirmation lands at greg@weebid.app as "[Gregbot result] gregbot-2026-10-10-001". pending

Spare strips are in Storage A-12. No LED crimper is logged.

The fix kit is 6-pin clips plus pliers. inference

  • 📦 14 spare spools, Bin 44. fact LED32 is mains, keep it off decoders. inference
  • 🔧 Clip kit: 3 packs ordered Nov 2 2024. No Stuff row. fact
  • 🗜️ Crimp tools bought: WGGE stripper (Sep 2024, in an ethernet order), BNC (Mar 2025), RJ45 (Jun 2025). fact None is an LED strip tool. inference
📦 Open Storage A-12 🩺 Pick the symptom 🛒 Order clips
Illustration of pliers squeezing a 6-pin clip onto an LED strip
The usual fix: squeeze a 6-pin clip with pliers. Illustration.
🔎 What the "crimper" was
  • Nov 2 2024 Amazon order: "6 Pin LED Strip Connectors Solderless 10 Pack with 16.4ft Extension Cable 6 Conductor … 12mm Wide LED Strip Lights…", 3 packs at $16.99. fact
  • Same day, Greg to Arturo Stable: "I ordered the kit to fix LEDs - should be there tomorrow" fact · iMessage
  • WGGE WG-015 8-inch wire stripper/crimper, $8.39, Sep 21 2024. It shipped with RJ45 connectors and patch cables. fact
  • Other crimp tools bought later: 2 × BNC RG58 crimp tools, Mar 6 2025, and an RJ45 crimper, Jun 11 2025. fact None of these is an LED strip tool. inference
  • Speaker 1 in the 2025-10-25 lifelog, likely Greg, says the clip pins get crimped. secondhand · lifelog
  • Apr 20 2025, Greg to Kaury Hooper: "…do you happen to know where the tools for crimping the LED strips are? I have an electrician here and he needs them." Kaury: "No clue, gotta be in storage somewhere" fact · iMessage
  • No clip kit and no crimper in Stuff (3,278 items searched 2026-10-10). fact
  • The Jun 11 2025 crimper order was an RJ45 (ethernet) crimper, $23.99. Not LED. fact

🧭 Where it is

Four bins and a drawer hold everything.

Drawn map of the Storage A shelves with bins A-10, A-12 Bin 44, A-12 Bin 45, A-15 Bin 46, and the Cable Closet workbench drawer
Storage A shelves and the Cable Closet workbench. Drawn map, not to scale. A-10 also holds 4 D5-P decoders. Bin 45 holds mounting restraints.

Strip spools

A-12 · Bin 44LED19 to LED32, 14 spools. Also LED37, a music light clip, and bulbs LIGHT12 to LIGHT21. factOpen in Stuff

Industrial clips

A-12 · Bin 45LITACC48 "All Industrial Clips/Lighting Restraints" factOpen in Stuff

Decoders ×4, masters ×3

A-10D5-P decoders LITACC02 to 05. WT-DMX-S masters LITACC06 to 08. A 4th master, WR11, is in A-16. factOpen in Stuff

Power supplies ×5

A-15 · Bin 46LITACC42 to 46. No model logged: read the label. factOpen in Stuff

Tools

Cable Closet · Workbench · DrawerMultimeters, cutters, voltage tester, LED drivers factOpen in Stuff
📍 Every Stuff code and bin
ItemWhere
LED19 to LED31 strip spools 65ft (13), LED32 High Voltage spool 50ft, LED37 Music Light Stand/ClipStorage A - 12, Bin 44
LITACC48 All Industrial Clips/Lighting RestraintsStorage A - 12, Bin 45
LITACC02 to LITACC05 D5-P decoders (4)Storage A - 10
LITACC06, 07, 08 WiFi & RF 5 in 1 DMX (512) Master, 3 spares. Skydance make not recorded. inferenceStorage A - 10
WR11 WT-DMX-S Wifi and RF 5 in 1Storage A - 16
DMX63, DMX65 DMX Terminator. DMX cables DMX01 onward.Storage A - 03, Bin 37
CPC09 12V to DMX power adapterStorage A - 01, Bin 4
LITACC55 "Obsidian Control Systems Neutron EN4" (as logged)Storage A - 11
PSC24 12V Power SupplyNo location logged
LITACC42 to LITACC46 Switching Power Supply (5, model and voltage not recorded: read the label)Storage A - 15, Bin 46
LED16 Miscellaneous Lighting Equipment. Check for connectors first.Storage A - 17
LITACC65 LED Drivers, TOOLS14 Cable/Wire Cutters, TOOLS05 Digital Multimeters (2×), TOOLS12 Wire Cap Connectors, TOOLS02 Dewalt Voltage TesterCable Closet › Workbench › Drawer
MISC262 Wire ConnectorsStorage B › Left Shelf › Bin 6
TOOLS29 Electrical Tape, TOOLS28 Gaff TapeCable Closet › Workbench › Desk

All rows: fact Stuff DB, verified 2026-10-10.

🩺 Pick the symptom

Tap a card. The steps open in place.

Icon: a strip showing mixed wrong colours

Wrong colours

A 6-pin clip is not seated, or the master's light type is wrong.6 steps
  1. Finger holding the Match/Set key on the WT-DMX-S master, RUN light beside it
    1Look at the master's RUN light. Blue = RGB+CCT, correct. Green or any other colour = the master was reset.Grab: eyes only
  2. Holding Match/Set on the WT-DMX-S master until the RUN light turns blue
    2Not blue? Hold Match/Set 2 s, release. Repeat until the RUN light is blue.Grab: WT-DMX-S master, then re-add the zone in Smart Life fact
  3. The 48 V supply feeding the zone
    3Pull the 48 V supply plug.48 V is under the 60 V DC touch-safe limit but can weld a dropped screwdriver. inference · general electrical practice Grab: the supply plug
  4. Hands unplugging a 6-pin clip from a strip
    4Unplug the clip.Grab: nothing yet
  5. Pliers squeezing a 6-pin clip so the pins bite the pads
    5Squeeze it with pliers so every pin seats.Grab: pliers, likely in the Workbench drawer inference, low
  6. Phone running the Smart Life app to test the zone
    6Reconnect and test the zone in Smart Life.Grab: Smart Life app

Never hold Match/Set 5 s or longer. 5 s unpairs Smart Life. 15 s factory-resets to RGBW. 20 s switches to 16-bit, wrong unless the D5-P is also set to 16-bit.

  • Still wrong? Open Flicker.
  • Clip field fix from speaker 2, addressed as Miles, 2025-10-25. secondhand · lifelog name: inference, moderate
  • Speaker 1, likely Greg: "Eric showed me how to do it." Speaker 2 named Eric (likely Eric Lloyd, inference) for the dead strips by the front door. secondhand · lifelog
  • Speaker 1: "Corey knows how to do it too." Corey is likely Kaury, misheard. Speaker 1 is likely Greg. inference, moderate
Icon: a strip lit at one end and dark at the other

Dark at the end

Voltage drop, or one dead segment.5 steps
  1. Reading the voltage on a power supply label
    1Step 0: read the supply label.Grab: a flashlight
  2. Multimeter probes on the pads of the last lit segment
    2Set one colour to 100 %, others off. Red probe on +48V, black on that colour's pad. Compare the first segment to the last.Grab: TOOLS05 multimeter
  3. A 6-pin cable feeding power into the far end of a strip
    3Far end under about 40 V on a 48 V run? Inject power there.Grab: 6-pin cable
  4. Cutters at the marked cut line either side of a dead segment
    4Full voltage, one segment dead? Cut at the two nearest marks.Grab: TOOLS14 cutters
  5. A 6-pin strip-to-strip connector bridging two strip ends
    5Bridge the gap with a strip-to-strip clip, or solder.Grab: strip-to-strip connector
  • Apr 20 2025: a TaskRabbit electrician, Dmitrii R., worked on the strips. Symptom not recorded. inference, high
  • Receipt: 1.0 hr, $49.44. unverified
Icon: a whole zone of strip dark

Whole zone dead

Supply, decoder, master or DMX address.6 steps
  1. Reading the voltage on a power supply label
    1Supply on, and showing its label voltage?Grab: TOOLS05 multimeter
  2. The D5-P decoder with its address display lit
    2Decoder display lit?Grab: eyes only
  3. Phone running the Smart Life app showing the zone
    3Zone shows in Smart Life?Grab: Smart Life app
  4. The WT-DMX-S master with its own 12 V plug
    4Master has its own 12 V plug?Grab: spare masters in A-10
  5. Setting the DMX address on the decoder display
    5Live Room only: decoder address matches the console. 1.504 = address 504, universe 1.Grab: decoder buttons
  6. grandMA3 console being dimmed to zero and shut down
    6Live Room only: dim to zero, power off, wait 5 min.Grab: grandMA3 console

Do not switch the master off and on 5 times in a row. That also unpairs Smart Life. fact

  • Shutdown routine: Greg's Apr 14 2025 email relaying Vince's phone advice. secondhand
  • It was written for console longevity, not as a repair. Smart Life zones do not depend on the console. inference
Icon: a flickering strip

Flicker or flashing

Terminator, or a shared supply.2 steps
  1. A 120 Ω resistor screwed across D+ and D- on the last decoder's DMX out terminals
    1Last decoder on the line: screw a 120 Ω, 0.25 W resistor across D+ and D- on its DMX out terminal. DMX63 or DMX65 only fit if the line ends in an XLR socket.Grab: 120 Ω resistor, or DMX63 / DMX65, Storage A-03, Bin 37 fact
  2. Master and decoder each on their own power supply
    2Master and decoder must not share a supply.Grab: separate supplies fact
Icon: a strip that stays lit

Won't turn off

Zones run from Smart Life or the console.3 steps
  1. Phone running the Smart Life app with the zone switch
    1Turn the zone off in Smart Life.Grab: Smart Life app
  2. grandMA3 console with the strip fader at zero
    2Live Room: dim it to zero on the grandMA3.Grab: grandMA3, FID 9001
  3. The zone's 48 V power supply
    3Last resort: unplug that zone's supply.Grab: the supply plug
  • Kaury Hooper, Oct 31 2024: "How do the LED strips turn off" fact · iMessage
Icon: two strip ends joined

Cut, splice or extend

Also the fix for a short.4 steps
  1. The 48 V power supply to unplug before work
    1Pull the 48 V supply plug.48 V is under the 60 V DC touch-safe limit but can weld a dropped screwdriver. inference · general electrical practice Grab: the supply plug
  2. Close-up of a 12 mm RGB+CCT strip showing the copper cut pads
    2Count the pads: 6 or 5. Buy clips to match.Grab: pad chart
  3. Cutters on the marked cut line
    3Cut only on the marked line.Grab: TOOLS14 cutters
  4. Soldering iron joining 6-conductor wire to the strip pads
    4Match the pad letters. Push in a clip (or solder).Grab: 20/22 AWG 6-pin cable, strip-to-wire clip, TOOLS29 tape
Short?
  • Unplug the supply and disconnect the strip from the decoder.
  • Set TOOLS05 to ohms. Probe +48V against each colour pad, and each colour pad against the next.
  • Near zero ohms = short. Look for a crushed board, staples, water.
  • Cut the segment out on the marks, bridge with a board-to-board clip.
  • Apr 11 2025, Greg to Christian Gardenas: "Some lights aren't working, and LED strips have a short" fact · iMessage
  • Nov 21 2024, Vince: "Do you have anyone in house that is adept at soldering?" Greg: "Kaury figured it out!" fact · iMessage
  • Speaker 1, likely Greg, said "five electrical pins" on 2025-10-25. secondhand · lifelog
📌 Open ticket and warnings
  • Open ticketOct 9 2026: Greg asked Taji Harris to "fix hallway led". Taji: "Also didn't get a chance to get to the LED light that's gonna get pushed to Tuesday as well" (Oct 13). fact · iMessage
  • Heads upDec 10 2025, Greg to TRC Core 2025: "Never dim the hallway lights by the lockers. That breaks them." fact · iMessage May mean the bulbs, not the strips. inference

🔌 How it works

Console, master, decoder, supply, strip.

Two control chains: grandMA3 onPC over sACN to the Netron EN4, then DMX to the D5-P decoder and strip for the Live Room, and Smart Life to WT-DMX-S master to D5-P decoder to strip for other zones
Two chains. Live Room: grandMA3 onPC, sACN over Ethernet, Netron EN4, DMX, D5-P. Every other zone: Smart Life. Illustration.
LIVE ROOM ZONE
  1. grandMA3 onPCFID 9001
  2. sACN (Ethernet)
  3. Netron EN4DMX node
  4. DMX
  5. D5-Paddress 504
  6. Strip5 ch
A 48 V supply feeds the decoder. inference, moderate · ROOM-MAP.md
EVERY OTHER ZONE
  1. Smart Lifephone app
  2. WT-DMX-SDMX master
  3. D5-Pdecoder
  4. Strip5 ch
One master and one decoder per zone. Separate supplies for each. fact fact

The WT-DMX-S has no DMX input, so the console cannot feed it. Two sources on one DMX line fight. fact · manual p1

CONSOLEgrandMA3Live Room only. FID 9001 "LED STRIP", out through the Netron EN4.
MASTERSkydance WT-DMX-SSmart Life zones. 12 to 36 VDC, own 12 V 1 A supply.
DECODERSkydance D5-P5-ch DMX512/RDM, 12 to 48 VDC, 4 A per channel.
SUPPLYMean Well 48 VUHP-750-48 end-fed. UHP-1000-48 for 25 m centre-fed, or 2× LRS-350-48.

Likely pad order inference

  • Cut every 15 LEDs (166.66 mm). fact
  • Order from the vendor listing. The installed strips were not checked.
  • Read the printing on the strip before connecting.
  • 6 pads = RGB+CCT 12 mm clips. 5 pads = RGBW clips.
Close-up of a 12 mm RGB+CCT strip showing the copper cut pads and the scissor mark between two 15-LED segments
The cut pads up close. Illustration: match the letters printed on your strip.

⚡ Step 0: read the supply label

  • Expect 48 V per Vince's spec. inference, moderate
  • 24 V if it is the LEDXLIRBH 36 W driver bought 2025-12-06 ($18.99). fact
  • Never put LED32 on a 48 V decoder. It is labelled High Voltage, likely mains. inference
  • Same for the IEKOV AC 110-120 V strip ($175.28, 2024-09-23). fact · Amazon
Reading the output voltage printed on a power supply label
Read the output voltage before metering.
🔌 Strip spec
🎛️ Console patch and DMX map
  • Live Room grandMA3, FID 9001 "LED STRIP", Generic LED RGBCwWw.
  • Address 1.504 to 1.508, 5 ch 8-bit.
  • Address, FID and profile: fact · ROOM-MAP.md
  • Decoder channel order: R=1, G=2, B=3, WW=4, CW=5. fact
  • The console type name RGBCwWw suggests CW before WW. Test channels 4 and 5 before trusting the order. inference
  • ROOM-MAP also lists 288 "LED strip pixel cells" on universes 8 and 9, never output. fact · ROOM-MAP.md
  • Open question there: is the strip only driven in its 5-ch mode?
  • Dec 12 2024, Vince: "Got the led strips talking to the console in the main room" fact · iMessage
📘 WT-DMX-S manual: the facts that matter
  • Match/Set key, hold 2 s and release: advances one light type.
  • Hold 5 s: clears the Wi-Fi and Smart Life pairing.
  • Hold 15 s: factory reset to RGBW. Hold 20 s: 16-bit output, wrong unless the D5-P is also set to 16-bit.
  • Do not switch the master off and on 5 times in a row. That also unpairs Smart Life.
  • Master and decoders on SEPARATE supplies.
  • 90 to 120 Ω terminator on the last decoder. DMX amplifier after 32 decoders. fact
📍 Seven planned zones and the controller boxes
  • Front Bar · Main Hallway (maybe 2) · Upstairs lounge · Studio A Live Room · Live Room ISO booth · Studio B · Studio C fact
  • Controller boxes were to go in the back room closet, behind wall pass-through plates. secondhand, unverified
🧾 Who bought and installed them
  • Oct 1 2024, Arturo: "if we spend $4200 in LEDs like Vince said". Oct 3: "got the LEDs! closing shop" fact · iMessage
  • No receipt for that order in any mailbox searched. Vendor unknown. fact · search negative
  • Oct 17 2024, Randy (electrician) restated his $2,655 baseboard lighting install quote. fact · iMessage
  • Randy's crew installed the baseboard LEDs. fact · iMessage Ulises, his electrician, was likely on site. inference
  • Oct 31 2024, Randy: "LEDs are done and functional" fact · iMessage
  • Strips are not on Vince's invoice (v2, Apr 15 2025). fact · invoice
  • The Aug 8 2024 spec (24 V COB RGBWW + superbrightleds decoder) was NOT what was bought. inference

🛒 Fix kit

Re-order the kit TRC already used first.

6-pin solderless 12 mm, 10 pack + 16.4 ft cable

Bought 3 on Nov 2 2024. fact
$16.99 🛒 Buy again on Amazon
6-conductor 20/22 AWG extension cable

6-pin 20/22 AWG cable

Power injection and splices.
$2.50/mBuy
Skydance D5-P 5-channel DMX decoder

Skydance D5-P decoder

4 already in A-10. Use those first.
$26.98Buy
Skydance WT-DMX-S WiFi DMX master

Skydance WT-DMX-S master

4 already in Stuff: 3 in A-10, 1 in A-16.
$19.98Buy

superlightingled.com prices as listed 2026-10-10. fact

🛒 All 6-pin RGB+CCT parts at superlightingled.com

🆕 Install a new run

Nine steps, top to bottom.

  1. 1Measure the run. Count the pads on the spool.
  2. 2Cut on the mark.Cutting a strip on the marked line
  3. 3Mount it in the baseboard channel, the wooden trim that holds the strips. fact · iMessage
  4. 4Feed power from the decoder output at the label voltage. 48 V per Vince's spec. One 20 m roll per decoder. Over 20 m, inject at both ends.
  5. 5Set the master to RGB+CCT first (RUN light blue). Then add it in Smart Life.Adding a zone in the Smart Life app
  6. 6Set the decoder address with its buttons and display.Setting the address on the decoder display
  7. 7Live Room: patch in grandMA3 as Generic LED RGBCwWw 5 ch. Use the next free address after 1.508.
  8. 8Test each channel: R, G, B, WW, CW.
  9. 9Label the decoder. Log every part in Stuff. Label printer how-to: inventory.gregspero.com.

⚠️ Gaps still open

📝 Log the clip kit in Stuff 💬 Text Vince: 860-918-1615 📞 Call Vince 📦 Open Storage A-12 in Stuff

Ask Vince: where did the controller boxes end up?

👥 People
Vince PuglieseLighting designer. Specified it Sep 27 2024, linked the console Dec 12 2024. 860-918-1615 fact · invoice + iMessage
Eric LloydWorked on the LED molding, Sep 2024. fact · iMessage Surname has a second contact card. low-moderate An "Eric" knows the clip fix. secondhand · lifelog
RandyElectrician. His crew installed the baseboard LEDs, Oct 2024. fact · iMessage Ulises likely on site. inference
Kaury Hooper"Kaury figured it out!" when soldering came up, Nov 21 2024. Likely did the soldering. inference, moderate
Arturo StableGot the strips, Oct 3 2024. Who placed the order is not stated. inference
Taji HarrisCurrent hallway LED ticket, pushed to Tue Oct 13. fact · iMessage
Ari BreligHas Smart Life app access. fact · iMessage
Christian GardenasMet Apr 11 2025. Asked to do small electrical fixes. fact · iMessage
Brian AguilarGreg asked him for a floorboard LED quote, Dec 16 2024 and Jan 12 2025. fact · iMessage
📜 History, Jul 2024 to Oct 2026
WhenWhatSource
Jul 2024Mike Sheck lighting proposalGmail
Aug 8 2024Alternate spec, 24 V COB (not bought)Gmail
Sep 10 to 12 2024Eric Lloyd works on the LED moldingiMessage
Sep 16 to 27 2024Baseboards text (Sep 16); Vince's spec email (Sep 27)Gmail · iMessage
Oct 1 to 3 2024Arturo: "$4200 in LEDs like Vince said", then "got the LEDs!"iMessage
Oct 10 2024Pass-through plates for controller boxesiMessage
Oct 17 2024Randy restates his $2,655 baseboard install quoteiMessage
Oct 26 2024Greg: "the LEDs are not connecting … None of them are controllable"iMessage
Oct 31 2024Randy: "LEDs are done and functional"iMessage
Oct 31 2024"How do the LED strips turn off"iMessage
Nov 2 2024Fix kit ordered: 3 × 6-pin clip packsAmazon · iMessage
Nov 21 2024Soldering question; "Kaury figured it out!"iMessage
Dec 12 2024"Oh Tuya"; strips talking to the consoleiMessage
Dec 16 2024, Jan 12 2025Greg asks Brian Aguilar for a floorboard LED quoteiMessage
Feb 5 2025Lighting completionGmail
Apr 11 2025Strip short; Greg asks Christian Gardenas about small fixesiMessage
Apr 13 2025Greg asks Vince to regroup on the contractGmail
Apr 14 2025Greg relays Vince's console shutdown routineGmail
Apr 19 to 20 2025TaskRabbit electrician Dmitrii R. ($49.44 unverified) + crimper textGmail Apr 19 · Gmail Apr 20
Jun 11 2025RJ45 crimper order (ethernet, not LED, $23.99)Gmail
Jun 29 2025Ari Brelig on Smart LifeiMessage
Oct 25 2025Clip-squeeze field fix; "five electrical pins"lifelog secondhand
Dec 10 2025"Never dim the hallway lights by the lockers"iMessage
Oct 9 2026Greg asks Taji to "fix hallway led"; pushed to Oct 13iMessage

Gmail ids matched to rows by the date encoded in each id. inference

🛒 Amazon orders in the LED period
DateItemQtyPrice
2024-09-21WGGE WG-015 8-inch wire stripper/crimper1$8.39
2024-09-23IEKOV AC 110-120 V strip (mains, length unverified)1$175.28
2024-09-23DAYBETTER Tuya WiFi strip, 100 ft1$28.99
2024-09-23200 ft neon rope light, 6 orders. 5 refunds at $99.99 with mixed reasons. 1 return not refunded.6$99.99 each paid
2024-10-15Rope light clips, 50 pcs1$7.99
2024-11-026-pin solderless 12 mm kit, 10 pack + cable3$16.99
2025-02-28NJTY non-contact voltage tester, 12-1000 V1$8.99
2025-03-06TLS.eagle BNC RG58 crimp tool2$19.99
2025-04-0460 W soldering iron kit2$25.99
2025-04-208-12 W LED driver (for fixtures, not strips)4$6.99
2025-06-11RJ45 crimping tool (ethernet)1$23.99
2025-12-06LEDXLIRBH 24 V 36 W driver1$18.99

fact Greg's Amazon order history. Rows without an order id link to the order history list.

📚 Sources