Hello.

I just purchased a bunch of the boards, and I've completed one. I noticed the lights aren't lit in resting state. they just light up from movement. i noticed that some of your previous models would keep the LEDs dim at a rest. Is there anything I can do with the newer versions to allow that?

Thanks in advance.
Chris.

There hasn't actually been any design change that affects the brightness at idle. The LEDs should be visible at rest in a dark room, and generally are not visible (except when stimulated) in a well-lit room. Last I checked-- a month ago with the current revision circuit boards --this was still the case.

Changing it to be brighter at idle actually isn't a request that we've heard before, so I haven't played with it. I suspect that increasing the power supply from 24 V to 26-28 V (and do not exceed 30 V) would accomplish this reasonably well; there isn't much else that can affect it.

as of right now, at idle, nothing's lighting up even a little. Now that you've mentioned moving to a higher voltage power supply, I figure mine aren't lit because I'm only using a 19v regulated power supply as opposed to the 24v suggested. I guess moving up to 24v would give them some glow at idle?

Thanks again.

as of right now, at idle, nothing's lighting up even a little. Now that you've mentioned moving to a higher voltage power supply, I figure mine aren't lit because I'm only using a 19v regulated power supply as opposed to the 24v suggested. I guess moving up to 24v would give them some glow at idle?

Yes, that would be the problem. We didn't change the design, you did.

The panels specifications are that they require 24 V DC, regulated-- i.e., within 5%. No one ever said that they'd work at 19 V. And, if you had asked, I'd have told you of the consequence: the lights would all idle dark.