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Dazz:
Ok, I haven't really been much into the LED scene.  I picked up several 5v LED's to replace the bulbs in my coin door and several other buttons on my pincab.  I am trying to do a test wiring to see how I'm going to get everything wired into my cabinet.  I've wired up a single LED to my LED-Wiz+GP, I've installed both the LED-Wiz app and also LedBlinky, but I can't seem to get any illumination from the LED.

This is how I currently have the LED wired. 

I have wires going from the USB + 5v to voltage Bank 1-8 then from bank 1-8 to the - on the LED.  From the + on the LED to input port 1 on the Led-Wiz.



Right now I just want this LED to turn on and stay lit.  There must be something simple that I am missing. 

Any tips?

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: Dazz on April 15, 2010, 03:24:01 pm ---Right now I just want this LED to turn on and stay lit.  There must be something simple that I am missing. 

Any tips?

--- End quote ---

Wire it directly to your PC power supply 5V and skip the LED-WIZ.

HaRuMaN:
Or fix your wiring.   ;D

Wire the LED Neg to the ground, and the LED Pos the the USB +5V right next to it.  Ignore the bank voltage, and port 1.

Dazz:

--- Quote from: HarumaN on April 15, 2010, 03:33:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Dazz on April 15, 2010, 03:24:01 pm ---Right now I just want this LED to turn on and stay lit.  There must be something simple that I am missing.  

Any tips?

--- End quote ---

Wire it directly to your PC power supply 5V and skip the LED-WIZ.

--- End quote ---
But that would be defeating the purpose as I will eventually be using the LED-Wiz features once I get my RGB EI2's in.  If I don't troubleshoot this now then I'll have to later.


--- Quote from: HarumaN on April 15, 2010, 03:36:02 pm ---Or fix your wiring.   ;D

Wire the LED Neg to the ground, and the LED Pos the the USB +5V right next to it.  Ignore the bank voltage, and port 1.

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Again, that would be defeating the purpose...

HaRuMaN:
Well, in any case, you don't need the voltage bank for what you are doing.

Just wire to #1, and ground.

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