Projects

A lot of the lights you will see on this website, and at my home, are controlled by a PC. The software is called Vixen, a great public domain application designed by K.C. Much of the hardware, controllers were either designed by me, or by friends over at DIYC.


Vixen

The software used to control my lights is called Vixen.

 

DIYC

Want to know more about automated Christmas lighting? drop over the DIYC and check out the ideas, hear what others are up to, and new projects.


GPW 204556

Christmas only comes but one time per year! What to do the rest of the year? rebuild a June 1944 Ford GPW jeep. Have a look at the project via the Tabs above.

 

VMVC

I am a member of the Victorian Military Vehicle Corps, and you can see my 'other' website.

Welcome

I have been decorating our house for over 19 years. I originally got the bug when I lived in the United States. Seeing all the houses and businesses in Georgia lit up was so exciting!

 

I purchased my first lights in 1991, just a few strings on the outside of our house in Evans.

 

After returning to Australia, I used a 110VAC step down transformer to power my US light strings. They lasted for a few years and finally gave up the ghost.

 

in 2001, We moved to Melbourne, and I started to light up out house using a mixture of strings, lightropes and wireframes. Each season, I'd add some more lights and retire the old and sad strings. Yet, my displays were never as good as the ones I had seen in Georgia.

 

Xmas 2006, I stumbled across an article about automated Christmas lighting using PCs and simple controllers. I ordered my first board from Brian.

 

By the time that Xmas 2007 arrived, I was in full flight. I had been busy during the year and had already built a range of new controllers (the RENARD and the GRINCH). You will be able to find out more about my controllers on the PROJECTS page.