Case #205123

Then I connected my board to my ethernet usbc interface and tried to reach the dashboard (baldrickboard

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Current Issue

Then I connected my board to my ethernet usbc interface and tried to reach the dashboard (baldrickboard.local). It had connectivity lights flashing still no connection. Does this not have its own brain like the falcon f16v5 board? Does it have to use fpp?

What have they tried?

Hardwiring the board to ethernet. Confirmed voltage from psu is good.

Affected Boards

Baldrick8

Case Details

Submitted By

Trevor S

Knowledge Level

3/10

I've got a show that works, but I don't know how

Case Opened

Friday, April 17, 2026

at 04:25 PM

System Information

Baldrick Version

1.1 I think

Operating System

Windows

Possible Solutions

ChatBotDom

ChatBotDom suggests

Unable to connect to board

Whilst this might be out of my power to solve, double check that the power cables are thick enough for the controller, that the ethernet is going to a router or switch. (The Baldrick won't work connected directly to the computer if it doesn't have a DCHP server).

If that doesn't work swap out the ethernet cables are those things can be finicky, take a look at the ethernet power, both lights green and orange should be flashing.

Lights stay on after show finishes

Sometimes pixels will stick to the last data signal they receive, there are two ways of fixing this.

If you are using FPP, then go to FPP settings > UI > Switch to Advanced Level UI then go to Playback and tick Blank between sequences [ ] this will make sure that off is being sent to all pixels in between sequences.

You can also do the same using Baldrick Directly by creating a CunningFX of a colour splash which is just blank and setting that to automatically start when the Baldrick boots up.

Wrong pixels are lighting up when played from xLights

Normally this indicates that something has changed on the layout but the controllers hasn't been updated, if you can re-render the sequence then save, then go to the controllers tab in xLights and click Upload Outputs to the relevant controller.

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