Thread: syncing feniex fairy

For the freakin life of me i cannot get a set of fairys to alternate, or sync at all for that matter. I am doing exactly what the instructions say and its simply not working. I plan on sycing these with four t-4s. The t-4s sync just fine. Then, when i add the fairys, not only will they not sync, but they unsync the t-4s.

Does anyone have a solution?

thanks, nick

Have you tried to just sync the 2 fairies themselves?

I ran into a similar problem with this. Change which head has the white wire going to 12v for the sync. I had a pair that would not sync, changed that, and not a problem now.

Paul

Yes i tried all of that, still nothing

Weve had Fairys and T-4s that would not sync no matter what, others no problem at all.

Originally Posted by acs680

Weve had Fairys and T-4s that would not sync no matter what, others no problem at all.

i was afraid of that. I might just have to return them. Ill see if anyone else chimes in before i do.

See your pm. I have had some t4's sync with fairys fine and others that have not...

I spent hours doing the same thing and calling tech support. They said the fairys have only one set of flash patterns but I found out differently. They have P1 and P2 for some reason. Just cycle the fairys through the patterns and go straight to the same pattern again and it will sync. You just need to make sure they ALL flash at the same time when all the yellow sync wires are connected then connect your whites to power. The lightheads that are on the alternate pattern before the whites are connected need to cycled through the patterns again.

Originally Posted by fier23

I spent hours doing the same thing and calling tech support. They said the fairys have only one set of flash patterns but I found out differently. They have P1 and P2 for some reason. Just cycle the fairys through the patterns and go straight to the same pattern again and it will sync. You just need to make sure they ALL flash at the same time when all the yellow sync wires are connected then connect your whites to power. The lightheads that are on the alternate pattern before the whites are connected need to cycled through the patterns again.

I cycled the fairys and could never get them to both flash at the same time. I cycled one all the way through to the same pattern, and then tried cycling them together again. I also noticed that when the yelow wires are tied together and you progress to the next pattern, they dont even do the same thing. Its like one goes to a totally different pattern. They go crazy, but never sync. They wont flash together, and they wont alternate.............WTF!!!!!!!!

I don't know if this will be any help to you but... but the red wires go together, the black wires go together. Fire them up without the white or yellow wires connected to anything. Cycle the lights individually until they are producing the same pattern. Remove the power, then connect the yellow wires together. Now connect only ONE white wire to the red's. the lights should be synced at this point. you should be able to change the flash patterns in sync by touching the yellow wires (which are connected together) to a 12V source.

Hopefully this helps

Originally Posted by nlaser11

I cycled the fairys and could never get them to both flash at the same time. I cycled one all the way through to the same pattern, and then tried cycling them together again. I also noticed that when the yelow wires are tied together and you progress to the next pattern, they dont even do the same thing. Its like one goes to a totally different pattern. They go crazy, but never sync. They wont flash together, and they wont alternate.............WTF!!!!!!!!

You need to get them on the same pattern BEFORE you connect the yellow wires(I should've said that before). Power them all up without the yellows. The ones that are alternate cycle the patterns, so on and so on. Then connect the yellows and whites. They all with the yellows connected seem to go on different patterns if you are off cycles.

Originally Posted by NERT11

I don't know if this will be any help to you but... but the red wires go together, the black wires go together. Fire them up without the white or yellow wires connected to anything. Cycle the lights individually until they are producing the same pattern. Remove the power, then connect the yellow wires together. Now connect only ONE white wire to the red's. the lights should be synced at this point. you should be able to change the flash patterns in sync by touching the yellow wires (which are connected together) to a 12V source.

Hopefully this helps

This is what i did originally per the instructions, it doesnt work. That is the problem.

I Don't mean to contradict you, but only one white wire needs to be connected to the 12V source (red wire). The other white is left out of use.

Hmm, I'm beat other than that. That's what I've done step for step. Sorry I wasn't any more help to you

Originally Posted by NERT11

Hmm, I'm beat other than that. That's what I've done step for step. Sorry I wasn't any more help to you

Yes, connect neither white to make them flash together, or one white to alternate. Your input hasnt been a solution, but still greatly valued. Thank you for your response, if you come up with anything else, please let me know.

Originally Posted by fier23

You need to get them on the same pattern BEFORE you connect the yellow wires(I should've said that before). Power them all up without the yellows. The ones that are alternate cycle the patterns, so on and so on. Then connect the yellows and whites. They all with the yellows connected seem to go on different patterns if you are off cycles.

I did what you said. I use the slow single flash pattern as it is the easiest to ID. I set them both to what i am sure was the same pattern. I then connected the yellows to eachother and applied 12vdc. They did not flash simultaneously. I turned them off and tied one white wire to 12vcd, turned them on and they did not alternate or flash simultaneously.

I think one or both heads are defective. It is like they never communicate with each other in any pattern. As much as i hate to, i think i will have to return them for another pair. Thank you all for your input.

I could not get mine to sync either following the instructions.

Now once I hooked the white wires together to each other they alternate side to side in sync. Go figure!

Originally Posted by medic550

I could not get mine to sync either following the instructions.

Now once I hooked the white wires together to each other they alternate side to side in sync. Go figure!

You hooked the white wires together instead of the yellows, or as well as the yellows?

Originally Posted by nlaser11

You hooked the white wires together instead of the yellows, or as well as the yellows?

The yellows sync the lights together. Once on the same flash pattern and ALL flashing the exact same time, same pattern you then add white wires to power to get them to alternate.

Originally Posted by fier23

The yellows sync the lights together. Once on the same flash pattern and ALL flashing the exact same time, same pattern you then add white wires to power to get them to alternate.

Yes i know, but they never even flash at the same time when the yellows are connected.

I went through the whole customer service bit today, they are sending me a paid shipping label, and a set of new fairys that will be tested for syncability prior to shipment. I spoke with a tech and he was stumped. He said that is not common.

Originally Posted by nlaser11

You hooked the white wires together instead of the yellows, or as well as the yellows?

There was 1 install we did where i remember having to do something weird with a set of fairy's to get them to sync. I think I had to hook the reds and whites to power, black to ground, and yellows UN-connected, and they synced. It seemed odd and it is possible it was something different like maybe whites together??

Just to ensure, and it seems like you did but I want to confirm, when you hooked these bulbs up you should have individually selected the pattern of the bulb to be the same pattern, and then hooked the yellows of each bulb to each other and to NOTHING else. Then you should have hooked 1 white wire on 1 bulb along with that bulbs red wire to your power source, and the second bulbs white wire should not be connected to anything. then black wires to ground? if you did this, then it should work, if not, good luck with the new bulbs!

Originally Posted by nlaser11

Yes i know, but they never even flash at the same time when the yellows are connected.

I went through the whole customer service bit today, they are sending me a paid shipping label, and a set of new fairys that will be tested for syncability prior to shipment. I spoke with a tech and he was stumped. He said that is not common.

Trust me I went through the same thing. Tried for hours and just was not doing it right. But yours could be defective. Try this, Take two and just add just power red and black to both. Take one of them if they do not flash together and cycle the pattern back to the same pattern and then take off the power and start again to see if they both start flashing at the same time. If not then cycle again. Try that 4 or 5 times just to make sure it will not flash at the same time . If you can get them to flash together then keep doing it with just 2 at a time keeping one of the originals to get them all on the same. IF you get them then apply all yellows together, Keep away from the power so not to change the patterns and then connect the whites you need to power.

Originally Posted by fier23

Trust me I went through the same thing. Tried for hours and just was not doing it right. But yours could be defective. Try this, Take two and just add just power red and black to both. Take one of them if they do not flash together and cycle the pattern back to the same pattern and then take off the power and start again to see if they both start flashing at the same time. If not then cycle again. Try that 4 or 5 times just to make sure it will not flash at the same time . If you can get them to flash together then keep doing it with just 2 at a time keeping one of the originals to get them all on the same. IF you get them then apply all yellows together, Keep away from the power so not to change the patterns and then connect the whites you need to power.

I did exactly that, more than five times. No sync. I only have two lights.