How does it work?

• The Controllers
• Each home participating in my light display is equipped with at least one 16 channel controller box by Light-O-Rama controller box.  Each channel, of each box, has its own unique address assignment in the sequence editor program.  Each box is powered by the home it is controlling.  The box then powers the strings of lights that are plugged into it.  The concept is really just that simple.

• The Software
• The Programming of Light-O-Rama software assigns when each channel of lights turn on an off with the music.  There is nothing automatic about this. This is the hardest part of the project. First we import either a MP3 or WAV file of the song we want to use into the program. The timing of the song is divided into columns and each column becomes a command from the program.  Each row for a song represents one channel on the Light-O-Rama (L.O.R.) controllers.  Christmas lighting sequence signals are sent from the master computer program over network cable connecting each L.O.R. controller box at each home.

• The Music
• The music heard on the show will come from the master computer that is driving the program.  The audio output is broadcast by a small residential FM transmitter whose range is limited to the local neighborhood.  Signs are posted in the listening area that instruct the touring cars to tune their radios to 89.9 FM.  This allows them to enjoy the synchronized light show as they listen to the audio portion from the comfort of their cars.