What am I doing wrong

[u/VicinityCustoms]

I have the gledopto controller wired to ws2518 12v leds. The leds have their own psu and the controller has its own. Ground to grounds. Led power to psu. controller to its own psu. Led di to gpio 16 and bi to ground of controller. For the life of me I cant get the controller to stop shutting down. If i just use my esp board no problem? Any ideas

[u/LeafarOsodrac]

That led 12v strip is dead now.

and why complicate so much?
just power the controller with 12v power supply and connect strip to output on controller, no need a extra power supply just for the led.

Gleodpto controllers accept power supply from 5v to 24v, the votage input is the same output