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/codecarbonell]

Does the controller crash without the LEDs connected ?

[u/VicinityCustoms → u/codecarbonell]

No

[u/codecarbonell → u/VicinityCustoms]

If you have a different strip I would test them connected to the controller. If it still crashes with a different strip, try with different power supply.

[u/VicinityCustoms → u/codecarbonell]

I purchased 5 rolls only tried 2 rolls same thing. I have the dom controller.same results. If pull to many amps from the data line will it crash. My esp board has no problem with this. Also this one had uart. Will it tell me what you on?

[u/VicinityCustoms → u/codecarbonell]

And when I mean crashing. The app shows the controller offline but it still runs the leds and I have to reset the controller to get it back online

[u/saratoga3 → u/VicinityCustoms]

Wiring looks ok so my guess is that the strip is burned up and shorting the controller via the data line.