Rob Klingberg  .. my kit arrived today! Did a quick test of the engine lights and sounds and it’s amazing! Can’t wait to get the rest of it installed ! 👍

Finished building the set today and it's amazing!! 

I have one question though: When I open the landing bay, the landing lights come on. But when I press the power button on the remote control, everything switches off except for these lights (including the led strip in the landing bay). They stay on. As the Falcon sits out of reach, I'd like to be able to turn these lights off with the remote control as well.

What should I change in the connections to be able to power off the landing lights using the remote control? 

Made a few videos of the end result :-)

Rob Klingberg Thank you very much Rob! I’ll try this out. 

Rob Klingberg Thanks Rob, works like a charm!

I didn’t have room in that branch 11 board, so I disconnected the interior lights (which I also need to be able to switch off) I’ll order an additional board and cables sometime later, for now it’s good :)

Cheers, Jeffry

I added an effects controller to the Millennium Falcon lights to cause the red docking bay lights and the red mandible light to slowly blink in the manner of marker lights.  Recently my battery packs needed to be replaced (for the first time).  When I powered the lights up I discovered that the effects controller had changed programs to a flicker effect.

Should the effects controller hold the program selection through loss of power?  What could have caused it to change program?  It's going to be a pain to open things up to be able to get in to it to change program again.

Larry

Rob Klingberg  Hi Rob, here's a simplified wiring diagram.  One thought I had about my problem is that it happened after the rechargeable battery ran low enough that it shut itself off.  Possibly a low voltage from the battery allowed the processor to go into an unknown state?  Just a thought.    Fresh batteries installed, re-selected blinking effect, and program stays the same when power is cycled. 

Finally have the time to get started! 😀 Opened the kit and had a giggle at the engine lights.

Also, have done schematic capture & PCB layout in the past for a custom engineering firm, I'm loving the custom made PCBs in here and can really appreciate the work & consideration that went into the design.

Loving the next level thinking in this kit!

Hey Rob, any experience working with the Lego servo motor? I was thinking there just might be enough room over the ramp to automate raising and lowering it.

One small rearrangement I made to the wiring: I moved the connection to to the A3 board from the front A15 board to the other connector on the light strip and changed around where the lights connected. This allowed for better wire hiding through the back right cavity to where I was able to hide the board in the back. This re-wiring also allowed me to use the cavity under the LASER cannon to hide the mid A15 board and its wiring and also hide the front A15 board in the cavity just a few inches behind where the mandible A4 board is located. I was able to hide the two A4 boards for the engine lights and the A3 board for the two rear landing lights under the 4x12 plate behind the engine speaker. Now I just need to go order another 24" connecting cable for the cockpit/game room A15 as that's the only cable (because of my own re-wiring) that isn't long enough route and hide.

Actually, I was able to take the 24" from the light strip to the A3 and replace it with a 12" so I was able to re-route my front connections after all!

Rob Klingberg  The right rear is still the "equipment" room where the engine speaker, sound module, batteries and primary connections are located. Being a tinkerer at heart I was also looking for a way to centralize or hide as many of the connections as possible. I took quite a few pictures but the forum interface doesn't work too well to post from a mobile device. The "reply" button turns into a "save" button after attaching pictures, even if I have desktop mode turned on. Once I get them on my laptop (I'll be sure to compress them) I'll post how I did what I did. Thanfully the Technics spacing in the Falcon allowed for rotation of the yellow support so I could mount that one board the way I did or I would have needed to get a shorter Technics support.

Rob Klingberg  Pic 1 shows where I used the center of the engine section as a way to clamp the inside edge of the engine lights board. I left the  diffuser free to help diffuse the light better towards the center of the engines. I'm looking at the different engine mods out there to built a trans-blue brick version instead of the tubes. 2 is just an overview of the equipment room. 3 shows where the wire comes through between plates where I mounted the landing light in the space between four pegs. 4 is just another overview. 5 & 6 show the same rear landing light LED from underneath and from top where I mounted it in a way that the wire would not get pinched. 7 is the board I mounted using Technic pin/studs. 8 & 9 are where I hid the A3 and A4 boards under the plate behind the engine speaker. 9 shows where I removed one brick to allow wire entry into that space. 10, 14, & 15 show where I did a little creative wire management with spare pieces. I forgot to circle the one directly behind the speaker in 10. 11 just shows how I routed wiring around the through the middle cavity to make sure no wires interfered with inserting the top LASER cannon. 12 is the front most compartment connections for the game room lights. 13 is where I hid the board for the four front landing lights. 16 is how I angled the Technic support for the center exhaust fans since I used its bottom hole as a board mount. And 17 is where I hid the LASER cannon sound module and center four landing lights board. I really need to clean up the wiring in there. I mounted the IR receiver directly on one of the batteries as there are enough gaps and reflective surfaces that the signal still gets right on down in there.