I'm just starting into the world of RPi because I'm building a Live Sectional Map. I completed my physical setup bare bones with just a WS2811 string and RPi Zero WS. So far so good but I'm stuck. Running headless, with RPi having its own keyboard and mouse as well, when I start the map from the remote via the web configure page I the RPi sequences thru commands and then seems to get stuck in a loop. I'm not sure how to correct this. My next move is to remove the SD card and reformat it and load the system software again. I figure a prudent step. 

1) RPi connects to the web ok and all local and remote commands seem to work fine including remote ssh via Putty. 

2) The WS2811 goes through a rainbow startup as set in the Config page. 

3) I can walk through the led's turning on and off up to #25. After that the Config ignores higher values and reverts to 25 leds.

4) I set the number of airports to 25 or set to something like 3 for testing I get the same results.

5) In all cases after the Rainbow startup the first 25 LEDs light. 

6) The RPi shows on the local screen that it cycles through a the airports 5 times and then repeats quickly again and again until I Shutdown via web Config. I expect it is polling the FAA database via the web continuously. I have never let this continue more than a couple minutes. 

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Has anyone seem this?

Do you have suggestions as to how to proceed?

This is a really cool project and I want to thank you for generating the code and docs.

I haven't done any electronics work for a few years and this has been a rewarding effort. I've even broke out my soldering and test gear from 35 years ago. I grew up with DOS so perhaps Linux will come easy(ish).

Thank you. 

Dave Eaton

Worcester MA