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Hey Holyreefer did you have time to get this going?

Ok here's what I have done so far
I've got the concept of it all plus all I had to do was pull apart the old controller and I found the ground wire but now here are my issues

1-I don't know where the ground cord goes on the drivers (It was detached from my move to TX)

2-I found both of the cords that control the drivers. (The red cord is connected but the black one isnt. Can someone help me locate where it goes on the drivers?
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The 2nd pic shows the black and the Red Cords that control the drivers but the black cord isn't connected. (Still connected to old controller here)

3rd pic shows the loop of the black cord on 2 different driver inputs :1 side just black cord the other has the red cord coming from the old controller to the drive.

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The red wires from the drivers are going to go to #1 (LDD-1000), #2 (LDD-700) PWM out on the Steve's controller. The black wires from the drivers are going to go to GND all the way to the right on the Steve's controller.


All of this assumes black wires aren't being used for jumpers etc. (one of your pics kind of looks like that might be the case).
 
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The red wires from the drivers are going to go to #1 (LDD-1000), #2 (LDD-700) PWM out on the Steve's controller. The black wires from the drivers are going to go to GND all the way to the right on the Steve's controller.


All of this assumes black wires aren't being used for jumpers etc. (one of your pics kind of looks like that might be the case).
Yes going into the adapter I have those hooked up

My issue is I don't know where the GOD cable ends on my drivers

I also don't know where my driver 2 cord terminates to on my drivers

I also have a black cord coming from my drivers unsure on where it goes

In this pic attached the driver 2 slot wire is unattached
the GND cable is unattached can

Can you instruct me on where they go?
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Not really without seeing the whole thing. I would be concerned about telling you wrong and burning up your Steve's converter or the drivers.
 

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I think you are going for something along the lines of this:

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I don't believe so I have serial cables connecting the led sink board and the mother board


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