Anyone ever worked with ws2801 leds controlled by a raspberry pi?

Electronics
#1

I’ve got some ws2801 leds wired up to my raspberry pi and I am having some trouble getting them to do anything.

I have confirmed the connections are solid, I suspect some kind of software issue. Has anyone worked on these before who might be able to help?

#2

Are you using a library to control them, or clocking in data directly?

WS2801 Documentation: http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/LED/WS2801.pdf

Python Library,:

#3

I was using this library at one point, yes.