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Has 7.9.5. changed some of my show? I had a effects chase running over 4 sunstrips (acting like 40 fixtures) where a single light moved through the fixtures 1 - 40 the MMF triggered the effect and the position of the MMF controlled the intensity so it was a very subtle effect at low level. I went to use it last night and it had inverted to all fixtures on and a single fixture off moving through the 40 fixtures Is this the upgrade or have I changed something? Chris

Yip I agree get the GoPro out and get FLX videos going again. Remember a FLX video is not just for Christmas guys😂

Hi Zero88 team. Just had some time to play about with some of the new software features. It looks to me that from within ZerOS midi notes are not mappable to playbacks eg midi note C-2 will only ever trigger playback 0 (or however Zer88 have set up the map) I think Most midi manufacturers label 127 midi channels from C2 -G8 with middle C being C3. Can you post how that is mapped against ZerOS? It would have been nice not to have to add another peripheral like a laptop to my lighting set up but I assume that external software will allow re mapping/patching. It's early days for me and midi but I might put a request in for a software upgrade to include remapping in the same way the remote switch can be mapped to particular playbacks or cues. Cheers Chris

Thanks Edward. Can you confirm that it should include Midi note compatibility. Chris

Happy New Year Zero88 team. What's the news on 7.9.5 release date? Chris

I agree, Christmas was just a shadow of its former self without a calendar! lol. You should treat us to a few more with 7.9.5.🤞

Hi Edward, Thanks for the reply. No it wasn't one on the list that's what prompted the question but there are a couple Ilyamas . I was looking to see what was available on ebay. I will let you know how I get on. Chris

I'm looking for FLX operators in the Scottish Borders/ Edinburgh/ Midlothian area to join a small pool of tech staff with the ability to fault find DMX errors etc to busk small rock shows in a 300 cap venue with a house lighting rig in the Scottish Borders. Drop me a message and I will email you with more info Chris

I'm thinking of taking a punt on a second-hand touchscreen monitor on the Bay of E. I can see that the list of compatible monitors is fairly small. Is the general feeling that most touchscreens that work with (for example) windows 10 would probably be compatible? Or are users finding that hardly any monitors other than the listed ones are compatible? Chris

Fantastic 😀

Thanks Edward I will give that a try. (as you pointed out at the time I took the photo the cue was not triggered) Chris

Thanks for the info Edward. Do you have a target timescale for this? Chris

Hi Folks, See attached photo. I have chosen a group of LED washes and on my external monitor I can see the current setting for each fixture in the group. Playback 6 introduces a colour cycle to the fixtures. where do I see how this colour cycle is being generated? I expect it's an effect but where do I see what effects are attributed to each playback? (interestingly when playback 6 introduces the colour cycle the visible current fixture colour settings don't appear to change on the monitor ) Cheers Chris

Hi Zero88 team, Can you confirm if you are intending to develop midi note capability for the FLX? Chris

Well done guys these are excellent. I'm hooked now. Can't wait for "Mixing cocktails using the gobo shake function on my movers and a UDK" Happy Christmas Chris

Hi Jon. How close are we to getting 7.9.3? No point in me updating to 7.9.2.50 if .3 will be ready in a few days. Cheers Chris

Hi Edward, thanks that's great. I will give that a try in the next few days. This is a steep learning curve for me. When I started at this venue in Sept with no proper lighting background we had an old 24ch Strand desk running D54 protocol, 12 par cans and 4 Fresnels. I'm dragging it kicking and screaming in to the current century We have now added DMX dimmers, the FLX, Mac 250 Entours, LED PARs and a couple of LED multi beam effect fixtures. I will be busking my first show for a touring band on the 29th so fingers crossed. Cheers Chris

I'm on a roll with the forum posts today! I made up a remote switch box this afternoon with parts from CPC and ebay(including a D sub socket with screw connectors which saved some fiddly soldering) In "Inputs and Outputs" I enabled switch 1 to trigger a playback that contains a chase. I press the switch(A momentary switch) and the chase runs but as the fader is at 0 there is no intensity and therefore no light (I can see the steps in the chase being displayed as they cycle round) the chase continues even after the button Is released. If I wanted a chase to run at full intensity only while the button is pressed is this a job for a Macro or is there some other way to achieve this? Thanks Chris

Thanks, Mike and Edward, Spot on. Page hold over was set to Enabled. Changed it to disabled and all sorted now. Thanks for the help Chris

Until today I have run all my shows on a single page of playbacks. On using two pages for the first time I came up with an issue that probably has a simple solution. Example- Playback 1 on page 1 has a nice cue stack of LED washes. The MFF is left sitting at max on one of the cues. I then move to page 2 of the playbacks where I have a chase on a different group of fixtures recorded on playback 25. I want to keep the wash recorded on playback 1 running but as I lower the MFF controlling playback 25 the wash from playback 1 is dimmed then the chase recorded on playback 25 is played back when the fader is raised again. Any pointers? Cheers Chris

Hi Edward, Thanks for the quick reply. I will give Blue Room a go. I've not recorded any macros yet so I will have a go at that tomorrow. Chris

Hi Folks I have a question about my new (used) Mac 250 Entours my understanding is that when the intensity is 0 and the other shutters are open the lamps go in to low power mode to keep the heat down. Is it common practice to at the end of a series of Entour cues with the last cue creating that set of circumstances to keep the heat down or is it safe to keep the intensity at 0 and can the internal fan keep the lamp cool? Second question- Any good forums that cover Entours?

Hi Martin Mac 250 Entour users, I went through the same issue with My Mac 250 Entours (my first movers) so I stored all the settings in one of my FLX user definable keys to trigger a lamp off command to work when DLOF is set to "on" which saves a bit of work. While we are on the subject of the Mac 250 Entour my understanding is that when the intensity is 0 and the other shutters are open the lamps go in to low power mode to keep the heat down so is it common practice to at the end of a series of Entour cues that the last cue should creates that set of circumstances or is it safe to keep the intensity at 0 and the internal fan will keep the lamp cool?

Thanks for the prompt reply. I'm just running 7.9.1. I will up date it to .2 then try to program some more cues and get back to you. Thanks again. Chris

I switched my FLX on this morning and a red message appeared about being unable to load something. unfortunately my fat fingers pressed a key before I fully read what it said and the desk continued to boot normally but without my playbacks. I only lost a few test playbacks (but will start saving shows to USB). Is there way of sending an error report in to Zero88? Thanks Chris