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  1. Adding & Removing Fixtures from Playbacks & Cues

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    Afternoon all.

    I have a bunch of movers and have recorded all the attributes (posn, colour, effects etc) on a number of cue stacks.  What I would like to do is add and remove some fixtures (movers) so I have groups of them independent of others but can still use the attributes I have recorded on the cue stacks.  I have tried updating a single cue by getting it to output  selecting the group of fixtures I want to for this example remove, hit remove on the update options but no joy unfortunately.  I also cannot fine anywhere to find and read about the 'Update Options' to fully understand what I can and cannot do with them.  Thanks again in advance.

     

  2. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    36 minutes ago, Davidmk said:

    Glad to hear you are sorted.

    If you apply a pallette to a fixture that wasn't included in the pallette (but the fixture type was) then it gets the values from the first fixture of that type. I'm not a big user of any pallettes except colour so the first thing I do after patching is create colour pallettes for all my LEDs in a range of colours adjusting each fixture type so that they look the same. That way I can be confident that selecting a colour will give me consistent results across a number of fixture types and in different cues. Also if I, or the director, decide the colour isn't quite right I can adjust it once for the whole show.

    I do something similar with beam & shape but in a more limited way but, reading up on pallettes for this I am reminded that pallettes can contain attributes from other groups, handy for zoom & focus which change with position due to the different throw.

    Thanks David,  every day is a learning day.

  4. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    Thanks Kgallen,  you are absolutely right.  I also have been using groups and position palettes for quite some time and never noticed the points you bring up. I just cracked on and used them.  Only this time I seem to have got myself into a real tizzy. Thanks for your and Davidmk's help in clearing the fog.  I will now go away and lie down in a dark room with a cold cloth.  My apologies  !

  5. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    12 minutes ago, kgallen said:

    My Capture version is 2019, you've got a newer version. Any chance you could write out your Capture file in 2019 version - I believe you can do that from the File menu.

    Is it your groups HYBRIDS FRONT and HYBRIDS READ you're having fun with?

    Cheers, Kevin

    Yes those are the ones although I deleted a whole more to get this fixed first. The problem seems to happen with any spec mover though. I will have a look at the Capture file although it is not really needed for this.  When even selecting one single Hybrid all position palettes highlight....??

     

  7. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    12 minutes ago, kgallen said:

    I’ve not got as many movers as you but I do use position palettes and groups a lot and I don’t think I’ve seen this. (FLX 7.13). But that in no way precludes that you’ve not identified a corner case bug!

    My only suggestion would be to delete those groups and palettes and then carefully reconstruct the groups and then the palettes. Unless you are doing some blind programming with intensity off, I would expect you can leave SmartTag on. Snapshot however would almost certainly be a bad thing and could easily result in what you’re seeing. 

    Thanks KGallen, I have deleted the groups and palettes and built them again using and not using SmartTag.  Same issue I am afraid.  It is probably some finger trouble on my behalf (hopefully)  and not a bug as I have some programming to do for next weekend. 

    Keith is getting Ed to have a look at this when he comes back from holiday.

  8. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    2 hours ago, Davidmk said:

    I haven't, at least not on a regular basis (I'd put a one-off down to finger trouble I suppose). As it happens I'm doing some offline programming today, part of which is correcting a cue that should have some fixtures in it but has actually got all of them. I'll let you know how that goes.

    If you could send me your show & capture files I could load them up and have a play. Got the desk & computer already set up.

    Thanks Davidmk, sent you over a message with a Dropbox link to the files.

  10. QLab

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    3 hours ago, SimonH said:

    Ok found the midi notes so I’ll phrase it differently. 
     

    is it possible to trigger individual cues in the flx via midi but to include point cues and still be able to see the cue stack you are running?

    Morning, I trigger cues via Midi but I am pretty sure you cannot triggers numerous cues in a stack. I will await some more knowledgeable folks to tell me if I am wrong.

    Here is a link to where this was discussed......    https://www.zero88.com/forum/topic/9029-flx-control-via-midi/

     

  14. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    Hi Davidmk,

    I have given that a go and I am afraid I still have the same issue.  I did as you said and was using Multiple selection in Groups so change to Single.  Also when recording both groups and position palettes deselected Snapshot and Smart Tag.

    I am using Capture as a visualiser.  When I select each groups it is clear only what I selected is correct as displayed.  Unfortunately when doing entirely different position palettes for them both are illuminated if I use any of the two groups.  I have cleared everything out of my movers groups and position palettes until this is resolved.  These movers are all the same spec and I have a different make/spec set up in groups and positions with no issues.

     

     

     

  15. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    9 minutes ago, Davidmk said:

    Sounds like you have all the movers in both groups and probably in your pallettes as a result.

    First, check on the groups screen whether you have "multiple select" or "single select" highlighted. For this you need single. Select one of your groups - if the other is highlighted then the group you have selected contains the fixtures in the other group. Delete both of your groups and recreate them. This will not affect your pallettes.

    You could delete and recreate you pallettes making sure you deselect Snapshot and Smart tag in the record options window. Alternatively, select the fixtures you DON'T want in the pallette (and only those), press Update and select remove in the update options window before tapping the pallette.

    Thanks very much Davidmk, I will give it a go this aft

  16. Recording Position Palettes for Movers

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    Afternoon all, I wondered if anyone can help e with this please.

    I have set up two clearly distinct groups for my movers.  One on a rear truss set the other on a front truss set.

    I am setting up position palettes for both separately. Unfortunately if I select a group and a position I have set previously including the fixtures in that group, it also affects the movers in the other group i.e. they move to this position also.

    Another thing I note when experimenting is that despite saving two groups of movers if I select either when going to the positions palettes both are highlighted.

    I have no idea why I have hit this issue but any help would be much appreciated.

    PS.....  forgot to add I am using Phantom.  Not tried the desk as yet.

  17. DMX Address Plot - In a Picture

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    Good morning all.

    I was wondering if there is any way of getting a comprehensive picture of the DMX addressing and associated channels used across all universes.

    I am aware of the DMX Outputs picture on 'Z' however that does not give me the info I need.

    Ideally the kind of info you get when adding fixtures i.e. the 512 channels picture colour coded to used and free channels.

    Thanks in advance.

  19. FLX Strange Fader Behaviour

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    So got a hold of some Servisol Super 10 and it seems to have resolved the problems and fingers crossed.  The faders do seem a bit sticky but hopefully that will resolve itself. I also took the time to remove the rear of the desk and change the internal battery,  again fingers crossed and all good.   Thanks very much for the help from everyone, really very much appreciated indeed  !!

     

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  22. FLX Strange Fader Behaviour

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    21 hours ago, Davidmk said:

    Have you had the case open? I opened mine up because I had a screen issue and suspected something coming loose through vibration in transit. Anyway, when you separate the bottom of the case from the top it is possible to dislodge a ribbon cable that runs a from board mounted on the front panel to one in the base. When it happened to me, I had symptoms similar to those you describe although they did show up in test mode. Relocating the ribbon cable fixed them. Might be worth checking if you have already dabbled in the internals.

    Edward is away at ProSound ATM, back next week. You could, of course, email support@zero88.com if you are in a hurry.

     

    Hi Davidmk, thanks for the info. I had the case open a few years back to replace the battery. Since you had the same symptoms I will give it another look. I will hang on and see what Ed advises. Thanks again.

  23. FLX Strange Fader Behaviour

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    Hi Ed, I hope this finds you extremely well.  As usual I am contacting you again out of the blue only because I continue to have a problem with the desk….. my apologies.

    The desk has not had much use at all and after using some compressed air and fingers crossed it seemed to clear for a while. However the problem has recurred again and it affected fandom faders i.e. I could be adjusting no fader however other random faders will increase in intensity from Zero.

    I had a colleague borrow the desk last week and he seen the same thing. He also mentioned he had the same problem with an Orb.

    Can I please have some advice on how to get this problem finally resolved. I need it sorted pretty soon as there is some work on the horizon. Thanks in advance for your help !!!

     

  25. Triggering Video via FLX

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    Hi Ed,  quite a bit of time has passed since I looked at this given the urgency being removed for obvious reasons.  I am now starting to have a look at this seriously again and sussing things out as best I can before committing to licenses.

    I have had a look on the Resolume website and indeed you are right.  Arena will be the software version I need for this. Regarding the Resolume fixture file.  I cannot see anything that relates to a channel map that you mentioned to build the fixture file.  It is probably due to my low level of knowledge right now so will continue to look for this.

    Am I right in saying that effectively when I have a cue stack set up on the FLX I can basically select Resolume as a fixture and depending on how I have Resolume configured when I execute a cue it will execute the video also.  So two pars on plus video on and same two pars off and video off triggered from the cue....??

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