Edward Z88
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Hallo,
Auf dem Lightmaster XLS gibt es keinen Blackout-Button. Der GrandMaster kann verwendet werden, um die Gesamtleuchtstärke von der Konsole aus zu steuern - dies steuert Kanäle, Hinweise und Verfolgungen.
hello,
There is no Blackout button on the Lightmaster XLS. The GrandMaster can be used to control the overall light level from the console- this will control channels, cues and chases.Edward
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Hi Kevin,
Yep, that's correct!
Edward
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Hi Kevin,
That's correct, "Special" parameter information in the fixture library is what ZerOS uses to morph fixtures at the point of a fixture swap-out.
Edward
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Hi Kevin,
An effects palette can be applied to a different selection of the same fixture type, however offset information won't be transferred, as this is specific for every selection. You can however apply the existing effect, tweak the offset, and then record the as a new effect palette for the new selection of fixtures.
If you have recorded a CBP palette with a certain type of fixture, that same palette can be applied to all fixtures of that type. Therefore for a certain set of fixtures you could record all your colours with just one, and the palettes would work for all fixtures of that type.
When dealing with palettes where each fixture has different parameter information (such as fanned positions or colours), when applying these palettes to fixtures not included in the palette they will use the first fixture's attribute data.
Hope that helps,
Edward
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Hallo,
Ja, es ist möglich, den Master Playback Fader in den Grand Master zu konvertieren, wobei der Master Go Button zum Blackout wird. Stellen Sie hierzu sicher, dass nichts auf dem Master-Playback aufgezeichnet ist und halten Sie SETUP gedrückt und tippen Sie darauf. Sie werden ein paar besondere Funktionen sehen, von denen einer der Großmeister ist.
Ich hoffe, das hilft,
Hello,
Yes it is possibe to convert the Master Playback fader into the Grand Master, with the Master Go button becoming the Blackout. To do this ensure there is nothing recorded on the Master Playback, and then hold SETUP and tap it. You will see a few special functions, one of which is Grand Master.
Hope that helps,
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Hi Kevin,
ORB XF now comes under the "Legacy ZerOS" section of the Knowledgebase...
http://support.zero88.com/Legacy-products/Legacy-Consoles/Legacy-ZerOS/
Hopefully now that the search engine has had some time to realise how people are wording questions and what they are after, you will start to find it is more effective.
Edward
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Hi Kevin,
A Blue Rainbow effect means Blue stays at 50%, with Red and Green fading on and off. Therefore for your effect you could apply a Blue Rainbow and get rid of Blue, to leave you with a Red/Green effect. Reducing the Green then gives you less Green and more yellow.
Effect offsets do indeed use the order of fixture selection, which is why groups are very useful when it comes to applying effects. However as you said, as soon as you apply something like a "Fan V", it will use the current order of your fixtures and manipulate the order in which the effect runs. You therefore could get a "Fan V" look simply by applying a forward, offset if you had selected your fixtures in the correct order!
Edward
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Hi Kevin,
Example 1:
Select your 5 fixtures, and apply their colour. Apply either Effect 14 (Fader) or 15 (Smooth). Hold SETUP + tap EFFECT to enter the effect options. Hold SHIFT, and choose "Fan V". Release SHIFT and press OK. Now hold SHIFT and dial the offset wheel until you get the offset that works for you. If you find the effect is running in the wrong order, dial the Speed down to a negative value. You can adjust the amount of time the fixtures are off vs on, by dialing down the intensity, leaving the effect size at 100. Or alternatively make it a much more subtle effect by decreasing the Size. When you're happy store this as an effect palette.
Example 2:
Using your Effects palette you recorded, apply something like a "Blue Rainbow" to your fixtures. Go to colour, and dial out Green and Blue, and dial red to full. This should give you a Red through yellow effect. You can then apply your desired offset, following the same process as above, and when happy save this new effect as an effect palette. You may want to do this as a Record All, to store colour information too.
Your other option here to get much more precise colour choice, is to record a 2 step chase. You intensity effect would track through steps 1 and 2, where step 1 can contain the fixtures in your chosen shade of red, fading through into your chosen yellow in step 2.
Example 3:
Before recording the effect palette above, tap EFFECT until you just have the colour effect's parameters on the encoders (marked "E27" for example). Then hold SETUP and tap EFFECT, and configure the shifted function to either be Fan First or Fan Last. Confirm, and then hold SHIFT and dial offset, to leave intensity fanning from the middle, however have colour chasing from the side.
Hope that helps and makes sense, any queries let me know.
Edward
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Hi Patrick,
If you are continuing to have difficulty updating the software, please see the guide below...
Be aware that performing software updates will clear all information from the console.
If you have any queries let us know.
Edward
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Hi Kevin,
41 minutes ago, kgallen said:This sounds like a good idea - I like the idea of partitioning off the problem to avoid the master playback becoming over complex. So the separate playback can trigger other playbacks with chases on them. If the master playback releases the separate playback will this also release any child playbacks (chases) of the separate playback?
No it won't- each currently active playback will need their own release macro- don't forget if you want to manually release all playback and UDKs except the Master, you can hold CLEAR + tap FADER FUNCT.
43 minutes ago, kgallen said:Given I need some situations described by the director as "crazy disco town" (which I take as lots of random flashing coloured lights) would you recommend an effect or a chase for this (although with a chase I guess I'd need to manually define each and every state in that chase - there must be an easier way!).
Personally I'd use an effect for this. Using different LED fixtures running different effects at different speeds/offsets is likely to give you more than enough flexibility. You'll have 7 intensity and 13 colour auto effects available to play with, and when you've mixed these and applied your desired speed, size and offset, you can save this new effect to an empty effect palette. If you have customised colours for this effect too, you can program a Record All palette to store the whole look. Do this by holding SHIFT and tap RECORD, and tap any empty palette.
Hope that helps,
Edward
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Hi Patrick,
You will receive that message if the console has been Factory Reset. Therefore if you haven't manually reset the console before turning off, there is an issue with your desk. What software version is the console currently running? You can find out by pressing "Other Windows" in the top left of the Output Window, and choose "System Information" from the drop down. In this screen will be a line of text displaying "Software Version". The latest version of ZerOS is 7.9.4, available to download from our website here...
https://zero88.com/forum/files/file/17-zeros-794/
Depending on your current software version, you may need to create a bootable USB drive, which the console can then use to upgrade the software. You can do this by downloading the software from the link above, and run the "ZerOS 7.9.4 OS USB Creator" on a Windows PC, preferably Windows 7 with full admin rights. This will guide you through the process, and ask you to a plug a USB stick into your PC. Once the wizard has completed, boot the console with the formatted USB stick plugged in, and you should be prompted to install the console OS.
Have you recently received a "Non-Volatile RAM" warning message too? If so, the internal battery will need replacing. If this is the case I can guide you through how this is done.
Hope that helps, if you require any further information or assistance let me know.
Edward
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Hi Kevin,
Regarding syncing with music, is this going to be done manually, or triggered using MIDI? What audio software are you using? MIDI Timecode triggers will be able to do the work for you, especially if you configure them to run simultaneously with the audio cues- then all you'll have to do is trigger the audio cues in the correct place! 😉
How complex is each dance going to be? If for example they will contain more than 10 or so cues, I'd be tempted to program the complex dances/ songs onto separate Playbacks, having them triggered from cues in the Master Playback. These can then trigger their own chases at times, if required.
Regarding "pausing" a chase, I'd change the button function of the chase from Tap Tempo, to Pause, and the shifted function to Go (Fade). This can be done by holding SETUP and tapping your chases button -> General -> Button Function. Then when the chase is running, a single tap of its button will pause it on the current cue, and then a SHIFT + tap will resume. In the Playback's chase settings, you can configure a defined BPM, or use the Global BPM - Global Tap Tempo can then be assigned to a fader...
http://support.zero88.com/1011580981
For more on the fly control where speed will need to be varied, you could do all of the above just using Global Tap Tempo assigned to a fader. This allows you to vary the speed live, but then snap the fader down/ give the button a single tap to pause your chases, and then a double tap of the Global Tap Tempo fader's button will set a new speed.
Regarding pausing a single effect or several effects running in a cue, you could do this using the Speed Override control. Speed Override can be used to control the speed of the current effect running in the currently viewed playback. Speed Override can be assigned to a fader- allowing you to snap the fader down to achieve pausing the effect. This can be done in the same way as Global Tap Tempo - hold SETUP and tap an empty Playback's button, and choose Global Tap Tempo. You then have a couple of options to resume the effect. Either move the fade back up to 50% again to achieve your recorded effect speed, or, under the Z button press encoder button 2, which will reset speed override. If you wanted you could program a macro that presses Z -> Encoder button 2 -> Z, and then have this triggered by a cue/UDK!
Hope that helps, any further queries don't hesitate to post or message!
Edward
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Hi Jeroen,
FLX S consoles don't have the ability to copy channel data. This is something the ORB series consoles can do...
http://support.zero88.com/975363271
Edward
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Hi Mike,
We have logged "ZOS-8734" on our software tracker, which should improve loading in files and avoiding duplicates.
Edward
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Hi Jeroen,
If the new set of 4 fixtures are the same fixture type as the existing 4, any palettes you recorded with the original fixtures will also work for the new ones. Therefore you could select your new fixtures and apply the palette you used to record the playback. You can then simply Update the playback, which will then include the new fixtures.
Hope that helps,
Edward
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Hi Jeroen,
Currently there is no way of combining ZerOS show files. Therefore, in this situation it would be best to have one show file that contains all fixtures, and then maybe have Page 1 of Playbacks for your LEDs, and Page 2 for your moving heads.
Edward
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Hi Peter,
What show file are you using? Have you created one to match the Capture file? Feel free to email this to me (EdwardSmith@Eaton.com) and i'll take a look. A standard CAT5 patch cable will be fine to connect your laptop to FLX S48.
On the FLX S48, tap Z-> System Information -> System Text. In here, there should be text showing the console is looking for Capture. Does this find your laptop (this should display your PC's name)? Are there any errors?
Let me know how you get on.
Edward
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Hello,
As Kevin says, use Add Fixtures to patch your fixtures- when adding Dimmers tap Add Fixtures, and then simply tap Next, as dimmer will be pre-selected for you. Add Fixtures is a new and improved, easier to use and more advanced replacement for Patch Wizard. You will then be able to view your patched fixtures in the Fixture Schedule, which is also where you can configure them.
Hope that helps, any questions let us know.
Edward
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Hi Daniel,
Hmm, this is what I'm seeing...
Push channel faders 1>6 up to full. Manually select channels 1>4, ensuring they are the only channels selected. Press and hold RECORD, ensure SmartTag is disabled, press Selected Fixtures rather than Tagged Fixtures, tap an empty playback. Fixtures 1>6 resume at full, however if I push the playback up to full and clear the programmer (CLEAR CLEAR), fixtures 1>4 stay on, and fixtures 5 and 6 go off.
If the Playback fader is raised at the point of tapping it to complete the record command, the cue will play and programmer will be cleared automatically- is this what you are seeing?
Edward
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Hi Daniel,
Recording by choosing "Selected Fixtures" won't require you to turn lights off. All you need to do is choose which fixtures you want to be included by manually selecting them (tapping their channel buttons). Then press and hold RECORD and choose Selected Fixtures from the options.
I hope this achieves what you're after. Any queries let me know.
Edward
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Hi Daniel,
If you have fixtures which currently have other parameters in the programmer (tagged), you’ll need to untag these too, not just intensity. Alternatively, an easier option if not just dealing with intensity parameters is to select only the fixtures you want to record, press and hold RECORD, and ensuring SmartTag is Disabled, choose Selected Fixtures from the record options. Then only tagged & selected fixtures will get recorded when you tap a Playback’s button.
Hope that helps
Edward
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Hi Daniel,
It sounds like for what you need to achieve you need to untag the fixtures you don't want. Therefore in your scenario, if you only want fixtures 1-4 to be recorded, however fixtures 5 and 6 are also currently on, select only fixtures 5 and 6, tap Z/Shift, and tap the middle encoder button for Intensity. You will see this writes "Untag Intensity" in the command line. Then press and hold RECORD, and ensure that SmartTag is disabled. If the SmartTag button has a red stripe on it, tap it to go blue. Now tap the Playback you wish this to be stored to, and only fixtures 1-4 will be recorded. Fixtures 1-6 however will remain on stage.
Hope that helps and is what you're after, any queries let me know.
Edward
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Hi Zeus,
If you load in custom fixture files, and then patch these into the console, these fixtures will be saved in the show file. Are you saying these are being lost? Are their Playbacks not loading in, or are they appearing not to work?
Edward
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Hi Dan,
The process you describe there, should result in the fader both scaling intensity, and the effect speed/size or your lighting state. From your description you have said record "All Attributes". Did you manually tag all parameters in the Record Options pop up? Did you do a Record all/Snapshot (SHIFT + RECORD)?
If you disable Fader controls Effect, does the effect run as expected, or has this been lost?
Your other option on controlling the effect speed with a fader, is to use Speed Override. This control can be found under the Z key on the second encoder, but can also be setup on any empty Playback. This will then control the speed of the currently viewed playback.
Hope that helps, any queries let me know.
Edward
Grand master on Lightmaster XLS
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Hallo,
Der Großmeister sollte auch Verfolgungen verhindern. Wenn nicht, senden Sie bitte eine E-Mail an support@zero88.com, da es sich anhört, als ob ein Fehler an der Konsole vorliegt.
Hello,
The Grand Master should inhibit chases as well. If not please send an email to support@zero88.com as it sounds like there is a fault with the console.
Edward