Edward Z88

Hi @hermionejay Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. As per @Ed75's suggestion, have you tried plugging your USB drive into a Windows PC? If so, can you see the USB drive in File Explorer? Edward

Salut Romrom, Pas de problème, heureux d'apprendre que vous avez pu mettre à jour vos repères. Hi Romrom, No problem, glad to hear you were able to update your cues. Edward

Hi Sven, Thank you for the suggestion. This would also benefit Phantom ZerOS users that do not have a touchscreen laptop. I have logged this on the system as reference number ZOS-10879. Many thanks, Edward

Salut Romrom, Si vous souhaitez mettre à jour tous vos repères avec une nouvelle valeur d'obturation pour vos appareils, vous pourrez le faire en effectuant une mise à jour de suivi. Pour ce faire, allez dans la première cue de votre pile de cue, puis sélectionnez les appareils requis. Ensuite, définissez leurs paramètres de faisceau sur les valeurs requises. Ce serait alors une bonne idée d'enregistrer cela en tant que palette Beam, de sorte que vous ayez un moyen rapide de régler les paramètres aux valeurs requises. Ensuite, appuyez sur le bouton UPDATE et maintenez-le enfoncé. Dans les options, assurez-vous que SmartTatg est désactivé, indiqué par une bande bleue, et assurez-vous que « Track Forwards » est sélectionné, indiqué par une bande rouge. Appuyez ensuite sur le bouton de votre lecture pour mettre à jour le repère dans lequel vous vous trouvez et envoyez les mises à jour via votre pile de repères. Désormais, tous les repères seront mis à jour à partir du premier repère, jusqu'à un repère où le paramètre Shutter a ensuite reçu une valeur. Si vous avez effectué une mise à jour du suivi, mais que seul le premier repère a la valeur d'obturation mise à jour, vous pourrez débloquer la lecture. Pour ce faire, ouvrez les paramètres de lecture en appuyant longuement sur SETUP et en appuyant sur le bouton de lecture. Dans les paramètres de lecture, choisissez "Advanced" en haut, puis choisissez "Unblock", puis cliquez sur OK. Maintenant, répétez le processus de mise à jour de votre premier repère avec la nouvelle valeur d'obturation, et cette fois, il devrait suivre vos repères. J'espère que ça aide. S'il vous plaît, faites-nous savoir comment vous allez. Hi Romrom, If you wish to update all of your cues with a new Shutter value for your fixtures, you will be able to do this by doing a Tracking update. To do this, go into the first cue of your cue stack, and then select the required fixtures. Then set their Beam parameters to the required values. It would then be a good idea to record this as a Beam palette, so you have a quick way of setting the parameters to the required values. Then, press and hold the UPDATE button. From the options, ensure that SmartTag is disabled, indicated with a blue stripe, and ensure that "Track Forwards" is selected, indicated with a red stripe. Then tap your playback's button, to update the cue you're in, and send the updates down through your cue stack. Now, all cues will be updated from the first cue onwards, until a cue where the Shutter parameter was next given a value. If you have performed a tracking update, but only the first cue has the updated shutter value, you will be able to unblock the playback. To do this, open the playback's settings by pressing and holding SETUP, and tapping the playback's button. From the Playback Settings, choose "Advanced" at the top, and then choose "Unblock", and click OK. Now, repeat the process of updating your first cue with the new Shutter value, and this time it should track through your cues. I hope this helps. Please let us know how you get on.

Salut Romrom, Vous devrez vous assurer que SmartTag est désactivé, pour vous permettre d'enregistrer ou de mettre à jour les valeurs par défaut d'un appareil. SmartTag se trouve en haut à gauche des options d'enregistrement. Assurez-vous que le bouton a une bande bleue, ce qui signifie désactivé. J'espère que cela t'aides, Hi Romrom, You will need to ensure that SmartTag is disabled, to allow you to record or update a fixture's default values. SmartTag can be found top left of the Record Options. Ensure the button has a blue stripe, meaning disabled. Hope this helps,

Hi Alex, Would you be able to take a picture of this screen, and email it to support@zero88.com? If so this will aid us in understanding what may be going on. Edward

Hi Ed, Thanks for sharing this! I have looked into the Stream Deck but haven't had a play with one myself. Sounds like a great idea. Feel free to post some pictures of your set up here if you'd like to. Edward

Hi Alex, Thank you for the information. Please select the fixture, and then tap the COLOUR key. Then tap "Wheels" at the bottom of the external monitor, to view the Wheels desktop. What do the onscreen wheels display at the top of the window? If you drag the onscreen wheels, do the values change correctly? Are your encoder wheels working correctly with other fixtures? That is correct. If you use a standard monitor with a mouse, or a single-touch touchscreen, you will not be able to fan colours across the colour picker. Colour picker fanning is done by using 2 points of contact within the colour picker, and so a multitouch screen is required. Alternatively, you could use a tablet running the ZerOS Monitor app, as this will also allow you to use multitouch on the colour picker. If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi Alex, The Orb section of the forum is still available, so I have moved this topic... https://zero88.com/forum/forum/136-orb-orb-xf/ Please see the link below, for information on controlling multicell fixtures... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/controlling-fixtures/multicell-fixtures Would you be able to talk me through the steps you are taking? Once you have selected a fixture, for example "10 Enter", the encoder wheels can be used to control all cells together. If you move the "Red" encoder wheel, what happens? To select an individual cell, you can then type "10 . 2 Enter" for example. If you are using the Colour Picker on an external touchscreen that does not support multitouch, you will not be able to fan colours across your fixtures. Edward

Hi Ed, When you record a parameter onto a playback, and enable Fader Controls, the fader will crossfade the parameter from its current value, to the recorded value. If Pan/Tilt are currently at default, the fader will therefore fade you from 50% to the recorded value. You could therefore update the default for the fixture's Pan and Tilt to 0%. That way your playback faders would have control from 0% to 50%, with the fixtures in their original default position when the fader is at 50% travel. Information on editing fixture default values here... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/controlling-fixtures/defaults Tip - record your fixture's Pan and Tilt at 0% in a position palette. Then apply your new position palette, and then update the fixture's defaults. That way, the fixture's default value will reference the position palette. This allows you to easily update the palette, to change the fixture's defaults. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Philip, Thank you, we will reply to your email shortly. Edward

I think @Davidmk has hit the nail on the head here - it sounds to me like there is zoom information recorded in the intensity playback. Therefore when you raise the intensity playback, the zoom will always go to the value that is stored in the cue, replacing the zoom value that had been controlled by your Zoom playback. When you want to start getting specific about what gets recorded where, I'd recommend disabling SmartTag in the Record Options. Therefore bring up the intensity of your fixture. Then press and hold RECORD, and from the Record Options window ensure that the SmartTag button is disabled, indicated with a blue stripe on the button. You can then tap the button below the playback fader you wish to use for the fixture's intensity. Then double tap CLEAR select the fixture, and then adjust only the Zoom parameter to the level you need it. Then tap RECORD, and tap the button below the fader you wish to control Zoom. Then go into the settings of this playback, and enable Fader Controls Beam. This will give you 2 independent playbacks - one for the fixture's intensity, and the other for Zoom. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Philip, Thank you for following my instructions. When you say it didn't start, how long did you leave the console with its LEDs chasing? Were any USB or network devices connected? If possible, please email us a picture of your console's System Information window to support@zero88.com, to allow us to investigate further. To access this window, please tap the Z/Shift key, and choose System Information from the touchscreen. Edward

Hi Terry, Thanks for the information. Really sorry to hear this. Would you also be able to confirm the software version currently running on the console? You can find this by tapping the Z/Shift button, and choosing System Information from the internal touchscreen. The latest software for FLX S consoles is ZerOS 7.10. Edward

Hi @terryb Thank you for the information. Sorry to hear one of your console's USB ports is not working. I would only recommend using powered USB hubs with FLX S48 consoles. Would you be able to send me a link to the USB hub you are using? When the console freezes, does the internal touchscreen freeze too, or is it just the front panel controls and DMX outputs? Some touchscreen monitors have a USB hub built-in - does yours have this functionality? Please drop us an email to support@zero88.com including your console's full serial number, and we will be able to get back to you. Feel free to email us a picture of the serial number sticker if that is easier. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi Philip, No problem at all. Sorry to hear that. Sorry to hear you are still having difficulty booting your console. I would recommend trying the following process: Boot the console with the ZerOS-formatted USB drive - the console should boot up. Unplug USB drive. Plug USB drive into a Windows PC, and in File Explorer right click on the drive, choose Format... then click Start Copy the ZerOS 7.10.exe file onto the USB drive. Do not run the ZerOS OS Creator on PC. Plug the USB drive into the console, and tap SETUP -> Load, and choose ZerOS 7.10 to load in Perform the software update. Once complete, switch off the console, and unplug the USB drive Power the console - does it boot normally? It should take around 30 seconds to boot. If you are able to try this, please let me know how you get on. Edward

Hi @LouAldons Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Would you be able to confirm which software version you are running on your FLX S console? If you are running the current latest software, please see the information below on controlling multicell fixtures… https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/controlling-fixtures/multicell-fixtures If this doesn’t help you, please link to your fixture’s manual, and we’ll be able to take a look. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi @Tassal Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Glad to hear your console is back in use again. Sorry to hear this. Would you happen to know what software version your console was running? Feel free to send me an email if you’d like to explore this further. That’s exactly it - most people that get ZerOS Servers buy them hoping they’ll never need them, but it’s nice to know it’s there just in case! Edward

Hi David, Sorry to hear this. Once your show run has completed, I would recommend updating your console's software. If you can't get your hands on another FLX within your budget, it might be worth shopping around and seeing what price you could get for a 4-universe ZerOS Server... https://zero88.com/control/server If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi David, Sounds good. I have updated this topic title to "S48" rather than "S24" to avoid confusion. Any DMX channels that you are using, will eat into your channel limit. So patching 1 dimmer channel, with an additional address configured, would use 1 of your 96 fixtures, and 2 of your 512/1024 DMX channels. To do this, firstly save a copy of your show file to a USB drive. You'd then need to delete all the playbacks you don't want to access on your FLX S48, and move the playbacks you do want to access to playbacks 1 - 96. You could then save the show file to USB, and load it into FLX S48. You could then load the original show file back into the FLX. For clarity, FLX S consoles do not feature a MIDI input. UDKs will not be loaded, and palettes greater than number 96 for each attribute will not be loaded. Total DMX addresses and fixture count are the main thing to bear in mind. Yes worth clarifying - FLX S consoles do not support the Tracking Backup protocol that is available on FLX and other ZerOS consoles. So a FLX S could not automatically take over control of the show, should your FLX go offline. Edward

Hi @diacong I would do this using two cues, that run simultaneously. I would have one cue, that just fades the garden lighting. You could then have this cue with one fade time set. You may wish this cue to run automatically after the previous cue. For example if the previous cue brings the lights up, this cue can then start running automatically, slowly fading out the garden throughout the duration of the scene. I would then have another cue that controls the room lighting. This cue could then have a different fade time, however be triggered with the previous cue. Hope this helps, Edward

As an update to this thread, the Phantom ZerOS Front Panel windows of FLX series consoles have had a large update...

As an update to this thread, the Phantom ZerOS Front Panel windows of FLX series consoles have had a large update...

Hi Tony, Yep, the Prolight LEDJ Pixel Storm 12 Tri Batten can be operated in a 36 channel mode. This gives you 12 cells each with RGB control. Edward

Hi Tony, There are many battens available from different manufacturers that can be operated in a "Multicell" mode, allowing individual control of the pixels/cells. Some other forum members may be able to suggest battens. If you find a batten that you're considering, feel free to link to its manual, and I'll take a look to see whether it can be operated in a multicell mode. Edward