Edward Z88

Hi Rob, Good question. When it comes to computing, "program" is preferred!... https://www.grammarly.com/blog/program-programme/ If you have programmed all your cues, and then want to add in movers, this is where tracking may come in very useful. If you want to add a fixture in, and only add it into the current cue, you will need to update cue only. If you would like to add your movers into multiple cues, for example, a gobo wash over the top of several other lighting states for the duration of the scene, do a track forwards update, to add the new light in. This update will then track through subsequent cues, until that light has new information from a cue further down the stack. Therefore if you recorded a blackout which didn't have information for the light, you will need to go into the blackout, and update this cue too, to take the light back out. Obviously updating 2 cues is much easier than updating 10 that all needed your mover added in, when you could have simply done a tracking update. The Cue Only option shouldn't affect move on dark behaviour. This is where SmartTag comes in. With SmartTag enabled, it will not store information for fixtures at 0%. This therefore allows their parameters to be prepped, ready for a future cue when they're next used. I'd recommend taking a look at our "Simplifying Jargon" series of videos i you haven't already. One of these is on tracking, and another is on cue only, which hopefully will clear things up... https://zero88.com/jargon If you have any questions as always let us know. Edward

Hi Shane, Thanks, we’ll take a look into this. Thanks for letting me know. Yes if an attribute is enabled under fader controls, this attribute’s cue fade times will be ignored. Edward

Hi Peter, Thank you for your detailed post. It sounds like you’re almost there. These are exactly the steps needed. Remember, the reason pressing CLEAR is important, is because it allows you to remove your manual information from the channel faders. If you don’t press CLEAR, the channel faders will still be controlling those fixtures, not the playbacks, as values from the channel faders, displayed in red in the output window, have the highest priority on the console. For more information on the colours see you see in the Output Window, see below... http://support.zero88.com/1011707591 The default options in the Record Options are SmartTag and Cue Onlt enabled, indicated with a red stripe. For more information, see below... http://support.zero88.com/1014189311 When you have programmed your lighting state, using the channel faders, there are simply three things you’ll need to do to use your playbacks. These steps are: - Lower your faders - Press Clear twice (if no fixtures are selected, simply press it once), and the clear button will turn off - Tap fader function to toggle to playbacks You can then push up your playbacks, and you’ll see your intensity fade in with the raise of the fader, and colour/positions will fade in. To adjust these fades, press and hold VIEW and press the playback’s button, to view the cue stored on the playback. Correct, to edit a lighting state, push the playback up, toggle to channels, and tweak the lighting levels and other attributes. When happy, tap UPDATE, and then the flashing playback button you wish to update. Doing this automatically takes all the values you have manually adjusted using the channel faders, and puts them into the cue, you’ll therefore notice the clear button turns off automatically. That’s correct - by default the console will store the whole current lighting state when you press RECORD. When you are then mixing playbacks, you will see that intensity mixes using Highest Takes Precedence (HTP) between playbacks, and colours, beams and positions will mix Latest Takes Precedence (LTP). HTP being whichever playback has the highest level for a fixture takes control of that fixture, and LTP being whichever playback has been raised most recently controls the fixture. If you’re able to, I’d recommend looking at attending a FLX training session, where we spend time going through this on a real console with a virtual rig of lights connected. For a list of our free FLX training dates and locations, see below... https://zero88.com/training#eventdates Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. To trigger a chase on a playback from a cue, click the Settings button of the cue you wish your chase to start in. The Settings button is found at the end of a cue's row. From the Settings, click Macros..., and then choose Trigger Cue Stack. You can then press the flashing button of your chase on the console, or press the chase on the touchscreen. Then OK the Macros window, and OK the Cue Settings window. Now when you go into the cue, the chase will fade in using the cue's fade times. You will then need to go into the settings of the cue you wish the chase to stop in, but this time choose Release Cue Stacks. For more information, see page 50 of the FLX range manual. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Mil, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. As you have found, most effects have an auto offset. If you want to quickly change this, you can use the quick offset options along the top of the effects window. If you want to customise the offset, you can use the Offset encoder wheel. If you simply dial the Offset wheel, in the same way when you dial speed you give that speed value to all selected fixtures, you give the displayed offset value to all selected fixtures. As a result, each fixture is not offset from one another. As Kevin mentions above, if you hold SHIFT and dial the Offset encoder, you fan the offset values across the selected fixtures, in the order of selection. There are 4 fan behaviours to choose from, which can be configured by holding SETUP, and tapping the Effect tab. You can then hold Z/SHIFT, and choose the Fan behaviour you would like when the Shift key is held. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Thierry, Thanks for confirming. As you may be aware, the cause of the issue is the number of LCD displays that are updated when playback pages are changed on LeapFrog 96/SolutionXL consoles. We are looking into a fix for this. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Thierry, We have had another report of this on a LeapFrog 96, and are looking into the issue. Remind me, is this Solution or SolutionXL you are seeing this issue on? Edward

Hi Shane, As Kevin says, either attaching your show file to this thread, or emailing it to us at support@zero88.com is the best way of us seeing what is going on. If you tap Z/Shift, the second encoder wheel displays Speed Override. If you tap the middle button of this encoder, this will disable speed override. Are you finding it is just the parameter fade times that aren't working, or are intensity fades not working either? If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Daniel, If this happens and you don't want the cues stored on the playback you wish to turn into a Grand Master, tap DELETE, and then the playback button. You can then hold SETUP and tap it, and choose Grand Master. Edward

Hi Dominique, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Really glad to hear you are enjoying your FLX S24. Any playback on the FLX S24 can be viewed in the cue list window. To view a playback, press and hold VIEW, and tap the playback button you wish to use. Doing this will not change the button function of any playbacks, simply display the cues stored on that playback in the Cue List window. You can see which cue you are in on the MFF Playbacks, by viewing the Faders window. Every Playback will display a "C" and "N", for Current Cue and Next Cue. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Neil, If you plug a USB keyboard into FLX S, you can use the ">" key for Thru. This allows you to type COPY, type 1>45 in the "From" field, and in the "To" field type the first cue you wish this range to be pasted to. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Zeus, The article Kevin links to is still correct as per ZerOS 7.9.7 - some of the screen shots just may look slightly different to what you're seeing. Under SETUP -> Settings -> Record & Update -> Tracking Options, ensure this is enabled. Then exit Setup, and press and hold RECORD. This will open the Record Options window on the internal touchscreen. If you wish to use the Selected Fixtures record option, you will need to ensure SmartTag is disabled, indicated with a blue button stripe. If you are programming cue stacks, ensure the tracking options are set to your required behaviour. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let us know. Edward @kgallen Thanks for your help with this.

Hi Mark, In ZerOS 7.9.7, the INSERT button isn’t used, and so instead can be configured to be a Park/Unpark function. To do this, hold SETUP and press the INSERT button. You can then set the Normal function to be Park, and the Shifted function to be Unpark. You can then select a fixture, and press the INSERT button, and it will be parked. You can then hold SHIFT and press INSERT, and selected fixtures will be unparked. For more information see below... http://support.zero88.com/1011403601 Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Terry, Thanks very much, I have replied to your email. Edward

Glad to hear it. Any questions just let me know. Edward

As Kevin says above, ZerOS wouldn't know what it is, plus Remote is currently Ethernet only on the console, not USB. Edward

Hi Chris, There a couple of known issues with the wizard. I would therefore recommend creating the fixtures outside of the wizard. From opening the Fixture Editor, choose "Create a New Fixture Type" (or just press ENTER), rather than choose "use wizard". Then double click on "Manufacturers" from the left hand side, and type your manufacturer in. Then right click under "Fixture Type", and choose "Add Fixture Type". You can then give it a name (which is used by Frogs and Jesters), and then a long name which is used by ZerOS. Fixture modes can be separated by "fixture name : mode name" (space colon space). Then go to the parameters tab from the top, right click, Add Parameter, and add each parameter in one by one. You don't have to put Special details in, however I would recommend doing so for Dimmer, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Zoom, Focus, Pan, Tilt. For White, ZerOS name matches the parameter "White", and can then use this parameter for colour mixing. 🤦‍♂️ Thanks Kevin 🙄 😆. Actually I believe the software was made by one of ZerOS software engineers, however many moons ago, and sadly updating this software is very low priority, especially as we'd like to build it into ZerOS in future. You would still be able to do this, however using Phantom. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Terry, Please email us a copy of this message to support@zero88.com. We will then be able to investigate this to see what the cause may be. Edward

Hello, Reset Desk will not remove custom fixture files. That is why under SETUP -> Clear Options, there is also a Clear Fixture Files button. A Factory Reset however, will remove custom fixture files. I'd therefore recommend resetting the desk, not factory resetting, to allow you to still access the custom fixture files that are currently in the console. If possible, it is a good idea to collate all custom fixture files into a single fixture file, as a backup for if you need to perform a factory reset or software update. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Chris, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Yes, as @kgallen mentions, this is done by setting all fixtures to the values you wish them to default to, and then tap RECORD, followed by tapping the Home icon. To do this you will need to record the fixtures in their colour, however at 0% intensity. To do this you will need to disable SmartTag within the Record Options. For more information, see below... http://support.zero88.com/1011707631 Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Kay, What you are after is a "hue" channel, allowing you to cycle through the hues you want using a single parameter. Unfortunately unless there is a macro/hue channel on the fixture, there wouldn't be a way of creating a hue parameter for you to then record on the console. What you could do is record a rainbow effect for your fixtures on one playback, and then set up a speed override on another playback. You could then run the rainbow effect, and the various colours would start to cycle, and you can then bring your speed override fader down to stop the effect when you get to the colour you're after. Remember speed override will affect the currently viewed playback. You could then record a separate intensity fader, and enable fader controls colour on the rainbow playback, giving you intensity on one fader, saturation from the rainbow effect playback, and then use the speed override fader to choose the hue. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, It sounds like there may be an issue with the faders. I would recommend dropping us an email to support@zero88.com, and we'll be able to advise on repair. Edward

Hi Kay, Some LED fixtures have a colour macro parameter that allows you to do exactly this, I'm guessing your fixtures don' have this? Could you simply select these fixtures, and then use the colour picker live? Edward

Hi Chris, If you drop us an email to FixtureSupport@zero88.com with details on what is missing, we’ll be able to take a look and add this in. Edward

Hi Eric, That's great, when we have an updated fixture file we will include it in a future library version release. Edward