scottydog75

As a first check, hold SETUP and press the playback GO button. Make sure that the settings are like this:

Great to hear! Looking forward to hearing more about the beta release in the coming weeks! 😃

Hello Vari-Lite Team, any updates on a bug-fix release for ZerOS 8? @DMH @RJP

I've just had my FLX (running ZerOS 8.0) back from a 2 week hire and had no end of complaints regarding regular crashes I advised them to downgrade, but they were nervous to do so with a busy show schedule. I've also had a couple crashes during programming sessions, fortunately never when running a show. I wonder if it has something to do with the programmer?

Jon's departure post says this is the official contact email address to use: Conversely, the Vari-Lite website (https://www.vari-lite.com/global/support/technical-support) says to use support@zero88.com - I imagine this redirects somewhere new now...

Both fixtures are already in the fixture library. Is your desk currently running the latest OS? (which will mean it will also have the latest fixture library).

Rem Dim (or Remainder Dim) is a feature common on most lighting desks which dims all active outputs to 0%, and sends all channels you have selected to 100%. This feature is particularly useful during focusing sessions or rig checks. E.G. Dimmers 1 thru 12 are at 50%. You want to specifically pick out dimmer 6 to allow you to focus it better. Select channel 6 and 'Rem Dim', channels 1 thru 5, and 7 thru 12 go to 0% and channel 6 goes to 100%. In ZerOS, channels affected by Rem Dim are shown in Yellow as @kgallen has pointed out earlier. I don't believe Rem Dim is a feature that is enabled on the FLX S range consoles, and is exclusive to full FLX only (unaware of other legacy consoles). On review of the ZerOS Shortcuts (https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts?filter=1) "Shift + F" enables Rem Dim on FLX but I have tried this on Phantom and it doesn't work for FLX S. This may be an error that this feature works via an Apple Watch (unable to test this unfortunately!) You do have access to the 'Highlight' feature (Shift + Home) on FLX S range. Highlight allows you to temporarily bump the intensity of a selected fixture up to 100%, which again can also be useful during focusing. During testing on Phantom ZerOS, both Rem Dim and Highlight can be 'CLEAR CLEAR'-ed. Hope this is of some help! Good luck!

Ah yeah you're probably right. I remember 10 or so years ago programming Joseph's Tech Dreamcoat on the Jester and had an excel spreadsheet with all the RGB values required for each colour. It was red, and yellow, and green, and.... 😄 (spoilt rotten with the colour picker on FLX now!)

Fixture editor available here if you don't have it already : https://www.vari-lite.com/global/products/zeros-software (under Latest ZerOS Library > Zero 88 Fixture Tools 2.6) Good luck!

I've not touched a Jester for a long time, however I've fired up the old Zero88 Fixture Editor tool, and it is possible to assign Hue, Saturation, and Intensity, against the colour parameter, so this could be possible if you've got some time to test it!

Hear hear... Where's the downvote button when you need one ⬇️ I wonder how long until the FLX S is canned - I had slight optimism at the ZerOS 8 launch that it sounded like FLX S would be hanging around for a while (https://www.vari-lite.com/global/news/releases/zeros-8-0) - perhaps not much longer with the 'core' Z88 team all gone now. Still wonder if we'll ever hear from our new Vari-Lite admins on this forum? (it's not too late to introduce yourselves, we don't bite! Would be great to get some of your insights on the future of FLX to allay our concerns!) Signed - a loyal Z88 user

Firstly I would double check your patch, if memory serves correctly, unless you have a fixture(s) patched onto Uni 5 (as an example) I don't think the desk will spit out Artnet beyond what it has been patched to. Secondly some nodes can start on Artnet Uni 0, which is then Desk Uni 1, Artnet Uni 1 which is Desk Uni 2 - so this may also be a contributing confusion factor! Good luck!

Spam seems to be getting worse on the daily! Perhaps some sort of user verification is required?

You may get a reply from Vari-Lite if you're lucky! Try Graeme at https://ultralightsound.co.uk/service-repair-maintenance/

Darren @DMH, Ryan @RJP any thoughts on the matter, is this a bug? I also cross posted to the Facebook group, someone called Bobby who also appears to work at Vari-lite left me with no solution either. Disappointed at the new 'service' level!