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Not sure really! I was running two switches, three Art-Net Nodes, one Wi-Fi AP, one Stream Deck, and a local laptop networked in for running ZerOS Monitor. Vari-Lite email support could only offer the suggestion that it would have been due to an unstable network. There could be some mileage in that as my laptop did occasionally drop connection to ZerOS Monitor. Anyway, its all over and done with now, I never ran them in tracking, however was ready to rapidly connect in the backup ethernet cable if my primary desk crashed during a show, which it didn't (hooray!) Pic for prosperity - stuck at the back of the box behind the venue desks - main sound FOH, running audio feeds into venue mixer

Hi all, I'm currently running a show where I've hired in another FLX as a tracking backup, as I can't afford any crashes during the run. This is the first time I have ever tried setting up tracking before, and I was testing it during the dress rehearsal last night. As per the guide https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/devices/tracking-backup I have made sure that each desk is on a separate IP and they were communicating with each other (using Art-Net). What was strange was that the backup desk kept taking control every so often without the prompt or need to do so. I have made an assumption that it is doing this because I was updating the cue stack on the main desk, and then it is pushing this update across to the backup desk. The backup desk then thinks it is running a newer show file than the main desk, and therefore takes control - however I could be misinterpreting this, and some other weird network force could be at play? Does anyone have any reliable experience with tracking backup, and may be able to provide any pointers? Will this be more reliable once I stop making updates to the cue stack - which I am unlikely to be doing so during the actual show (opens tonight!) Many thanks

Ensure Pan and Tilt are tagged (blue background). Record --> Home --> Default should achieve what you are trying to do.

Anyone used 8.0.1 in anger yet and noted any improved 'up-time' when compared to fairly regular crashes on 8.0.0? Trying to plan what version to program my next show on! Cheers

Yes make sure you produce the chase with the macro before transferring! 😅

I've never had time to try it in the end, however I was once trying to do an intensity effect over 300 pixels, and at the time Edward suggested to write a Macro to do the hard work for me. You can't natively do Macro's on FLXS, however you could load your showfile into PhantomZerOS in FLX mode, create your macro and chase, and then load your showfile back into your FLXS (possibly?! - lots of maybes in this 😃)

I think my issue is mainly when updating a cue(s) during a rehearsal or during a run, I naturally have the haze machine running, so it inadvertently gets recorded into the cue. A good reminder about the 'Remove' feature for the odd cue or two, but I've generally found the delete fixture route catches all my errors if its been a big update session!

Is anyone aware if there is a way to always exclude a fixture from being recorded into a cue stack? I keep accidently recording my haze machine into my main PB, which can be resolved by deleting and re-patching the hazer, but feel like there must be a better way? Cheers

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!