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Edward has covered this in several posts on this forum including https://www.zero88.com/forum/topic/10062-ad-as-additional-adress-unpatch-missing/#comment-42186 , where RigSync had repatched a fixture so the "Add As Additional" button was not available. I have pasted these comments as they may be relevant : Setup > Fixture Schedule > tap on a fixture's DMX address to open "Edit DMX Address". If the "DMX Universe", "Unpatch", and "Add As Additional" buttons are hidden, this indicates that the selected fixture is an RDM device that has been discovered by RigSync. It is not possible to unpatch a fixture discovered by RigSync, or give it multiple start addresses. Sorry to hear that RigSync changed the settings of RDM fixtures when you didn't want it to. If you go to Setup > Universes > Remote Device Management, there is a "Revert Rig Back" button, which will tell the fixtures to go back to the settings they had when the console found them. You would need to re-patch the fixture manually, to be able to access the "Add As Additional" and "Unpatch" buttons. Obsidians gain is our loss unfortunately.

Hello Oliver_74 You can use the Add as additional address function found in the Edit DMX Address window to pair your five fixtures. When you select the DMX address of the first fixture you want to pair, the curser will flash in the DMX address window which will be blank. Type in the address of the second fixture in the pair, select Add as additional address, then Enter. The Fixture schedule window will show two addresses for the channel fader of the first fixture. I only found this last week when I wanted to pair dimmer channels under one fader.

One option for editing show cues to create a new show, is to select Save and type a new file name in the show file box. You can then copy a Playback Copy Playbacks into another Playback to edit, while keeping the original playback cues unchanged. You can then copy multiple cues as described by Edward in this post Copying Multiple Cues. I have copied blocks of files using the Copy in Z Key to make up a new set of cues, using an external keyboard to select ranges of cues, then did a Renumber in the new Playback. On FLX S, the renumber function is for 1:1 renumbering, unless you have a USB keyboard connected. You can add new cues to the Playback using Record > Z Key> type in cue number, then press Playback flash key. You cannot copy a block of cues from one Playback to another, but you can copy one cue at a time from one Playback into another Playback Copy Playbacks .

These have just appeared on a recycled web site FLX 4096 Controller AUD$4,290.00. They say they have 10+

With the release of ZerOS 8 the number of licensed channels in a FLXS48 is 2,048. https://www.vari-lite.com/global/news/releases/zeros-8-0 which can be patched across 64 universes. https://www.zero88.com/storage/downloads/manuals/zeros-en.pdf "On all ZerOS consoles, including FLX, FLX S24 & FLX S48, ZerOS allows fixtures to be patched across 64 universes without wasting unused channels. Any two of these universes can be sent out over the two DMX outputs. The total number of used channels across the 64 universes must not exceed the number of universes your console is licensed to output. All 64 universes can be distributed over an Ethernet network using either “Art-Net”, “Streaming ACN” or “CITP”.'

I have written a FLXS48 User Booklet as a basic guide on how to do specific tasks on a FLXS48, mainly for new users. I am trying to word a section on controlling mini LED movers with colour and gobo wheels, as the initial Tab selection screen does not provide control, you need to use the encoder wheel button to access any selection. Any comments on this wording please ? Using Colour Wheels and Gobo Wheels on Mini Movers If you have selected an LED Mini Mover that has a Colour Wheel or a Gobo Wheel, after you select the Colour or Shape Tab on the top of the internal touch screen, you then need to press the centre button of the first encoder wheel for the selection screen to appear, which shows the colours or gobos that are available to select. To return to the main window, press the centre button of the encoder wheel again. FLXS48 USER BOOKLET 24 March 2025 ZerOS 8.pdf

I use a touch screen laptop as an external monitor for FLXS24 using the Monitor App as kgallen has mentioned. Look at this earlier forum post https://www.zero88.com/forum/topic/11317-connecting-flx24-to-laptop/#comment-43884

Had to fix a FLXS48 today, the clear led was staying on, the operator said that it was initially taking a while to clear but after a day of use the clear button did not clear, they had to power reset the desk to clear the clear function. I reloaded ZerOS 7.14 and the clear is working again, no clue as to what caused the fault. I have reloaded their show, left the desk on for an hour to see if it was heat related, but the fault has not reappeared. It is in a clean, airconditioned school theatre. Camp Rock.zos

If you are using the system dmx output monitor, you may also need an external dmx monitor, in case it was a desk output problem. I have not had a problem with using the desk system dmx monitor, I find it a useful feature. As the fixtures have been responding since reprogramming the show, it appears to rule out a dmx cable, unless you have moved a cable, which may have "cured" the fault.

I was helping look at the unwanted colours that occur when fading between two cues in a show where the Colour Timing had been set to 0 secs so was causing snap cue colour transitions and unwanted colour morphing as can be seen in this DropBox video. Pymalion 0 sec Colour Time . Another unwanted effect was the Event Lighting Pixerbar12Hex doing linear colour shifts along the bar. I experimented with extending the Colour Fade Time and found that if you use a Colour fade Time of Cue Fade Time plus 4 seconds, most of the colour morphing did not occur, the led bars colour faded smoothly and the only manual adjustment was presetting house curtain wash colours in the blackout preceding the curtain wash, as a preset in black. See end results in this DropBox video. Pygmalion Colour Time is Cue Time plus 4 seconds .

On the bottom of the Front Panel view it has Right click to press-and-hold.

One thing I noticed when doing compilation was in the Piety mood folder Lee 707 was incorrectly labeled as ultimate frost which should be ultimate violet. I use ultimate violet as a brighter colour than Lee 181 congo blue. The andoid Lee Filters app has Lee 707 as Ultimate Violet. No uppercase in mood boards but uppercase in other sources.

I am using the Pluto 2000 at a show in a UWA theatre, they were patched into an ION desk using the etc library. The Pluto 2000 strobed when trying to use pan so it looks like an undocumented firmware change in the display control board in three Pluto 2000 zoom wash I recently replaced. Wil have to chase up the service centre. The fixtures worked ok in 16 channel mode on the ION. Will have to wait 2 weeks to do more tests as The Gondoliers starts a 2 week season on Thursday.

I have been trying another way to find colours within Lee Filters Mood Boards and have cut and pasted the moods with a description for each one from the Lee Filers web site and The Art Of Light publication. I have not done the Inspired By ones yet. Lee Mood Boards ZerOS 7 Screenshots.pdf

I have patched three ProShop Pluto 2000 (also called LEDMOV530) into my FLXS24. There is no light output when I first put the fader to max, when I select a colour using the Colour tab I get a light output of that colour. But the light is flickering or strobing. I have looked at the strobe channel encoder wheel and it has a default of 0%. How do I extract a fixture file from the ZerOS Library to view the channel details using the Fixture Type Editor. Is this the correct way to confirm the Pluto2000 Person2 fixture file channels match the manual. Thanks. LEDMOV530 - Pluto 2000 Wash Manual.pdf