Muller Light

It was a crash dump (like a Linux shell window?) on the monitor. but then the monitor froze and i rebooted.

Hi Archie. I will try later. I wonder if, when i saved, i saved the showfile and setup, rather than just the showfile. Thanks Paul

Showfile from Solution that wouldn't load on Leapfrog. WOZ-20125a.zos

Hi Archie, Yes, I thought the solution and Leapfrog48 were the same. Both are running 7.14.4. File is a .zos. I have tried loading into phantom and saving, and will try on the desks tomorrow night. Thanks Paul

Hello all, I have a Solution and tried saving a show and then loading it on a Leapfrog48. The Leapfrog crashed and had to be rebooted. Is there a way of saving a show on the solution that makes it compatible with a leapfrog? And vice versa? Thanks

If Vari-lite aren't interested in ZerOS, it would be good if they could put the source code in the public domain so it could be turned onto an open-source project.

Hi, is the last release for Solution consoles (presumably 7.14.4) now available for all, not just beta? "ZerOS 7.14.4 will be a bug fix release for all consoles." Paul

Disappointed to hear that the Solution will no longer get software updates, but I can understand why, given the age of the product. Will the final version of software for the Solution enable any extra features, like you are on the FLX desks? Maybe more universes (over ethernet), more fixtures, use of faders 1-48 for fixtures, etc? On another subject, how about making PhantomZerOS be able to output, say 1 universe, to a cheap DMX dongle like the Chamsys MagicQ software does? Chamsys are clearly using this to try and introduce people to their products so they will then be more likely to buy the hardware, so maybe Varilite also should.

Voted! Thanks Jon.

So does this mean that there is no prospect of an OSC output (to trigger external equipment) in the next version of ZerOS? Specifically, that will run on a Solution.

I was hoping that the lighting desk would be the 'Master' device and the sound player (or other PC program) would be the 'slave'. So you would just keep pressing the 'go' button on the lighting desk and the sound cues (or other cues, e.g. powerpoint slides) would play automatically along with the lighting cue. DMX controlled media player is an option (via sACN or ArtNet), but limits you to that particular program. The 'OSC keypress' program allows you to trigger any PC program that needs a keypress to do something. (according to it's blurb. I haven't tried it) Maybe this will be in ZerOS 8! Until then, it will be one hand on lighting desk and one hand on PC keyboard.

So, if I understand it correctly, Davidmk wants to trigger lighting cues from something external. I would want to trigger sound cues from the lighting desk. (A Solution) e.g. 'Lightning' on Solution triggers 'thunder' on PC. So OSC to PC running 'OSC Keypress' and Soundplant. Will the proposed OSC implementation be able to do that?

Although a PC is x86 hardware! (But probably more capable & recent than the Kontron card in the Solution.) Paul

Hi Edward, A little googling shows me that the Hue API is in the public domain (Why Develop for Hue - Philips Hue Developer Program (meethue.com), which is good, so I guess I will try to find something that will convert, say, sACN to Hue if I ever want to run some Hue lights. It could run on another interface box e.g. PC, R Pi, Android tablet, etc. Thanks Paul

Oh, that is disappointing. I was going to buy some Hues and a bridge for 'practical lights' for a play. What about the other ethernet protocols added in 7.12? Thanks Paul