[Illusion 500 does not accept Virtual Channels in Pofiles]

Hi Jon,

 

Nice to have your help again, I Am sure you remember me from Porthcawl :-)

 

The File is referenced on the ill-500 page

 

http://support.zero88.com/main/en/product/1

 

as

 

http://support.zero88.com/main/en/download/307

 

it talks about fixtures working on the ill-500 and talks about virtual dimmers etc.

 

Cheers

 

Si

[Illusion 500 does not accept Virtual Channels in Pofiles]

Hi

 

Many thanks for you reply .. I wish that was made clear in your user manuals. The Notes about the Fixture Editor make it look as if the support for Virtual Channels is there on the ill-500.

 

Do you have any suggestions about using 30+ RGB LED devices on the ill-500 please ?

 

Many thanks

 

Si

[Illusion 500 does not accept Virtual Channels in Pofiles]

I am working on a show with multiple LED Fixtures, and had to create my own Fixture Library.

 

For the LED's its pretty easy, one Virtual Channel, and then RGB for the Colours

 

a couple of them have a 4th channel for their mode.

 

All Simple Stuff, however when I load my Fixtures into the Ill-500, then for each fixture the colours show up under the colour window, but there is no Overall Brightness control. Which will make plotting rather difficult.

 

I have attached my Fixture Lib, Can Anyone give me a clue where i am going wrong.

illusion500.ift

[Record Groups with Int. Levels]

Is it possible to save individual Intensity levels when I create a group of lanterns ?

 

A Strand 500 feature I miss is the ability to balance a group, and then when I say "Group 1 @ full" or use the wheel .. group 1 returns to those balanced Levels.

 

This makes Plotting so much faster.

 

Is there a way to do this on the Orb ?

 

 

I suspect that one way to do this is to use Subs .. but that is not so convenient when I have a large number of groups and its not possible then to reduce the level of a group later in the editing.

 

Any help Much appreciated.

[Non Dim Channels]

Thanks for the answer.. I guess that is a very nice way of saying .. your desk doesn't do that.

 

Having used UV cannons on non-Dim for many years and seen it done like that at all the professional venues I work at too.

 

Our Cannons have done over 10 years like this, so I think its ok :-)

 

we got round it by setting the Dimmer Law to SWITCH .. but this is a real pain as we have to remember to unset them at the getout.

 

 

Cheers

 

Si

[Non Dim Channels]

Hi,

 

I am using an Orb and trying to make a channel Non Dim,just like I can on the Strand 500 ( and pretty much any other desk) I dont find any mention in the user manuals. So I think I am being pretty thick and missing the obvious

 

I have tried assigning the RELAY fixture to a channel, however I notice this expects to be connected to a relay device and the DMX vlaues still can have values other then 0 and 255.

 

I am using UV cannons on standard dimmers and they need to either by ON or OFF .

 

Any help Much Appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Si