ZerOS 7.14.3 Released and ZerOS 7.15 Coming Soon!

[van den abbeele Eric]

Hello,

 

For various reasons I have not yet passed from 7.13 to 7.14 ...
And there, I will chain a lot of shows and maybe avoid going to 7.14, to avoid having concerns ...

In any case, this is good news on the 7.15, with bugs and equalness, universes' extentions (4 for FLX's and 8 for FLX.)

I look forward to being able to have all this evolve, even if for the moment I sail on 3 universes. Maybe 4, if the evolutions of the machines ask me for more addresses than the three universes allow ...

Thank you very much to variety technicians ...

 

Eric from France

[kgallen]

Note to Z88 folks ( @Edward Z88, @Jon Hole ) and other active members:

It seems on other forums, misinformation is being spread that suggests or states (incorrectly) that all FLX - including FLX S- production has been stopped. Prospective buyers are being dissuaded from FLX S series consoles because they are "discontinued".

I'm rebuffing this where I can, including a link to Jon's original statement at the top of this thread. Please be aware of this misinformation being propagated and do your bit to correct the statements where required.

[Edward Z88]

1 hour ago, kgallen said:

Note to Z88 folks ( @Edward Z88, @Jon Hole ) and other active members:

It seems on other forums, misinformation is being spread that suggests or states (incorrectly) that all FLX - including FLX S- production has been stopped. Prospective buyers are being dissuaded from FLX S series consoles because they are "discontinued".

I'm rebuffing this where I can, including a link to Jon's original statement at the top of this thread. Please be aware of this misinformation being propagated and do your bit to correct the statements where required.

Kevin - thanks very much for letting us know. It seems no matter how clear you try to make something, people will still get the wrong end of the stick!

If there is a particular thread you have found that you think it would be helpful for me to jump in, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just keep a watchful eye out.

Thanks again.

[kgallen]

On 4/10/2024 at 10:47 AM, Edward Z88 said:

If there is a particular thread you have found that you think it would be helpful for me to jump in, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just keep a watchful eye out.

Recent example. The respondent has replied to my post quoting a Vari-lite page but still hasn't recognised in respect of the OP being suggested an "FLX-24" that FLX-S range is NOT discontinued as he continues to assert ambiguously. What's worse is kitlane is a UK operator and posts on Blue Room too.

To be frank this is partly down to Zero88 continuing to use unclear/subtly similar product names for quite different products. (I won't mention "Leap Frog"!).

[Edward Z88]

1 hour ago, kgallen said:

Recent example. The respondent has replied to my post quoting a Vari-lite page but still hasn't recognised in respect of the OP being suggested an "FLX-24" that FLX-S range is NOT discontinued as he continues to assert ambiguouisly. What's worse is kitlane is a UK operator and posts on Blue Room too.

Thanks Kevin - your reply is really clear, so not much more I can add really. Your time is much appreciated on this.

1 hour ago, kgallen said:

To be frank this is partly down to Zero88 continuing to use unclear/subtly similar product names for quite different products. (I won't mention "Leap Frog"!).

 

This is a fair comment - customers will occasionally say they have a "FLX", when they mean "FLX S24", so we just have to be mindful to not then tell them how to do something via syntax strings!

[Jon Hole]

Thanks Kevin.

We've updated the discontinued FLX page to say "Full size" and to link to the two current FLX S consoles.

7 hours ago, kgallen said:

To be frank this is partly down to Zero88 continuing to use unclear/subtly similar product names for quite different products.

Agreed. Whilst I stand by our choice of name for "FLX S" (we wanted to build a family), what wasn't so wise in hindsight was not foreseeing a family of consoles back when the full sized FLX launched - we should have added a suffix to the end of the full sized FLX.

We now have a much more robust naming scheme for whatever the future may bring ("FLX" or "Neo" for the family, "S" and "X" for the generation/platform, and "24", "48", "5", "15" or "Server" for the variant).

7 hours ago, kgallen said:

(I won't mention "Leap Frog"!).

I think it's perfectly clear that "Leap Frog" and "Leapfrog 48" were COMPLETELY different desks, but "Leapfrog 48" and "Solution" were identical. Don't know what you're talking about 😇

[van den abbeele Eric]

Good morning,

Having a lot of shows that follow one behind the other, it seems difficult to me to update from 7.13 to 7.14.3, given that the shows in question all have a limited time to resolve software issues.. .
I know on version 7.13 what I must not do to avoid blockages... For new performance, I keep all the settings and Fixtures & just delete Playlits and that way I am quickly operational.

But I'm excited to be able to upgrade to 7.14.3 and especially while waiting for 7.15, hoping that this new version will provide, in addition to stability, good operation!

To be continued and looking forward to reading you all to see how version 7.14.3 is going...

A good end of the day to all,

Eric