FLX: Command Line Text Goes Red and Changes won't save!

[MikeF]

Hi

I've been using our FLX for 3 years now in our small rural theatre. We have live bands, plays, panto, dance shows, comedians - a wide variety of shows, so am probably a reasonably competent user.

Occasionally, when I go to save a new cue, update an edited cue or even save or update a position palette, the command line text turns to red and it will not save the cue or edit.  The only way to move forward is to "Clear" and re-create the cue/update/palette or edit all over again and it will usually save/update the 2nd time around.

As you can probably imagine, this is frustrating and time-consuming, especially when busy plotting a big show on a tight schedule and it's not always easy to re-create the lighting state you've just spent 10 minutes building!

The issue seems to happen more often with more complex lighting states involving movers (we use Chauvet Intimidator Hybrid 140SRs) but it also happens at other times and seems to be happening more frequently now.

I suspect the issue may be related to memory in the desk.  The desk fails the FeRAM test but, from other posts on here, it seems this is nothing to worry about.

Has anybody encountered this issue before?  Any thoughts, ideas, help, greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Mike - Regal Tenbury Wells, UK

[Charlie Newman]

Usually the command line goes red if you've entered invalid syntax, or tried to exceed the allowed parameters. Is something similar happening when you try to save and/or record? 

Have you attempted to hit "Clear" only once before saving so the command line is empty?

Hope these help!