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Thank you Thierry, I have updated it to 7.14.4 and we will see what happens.

That's the trouble with answering queries on a forum - where between noobs and "actually they know more than me" should you pitch your reply. On a full FLX I'd use an MFK but a playback (as described in my last post) should work as well.

Thank you, I know, and I am making use of playbacks a lot these days, designed and touring for 3 months a theatreshow which is a combination of theatre/comedy and songs by a 6-head band. I use my master playback for all the (main) cues , and also for the songs I have (a) cue(s) in the master playback. In combination with that I busk with the other playbacks. (over the master playback cue) Works very very nice, I programmed some position FX, some beam , some position playbacks and chases under the playbackfaders. Great setup, like on the old Avo's. But with the addition (on top of) of the master playback. Super. I always use inhibit faders for my houselights and my hazer,(patched as dimmers) which are present in all my master playback cues, so I never need to think about them while programming, or in panic situations. Just no-brain fader up, or down to control those. Very convenient, specially during rehearsals and programming and setting up the show. So I quite well know how to program playbacks. The only problem is (for another theatre piece) my collegue asked me if it were possible to make an inhibit for the beam of some fixtures. Which I'm trying to figure out now. for that piece is also my lighting design and running on one of my other zero88 desks.

But that's the thing with LTP. When the playback is released, the "last" value (from before the playback) is the one that takes precedence. Your playback needs to set the beam parameter to zero, have release on lower set and should (maybe) have trigger level set to 1% instead of the default 5% https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playback-settings/raise-and-lower#level The snag is that the release is a snap not a fade. I think there's a setting somewhere to fix that but I've never looked it up.

Could indeed be it only works on intensities. Hope somebody here can clarify this. Normal playbacks I also use for manipulating beam sizes , but I need an inhibit for the reason I can take all beams back regardless of the value they're in. (I mean: one fix is at 75% and another is at 50% and a third on 25% for example) I want them to go back in value in ratio, if you see what I mean. With an intensity inhibit this works very well. I do not want all of them to go to the same beam value as if you were using a normal beam fader. Anyway thanks for your reply! And maybe we get to know the solution, if there is one.... Edit: just went though the manual again. Inhibit seems to belong to the "intensity" mixing part of a playback. It is not literally mentioned it shouldn't work on other attributes, but I start having my doubts if it is...

Double check whether you have accidentally included intensity (I'm always doing that!). If you have then you can update with remove (or just set it up again). If you haven't made that mistake then maybe inhibit only works on intensities. It's what it is intended for after all. I've never tried it for anything else. Intensity is HTP of course (hence the need for inhibit). Other parameters are LTP so you don't really need inhibit. A normal playback with the beam at 0 should do it.

Maybe a stupid one this time....I m trying to fix me an inhibit beam fader . Which can take all the beam sizes down at once. But somehow it doesn't work. I select the fixtures, set beam at 100%, tag beam, record it on a playback, set fader controls beam, and inhibit. In my main list I go to a cue, (fixtures intensity at certain level , and beams at a certain level) and from the moment I make my beam fader an inhibit, it set all intensities of the fixtures to 0 ....... and the inhibit doesn't work.....what am I overlooking? I use inhibits a lot for intensities , and it alway works flawlessly. But this I can't seem to figure out. Any ideas??

Phantom ZeroOS is ZeroOS with a Windows "wrapper" - unlike a hardware desk, you don't/can't load ZeroOS onto it. So Phantom ZerOS version is ZeroOS v8. If you want ZeroOS v7.14.3 then you need to download Phantom ZerOS v7.14.3 which should be in the 7.14.3 zip file under legacy software on the downloads page.

Will Phantom 8.0 work with ZerOS 7.14.3 ? System requirements for Phantom 8.0 ? Thank you Klaus

Hi, firstable try to update ZerOs to 7.14.4, and change the CR2032 battery coin inside the desk. I don't know but hope this help. Thierry

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

Our Solution Desk decided to randomly shut itself down immediately before a show. Monitor went blank and DMX output stopped. Then the windows started showing 'loading' and 'solution' We turned off the power, waited and then restarted it and it seemed stable for the show.It is running ZerOS 7.9.4. It stays in a control room and is not moved around between venues/spaces, although it can be quite cold overnight. Any ideas? Thank you

No at all. Valid correction.

Ah ok gotcha, makes sense. Sorry wasn't trying to be hostile or anything just wanted to provide all the options

Yep, OK, point taken. My take on it was affected by wanting static i/p addresses in my network. Not that I've used TB, just wanted a network I could use it on without re-configuration.

I believe it can, just not with static IP mode?

You have to use sACN if you want tracking backup. It cannot work with ArtNet. See the grey information box on the manual page for tracking backup. https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/devices/tracking-backup

Hi. Can’t help you with a card but some info on here if it helps you search for one. https://www.vari-lite.com/b-dam/vari-lite/discontinued-products/illusion/english/illusion-500-specification.pdf

Others please do correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't see it making a difference depending on the protocol as they're both reliable unless something later down the line failed in which case a backup desk wouldn't solve the issue. So it shouldn't do as I can't see the desk failing exclusively with sACN.

Hey Guys, i shortly got an illusion 500 from ebay for our church. I have learned on it in my school time and i think its very intuitive to controll, if everything is setup und you can use the monitor and mouse. Badly my exemplar has no input extension card. I thought about connecting a simple dmx fader wing for fader extension to the illusion. Has anybody a spare card to share or a hint where to get one? I know the illusions are very old, but i have a cheaper botex which also can save scenes etc, but its not very intuitive to set them up, so the illusion will it be. Newer devices with the featureset are too expensive for us. Thanks for any help.

To me, this sounds both complicated to set up and hard work to play back but, if it works for you, then carry on!

I often use our FLXS24 for concerts with our brass band. The venue has 12 LED pars and 4 moving lights which I tap into. I bring a selection of other lights for each show; these could be any type of light. The majority of the show depends on preparing the PARs into different zones/angles. I'll then pair up duplicated zones/colours (eg Downstage red; downstage green etc); this gives me 20 basic channels. Being very old-fashioned I record one colour per channel telling the desk these are conventional dimmers. I'll then make up the show one scene at a time, mixing the colours and areas to suit. I'll record playbacks with 'go-to' states (eg Preset, Full Up Finish, etc). I'll then record the complete show onto the main fader in sequence. This enables me to mix evenly from one random state to another at whatever speed is needed at the time as live shows always go off-script at some point. I'll then do some sequences or preset positions with the moving lights, and either play these back in manually on top of the prerecorded cues or play them back as chases on playbacks. Theis gives me the advantage of being able to fade at whatever speed I want for each main change, to add or boost particular channels as required without affecting the base colour state. I will have a maximum of two hrs to set up from arriving at the venue till doors opening, check all the venue's lights focus and check all the states I have prerecorded, On top of all this, I also play in the band, with the desk sat next to me. Love it!

I said you'd probably get me here too! 😄 This would probably be a better place to continue the conversation otherwise we'll probably end up cluttering up the Blue Room forum with a level of chatter and detail many others there will get irritated with. Also on here you can post pictures/screenshots etc which you can't do directly on Blue Room. Kevin

LOL, I posted here as I thought UI was taking up too much of kgallens time and thought ide take another approach, will chack bak there.

Hello, I I had a few hours and finally worked out the cause. When I change pages, if I don't give a 2 second pause before using "Go Snap" to preset movers, they light up 100% and swing into position. It was just my hands moving a little fast for the console. I'll need to make it muscle memory to force a pause. I love having the extra pages! Cheers, Harold