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What is the exact model of desk you have? Frog, Fat Frog, Leap Frog, Bull Frog, Mambo Frog? It's written on the front. This is the manual for all except the Mambo Frog which has its own manual as it's a busking desk rather than a stack desk like the others. https://www.vari-lite.com/b-dam/vari-lite/discontinued-products/frog-range/english/frog-range-manual.pdf Latest software is FrogOS 10.12 and you will need these release notes for the changes since the manual only covers up to FrogOS 9.0. These Release Notes are very useful (and readable). A lot of useful features were added in the 10.x versions, so worth upgrading the console if you're behind. https://www.vari-lite.com/b-dam/vari-lite/discontinued-products/frog-range/english/frog-range-software-release-notes-10-12.pdf

(I know the Showtec NET-2 is not a Zero88 device but others might be interested in using with FLX.) Edward as you said, I can reconfigure the ArtNet universe for each DMX output on the NET-2 from the FLX and I can see the change made on the FLX reflected in the menu on the NET-2. Renaming the device on the FLX didn’t change the name on the NET-2 and renaming on the NET-2 wasn’t reflected on the FLX Devices page. This is no big issue other that it would be easier to rename using the FLX keyboard rather than the clunky character selection on the NET-2.

FAT32? 8GB stick or less? USB2.0 (not USB3.0)? Not a Kingston Traveller? In the root directory? The right file? i.e. not the Phantom ZerOS exe?

I'm sure Stage Electrics could source them too if Zero88 have availability. SLX aren't listing the FLX at the moment, just the S24 and S48, but I'm sure they would be able to supply the FLX (my account manager there was a bit miffed when I bought mine from CTS! 😄 )

Doubt it (Zero88 don’t have any other product in that class) just component supply issues I guess. But Jon can confirm 😉 https://shop.centraltheatresupplies.co.uk/zero88-2048-flx-4285-p.asp This desk will be shipped straight from Zero88 normally within 2 - 3 days from order , but please phone to check availability Mine was ordered from CTS, although admittedly in 2015 😆 but it was shipped directly from Zero88 to me.

If you’re recording a colour palette, what is your reason for wanting to record ICBSPE? ie does it make sense? Do your fixtures actually have beam/shape/position/effect to record? If you really want this (even though I’m not sure it makes sense with the example you cite), then in the Record window you may have to tap each attribute until it has a green stripe.

Sure. See "Add as additional" on this manual page: https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/fixture-schedule/edit-dmx-address

In Setup you can disable RDM on the DMX port you’re using if you don’t want to or need to use RDM.

+1 from me too.

Don’t have a screenshot sorry but it’s the pop up when you ‘Save’, same words as here:

Colours trigger at the threshold, defaults to 5%. Try Setup+Playback -> Fader Controls... Colour and see if that helps. This training video might help too:

Probably in your case you changed the position, had intensity at 0 and had SmartTag on when you recorded. Thus the position won't have been recorded. If you really must do this (and I don't think you do), then you will have to turn off SmartTag when you record (or update) this cue. @Jon Hole I'm still getting the annoying "Can't edit, it's been too long" message - both on Chrome iOS and Chrome Win10.

You don’t need the two cues. Just have your cue that brings up the intensity at the position you want. The point of move on dark is you don’t need to programme your own ‘marking cues’, the desk does it for you. Watch Edward’s video.:

I think I can smell the burning from here 😁 (although admittedly I'm not that far away from you!).

@Davidmk Wow, my head hurts now! Hats off to you. Makes what I do seem like child’s play!

My fault! Sorry chaps! 😞

I'm sure @Jon Hole will see this but pinging just in case not, so he can check (or get @Edward Z88 to!).

Also, do any of the fixtures have a "DMX received LED" on them?

The red means they are "non-library fixtures" (don't worry I have the same as I write a lot of my own fixture definitions). That you can swap one out to a library fixture (so it turns white) and it still doesn't work is confusing. Given you have your showfile saved I would do a reset desk, patch one of your fixtures from the library and see if you have control from the programmer. Given the DMX Output window is showing activity we need to prove from the basics that your DMX Output is working. I think there is both a 5-pin XLR and 3-pin XLR output on S48 and they have independent output electronics, so are you able to try both? You'll have to enable then in Setup->Universes.

Pffft... so 2020 (sorry I was looking for something else and this is what search turned up!)

I'm not sure a ZerOS show file has ever had the extension .isf, that sounds more like a fixture file. I don;t have S48, are there LEDs on the back that relate to the DMX outputs? Are these on? In Setup can you check the Fixture Schedule and the universe/DMX addresses are as you expect and as on the fixtures (I'm sure they are as they worked before, but let's confirm). Under Setup in Universes is Universe 1 (or other Universe if that's what you're using) is enabled for output on the DMX port you're using? Under the Z key under DMX Output tab can you see DMX values changing as you GO through your cues (or raise your playbacks)? Attach your showfile (the .zos) to this thread then folk can check that out for you.

Go into the first cue where you don't want the effect to run (probably cue 5). Effect->No Effect Update, but ensure SmartTag is turned off (blue stripe). Subsequently make sure SmartTag is turned back on if that's your usual programming state (usually it will be). This has most likely happened if you set the intensity to zero on the fixtures in the effect, then with SmartTag on, the Effect Off instruction won't have been recorded.

So Edward, I see you’re turning into a bit of a movie star on the NEO-X training! For Jon, so is there anything interesting in the Neo software that you think might make it’s way into ZerOS? I’m assuming Neo isn’t developed in the UK so Simon isn’t the software guy for it. Just a passing interest, not expecting you to write pages!

Didn't try a rename from the web page. I did configure sACN initially from the webpage, that worked fine. Ah of course, thanks. Yes, the auto-generated Art-Net IP addresses worked well, that part of the connection was up quickly.

I didn't see it change at all on the NET-2 main/overview screen (that shows the name, IP address and IP mask). On the NET-2 when I went into the Rename menu it still had it's own default name (NET-2). I will try and have a more thorough play tonight with the info you've both given me above. Thanks! Also one irrelevancy - the NET-2 allows the net mask for Art-Net to be changed from the default 255.0.0.0. I couldn't see an Art-Net mask setting on the FLX. It doesn't matter, I'm just curious if the FLX has a hard-coded 255.0.0.0 under the hood.