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There are several ways to avoid this I think. - Do a ‘go’ on the playback before raising the fader (where colour fade time is set to 0) - Programme fixture defaults to black R=G=B=0 rather than white as they are in the library https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/controlling-fixtures/defaults - Programme a two cue playback where cue 1 sets your fixtures position colour etc then a second that fades them up. Probably this is the least convenient though! Other users who busk more may have better suggestions but I didn’t want to leave your question unanswered for too long!

Hi Phil Not sure what buttons you have on your console but CLEAR+Fader Function is how you do it on FLX. Probably you have equivalent buttons on your LeapFrog. https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playing-back-cues/triggering-releasing-playbacks

User macros is one of the FLX vs FLX S product differentiators. FLX S of course doesn’t have physical UDK buttons which is one common place to put user macros (but they can also of course be triggered from cues).

You should speak to Stage Electrics then as they are listing S24 as 1U and 2U at vastly different prices. https://www.stage-electrics.co.uk/Products/Search?search=FLX s24 Send the enforcement team round!!! (i.e. Tyler 🤣)

I think in Setup it says ‘Channel’ when ‘Fixture number’ is used at other times (verbally, maybe in documentation) because ‘Channel’ there gets confused with ‘DMX Channel’ in discussion and when ‘DMX Address’ is not necessarily intended. Confusing for sure and not all of Z88’s making 😆.

Indeed. I had a long discussion with Edward about conflicting and inconsistent terminology around ‘channel’ a couple of years back (when he was doing his vast set of ZerOS videos). Just as you state above.

You should read up the manual because as @Davidmk eludes you can already use it. In its most basic form you could put out the same universe on both connectors - I do that with my FLX to send one cable to dimmers/flown LED fixtures and the other to groundrow LED fixtures. But even your 1U S24 you can spread those 512 channels across two or more universes, don’t have to use them all on one universe - although probably that’s the most usual method, but FLX/S doesn’t constrain you to. Manual link: https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/available-channels Note @Jon Hole I think the manual text has an error, I think it should say: ‘The total number of used channels across the 64 universes must not exceed the number of ->channels<- your console is licensed to output.’

FLX S doesn’t allow user macros and no UDKs either to put one on. But good lateral thought!

It did work. Programmed the show on my FLX with syntax bish-bash-bosh no problem. Loaded the showfile into their S24, worked like a charm. Sat with the op last night during the dress rehearsal, he drove, I stood by to help. He made a decent fist of it given it was his first time ever. Jumped a few cues - double tapped GO or was a bit eager. Was a bit of a pain going back a cue or two as S24 doesn’t have arrow keys and no USB keyboard attached. I set shift-go as pause but the ‘go back’ doesn’t work unless you’re running a cue, pause then step back. Chap kept going into Z screen as wasn’t using that button as a shift key. In the end I suggested he use the touch screen carefully to back step cues or bring in a keyboard. Let’s see if the phone rings later in the week… ‘Hello… he hasn’t turned up, can you…’ Thanks to @Davidmk and @Jon Hole for help and support on this endeavour.

@Davidmk you may well be right but I think default FLX S24 come as 1U/512 unless they specifically bought the 2U version (or FLX S48). Maybe that changed over time (like the 3-pin became a 5-pin) but Stage Electrics still list a 1U FLX S24.

Yes but wait for ZerOS 8.0 to come out (few weeks maybe) when your S24 will become 4 universe for free. As announced here:

Select fixtures. Make the colour however you want. You could start with an existing palette then modify with the encoder wheels. Then RECORD and touch an empty palette location on the Colour screen. Same process for position, beam, shape (but on those generally parameters are separate). This is in the manual. https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/palettes/recording-palettes @van den abbeele Eric can help you with a French manual.

They were on 7.14 so not too bad..! I think the console is pretty new though, so might have come with 7.14 on it! (I realise I've been typing 17.x rather than 7.x! Idiot...)

My fear too... [chap doing LX op is a (potentially unreliable) shift worker, never done it before - the guy doing the sound is a Year 9 school kid, who seems perfectly fine, but... he's 13 - ergo there is no-one in tech FOH with any notable experience]. I've updated their FLX S24 to 7.14.3 the same as my FLX, so in theory we're good to go...

It’s in their manual page so I hope so! My email to that address hasn’t bounced at least!

@van den abbeele Eric Eric, you must know the process by now surely, you're an experienced/established FLX user. Just email (below) Zero88 the PDF manuals, with the DMX map, for each fixture and ask them to build a fixture profile and add to the next library. If you've got one you've built for your own use, then let them know they just need to build for the library release. If you need one building for you for an immediate need then let them know you'd like them to email back to you (and add to the library for the future). I've done this recently for a fixture - I built it myself for immediate use, but sent them the manual and asked them to build "properly" for the next library release. I sent them my ITF file from the Fixture Tools in case that gave them a head start. https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/add-fixtures/missing-fixtures FixtureSupport@zero88.com

I had a meeting with the director last night to put together a lighting cue list (I’m panic called in as they’ve been let down last minute and nothing is prepared!). The cue list is pretty long. I think I’m going to chicken out and programme on my full FLX - because I know I can be faster with syntax and I’ve access to eg Lee Filters - than I would be on an FLX S where I’ll feel like I’m programming with an arm tied behind my back. Jon has confirmed that the FLX showfile should run perfectly well on the S24 (obviously staying within the S24’s capabilities) because some other chap will actually op the shows using their S24 after I’ve done a handover at the dress rehearsal. Let’s hope that actually works otherwise I’ll be in double trouble!

1. Check you are using the software for the console not PhantomZerOS and not the "USB Creator". 2. Download again and transfer again to the USB stick or try a different USB stick (I've had one occassion where the upgrade started but would not complete - using a different USB stick fixed it).

You can check the list of current library fixtures in the list below. If it's not there, request it using the instructions posted on your other thread. https://vari-lite.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/software-firmware/ZerOS-Library-4.5-List-of-Fixtures.csv You can find this list for each release by following the ‘ZerOS Software’ link at the top of this Forum (or in the Forum menu if on a phone).

See: https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/add-fixtures/missing-fixtures

Hi Charlie - sorry for my earlier flippancy! You could email support@zero88.com and ask. There are ‘rules’ for beta testers about console experience, feedback and forum activity. This is because Zero88 don’t want to grant beta access to casual users or inexperienced users who can’t effectively engage in the beta testing process and could otherwise become a support burden. You're a relatively new user - and of course very welcome - but you might have to argue your case so early on to get beta access unless you’re otherwise an established customer known to Zero88 folk. Hope that’s more helpful!

Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/lightingdesign/s/aZnhvIMl8Q Hopefully they’ll get in contact…

By special invitation 😉

Hi, Move on Dark is not directly related to the use of SmartTag, more what information is recorded in each cue. However SmartTag enabled can be useful to support Move on Dark when the console is in the Tracking enabled mode. When your programming becomes more advanced, you can disable SmartTag entirely or for certain Record operations. Move on Dark relies on lights not having an instruction in certain cues, when the console can perform the Move on Dark action.

Ah useful, thanks! The ‘Z’ window is where the daemons live so I don’t go in there that often 🤣