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Would a colour palette be adequate?

The only other difference I saw was that the constituent fixtures were defined the other way round. In mine the dimmer was parameter 2, in yours 1. I don't see how this should make any difference though! Are you saying the desk is remembering the fixture now? Good news anyway, we got there in the end! Kevin

OK, partial good news! I really don't understand the desk not remembering the fixture, that makes no sense at all. I'm not aware there is anything in the fixture definition that would cause it to be lost! I'll have a think, but that part has me stumped! Your fixture definition looks good to me. Do you mean the "Fixed" tick box in the Details tab? I've no idea what that does - it's not ticked in my fixture profile and it's not explained in the Fixture Tools manual! Kevin

Just had a look at your fixture. It's very similar to mine, but with one important difference: in the Scroll Parameter Detail tab, whilst you've listed all of the DMX ranges and given them names, you haven't defined the RGB for each range. For example on "Clear 130" you need to tick the "Colour Defined" box and set R=G=B=255 (then press "Replace"). Similar for Red 106, tick the Colour Defined box and set R=255, G=0, B=0 then press "Replace". Do this for the rest of the colours. Then you should get those colours in the palette under the encoder button. Regards, Kevin

Really? I just downloaded the file from the Forum onto my work laptop and it opened up in Fixture Editor fine. I'll take a look at yours... Regards, Kevin

Here's mine for Lamp+ChromaQ CQ1D if you want to give it a try or to compare to your profile. Under "Scrollers" is Dimmer+CQ1D Scroller Lamp_CQ1D.ift

Hmmm that's really weird. Even if the fixture is not on the desk before you reload the show, it should come back in with the showfile. Can you still see the fixture profile available if you go into Setup->Patch Wizard? When you load the showfile can you see the fixture is patched and still has a DMX address (Setup->Edit Fixtures ->Patch)? Back to basics, if you do: <Clear><Clear><type channel number of scroller><Enter><Colour> does the middle button of encoder 1 not bring up your list of defined gel colours?

It shouldn't lose that information. I've built the same sort of fixture too for the same reasons. What software version is on the FLX? 7.8.5? In Setup -> System Settings, there is a Recovery Mode setting - what is that set to? (Not that it should make any difference!) When you say "Recording on USB" do you mean you saved a show to USB and that wouldn't restore the function either? That sounds very weird...

Certainly electrolytic capacitors can "dry out" although I'm not sure I'd go about changing them unless you see a problem, they look aged or you know they've had a an over-voltage event. I don't see any value in swapping out the voltage regulators unless you think they are damaged. At 20 years of age maybe I'd be more concerned that the data retention of any non-volatile digital storage devices (EPROMs and the like) is well down the statistical tail of the expected retention life. Such devices of that era often had guaranteed retention of 10 years, and 20 year retentions were more unusual (generally military grade components). I have these 'worries' with my own Demux48 of a similar age! Other ICs of that era are built from a relatively large geometry silicon process, and failure modes due to electromigration were not the reliability concerns we now have with the ultra-deep sub-micron processes we use on today's digital devices. Maybe for now, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" (NiCd batteries excepted, but you've replaced that one). Kevin ETA: If you do change the electrolytics, I'd recommend ensuring a good margin on their voltage rating. If you can physically fit the replacement to the PCB, choosing one at double the voltage rating is always good for reliability, and a minimum rating of 16V is always a good rule-of-thumb even on 5V supplies.

Unfortunately memories can't reference subs as you wish (unlike palettes which can be referenced and subs that can reference memories, but not the other way round which is what you require). You can of course re-program a memory with a new look made up of your revised subs, but it's exactly that, a reprogram of a memory rather than a reference. Regards, Kevin ps What you want would actually be very complex to implement because you could record a memory from an arbitrary set of subs (possibly containing fixtures), plus faders plus additional fixtures and all that implies the possibility of a very complex tag state particularly if you were in tracking mode, tracking intensity channels as well as colour/beamshape/position parameters. Sorry it's beyond what the console is capable of! Manual (covers software to 9.0): http://zero88.com/support/index.php?/de/Knowledgebase/Article/View/51/58/frog-range-operating-manual-issue-6-en Release Notes (to software 10.12, for many extra features beyond what's in the above manual): http://zero88.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/GetAttachment/56/554

Hi Jon, When you get a moment could you explain how the AutoPalettes (Colour) are assembled from the data provided in the fixture profile? I've been looking at my fixture profiles (all built myself) and trying to see how the colour parameters and any "Details" translate into what is available in the Auto Colour Palettes. I can see correlation in the names, but I can see the Auto Palettes aren't the union of all e.g. Color1 parameters defined in the profile. Some colours are in the palette twice (e.g. "White" and "[W]") even though they have the same "Colour Defined" RGB in the fixture profile (R=G=B=255) whereas some are not in the Auto Palettes at all. I found an Amber (R=255,G=144,B=0) that was in the fixture profile detail but not in the palette. The closest other was an "Orange" R=255,G=128,B=0. I'm sure that of course you have to rationalise the palettes to avoid duplicates of near-identical RGB specs, but as I say above there were some apparent duplicates and some apparent omissions. This is just for "interest" to some extent, but it would be good to know how to structure the "Detail" section of a fixture profile to get that entry available under a palette button! Thanks, Kevin

??? Setup -> Load File Sorry - seems a strange question, is that not what you meant?

There is only FLX (and FLX 8 Universe) in the list of my PhantomZerOS start dialog box. Are you using this? http://zero88.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/GetAttachment/587/917 (There is a different release, 7.8.5 for FLX, from here: http://zero88.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/587/ ) Regards, Kevin

I'm on FLX and have the same problem. I've asked Jon to unlock the secrets with more detail in the FLX manual, but it seems like this is not an isolated usability weakness. Sorry I can't help you more other than to agree and sympathise! Kevin

Please link the manual and say what modes you want!

Check the date of the post (although I have to admit he did have me there for a moment, when I went "Wha????" )

p55 the Cue Settings screenshot shows a Cleanup... button. This isn't described that I could see.

Stefan - for clarification, you need to be logged in to see the "Software Testing and Beta Releases" forum ("guest" can't see it as it's a controlled forum). Kevin

I see why no-one else has volunteered for this one... http://www.arri.com/skypanel/assets/downloads/SkyPanel_DMX_Implementation_Table_V4.0.pdf Most of the modes are in here, for the RP and C versions. (Forum wouldn't allow me to upload the fixture file, so I've emailed it to Jon for him to attach).

For this manual: https://www.maxlight.ru/downloads/acme/falcon.pdf This fixture profile: acme_falcon.ift

This manual? http://www.kam.co.uk/media/file/product/manual/Kam%20KHM800%20manual%20V2%2006-11-12.pdf The '600 doesn't have DMX so no use at all. This fixture profile: KAM_KHM800v2.ift

Maybe try releasing all fixtures: Clear+Fader Function

So I haven't tried this through to loading the fixture into the FLX, but I can certainly attach an image to a DMX range. So - you have a beamshape attribute for say gobo. Details tab. Name=gobo1, End Value=23, Mid=15 Load - pick an image for the gobo Insert Name=gobo2, End Value=50, Mid=40 Load - gobo2 image Insert etc until you've gone all the way to End Value=255 Load/Insert OK This saves OK for me and attaches the gobo images to the ranges as above. Does this not work for you?

Hi Ollie, In the fixture editor, in the beamshape attribute, click the Details tab, then you can select the DMX range for the gobo and load the image against that range. Hope that helps. Kevin

Probably the battery. Do you know if this has ever been changed in the 12 years? If not, then you might have an early unit with a Varta cell which needs soldering... See: http://zero88.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/546/31/replacement-battery-information If your FF has black DMX sockets then see: http://zero88.com/forum/topic/7384-internal-memory-issue/#entry28968 If it has silver DMX sockets (hence the Varta cell), ring Keith at Zero88. Regards, Kevin