Edward Z88

Hi James, If you are programming in Tracking mode with SmartTag disabled, the console will do this for you automatically. You can program your first cue where the Mac 300 goes red over 20 mins, and then continue programming all of your other cues (without the Mac 300 being tagged). Then when you advance through the cues after the Mac 300 colour cue, it will continue its 20 min fade, unless one of the following cues gives it a new command before finishing its fade. Hope that helps, any queries let me know. Edward

Hi Mitchell, Rather than putting an Effect over a Colour Palette, apply a colour Effect first, and then use some Colour Palettes over the top. You'll find this gives you different effects, so have a play. When you're happy, record this to a Playback. Hope that helps and is what you're after. Edward

Hi Chris, Yes Kevin is correct. For your Playbacks on your Solution to act like a Fat Frog, tap SETUP -> System Settings -> Page Holdover if Active set to Enabled. Hope that helps, Edward

Hi Edi, Thanks very much! Edward

No, they wouldn't Edward

Hi Carpo, Please find attached the fixture file for the Stairville CLB4 in all channel modes. For 14 Channel mode, Patch 4 of the 3 channel mode fixtures, which will give you a fixture per LED PAR on the bar. In addition to this, patch the "Control" fixture after the four 3 Channel fixtures, to give you an overall Master and Strobe control. Stairville Compact LED-Bar 4.ift Hope that helps, any queries let me know. Kind regards Edward

Hi Edi, That is an odd one. No I don't think you've done anything wrong here, I believe this may be a bug. I have added this as ZOS-8518 on our software tracker, for our software team to look into. Many thanks for letting us know. Kind regards Edward

Hi Norman I can't recreate this issue, and haven't come across this before. Would you be able to send a copy of the show file the issue is in, as that may help to find the cause of the issue. Also, what Android tablet are you using? Edward

Hi Rob, The fade times displayed per cue of your chase are only there for if the Playback is reverted from a chase as you describe. Chases therefore don't use these fades. To achieve a cross-fade between the steps of your chase, go into the Chase's Settings by holding SETUP and tapping the Playback's button, and then set the Percentage cross fade you wish colour parameters to use. 100% cross fade means that 100% of the duration of each cue of the chase, the colour will be fading. Hope that helps, any queries let me know Edward

Hi Gerhard, Ok thanks for pointing that one out, we will look into this. Ah apologies yes for Effect this won't work, as this does indeed apply to 16 bit parameters only. We will look into improving the sensitivity of the Effect parameters, in the meantime If you are still finding this an issue, you should find around 40% global sensitivity is a good compromise for all parameters if you are regularly using Effect encoders. Thanks very much! ;-) Edward

Hi Nick, Yes that is possible, depending on your fixtures and the merge that you use. Is there any reason the Guest Technician wouldn't use the FLX S? Keeping one control console always makes things easier, and if the guest technician wants to use the console and just control intensities you could always use the Remote App to control the colour and zoom remotely, whilst they stick to controlling intensities. Edward

Hi Peter, Thanks for feeding that back. Edward

Hi Doug, What software version are you running, and how are you triggering your movers using a Macro? By default, Move on Dark won't Move On Dark effects. This can be configured in the Playback's settings by holding SETUP and tapping the Playback's GO button, going to the Move On Dark Tab, and choosing which Attributes you wish to Move On Dark. Hope that helps, any queries let me know. Edward

Hi Gerhard, No worries your English is much better than my German! Thanks very much for taking measurements and feeding that data back, that’s very useful. Edward

Hi Gerhard, Really Glad you like FLX S! To change the sensitivity of each attribute, rather than going into Setup, hold SETUP, and tap the attribute tab along the top of the touchscreen when you have a fixture selected. In here you’ll be able to define sensitivities per attribute, and you’ll also see that when holding SHIFT, you can define whether the wheels fan the parameters, or act as fine of course, which is what you may want to consider for Effect if you find it too sensitive. To set a specific parameter level, you can hold SHIFT + tap the parameter name above the encoder wheel on the touchscreen, tap Z, then type @ (percentage level) for the parameter to go to that level. Hope that helps Edward

Hi Peter, Feel free to send me your show files and I'll take a look. Both Solution and FLX S have the same Playback defaults, so you should see the Playbacks behaving exactly the same on both consoles. Kind regards Edward

Hi Steve, If you haven't recorded anything onto the Master Playback, hold SETUP and tap the Master Playback's GO button. You will then be able to choose "Grand Master". The fader will then act as the Grand Master, and the Master Playback's button will act as a Blackout. Hope that helps, any queries let me know. Edward

Hi Edi, Clear Fixture is a way of choosing which values in the programmer you want to clear, as opposed to tapping CLEAR that will clear everything in the programmer. This is therefore useful if you accidentally bring specific fixtures into the programmer, as you can select them (for example 1 THRU 6 ENTER) and tap the Clear Fixture UDK. Knockout turns off currently selected fixtures that are coming from Playbacks. Therefore if you have a cue with fixture 1 on, and you select fixture 1 and tap your Knockout UDK, it will be taken to 0%. When you go into the next cue this fixture is used in it will output at its programmed level, and if you go back into the original cue you used Knockout in, again the fixture will come back on. This is therefore a temporary way of taking a fixture out of a cue, and different to the syntax 1 @., as it doesn't bring the fixture into the programmer. This is especially useful if a fixture has been accidentally knocked out of focus during a show, as you can select it and tap Knockout in the current cue, and allow for the problem to be fixed ready for the next time the fixture is used. Hope that helps and makes sense, any queries let me know. Edward

Hi Edi, Great glad you like it, any queries just let me know. Edward

Hello, Sounds like the display PCB will need replacing. Drop us an email at support@zero88.com and we will be able to get things sorted for you. Edward

Hi Edi, Cues with SmartTag enabled at the time of recording or updating cannot have data stored for a fixture with intensity at 0%. Therefore when it comes to updating a cue and removing its intensity data, SmartTag needs to be disabled. In the guide Kevin sent you a link for, the last step applies to if your LED fixture has an intensity channel or not, it is purely there to give you a switch between RGB colour mixing on the faders, or typical colour control using the colour picker etc. Hope that helps Edward

Hi Mark, Kevin’s correct- Move on Dark will be default automatically happen without you having to think about it, where ORB XF will prep your lights for you when they aren’t lit, ready for the next cue they are on in. It sounds like as Kevin says you have SmartTag enabled, which means fixtures at 0% won’t get recorded. Therefore if you do wish to record at 0% intensity, tap the SMART TAG button so that it isn’t lit for when you record this cue. By default Move on Dark won’t prep an effect, however this can be enabled in the Stack settings. As Move on Dark reads ahead to the next cue your fixtures are used in, you are able to copy/ Move cues around and Move on Dark will continue to function. We recommend users always run the latest software, which currently is ZerOS 7.9.3 available here... This software does change the operation of ORB XF, so if you are going to update it would be worth taking a look at the document below... http://support.zero88.com/988876801 Hope that helps, any queries let me know. Edward

Hi Stefan, Preview & Blind modes are more professional features, and so for a small simplistic console, these features had to go. Thanks very much for the request, I have logged this on our software tracker as ZOS-8426. Any queries let me know. Edward

Hi Brian, Thanks very much for the request. I have logged this on our software tracking system as feature request ZOS-8425. Currently a similar way to do this is to load in "Setup & Palettes", which allows you to just load in those parts of a show file, and leave the rest of the console empty ready for programming. Hope that helps Edward

Hi both, Kevin's descriptions pretty much sum it up, sounds like leaving SmartTag enabled, and being in cue only mode (tapping "Cue Only" in the Record Options screen so that it has a red stripe next to it) will be your ideal programming method. I'll let you into a secret here, SmartTag with Cue Only enabled is exactly the same as being in "Non-Tracking" mode. However when in Non-Tracking mode, we just hide the buttons to make it less confusing. Hope that helps, Edward