Edward Z88

Hi Simon, Yes - that is correct. Currently, that show file I sent only includes RDM information for the modes the fixtures were discovered in. It does not know about the fixture's other modes. This means you will not be able to remotely change the fixture's modes to something else. For optimum results, ZerOS needs to have each of the fixture's modes in the library with RDM information. If you contact Chauvet support, they may be able to list the "RDM Personality IDs" for each mode of these fixtures. This information can then be added to fixture files and sent to you for you to load in. Edward

Hi David, Capture is pretty good at detecting incoming DMX data. There is not a certain order you need to start Capture and the console in. If you're having difficulty, there are a few things to try: Firstly, ensure Capture PLUS Capture Presentations have the necessary permissions to communicate through the Windows Firewall. You should have received this option upon running Capture for the first time. Secondly, you can force Capture to listen to a particular network interface. To do this go to Window -> Universes -> More -> Connectivity Options. In here, you can double click on the IP Address field for the protocol you are using, and force Capture to listen to a network interface, such as your Ethernet or Wi-Fi, rather than automatically detecting. Thirdly, if you have anti-virus software installed, either temporarily disable it, or try to stop the anti-virus software from analysing Capture communications. I have personally never had a problem with Windows Security anti-virus preventing communication with Capture. If this still isn't helping, please let me know, and we can investigate further. Edward

OK fair enough, I'll take the blame for your frustrations 😆 The Capture team are great, so if you have any specific "how-to" questions, I'm sure they'll be more than happy to help. Edward

Haha! There are other visualisation packages out there if Capture doesn't fit your way of working, however there aren't any I know well enough to be able to suggest at a similar price-point. Edward

Hi Kevin, Yes - for our recent Trade Shows, I have created a "Trailer Stage" visualisation project from scratch, which uses a fully VL rig... Edward

Hi Kevin, As you may know, personally I get on really well with Capture. In case you haven't come across it, a playlist of Capture 2019 tutorials is available here... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyD1ylvBYvTTP8iSw9Ws7zbOTL3Ec79K No problem at all! Edward

Hi Kevin, Good question. It is not possible to have multiple movement effects running on the same fixture at once. This is because movement effects cannot be layered - you will find if you choose a new movement effect, it stops the previous movement effect. However, the behaviour you describe is correct when layering a movement effect with a colour effect for example. However, if you want your Horizontal Line, but with a bit of depth, you could have a play with the Effect "Rotation" parameter. A Horizontal Line effect with a 90 degree rotation, would give you a Vertical Line effect. Therefore, if you run a Horizontal Line effect, with say 20 degrees of rotation, this would give you a touch of tilt movement too. If you want to play with this without fixtures connected, fixtures 1 Thru 10 in the demo Capture file are rigged on an upstage bar from Stage Right to Stage Left. These may therefore be useful to play with... https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/networking/connecting-to-capture I returned from PLASA yesterday evening, so back to business as usual! If you have any questions, just let me know. Edward

Hi @Ian_p On FLX consoles, there are actually two different Tracking Options. It is important to understand which tracking option you are referring to. One set of Tracking Options live in the Record Options. Within the Record Options, you will see "Track Forwards", "Track Backwards", "Track Both" & "Cue Only". To access the Record Options on the internal touchscreen, press and hold RECORD until the Record Options appear. These options can be changed whilst programming cues, to allow you to choose whether a new cue tracks into subsequent cues or not. The other set of Tracking Options can be found in Setup -> Settings -> Record & Update. This allows you to Enable the Tracking Options, or force the console into global Cue Only mode. The default option is "Enabled". This allows you to use the Record Options window as described above, to choose your tracking option, such as Cue Only. As @kgallen warns, changing this option within Setup -> Settings -> Record & Update mid-show could change the behaviour of existing cues, and affect Move On Dark functionality. Therefore, the first question is, what Tracking Option are you asking about? Existing cues will not be affected by changing the Record Options. Existing cues may be affected by changing the global Tracking mode in Setup. "Track Forwards" allows your changes to be sent down the cue stack, until a cue where your fixtures are given a new instruction. This means you can go into a cue, make changes, update it with tracking, and the changes will track down the cue stack. You can then work through your cues, and if necessary, go into a cue that is being tracked into, "undo" the changes so the cue looks how you had it, and update the cue with tracking again. Tracking is a programming tool. It is not a playback tool. Therefore, the Tracking Option is used at the point of recording to choose the record behaviour. Changing the Tracking Option within the Record Options whilst running through cues, will make no changes whatsoever to the information included in the cues. If you want to go in-depth on tracking, please watch the dedicated Tracking video below... To find out more about the Record Options, please watch the video below... I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi @kgallen Yes - the easiest way to do this would be to use Effect 20 [Horiz. line]. Firstly, position the fixtures where you want them. The Tilt value will not be affected by the Horizontal Line effect. The Pan value will be used as the midpoint for the Horizontal Line effect. If the fixtures have Zoom, you may want to get this set now, to help you work out how much offset you'll need to achieve the "knock on" effect. Then apply Effect 20. It will begin to run with its "automatic offset". Then, set the Size of the effect, to define how wide the fixtures swing. You can then set the Speed. Once set, you can then fine-tune the Offset. You will probably find that the "Forward Offset" and "Backward Offset" buttons give too much of an Offset for the effect you are after. If so, you can tap "No Offset", then hold SHIFT and dial Offset until you start to get the offset you're after. Once you have tweaked the Speed, Size and Offset, tap RECORD, and tap an empty effect palette. Don't forget - by default the effect palette will not include the fixture's positions. I hope this helps. Let us know how you get on. Edward

Hi Simon, PLASA has been really good thank you. Thanks very much for attaching your show file. This show file confirms that the Chauvet fixtures are not reporting parameter descriptions over RDM. ZerOS therefore has no way of knowing what each channel does. Each channel is therefore listed under the "Beam" attribute, simply as "Channel 1" "Channel 2" etc. You will be able to control the fixtures using the "Channel" parameters under Beam, but this will not tell you which parameter does what! Please find the updated show file attached... RDM Test Z88Edit.zos I have taken the RDM information from the detected fixtures in your show file, and added this information to the latest versions of these fixtures from the library. I have then converted the fixtures in your show file to use the updated versions. Please try this, and let me know how you get on. If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi Simon, Thank you for attaching your show file. What I suspect has happened here, is ZerOS has looked at the RDM information of the detected fixtures, but hasn’t been able to find a fixture in the library with matching information. It has then built a basic fixture personality based on the information it can obtain over RDM. This is most likely because the fixture manufacturers haven’t included the RDM information in their manuals, and so we haven’t included this in the library. I am at PLASA Show for the next few days, but will take a look at your show file when I’m next in front of my laptop, which should allow me to view the RDM data of the detected fixtures. I’ll then be able to add this to the fixtures in the library, allowing ZerOS to patch the fixtures from the library, rather than creating a simple fixture personality. If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi Simon, When RigSync is enabled, it will continuously scan for new fixtures. Please ensure that RigSync is enabled globally, and also ensure that it is enabled on the DMX Output you are using. To do this, tap SETUP -> Universes, and scroll down to the Desk Universe that your DMX Output is sending. Within that Desk Universe, you can ensure that RigSync is enabled for the DMX Output. If RDM is enabled on the Transcension gateway, try plugging the Swisson splitter into one of the Transcenion's outputs. What does the Swisson indicator LED display? Edward

Dear All, We have now scheduled our online FLX range console training sessions through to the end of the year. For a list of sessions, dates & times, and also to register, head to the training page below… https://zero88.com/training#eventdates Edward

Hi @drscoop Hope you’re well. FLX S consoles are currently limited to four trigger methods: ZerOS Remote Apps - https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/devices/remote-apps Vision.Net - https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/triggers/visionnet USB Keyboard - https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts ZerOS Wing - https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/zeros-wing The standard FLX console would be required for MIDI functionality. We have received a lot of requests recently for the OSC protocol, so this is high on our priority list. If you have any questions please let me know. Edward

No problem at all 🙂 Edward

Hi @SimonH FLX uses the Art-Net 4 protocol. However, an Art-Net 4 controller can be used with Art-Net 3 devices, as the Art-Net 4 protocol is backwards compatible. As the Swisson unit says it supports Art-Net 3, you should therefore be able to control it with FLX without any issues. Edward

Hi @james_ The iSolutions iMove 7S is included in the latest ZerOS software for FLX S24 consoles... If you cannot find this fixture in Add Fixtures, I'd recommend updating your console's software. As this fixture doesn't have "modes", it should be as simple as adding the iMove 7S to your daisy chain, and assigning it a DMX address that matches the address patched in the console. Keith has replied to your email to fixturesupport@zero88.com this morning. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi @SimonH Based on the information in the manual, it looks like it should be as simply as configuring each DMX Port Mode to RDM. If both RigSync and Art-Net are enabled on your console, ZerOS will automatically start to poll the N4, to ask whether any RDM devices are connected to it. Page 14 of the manual suggests that the DMX Output indicator LEDs will be green if the unit is in "DMX Split 1-3" mode... https://www.prolight.co.uk/ftp-in/CONT25_Manual.pdf#page=14 Apologies this isn't much help! Edward

Hi @Stacey Harvey Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Pleased to hear you were able to save your show file to a USB drive. If there's anything we can help with just let us know. Edward

Hi @TimC As @Davidmk mentions, all of the ZerOS articles on the knowledge base site have been migrated to their relevant section of the ZerOS online manual. The MIDI Notes section is available here… https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/triggers/midi-notes Hope this helps. Edward

Hi Max, I think this is a great idea. I have logged this suggestion on our system as reference number ZOS-11028. We will review this feature further. Thanks very much for the suggestion. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi David, I have replied to your email. Edward

Hi David, You can have multiple "control devices" paired to the Hue Bridge at once. However, if ZerOS is active, it will override all other controls. When your Hue Bridge is not connected to the Internet, what is your network setup? Are you still using DHCP IP assignment? Edward

Hi David, Don't forget, that the primary purpose of the Hue Bridge is a consumer, domestic product, which is designed to be sat on a home network the whole of its life. The Philips Hue support in ZerOS is aimed at venues that may wish to use Hue as house lights or theatrical practicals onstage. Such venues probably have a building Internet network that they can plug the Hue Bridge into to get the lamps paired. Then it is just a case of plugging the Hue Bridge into the lighting network for control. No - ZerOS will always patch all paired Hue devices. Once patched, their fixture numbers can of course be customised. Yes - the Hue Bridge will always need Internet access to pair new devices. You should be able to connect the Hue app to a Hue Bridge, even if the network doesn't have Internet access. However, if ZerOS is controlling the Hue Bridge, this wouldn't be beneficial, because when ZerOS is paired it will act as the master controller, and override any other control devices, such as Hue apps. Edward

Hi @Roland The Roadie Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. The Audio Input and Audio Output jacks on Orb/OrbXF consoles are still not used in ZerOS. There are currently no plans to implement them. The dedicated Sound-to-Light jack can be used to synchronise chases with an audio feed. Although this is designed for use with a bass input, you should still be able to use Sound-to-Light with a mid-range signal input if it is strong enough. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward