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  2. Upgrading to 7.11

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @delicolor

    13 minutes ago, delicolor said:

    I just mean that when I tap on a red profile entry from the fixture schedule, if not recognised it just shows as per the screen. I assumed it would have listed the attributes as per the .ist of the fixture, not just an empty black box.

     

    Thank you for sharing a picture of the console. If you have attempted to convert your fixtures, and there is no fixture model/mode listed, this usually means your fixtures are not yet included in the ZerOS Library. Tapping "Show All" will show you the full Add Fixtures list with your fixture selected, and parameter list shown.

    Hope this helps.

    Edward

  3. Upgrading to 7.11

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @delicolor

    15 hours ago, delicolor said:

    However, I was surprised to see that all fixtures now show as orange on my latest showfile which had been saved at software level 7.10, previously I had a mixture of white ones for known lights and red ones for ones created from the .ift editor.

    Please see page 5 of the ZerOS 7.11 release notes...

    https://zero88.com/storage/downloads/24b9c2e0-2dd1-41d9-9ff6-bb1eadfd6fbf/ZerOS-7.11-(Release-notes).pdf#page=5

    There has been an update to the Change Profiles column for clarity. In ZerOS 7.11, ANY fixture that is not from the current ZerOS Library installed on the console, will be shown in red. This then provides the ability to change fixtures from earlier show files to their latest library version, or convert custom .ift files to their library equivalent if available. See the link below for more information...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/fixture-schedule/change-fixture

    15 hours ago, delicolor said:

    the red ones don’t offer up anything, or even show the channel attributes. Will importing the fixture .ift file help at all at showing the attributes?

    Any fixtures displayed in red, simply mean the fixtures are not from the ZerOS Library, and may not be able to take advantage of all the latest features. They can be controlled and played back in the same way as earlier software. Fixtures are always included in show files, so upon loading a show ZerOS will have everything it needs to import the fixtures, without the need for the original .ift file. 

    When you say the fixtures don't show the channel attributes, do you mean no tabs are available along the top of the touchscreen when you try to control them? 

    Please feel free to email us a copy of your show file that shows the issue, and we will investigate further.

    15 hours ago, delicolor said:

    (with the usual nuisance resetting of the description field)

    This is logged as reference number ZOS-10745 on our system. I have raised the priority of this functionality.

    If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  4. Red, Green, Blue, White, Amber, Ultra Violet fixtures

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Eric,

    Thank you for replying to this thread. This thread started over 5 months ago, when ZerOS only dealt with Red, Green, Blue and White emitters. All other emitters were not used by the colour mixing, and could simply be adjusted manually using the encoder wheels.

    5 minutes ago, van den abbeele Eric said:

    About problems with RGBW+Amber+UV, did you find solution ?

    Because now we find more & more RGBWAUV projectors... 

    ZerOS 7.11 introduces colour mixing support for Amber and UV parameters too. In fact, ZerOS 7.11 allows over 20 additive colour emitters to be applied to the ZerOS Colour Mixing. These parameters will then be used by the Automatic Colour Palettes, Colour Picker, Images Picker, Colour Faders and Colour Filters.

    Please see the link below for more information...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/controlling-fixtures/colour

    If your fixture has UV, you will be able to decide whether UV is included in the ZerOS Colour Mixing. Please see the link below for more information...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/fixture-schedule/fixture-settings#uv

    I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  7. ZerOS 7.11 Released

    in News & Announcements

    Posted

    Hi @Karl A. Loessl

    22 minutes ago, Karl A. Loessl said:

    But I was unsure of one thing - System Info says i have Library 3.01 dated 1/4/2022 (01/04/2022).

    ZerOS uses the date format DD/MM/YYYY. Therefore ZerOS Library 3.1 was created 7 days ago (at time of writing). I can confirm ZerOS Library 3.1 is currently the latest library version.

    22 minutes ago, Karl A. Loessl said:

    Released with Firmware 7.10 around 01/xx/2022. 

    ZerOS Library 3.0 was released at the end of January.

    Hope this helps,

     Edward

  8. What would you like to see in ZerOS?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi David,

    Thanks very much for your thoughts. 

    1 hour ago, Davidmk said:

    Would it be terrible to want a way to disable the option to switch between channels and playbacks in setup somewhere?

    From a support point of view, adding the ability to disable the channel faders sounds like a potential headache.

    When in Playbacks, the LEDs under the recorded playback faders will be lit. If the MFFs have been changed to Channels, the LEDs under the faders will be off, unless the fixtures are selected.

    Something that we have discussed in the past, is making the function of the faders much more obvious in the Faders window - potentially different colours. However for this to be beneficial in your example, you would of course need to be viewing the Faders window.

    Edward

  10. External monitor orientation

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi @Techie_v2

    28 minutes ago, Techie_v2 said:

    The one big take away I did have though was the external monitor was able to be in portrait mode, so I could pretty much see all my queues on one screen.

    So my question is, can the FLX switch its external monitor to portrait mode? I can't find a setting fir it so I'm guessing not, but thought I'd ask.

    It is not possible to change the orientation of the external monitor output from the console. However, FLX consoles auto-detect the best resolution for the connected monitor. Therefore if a monitor reported itself as 1080x1920, rather than the standard 1920x1080, FLX should natively output a portrait image. This is not something we have tested.

    Edward

  13. Audio cue control solutions

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi @kgallen & @ProfDrJones

    18 hours ago, ProfDrJones said:

    Is there maybe a way to add midi commands to a cue and send them from within the FLX?

    14 hours ago, kgallen said:

    it would be nice to take MIDI from the FLX instead 🙂

    MIDI Show Control output is logged on our system as reference number ZOS-5421. I have logged both of your requests and raised the priority.

    Edward

  14. Audio cue control solutions

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi @ProfDrJones

    Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

    1 hour ago, ProfDrJones said:

    What seems to be the industry standard is "Midi Show Control" which requires a computer and running the show on there. I already tested this solution and I works fine, but I'm not very fond of using a Laptop for running shows for several reasons, one of them being older volunteers that run shows and are well versed with the light and audio controls but struggle with computers.

    1 hour ago, ProfDrJones said:

    Is there maybe a way to add midi commands to a cue and send them from within the FLX?

    FLX consoles can only output lighting data. They cannot send out MIDI commands. This is because when using MIDI, it is standard practice to use the audio source device as the MIDI source device too. This means you can fire an audio cue (using software such as QLab if using a Mac), and simultaneously send a MIDI command. This can then be received by FLX to trigger a lighting cue.

    For detailed information on using MIDI Show Control with FLX, please see the link below...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/print?manual=zeros&type=section&content=midi-show-control

    I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please let me know.

    Edward

  16. FLX-s 3 fader rgb

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @phosphene

    37 minutes ago, phosphene said:

    is there any way of creating parameter fader control that can control selected groups on the fly, or do we have to specify the fixtures when programming, as seems to be indicated by the above tutorial?

    If you wish to use playback faders to control levels of RGB, you will need to manually record the required fixtures into your playback faders, as per the tutorial.

    There is no way of creating a set of RGB faders and then assigning different fixtures to them on the fly.

    For this, you would need the standard FLX, so that you could access the onscreen faders window.

    If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  17. Problem recording palettes

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Gray,

    Hope you're well.

    54 minutes ago, grayeuk said:

    Hi, when I try to record a palette I can not see the empty palettes, when I hit record I just see the recording options screen and all the playbacks start flashing(see attached) do I need to change something in setting to go back to just seeing the empty palette slots? I feel I'm missing something obvious. Thanks Gray

    If the Record Options window is opening as soon as you press RECORD, this means the window settings have been changed. To access the Record window settings, tap SETUP -> Settings, and scroll down to the bottom. It sounds like your console is set to "Internal Display", meaning the window opens as soon as Record is tapped. By default, "External Display" will be selected. This means the window will always appear on an external remote display, but can be opened internally if you press and hold RECORD.

    I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  18. Using a wing on FLX-S

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Ian,

    Hope you're well.

    As you have discovered, when ZerOS Wings are used with FLX S24, they will always boot up in Channels Page 2. The function and page recalled on boot cannot currently be configured.

    I have logged this feature request as reference number ZOS-10940 on our software system.

    49 minutes ago, delicolor said:

    Being able to page the display in fader display mode would be useful, someone else already raised this in the product improvement thread.

    This feature is logged as reference number ZOS-10864. I have logged your request for this feature.

    If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  19. ZerOS 7.11 Released

    in News & Announcements

    Posted

    Dear All,

    We’re excited to announce the availability of ZerOS 7.11, a new update to the award-winning software available on Zero 88 consoles as well as the Strand FLX S series in the Americas market. 

    New Features include:

    • Colour mixing support for multiple emitters
    • Updates to “Home” functionality on FLX
    • Colour Filter References
    • Filter Library updates
    • Fixture Filtering
    • Fixture Export
    • Colour Temperature fader and palettes
    • Parameter List display in Add Fixtures
    • Generic Multicell fixtures added
    • ZerOS Library 3.1
    • Various enhancements and bug fixes

     

    Please see the release notes for details on all updates and bug fixes in the software. 

    ZerOS 7.11, Phantom ZerOS 7.11 (offline editor) and the Release Notes can be found at zero88.com/zeros

    If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@zero88.com

    Kind regards,

    Edward

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  20. Playback issue with effects

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi Paul,

    8 minutes ago, Paul Bennett 211 said:

    I believe we could be recording these incorrectly, for a these wall battens (140 thru 212) should we be selecting all parameters? Tagged etc we can't find this information in the manual what all those different options are,  in addition when you select something you get red, green and blue.  

    To record these two cues, I would do the following:

    • 140 THRU 212 . @ 15 ENTER
    • EFFECT 25 ENTER
    • RECORD, tap an empty playback's button. There is no need to alter any Record Options.
    • CLEAR CLEAR
    • 111 THRU 113 . ENTER
    • EFFECT 13 ENTER
    • RECORD tap an empty playback's button. There is no need to alter any Record Options.
    • CLEAR CLEAR

    Neither playback should then interfere with one another, and will only include information for their respective fixtures.

    For detailed information on the Record Options, please see the link below...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/record-options

    The Record Filters are explained here...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/record-options/record-filters

    Hope this helps.

    Edward

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  21. What would you like to see in ZerOS?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Eric,

    Thank you very much for your explanation.

    26 minutes ago, van den abbeele Eric said:

    In CUE 31, I change positions in "10 sec" of the "Mobile Head groupe 1".

    But also "Mobile Head Groupe 2" which are in good positions (must be "0sec" for be ready) and which go up on intensity...

    This functionality would be covered by "Discrete timings on FLX (apply specific timings to specific parameters)". This will allow you to set custom timings per parameter for a cue, rather than all parameters of an attribute adhering to the cue time.

    Hope this helps.

    Edward

  22. Playback issue with effects

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi Paul,

    25 minutes ago, Paul Bennett 211 said:

    Hi Edward. Thank you. We definitely hit double clear. We have just discovered that if we put the floor batten playback up first then put up the wall batten playback it works fine which is strange. However do the wall battens first then the floor battens this then breaks it.. The floor battens start on a lower channel 111 the wall battens are a higher fixture number. We are confused. 

    Thanks very much for sharing your show file. I can confirm that playback 26 does indeed include RGB @ Full for fixtures 140 thru 212. Therefore upon raising playback 26, it will set these fixtures to white. Playback 26 does not include intensity information for fixtures 140 thru 212, however the intensity is already up from playback 25, hence you see the colour change.

    To remove this unwanted colour information from playback 26, double tap CLEAR, and raise playback 26, with nothing else active on stage. Then tap UPDATE, and from the Update Options, enable SmartTag, so it has a red stripe. Then tap Playback 26's button. This will remove any parameter information that may have been present in playback 26, for fixtures currently @ 0% intensity.

    I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  23. Playback issue with effects

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi Paul,

    Thank you for your description of the issue, and for providing a video.

    The wall battens are also included with the floor battens in your floor batten cue. The reason behind this will depend on how you recorded the cue, and the Record Options that were set.

    I would recommend re-recording these playbacks, and ensure that after recording each cue, you double tap CLEAR, to allow you to then create the next lighting state from scratch.

    If you still come across the issue, please email a copy of your show file to support@zero88.com, and we will take a look.

    If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  24. Issue importing file from PhantomZerOS

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @OliB150

    13 minutes ago, OliB150 said:

    As I type I'm wondering if this is just a version incompatibility and maybe the desk isn't up to date - so I'll check the version number when I switch on later... 

    That is correct. In ZerOS 7.9.8 software and later, show files are saved in the new .zos format. In ZerOS 7.9.7 and earlier show files use the .ift format. .zos show files cannot be loaded into ZerOS 7.9.7 and earlier.

    I would therefore recommend updating your console’s software. Please see the link below for more information… 

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/load/zeros-software

    Hope this helps. If you have any questions let us know. 

    Edward

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