[What would you like to see in ZerOS?]

Hi @Muller Light

Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

49 minutes ago, Muller Light said:

This way, you would only have to write the interface ‘middleware’ software from Solution controls to FLX controls once, and it would then run the FLX software.  So you would not need to produce a separate ‘if Solution console, then…’ branch of the software for every OS release.

Solution consoles, and other legacy ZerOS consoles, use x86 architecture. FLX consoles use ARM architecture. Therefore the FLX branch is very different to the Solution branch, and you couldn't simply run the FLX software on a Solution. The FLX processor is also far more powerful than the Solution processor, and so there are FLX features not available on Solution consoles. 

If you have any questions, do let us know.

Edward

[ZerOS 7.10 Released]

Hi All,

Next week, we have an online training session scheduled, covering the key new features in ZerOS 7.10 software.

Click the link below to see the upcoming sessions and to register your place...

https://zero88.com/training#eventdates

Edward

[Zeros 7.10 download]

Hi @Troncosauce

The direct link to the ZerOS 7.10 download is available here...

https://zero88.com/storage/downloads/0b68ecc6-9829-4000-b469-63b94a0c62c3/ZerOS-7.10.exe

This software is available, along with Phantom ZerOS, the release notes, and ZerOS Monitor, from the ZerOS page here...

https://zero88.com/zeros#download

Please see the link below for installation instructions...

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

I hope this helps,

Edward

[question about node possibility....]

Hi @van den abbeele Eric

14 hours ago, van den abbeele Eric said:

Finally I went to the Swisson site and discovered that the node I own is finally also ArtNet 4.
(Art-Net 1 - 4, sACN (ANSI E1.31), sACN draft version (v0.2))

So on the Swisson XND 4 node I have a small screen which avoids having to go through an external computer to enter the parameters.
Which is a good thing!

In any case I thank you for the information of settings and I hope to be able to come back to you in a few days ...

That's great, sounds good.

If there's anything else I can help with, please let me know.

Edward

[Intensities on multicell fixtures?]

35 minutes ago, drscoop said:

We were using the ProLight LEDJ Starcloth System profile.  The profile only seems ot have master intensity - I guess this might be the issue but I wondered if there was a way to control individual cell intensities?  Maybe a custom effect across the RGB channels, offset by cell, created on an FLX and transferred across via a showfile?

Thank you for linking to the fixture's manual. I have taken a look, and this appears to be working correctly. As this is not a linear fixture, the cells will not be selected by default upon raising the fixtures fader. Therefore when you raise the fader and apply an effect, it will run across the master intensity/master RGB, not the cells. To break the fixture down into its cells, raise the fixture's fader, and then tap Z/Shift, and type ". ENTER". Now when you apply an effect, it will run across the cells.

To control an individual intensity, hold Z/Shift and tap the fixture's channel button. Each tap will select each cell in turn. Once you have selected the cell you want, you can use the intensity wheel to adjust the level of the cell.

Hope this helps,

Edward

[USB no longer reads]

Hi @hermionejay

6 minutes ago, hermionejay said:

Hi thanks for help. I can’t get it to read - it asks to format it and I have to wipe the USB for that but looks like it’s done for. Can I use any USB on the desk or do I need a replacement zero88? 

Any USB drive should work with FLX S consoles. The USB drives that used to come with Zero 88 consoles were in the FAT32 format.

Edward

[7.10 a bit „laggy“?!]

Hi Sven,

Sorry to hear this.

13 hours ago, Sven76 said:

I just started to prepare our desk for a new show based on 7.10 and realized it especially on recording a cue is pretty laggy. It sometimes really takes some seconds until the desk responds again. 

Would you be able to email us a copy of your show file to support@zero88.com? If so we will take a look, and see what may be causing it.

If you are using a large number of multicell fixtures on your Orb/OrbXF console, you may start to see a lag whilst the console records all the cells into cues.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Edward

[Intensities on multicell fixtures?]

17 hours ago, drscoop said:

 Is there a way / should I be able to access intensity on a cell-by-cell basis?

To select individual cells, to allow you control the parameters related to an individual cell, hold Z/SHIFT, and tap the fixture's channel button. The Output Window will show you the currently selected cell. More information here...

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/selection-and-intensity/channel-faders#multicell

17 hours ago, drscoop said:

On a related topic, the next show is potentially including a number of RGB battens, and I’ll be at >512 channels if I run them all as multicell fixtures.  What’s the rough cost to upgrade the S24 to 1024 channels?

Universes are currently £250 ex-VAT. Please email support@zero88.com if you would like to upgrade, or would like more information

13 hours ago, drscoop said:

I didn’t see a way on our cloth to control per-cell intensity.  Maybe specific to the fixture profile in that it sees the cloth as a non-linear fixture.  With “show intensity on wheel 1” enabled, selecting one of the cells did not give me an intensity encoder as expected….

Please let me know the fixture's make and model, and the mode you were using, and I'll take a look.

Edward

[GUI (graphical user interface) PhantomOs]

Hi Henry,

On 11/28/2021 at 8:35 AM, HenryYandell said:

for someone who doesn’t know the board inside out not having button labels does somewhat complicate things a little.

If you hover your cursor over a button, the button's function will be displayed at the top of the Front Panel window in the title bar.

You will also be able to use some keyboard shortcuts to control Phantom ZerOS as well. Please see the link below for more information...

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts#flxs

Hope this helps,

Edward

[question about node possibility....]

On 11/27/2021 at 8:25 PM, Ed75 said:

Hello Edward. Is the story the same for FLX S?? I'm considering to use artnet too.

Yes it is. Art-Net and sACN functionality is the same across all ZerOS consoles. The only difference is the number of DMX channels you can output over Ethernet.

On 11/28/2021 at 9:52 AM, van den abbeele Eric said:

So the Swisson XND-4R5 ENode work only in Artnet I, II & 3.

(It was for this that I was interest by gateway 4. )

Thank for your help, I Will have a Look tomorow.

No problem. To clarify, you will be able to configure the device remotely if you just use Art-Net. What you cannot do, unless the device supports Art-Net 4, is use sACN for DMX over Ethernet, and use Art-Net for the configuration over Ethernet.

Hope this helps,

Edward

[GUI (graphical user interface) PhantomOs]

Hi @HenryYandell

Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

6 hours ago, HenryYandell said:

Are there any plans for something like this for the solution/leapfrog series?

There are currently no plans to bring this to Solution/Leapfrog consoles. Leapfrog and Solution consoles are combined on Phantom ZerOS, and so have the black background of the Solution consoles. 

Edward

[question about node possibility....]

Hi @van den abbeele Eric

For an introduction to Art-Net and sACN connectivity on FLX, I’d recommend watching the training session below…

For information on configuring sACN, please see the link below…

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/universes/streamingacn 

For information on IP addresses and subnets, including Class A, B & C, see the link below…

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/networking/ip-addressing

For information on configuring ZerOS Network Settings, see the link below…

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/networking/zeros-network-settings

6 hours ago, van den abbeele Eric said:

So I don't have a DHCP server, so I imagine that I must use only Static IP ....

for exemple for the FLX : 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 

But I don't understand Classe A, B & C and I don't understand how the swisson Node can do the différence between Universe 3 and Universe 4 ?

This is an example way of configuring your FLX and Swisson gateway:

• Connect the devices together with a single Ethernet cable
• Enable sACN on FLX (SETUP -> Universes -> sACN -> Enabled), and set the IP address to 10.0.0.1, with a subnet of 255.0.0.0
• Configure the Swisson to an IP address of 10.0.0.2, also with a subnet of 255.0.0.0. This may be called “Class A” on the Swisson. 
• On the Swisson, you will be able to configure the DMX outputs to output sACN universe 3 and 4. You should be able to do this via the Swisson’s web server, by connecting the device to a PC via Ethernet. You will need to configure the PCs IP address to 10.0.0.3, with a subnet of 255.0.0.0. You will then be able to type “10.0.0.2” into the PC’s web browser. You may also be able to configure the Swisson’s sACN settings from FLX, if the Swisson supports Art-Net 4. See the link below for more information…

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/devices/art-net-devices

• By default, FLX will send desk universes 3 and 4 to sACN universes 3 and 4 respectively

 

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

Edward

[UDK Questions]

Hi @van den abbeele Eric

As @martin-144 mentions, there is currently no dedicated way of configuring a UDK to not be included when recording a cue. 

However, if you record cues with SmartTag disabled, only values that you manually adjust will be recorded, and values coming from cues and UDKs will be ignored. 

The other potential option, if you could Park channels 37 and 38. See the link below for more information…

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/user-definable-keys/advanced-udks/parking

Hope this helps,

Edward

[how this new Update 7.10 is going ? Well ?]

Hi David & Ed,

Thanks for the feedback. 

6 hours ago, Ed75 said:

And I had an upcoming  theatre job for a month......start date would have been last monday, sunday evening everything cancelled......

Yesterday evening the rest of the usual theatre work cancelled for at least another three weeks. All pandemic panic. So no 'live' testing coming weeks........

Sorry to hear this.

4 hours ago, Davidmk said:

First show was on Thursday, no desk issues (the band were a different story 😀). It was a simple show though, not a serious work out.

Of course there's a few differences, been so used to where all the beam parameters were it's fun finding them among the beam/shape pages but I'll get used to it in time.

Glad to hear the update to 7.10 was pretty smooth for you. You’ll get used to the Beamshape split in time! As a general rule, any parameter that “cuts into” the beam of light is a Shape parameter. Lenses and other functions are Beam parameters.

4 hours ago, Davidmk said:

lightly annoyed that one thing didn't change - if I'm setting beam parameters (usually zoom & focus) and I select the next fixture the parameters change to the last page and I have to change it back. This happened on the old version but I hoped it would go away 😞.

This issue was logged as reference number ZOS-8721, and as per the release notes, should be fixed in ZerOS 7.10. Selecting a fixture, should now take you to the first parameter page for an attribute. If this isn’t the case, let me know which fixtures you are having difficulty with, and I’ll take a look. 

Edward

[Using a playback as a referenced submaster.]

Hi Stevie,

22 hours ago, STPartington said:

Yes, my current plan is to head back to my old haunt for the launches!

I think I'm going to use snapshot pallettes and groups for this one. Thanks for the help!

I'm looking forward to getting back into the FLX way of working.

No problem at all - makes sense. 

If there’s anything else we can help with, just let us know. 

Edward

[No option for Turn into Chase when programming cues]

Hi Klaas,

1 hour ago, Klaas said:

when you say tap your chase button, i dont understand how that should work, we have a lot of playback on high cue numbers, holding shift and clicking on them on the external screen does not do anything. 

By "chase's button", I mean the physical button below the playback that has a chase recorded onto it.

1 hour ago, Klaas said:

Here is also a picture of the popup, no options for chase or stack.

1 hour ago, Klaas said:

We are doing a workaround triggering a chase from a playback instead of programming it into the cuelist directly.

In ZerOS 7.9 and later, the ability to record multiple steps into a single cue was removed. Instead, you can now record multiple cues onto the "submaster" faders.

If you haven't seen it already, I'd recommend watching the video below...

 

1 hour ago, Klaas said:

Right now we also fight with quite frequent crashes on 7.10, also adding the debug file here.

Very sorry to hear this. Thank you very much for attaching the debug file from your console. We are currently aware of a potential crash on Solution consoles running ZerOS 7.10, related to viewing the Fixture Levels window. Our software team are currently investigating this. I have shared your debug file with them, to aid in their investigations.

If you wish to roll back your console's software to ZerOS 7.9.9, which is the previous software version, this can be downloaded from the link below...

https://zero88.com/storage/downloads/607844fa-0fdf-401a-9e42-29c8fac4e7bf/ZerOS-7.9.9.5.zip

Installation instructions are available here...

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

1 hour ago, Klaas said:

Just some channels though, we cant figure out why some are turning on and some are staying off. how can we get the playback to take precedence over the current cue (which only has 0 values in it). neither HTP nor LTP have any effect.

The wierdest part is that some chases which were programmed in an earlier version (pre 7.x) now have channels added randomly and because we cant acces the chase we cannot reove those unwanted channels.

Would you be able to email me a copy of your current show file to support@zero88.com? If so, please provide a description of which cues and fixtures seem to be causing you problems, and we will investigate.

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Edward

[No option for Turn into Chase when programming cues]

Hi @Klaas

Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

You should receive the following pop-up, when recording onto a playback which already has a single cue stored on it...

 

If you are seeing something different, would you be able to take a picture of this and share it with me? Would you also be able confirm your current software version?

39 minutes ago, Klaas said:

Similarly i also cannot find the option to step through steps of a chase once its in the cues.

To do this, hold the SHIFT button, and tap your chase's button, to manually step through each cue of the chase.

Hope this helps,

Edward

[Using a playback as a referenced submaster.]

Hi Stevie,

1 hour ago, STPartington said:

I'm great thanks. I hope you're all well too!

I'm now at a new school in Essex and doing a bit more theatre tech than before, which is nice!

I'm keeping well thanks. Sounds great! Essex sounds rather close to the sea and London for ballooning!

1 hour ago, STPartington said:

Thanks for this info, that's great. Is move in dark clever enough to look ahead to a different playback to grab position data?

Good question. No it won't. Move On Dark only reads ahead to data stored in cues further down the cue stack.

However if you needed a workaround, let's say that in cue 11 you need to trigger playback 1. Let's say that cue 10 does not use the lights in playback 1. In cue 10, you could trigger a cue "0.5" for example in playback 1, which is an empty cue, however can prepare your lights for cue 1.

Cue 11, could then trigger cue 1 in playback 1, and you will simply see intensity raised, as cue "0.5" would have already run and prepared the colour, beam, shape and position.

Hope this helps,

Edward

[What would you like to see in ZerOS?]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for voting for your top topics.

54 minutes ago, van den abbeele Eric said:

COPY

- To be able to copy several Cues together.

Example From CUE 20 to 25 To CUE 130 to 135.

You can already copy multiple cues to a new location. Please click the link below for more information...

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/copying

Hope this helps,

Edward

 

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[Using a playback as a referenced submaster.]

Hi Stevie,

Good to hear from you! How are you?

12 minutes ago, STPartington said:

Is it possible to use a playback as a submaster and then use that submaster in a cue on another (let's say master) playback so that when you update the submaster playback it also updates the cue in the master playback?

You could do this by simply triggering the playback from a cue in the Master Playback each time you need it. Your cues in the master playback therefore wouldn't "reference" the playback, they would just tell it to be triggered.

For example, let's say you have a single cue programmed on playback 1, that you wish to use regularly throughout the show on your Master Playback.

Whenever you wish to do this, you will be able to program an almost empty cue on the Master Playback. You can then go into the cue's settings, and configure it to trigger playback 1. The next cue would then need to be configured to release playback 1. The reason I say that the cue that triggers playback 1 needs to be almost empty, is because if it is completely blank, with no intensity information at all, fade times will not be available for the cue. However, you will need these to govern the fade in time of the playback that's being triggered. You may therefore want to just add a fixture in at 1%, to ensure you have some information in it, to allow you to configure fade times.

For information on triggering and releasing playbacks from a cue, please see the link below...

https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/cue-settings/cue-macros

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

Edward

[USB no longer reads]

Hi @hermionejay

Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

11 hours ago, hermionejay said:

The Zero88 USB with our shows on it was fine on Monday but since Tuesday the desk doesn’t recognise it as present.

As per @Ed75's suggestion, have you tried plugging your USB drive into a Windows PC? If so, can you see the USB drive in File Explorer?

Edward

[PARAMETRES PAR DEFAUT]

Salut Romrom,

14 hours ago, Roamin said:

 Du coup j'ai pus modifier ce paramètre dans toute ma cue liste en une seule fois, je faisait la bonne manipulation, mais j'avais oublier de débloquer la lecture de ma cue list, c'est pour cela que ça ne fonctionnait pas. 

Pas de problème, heureux d'apprendre que vous avez pu mettre à jour vos repères.

 

Hi Romrom,

No problem, glad to hear you were able to update your cues.

Edward

[What would you like to see in ZerOS?]

Hi Sven,

44 minutes ago, Sven76 said:

I hope this was not already added but I‘d have a which/proposal for color fanning on legacy devices with no multitouch available:

What about if you just could click the two „endpoints“ of the color range one after the other? 

Thank you for the suggestion. This would also benefit Phantom ZerOS users that do not have a touchscreen laptop. I have logged this on the system as reference number ZOS-10879.

Many thanks,

Edward

[PARAMETRES PAR DEFAUT]

Salut Romrom,

Si vous souhaitez mettre à jour tous vos repères avec une nouvelle valeur d'obturation pour vos appareils, vous pourrez le faire en effectuant une mise à jour de suivi.

Pour ce faire, allez dans la première cue de votre pile de cue, puis sélectionnez les appareils requis. Ensuite, définissez leurs paramètres de faisceau sur les valeurs requises. Ce serait alors une bonne idée d'enregistrer cela en tant que palette Beam, de sorte que vous ayez un moyen rapide de régler les paramètres aux valeurs requises.

Ensuite, appuyez sur le bouton UPDATE et maintenez-le enfoncé. Dans les options, assurez-vous que SmartTatg est désactivé, indiqué par une bande bleue, et assurez-vous que « Track Forwards » est sélectionné, indiqué par une bande rouge. Appuyez ensuite sur le bouton de votre lecture pour mettre à jour le repère dans lequel vous vous trouvez et envoyez les mises à jour via votre pile de repères. Désormais, tous les repères seront mis à jour à partir du premier repère, jusqu'à un repère où le paramètre Shutter a ensuite reçu une valeur.

Si vous avez effectué une mise à jour du suivi, mais que seul le premier repère a la valeur d'obturation mise à jour, vous pourrez débloquer la lecture. Pour ce faire, ouvrez les paramètres de lecture en appuyant longuement sur SETUP et en appuyant sur le bouton de lecture. Dans les paramètres de lecture, choisissez "Advanced" en haut, puis choisissez "Unblock", puis cliquez sur OK.

Maintenant, répétez le processus de mise à jour de votre premier repère avec la nouvelle valeur d'obturation, et cette fois, il devrait suivre vos repères.

J'espère que ça aide. S'il vous plaît, faites-nous savoir comment vous allez.

 

Hi Romrom,

If you wish to update all of your cues with a new Shutter value for your fixtures, you will be able to do this by doing a Tracking update.

To do this, go into the first cue of your cue stack, and then select the required fixtures. Then set their Beam parameters to the required values. It would then be a good idea to record this as a Beam palette, so you have a quick way of setting the parameters to the required values.

Then, press and hold the UPDATE button. From the options, ensure that SmartTag is disabled, indicated with a blue stripe, and ensure that "Track Forwards" is selected, indicated with a red stripe. Then tap your playback's button, to update the cue you're in, and send the updates down through your cue stack. Now, all cues will be updated from the first cue onwards, until a cue where the Shutter parameter was next given a value.

If you have performed a tracking update, but only the first cue has the updated shutter value, you will be able to unblock the playback. To do this, open the playback's settings by pressing and holding SETUP, and tapping the playback's button. From the Playback Settings, choose "Advanced" at the top, and then choose "Unblock", and click OK.

Now, repeat the process of updating your first cue with the new Shutter value, and this time it should track through your cues.

I hope this helps. Please let us know how you get on.

[PARAMETRES PAR DEFAUT]

Salut Romrom,

40 minutes ago, Roamin said:

Dans la fenêtre Update, avant de sélectionner Défaut, faut il sélectionner quelque chose en particulier: Snapshots? Smart tag? tracking? etc...?

Vous devrez vous assurer que SmartTag est désactivé, pour vous permettre d'enregistrer ou de mettre à jour les valeurs par défaut d'un appareil. SmartTag se trouve en haut à gauche des options d'enregistrement. Assurez-vous que le bouton a une bande bleue, ce qui signifie désactivé.

J'espère que cela t'aides,

 

Hi Romrom,

You will need to ensure that SmartTag is disabled, to allow you to record or update a fixture's default values. SmartTag can be found top left of the Record Options. Ensure the button has a blue stripe, meaning disabled.

Hope this helps,