Edward Z88

Hi @terryb Thank you for the information. Sorry to hear one of your console's USB ports is not working. I would only recommend using powered USB hubs with FLX S48 consoles. Would you be able to send me a link to the USB hub you are using? When the console freezes, does the internal touchscreen freeze too, or is it just the front panel controls and DMX outputs? Some touchscreen monitors have a USB hub built-in - does yours have this functionality? Please drop us an email to support@zero88.com including your console's full serial number, and we will be able to get back to you. Feel free to email us a picture of the serial number sticker if that is easier. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi Philip, No problem at all. Sorry to hear that. Sorry to hear you are still having difficulty booting your console. I would recommend trying the following process: Boot the console with the ZerOS-formatted USB drive - the console should boot up. Unplug USB drive. Plug USB drive into a Windows PC, and in File Explorer right click on the drive, choose Format... then click Start Copy the ZerOS 7.10.exe file onto the USB drive. Do not run the ZerOS OS Creator on PC. Plug the USB drive into the console, and tap SETUP -> Load, and choose ZerOS 7.10 to load in Perform the software update. Once complete, switch off the console, and unplug the USB drive Power the console - does it boot normally? It should take around 30 seconds to boot. If you are able to try this, please let me know how you get on. Edward

Hi @LouAldons Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Would you be able to confirm which software version you are running on your FLX S console? If you are running the current latest software, please see the information below on controlling multicell fixtures… https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/controlling-fixtures/multicell-fixtures If this doesn’t help you, please link to your fixture’s manual, and we’ll be able to take a look. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi @Tassal Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Glad to hear your console is back in use again. Sorry to hear this. Would you happen to know what software version your console was running? Feel free to send me an email if you’d like to explore this further. That’s exactly it - most people that get ZerOS Servers buy them hoping they’ll never need them, but it’s nice to know it’s there just in case! Edward

Hi David, Sorry to hear this. Once your show run has completed, I would recommend updating your console's software. If you can't get your hands on another FLX within your budget, it might be worth shopping around and seeing what price you could get for a 4-universe ZerOS Server... https://zero88.com/control/server If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi David, Sounds good. I have updated this topic title to "S48" rather than "S24" to avoid confusion. Any DMX channels that you are using, will eat into your channel limit. So patching 1 dimmer channel, with an additional address configured, would use 1 of your 96 fixtures, and 2 of your 512/1024 DMX channels. To do this, firstly save a copy of your show file to a USB drive. You'd then need to delete all the playbacks you don't want to access on your FLX S48, and move the playbacks you do want to access to playbacks 1 - 96. You could then save the show file to USB, and load it into FLX S48. You could then load the original show file back into the FLX. For clarity, FLX S consoles do not feature a MIDI input. UDKs will not be loaded, and palettes greater than number 96 for each attribute will not be loaded. Total DMX addresses and fixture count are the main thing to bear in mind. Yes worth clarifying - FLX S consoles do not support the Tracking Backup protocol that is available on FLX and other ZerOS consoles. So a FLX S could not automatically take over control of the show, should your FLX go offline. Edward

Hi @diacong I would do this using two cues, that run simultaneously. I would have one cue, that just fades the garden lighting. You could then have this cue with one fade time set. You may wish this cue to run automatically after the previous cue. For example if the previous cue brings the lights up, this cue can then start running automatically, slowly fading out the garden throughout the duration of the scene. I would then have another cue that controls the room lighting. This cue could then have a different fade time, however be triggered with the previous cue. Hope this helps, Edward

As an update to this thread, the Phantom ZerOS Front Panel windows of FLX series consoles have had a large update...

As an update to this thread, the Phantom ZerOS Front Panel windows of FLX series consoles have had a large update...

Hi Tony, Yep, the Prolight LEDJ Pixel Storm 12 Tri Batten can be operated in a 36 channel mode. This gives you 12 cells each with RGB control. Edward

Hi Tony, There are many battens available from different manufacturers that can be operated in a "Multicell" mode, allowing individual control of the pixels/cells. Some other forum members may be able to suggest battens. If you find a batten that you're considering, feel free to link to its manual, and I'll take a look to see whether it can be operated in a multicell mode. Edward

Hi @Perla Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Glad to hear you have a FLX S24. Would you be able to explain why you had to reset everything? Has anything changed between the system working yesterday, and today? Have any new lights been added? Have any changes been made on the console? Has any cabling been changed? To be able to help further, would you be able to explain your lighting system? For example, where does the DMX cable from the console go? What fixtures are you controlling? If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi Tony, Thank you for linking to the fixture's manual. The fixture file for the LEDJ Q Batten can be downloaded here... LEDJ Q Batten.ift This fixture does not offer the ability to control the individual LEDs of this fixture separately. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi @keredyelesob There is no dedicated Test Mode for the ZerOS Wing. Instead, ZerOS Wing updates will be displayed in Z -> System Information -> Event Monitor. The faders/buttons on the wing will be numbered 25 - 48. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi @martin BA Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Sorry to hear you have experienced the same issue. To confirm, are you finding that your console only boots with a USB drive connected? Have you also tried this... If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi Ed75, I haven't used one of these fixtures myself, but from memory they have a setting in the fixture's menu to enable or disable the ability to control the lamp via DMX. This option therefore has an affect on the personality used to control the fixture, hence there is a lamp on and lamp off variant for both modes. Glad to hear it, thanks for letting us know. Edward

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Hi All, Thanks, spammer's account deleted. It appears they went through the members list and manually sent personal messages to people. You'd think they'd have better things to do really. Edward

Hi Tony, Would you be able to link to the manual of the fixture you are referring to? We will then be able to advise how this can be controlled. Edward

Hi All, As you may be aware, we will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary next year, as Zero 88 was founded in October 1972. If you have any stories of Zero 88 going back over the years, any images of legacy products still in use, or any old photos, memorabilia or literature, feel free to post and discuss them here. Our marketing team will then use this as part of our celebrations next year. As an important part of Zero 88, we'd love to hear from our friends on the forum. Thank you from all the Zero 88 Team.

Hi @LLuk As per @Ed75 suggestion, this is exactly what I’d do. If I had a whole universe of dimmer channels patched, I’d number these dimmers 1001 - 1512. That way I’d just put a “1” before the address. If you had another universes these could be 2001-2512 and so on. Currently, this syntax would attempt to select cell 254 of fixture 2. On the Orb series of consoles, that still run ZerOS, there is DMX x @ y syntax. This is something that will come to FLX in future. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi @Nevermind Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. There is no way of getting control data out of Phantom Jester, and so there is no way of doing this. You can only ever program “blind” on Phantom Jester. If you are on a real console, you could use a DMX to Ethernet gateway to be able to connect to Capture. Edward

Hi @drscoop ZerOS knows the orientation of a fixture’s cells. If a fixture’s cells are linear, the channel fader will select all cells. If the fixture’s cells are non-linear, the fader will treat the fixture as a standard fixture, and select the whole fixture. If you need to select all cells of this fixture, bring up the channel fader, tap Z/Shift, and type “. Enter” on the number pad. The fixture is broken into cells, that can then be fanned across. For applications where you are regularly needing to be very specific about what cells you need, this is where life is much easier on the standard FLX console. As usual, @kgallen is right - on ZerOS, groups and intensity palettes are the same thing. At the point of recording a group, selection AND intensities are always recorded. At the point of recalling the group, tapping just selects, and double tapping recalls intensities. Cues recorded using an intensity group, will reference the intensity group. Therefore if you double tap a group, tweak the levels, tap UPDATE and tap the group, any cues that used that group will use the new values. For more information, please see the links below… https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/groups/recording-groups https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/groups/using-groups-via-touch Hope this helps, Edward

Thanks very much for the suggestion. Logged on the system as ZOS-10871.

Hi Philip, Thank you for confirming. To confirm, does this USB drive simply have the ZerOS 7.10 application stored on it, in the .exe format, or has this USB drive been formatted using the ZerOS OS Creator software? (The ZerOS OS Creator is only required to update consoles running early software versions). If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward