Edward Z88

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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

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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

Hi Adam, To provide a custom offset across your fixtures, you will be able to hold Z/Shift, and dial the offset encoder. Your fixtures will start to offset. For more information, please see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/effects/effect-parameters#offset Each time you apply a random offset to an effect, the console will come up with a random order. With chases, random will automatically choose a random next cue each time. If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi @delicolor The encoders give the best results when the Front Panel window is full screen. Dragging horizontally gives "normal" control, and vertically gives more "fine" control. If you still find the control is too course, try reducing the encoder sensitivity on Phantom ZerOS to 40% ish. Hope this helps, Edward

Bonjour, Pour ce faire, vous pouvez avoir un effet "Slow" sur une lecture, et un effet "rapide" sur une autre. Vous pouvez ensuite activer l'effet des commandes de fader pour les deux lectures. Cela vous permettrait d'effectuer un « fondu enchaîné » entre les différentes vitesses d'effet en augmentant une lecture pour atteindre une vitesse, puis en augmentant l'autre lecture pour passer à l'autre vitesse. J'espère que cela t'aides, Hello, To do this, you could have a "Slow" effect on one playback, and a "fast" effect on another. You could then enable Fader Controls Effect for both playbacks. This would allow you to "crossfade" between the different effect speeds by raising one playback to achieve one speed, and then raise the other playback to crossfade to the other speed. Hope this helps, Edward

Bonjour, Speed Override, peut être utilisé pour accélérer ou ralentir tous les effets exécutés sur la lecture actuellement visualisée. "Fader Controls Effect", peut être activé sur une lecture. Cela signifie que le fader de lecture mettra à l'échelle les paramètres de vitesse et de taille de l'effet. Vous pourrez donc monter le fader, et augmenter la vitesse et la taille, jusqu'à ce que vous obteniez votre effet enregistré. Baisser le fader réduira la vitesse et la taille. J'espère que cela t'aides. Hello, Speed Override, can be used to speed up, or slow down, any effects running on the currently viewed playback. "Fader Controls Effect", can be enabled on a playback. This means that the playback fader will scale the effect's speed and size parameters. You will therefore be able to raise the fader, and increase the Speed and Size, until you get to your recorded effect. Lowering the fader will reduce the Speed and Size. Hope this helps. Edward

Hi @lugamil I can confirm we have received this, and we will get back to you. Edward

Hi Philip, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. This is very odd behaviour. To confirm, you have found your console is not booting, unless it has a USB drive plugged in? Can you use any USB drive to allow the console to then boot? I would recommend performing a fresh install of your console's software, using the ZerOS Start-Up Tool. Please see the link below, for information and instructions... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/trouble-shooting/zeros-startup-tool The Start-Up Tool will allow you to load the ZerOS 7.10 application (.exe file) directly into the console. I hope this procedure helps, please let me know how you get on. (Thank you for attaching a picture of your console's details. I have now removed the image from your post). Edward

That is correct - if you can email us a copy of the fixture's manual, we will be able to create a fixture in the ZerOS multicell format. Edward

Hi @lugamil You have always been able to create personalities for multicell fixtures in the Fixture Editor. Typically these are created with multiple cell intensities being scaled by a Dimmer, and each cell of colour mixing labelled Red 1, Green 1, Blue 1, Red 2 and so on. Fixtures in the .ift format can be loaded into the console and can be controlled as a standard fixture, and will not be treated as a multicell fixture. Edward

Hi Mil, Hope you're well. The Fixture Editor software has not been updated, and so allows you to create fixtures in the standard .ift format. Please send a copy of your fixture's manual to fixturesupport@zero88.com, and we'll be able to provide you with a fixture file. If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Bonjour, L'option Enregistrer dans le programme d'installation est la principale méthode d'enregistrement des fichiers d'émission sur une clé USB. Le bouton Enregistrer dans la fenêtre Z est également accessible en dehors de la fenêtre Z en utilisant l'icône Enregistrer en haut à gauche de l'écran tactile. Cela peut être utilisé pour enregistrer votre fichier show sur une clé USB, avec un numéro de révision automatiquement ajouté au nom du fichier show. J'espère que ça aide, Hello, The Save option within Setup, is the primary method of saving show files to a USB drive. The Save button in the Z window, can also be accessed outside of the Z window by using the Save icon top left of the touchscreen. This can be used to save your show file to USB drive, with a revision number automatically added to the show file name. For information on saving shows in Setup, see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/save For information on quick save, see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/z-key/save-show I hope this helps, Edward

Hi @Gul Glad that solved the issue. Fader Controls Colour should be disabled by default. For more information, please see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playback-settings/general#fadercontrols Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Adam, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Rather than using a chase, have you tried using some of the intensity effects available? If not, you may find one of these gives the result you're after. To watch a webinar on Chases and Effects on ZerOS consoles, see below... Hope this helps, Edward

Hi @Lozo Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Hope you're well. The most common way to do this, is to ensure that SmartTag is disabled whilst programming with the house light playback up. When SmartTag is disabled and you record a cue, the console will only store the manual value changes. It will therefore not store values that are currently coming from another playback on the console. To disable SmartTag, tap the RECORD button, to open the Record Options window. Ensure that the SmartTag button top left of the window has a blue strip, meaning disabled. If it has a red stripe, tap the button. You can then tap RECORD to save and close. Now, any future cues you program, will not include your house light playback or any other playbacks that may be active. For more information on SmartTag, see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/record-options/snapshot-smarttag#smarttag The other option, is you can "Park" your house lights on whilst programming, rather than using a playback to bring them on. The "INSERT" key on Leapfrog consoles can be configured to be a Park/Unpark key. If a fixture has been parked, and you record a cue, the parked value will not be stored in the cue. For more information on Parking, and how you can configure your Insert key (known as a UDK in the manual), please see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/user-definable-keys/advanced-udks/parking If you have any questions, please let me know. Edward

Hi @Gul Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Can you confirm that "Fader Controls Colour" is disabled for this playback? To ensure it is, hold SETUP and tap your playback's button. From the settings ensure the "Colour" button has a blue stripe under "Fader Controls..." and click OK. If this option is enabled, fade times will not be used for colour transitions. This would not explain why your Martin fixtures were fading correctly, but worth checking this setting anyway. As @kgallen says, please attach a copy of your show file, and describe which fixtures and cues you are seeing the issue with. We'll then be able to investigate. Edward

Hi @Gabriel070 As @kgallen has helpfully found, the Martin Mac Allure is already included in Fixture Library v41, which is the latest library for Jester ML consoles. I would therefore recommend updating your Jester's fixture library. Fixture Library v41 can be downloaded from the Jester page, along with fixture library update instructions... https://zero88.com/control/jester#downloads If you have any questions, please let us know. Edward

Hi Lawrence, No problem at all, glad to hear it. Edward