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  4. Zero 88 Golden Anniversary

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    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.

  5. selecting fixtures by adress??

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi @LLuk

    18 hours ago, LLuk said:

    So, to create some fast lightstates without patching the fixtures in order or sort them, i had

    to search the adress of each needed fixture in the Patch overview, to find out wich fixturenumber

    in my FLX it would be. It tooks me a lot of time to do this.

     

    1 hour ago, Ed75 said:

     

    I would suggest you patch the dimmers on a 'logical' fixture number. for example dmx 2.1 to dmx 2.36   to fixture 101 to 136 .......or someway else that is logical to you.

     

    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. 

    18 hours ago, LLuk said:

    In this situation i realy missed the possiblity to select fixtures by adress. (for example the fixture with adress 254 in univers 2 at 50%: 2.254@50enter

    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

  6. Is it possible to connect PhantomJester (Jester ML 48) to Capture (2021 Student Edition)?

    in Jester Range

    Posted

    Hi @Nevermind

    Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

    9 hours ago, Nevermind said:

    My question is whether there is a possible way to modify the PhantomJester software to allow it to do this?

    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

  7. Couple of diverse questions...

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @drscoop

    13 hours ago, drscoop said:

    This seems to behave as a non-linear fixture, but it feels like it'd be easier to work with as a linear fixture, for applying fans, effects etc.  I have set up 8 sub-groups in the interim, one for each RGB cell/pixel group, and can fan effects and colours over these by selecting all eight groups vs the whole fixture, but running it as linear would feel a lot more elegant...

    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.

    13 hours ago, drscoop said:

    Unrelated, and I may be missing the obvious here, but is there a way to capture intensity palettes?

    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

  9. FLX S24 doesnt boot without USB Pendrive

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Philip,

    Thank you for confirming.

    2 hours ago, Taske said:

    If I plugin a empty USB pendrive the console won't boot.

    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

  10. Forest Effect. Any suggestions?

    in Leap Frog 48 & 96

    Posted

    Hi Adam,

    30 minutes ago, AdamTheGinger said:

    but is it possible to offset the fixtures entirely

    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

  11. Trivial question about FLXS Phantom

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @delicolor

    5 minutes ago, delicolor said:

    Thanks John, that sort-of works in that the direction is respected although the finess is a bit lacking on hitting a particular level. (Although that could be me being heavy handed). It looks like the acceleration settings make it fiddly.

    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

  12. CONTROLE DES EFFETS

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    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

  13. CONTROLE DES EFFETS

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    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

  15. FLX S24 doesnt boot without USB Pendrive

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    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

  17. Creating multi cell fixtures in Fixture Tools

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi @lugamil

    10 minutes ago, lugamil said:

    Is it possible to create multi cell fixtures with the current public version of the Fixture Editor?

    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

  18. Creating multi cell fixtures in Fixture Tools

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    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.

    57 minutes ago, lugamil said:

    I considered sending an email to fixture support but since this is not that urgent,

    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

  19. Sauvegarde

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    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

  20. color transfer

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @Gul

    20 hours ago, Gul said:

    Well, thanks a lot guys!

    @Edward Z88, you were totally right, i didn't disabled "fader color control" in master playback !

    Glad that solved the issue.

    20 hours ago, Gul said:

    what i don't understand is why is this option "ignore" by default? more useful when disabled, isn't it?

    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

  22. Using Playback for House and Haze Control

    in Leap Frog 48 & 96

    Posted

    Hi @Lozo

    Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Hope you're well.

    1 hour ago, Lozo said:

    we also want this playback up during technical rehearsals, but we do not want house lights included in any memories while recording, we basically want anything turned up on this playback to be ignored in recording any memories.

    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

  23. color transfer

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @Gul

    Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

    11 hours ago, Gul said:

    the trouble is when the LUSTR fixtures comes with different colors between 2 cues, i cant get the right color fade time, it happens "cut" : the new color comes at the very beginning of the transfer.

    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.

    11 hours ago, Gul said:

    I would say, some parameters in LUSTR are responsible of that, but i cant figure out what it is. Or, did i miss something in the record parameters of my cues??

     

    10 hours ago, kgallen said:

    Attach your showfile here.

    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

  24. requesting Martin Mac Allure

    in Jester Range

    Posted

    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

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