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  1. Copying Multiple Cues

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @Lawrence Newbery

    Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

    9 hours ago, Lawrence Newbery said:

    Can this also be done using the Leapfrog 96 using the same syntax commands? Having a similar issue and I have a fair few cues.

    Yes it can. To make your life easier, you may wish to use a USB keyboard for this. You will then be able to use this same syntax...

    On 10/10/2019 at 10:09 AM, Edward Z88 said:

    If for example you wanted to copy cues 1 through to 10, and paste them in cues 51 through to 60, you can tap Copy, and type 1>10 in the "From" field, and type 51 in the "To" field.

    For more information on copying, see the link below...

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

    Hope this helps,

    Edward

  2. Master Playback

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Peter,

    When a playback's fader function is set the Manual Fade, rather than HTP Master, this means the playback's fader can be used to advance through your cues, rather than your go button. For more information, please see the link below...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playback-settings/general#faderfunction

    In a future update, the Go button will also be available in the Manual Fade functions. This feature is logged as reference number ZOS-5803 on our software tracking system.

    If you have any questions, please let me know.

    Edward

  3. Visualisation on capture on iMac

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Sven,

    26 minutes ago, Sven Nilsen said:

    Hi !

    Have already tried these , but Mac will not open 2021 Z88 or the zipped Z88.bin !?!?

    Sven

    Thank you for letting me know. After unzipping/extracting the files, you should be able to run one of the downloads as an app. Please let me know how you get on.

    Edward

  4. Easy? Fun? We can't get any lights to work with our FLX24 console.

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    1 hour ago, The Vault Arts Centre said:

    Edward, thank you for your reply, and also your comprehensive e-mail reply.

    Regarding DMX, just a simple guide on how you connect the Controller to, say, three or four fixutres, would be very helpful for people at our level.

    No problem at all, and thank you for the feedback.

    1 hour ago, The Vault Arts Centre said:

    We know how to change the setting, we just don't know what setting it needs to be in order to work with the Controller.

    The manual for the Chauvet fixture should describe configuring the fixture for DMX control, to allow you to use a lighting console such as FLX S24.

    1 hour ago, The Vault Arts Centre said:

    We'll work through your e-mail and see if that resolves things.  I'll report back here as I'm sure this will be helpful for other novices.

    Let us know how you get on.

    8 minutes ago, DALX said:

    Your COLORado Batten Q15 is a pixel batten, that is you can control each of the 15 LED's individually if the lighting controller can support pixel control, but the ZerOS operating system will not be able to until the next version. The common work around for this is to patch in 15 separate fixtures. I do not see the COLORado Batten Q15 in the current library so you would have to request a fixture file be made up for the Batten Q15. In the Batten Q15 manual, there is  a Mode chart on page 19. If you set the Batten Q15 to 1 Simple (4 Channels) RGBW you can patch the Batten Q15 as Generic LED-RGBW to get it working.

    I have suggested operating the fixture in 10 channel mode.

    If you cannot see this fixture in the library, I would recommend updating your console's library to ZerOS Library v2.1. For more information see the link below...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/load/zeros-library-2

    Edward

  6. Easy? Fun? We can't get any lights to work with our FLX24 console.

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @The Vault Arts Centre

    I have just replied to your email to Zero 88 Support.

    The majority of videos on our YouTube channel, will be training videos on how to use the console. We don't tend to run training videos on full lighting systems, as every lighting system is different, and very dependent on the make and model of fixtures and other equipment being used.

    35 minutes ago, The Vault Arts Centre said:

    Each of the lights has a menu and we're not sure if we need to set to Master or Slave.  Neither works though.

    I would recommend contacting Chauvet or consulting their product literature, for information on configuring Chauvet fixtures.

    36 minutes ago, The Vault Arts Centre said:

    The FLX24 has identified the fixtures, by name, without us patching, but the faders don't work.  Nothing we do on the console puts the lights on.

    If the FLX S24 is able to detect the fixtures automatically, but you cannot control them, this would indicate that the fixtures are only reporting a limited amount of information to FLX S24. I would therefore suggest the system is configured manually. The email I have just sent you goes through this in detail.

    If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  7. Visualisation on capture on iMac

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @Sven Nilsen

    Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

    6 hours ago, Sven Nilsen said:

    Hi there ! I've followed your recipe and Capture is present in Network Overview , but  not in System Text . Flx S24 Software 7.9.9     i-Mac Catalina 10.15.7

    Capture (Club) is working fine on the Mac , but no connection ???

    regards

    Sven

    Can you confirm whether you are using the same static IP addresses, for both the Ethernet IP of the iMac and the CITP IP on FLX S24, as the addresses in my previous post...

    On 12/19/2019 at 7:54 PM, Edward Z88 said:

    Therefore if using a single Ethernet cable, set static IPs and subnets, such as 10.1.1.1 for the CITP protocol on the console, and 10.1.1.2 for the iMac, both with subnets of 255.255.255.0.

    You don't have to use these addresses, but these should get you up and running.

    Edward

  8. How do I upgrade OS

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi @GarfieldManager

    48 minutes ago, GarfieldManager said:

    Hi all,

         I recently updated our console to 7.9.9, however, when I check the System Info there is software version # (7.9.9), and an OS version (7.8.1.2 28/3/2014 LNX).  I assumed we were upgrading the OS, is there a way to do that? Is it glaringly obvious and I'm just a dolt?

    The OS version, is the OS that ZerOS software runs on. This is not updated very regularly. ZerOS software, known as the "Software Version" in System Information, is the console software that gets updated more regularly.

    I can confirm that OS version is the latest.

    Hope this helps,

    Edward

  10. FLX S 48 - colours of intensity values in Output Window

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Davidmk said:

    I didn't turn them on in the programmer. I have sub masters for the intensities.

    When SmartTag is enabled, ZerOS essentially brings those intensities from your playback into the programmer at the point of recording. If it didn't, they wouldn't get recorded, as per the behaviour when SmartTag is disabled.

    Therefore when SmartTag is enabled, if you bring up the intensity using a playback, they will be recorded into the cue, but if there is then no change in intensity to record cue 2, the intensity will "track" from cue 1.

    Hope this helps,

    Edward

  12. FLX S 48 - colours of intensity values in Output Window

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi David,

    9 hours ago, Davidmk said:

    Just so happens I had purple intensity values myself this evening. I don't normally use cue stacks, much less blocking cues, but it happens that I had added a rainbow effect to a stack of cues and the purple values came up when it was running so, I'm guessing, that an effect cue operates like a blocking cue.

    Am I right?

    Let's say you turned your LED fixtures on, and then recorded this as cue 1. Then, the next thing you do, is apply a rainbow effect to the LED fixtures, and record this as cue 2.

    At the point of recording cue 2, you didn't tell the fixtures to turn on. You didn't need to, as they were on already. Therefore the intensity of these fixtures is displayed as purple in cue 2, showing these fixtures have not been given an update to their intensity value in this cue.

    Hope this helps,

    Edward

  15. FLX S 48 - colours of intensity values in Output Window

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hello,

    A “Blocked” intensity value, indicated in white, is a value which is recorded in a cue, that is identical to the value recorded in the previous cue. The intensity is therefore told to go to the value it is at already.

    A “Tracked” intensity value, indicated in purple, is a value which has not been given a new instruction by a cue, and is therefore still the same value it was in the previous cue.

    Hope this helps,

    Edward

  17. Will a ZEROS version update factory reset my console?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi @Cuba

    18 minutes ago, Cuba said:

    Hello.

    I was wondering if I updated my ZEROS software on my FLX S 48, would the console factory reset or will I use my patched fixtures?

    Thanks.

    Software updates will completely wipe all programming, patch and settings from the console. Following a software update, you can load in your show file from the previous version, and you’ll be back where you left off. 

    For more information, please see the link below…

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

    Hope this helps,

    Edward

  18. What would you like to see in ZerOS?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi @LLuk

    7 hours ago, LLuk said:

    first i wanna to say that i like a lot to work on my FLX. I am always excited when new updates with new features arrive...it's little bit like christmas...;)

    Really glad to hear you like working on FLX.

    7 hours ago, LLuk said:

    It's a nice voting-list...but what i really miss on the list (where i would for shure put my first cross) is an active GO button whilst "manual Fader 2-ways" is

    active. In every theatrical show i did was several cues i prefer to change by manualy cause for example for timing of a way an actor/actresse do, and several cues automaticly

    cause for example very slow changes. Meanwhile for this i get more used for the speed-override, but still it would be much more precise to have the direct option with

    manual-fader AND Go-Button.

    When a playback is set to "Manual Fade", the Go button is disabled. Rather than using the Go button, moving the fader advances you through your cues.

    However, the ability to also use the Go button, is something that we would like to implement. This is logged on our software tracking system as reference number ZOS-5803.

    For more information on using a Speed Override fader, please see the link below...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/special-playback-functions

    If you have any questions, please let us know.

    Edward

  19. FLX s24 dead after upgrade

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    55 minutes ago, Ed75 said:

    Thank you Edward, I read that, but my knowledge and understanding of version numbers at that moment made me think I needed a bootable stick. Which I probably didn't need. But I discovered that way FLXS didn't boot a bootable stick .

    You won't do any harm to FLX S consoles by booting them with a bootable drive plugged in - they will just ignore it.

  20. FLX s24 dead after upgrade

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Just now, kgallen said:

    Hi @Edward Z88, thanks. Do you recall, was this the same issue with my FLX last year (when I came over to Cwmbran)? I don't remember if we recovered it prior to me leaving the console with you for service.

    If so do we know why this corruption occurs?

    I can confirm this is not the same issue. The internal storage on FLX is very different hardware to FLX S. The tool I provided to recover the FLX S is not compatible with FLX consoles.

    Edward

  21. FLX s24 dead after upgrade

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @Takuya Chinen

    24 minutes ago, Takuya Chinen said:

    Hi @kgallen and @iank99

    Thank you for all your suggestion and support. I have been working on repairing my S48. I emailed support@zero88.com and now the console is able to reboot and worked fine! 

    @Edward Z88 I appreciate all your help!

    No problem!

    10 minutes ago, Ed75 said:

    I just did the same on my FLXS48 last week . Discovered the fact FLXS doesn't load from bootable sticks.  I wasn't aware of that, though I read the manual(s) carefully.

    Costed me about an hour and the use of three USB sticks though.

    I decided to go the safe way. Downloaded both 7.9.8 and 7.9.9 . To go from 7.9.7 to 7.9.9.  First updated to 7.9.8 and then to 7.9.9. No problems.

    This took only ten minutes more from my time, but it worked fine.

    For installation instructions, please follow the information in the release notes. For more information, please see the link below...

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

    17 minutes ago, kgallen said:

    @Takuya Chinen, @Edward Z88

    Is the solution shareable? It may be of interest for other users. 🙂

    The internal storage in the FLX S had corrupted, and needed to be re-flashed using a utility I shared with @Takuya Chinen

    Edward

  22. What would you like to see in ZerOS?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi @Mark-Jazzie

    Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

    5 minutes ago, Mark-Jazzie said:

    I really enjoy using Zeros and the FLX range of consoles and as the name suggests they are very flexible and easy to work with.

    Really glad to hear it.

    6 minutes ago, Mark-Jazzie said:

    Unless I am missing a big trick here or that special key tap I have not found, if I need to change the address of a fixture which does sometime happen either changing of rig set up or just made a mistake, either I have to calculate the address needed myself or add a false fixture just to see the universe space available. 

    Yes, I now you have the DMX Output Screen on the "Z" Button, that only show you the output levels that each DMX Channel is at a specific time. Also I know you have the likes of RigSync but this sometimes is not practical or can not be used.

    I  know that this feature may not be a priority for some or what the cost and complications to implement this feature would be.

    I do think that it this would be a valuable and useful tool to be able to use. Either when selecting an address or the address column in the Fixture Schedule and may be as the system info on the "Z" Button

    Your thoughts please

    A very valid suggestion. This suggestion is actually already logged on our software tracking system. The reference number for this particular enhancement is ZOS-8756. I have raised the priority of this following your request.

    The current thoughts are, that when editing a fixture's DMX address in the Fixture Schedule, you will be able to access the Universe preview, in the same way you can when adding a new fixture. Currently to view the Universe Preview, you have to tap Add Fixtures -> Next, to be able to access it.

    Similarly, when editing a fixture's channel number, we'd like to add the ability to tap a channel button below a channel fader, to move the fixture to a different fixture number on the console, rather than having to use a number pad.

    Thanks you for your feedback.

    Edward

  23. Did I discover a bug? (Zeros 7.9.9 FLX S48)

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi @Ed75

    12 hours ago, Ed75 said:

    Didn't remember that from reading the manual. And indeed it is not mentioned I think. (just read it back)  

    Manual updated for clarity...

    https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playback-settings/general#faderfunction

    12 hours ago, Ed75 said:

    Thank you for the invitation to your Beta test group. I'll send one of you a PM about that. 

    Thanks, will reply to that shortly.

    12 hours ago, Ed75 said:

    By the way, just plugged in a 13" touchscreen monitor, works like a dream. ;) 

    Nice! 🙂

    Edward

  24. What would you like to see in ZerOS?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi @kgallen

    27 minutes ago, kgallen said:

    One other "minor" item we've spoken about before: some sort of "version control" on fixture profiles so we know which of our "identically named" fixture definitions are actually being used by the showfile. Current solution is when creating or updating definitions we have to keep putting something in the name like "v2" or "v3". This is a real pain when debugging/updating a new fixture definition as you're never sure what the desk is using!

    Certainly something we don't want to fall off the radar. This is logged as reference number ZOS-8734. I have added another request to this issue.

    Edward

  25. Phantom Jester Fade Time

    in Jester Range

    Posted

    Hi @Jimlad

    22 hours ago, Jimlad said:

    Knob on Phantom Jester is set to manual after programming.  If I set 10 seconds, it takes about 15 seconds. If I program 20 seconds, it takes about 27 seconds.  It is ok for snap Blackout, but even for 1 second, it takes nearly 2 seconds.

    Thanks for confirming. Memory transitions on PhantomJester will take slightly longer than the time shown. However I wouldn't expect this to be almost twice the length of time, as mentioned in your first post. This shouldn't cause an issue as PhantomJester cannot output DMX. Reinstalling won't solve this.

    Edward

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