Edward Z88

Manually releasing playbacks with programmer time active, by pressing and holding CLEAR and tapping a playback's button, will fade the intensity over the programmer time. Attributes will then snap-release at the end of the fade. For maximum control, you may wish to have a separate playback, which just controls the Zoom. All your other playbacks could then have no information for the Zoom. This way, you know the Zoom will only move when you adjust your Zoom playback, allowing you to control it at a rate you know will be quiet. Edward

Hello, Fixture macros cannot be created. These are included in the Fixture Library, and are generated upon pressing "Automatically Create Macros" after patching your fixtures. If you wish to access the original version of the Mac 550 with the Lamp On macro, please see the fixture file below... https://zero88.com/fixtures/legacy-library/Legacy library (gft41.0)/MARTIN/Mac 550.ift Hope this helps, Edward

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Hello, What was the DMX input connected from? If channels on the DMX Input are raised or lowered quickly, this will display Press and Release on the status display. The six buttons bottom left of the Front Panel display, show the Remote Switch inputs. If a remote switch is pressed they will highlight. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Ceri, You could still achieve this using the Remote Desktop method. If you are using a PC running ZerOS Monitor, you could use your now surplus touchscreen connected to the PC, to give you an additional touchscreen. By default, desktop 1 will have the Outputs and Cues Windows on the top and bottom half of the external monitor respectively. You can also view these Windows on the internal touchscreen if you wish. More information here… https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/desktops-windows/external-display Glad to hear it, and no problem at all. If there’s anything else you need let us know. Edward

Hi Tim & Kevin, It is not as easy as just calculating a BPM for a given Speed value. This is because if you look at converting a waveform to BPM, you would have to factor in both the Speed and Offset - this therefore is also affected by the number of fixtures the effect is running over. For example, automatic effect 4 "Chaser 1/8", with speed of 20, offset across 8 fixtures, gives you 120 BPM. The same effect offset across 4 fixtures at the same speed would give you 60 BPM. The ability to give effects a BPM, and for them to calculate the required speed, is logged on our system as reference number ZOS-8694. I have raised the priority of this following your request. A possible way of dealing with this if you are recording effects into cues, is to get your speed roughly correct, record the effect into a cue, and then on playing back the cue, use a Speed Override fader to boost up or slow down the speed slightly on the fly to suit. See the link below for more information... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/special-playback-functions#override If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Ceri, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. FLX has a single DVI-D output for an external monitor, which can be a touchscreen. To add additional external desktops, you can connect tablets, PCs or laptops over the network, running the ZerOS Monitor apps. For more information see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/setup/devices/remote-apps Thanks @kgallen for the lightning fast response! Appreciate it. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hello, That is correct, Solution consoles will continue to receive software updates. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, Yes it does. Booting Solution/Leapfrog consoles with the SETUP key held down will boot into Test Mode. That is correct, the best route to go down first is compressed air spray. In the meantime, to avoid channels being brought into the programmer, resulting in cues not playing correctly, you could switch the channel faders to HTP mode. This will mean the levels will mix HTP with cues, rather than "LTP catch". HTP channel values are displayed in yellow in the Output window. Alternatively you could enable the Preset control, meaning the channel faders can only output if the A or B master is raised. These options can be found on the MFKs by tapping SPECIAL. I hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, As @kgallen says, you simply need to make sure your White chase releases. This will then allow your Red/Blue chase to resume. For example: Record your fixtures at 100% in red on playback 1 Record your fixtures at 100% in blue on playback 1 (choose Create Chase) Record your fixtures at 100% in white on playback 2 Record your fixtures at 100% in black* on playback 2 (choose Create Chase) Configure the button function of playback 2 to be latch This will allow you to raise playback 1 to start your red/blue chase, then tap the button of playback 2 to trigger the strobe, and then tap playback 2's button again to resume the red/blue chase. *In this example, by black we mean the intensity of the fixtures is at full, however their RGB(W) values are at 0. This means that you won't have to worry about intensity mixing options between playback 1 and 2. I hope this helps, if you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Nathan, No problem at all, glad that solved the issue. We have received your email to support, and will advise on the procedure to get the battery replaced. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Nathan, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Is the Speed Override fader at 50%? This is the fader that can change the speed of your cue transitions, which is the right-hand fader in the Master Playback section. If this is at full, your cues will snap. If you’d like guidance on replacing the battery, please drop us an email to support@zero88.com. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hello, Thank you for confirming. If you tap Z/Shift -> System Information -> System Text, and scroll through, are there any lines of text displayed that are not white? If so could you email me a picture of these? If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hello, Thank you for the description of the issue. Sorry to hear you have experienced this issue with your console. When the issue occurs, do you have any USB devices connected/is the console connected to a network? If so, what devices are connected? If you disconnect these, do you still experience the issue? If you have any questions please let us know. Edward

Hi Emrys, ZerOS now uses an entirely new fixture database. This database change was introduced in ZerOS 7.9.8. Therefore even though the new ZerOS Library (.zlbr format) contains almost twice as many fixtures as the "legacy" Zero 88 Library (.ift format), there's no guarantee fixtures in the legacy library are in the new ZerOS Library. If you have therefore programmed your show file in ZerOS 7.9.7 or earlier with the old library, and then loaded this show file into ZerOS 7.9.9, you may find you are unable to convert your fixtures to the new library version, if the fixture was in the old library, and not the new library. In these cases, please drop us an email to fixturesupport@zero88.com, detailing the fixtures missing from the new library, and we will make sure these fixtures are included for a future ZerOS Library release. In the meantime you can continue to use the "legacy" format fixtures in your show file. See the link below for more information... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/fixture-schedule/change-fixture#convert I hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, Fixtures displayed in red in the Fixture Schedule and Add Fixtures, are fixtures that are not from the ZerOS fixture library. Instead, these fixtures are from other sources, and will not follow the same standard format as library fixtures. The Fixture Schedule gives the ability to convert these fixtures to their library version, if this fixture model and mode is included in the ZerOS Library. You don't have to convert the fixtures to the library format, and can continue to use them as usual. For more information on converting fixtures, see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/fixture-schedule/change-fixture#convert If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hello, Fixture files in the .ift format, are still compatible with the latest versions of ZerOS. You can continue to use these fixtures without issue, rather than using the fixtures contained in the library. To get any missing fixtures added to a future fixture library release, drop us an email to fixturesupport@zero88.com, with a link to the fixture's manual. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Emrys, When you click a red fixture in the "Convert Profiles" column, the console will offer a small selection of fixtures in the library, that ZerOS thinks could be the same make, model and mode as your current fixture. You can then choose the correct one to convert to. If instead you see a full list of fixtures, this means your fixture will be missing from the library. If you send us an email to fixturesupport@zero88.com with a link to the fixture's manual, we will be able to get this fixture added to a future release. As Kevin says, there is no issue in leaving your fixtures "red" and continuing to use them - this just means they are not in the library format. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

These PSUs are switch mode. Edward

Jester/Frog PSUs are still available. Part code 5537500. For more information on available common spares, head to the Frog page... https://zero88.com/control/frog Edward

Hi Nico, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Apologies for the delayed reply, I somehow missed your post. It is not possible to export ZerOS show files to ASCII or PDF. You can export cue lists as CSV files. For clarity, show files saved in ZerOS 7.9.7 and earlier use the file extension .isf. In recent software versions show files will be saved in the .zos format. Exporting as ASCII is definitely something we'd like to do. Currently there are features with much higher priority being worked on, so this is yet to be implemented. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Yep, sounds like a FLX S console would be perfect, other than the mention of a close contact input. This would require the full FLX. Edward

Hi Ian, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. It would be worth taking a look at the FLX range of consoles as a replacement. If the close contact remote input is a must-have, then the full-size FLX console would be worth a look... https://zero88.com/control/flx If you can do without the close-contact input, then the FLX S48 would be a suitable replacement. For more information on FLX S consoles see the link below... https://zero88.com/control/flxs I hope this helps, if you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Charlie, Great, glad to hear it. For further information, please see the Orb console page below... https://zero88.com/control/orb If you have any other questions, please let me know. Edward

Hello, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. Please could you confirm the software version running on your Orb XF? To find your software version, please tap the "Other Windows" button top left of the Output Window. From the drop-down choose System Info. In the window that opens will be a line of text showing the "Software Version". The latest software for Orb XF consoles is ZerOS 7.9.9. ZerOS 7.9.9 can be downloaded along with release notes from the link below... https://zero88.com/zeros#download To remove fixtures in ZerOS 7.9.9, simply tap SETUP to view the Fixture Schedule, select the fixtures you wish to remove using syntax, and then tap the DELETE button. For more information see the link below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/fixture-schedule/deleting-fixtures I hope this helps, if you have any questions let us know. Edward