Edward Z88

Hi Mac, Yes RigSync is the main area included in this issue number, however ZOS-9615 includes other performance enhancements too. Edward

Hi Simon, On FLX, this can be achieved using a UDK. For more information, see below... http://support.zero88.com/1011403601 If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Chris, No problem - if you have any other queries whilst using the console just let me know. Edward

Hi Tom, Yes, that’s how you setup a fixture macro. From your description it sounds like you have done this correctly. When you save the fixture, make sure you save the fixture with a different name, so that when it is loaded into the console you know which fixture in the library is your edited one. To load into Phantom, save your .ift file into your Phantom Directory. In Phantom, this can be configured on the launcher screen by tapping Settings, and then choosing a directory. Now when you launch FLX S in Phantom, go into Setup (shortcut SHIFT + F10), press Load, you should see the fixture file. Choose it and load it in, and you can then go to Add Fixtures, to find and patch it in the usual way. As Alex describes above, you don’t have to configure Macros if you don’t wish to access functions such as reset. Instead you can go to Beam, find the control/special/reset parameter for the fixture, press the middle encoder button, and then press the function you’re after. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Chris, No, unfortunately UDFs have to be programmed manually. Edward

Hi Chris, When it comes to programming, the main thing to bear in mind is the three step programming process. This is, create what you want, press RECORD, and then choose where to store it to. A little way of remembering this is what I like to call Who What Where. On FROG2, the only way of making the faders control individual fixture intensities is to program each fixture onto an individual fader. The main way of controlling intensities is using the syntax pad. For more information on syntax, see the article below... http://support.zero88.com/1011387501 Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Mac, I would recommend testing ZerOS 7.9.7. ZerOS 7.9.7 does include the performance enhancements that were introduced in the beta version, so please use this and see how changing pages performs for you. This is actually included under reference number ZOS-9615. Hope this helps, please let me know how you get on. Edward

Hi Chris, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. The last ZerOS software version that was released for FROG2 consoles was ZerOS 7.8.2.39. This was released several years ago, and therefore many of the Zero 88 YouTube training videos which are for current ZerOS software won’t be applicable. I would therefore recommend taking a looking at the FROG2 manual, which is available here... http://support.zero88.com/975204871 The latest software for FROG2, can be downloaded here... https://zero88.com/storage/downloads/a2345a88-70be-4fbc-8493-ac1522e20edc/ZerOS-7.8.2.39.zip Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. What software version are you running on your FLX S24 console? You can find out by tapping Z/Shift -> System Information. In this window is a line of text displaying the software version. The current software for FLX S is ZerOS 7.9.7. If you are not running this version, I’d recommend updating. ZerOS 7.9.7 can be downloaded from the website below... https://zero88.com/zeros#download Also available from the website are release notes, detailing the installation instructions. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Kevin, Great, glad that’s worked and you’ve achieved what you’re after. As I’ve said definitely an area we want to improve. Edward

Hi Kevin, After pressing RECORD EFFECT, add the extra attributes by tapping them twice to give them a Green stripe. You can then type 50 ENTER to store in. Edward

Hi Kevin, Interesting, thanks for the information. I’ll take a look into this when I’m next in the office. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Great, glad to hear it. Edward

Hello, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. If you just have a single Ethernet cable linking the console to your iMac, you will have to configure static IPs, not DHCP. DHCP can only be used if there is a DHCP server on the network, such as the one usually part of a wireless router. 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 will then need to restart Capture. You should find if you tap Z/Shift -> System Information -> System Text on FLX S, the console reports that it has found Capture on your iMac and is connected. Tap Network Overview for the console’s status. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, When you copy a cue, the pasted copy does not reference the original - it is an entirely new cue. Therefore you will have to update the positions manually if you didn’t use a palette. To do this, create your position, and then store as a palette. Then go into each cue, select the fixtures, apply the palette, and then press UPDATE, and then the playback button to store the edit. If the position requires to stay the same in the next cue, do this as a tracking update. If you insert a track forwards cue, any new information will track through until the next cue the lights are given new instructions. Therefore if you wish to insert a cue and not affect any subsequent cues, make sure you insert cue only. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Kevin, Sneaky. Has that always been the case or have you quietly made this work?! As far as I’m aware that has always worked. You’d be very welcome - would be to good to meet in person after these hundreds of forum posts! 😂 As I’m sure you’ve found before, a brief outline of what the sessions include can be found here... http://support.zero88.com/988886531 Edward

Glad to hear you sorted it. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi both, Yes it sounds like there is position data stored in my example cue 3. The easiest way to remove this is to go into the cue, tap UPDATE, enable SmartTag, and tap the playback button. This will remove any data for fixtures at 0%. Alternatively Kevin’s method of: Is also perfectly acceptable. The neater way I think Kevin is referring to is press and hold POSITION and tap HOME, to tag all position parameters. It would be great to see you! Just drop us an email to training@zero88.com, if you decide on a session that suits you. Hope this helps and makes sense. Edward

Hi Tim, To move windows onto new desktops, you’ll need to use the SPECIAL -> Screen button. Therefore view desktop 3, tap Outputs, and if the Output Window doesn’t appear tap SPECIAL, and choose Screen from the MFKs. It should then appear. You can then use the Size button to resize the window. Hope this helps, Edward

Hello, Let’s say cue 1 is your effect. Cue 2 is movers off, cue 3 is a new state, cue 4 is movers used in a new position. We record cue 1, turn the fixtures off, record cue 2. As we have told the fixtures to go off, any further information given is ignored. The fixtures continue running the effect in dark. This is useful if you simply want the intensity to fade out, rather than fading and stopping at the same time. If you don’t want the effect to run in this cue, we can update it by turning SmartTag off, to give the fixtures a no effect command without intensity. You can therefore go into cue 2, select the fixtures, tap UPDATE, turn SmartTag off, tap the playback button. With Cue Only updates enabled, cue 3 will therefore look exactly how it was before - your movers were moving so they’ll continue to. You therefore will have wanted to update cue 2 with Track Forwards selected. As all you told them to do was stop their effect, move on dark will still be reading ahead for their next positions in cue 4. If it isn’t, you can remove any data for fixtures that are at 0%, by going into the cue, and updating it with SmartTag enabled. At this point you can revert back to Cue only mode if you wish, to ensure that any future records/updates don’t catch you out by tracking. If you just want to update the cue you are currently in, simply tap UPDATE -> GO of your playback. You don’t need to choose the update options or type cue numbers. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Dave, I’d recommend sending us an email to support@zero88.com, with a description of the fault. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Vilhelm, What software version is your FLX S24 running? You can find out by tapping Z/Shift -> System Information. In this window is a line of text displaying the Software Version. The latest version is ZerOS 7.9.7. You should find that when you raise a fader, the fixture selects automatically. If you then apply a palette for example, and then push up another channel fader, this new channel selects and the old one is automatically deselected. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi both, As Kevin says, the reason for this is with SmartTag enabled on the console, when fixtures are at 0% all other functions are ignored. A quick way of getting around this is to hold SHIFT and press RECORD, for the cue which stops the effect. As you have a reduced set of Record/Update options, your console is in global cue only mode. To enabled the tracking options, press SETUP -> Settings -> Record & Update -> Tracking Options -> Enabled. Exit SETUP, and then press and hold RECORD. You should see more options in the window, including a SmartTag button, and tracking options. Make sure that Cue Only is selected, if you don’t want tracking enabled. I use the console as much as I can on events, and of course software test the console, and must admit I very rarely use the targets, as the ones you need are preselected. What situations do you find you have to use these? I’m not at all denying the UI needs improvement in the Update Options, it’s something we’ve got on our list. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward