Edward Z88

Hi Myles, Ah I see. Yes there's no effective way of applying this fixture to the channel faders. The easiest way of controlling the Shutter is going to Beam, and finding the shutter parameter. On FLX series you can then press the middle encoder button for Shutter to access each parameter function. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, Page 15 of the manual states: "FLX S consoles do not include this feature (referring to self healing USB ports), and therefore it is not recommended to use the USB ports for devices such as lights or fans on FLX S consoles." https://zero88.com/storage/downloads/7f906b85-80f1-4646-bd18-d2327d94fc60/FLX-Range-&-ZerOS-Accessories-User-Manual-v7.9.6.pdf Page 82 of the manual states that USB ports are for keyboard & mouse, external touchscreen (S48), and external storage devices. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Myles, No plans for this currently. What fixture are you using? Many fixtures with Shutters have Closed at the bottom end, and then have an Open section before strobes etc. There you may find you can raise the channel fader slightly just to go from the Closed to Open area. You could then always store this as a max value for the Shutter if you didn't need to access the other shutter controls. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi both, Thanks for letting us know. I can't seem to find power information on these, but from the looks of them there are 8 LEDs on each lamp. One of the reviews says this gets quite hot, so sounds like they are being run pretty hard. We do not have a quoted max USB current for FLX S consoles, however recommend using a powered USB hub for any peripherals other than usual keyboard, USB stick etc. Edward

Hi Myles, Channel faders will only control a fixture's intensity, and cannot be set to switch. When an intensity channel is set to virtual, and is scaling another parameter, it will still scale the level of this parameter, not switch it. For switching/toggling functionality, I would recommend programming the shutter onto a playback. Edward

Hi Myles, Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum. If you are using a FLX series console, press and hold VIEW and tap the attribute playback you have programmed. This will open the playback in the cue list window. You will see that there is a default fade time for colour and position of 3 seconds, and the other attributes have a 0 second fade. As Colour, Beam and Position are LTP attributes, this means that as soon as the playback fader is raised, the lighting state fades in using the fade time. Therefore if there is no fade, the lighting state will snap the LTP attributes to their recorded values as soon as the fader is raised. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, I would recommend disconnecting the LED desk lamps immediately. It sounds like they are trying to draw too much current from the console, and is trying to pull the power rail voltage down. The USB ports on FLX S consoles are not designed for higher power peripherals. I’d suggest only a single low power desk lamp should be connected. The full size FLX console has self healing USB ports, meaning if too much power is drawn, the USB ports are cut off until the console is power cycled, protecting the console. FLX S consoles do not contain this technology. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Thymen, The latest manual for Solution consoles is correct as per ZerOS 7.9.2, available here... https://zero88.com/control/solution#downloads The FLX series manual available here is correct as per ZerOS 7.9.6... https://zero88.com/control/flx#downloads As FLX runs the same software as Solution, you will find the majority of the functionality described in the manual can be applied for Solution. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Eric, The main thing to ensure is that it is a powered USB hub, not simply a USB splitter. There is not any particular brand we recommend. I personally have had good experience with Anker PC accessories in the past. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Eric, Yes, USB keyboards can be used to enter names, and type numerical values for patching. There are also some shortcuts available. See the article below for a list of these... http://support.zero88.com/998481801 Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Mac, I will take a look into this. Does the same lag appear when changing channel pages and playback pages, or is it just playback pages? Edward

Hi Mac, Have replied to your email with the fixture file with parameter details added in. When the fixture file was first made presumably the Laserworld manual didn't include details of what each parameter level did. Please try the updated fixture file and let me know how you get on. Edward

Hi Mac, Taking a look at this fixture profile, this fixture doesn't have an intensity control. The MFF channel fader on FLX will therefore not do anything. I am not familiar with this laser, however you may find if you change the Pattern parameter to choose a pattern, the laser outputs the pattern, rather than being off. The fixture file in the fixture library has no details implemented for what different levels of each parameter does. If you have a version of the manual with details listed for what each parameter does, we will be able to add these in to the fixture file. To do this please send a copy of the manual to FixtureSupport@zero88.com. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Carsten, Turning the console into global Cue Only mode, forces SmartTag and Cue Only on, and hides most of the settings in the record options window. This therefore will give you the same effect as turning SmartTag back on from the record options window, when the console has tracking enabled. The downside of putting the console in global Cue Only mode is you can’t access the more advanced settings in the record options window. Edward

Hi Carsten, If fade times aren’t displayed, it means there isn’t data recorded in the cue for that attribute. Therefore if no fades are present, nothing has been recorded in the cue. How did you record the cue? Was the cue created from using other playbacks, or using programmer data? If recording other playbacks into a new playback, you’ll need to make sure SmartTag is enabled. Press and hold RECORD to open the Record Options window to access the SmartTag option. Hope this helps, Edward

Hi Mark, That's great, thanks for sharing. If anyone else has any colour picker images like this they find useful, feel free to add them as a reply to share them. Edward

Hello, Don’t worry - we check the forum regularly and have been keeping an eye on this thread. Really good to see everyone’s thoughts and comments on ZerOS. We have been working hard developing ZerOS 7.9.7 (which there are images of on the forum for people with beta software access), which will include the updated fixture library. This library is required to allow for most of the suggestions and requests in this thread, so we are excited to get this released. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Salut, Aucune date n'est actuellement prévue pour prendre en charge des cellules individuelles dans un appareil. Malheureusement, ce ne sera pas dans la prochaine version du logiciel, mais nous sommes conscients qu'il s'agit d'une priorité élevée pour de nombreux utilisateurs. Comme nous recommandons de raccorder chaque pixel / lampe d'un appareil séparément à la console, en raison du nombre limité d'appareils sur les consoles FLX S, nous recommandons actuellement le format FLX complet pour ces applications. Si vous avez des questions, laissez-nous savoir. Edward Hello, There is no date currently planned for supporting individual cells within a fixture. Unfortunately this will not be in the next software version, however we are aware this is a high priority for many users. As we recommend patching each pixel/lamp of a fixture as a seperate fixture on the console, due to the fixture limits on FLX S consoles we currently recommend the full size FLX for these applications. If you have any questions let us know. Edward

Hi Chris, Does your effect playback also include position information? If so when you raise the fader, position will still use the cue's fade times whereas effect will be scaled by the fader position. To avoid the jarring position, you therefore may want to increase the position fade. To do this hold VIEW and press the playback button. You can then edit the position fade time. You may find that enabling fader controls position as well as fader controls effect on the same playback also solves the issue. Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Mac, We currently don’t have a fixture file for Resolume, but this is something we can create if you send a request to FixtureSupport@zero88.com. We will need the DMX channel map to do this, which should be available from the Resolume website, which will detail what each DMX control channel does - this will also give you an indication of how complex and how many parameters this includes. This will be as simple as recording a playback on FLX with a Start and Stop cue - both of which will be accessed via one of the Resolume fixture’s control parameters. I may be wrong, but I believe browser forum notifications are triggered when you are quoted in a post, not just when there is a reply. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hello, That’s correct; > on an external keyboard can be used as the Thru command in the Copy From field. Yes - as you have described, programming 3 cues is a common way of doing this. Cue 1 is base state, cue 2 is sweep up, cue 3 is fade off. Depending on the effect you are trying to achieve, you could only use 2 cues, and have the fixtures fade off as they sweep up. To do this you would need to record cue 2 with the fixtures in their swept up position, however with no intensity. To do this you would need to record the cue with SmartTag disabled. To disable SmartTag, press and hold RECORD, and tap SmartTag, so that it has a blue rather than red button stripe. If SmartTag is enabled, the console will not store fixtures with 0% intensity - very useful for Move On Dark. In cue 2 you could even then set the intensity down delay to be the same duration as the position fade, so that the move happens, then the fixture fades/snaps off, all in the same cue. If you wanted to use this effect throughout the show, I would probably record the 2 cues onto their own playback, not as a chase, but with cue 2 as an auto follow, which you can then trigger and release from any cue in any playback. Hope this helps and makes sense, if you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Mac, If you want to control Resolume from FLX, you would need to use Resolume Arena. Resolume Avenue cannot be controlled by DMX. https://resolume.com/software/specs In terms of controlling Resolume Arena, it would be a case of patching Resolume as a fixture on FLX (or multiple fixtures, depending on how Resolume handles layers), and then assigning that patched universe to the chosen ArtNet universe Resolume is set to receive on. Resolume itself will then be able to output video data to fixtures via ArtNet, or out of the PC’s video output. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi NJ, Due to the way Alphapack dimmers work, they will always buzz when they are dimming the load - and therefore make a sound between around 20% and 90%. They are usually at their loudest, depending on the load, at around 70%. It is obviously hard to tell what you mean by quite loud buzz. If all channels are dimming at full load (for example 1KW on each channel), the noise would roughly be about as loud as a fan in a projector for example. If it seems to be excessively louder than this, there potentially could be a fault. If you are still concerned I’d recommend dropping us an email to support@zero88.com, along with the Alphapack’s serial number. If you have any questions let me know. Edward

Hi Kevin, If you enter into a cue number in the cue number column, type a cue number and press ENTER, this moves the next cue to the chosen cue. This then allows the next GO button press to go into the chosen cue. Go to cue enhancements are logged on our software tracking system as ZOS-7627. Edward

Hi Thierry, That's great, really glad to hear it. If you have any questions let me know. Edward