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  2. ETC Ion showfile import

    in FLX

    Posted

    Hi Kevin,

    FLX cannot read ETC Eos show files. FLX can however read manufacturer specific data contained within the ASCII show files that Eos can export. I don't believe the Eos software version will matter.

    Therefore either get the producer to send the ASCII export, or ask them to send the whole show file, and then using ETC Nomad (their equivalent of Phantom), export to ASCII yourself. You'll then be able to load the ASCII file into FLX.

    Hope this helps, any queries let me know.

    Edward

  4. Fann in Fan out

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hello,

    This is because by default, the Fan mode for position is set to "Fan First". To change the fan mode to achieve what you are looking for, hold SETUP and tap the Position tab on the touchscreen (this will appear when you have a moving fixture selected). This will open the Position Options, where you can hold Z/SHIFT, and choose "Fan Middle", so that the red stripe changes from Fan First to Fan Middle. Release SHIFT, and press OK on the window.

    Now when you hold Z/SHIFT and dial the Pan/Tilt encoder, your selected fixtures will be fanned from the middle.

    Hope this helps, any queries let me know.

    Edward

  5. Chases

    in Solution & Solution XL

    Posted

    Hi Philip,

    14 minutes ago, Philip Dixon said:

    I hope I'm allowed two questions in 1 day...

    Of course!

    15 minutes ago, Philip Dixon said:

    How do I create a chase sequence, and then allocate it to cue on stack 0?

    To do this, firstly program your chase sequence to any empty playback. Then, view your Master Playback (if you aren't already hold MEMORIES and tap the Master Playback's GO button), and tap the Settings button of the cue you would like your chase to start running in. From the Settings window tap Macros..., and then tap Trigger Cue Stacks. All of your programmed playbacks will start to flash, where you can then tap your chase's button that you would like to trigger. Then OK the Macros window, and OK the Settings window. Now when you go into this cue, as well as the cue running, the chase will fade in over the cue fade times too.

    If you would like the chase to turn off in the next cue in the Master Playback, tap the Settings button of the next cue. Repeat the same process as above, however in the Macros window choose the Release Cue stacks option. 

    Hope this helps,

    Edward

  7. Moving head with a mind of it's own

    in Solution & Solution XL

    Posted

    Hi Philip,

    The cause of this is the way it has been programmed. The fixture that is causing problems must have been panned the long way round to get to the desired position.

    There are many ways to solve this issue. Personally, I would go into cue 1, select my fixtures, and move them both so that they are in the position I want, moving them in the shortest path possible. Then, record this position as a position palette. To do this tap RECORD -> POSITION -> Choose an MFK to record to. It's always a good idea to record palettes for pretty much everything you're doing, so that if you need to update the position you can simply update a single palette. It also makes it easier to recall certain positions. On Solution consoles you have the ability to record 400 position palettes, so you don't need to worry about running out in a hurry. 

    Now, double tap CLEAR, and go into cue 2 in your cue stack - your mover will again fly all the way round the wrong direction. Select both fixtures, and apply the palette you just programmed. You should find one fixture barely moves, and the other swings back round to the correct position. Then tap UPDATE, and tap the playback's button to update the cue. 

    Hope this helps, if you have any queries just let me know.

    Edward

  8. Some effects not working

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Rob,

    Just to confirm, Effect 2 through to Effect 10 all seem to be giving you a figure of 8, apart from Effect 7 (Vertical Line) which is working? This is the case even when the fixture is tilted away from the home position? Do you have any other moving heads patched in? If you apply the effects to these do you get the same results? Do the other effects such as those for colour and intensity appear to be working with the MAC 600?

    Feel free to send a copy of your show file to support@zero88.com with a description of the issue, and one of the team will be able to take a look for you.

    Edward

  10. playback for controlling intensity of effect

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Julian,

    17 minutes ago, kraftfeld said:

    i am trying do do the following on FLXS24, any possibilities?:

    > playback1 containing cuestack with a series of movement-effects and fader-effects of fixture-group.
    > playback2-fader controls maximum-brightness of fader-effects on cue1. from 0-255.

    >> i want fixture to always fade to black and then fade to maximum-brightness defined by playback2-fader.
    >> so maximum-brightness of cue can be adjusted.
    >> using grand-master-fader is not an option here, because i want to be able to adjust several fixture-groups separately, but function of grand-master seems to be what i need.

    Just to confirm, what are you using Playback 1's fader for? By default, the playback's fader will scale the level of the intensity of the effects in the playback.

    For playback 2 to control the intensity of playback 1, you will need to set up playback 2 as an inhibit fader. To do this, select your fixtures in the group contained in playback 1, and turn the fixtures on to full. Then tap RECORD, and tap playback 2 to store it their. Then, making sure you are in Playbacks fader function, hold SETUP and tap Playback 2's button. Then from the Intensity mixing options choose Inhibit, and click OK on the settings window. Now, Playback 2 will act as an intensity master across the whole console for these fixtures.

    25 minutes ago, kraftfeld said:

    >> i am also confused on how the size-parameter of fader-effect cooperates with intensity-level of fixture. do i set intensity to 0 and adjust final-brightness with size-parameter? or whats best practice here?

    With Intensity Effects, the Size parameter defines how large the intensity range is on the fixtures. For example with a simple Fader effect, with Size at 100 the fixture will range from 0-100% - a range of 100%. If you then reduce the fixture's intensity to 25%, and the Size down to 50%, the fixture will then range from 0-50% - a range of 50%. If you then set a fixture's intensity at 50% for example, and set the intensity effect size to 50, the fixture with then be in the range of 25%-75% - still a range of 50%.

    Hope this helps, if you have any queries let me know.

    Edward

  12. Edit wheel groups for FLXs

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Alex,

    32 minutes ago, scottydog75 said:

    Since struggling to re-order parameters on a large fixture file before reading this hint, is there any chance that the 'parameters' column could be a user editable cell?

    There aren’t currently any plans to update the Fixture Editor, however this is something we can bear in mind. A better solution may be to have up/ down arrows at the end of each parameter row, which you could use to reorder the parameters within their attribute.  

    Edward

  13. Can back on playback

    in Leap Frog 48 & 96

    Posted

    Hello,

    7 minutes ago, francocampo said:

    if possible can back on the playback with varius cue, for example in my playbabk there are 3 cues, with botton under fader if possible go next cue, if possible back the cue?

    Yes, it is possible to Go back through a cue stack, as well as Go forwards. The button under each playback can have 2 different behaviours, one for when it is pressed, and a shifted function for when the button is pressed with the SHIFT key held down. You can therefore configure pressing the playback button to Go forwards, and holding SHIFT and pressing the button to go back.

    To customise this hold SETUP and tap the Playback's button. At the bottom of the Settings window is a button function option. If you hold SHIFT, you will see the red stripe move from Go (Fade), to Go (Snap). With SHIFT held down, choose "Pause" from the options, release the SHIFT key, and then click OK on the settings window. Now, when you hold SHIFT and tap the playback button, it will act as a Pause if a cue transition is in progress, or a Go back if the transition has completed.

    You can read more about Playback Settings here...

    http://support.zero88.com/1077997011

    Hope this helps, any queries let me know.

    Edward

  15. Sound to light for chases?

    in ORB & ORB XF

    Posted

    Hi Sven,

    4 hours ago, Sven76 said:

    After that we again started the console as normal and retried our tests: I don't know what we did different this time, but everything is working perfect and as expected now!

    So thanks for all the help and hints!

    Great, glad to hear it! Just let me know if there is anything else I can do.

    Edward

  16. Some effects not working

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Rob,

    14 hours ago, Rob58 said:

    But when i choose an effect fot the MAc 600, all the movement effects are the same: they all make an "8".

    Only the vertical line is making a vertival line. bThe rest only 8s.
    What is going wrong?

    As Kevin mentions, this could be due to the Speed and Size parameters.

    If you have not Panned or Tilted your fixtures and they are still in their 50/50 home position, try adjusting their position, and then apply the effects. You should then find that for example a circle effect looks like a circle.

    Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help.

    Edward

  17. Sub-Master Flash

    in Jester Range

    Posted

    Hi Benjamin,

    On 1/20/2019 at 8:54 PM, Benjamin Newton said:

    Unfortunately having spoken to yourselves about this before, the LCD in question is not a replaceable part and would thus require a full board replacement at a cost circa £500 - which I'm sure you would agree would be much better spend towards a FLX 24. 

    Yes that's correct, that LCD is part of a larger PCB. I may be biased, but yes, putting the money towards a new FLX S24 would certainly sound like a better investment to me!

    On 1/20/2019 at 8:54 PM, Benjamin Newton said:

    I'm tempted to see if there are any part numbers visible on the LCDs, but I really don't want to screw the thing up if I can help it.

    For your information, the order code for the TL Panel PCB is 1216399.

    Any queries let me know.

    Edward

  18. Generic 4in1 MovingHead RGBW file needed

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Simon,

    11 hours ago, Simonkbike said:

    Struggling with the Fixture Editor assigning my "Master Dimmer"  parameter to a fader.  In my manual, the "Brightness" channel is split into three DMX address sub-sections :
    0-7 = OFF
    8-134 = Master Dimmer
    135-239 = Strobe
    240-255 = Open
    I seem to recall there's a way to assign the sub-addresses 8-134 to separate channels but struggling to work it out tonight.  Might also be helpful to put the Strobe on a separate channel.

    For this, your best bet is to create this as a “Shutter” parameter, with a default value of 134. Then tick the “Scale by Virtual Intensity” box for the parameter. 

    Then add a Brightness parameter named “Dimmer”, with a default of 255, and tick the “Virtual Parameter” box. This will grey out the DMX address field. 

    This dimmer will then by default scale the shutter parameter between 0-134, giving you a dimmer. If you do then need to access the strobe, you can then adjust the Shutter parameter. There isn’t a way to split a parameter, but this method should achieve what your after.

    Hope this helps and makes sense, any queries let me know. 

    Edward

  19. Moving Groups on FLX S24?

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Carpo,

    10 minutes ago, Carpo said:

    is there an easy way to relocate groups or do I have to adding them by myself at the "right" location?

    There isn’t a dedicated Move/ Copy function on FLX S consoles - copying groups is something you can do on FLX. Therefore your best bet is ensure there are no fixtures selected, select your group, tap RECORD, and choose your new location. Then Delete the group from the old location. 

    13 minutes ago, Carpo said:

    how can I remove the white color from the fixtures when I only activate the effect fader? 

    If you find they fade from white to the recorded colour, this is due to the cue colour fade. You can edit this by holding VIEW and tap the playback’s button, and then select the colour fade and adjust to 0 seconds using the encoder wheels. 

    If you wish to remove all colour data from the playback, raise the playback, select the fixtures, hold CLEAR and tap the colour tab, so that the colour parameters become tagged (alternatively jog one of the colour encoder wheels to tag them). Then hold UPDATE and deselect SmartTag, choose Remove, and then tap the playback’ button to complete the update. This is then going to remove any tagged information from the playback.

    Hope this helps, any queries let me know. 

    Edward

  21. How to make a Strobe effect on FLX S24?

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Carpo,

    Chaser is the best effect to use for a standard strobe. You can then speed it up to suit. You can then customise it by configuring Size and Offset values across the fixtures. If you’d like the fixture to spend more time on, use a Mark On effect, and if you’d like the fixtures to spend more time off, use a Mark Off.

    When dealing with quick strobe effects, you may find you get to a certain speed where it will start to get messy. This is due to the refresh rate of the DMX signal and the fixtures themselves recieving it- if they miss one of the “on” or “off” messages, it doesn’t look as clean or sharp as you may want. This is why having a dedicated strobe channel on a fixture comes in handy.

    Hope this helps, any queries let me know. 

    Edward

  23. External monitor

    in FLX S24 & FLX S48

    Posted

    Hi Josh,

    9 hours ago, Joshdd said:

    I was wondering can I use a laptop with a touch screen as an external monitor and how would I connect it to the board would it be with a hdmi to dvi cable or through and router and I It works with the cable do i need a USB cable as well 

    Yes you certainly can connect a touch screen laptop to FLX S. You’ll be able to connect the console and your laptop with a single Ethernet cable, and then run the ZerOS Remote Monitor software on your laptop.

    Information on how to connect your laptop to give you an external screen can be found here...

    http://support.zero88.com/999689141

    If you have any queries with this just let me know. 

    Edward

  25. Sound to light for chases?

    in ORB & ORB XF

    Posted

    Hi Sven,

    6 hours ago, Sven76 said:

    What do you mean with "Test mode"? Is it an option somewhere in the setup or do you mean a beta version of an upcoming release?

    You can access Test Mode by holding the SETUP key down when you power the console. When in Test Mode choose Other Test, where STOL (Sound to Light) status is displayed. Check this display to ensure you are receiving an audio signal.

    The Jack input is wired in the standard tip being left, ring being right, sleeve being signal ground. These are then merged and the console listens to the low frequency of both channels (you could therefore essentially use 2 audio sources, with left input from one and right input from another).

    Any queries let me know.

    Edward

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