G-man

Just looping back @kgallen, the IFT is working a charm 🙂 Many thanks. G-man

I 'think' mines working OK KG. Probably a bit thin on the macro detail but I can live with that for now. In any event I can use your 2820 as a tutorial to shape mine up now I can save & load IFTs reliably. Really kind offer though. The Gotek update is a lifesaver for me and happy to help if you want to take the plunge 🙂

Yeah, I should have realised when I got the manual out - it was printed on parchment 😁 I didnt realise the desk had never been updated actually. My 'thin' Frog is way more up to date but wont run this particular show. To Zero88's credit our 2003 Alcora (I still love this desk), the thin Frog and the Fat Frog are still doing amazingly well and are easy to use for all our crew. Also your support makes them last even longer. Keeping the faith!

Wow, thanks@kgallen for the help, forum guidance and sanity check🙂 Actually,@Charlie Newman you are right. The Fat Frog OS v5.0.1 that I am running can only read IFT filenames of 8 characters or less, the fixture name can be longer but not the filename. As I have a show loaded ready for Run, I'm reluctant to upgrade to a later OS in case I brick the desk completely this close to a run. But I will afterwards. So on Fat Frog OS v5.0.1 I was able to verify KG's AFX1820 IFT file from the other thread was not recognized by my desk, until I shortened the filename to 8 char. I have now renamed my own "AFX Club Zoom 2810.ift" to "AFX2810.ift" (attached) and the desk reads it at last 🙂 Now to test the fixture operation when I get back to the rig tonight.... @kgallen I may take you up on your kind offer if tonight's fixture-test does not go well. Attached is the manual BTW. They are stunning LED parcans with great color balance, huge light output and the smoothest dimmer we found. Oh, and remotely zoomable from 12-60 degrees too. Back soon! AFX Club Zoom 2810.pdf AFX2810.ift

Hi there Zero-ists 🙂 Here's a test of your general knowledge from the noughties: What is the correct Fixture Editor version for creating/editing profiles for a Fat Frog (2002) please? I'm using v2.6 at the moment but as this also seems to be the current Editor for ZerOS I'm wondering if I've jumped ahead for the old (much loved) desk. The symptom is that The Fat Frog will only recognise IFTs that have been downloaded from the online Fixture Library. If I edit a downloaded IFT in any way, or create an IFT of my own, the Fat Frog will not see the file on the (Gotek USB upgraded) disk to allow me to choose it. This also applies to CFT files if I try to build my own Common Fixture library using v2.6. But the desk can Save and Load a Show from disk and see un-sullied IFTs on the USB stick, and read a home-made CFT from April 2024 that I previously created using The Common Fixture Manager (but not sure if this was the same version). So I don't think it's the USB part of the equation... I appreciate this is unsupported software/desk but as a small not-for-profit running fairly basic rigs and shows, we don't have the scope to upgrade yet for our relatively untrained users. So any best-effort help is appreciated, and not taken for granted. I can get desk firmware versions etc if needed. Cheers G-man Museum of desks: Fat Frog, Frog, Alcora, Pearl Tiger II, Light Factory and a few more