Jon Hole

7.9 is being shown at Prolight & Sound. The next release after that is ZerOS 8, which will include an all-new fixture library to solve problems like this :-)

Hi Alan, That's not right. Can you drop me a showfile on the email below? Many thanks Jon

Think you've worked it all out, but yes - in short: The two devices are connected through a network (usually through some form of switch) which they communicate over to stay in sync and ensure that the other device is still working. The "Master" device can, if you choose, also output Art-Net or streaming ACN (sACN) over this same network, to one (or more) nodes on the network to convert back to DMX. If the "Master" device goes offline, the "Backup" device will detect this, and start outputting the Art-Net or sACN. If the backup device is Phantom ZerOS running on a computer, then the Space Bar acts as the master GO button.

Hi Gmanno, Which version of ZeroS software is running on your Solution? Thanks Jon

Sorted offline. There was an overlap of the DMX addressing causing the problem.

Hi LeeV, When you try to calibrate the monitor, does the first box you have to touch in the top left corner stay blue, or does it turn orange? Thanks Jon

Here you go :-) arri_skypanel.ift

We can arrange to break it again if you like?

Hi Xavier, Which console are you using? Can you send me the fixture you have created? Many thanks Jon

Thanks, we'll add this to the next library release

Yes, images are only shown when the fixtures are selected. Also, you'll need to choose "Automatically create palettes" again after patching the new profile

Thanks - we'll add this to the next fixture library release.

Yes - I usually have a bank of submasters purely for intensity, and then store position/colour/effects on all the other submasters without any intensity, so I can do exactly this.

Have done :-)

The below UK companies have FLX consoles available for hire. If you know of any other companies, please comment below and we'll add them to the list. (For FLX S consoles, please see this thread) Bright (Taunton) - brightbluelight.com Crystal Sound And Light (Liverpool) - crystalsoundandlight.co.uk Dynamic Production Solutions (Canterbury) - dynamicproductionsolutions.co.uk EES Showhire (Nottinghamshire) - showhire.com Entire Production Services (Aylesbury) - entireproductionservices.co.uk ESS (Bedford) - esshire.co.uk GES (Coventry) - ges.com Hawthorn (Leicestershire) - hawthorn.biz JFM Productions - jmfproductions.co.uk Laser Lighting (Ipswich) - laserlighting.co.uk Lightech (Cheshire) - lightech.co.uk Newport Event Lighting & Sound (Newport) - https://newporteventlightandsound.co.uk/ Platinum Event Solutions UK - platinumeventsolutionsuk.com SLX (Bristol) - slx.co.uk Showbitz (Exeter) - showbitz.co.uk STL (Kent) - stlproductionsgroup.co.uk TS Professional (Burgess Hill) - tsprofessional.co.uk Viking Lighting (Ipswich) - vikinglighting.co.uk Your Way Events Management (Blaenau Gwent) - yourwayeventsmanagement.co.uk

Hi Ollie, Have you tried using a chase? You could put the two ends of the isle, and maybe a few steps in the middle too. Jon

Hi Lufferov, Thanks for highlighting this. This is already scheduled for the next software release - along with opening the keyboard when pressing enter on the "name" column of cues, and in SETUP when naming fixtures. It has a reference of "ZOS-6114"

Hi Charles, There are several ways of doing this, here's one: In the "Output Window", select "Other Windows" top left, and then choose "System Info" from the menu options. In the window that opens, select "Event Monitor" along the top. Now, everything you press / move will appear in the event monitor.

Hopefully there should be no change if they don't want there to be - they could still record several playbacks each with a "cue 1" and manually fade between each playback like they currently do on submasters. This just gives them another method if they wish to use it. Definitely. If you do nothing, what you currently have will just transfer across without a problem. However, this gives you the option to have multiple scenes on a single fader - very similar to how we've setup your iLight system with the LEDs. Thanks Stefan!

Hi Vincent, Ah yes, I see. However, this does seem to work for Playbacks, so this will sort itself out in the next release because of this thread. Jon

Yes, you're correct - as long as you go in numerical order, tracking and move on dark (which are two different things, independant of each other for the most part) will work. Any "missing" cues will just be ignored

Hi All, As we've had such valuable feedback from our previous proposal, here's another! We're always looking for new ways to support our end users. 2015 saw our highest social media engagement via Facebook, Twitter AND YouTube. This forum was also the most active it has been for several years. We obviously also offer telephone and email support, run several training courses every month, and provide onsite support for events such as the Edinburgh Festival. So, what else? One idea is to run occasional live chat sessions, where users could bring questions and ideas into a "chat room" with Zero 88 staff. These would last for an hour or so at a time, and maybe run once a week (for example). It would also be an opportunity for us to ask you questions (just like this proposal and the previous one) so we can discuss them within a live "chat room" environment. Would this be of interest to you? If so, how often would you realistically want to take part in a session like this? And what times / days would work best for you? This is just one idea - if you have any others, please let us know! Many thanks Jon & the team

DVI-D is, kind of, a more modern digital version of VGA (that said, DVI's still not particularly modern but that was a deliberate choice during the development process!). Touch Screens require a second cable (USB) for the touch element. So you can have VGA Touch Screens or DVI Touch Screens. So, in short, no there's not VGA on the FLX - but DVI can be used for non-touch screens too.

The only advantage is that you use one less DMX channel but have exactly the same control of the fixture. The problem is that it's the last channel of the fixture, which means the console will think it's only a 7 channel fixture, which can get confusing as the console will allow DMX addresses to be "overlapped" on this 8th channel. To get around this, double click the "DMX Allocate" (which in the image below is "3", but for you should be "7". That will open the small popup, where you can change it to "8". Again, I'd just ignore it if you don't need it. Alternatively, just put it as a "beamshape" parameter called ID, and ignore the "special" drop down box.

What I've described above is exactly the same as physically pushing the other fader up over the fade up time, and then brining it back down over the fade down time. So as long as the main cues run when you do that, they will when you add the chase in as described above. (The reason I'm not definitely saying yes, is there are all sorts of options you could select that will make all sorts of strange things happen!)