Help with transfer to submaster

[samcoombes]

I have transfered a chase of minimacs to a submaster, it comes on when the submaster gets to 100%, but wont go off when taken back to 0%

 

What have aI done wrong!?

 

Thanks in advance!

[GLX]

When programming make sure the MEMORY MASTER IS AT ZERO,and when you finished programming your chase, home the fixtures and bring the dimmer channel to zero.

Do mini macs have a dimmer channel :?:

[PatrickK]

Do mini macs have a dimmer channel :?:

Nope, they don't.

So it's LTP at work again.

Probably means you will have to write a separate memory to close the shutters.

[K-Nine]

With fixture parameters on submasters, the submaster fader controls the brightness/dimmer (HTP) levels in the submaster data.

 

Any colour, beam, position fixture data programmed in the submaster data is handles LTP ... this data is ONLY TRIGGERED when the submaster fader is raised above the LTP trigger level for the submaster - see submaster screen.

 

With the frogs there is no concept of 'untriggering' the LTP channels when the submaster fader is lowered - the LTP channels will remain at the levels they were last told to go to.

[samcoombes]

so does this mean using another submaster to close the shutter off?

 

ie: Sub 1 - gets to 100% to start chase. Turn it to 0% - chase continues.

 

When you want chase to finish, put sub 2 to 100% to close shutter (pre-programmed!) then return to 0% and shutter stays shut.

 

Is that correct?

[K-Nine]

When you lower the submaster back down the chase will stop running but if the shutter is open in the steps of the chase then it will remain open until it is told otherwise.

 

You could program another submaster to close the shutters of the appropriate fixtures, or use a beamshape palette, or select the fixtures and adjust the shutter channel with the control wheel.

[samcoombes]

select the fixtures and adjust the shutter channel with the control wheel.

 

think i'll do that, thanks!

[Laubfrosch]

Hi Sam,

 

I read through your problem and K-Nine answered great. :wink: (schleim)

 

Another "Work around" is to edit the Minimac lib via the Fixture Type Editor and change the shutter from Beamshape to Brightness. In Consequence all data which is included on that channel will be treated as HTP now.

You´re able to fade this channel then.

 

best regards

[Haytech]

Nice Idea Laubfrosch :mrgreen:

 

My suggestion for this particular problem is

modify the Fixture via the Fixture Type Editor set shutter home value to 0

when chase/ movements are runing press home and voilá it stops it all immediately.

adventagous you can start other chasers with new beamshape options colour movement etc. by raising another submaster.