Techie_v2 Posted February 3, 2021 Report Posted February 3, 2021 Hi all, Been a while since I've had time behind the desk and trying to remember how to do a few things. I have some ledj quad zooms and want to record the zoom attribute onto a playback, so I can have intensity one 1 playback and the zoom on another. Intensity is sorted as that's pretty straight forward. As for recording the zoom onto a playback, I selected the fixtures, set the zoom to 255, held down record and selected tagged parameters and tapped the playback I wanted. Then in the playbacks settings I changed it so playback controls beam but this didn't work. Can anyone offer any advice on how to do this. Thanks Quote
Edward Z88 Posted February 3, 2021 Report Posted February 3, 2021 Hello, To record just the Zoom parameter to a playback, ensure the programmer is cleared (double tap CLEAR), select the fixture, then dial just the Zoom parameter to the level you wish to record it at. Then press and hold RECORD, and ensure SmartTag is disabled, indicated with a blue stripe. There is no need to adjust any other Record Options. With SmartTag disabled, anything that is currently tagged will get recorded, which in this case is just Zoom. You can then choose a playback button to store this to. You can then configure the playback fader to control the beam parameters. Hope this helps, Edward Quote Edward Smith Product Specialist Email Support
Techie_v2 Posted February 3, 2021 Author Report Posted February 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Edward- Z88 said: Hello, To record just the Zoom parameter to a playback, ensure the programmer is cleared (double tap CLEAR), select the fixture, then dial just the Zoom parameter to the level you wish to record it at. Then press and hold RECORD, and ensure SmartTag is disabled, indicated with a blue stripe. There is no need to adjust any other Record Options. With SmartTag disabled, anything that is currently tagged will get recorded, which in this case is just Zoom. You can then choose a playback button to store this to. You can then configure the playback fader to control the beam parameters. Hope this helps, Edward Thanks for replying so quickly. Just going over some old threads and I think I have run into my old problem with the desk being in cue only mode again as I didnt see the option to disable smart tag when holding record. I don't have an external monitor connected at the moment, would the advanced options only come up on the external or do they show on the internal touch screen as well? Thanks Quote
Edward Z88 Posted February 3, 2021 Report Posted February 3, 2021 Hello, 1 hour ago, Techie_v2 said: Just going over some old threads and I think I have run into my old problem with the desk being in cue only mode again as I didnt see the option to disable smart tag when holding record. Ah yep you’ve got it. If you’re in Global Cue Only mode, the SmartTag button will be hidden. 1 hour ago, Techie_v2 said: I don't have an external monitor connected at the moment, would the advanced options only come up on the external or do they show on the internal touch screen as well? All the currently available Record options will be shown in the Record Options window, that can be opened on the internal touchscreen by pressing and holding RECORD. For more information on the Record Options, including the Global Tracking options, take a look at this section of the manual... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/record-options Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward Quote Edward Smith Product Specialist Email Support
Techie_v2 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Report Posted February 4, 2021 Hi Edward, Have just tested it and it was due to being in cue only mode so have managed to set the zoom on a fader now. Thanks On a different note, I'm trying to setup three other playbacks to control the rgb. I've setup the colours on each playback but they don't mix, they just change colour when the next playback is moved. I've looked for a guide but the links to old forum posts and guides don't work any more e.g. http://support.zero88.com/Consoles/FLX/1014413041/RGB-Colour-Mixing-on-faders-FLX-Series.htm Can you point me in the direction of a guide, thanks. Quote
Edward Z88 Posted February 4, 2021 Report Posted February 4, 2021 Hello, 1 hour ago, Techie_v2 said: Have just tested it and it was due to being in cue only mode so have managed to set the zoom on a fader now. Thanks Great, glad you have managed to get your Zoom playback working. 1 hour ago, Techie_v2 said: On a different note, I'm trying to setup three other playbacks to control the rgb. I've setup the colours on each playback but they don't mix, they just change colour when the next playback is moved. I've looked for a guide but the links to old forum posts and guides don't work any more We have now retired our old support.zero88.com site, and so unfortunately many old forum links will now be broken. All the information has been migrated on to the main site, with all ZerOS articles now living within the ZerOS Manual. For information on RGB colour mixing on playbacks, see below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playing-back-cues/rgb-colour-mixing-on-playbacks Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward Quote Edward Smith Product Specialist Email Support
kgallen Posted February 4, 2021 Report Posted February 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Edward- Z88 said: We have now retired our old support.zero88.com site, and so unfortunately many old forum links will now be broken. Edward: Get one of your software guys on it for 5 minutes. One quick "sed" script will sort the whole lot out. Quote
Techie_v2 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Report Posted February 4, 2021 Hi Edward, Thanks, it was setting a playback as the intensity that I forgot. Related to this, I've noticed that if you set the colour mix you want, then bring the intensity down to zero, you cannot raise the intensity again, you have to reset the colours back to zero, then raise the intensity again, then raise the colours again. Is this by design or something I'm missing? Thanks Quote
Edward Z88 Posted February 4, 2021 Report Posted February 4, 2021 Hello, 29 minutes ago, Techie_v2 said: I've noticed that if you set the colour mix you want, then bring the intensity down to zero, you cannot raise the intensity again, you have to reset the colours back to zero, then raise the intensity again, then raise the colours again. Is this by design or something I'm missing? If you lower your colour mix intensity playback, it will release control of the fixtures. When you then next raise it, it then triggers, sending the fixtures to the values recorded in the playback. In this case, Red, Green and Blue at 0, giving black. To stop this happening, you can simply prevent this playback from releasing, which in turn means it cannot be re-triggered upon raising its fader. To do this, open the playback settings, by pressing and holding SETUP and tapping the playback's button. Then choose Raise and Lower, and then disable Release On Lower. If you ever want to manually release this playback, hold CLEAR and tap the playback's button. For more information see below... https://zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playback-settings/raise-and-lower Hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know. Edward Quote Edward Smith Product Specialist Email Support
Techie_v2 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Report Posted February 6, 2021 Ideal thanks for explaining so well! Quote
Edward Z88 Posted February 6, 2021 Report Posted February 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Techie_v2 said: Ideal thanks for explaining so well! No problem. Edward Quote Edward Smith Product Specialist Email Support
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