Lamp ON Macro: How to offset?

[Gingersteve91]

Hello,

I'm trying to recreate the former "Lamp ON" Macro from previous versions of Zeros (that's been removed in Zeros 7.9.9) for our Martin MACs.

I have created working lamp on Macro but all my Lamps now strike at exactly the same time, is there a way I can easily offset the strikes in said Macro (with out having to record each fixture individually)... similar to the way they used to operate in Zeros 7.9.7 and below?

 

Thanks

Steve.

[Edward Z88]

Hi Steve,

Lamp On macros will automatically strike each fixture one after the other, if the macro is named "Lamp On". If the macro has a slightly different name, the macro will run across all fixtures at the same time, and will not be offset.

I hope this helps, if you have any questions let me know.

Edward

[Gingersteve91]

1 hour ago, Edward- Z88 said:

Lamp On macros will automatically strike each fixture one after the other, if the macro is named "Lamp On".

Hi Edward, 

I tried changing the name of the macro to match the above "quote" but this hasn't staggered my lamp striking at all.

Any other ideas please?

The macro is referencing a beamshape pallet for our Mac 300s & 250s/250+s lamp on value in the "shutter, strobe, control" encoder wheel.

 

On a side note: Its abit disappointing the auto created lamp on macro has been removed in the 7.9.9 update. I've spent a good chunk of time this afternoon trying to recreate it.

Steve.

[Edward Z88]

Hi Steve,

3 minutes ago, Gingersteve91 said:

The macro is referencing a beamshape pallet for our Mac 300s & 250s/250+s lamp on value in the "shutter, strobe, control" encoder wheel.

Apologies - I thought you were creating this fixture macro using the Fixture Editor. If you create a custom macro which recalls a Beam palette, this will not automatically stagger the lamp strike. Fixture macros cannot be created manually on the console.

If you would like access to the "legacy" version of these fixtures with the Lamp On macro, individual Martin fixtures can be downloaded from the link below...

https://zero88.com/fixtures/legacy-library/Legacy library (gft41.0)/MARTIN/

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Edward

[Gingersteve91]

3 minutes ago, Edward- Z88 said:

If you would like access to the "legacy" version of these fixtures with the Lamp On macro, individual Martin fixtures can be downloaded from the link below...

https://zero88.com/fixtures/legacy-library/Legacy library (gft41.0)/MARTIN/

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,

I've litterally only just converted the fixture profile today so I think the legacy one is still in the desk.

Are there any compatibility implications this will cause should we revert and continue to use the legacy profile going forward?

Is there any plans to reinstate the staggered macro in the newer fixture profiles as I've seen im not the first person to ask about this?

Thanks

Steve.

[Edward Z88]

Hi Steve,

2 minutes ago, Gingersteve91 said:

I've litterally only just converted the fixture profile today so I think the legacy one is still in the desk.

If you haven't yet tapped SETUP -> Clear Options -> Clear Fixture Files, the "legacy" versions will still be available in Add Fixtures on your console.

3 minutes ago, Gingersteve91 said:

Are there any compatibility implications this will cause should we revert and continue to use the legacy profile going forward?

There will be no compatibility issues. Legacy fixture files can continue to be used as they were previously. The only thing to be aware of, is if you were to perform a fixture swap-out, the fixture should be converted to the library version first, prior to changing to a different fixture type.

5 minutes ago, Gingersteve91 said:

Is there any plans to reinstate the staggered macro in the newer fixture profiles as I've seen im not the first person to ask about this?

Many fixtures in the ZerOS Library format still have a Lamp On macro. It just so happens a handful of Martin fixtures no longer have a Lamp On macro, and instead Lamp On can just be accessed from the fixture's Control parameter. We may look to bring these back in a future library update.

If you have any questions let me know.

Edward