ZerOS 7.14 Released

[Edward Z88]

Dear All,

We’re excited to announce the availability of ZerOS 7.14, a new update for consoles and servers running the ZerOS Operating System.

New software features include:

• MIDI Show Control now supports multiple playbacks
• Unused channel & playback pages are "hidden"
• Updates to Macros
• OSC (Open Sound Control)
• Dynamic playback button LED flash rates
• DMX In now available on FLX & FLX S
• RS485 Vision.Net
• + 116 other enhancements and bug fixes

Please see the ZerOS 7.14 Release Notes for full details.

Click here to download ZerOS 7.14, Phantom ZerOS 7.14 (offline editor) and ZerOS 7.14 Release Notes.

The ZerOS Online Manual has been updated to support all the new features.

ZerOS 7.14 update overview video:

 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@zero88.com

[Ian_p]

Hi Edward,

When downloading this 7.14 file - it changes its filename to 'unconfirmed 579115.crdownload'.

What am I doing wrong please?

Thanks

Ian

[Edward Z88]

3 minutes ago, Ian_p said:

'unconfirmed 579115.crdownload'

If you're seeing this the file hasn't finished downloading. Make a cup of tea, come back, and it should have finished downloading 🙂

[Ian_p]

Hi Edward - the download progress bar completes - and file appears downloaded with the name as above - I've tried a few times - and waited a good long time - nothing changes...

The first time was about 25 minutes ago...

[Edward Z88]

11 minutes ago, Ian_p said:

Hi Edward - the download progress bar completes - and file appears downloaded with the name as above - I've tried a few times - and waited a good long time - nothing changes...

The first time was about 25 minutes ago...

If I click on the file to download it, and then go to my File Explorer Downloads folder, it takes about 30 seconds for the file to download and show "ZerOS-7.14.exe". The file should be 219,707 KB once downloaded.

If the issue persists, please try a different browser. Before downloading the file, hold CTRL and press F5 to refresh the webpage, and try again.

[Ian_p]

Edward, it was the MS Edge browser - fails everytime - Chrome downloaded it on first attempt.

I won't be using Edge anymore!

Thanks

Ian

[Edward Z88]

12 minutes ago, Ian_p said:

Chrome downloaded it on first attempt.

Great, pleased to hear it. I was using Chrome too.

13 minutes ago, Ian_p said:

it was the MS Edge browser - fails everytime

Hmm - looks like MS Edge is being very fussy about this file. After downloading the file from MS Edge, you have to click on the file download top-right of MS Edge, click "..." and then click "Keep"...

 

I have reported this file as safe to MS Edge, so hopefully this won't cause problems for others.

[van den abbeele Eric]

Hello

 

very happy to see this new update.

I'm going to download it and install it on my second FLX to see what happens...

is it possible to try this new version with a session file from version 7.13?

In any case, it's fully positive to see the stability of version 7.13. I was able to do all of my shows this year without worries.
And on the last three, I was able to use the same file (Fixture, Colors, Beam, Shapes, Positions, Effect and Groups) by erasing only the Playlists.
And everything worked fine...
Which is completely reassuring.

Thank you to the whole team for making the best progress despite the workload you have.

And happy holidays to all...

Eric

[Edward Z88]

Hi Eric,

1 hour ago, van den abbeele Eric said:

is it possible to try this new version with a session file from version 7.13?

Yes - show files saved in ZerOS 7.13 can be loaded into ZerOS 7.14.

Please see the "Compatibility" information in the ZerOS 7.14 release notes, regarding loading in show files that contain colour effects...

https://vari-lite.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/graphics/technical/documents/ZerOS-7.14-release-notes.pdf

If you have any questions, please let us know.

[Jakob]

Hi There,

 

OSC input is great news, but will there also be OSC output in the future?

Thanks and BW

[Edward Z88]

Hi @Jakob

23 minutes ago, Jakob said:

OSC input is great news, but will there also be OSC output in the future?

Thank you for the feedback.

If you would like to see OSC Output functionality added to ZerOS, please vote for "Trigger Outputs" here...

This poll allows people to vote for features they'd like to see in ZerOS.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

[Jon Hole]

As well as voting, it’s always good to post a comment on that thread explaining how you would use the feature

[Jakob]

With OSC output you could use the console as master trigger for others devices tih OSC in.

For example: You are in a conference setting and turn off the lights and start a video from QLAB...

[Jean Pauly]

Hi there,

 

I want to update an flx s24 console with very old software.

System info on the console says: 

OS version 7.8.1.2 

Software version 7.9.9

 

Is it necessary to use a bootable USB drive using the ZerOS USB creator?

But in the description it says that “This process cannot be used on FLX S consoles.”, so now I don’t know what to do. Can you help me out?

[Jon Hole]

3 hours ago, Jean Pauly said:

Software version 7.9.9

This is the bit which matters - so just follow the instructions for “Consoles running ZerOS 7.8.3 or later”

[Jean Pauly]

Thanks for you help.

[SvenB]

Hi there!

 

Since having my FLX S24 updated to 7.14 I´ve got problems changing the console from "Channels" mode to "Playbacks" mode.

What went wrong?

 

Thanks

[Edward Z88]

Hi @SvenB

Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

14 hours ago, SvenB said:

Since having my FLX S24 updated to 7.14 I´ve got problems changing the console from "Channels" mode to "Playbacks" mode.

Please tap SETUP -> Save, and save a copy of your console's show file to a USB drive. Please then email this to support@zero88.com, and we can take a look.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

[SvenB]

I dared to install the update again to find out which file caused the error.

Now it works without any problems.

[Edward Z88]

56 minutes ago, SvenB said:

I dared to install the update again to find out which file caused the error.

Now it works without any problems.

Pleased to hear it - thanks for the update.