Recording Movement - Loss of Panel Control

[neils]

I already have my movers setup in Sub Masters, with Movement, Gobo, Color, etc... I used the built-in pattern generator to store those to sequences.

I was at a show where I wanted to record a new sequence, where I grab each mover and place it where I need it within the room to light specific things, so that I could call it up from my Sub Master anytime I needed it.

So I opened up the Sequence window for recording, but when I went to the movement panel, I could not move the ball. For some reason, when the sequence window is open for recording, it disables the movement. How am I suppose to record a new movement sequence, if I cannot move the lights into position ??

In retrospect, I did not try moving the pan and tilt channels, I only tried the ball in the movement panel. I am sure many people have done this before, you fire up your movers, record new sequence, and move your lights into place and save.

Do I have this backwards ?? Should I move my lights into place first, then open up the sequence editor, record, and simply change the pan and tilt channels to SNAP from OFF, without moving the position ?? Still, hoping I can do it the other way around.

Thanks

[spud1511]

Did you make sure that only one light was selected, and nothing else? As i can imagine difficulties if you still had a par/uplight or a fixture with no pan or tilt also selected, and the default colour scheme highlights the first selected fixture in a colour that at a glance looks like a deselected fixture.

[neils]

Thanks for the quick reply. I am pretty sure I did not have any other fixtures selected, but I cannot be 100% sure. If the software was designed to record sequences on the fly, with the movement panel operational, then it must be something I was doing wrong that blocked the movement panel. I just wanted to be sure that it was possible.

Keep in mind, I was connected externally to my lighting rig, and may have had some sub master / sequences running at the time, so maybe that could have played into the problem.

I have a show coming up in 2 weeks, where I need to use movers to light a band on stage, and then swing them around towards the dance floor, so I will try to play around with recording movement on the fly and see if it works again, paying attention to make sure I don't have other fixtures selected other than 1 mover at a time. If the movement panel is still locked, then definitely an issue there, but hoping that won't be the case.

Thanks