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Fixture not playing from cuelist

Posted: 21 Mar 2015, 16:43
by DJ8x
I have just got a Chauvet Colorpalette. I can change colors and everything just fine. The problem occurs when I want to save a sequence and trigger that sequence from the cuelist. It fails. The fixture goes dark. Am I doing something wrong? I've used the cuelists and submasters with all of my fixtures. I'm not understanding the problem.

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist

Posted: 22 Mar 2015, 04:09
by DJ8x
I just updated FS to the latest version. Still the same problem. With the Chauvet ColorPalette, you can only initiate colors from the "colors" panel associated with the fixture. If you try to save the color as a sequence and initiate it from the cuelist, the saved color will make the fixture go dark. I don't know if this has to do with the fixture profile or not. I don't have this issue with any other fixtures. Please help.

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist

Posted: 22 Mar 2015, 10:44
by Nathanrs93
Hey DJ8x
Can you upload your fixture profile (.pff) and the manual then we can have a look?!?

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist

Posted: 23 Mar 2015, 15:55
by DJ8x
Here you go...

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist

Posted: 24 Mar 2015, 06:20
by Jan_K
Hej DJ8x

I have had a look on the fixture and it looks okay.

A silly question.

In the submaster panel
You have adjusted the fader next to the cue to 100%.


And finally if you open the output monitor panel then you can see what values freestyler sends to you fixture.
This may help you debugging the problem.

One of the things I noted when I looked at the output monitor is that channel one sets the mode. I the mode is not stored with the sequence you may think you are in 27 ch mode and you are operating 6 ch mode.

/Jan

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist

Posted: 24 Mar 2015, 16:23
by DJ8x
OMG, that is not a silly question. That was actually the solution to the problem. I never adjust the slider for my scanners. This fixture does not have a shutter channel, so slider adjustment is mandatory. Thank you for this easy solution to what seemed to be more complex.

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist [SOLVED]

Posted: 25 Mar 2015, 06:02
by Jan_K
Hej
The slider is an additional dimmer / Intensity slider and it uses the Intensity or the RGB channel to adjust intensity with. As you say if there is no intensity cannel then it have no effect.

I don't know if the ColorPalette fixture is one you created but there are a RGB segment function which make the handling of all the RGB channels a bit easier.

There are more info on the FreeStyler wiki, Fixture tutorial.

/Jan

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist [SOLVED]

Posted: 26 Mar 2015, 06:40
by Jan_K
I have modified the fixture so I uses segments.
The segments may not be correct placed but you can give me an feedback on it then I will move them.
Chauvet_COLOR_Palette_27ch.pff
/Jan

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist [SOLVED]

Posted: 29 Mar 2015, 16:32
by DJ8x
OK, I will try it out and give you some feedback.

Re: Fixture not playing from cuelist

Posted: 31 Mar 2015, 17:26
by DJ8x
The segments are great...nice added feature.