ADJ led in ION library

Just purchased some ADJ Mega GO Bar 50s and Mega GO Par 64's for fill lighting on the stage.  I assumed because I saw the bars in the libray on my ION that all was good.  Tonight I am set up to begin focus then cues in a couple of days and I discovered the Bars in the library for at least the 6 channel mode are not correct.  Channels are not in the proper order and there is at least one that the fixture does not have.  Sooo I manually created the fixture based on the manual.  I also discovered none of the Pars are not in the library at all.  They both have identical attributes though, so I just copied my manually created Bar fixture and renamed it Par.  Here's the problem;  there is no dimming ability.  When the fixtures are selected and I run the wheel up and down slowly the fixture flashes on and off and on and off and so on.  If I select it at 50% it is off and if I select it at 40% it is on.  This varies with any intensity selected.

Sooo I next placed the fixtues in the 3 channel mode;  simple rgb, selected the 3 channel bars from the library then copied the bars and renamed them as pars and selected them.  Now I have 3 channel bars and 3 channel pars patched and they work perfectly buttttttt I am not able to use any of the features in the higher channel modes such as strobing because they are only in rgb mode.

My questions are three fold:

1) why might they not be operating properly in 6 channel mode when I created them exactly as the manal says?  Actually the first 6 channels per the manual and of course the next three were automatically added by the ION in creating the fixture.  They are hue, sat and brightness.

2) Would it be possible to get the various (at least the 6 channel) modes fixed.

3) Would it be possible to add the ADJ Mega Go Par 64 fixture to the library.

I can send the data and/or the manual

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  • We don't have either profile in the library yet, but we are always updating it so I would imagine that they will be there soon.

    I can see that the Intensity and Color Macros parameters are swapped in the Mega Bar 50 RGB 6ch fixture profile.  If you edit the profile and swap the DMX address for Intensity and Color Macros then it should work.   I will get this entered so that it can get fixed.

    If you want/need a specific fixture profile that isn't in there yet, please send a copy of the Manual and/or DMX chart to Anne Valentino or Tech Services along with a date of when you need it.  They will be able to facilitate the creation a profile.  It might take a few days or weeks so the more time given to us the better.

  • Hey Steve,

    Just got back from the venue where my ION is located at this time.   Still focusing and preping for Cues Sat morning.  Unfortunately they give me limited time and access so I can't do a lot of what I would like to do to smooth this out.  I did check the Library and I can see why I remembered something being in the 6 channel mode that is not in the ADJ specs.  The Library fixture shows Color Mix on channel 7.  ADJ specs refers to it as Color Macros and as you said it's supposed to be on channel 4, switched with Master Dimmer on channel 6.  I was able to create a copy of the Library 6 channel Bar fixture and switch the DMX channels 4 and 6 however what I don't understand is Color Mix in the ETC Library is grayed out so when I click on it I am unable to change it to Color Macros instead of leaving it Color Mix.  I also noticed there are 33 parameters to Color Mix however they are all referred to as CMY Macro 1, CMY Macro 2, etc.  These fixtures are RGB.  And there is a 0 value in Color Mix showing Normal when I count 32 values in the ADJ specs.  Don't see any indication of a 0 value for Normal in the ADJ specs.  Even though I was able to swap channel 4 and 6 I was not able to test the fixtures due to their location and having to leave and because:

    I also noticed the 6 channel fixture in the ETC Library shows Shutter Strobe DMX 5 and LDMX 6 with Color Mix DMX 7. Also not sure how all that works on 6 channel mode and not sure these fixtures have any 16 bit features.

    I have attched my show file.  In it you can see the custom fixture I built for 6 channel.  It's called ADJ Mega GO Bar 50 6ch  That fixture does the strange strobing when I roll the wheel up and down for intensity.  Not sure where I went wrong on it.

    For now I'm using the simple 3 channel mode and getting the desired results for this production, but I plan on using these ADJ fixtures a lot and would like to get the Library mended - Please.

     

    Mayfair High Guys & Dolls 2013 2013-02-21 18-50-20.esf
  • What software version are you running?  This might explain some of the differences between what we are seeing.  When I loaded your show the console wanted me to update the fixtures that you were using and leads to know that you are running a different version than I am.

    I will continue looking at it.

    Thanks.



    [edited by: speterson at 2:16 PM (GMT -6) on Mon, Feb 25 2013]
  • Been busy with tech and dress rehearsals along with reguar job so just read your reply.  I will check the version and lyk.  I also had fixtures requiring updates which I did some time during this show prep, probably after I sent you the show file.

    So you are seeing a different profile for the fixture(s) than in my library?

  • Did you find what software version you are running?

    In the newest library that will be released with 2.0, there is no fixture profile for the American DJ Mega GO Bar 50 or Mega GO Par 64's.  There is a fixture profile for the ADJ Mega Bar RGB 50 which is similar, but not an exact match.

    Here are things that I recommend:
    1. Send a copy of the Manuals or DMX Charts to Anne V. or Tech Service with a request to get them added to the fixture library.

    2. In the mean time, I would use the ADJ Mega Par Profile M6 fixture profile for both fixures.  It is the same as the Mega GO Bar 50 and Mega GO Par 64 when comparing DMX charts.  The only difference is that the Color Mix parameter has a value for DMX 0 and the manual doesn't, but I think that value needs to be there to work. 

  • Software Updates show last install 1.9.12.9.0.5 & Fixture Lib 7.6.0.9.0.29

    General OS Ver 2.2.0.9.0.2

    Yup - didn't pay close enough attention to realize the Mega GO's arent in there.  Nice of them to name things similar.  So I am currently using a generic rgb led for this event & will send off manuals in email.

    Thank You

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