Ghost in the Machine

Hi There

I've been having a problem with saving my show. In one cue, the shutter-strobe in the 8 studio spots is ment to have a DMX value of 87. Several cues later, this value changes to 78 (as it is suppose to). In one of the cues in between, this value changes to 255 - meaning the strobing stops.

I have changes this value to track 4 times now. After each time I have saved the show. For some reason this value keeps re-appering. The first couple of time could have been an error on my behalf, however this problem has happened twice now. Most recently, this happened on last nights performance. For the 5 performances prior to this, there has been no problem.

Any thoughts about what might be causing this and how to rectify this problem would be muchly appreciated.

Cheers

BSmith over 17 years ago

Brent,

Can you see the value change to 255 reflected in the Blind Cues? If so, have you tried putting the correct value in as 'hard data' in that cue specifically, instead of tracking it through?

Brent
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BrentFJ over 17 years ago in reply to BSmith

Great minds think alike... Did that prior to last nights show and it seemed to fix the problem (for now). Also saved the show as a different file and did a deep clear.

All went well last night. Hopefully it will continue to behave. I'm still bewildered how the value keeps changing itself in blind though. It is suppose to be a tracked value, yet it keeps magically inserting a move instruction to 255. I get worried when machines start thinking they're the lighting deisgner - I'm sure it's not suppose to be like that :)

Thanks for the advice!

Cheers
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Anne Valentino over 16 years ago in reply to BrentFJ

Brent... has this problem resurfaced? Can you email me that show file, along with an indication of the cues/channels in question? You should not have to place a hard value on these parameters to keep them where you need them. i have an idea of what might be happening, though. Can you send it to anne.valentino@etcconnect.com?
Thanks much!
anne
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BrentFJ over 16 years ago in reply to Anne Valentino

Hi Anne

Just got your post. I have left the hard value in place and the problem has not resurfaced. Access to the internet has been a bit scarce for the last week or so. I'll get the show file and relevent info together and send it through to you sometime this week.

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Anne Valentino over 16 years ago in reply to BrentFJ

Outstanding. Look forward to getting it. Very curious behavior.
Thanks so much!
Anne
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