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Version 1.4

Hi All,

Our dance school recital season starts next month (we do about a dozen), and I am beginning to think about how I'll be organizing things on the consoles.  Is Version 1.4 still expected to be out in May sometime?  If so, will it support Effects on Faders, or Intensity Masters of Cue Lists?  These will make a big difference on how I lay things out.

Just curious...

 

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  • in reply to Pat Immel
    I have herd whispers that there is a MAC OS X offline with 1.4 . . . is that true?
  • in reply to usesafesets

    usesafesets:
    I have heard whispers that there is a MAC OS X offline with 1.4 . . . is that true?
    It's on the 1.4 release notes, so it must be true!  "The purpose of this software release is to provide support of the 1x20 Universal Fader Wing (Ion only), Macintosh support [italics mine] of Eos Offline, and..."

    However, last night I downloaded "Eos_Ion_Offline_v140.zip".  Just now, when I unzipped it, all I got was a .exe file.  I can't find the file I downloaded on the site now, so I suspect it was pulled and is being tweaked.  I was/am so looking forward to running ETC software on my Mac, natively. 



    [edited by: derekleffew at 2:55 PM (GMT -6) on Sat, May 31 2008]
  • in reply to derekleffew
    Looks like all v1.4 software console, client / offline and release notes have been pulled from the website.
  • in reply to as2k

    It looks like the v1.4 release notes are still there, but nothing else.  Yikes!  I took my brand new ION out of the box and updated to v1.4...should I be concerned?

     

    Pat

    :-)  cursed early adopters!  :-) 

  • in reply to Pat Immel
     I updated Friday @ midnight as soon as i saw the file appear on ETCs site. Havn't crashed it yet. :¬) This is more than i can say for some release builds from another manufacturer. Worst case you can always reinstal 1.3.1. My guess is that there should have been an incremental build which just removes the Beta from the startup splash screen and the confirm view when starting the console software.


    [edited by: as2k at 4:39 PM (GMT -6) on Sat, May 31 2008]
  • in reply to as2k

    as2k:
    Worst case you can always reinstal 1.3.1.

    releasenotes 1.4.0 says:... 

    CAU T I O N : Eos show files are forward compatible to v1.4.x. However, v1.4.x show files are
    not backward compatible to v1.3.x and previous. Once you load a v1.3.x show file
    and then save it under v1.4.x software, you may lose some show data if you try to
    revert the show file to v1.3.x software.

    - maybe there will be some official comments soon..?

  • in reply to tryggve
    Having looked further at the build released (1.4.0.1.0.71) I would recomend reinstalling v1.3.1. There seem to by quite a few interesting thing happening in 1.4.
  • in reply to as2k

    As the upgrade seems to have been pulled from the site can we get some sort of comfirmation from ETC as to what the  situation is. I cannot remember this ever happening before and always regard upates as ready to go. Hopefully this is just a minor slip but I am leaving my system alone until someone tells me what is happening.

     

    Malcg

  • in reply to malcg

    Hi Malcolm (and everyone else!!  Man, you guys are fast).  There was a slight blip in the version numbering that was posted late Friday.  We'll have it back up first thing Monday.   We will also have the Mac Offline download posted.  It is a different download from Windows.  For you the few of you who managed to grab the software before we pulled it, please update to the release build we will post tomorrow.

     Regarding backwards compatibility - we make library changes in each release that could cause problems with certain fixtures if you programmed on a later version of the library and then went to an earlier version... might end up needing to do some reprogramming.  This is the reason for that statement.   

     We will begin shortly posting documents to advise you of library changes, additions and deletions from one release to the next.  

    Thanks!

    Anne 



    [edited by: Anne Valentino at 10:20 AM (GMT -6) on Sun, Jun 01 2008]
  • in reply to Anne Valentino

    Hi Anne,

    Thanks for that, I notice what appears to be a new Revolution fixture in the library is this a new all modules included version?

     Malcolm

  • in reply to malcg

    Yes, that was at the request of several of our users. 

    a 

  • in reply to Anne Valentino

    I was one of them - fantatsic. I'm swapping modules mid show at the moment so that will save some fiddling.

    Malcolm

  • in reply to malcg
    Swapping Rev. modules mid show?  That's an application I'd never though of.  I hope this is during intermission.  Just curious, what are you swapping from and to?
  • in reply to derekleffew

    Hi Derek,

    We run a changing repertoire programme and offer LD's the Revolution as a basic tool but allow them a choice of modules. Sometimes this works well but on other occasions not. At the moment we are running with the shutters in permanently and swapping the iris and gobo modules as needed. On the Obsession it was easy as our profile allowed for all possibilities. Now that the same thing exists for Eos (subject to checking when I install the real 1.4 ) those changes we had to make will no longer be needed.

    Malcolm

  • in reply to usesafesets

    I downloaded and installed the new version this morning. For Mac:

    http://www.etcconnect.com/docs/docs_downloads/offline/Eos%201.4.0.9.0.71.mpkg.zip 

    It works!  Of course, I don't know what to do with it, not having access to an Eos or Ion, but still, Mac-native lighting software is a huge step in the right direction.

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