Pixel map VMS output problem

Hello Forum,

Gear:

-Nomad running on PC, 4 universes outputting via network cable

-Ion client mode, used as programmer control surface

-RVI

-Net3 Gateway, outputting 4 DMX universes to units

-various movers, lustrs, colorsource pars on universes 1 and 2

-29- Martin Stagebar2Ls (HSI mode, 6 "pixel" or cells),

-12- Elation Color Chorus 72 (HSI mode, 12 cells)

Non-problems:

all consoles work and are connected, we have control over all units

pixel map created and server/media layers patched.... preview screen shows map and layers running beautifully upon it

Problem: nothing happening! even the "flash" button on the pixel map edit screen has no result.

I'm sure it's that "one thing" i'm missing... all consoles have the same pixel control software

Any hit list of things to check would be greatly appreciated!

Best,

David

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0 ueliriegg over 7 years ago

is Nomad the primary? does it have the content for the pixel map? the content doesn't live in the showfile and because of that doesn't get synchronized automatically when syncing across consoles.
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0 cue0 over 7 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

thank you for the response!

all three devices at the tech table have the same pixel map software update, and media files.
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0 cue0 over 7 years ago in reply to cue0

yes, the nomad is primary
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0 ueliriegg over 7 years ago in reply to cue0

so you can control the lights from your cues but not from pixelmap? the virtual server's crossfade channel must not be at 100 (it decides what instance wins between the cue and the pixel map. -100 means the pixel map wins, 0 mean mixing, 100 means the cue wins).
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0 cue0 over 7 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

correct, complete control of lights. I've already tried the crossfade at various levels.

what's really bugging me is that I can't even "flash' the selected channel in the editor via the button in the editor

the map is created, the pixels are selected in the correct method and assigned to channels, in preview mode the media files play ... but no out put... when i get some lighting time i'm just gonna do one unit, or patch an address to one cell.
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0 ueliriegg over 7 years ago in reply to cue0

i have a feeling it's something about intensities. there is a rule that if pixelmap is controlling color and using channels rather than addresses will not drive intensities, but it's a bit more complicated than that. don't recall everything, esp. with HSI color mixing. so my advice would be trying to play with intensities in the cue and check if your fixtures react to pixel map. especially with multi-cell fixtures and their master intensities that might solve your problem.
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0 ueliriegg over 7 years ago in reply to cue0

i have a feeling it's something about intensities. there is a rule that if pixelmap is controlling color and using channels rather than addresses will not drive intensities, but it's a bit more complicated than that. don't recall everything, esp. with HSI color mixing. so my advice would be trying to play with intensities in the cue and check if your fixtures react to pixel map. especially with multi-cell fixtures and their master intensities that might solve your problem.
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0 cue0 over 7 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

this is a great steering idea... i have a little time between techs to play. I'll let you know.
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0 cue0 over 7 years ago in reply to cue0

well, unfortunately/fortunately when I did just a random drag and assigned dmx start instead of channels/fixtures, everything started twinkling and was responding to the layer channel parameters....

so i know that it isn't an output problem. It's a patching problem. So I'll try individual drags and assign the dmx values for each unit. to be continued
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0 ueliriegg over 7 years ago in reply to cue0

this could mean it's the intensity thing. the interaction of cue and pixel map follows different rules depending on pixel map being patched as channels or addresses (because if you patch as addresses, you usually will not have the fixtures as channels as well so the interaction isn't there)
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