Mover suddenly shows as MK

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How does a mover get listed as MK? I am running Element Nomad and using an old Chauvet MinWash to create car headlights. I set the first position and save. When I create the next cue with the next settings, the previous cue now shows Intensity of MK and the parameters read Q6 (or whatever the next cue # is). My saved settings are gone. What am I missing?

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0 JohnnyFocus over 8 years ago

Hi,

Do you have Auto-Mark enable in your show settings? If so, change it to Disabled.
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0 ueliriegg over 8 years ago in reply to JohnnyFocus

what are your cues supposed to look like?

Cue 1: MinWash position A, at 100%
Cue 2: MinWash position B (open move), still at 100%
Cue 3: MinWash fadeout to 0%
Cue 4: MinWash back on position A, 100%
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0 Alan S over 8 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

My cues should look something similar to what you mention.
Start in position A @ 0.
Fade to Full
Move to Position B
Move to Position C
Move to Position D
Fade to 0
Reset to Position A, still @ 0

Along with some cues being Marked, I'm seeing the reset to Position A suddenly have the fixture bounce back to Full. Is there a Moving Fixtures for Dummies reference somewhere?
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0 Alan S over 8 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

My cues should look something similar to what you mention.
Start in position A @ 0.
Fade to Full
Move to Position B
Move to Position C
Move to Position D
Fade to 0
Reset to Position A, still @ 0

Along with some cues being Marked, I'm seeing the reset to Position A suddenly have the fixture bounce back to Full. Is there a Moving Fixtures for Dummies reference somewhere?
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0 ueliriegg over 8 years ago in reply to Alan S

Ok, last question before I can help: because I assume this sequence should happen multiple times, do you program this sequence in additional cues or do you want to loop?
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0 Alan S over 8 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

It will happen multiple times on demand, not a continuous loop. So one sequence, then copy/paste.
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0 ueliriegg over 8 years ago in reply to Alan S

Ok, I claim that Automark (causing MK) is exactly what you want.

You arrive at position D
You fade out in position D
Next step is fading in on position A

Automark will take care of the repositioning between fade out in D and fade in on A
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0 Alan S over 8 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

OK, so I'm starting to see where all this fits. Create the first cue moving the device to A and faded to 0 and set that as Marked. All other moves are then active moves, so they should run properly. A final cue required to return to A while faded out or does the console see the next sequence upcoming and do that step on its own?
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+1 ueliriegg over 8 years ago in reply to Alan S

As basic rule: never preposition manually. You fade out on the old position and record. You fade in on the new position and record. The console does the rest.
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0 Alan S over 8 years ago in reply to ueliriegg

Now there's something I would have never considered, especially for First position. Showing my age...
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