EOS Pre-visualization

Are you using Windows Vista?

Wyg r22 is known not to work properly under Vista - I believe that Cast are working on it, but I don't know how far they have progressed yet.

However, you shouldn't need to use Device Manager at all under Wyg - just use the straight EDMX option and patch to the EDMX multiverse.

There is a specific option in Eos Offline to enable output when running Offline, which is to ensure that an Offline console doesn't interfere with a show or plotting session. The option can be found from the 'Shell', under "Settings">"Network" and is labelled "Enable Output in Offline Mode"

As to the 'slow' movement of Light Converse connected to Eos Offfline - this is deliberate.

Most PCs cannot cope with high framerates of the extremely complex graphics involved with pre-visualisation, so the output of Eos (and Congo) Offline is deliberately slowed down to reduce the amount of work the PC has to do. This also frees up a considerable amount of CPU time from the console software, allowing the visualisation software more processing power if it's being run on the same PC.

The 'flash to full' effect is there to ensure that Eos Offline is only used offline. At random intervals the output will be flashed to either full or zero for a single frame.

The Offline software is free, and thus we can't afford for people to simply download that and run their show from it instead of buying or hiring a console. ETC have a longstanding policy of not doing PC-based control, because we feel it's a very poor solution for lighting control as it's impossible to create a user interface on a PC anywhere near as good as a real console facepanel.

Are you using Windows Vista?

Wyg r22 is known not to work properly under Vista - I believe that Cast are working on it, but I don't know how far they have progressed yet.

However, you shouldn't need to use Device Manager at all under Wyg - just use the straight EDMX option and patch to the EDMX multiverse.

There is a specific option in Eos Offline to enable output when running Offline, which is to ensure that an Offline console doesn't interfere with a show or plotting session. The option can be found from the 'Shell', under "Settings">"Network" and is labelled "Enable Output in Offline Mode"

As to the 'slow' movement of Light Converse connected to Eos Offfline - this is deliberate.

Most PCs cannot cope with high framerates of the extremely complex graphics involved with pre-visualisation, so the output of Eos (and Congo) Offline is deliberately slowed down to reduce the amount of work the PC has to do. This also frees up a considerable amount of CPU time from the console software, allowing the visualisation software more processing power if it's being run on the same PC.

The 'flash to full' effect is there to ensure that Eos Offline is only used offline. At random intervals the output will be flashed to either full or zero for a single frame.

The Offline software is free, and thus we can't afford for people to simply download that and run their show from it instead of buying or hiring a console. ETC have a longstanding policy of not doing PC-based control, because we feel it's a very poor solution for lighting control as it's impossible to create a user interface on a PC anywhere near as good as a real console facepanel.