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    Jesse Forney
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Pixel Mapping Output in Magic Sheet

So I have a 30x7 Pixel map that I made for a bowling Alley that is 100% working. I want to make some very simple user interfaces for the bowling alley with Magic Sheets but the pixel map does not display what the lights are actually doing.

When it comes to cues, effects, ML control, everything that is adjusted is represented in my magic sheets. I linked every light to the channel intensity and color. 

If I do a ramp effect down the lanes (In my magic sheet) then I see those changes in my magic sheet.

However when I activate my pixel map I don't get any of that at all. The channel parameters do not show that they are being changed but the actual light does. 

I actually haven't tested this out in the bowling alley because we only had time to hang one lane of lights and do some basic effects for a demo today. But a few weeks ago I did use a pixel map with a much smaller amount of lights and what I am describing happened. The lights changed but if all I had to look at was my computer screen I wouldn't know that anything was happening at all. 

Even the live table shows that nothing is happening to the lights from the pixel map.

Is there any way to change this or does this require an update?

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  • I also would like to see the Pixel Map effects output reflected on fixtures in Magic Sheets (or the other way around would be useful too).

    It'd be very handy in situations like if you're running a green color chase EFFECT through your fixtures (which would be shown on the Magic Sheet), but you're also running a blue pixel map effect (which would be seen on the Pixel Map Preview) at the same time. You could do the two side-by-side display suggestion and get a rough idea of what is happening, but neither display would be 100% accurate in showing which fixtures are lighting up in green, blue, or cyan.

    Another example would be if you simply had some of your fixtures with their intensity off. The Pixel Map preview only shows what would be happening if all fixtures were turned on at the same intensity level. But let's say if half of your fixtures were turned off (especially in random locations or running some kind of intensity effect) it'd be very hard to determine what the overall display would look like without having the lights in front of you. Again, the Pixel Map Preview doesn't reflect the intensity or color of your fixtures, and the Magic Sheets don't show the output being generated by the pixel map effect.

    So it would be a very helpful feature if one of them would accurately show the accurate overall output of your fixtures. Or even if there was a third display of some kind that would combine the two would be acceptable.

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  • I also would like to see the Pixel Map effects output reflected on fixtures in Magic Sheets (or the other way around would be useful too).

    It'd be very handy in situations like if you're running a green color chase EFFECT through your fixtures (which would be shown on the Magic Sheet), but you're also running a blue pixel map effect (which would be seen on the Pixel Map Preview) at the same time. You could do the two side-by-side display suggestion and get a rough idea of what is happening, but neither display would be 100% accurate in showing which fixtures are lighting up in green, blue, or cyan.

    Another example would be if you simply had some of your fixtures with their intensity off. The Pixel Map preview only shows what would be happening if all fixtures were turned on at the same intensity level. But let's say if half of your fixtures were turned off (especially in random locations or running some kind of intensity effect) it'd be very hard to determine what the overall display would look like without having the lights in front of you. Again, the Pixel Map Preview doesn't reflect the intensity or color of your fixtures, and the Magic Sheets don't show the output being generated by the pixel map effect.

    So it would be a very helpful feature if one of them would accurately show the accurate overall output of your fixtures. Or even if there was a third display of some kind that would combine the two would be acceptable.

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