scrollers

     I am trying to set up color pallets for my scrollers and they are not hitting their colors properly.  I built all of the scrolls in patch, and two of my scrollers are hitting right on their colors.  the others are all off to some degree.  So I went ahead and tweeked each one manually and then re-recorded the pallets.   I did this about a month ago, and have recently done a load in and my color scrollers are all off again. Most are almost a full half frame off.  And when I imported the color pallets from my last show that didn't fix the problem.  I was wondering if anyone had encountered this problem.  All of my scrollers were labeled as generic scrollers, and all of my strings were custome built strings.  I only built a few strings and then just copied them to all of the different scrollers.    But only some of them(the scrollers) hit their colors right.  The scrollers are all from the same manufacterer.  And it is always the same four that seem to be hitting full frame.  I've checked my dmx and the signal is clean and all my settings are the same.  They are even all patched into the same channel.  I can understand that strings get old and tension springs wear out, but everytime  I hang these scrollers I have to go through and tweek them.  Any ideas why the board isn't holding the info from the previouse show.

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    There is a calbrate funtction that will probably help with your problem:

    To calibrate a scroller from the virtual encoders:
    Step 1: In the browser, navigate to Virtual Controls>Encoder. A new window will open in
    the CIA.
    Step 2: Select {Open as Primary Display} in the CIA. Virtual encoders will open on the
    display screen.
    Step 3: Select the channel of the scroller you wish to calibrate.
    Step 4: Press the [Color] encoder button to the upper right of the LCD. Multiple presses may
    be required before the scroller encoder is visible in the virtual encoder display.
    Step 5: Use the encoder to move all the way to the last frame of the scroller.
    Step 6: Watch the scroller and continue adjusting the frame until it is centered in the desired
    position.
    Step 7: Click {Calibrate} in the virtual encoder display. The new center position is now stored
    for the selected channel.
    Step 8: Click {Last} in the virtual encoder display to move to the center point of the previous
    frame.
    Step 9: Visually verify if the center point of the new frame is accurate. If it is, press {Last} again
    to move to the previous frame in the scroll. If not, follow the calibration procedure
    again.
    Step 10: Repeat steps 6-9 until you have calibrated all of the frames.
    Step 11: Press [Live] or [Blind] to close the virtual encoder display.

    You can also calibrate from the encoder LCD. This eliminates the need for the virtual encoder
    display.
    To calibrate from the LCD:
    Step 1: Select the channel of the scroller you wish to calibrate.
    Step 2: Press the [Color] encoder button to the upper right of the LCD. Multiple presses may
    be required before the scroller encoder is visible in the virtual encoder display.
    Step 3: Use the encoder to move all the way to the last frame of the scroller.
    Step 4: Watch the scroller and continue adjusting the frame until it is centered in the desired
    position.
    Step 5: Press and hold the scroller encoder. {Calibrate} becomes visible as a softkey in the
    encoder LCD.
    Step 6: Press {Calibrate}. The new center position is now stored for the selected channel.
    Step 7: Continue holding the encoder and press {Last} to move to the center point of the
    previous frame.
    Step 8: Visually verify if the center point of the new frame is accurate. If it is, press {Last}
    again to move to the previous frame in the scroll. If not, follow the calibration
    procedure again.
    Step 9: Repeat steps 6-9 until you have calibrated all of the frames.

     

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    HI,

    It sounds to me like your scrollers are drifting- not the board.  I assume that the gel strings were built by a manufacturer so they would be indentical in frame size and length.  Also, they may not be drifting, but just have a different tension. 

    If you have a well working scroller in channel 1, and an odd one in channel 2,  then you tweak channel 2 to match, remember that you haven't changed the scroller- just the channel.  In the next show, if you switch the scrollers and use the same channel/pallette info, neither channel will work right.

    I would first go through and perform general maintenance on all the scrollers.  I might undo each string and reattach them to ensure consistent tension.

    If that doesn't get them all working the same, them you'll have to recalibrate and/or rerecord pallettes each show.  That is unless you are capable of putting the exact same scroller in the same channels each time. 

    Good luck, B

  • 0 in reply to BSmith

    Also this sounds like it could be a head feet issue. Just a sugestion.

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