NPs on RFR?

New to the forums, so I don't know if this has been covered before. Is there anything in the works for getting non-intensity parameter control on the RFR? I got all excited when I heard about the iRFR, but from the looks of the Congo RFR, it will just be a mirror of the actual RFR. I was hoping there would be some mover controls.

With the functionality that the RFR currently has, troubleshooting anything but a single-parameter conventional light is a two-man gig. You can't even move a scroller unless you have patched it as it's own channel, which I don't think was the intention of the console.

One can get around this by writing a bunch of macros and then carrying around a book with the numbers and description of all those macros, but that seems a bit cumbersome to me.

While I'm at it, I have a couple other items on the RFR wishlist:

Park button somewhere. (maybe even in park mode) Wouldn't have to write a macro for [park] [enter]. (global unpark)

First button press upon waking up is included on the command line. Bringing up channel 26 when I typed 126 after a few minutes of being idle is annoying.

A / key in playback so you can navigate cue lists. Don't understand why that's not there.

Well, I suppose that's enough for now. Maybe it will be all be fixed in ver. 1.5.

Thanks for your indulgence!

Stephen Graham
Seattle, wa

[edited by: Toasty42 at 9:22 PM (GMT -6) on Sun, Jul 19 2009]

0 miz over 15 years ago

Hi Stephen,

Actually, the iRFR funtionality between Eos and Congo family consoles is slightly different. When connected to Eos family consoles, the iRFR does actually have an encoder interface which allows you to set values on all parameters, including NP's. It works similar to the console encoders, with coarse & fine mode, or you can set the value exactly. (there's also a Color Picker)

See the wiki, iRFR: Getting Started With Eos/Ion/Element

I can't speak to the lack of Park and Cue List functionality, but I think those appear on many users' wish lists :)
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0 Anne Valentino over 15 years ago in reply to miz

Thanks Chris. Regarding the RFR itself, we will be adding some ML controls to the RFR in the future. We are trying to keep the functionality pretty simple, and only those things that you really need to do from a rigger's remote to keep the controls from being too layered. We have more freedom with the iRFR, as the touchscreen makes it easier.

We will be putting a park command directly in live.

The [/] key is available by double hitting the [.] button.

Hope that helps!

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0 Toasty42 over 15 years ago in reply to Anne Valentino

Sweet.,

My excitement regarding the iRFR has returned. (Now all I have to do is get reimbursement from the company for it ;)

The double tap for a [ / ] key is good to know. Don't know how I missed that, I'm usually a die-hard RTFM guy.

Can't wait for 1.5!

Although I can't update until this show's out the door, so I guess I *can* wait. Only till Mid-August tho!

:)

Thanks!

Stephen

[edited by: Toasty42 at 3:20 PM (GMT -6) on Wed, Jul 22 2009]
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0 Andrew Riter over 15 years ago in reply to Anne Valentino

Hi Anne

I'm also looking forward to *some* NP control on the RFR. I'm also looking forward to some DMX devices at some point in the future (I'm considering some DMX iris units for purchase, to try to reduce some re-focus time and travelling to the ceiling.)

I'd like to be able to control a DMX iris from the RFR: open and close the iris for instance, while I'm focusing in the catwalk. ** I ** don't need full ML control, but if I need to send a DMX signal to a conventional instrument's accessory, that would be most helpful. (iris, gobo rotator, scroller)

Thanks.
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0 lane@nike over 14 years ago in reply to Andrew Riter

pan tilt would be nice too
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