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Ion Questions and Ramblings

1.  What happens when an Ion hangs on boot up?  It just freezes, and doesn't work?  This is a pertinent issue.

 

2.  What's the quickest way to drop all channels to zero?  I thought maybe hitting [Enter] would grab all used channels, and then I could double-tap [Out], but that's not the case.  What's the quickest way for me to do this?

 

3. When patching a channel to multiple intensity only addresses, it makes an extra unused part.  Case Example:  One channel, two lekos: Channel 5 @ Address 10 + Address 12 --> 5.1 - BLANK, 5.2 - 10, 5.3 - 12.  What's going on here?

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  • 1. Unplug keyboards, mice, touchscreens from the console and see if the problems persist.
  • in reply to jabadger

    Also:

    I'm curious as to what pressing just [Enter] on the command line does.  I think it's just nothing.  On the old Strand 300/500 it would select every active channel (Really darn handy), which would allow you to either proportionally wheel up/down intensity, or use the +/- % keys.

     

    It would be a nice feature to see on the Ion.



    [edited by: charcoaldabs at 11:17 AM (GMT -6) on Thu, Nov 19 2009]
  • in reply to charcoaldabs

    To synchronise Time:

    First of all, decide which console should be the Time Server. This console will be able to set the time and all others will follow it.

    • Exit Ion, click on Settings.
    • Choose the "Network" tab
    • Enable "Network Services"
    • Now on the 'Master' console, choose to enable Time Service as Server
    • On all other consoles, enable Time Service as Client

    That will do it.

    As to touchscreens - check your USB connections and recalibrate them. Probably one of the touchscreens was disconnected at boot and the console no longer knows which way around they are.

    [+%] and [-%] keys are accessed using a double hit of [+] and [-] respectively.

  • in reply to Richard

    Some additional questions.

     

    I saw that in 1.8 you can use non-dongled laptops with the OLE in mirror mode.  Anne Valentino mentioned this as PC... but was she using it to mean Personal Computer, as opposed to Windows OS laptop, as seems to be the common usage?  I'd love to do this with my Mac.

     

    The manual says very little about setting up a wireless network for using laptops in mirror mode, or iRFRs.  In my system we have two Ions.  In what way would I need to set things up so that one router works for both consoles?  Would I need to have one console always on, or something?  Additionally, am I to understand there is no setup console side besides plugging in the router?

     

    Edit: And while I'm figuring things out.  Why does one patch channels to addresses?  It seems backwards.



    [edited by: charcoaldabs at 11:18 AM (GMT -6) on Thu, Nov 19 2009]
  • in reply to charcoaldabs
    charcoaldabs said:

    Some additional questions.

    Edit: And while I'm complaining.  Why the deuce does one patch channels to addresses?  That just seems backwards.

    Because thats the way we do it on moving light consoles. Luckily if you llike too do it backwards, you can push the format button to change it.

  • in reply to jabadger

    When you are working with moving lights, patching by channel is going to be more understandable.

    You can connect a PC to the network (with or without a client dongle), using the offline software.  This does not yet work native on a mac, but you can do it on a mac running a PC emulation program.   Mac native on line is coming in the next software release.

    You can contact tech serve, they can work through any issues with wireless.  

    Hope that helps.

    a

     



    [edited by: Anne Valentino at 8:14 AM (GMT -6) on Tue, Nov 17 2009]
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  • in reply to jabadger

    When you are working with moving lights, patching by channel is going to be more understandable.

    You can connect a PC to the network (with or without a client dongle), using the offline software.  This does not yet work native on a mac, but you can do it on a mac running a PC emulation program.   Mac native on line is coming in the next software release.

    You can contact tech serve, they can work through any issues with wireless.  

    Hope that helps.

    a

     



    [edited by: Anne Valentino at 8:14 AM (GMT -6) on Tue, Nov 17 2009]
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