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Upgrading to 1.9 questions

Hi ETC.  If the amount and scope of changes warrant calling this upgrade ONLY 1.9, the changes for 2.0 must be huge!  WOW!

I do have some questions about 1.9, however:

With the [Swap] key being used for [Tab], is there a replacement key?  Do I contact you, or my local dealer?

Updating the firmware for 2x10 wings: I have multiple 2x10 wings on a console (hardwired).  the upgrade instructions says to repeat for each 2x10.  Does this mean I need to run the firmware upgrade twice on one console?  How does the console know which 2x10 is left to upgrade?

I've looked at the 1.9 video on Youtube, and I understand (sort of) HOW to use the new [Update] commands.  I'm lost on WHY or WHEN (conceptually) for these changes.  Can someone give me some examples of why people wanted these?  Is {By-type} just faster than building a group of the same instruments, and then dialing in the CP for all of them? (I don't have much in the way of DMX devices).

Thanks.

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  • EDIT: Thanks Kevin

     

    "Updating the firmware for 2x10 wings: I have multiple 2x10 wings on a console (hardwired). the upgrade instructions says to repeat for each 2x10. Does this mean I need to run the firmware upgrade twice on one console? How does the console know which 2x10 is left to upgrade?"

    I'm assuming you connect them on-by-one, run update individually for each wing, un-plug/dis-attach, connect 2nd wing, update, etc...  keeping track of which wing is updated.

    Or does step 5 "see" all the attached wings and lets you pick ?

     

    I also read somewhere (can't find it now) that there's a replacement console key labeled "Tab" replacing the Swap and that it can be ordered

    Steve Bailey

    Brooklyn College



    [edited by: Steve Bailey at 3:45 PM (GMT -6) on Thu, Apr 8 2010]
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  • EDIT: Thanks Kevin

     

    "Updating the firmware for 2x10 wings: I have multiple 2x10 wings on a console (hardwired). the upgrade instructions says to repeat for each 2x10. Does this mean I need to run the firmware upgrade twice on one console? How does the console know which 2x10 is left to upgrade?"

    I'm assuming you connect them on-by-one, run update individually for each wing, un-plug/dis-attach, connect 2nd wing, update, etc...  keeping track of which wing is updated.

    Or does step 5 "see" all the attached wings and lets you pick ?

     

    I also read somewhere (can't find it now) that there's a replacement console key labeled "Tab" replacing the Swap and that it can be ordered

    Steve Bailey

    Brooklyn College



    [edited by: Steve Bailey at 3:45 PM (GMT -6) on Thu, Apr 8 2010]
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