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Reversing a Scroller string and not getting greif from Colour pallette

So here is the situation

We have 4 5k scrolls - one blew up and got restrung the wrong way round......

So i reverse the string on the attributes, list.

We store all the scrolls colours in colour pallettes. CP 201 -Lee 201 etc

To complicate things the scroller is the by type for the 4 5k scrolls 

So at the moment the scroll is referencing frames in the Colour Pallettes, i thought if i COLOUR FORMAT to H&S that would flip it.......it wont let me go to HS values for the scroll.

Is there a way to invert the DMX output? - In the fixture i find Ranges and there are 33 for the fixture,

start at 0 end 255, There must be a way to flip this and not have to write down the MIN and MAx value for each range and retype? Like put 255 at min range 1 and 0 at max range 33 and let the console do the math?

So in short is there a way to reverse the scroll list and the colour and references follow. 

Even if it is the by type if before it was frame 1 - O/W and now its frame 16 for the backwards all the other scrollers know its O/W and use frame 1 in there list. 

Am i asking too much.......should i send someone back in the grid to restring?

 

cheers as always 

 

olly b 

 

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    Hi Olly-

    If the Palette is referencing frames, flipping the HS won't do anytihng. You can use {Make Absolute} in the Blind CP view, that will put hard values in. Use {Discrete} to make it no longer track the by-type leader.

    This will probably be a better approach than trying to invert DMX and like that - just put the correct information in the Palette.

    -luke-

  • 0 in reply to luke.delwiche

    Thanks Luke, 

    I have discovered for the future if i populate the colour pallettes with colour reference rather than frames, if thats the correct terminology, I just selected the scrolls and put them in colour from the picker. 3/200 etc 

    Then i doesn't matter what frame order the scroll is in. 

    I guess as long as i use Calibrate to bring the scrolls true, and not update into the colour pallette this might be a good way to work, and leave the by typing to colour mix fixtures. 

     

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