Hog 1000 - few questions: bugs or I'm just an idiot?

Did my first show on a 1000 this past week. I really like the console overall, but couldnt seem to figure out why it kept doing a few things.

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1. Pig + Choose didn't bring up the master's list right away, 75% of the time I'd have to press it a few times or even press others and go back before the window would pop up. 25% of the time it would pop right up. Am I missing something? It's quite annoying when trying to move around quickly.

2. Monitor + List would not bring up the List page on the monitor right off. I had to use Monitor + one of the Group/B/C/F buttons to bring up one of those windows before it would let me use Monitor + List to bring up the List page. Also quite annoying when trying to name things quickly. Also, is there anyway to name a cuelist if you don't have an external monitor?

3. This is just a question, how do you add in a fixture to a current show? The merge function would not let me merge the fixture library from the new show I had on disk (which came from the Wholehog II Library Downloader Utility and included the new fixture I was using that wasn't in the library on the console). I ended up starting from the new disk and then just merging my palletes back into that show from mine. Thankfully I wasn't to far into anything so I didnt have to worry about merging cues or anything. Whats the right way to do this? Say I have a pre-existing, fairly large show - and I want to add a new fixture to it - surely what I described above isn't the best way?

I don't have the software version handy but I can get it if needed. I assume its the latest since the console was bought brand new a month ago.

Thanks in advance...
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    Michael,

    The stange view problems you are having could be due to the console needing a clean start. I have seen many strange things happen when the Hog 500/1000 desks are not clean started.

    To do so, first make sure to save your show as this will erase it from the desk. Then hold down the Enter key as you power on the console. Now select clean start from the menu.

    I suggest performing a clean start any time you start a new show on a Wholehog 2 system. Then if you have a continuous running show I would do it about once a week. As the system performs various calculations it will store information in its memory and this can get full and cause various problems.

    Regarding the merging of libraries, please read this technote:
    www.flyingpig.com/support/addingHog2libraries.pdf


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    Michael,

    The stange view problems you are having could be due to the console needing a clean start. I have seen many strange things happen when the Hog 500/1000 desks are not clean started.

    To do so, first make sure to save your show as this will erase it from the desk. Then hold down the Enter key as you power on the console. Now select clean start from the menu.

    I suggest performing a clean start any time you start a new show on a Wholehog 2 system. Then if you have a continuous running show I would do it about once a week. As the system performs various calculations it will store information in its memory and this can get full and cause various problems.

    Regarding the merging of libraries, please read this technote:
    www.flyingpig.com/support/addingHog2libraries.pdf


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