Hi Guys, WE have a large Stock of the robe colorspot and wash At series and the current version of the software doen't have these fixtures in the libary. We can load the libary off a disc but being that the console lives in a hire department I would like to remove the reliance on floppy discs as much as possible. any thoughts? a few other hire companies were after this as well. Is there a program that we can edit the main libary? so we can remove the fixtures that we wont come into to contact much ect ect.
I don't know that it's possible to do what you are asking.
Another great way to handle this is to build a standard library disk that includes all of the fixtures in your inventory (as well as any other common fixtures). The easiest way to do this is probably the Library Disk Generator on the Flying Pig web site...
www.flyingpig.com/hog2libgen/
Once you've built this disk, make a whole bunch of copies. Label the disks something like "Joe Schmo Lighting Company - Hog2/500/1000 Library Disk - Current to [Creation Date]". Each time you prep a desk to go out the door, put a fresh copy of your Library Disk in the road case. When the console comes back to the shop, take the library disk out of the box, and put it in a 'used' bin. Every once in a while, have someone re-burn all of the 'used' disks in the bin, then put them back in to circulation. (This is because you don't know if the person who had the disk re-saved to it.) If you really want to make it obvious, buy a box of yellow floppy disks and label them with laser printed disk labels.
If you add this simple step to your console prep sequence, you'll always have the fixture libraries available that you need.
I don't know that it's possible to do what you are asking.
Another great way to handle this is to build a standard library disk that includes all of the fixtures in your inventory (as well as any other common fixtures). The easiest way to do this is probably the Library Disk Generator on the Flying Pig web site...
www.flyingpig.com/hog2libgen/
Once you've built this disk, make a whole bunch of copies. Label the disks something like "Joe Schmo Lighting Company - Hog2/500/1000 Library Disk - Current to [Creation Date]". Each time you prep a desk to go out the door, put a fresh copy of your Library Disk in the road case. When the console comes back to the shop, take the library disk out of the box, and put it in a 'used' bin. Every once in a while, have someone re-burn all of the 'used' disks in the bin, then put them back in to circulation. (This is because you don't know if the person who had the disk re-saved to it.) If you really want to make it obvious, buy a box of yellow floppy disks and label them with laser printed disk labels.
If you add this simple step to your console prep sequence, you'll always have the fixture libraries available that you need.
