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Sudden dropouts

Hopefully this will be my last question for the day :)

Today (and several times over the last couple weeks) we have noticed that the lights will suddenly blink out then back on for a split second without anyone touching the board. This has always occured when there is nothing going on with the board at all -- no cross fades or anything -- today i had not touched the board in probably 5 minutes and i was sitting there so i know no one else touched it -- the computer did not reset or anything - -im wondering if it is a power fluxuation in the Widget or mains power or what might be the problem

any suggestions or trobleshooting input is most welcome

TIM
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    Jon and Marty and Others:

    As far as i can tell heres the answers:

    - i saw no changes on the board when it happened, the levels dropped for less than a second, the widget i didnt see.

    It was every channel that i have on the dimmers, so yes, the entire system is affected

    It occurs at very VERY random times, i cant find a way to predict when it will happen again. I can create a simailar effect by trying to do something else with the computer like (for example) loading things off a USB thumb drive. but this is unusual because nothing else is going on with the computer, no cross fades actually running or anything.

    I do have a playback wing attached, but the effect has been at various times and only once when the system was running from a fader, the rest of the time, the other times it was in the programmer and in every case EVERYTHING blinked.

    TIM
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    Jon and Marty and Others:

    As far as i can tell heres the answers:

    - i saw no changes on the board when it happened, the levels dropped for less than a second, the widget i didnt see.

    It was every channel that i have on the dimmers, so yes, the entire system is affected

    It occurs at very VERY random times, i cant find a way to predict when it will happen again. I can create a simailar effect by trying to do something else with the computer like (for example) loading things off a USB thumb drive. but this is unusual because nothing else is going on with the computer, no cross fades actually running or anything.

    I do have a playback wing attached, but the effect has been at various times and only once when the system was running from a fader, the rest of the time, the other times it was in the programmer and in every case EVERYTHING blinked.

    TIM
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