For soem reason the library I have for my MAC 550s Extended won't spin the 2nd Gobo wheel. I was wondering if I update to a library with this implemented, will it screw up the programming I already have?
Normally you need to see whatever Gobo wheel it is that you want to spin and touch the screen above the encoder wheel to change from "Slots" to "Spin".
However this does seem to be missing from the 550 profile for some reason.
You should post this under the Library Requests section so Steve can get this fixed.
To answer your original question, changing a library should only cause problems with existing programming if the new library *removes* functions or features that had been used.
When we store cues on the Wholehog 3, we store the real-world values that are used when programming. This means that if you change the slot name of one of your gobos, any time the old slot had been programmed, cues will not appear to have data because the slot stored in the cue is no longer present.
This also means that when we update libraries or change fixture types, we don't have to change any of the data in the cues. During playback, we determine which cue data applies to the new fixture type and that data gets used.
Since no cue data gets changed, if you have problems after the library update, you should be able to revert to the old library and return to where you were previously.
I just checked the HOG on the Jewel, just to double check. And indeed no wheel rotation for wheel 2 in the library. If you get an updated library, and you let me know how it effects things on the Freedom. Once things are cool, can you let me know if you had to do anything with your shows, and also how you changed all of your 550's to the new library.
I haven't seen any acknowledgement of the issue with the profile here, so I am going to post another thread under the Library section so Steve will see it.
The new library was posted. I am going to try it with my headliner show. I just backed it up, so I can go back to it if I have problems. I am going to leave my production shows alone just in case. I will let you know if I have problems.
I've already replied to your other threads, but I'll add the same information here as well:
We only increment the major revision number (the first number in the version) when we make significant architectural changes to the library that have the potential to cause compatibility problems or that depend on certain console software to function properly. This is why it isn't possible to merge libraries with different major revision numbers.
Luckily, Significant changes like this don't happen very often. We've been using the v4 library for more than 2 years now.
