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Re: Midi Master
Yes, any usb midi controller can be assigned to most buttons in the software to act as a dimmer or a trigger. If you right click on a fader in the program you will see a link to midi controller option which will then ask you to select a button on your midi console to assign it. The software even has some of the more popular midi controllers set up for you already in the show console window icon, all you have to do is assign the button.
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Re: Compu Pro 06?
ok first of all when u got to ur "pages" page and u see the 3 little boxes? make sure all ur lights have a mark in the box that looks like a king crown. that will link all ur lights to work in the "master" page. now that all ur lights are lined up to work in the master page u can click on the master page abnd hit the new scene button and then click empty. and then when you edit it you will find that all ur fixtures are lined up ready to progrma all together for one nice synched effect. yes...
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Re: Compu Pro Button Editor
Hi Schadow, It sounds like you have the software conflicting itself. You shouldn't have more than one button trying to do the same thing. Also you should only have 1 edit window open at a time, unless of course its for a diffent fixture. If you havn't done to much programming try re creating a page. Best regards,
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Re: Compu Pro Button Editor
Right now I have everything off. When everything is off (DMX output shows all channels off) I go to the Martin MX-1 page and click on "Center" and nothing happens. If you open the edit window for the Center switch all the settings look correct but its set to Blind-->Live and it wont change. Nothing else is open at this time so I don't have more than one button trying to do the same thing. This isn't a switch I created, this is the prerogrammed switch for the MX-1 from the Scanlibrary.
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Re: Some compulite questions
ok to adjust a circle movement: you create a blank scene and then you go ino edit and then you will click on the east time editor tab then once u do that u right click on the box that says "right click here to automatically create motion" and select automatic circle. assign how many points u want to then click ok. then once again right click on a pont in your circle and select shape properties. and then u can manaually adjust where you want the beam to stay within a certain area. understand?
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Re: need to know???
is there any way i an visualize the color mixing?? cause rightnow all it does is stay on like light green color?? it lets me move the faders but i cannot change the colors on the 3D window!! or could i maybe add the r,g,b, channels just every other channel so that way i can mix r,g,b on the visualizer?? cause my problem is the lights are in l.a. and i am programming from wisconsin!! that is my job with this guy he wants me to program using compuware and send the files to l.a.! cool huh??
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Re: need to know???
Hey buddy, This is not the simplest fixture to programm. Its the only fixture of its kind with 2 RGB color mixing options. Most controllers are not set up to offer 2 color mixing pallets. What you have to do is patch the channels to the second group of channels. You do this on the page settings window, then go to channels. Here you will see the fixtures, and channel option. Now you have to find the first red of the fixtures and patch it to the second red, using the "channels patched to...
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Re: need to know???
mikey said u guys were short staffed so i offered to come out and help! also what i need help with is this. u posted it "What you have to do is patch the channels to the second group of channels. You do this on the page settings window, then go to channels. Here you will see the fixtures, and channel option. Now you have to find the first red of the fixtures and patch it to the second red, using the "channels patched to several differnt outputs option" Now the RGB will work on both reds,...
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Re: Compuware04 and SCX500's
Hi Gary, When a profile is created for lights, they are not always perfect because most of the time they are not tested with the light. Since compu looks for basic functions some lights may have odd functions that don't respond correctly to default funtions of the software. What you want to do is after the page is created go to the edit window of any button. Here you can have direct access to all the channels and you should be able to use the functions of all the channels. This will let you...
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Re: X-Y window (pan/tilt)
The X-Y window will load when you create any page in the program whose profile includes pan & tilt.
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Re: Basics of Compu Live 06
Hi D-Rey, You have a good start, but your way off. What you want to do is start all over. In begginer mode, you can't delete or start over, so you will need to switch to expert mode. In expert mode, you need to create a new show. You will be prompted to save information. Don't save anything. Also you don't want to have any demo stuff. So creating a new show will remova all demo fixtures. Now.. Create a new page with your coemar fixture, and when you get to this section, you need to say you...
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Re: Basics of Compu Live 06
You have to create a "switch" and name it follow spot. Then you need to select the "Ok and Edit" button. Look for a tab that says follow spot, and it should look like this. In this window you will see directions. Follow those directions.
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Re: Stupid Question but help
hey del. to add your own fixtures your gonna want to click on the page button on the top of your screen and then hit new page and then this window will pop up. once u see that hit he top button "create new page with the scanlibrary wizard" once you clik on that it opens up a new window. click on the top button that has a computer with a deskop tower on it and from here scrol down the list till u find martin or any other company you want to use. but make sure u address them properly. if u...
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Re: Magic 260
Domi, 1. 1.02 is currently the latest version. 2. When using a preset, the fixture profile must match the fixture. What fixture are you controlling? 3. You'll need to initialize the channel names. When opening the Magic 260 uploader program, close the Ulink Ver 1.08 window. Go to show forms (located on the top left corner) and select EditChName. Select Init and save. The Channel names will now appear when creating a profile. Please call me if you continue to have any problems Sergio C.
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Re: Compu Live Questions
Hi Matchless1 I wanted to jump in and help out a bit. For Q1. You cannot control the speed of a cycle with 1 slider. What you would need to do for this is create steps using EASY STEP in the edit window of a scene. After multiple steps have been created, you need to convert the Easy step to EASY TIME using a yellow button labled Easy Time. This is where the faders Jingles was talking about kick in. Q2. The 3D window works seperatly from the real life fixtures. The attributes created are...
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Re: Compu Live Questions
Brian, I am really impressed on how you picked everything up. So to move forward, you can achieve the tempo your looking for by activating the Audio function in Compu Live. Step 1. In the "controller" drop down menu look for "Starting parameters". Then in the Options box, choose "Audio/Midi" and in this new window, click on the check box with the speaker icon. Then close all windows. You will be prompted to restart, and the Audio Analizer box will open automaticly. Minimize this for a...
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Re: Compu Live Questions
well does it affect the actual light when programming? like when it is in the home position on ur real life stage does it move to where the head is positioned on the visualizer? also to edit a scene in init u need to turn on the fader. cause in init everything is locked down. so to edit ur init scene so that way ur heads are the same as u would on stage u need to click on init so that way it is on then hit ctrl and then hold down alt at the same time then left click ur init button. (you can...
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Re: Compu Live Questions
Hi Matchless, Yes, I know what your talking about.. and you have a few simple modifications to work with. 1. The Design Spot 250 has two pan degree settings. The degree is the amount of spin from left to right that the light can move. It should be set to 540 degrees on the light to match the 3D window. 2. Once this is done, then on the 3D window you may want to invert the pan and tilt to match the direction of the actual light. Here is a picture to help you find the pan and tilt inversion.
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Re: Compu Live Questions
Thats true, The other option, and I am not sure if it will work, would be to rotate the position of the fixtures in the 3D window. So what you need to do is hit center and Tilt the fixtures to hit a wall, then pan the fixtures all the way to the left. Once this is done match the 3D fixture to the real fixture. Then try to pan from there.
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Re: compu losing link after some time....
yeah i figured it out. actually it was switching to a windows media player window, with visualization ON, that would make it drop connection. screensaver with basic marquee text doesnt do it though. weird. running windows server 2003 thanks guys
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Re: compu 2006
well u can edit the center button to ur needs. in fact most or all buttons on compuware u an edit to fit ur needs.what u want to do is hit ctrl-alt left click on the center button and a window should come up so u can edit it. now take the one spot that is out of place and put it in place wit hthe rest. should work. what fixture was giving u the RSER message? could be reset error. im not too sure on that so don't quote me. for the lamps u couldn't get them on by hitting the lamp on button? or...
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Re: Easy Stand Alone SW
ok i think this will work for you. if your live then ctrl click on a scene to open the edit window. now at the top there is a button that usually says Blind-->Live. click it once to make it Live-->Blind. now you should be able to edit the scene without the audience seeing it. good luck. jthtiger
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Re: Need .SSL file American DJ Revo III
If I go into edit, it does in fact move things around, but once again, it doesn't really control the light... I only get three different patterns, and they don't chase or anything.. I mean there's some cool patterns in sound mode, but there's also some lame ones... it would be nice to have an actual fixture file for this light instead of half assing it through console.. the sliders on the fixture file do change the values in the output window, which would in a perfect world make the light...
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Re: Compu live Dec. 21, 2007 version; movie record error
do you have your dongle plugged in and do u see "PC" in the little LED window on the dongle? also what dongle do you have? thanks. sincerely,
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Re: COEmars and elation fixtures on the same control???
ybravo, When you say your focus spots move slow, are you refering to the preset movements of the compu? Say for example the circle moves slow? If so, have you adjusted the speed fader to see if it speeds up? With the Coemars, you need to see if both the dimmer channel and the shutter channel are 100%. Click on the Center button for that fixture and then from the drop down menu choose button then edit. look for the dimmer and shutter channels and see if they are 100% if not make them 100%...
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Re: Is there a 250 spot that will mix color like this?
ok since you want to make this effect on the software here is what you do. on your dled36 page create your scenes like you had specified and then make a "switch" it is the middle button on the top of the page in between scene and cycle. ok once you have your switch edit window up. (click on the switch and then go to buttons and then select edit) open the effects generator and on the dimmer channel make a sinus wave using efx gen. and if you had wanted to you can make all the other channels...
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Re: Is there a 250 spot that will mix color like this?
I am tring to create a rainbow effect using the effect editor for my design wash 250's. However, when I open the switch window I can't move any of the faders like I can when following the steps in your window. Should you be able to move the faders in the switch window. I need to be able to do that so I can open the shutters and see what the effect is doing. Thanks!
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Re: Available Channels
Hi Fish, You have a lot of learning to do. Hopefully Jingles will be able to help you more. Anyhow, when you set up your pages, each page shows you the channels you are using. Say 1-56 or 213-400. So when you study the pages, you can use this information to make sure you do not overlap channels, and you can clearly see how many channels you have free. You can also download the latest software, which should work with your 2006 interface.
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Re: Compu Live Question
I think it has to do with the Easy Show or Easy Viewer. It looks like it does not load fully. If I close that process, the window goes away and CompuLive seems to be working. It probably has to do with the graphics card in this laptop...kind of weak I think. Let me know if you find out anything else.
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Re: Compu Live Question
fishing.. when its a new install and you have all the demo pages still on it. The 3D window will always open up automatically because its in Demo mode. you need to delete all the Demo pages. this will stop 3d window from opening automatically. Partime, Jingles is your man to get started on the basic programming. send him an e-mail. Pro Bar flickering.. I would call our customer support department. 323-213-4593. sounds like a tech issue with the bar, not with the software. How much wattage...
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Re: Pan Limit on DS250
tell me have you changed any of the values for re INIT button? Because when you create a scene it included the valued of the last active scene or switch which if you have INIT on it will include those values. Also lf the problem still persist try clicking on "link all channels to east step function" it should be a small square button on the upper right hand side on the easy steptab when you edit or create a new scene or switch in the edit window. Let me know. Sincerely,
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Re: Compu Live Question
Fishging, I have had the same problem with the window opening and not going away. Reinstalling the program without the demo pages never worked for me. You have to go in to the SL2006 folder and delete easyview. That will of course delete the 3d viewer, so if you plan on using it, dont do it.
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Re: Okay, I think this is a bug. (cycles)
Okay, I still no resolution to the “missing” buttons on a cycle page, I have updated the bios, updated my video card driver, and also re-installed Compulive on my system (new laptop). When I first open the window there are no buttons…, but if I resize the windows the buttons will show up,, temporally... If I click a scene or button other than the active window, this is what I get (see link for picture). Cycle screen shot Now, I have another weird issue, and cannot find any documentation of...
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Re: Okay, I think this is a bug. (cycles)
Okay, I just downloaded the Aug_08 beta, and installed into a new directory. I then restored my pages into the "new" version, and I still get the same thing. If I open a cycle No buttons are shown at the top, if I then resize, the buttons show up. If I move another window, the all buttons will disappear again...
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Re: Okay, I think this is a bug. (cycles)
misebeam again sorry your having such trouble. to turn on/off parts of the cycle simply double clicvk on the step you want to edit and it should pop up a lil window kinda like when you made it a go step. check on and it should work. side note. what are the specs of this new laptop? and also are all the windows vista updates installed? let me know. Thanks. Sincerely,
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Re: COMPULIVE: Quirks or bugs, and some recommended Enhancements.
I've come across alot of these issues as well. EDIT SCREEN WOULD RANDOMLY MINIMIZE: My work-around - when you open an edit screen quickly move the mouse pointer over that screen. If the pointer is over another window the edit screen gets moved behind it and you have to click the main button then the edit button on the start bar to get it back. CYCLES NOT SHOWING ALL BUTTONS: My work-around - If you mouse over the missing or blank gray buttons they will show up again. CHANNEL CONTROL: I found...
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Re: Scene Fade Suddenly Not Working
Hi Matchless.. I see a few things going on here. 1. check your page settings again. you say that fade option is checked on every scene. However this option is not found in Page settings. In Page settings you will find channels. Every channel has a Fade option. This fade option needs to be checked. What type of fixtures are you using? 2. Patches in Compu Live 3D window are different than Patches on Compu Live program window. If you have more than one page, then you will have conflicting...
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Re: Scene Fade Suddenly Not Working
Matchless, All is working good. I loaded your programming file.. it looks good. all working great and looking as it should. Nice work. I loaded Delux EVS and all the fixture positions loaded just as you set them on stage. Also.. looking very good. 1. I see your missing fades from scenes 1-25. scenes 31-54 have fades and they all work good then scenes 61-125 no fades again. Are you asking why are some scenes missing fades? Right click on the word "Master" right on the control window and you...
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Re: Master Switch Priority (CompuLive)
Right. Keep in mind that you can't use both. If you want to use the fixture page, then you have to remove the crown in the page window. this will release the fixture page from the master page. and master page will control only the LED's.
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Re: Colors locked out (solved)
You should be able to find the grouping window behind the page window. Its called the Fixture window.. or Tab. Either way it has a few options to look at.. 1. LIVE 2. SAVE 3. SELECT If you selected say the color red. And you unselected fixtures using one of these settings... then you created a group function that make the color work on some or none of the fixtures. You need to go to each color, then while that color is selected go to this Fixture window and check these 3 features and make...
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Re: Design Spot 250 For SPOT LIGHT
You can link up a USB joystick to the software and use that to help you. also look for a followspot tab in the scene edit window. all you have to do is link the pan and tilt channels to the function on the followspot tab and it should work. take a look and if you need more help let me know. Welcome to the forums. Sincerely,
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Re: Design Spot 250 For SPOT LIGHT
Strange. What does your dmx output window read when it is doing this? does it jump values like it seems to be doing? Sincerely,
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Re: USB resetting
Lol whoops, maybe it was "John" But im using windows xp sp3, and have the 2048FC and just downloaded the software from the website about 4 months ago. The first time it happened, I was in the back of the stage and my computer was ontop of a tough box which was being continuously rattled by the bass, and during the show, someone dropped one of my fixtures, which made the control panel of the unit(the dmx led panel) fall inside the fixture and thus making it not work correctly. thats whn the...
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Re: Using Cycles for Song Cues
Originally posted by Elation_Pro: I find it interesting how you have you master scenes on the JohnnyB good Chorus 1 cycle. seems to work. But i'm not liking all your pages with songs..hard to handle page, johnny b good page, yellow ledbetter page.. you should only have your fixtures pages, your master of course.. and 1 blank page to hold music. Since I cannot have a cycle within a cycle (i.e. Chorus 1 Cycle inside of Johnny B Goode Cycle), I have no other choice but to use Pages for songs.
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Re: 3d Dim
Can you be more specific? What types of lights do you have on the 3D? The Accu spot 250 II right? Also what is your rendering mode on? You can find this out by going under "Option" on the 3D window and looking under Rendering mode. Also check your Resolution. Sincerely,
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Re: Archiving pages
James and John, James: Not sure how I can elaborate more. I went through the steps to save a "page" but here it goes.... I goto: Page Menu/save archive. The save archive window opens with options. I keep the option, "selected page". Click "OK" and navigate to the old archived file (i.e. page) to save the new file. I overwrite the old file with the new file. Then to test the results, I delete the "page" in Compu 2006 and reload the page (I just saved) back into Compu 2006. When the page (I...
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Re: Create new cycle does not bring up scene and switches
Correction - Window is on page 33 of the manual, page 36 of the pdf file.
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Re: Create new cycle does not bring up scene and switches
I just re-read your post and let me know if this makes sense to you. when building a cycle you select the cycle button, then name your cycle. The button should appear in the page that was last selected when you hit the cycle button. now once you hit the newly created cycle button that's when it is recording and that's when you should start hitting the scenes and switches in the order that you want them to play back in. Once your done on the "Cycle" Tab select stop and then hit playback. A...
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Re: Audio Analysis
Dunn you haven't figured out how to use sound to light tab in scene edit window yet? Let me know.
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Re: Audio Analysis
I made sure audio was turned on. Click on controller, then drop down to starting parameters and select that. When the new window opens up, select the tab that says audio/midi and a new screen opens. Check the box that says: "this setting allows you to read audio from the sound card......" Click on the "OK" box. __________________________________________ Then I started from scratch. I created a new show I added pages (my fixtures) I set up a scene (all blue on all lights) I clicked the...