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Re: E-Builder
Thank you for the immediate response! I have a rental company and have used emulation for years now. I think it's been a year that cuelux started support of the emulation cables and for a brief moment I used it. The thing is that the ''FINE'' movement position does not work for the last 2 versions at least. When we are at a wedding we need to follow the couple with a moving head and witout fine the rotary pan of the midicon cannot control it smoothly. I have e-builder installed on all...
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Re: powerspot 250 lenses
The instruction manual. I was going to comment, but felt its better for an elation rep to let them know which is right rather then my opinion. It says that then lens should be replaced every two years, but really it only needs to be replaced when it gets cloudy or breaks IMO. The manual is referring to the outer condensing lens, by the way, the one you can touch (but shouldn't) on the front of the head. Overall, you shouldn't need to replace any lens' on your power spot until it breaks. -Homeboy
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Re: led moving head idea
Hey Jingles.. What's new?? Color mixing is interesting. When you have RGB. This is considered addative color mixing. What this means is, if you have Red at 100%, Green at 100% and Blue at 100% you get white. CMY is subtractive color mixing.. If you do all the colors at 100% this will give you black, or the colors go away. CMY is only useful if you have a white source to back it up, like in a moving head, the source is comming from the lamp.
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Re: DMX Operator 192
hey! welcome. a scene is a static look or cue or whatever u want to call it. u acn only record one look per scene. so say u have 2 looks u want to create u move ur scanner or head to the desired psoition and adjust ur color or gobo to whatever u want it at and then record that scene. for the next step u can either keep it in the same position and change just color/gobo or u can move it and change everything. now to have them cycle or chase each other u have to record that as a chase. any...
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Re: Compu Live Questions
John, Thank you and Jingles for your help. It all really helped! I actually went ahead and ordered the program about a week ago. Today was the first chance I've had to make sure what I had programmed matched what actually happened. I have figured out most of the bugs, but there is still one I can't quite get: My 4 moving heads (Design Spot 250) initialize to a different position than what is shown on the visualizer. For example, in reality when I look at the MH's they sit on the ground in...
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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
Ok, I tried changing the rotation angle in the fixture library to 540, and it actually works: the "home" positions match! In fact, in the viewer, the head points down and away from me and the U of the yoke arms run left to right. So NOW that matches what I have in real life. I even went ahead and checked the actual degrees of rotation both in the viewer and in real life, and in both modes (540 and 630), the fixtures really do rotate the full range of degrees they're supposed to. It's just...
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Re: Vision scan 250
I believe the front cover of the light is held by 4 screws. These are special 1/4 turn screws that allow the light to easily be opened for service or gobo change out and maintanence. Just get your self a philips head screw driver.
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Re: Dmx basic positioning and termination
hey drew! 1) no you can have it all mixed up if you want you just have to address them where you want them is all.so you can have like 2 scanners and two moving heads and have it go scanner head scanner head instaed of feeling like you have to go scanner scanner and then the 2 heads. 2) try putting the hazer as the first in line or maybe try going from lights to haze then back to lights in your line. understand? peace! jingles.
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Re: question about mixed lighting
hey john DMX DUO FX??? i have not head of this is it new??? post up a link please.
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Re: Stage Pak 1 how to set up?
Oh man I can't tell you how much I laughed at that! Ok anyways, DMX, it really is a cool thing. Here are some basics. DMX stands for D igital M ultiple X . It is a way for each and every (DMX Compatible ) light, made by any manufacturer, to interact with an universal DMX controller. In a standard DMX protocol (called 512-DMX protocol) there are a total of 512 "channels" In order to get your lights to interact with the controller, you must address them. There are 2 ways (that I know of) that...
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Re: OPTI 30 RGB
Nice, any idea what the lumen output on the fixture will be? I like the advances Elation is making in the LED segment to make them more mainstream, and also like the advances in the moving head market. The flooding of the market with different wattage movers, high abilities, and very competitive price is great, means I can do more for less and makes clients happy. A few big problems I have with Elation is shipping, product availability, durability, and quality control. Fix these things, and...
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Re: EasyShow
we built little floor mounts for our led par196 lights, clamped one on the back of the bass amp for me (The drummer). we have 4 moving head mini wash lights that are also on the floor. there are 2 colorstrips on each guitar amp. It is a really easy setup, once our instruments and amps are in place we drop the lights and hook them up in less than 5 minutes. our next step i think is black lights.
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Re: Design 36 LED
Thats good to hear. If they've not been ordered today, I plan on picking up 24 of these and a pair of the moving head versions from my rep. Jeff Mathis.
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Re: Is there a 250 spot that will mix color like this?
I would look into the DS 250 Wash for that effect on the cheap. It is the cheapest CMY moving head out I believe. The CMY might not be that punchy on dark colors do to the 250w lamp however. If you are really set on that effect, and it is a great effect, I would look into the washes. Remember, washes can be used for other things too. Stuff like fading in between colors for stage washes smoothly vs color scrolling which you would need twice as many fixtures to do without being seen scrolling...
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Re: Is there a 250 spot that will mix color like this?
Ok, last question before I go to bed. Since I don't have any moving head fixtures just yet it was hard to justify buying the software. However, I threw up some of DLED 36's and I can do some great effects with these that are not possible on my show designer 1. Ok tell me how to accomplish this in the real world. 1. I want to create a dimmer chase for Design LED 36's that I can save and then overlay on any of my other static DLED 36 scenes. i.e. Say I have 3 scenes programmed for my DLED's.
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Re: ADJ X-Move LED moving head...will there be an elation version soon?
Side note: i would really love to see something in the TRI LED technology go into some sort of moving head. THAT would be cool. sincerely,
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Re: ADJ X-Move LED moving head...will there be an elation version soon?
well here is what the page says. "LED TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH! The X-Move LED Hi-Tech Moving Head features a 20-Watt white LED for a hard edge beam that will project gobos and solid colors. Now you can enjoy the look of a traditional halogen or discharge lighting effect with a fraction of the power draw (44W) and without the hassle of changing out the light bulbs (LEDs rated at 50,000 hours)."
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Re: Global Edit of Values for One Light + Right Click to Fade
Don't know if this is helpful but here goes. I use the BCF2000 and Compu06. To control dimmers I have a 'always clicked' switch that only controls the dimmer for the channel I want. Then I hook that switch up to my MIDI controller on a fader. When I move the fader on the BCF2000 the lights move accordingly since the button is 'always clicked' in the software. We do this on a couple of different things (chase speed on knobs [always clicked switch], but clicking the knob invokes the...
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Re: Scene Fade Suddenly Not Working
ill leave john to answer number one, but number 2 and 3 and 4 are mine. 2) he means more than one page for the same set of fixtures. like if you have 6 ds 250's had you set up a fixture page for each head that you have that will cause problems. so he meant multiple pages of the same fixture. 3) i have always stored SES and show files in the main sl2006 folder. its just easier to find. 4) send me one of your stage files and ill see whats up. james K at elation lighting DOT COM also how much...
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Re: R&R Sound Productions
Where did this happen? If it's the R&R guys I am thinking of, well, I know those guys and I feel bad for the head dude. Good folks, hard workers, good gear. I hope nobody got hurt!
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Re: dmx operator pro CF
Hi, thanks again for your reply, im in Japan at the moment and if i printed this out they would not be able to make head or tail of it, they are telling people that a formatted CF card works, I will call them again tomorrow and inform them that this is not correct, sound house in Japan have been good in the past so this must be a case of lost in translation, if they keep on about it being able to be done i will send them the two cards for them to format for me and go from there. cheers, oh...
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Re: Understanding the DMX Operator
I'm jumping into this a bit later than I normally would, but I don't normally read this forum, despite the fact that I should. I have the DMX Operator. So, I know how it work quite well. I can't say I know it 100% inside and out, but I can get around it quite easily. I need to refer to the manual for programming it because I can't recall those steps. Other than that, the DMX Operator is my buddy. It is my reliable fall back for MyDMX. Issue 1: The scanner buttons. Each scanner buttonis...
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Re: Design Spot 250 For SPOT LIGHT
Thanks Jingles if u get it please make a video like i have been literally pulling out my hair from my head caz i was gettin soo frustrated haha
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Re: Newbie Question!
I can help with a few recommendations. What is the room size? and the height at which these fixtures will be mounted? For a beginner moving head i would go with 2 design spots 250. Led par cans Check out some of our LED par cans and if the price is too high check out American DJ's P64LED Pro. Oh and what is your budget? Sincerely,
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Re: Newbie Question!
For front light at smaller venues, I would lean more towards LEDs vs Par 64s. Par 64s can be lamped 500w, 600w, or 1000w. That is a lot of juice, and at smaller venues, power is often an issue. Check out the Opti 30 RGBs or the new Opti 30 Tri. If that is out of your price range, would look to the P64LED Pro like jingles said. For moving heads, again, DS250s are great fixtures. The might be out of your range however, so a Power Spot 250 would be a cheaper, yet still great quality alternate.
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Re: How to fade lights when turning off.
Sorry John, but (as a beginner) your answer is over my head. I don't know anything about each page having tool bars. Can you please be more specific? When I loaded my fixtures they have several different buttons, but I don't know about any tool bars.
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Re: noob questions
I've learned that on my moving-head lights, the pan/tilt won't go below the value I have set in the init button init-value for example, I hit the init button on the master page, everything init's, then I hit scene 1 on the master page and any lights that should pan/tilt less than where they are at init, won't move I editted the init button on the fixture page back to 0 tilt/pan and then things worked what's keeping them from bring able to move past the init values??? I've read a little about...
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Re: Design Spot 300 Pro Cooling
Hi TVLD, Inc and welcome to the forums. The Design moving head series's fans power down after the fixture cools to a certain point with the lamp off. It is nice because it allows you to leave the fixtures on all the time without the fans running. Just simply turn off the lamps and walk away. It also let's you know when the lamp is cool enough to power down. You should be able to change this setting in the menu if you want the fans to run all the time.
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Re: Design Spot 250 discolored
hello, please remove the head covers and inspect the focus lens for discoloration. if they are discolored please give us a call at 323-213-4593. please have the serial numbers ready when you call in.please make sure the unit is unplugged before performing any maintenance work. Best Regards, Gines Gines elation service manager
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Re: Hazer/Fazer....confusion :confused:
I'm not opposed to having 2 machines in the long run. Short term, an all-in-one or just the hazer is fine. As I've mentioned, the producer hsa a decent pro fog machine that I'll be adding into my MyDMX universe closer to show time. It sounds like the X-310's would more than do the job. You bring up a good point though about the stage appearance. The "actors" or "cast", or rather, specifically "shadowcast" are not my main concern. The main concern is that I'm going to be shooting a BluRay on...
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Re: framing shutters?
Hey len. I don't believe there are any Elation products with framing shutters. I know the moving head wash fixtures have beam shapers in them, basically a wash equivalent to a shutter. But as far as a hard edge shutter, there are no products that I am aware of.
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Re: Platinum 5r beam lamps off randomly
Seems like you might have a bad fan that is causing the unit to lamp off. Open the head covers to see if you see any fans not working. If you don't see anything, shut down the unit and check the fans by spinning it with your finger. If you are still having issue, please feel free to contact me at santanaz@elationlighting.com .
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Re: Platinum Spot
I have a picture I can post of the lamp performance. It is from a American Dj shoot out but the new ADJ fixture has the new 5R lamp. You will see that it beats out a 575 watt discharge moving head from ADJ. keep in mind this is the ADJ vizi spot not the platinum spot. This will just give you an idea of the lamp performance. Sincerely,
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Re: Platinum Spot
Here is a video on the Vizi Spot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJXlwA1HjdQ . Again the even beam is amazing... I would venture to guess the head is the same as the Platinum, but the base on the platinum will have a full feature lcd display. Im sold after the video.
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Re: Platinum Spot
Yep the Platinum Spot has a differnt design head and base and has remote focus and improved optics and more features over the Vizi Spot...
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Re: Crashing...Crashing...Crashing
Hello Again, Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you, the little down time I have had the last few weeks has gone to sleep and home...It has been non-stop on my end which has been great. I have some answers to questions you asked, a few new questions, and we will see from there. I have been able to use the compu some more with less problems, but more on that. I will email you crash reports after this post. For my fixture pages, everything is grouped in like lights, I have my design...
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Re: DS 250 case
I know of three dealers that I can can darn near anything from, or have custom made. My suggestion would be that if the cases you're looking at are a dead-end, then the next step for you would be to head to a nearby pro audio store(because they often also carry lighting) and see what brands of cases that they carry or can carry. Chances are, they could contact that company and see if a model already exists in their non-published catalog. Many companies list their common-type cases, but...
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Re: Crashing...Crashing...Crashing
Ok So I used my Mac setup over the weekend, and it was horrible, Elation would be up 5 minutes, and crash, or the green light would go out on dongle, and would need complete reset. I ended up just using the backup Magic 260 I had with me. Problem was it did not have enough channels for all the lights, so I could not change color of all LED cans, some were stuck on color when Cumpu Live quit. Today I tried the setup on a normal Windows Laptop. 1.46ghz 512ram. It isn't the fastest, but it is...
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Re: Power Spot 250 Capacitor is bad
I'm sure there is an electronics store within reasonable distance from you. The issue I'd be concerned about is depending on HOW it blew up, you could have more of a mess than you initially though. Still, caps are pretty cheap and if you can do a halfway decent solder job, you're golden. I'd prefer to match like for like caps, I don't like going to a higher voltage. I am in a similar situation. I'm replacing 2 pairs of identical caps in a switch of mine. I just need to get a chance to head...
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Re: Power Spot 250 Capacitor is bad
Do you guys have a e-mail i can contact you with to get pricing on this part and a couple more parts for my other moving head fixtures?
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Re: Profile request: ADJ Mega Bar 50 RGB
Hi all. I took a break since someone felt I contributed useful information too much. Sorry, I'll go crash down the stairs head-first and knock my IQ down a few dozen points. Back on topic. The Mega Bar 50 is the same as the Mega Bar 50 RGB. Just a different name best I can tell. When I bought them, they were SKU'd "Mega Bar 50 RGB". RGB, LED, Well, BFD, it's all the SDT(same damn thing! I made that up, I claim it!) I think the problem might be a bit more basic. Now, I have 4 of these. Out of...
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Re: Robe Dominator 1200 XT
Ya. I'd be pounding my head against the wall too after looking at the profile. Hello and welcome. I am the Compu live specialist. Let me work on this for you tomorrow. I'll see if i can think of anything. Sincerely,
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Re: dimmers on ds250 pro
hello, if you feel comfortable remove the head covers and do a visiual inspection of the head portion. look for any obstructions. if none found please give service a call at 323-213-4593. if possible while in front of the unit. thank you Gines Gines Elation service manager
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Re: Programing
did you modify the profile in the scan library editor? If you look in the SL2006 folder you'll see a Scanlib.exe with a moving head icon. when you open the profile in the editor it saves as a .ssl file. email me that .ssl file at the email I posted above. Sincerely,
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Re: Truss System parts wanted
Are you sure it's not an ADJ truss, like an i-beam truss? If so, head on over to the ADJ Parts store, you can order just about everything you'd need. I'm making an order for the accessories for a trussing system, mainly so I have spare parts to make some other configurations. But, they do sell the T-connectors individually too.
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Re: Individual fixture colors
Hey hiker, I am available 11am-7pm Central time monday-friday. I know what the "L" is. it is saving that preset on;y for the fixtures you are using and it "L"ocks it down for just those fixtures. When your clicking around in the fixture group and you select your fixtures that you want to over ride always make sure the moving head with the Red crossed out circle on it is selected. the very first button on the left side. That is disable mode. If you make sure disable mode is on the "L" won't...
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Re: head Fan stops when lamp stikes
Hello, via the menu go to specs and set the fans to high, then retry, if it still occurs then most likely there is an issue with a head pcb. Gines Gines Elation service manager
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Re: head Fan stops when lamp stikes
Thanks I will give it a go. If I need a head PCB that what would I be looking at to replace that part? That other issue with the tilt step motor not stopping where it should, is that just a case of replacing the sensor?
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Re: Three errors on a design spot 250
hello most likely it may be an issue with the head pcb (only because you have more than one error) please send me an email to Service@ elationlighting.com with your serial number and i will explain what to look for. Best Regards, Gines Gines