CompuShow on a Macbook Pro with Parallels

pitmanMember

Has anyone here ever used CS with Parallels on a Mac. I tested it today on my mac and although the software ran fine and the dongle seemed to be connected and working the dmx stream coming out of the dongle was broken and intermittent on the led par I was testing. I know that the dongle is fine and the LED fixture is fine because I tested on another computer before trying it on the mac. Anybody have any theories on what is causing this problem? Thanks

3/17/137:47 PM

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JWPardee (Guest)

I just CS here at work and on events using a Macbook Pro...have zero problems with it. What exactly is going on with it. You say it is broken signal

3/18/132:43 PM

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pitmanMember

Yes....Very sporatic. I have the latest version of parallels with windows 7 pro 64 bit. (Mac OS Lion) The led fixture that I was testing with was acting very erratically...flashing...changing colors. Using channels 1-3 (RGB) like I have done before on a regular PC. The dongle recognizes the software because it displays "PC" in the LED window....If you remember this is the same dongle that has the universe outputs reversed on the device....Still don't know what that's about, but I have figured out how to remedy the issue on a PC by configuring the hardware....Anyway...seems in this case that somehow OSX is interfering with the signal between parallels VM and the dongle. Having never used parallels before ....I am not sure how to troubleshoot.

3/19/138:56 AM

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JWPardee (Guest)

have you done a firmware update??

3/25/1312:02 PM

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pitmanMember

Yup....Current firmware on the device. Is there setting in Parallels to full USB access to the windows VM?

Shane

3/27/1312:15 PM

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JWPardee (Guest)

other than an unplug and plug back in...none that i know of