help!! easyshow/laptop crash

no i have never seen this before. Try uninstalling the software and then reinstalling. Using either the disc or from our website. Let me know if that helps. Also I really recommend a chill mat when using a laptop and Compu. Just helps things.
Let me know. Sincerely,

I have had this happen to me before. I was using easyshow to program a sequence for christmas lighting for a house in el paso. what i did was create a cycle of the time line then had it play back on a timer. some times it would not start at all. some times it would get of sync with the music and like you said shut down the computer all together. The tech guy from elation i called was sure it was the computer so the house owner bought a brand new dell computer and had his IT guy clean it of EVERTHING except the compuware. the problem persisted. the IT tech monitored the computer and noticed it was using up all the ram and not releasing it after the show was over, this was what caused the problem. let elation know and they sent me a fix a week later. still happend, by that time i just ran the show manually which worked fine. that was the 2006 show, for the 2007 light show just to avoid any problems all together I just stayed at the house for everyshow to start the show manually, but know one ever new why it did that on the timer or how to fix it....

here is a link of the video of the 2007 show. just goes to show you how versatile this software is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDolcq7n-KM

we are already talking about ideas for the 2008 show if you have any suggestions.

Esteban that way YOU?? wow! nice to finally meet you man! i am the new compu suport guy. that was a GREAT SHOW!
sincerely,

yup yup, that was me. thanks james, nice meeting you as well. man i've only done that show for two years but wow that takes up all of my december lol. the 06 show was the first I had ever used the software and everytime i get a chance to use it i always find something cool about it. i know its still a long while away, but i'll definitely be keeping in touch as this years show rolls up

WOW!!!! You did that with compu!? Just proves you can do ANYTHING with that software.

My house will look like that one day!

jthtiger

P.S. I'm 15 so it will be a while! LOL!

don't look at it that way. i'm 20 and have only been doing lights for three years. just keep at it. when i first started lighting i new the how to work a light copilot haha. now I head the lighting department for a production company running avolite, and almost on a weekly basis go do installs and programming for clubs in el paso and over in juarez mx. so even though your 15 always be taking in as much as can.

first off

dude you're the man, that is some show.


second


ummmmm so what should i do about this problem? i can't have it shutting my computer down for no reason, is it ram? i have 1gb of ram, and this computer is CLEAN of any other software.

Jingles -
Any chance he isnt running the latest version of Compu?

With the 2 sealed retail versions I just installed, both crash 4 out of 5 times when I delete a scene.

I'll be installing the updater from the Elation website on one of them this week and the other a week later.

keep ya posted
Rain

i had thought nick upgraded to the 2-08 version from our website. right nick? tell you what on monday i will get with one of the developers and link them to this thread. and we will see what they say! sincerely,

:-/

i gotta check my version now, i don't remember if i updated or not.

if i'm using 12-07 software i'll make sure i update right away, but either way i'd like to see what the developers have to say. thanks!

yeah thats probably best, man i still remember how stressful the first years show was with all the problems. they ended up transferring me directly to some guy in fl with nicoladie? even he could not explain the problem i had with it.

could that have been roberto? and nick i will let you know for sure i have to talk to roberto about this tomm.

just remembered, and after the nicolaudie guy tried to fix the problem my program would open as sunlite every now and then. one time it did open as sunlite it deleted my files. thank god for backups right. but it still went unexplained

yup roberto.

WOW!

OK nick. i got the developers looking into this. and they said it could take some time to find a solution if there is one. if i were i would upgrade to the latest version and see if it helps. cause if it crashes and u have the latest version it may send out a error messgae and then if they can fix it they will send you a patch. it happened to me. it should work for you. sincerely,

ah jingles, if it wasn't for you we'd be using flood lights from home depot!

LOL OH STOP! LOL

Nice Esteban. Glad to see I am not the only one to be successful young in life. I too am in the same shoes as you, except I am stuck in the corporate lighting world mostly. Interesting to see such a young, mature crowd on here.

I agree I am about to be 25 in may and I just started offically working for elation this past December. We do got a your crowd here an all are very mature and cool people. I want to add all ya to my messengers so we can chat haha.
Sincerely,

Lol. I'll give you a hint on my aim screen name jingles, you have seen it before. Problem is, you can see and/or talk to me unless your on my buddy list.

21 here. I have been doing lighting professionally since sophomore year in high school, so about 5 years now. Started the 'big gigs' when I graduated in '05. One thing I have going for me is I look and act like a 30 year old, so no one questions me unless they find out my age.

21, and a struggling musician, so I'll have to keep up the hard work until I can call myself successful.

if you think dmx lighting is hard, try getting 4 guys to pick one damn publicity photo out of 1000...o yea and agree on the same one.

serra have i talked to you on an im before? like yahoo?

sweet, yeah we get maybe 2-3 corporate shows a year haha but its a nice change from the fast pace of concert lighting. well you all can hit up my myspace page, i communicate on that more than my e-mail and phone lol.

@Jingles: Nope, don't have Yahoo!, just AIM. Although I have spoken with John before over the phone. Secret identities are fun .

@Nick: One out of 1000, have you seen the color selector for LED units on a GrandMa, Hog 3 family, or Eos? You can pick a gel color, of which you have Rosco, Rosco Europe, Apollo, GAM, and Lee, or from a color wheel. The possibilities are endless. The fun colors are to make are brown, gray, silver, gold, and bronze. Then make movers with CMY match the LEDs. Talk about options and a pain, lol.

@Esteban: Corporate shows steal my soul. They are great money, but the hurry up and wait is huge, the clients demanding, the down time little to none, and during the show, I am trying to stay awake most of the time. This is why I do theatre and dance shows for way less money or sometimes free even. It breaks it up and reminds me off the fun things to do in this business. Also, no myspace, facebook, or any of those things. Very long rant about why, but I won't bore the forum with that. I can however show some pictures of my work on here. Its pretty much nothing but theatre photos however, and a lot of the shows I have done I have no photos to show for it .