Derek
I am sorry you read this as condescending. That was not my intent. I was trying to answer the questions posed. I am not a programmer and am trying to start a dialogue on this. I understand the perception and would very much like to correct it. I appreciate any commentary that will help us towards that. So to answer as best I can:
The IBeam 13 Channel - I spent some time on the web looking for manuals and/or DMX charts and the closest I found was a description of 11/12 channel DMX mode in the LCD Controller manual. As I said in my earlier post, I will be getting touch with High End soon. I will add this to the list.
Included fixtures - If you have installed Eos Offline 1.4.5, a folder called Documentation will be added. In that folder is a file called FixtureReleaseNotes.pdf. That contains a list of the fixtures and modes included with the release. If you do not have Offline I will be happy to email you (in the all of you reading this kind of way) the file.
I am not sure what you mean by persoanlaities available for download/ Would this be fixtures added since release?
I have not been keeping up with the LN as of late but I will take a look for that thread..
Thank you,
j
John -
I have all the X-Spot and I-Beam 13 channel documents back at the office, and will send them along as soon as I get back. On the HES site, the 13 channel personality was definited in a "extended DMX" option document, since it was not in the initial fixture release. You will also not see it in the docs for the High End controller, since those are not DMX based - they ran the Lightwave Research protocol.
X-Frame is 37 channels, and basically, gobo wheel two and the iris/FX module go away, and you add a framing module, which has, IIRC, something like 13 parameters - two each for four shutters, shutter rotate, and iris and iris mode . . . .
I understand the desire to "normalize" the control across brands, but the inconsistencies are what are killing me. Also, if a fixture editor can't do *EVERYTHING*, then I consider it broken. A document on how to generate ASCII uploadable definitions would be very helpful as well, as that would allow the end user to circumvent the (at least to me) insanely frustrating fixture profile editor on the Ion . . . .
Do you have an e-mail I should send to, or just post this stuff here?
- Tim
Tim
My email is john (dot) heller (at) etcconnect.com. I will speak with some folks and see if we can improve the docs to get people through this easily.
Thanks again,
I sent the docs on the X-Spot Framing as well as Lithomotion options, as well as the detailed docs on Intellabeam 13 channel to your e-mail a few moments ago - please check and verify receipt!
Got 'em all and they look good.
Thanks much
derekleffew: Recently, on the LightNetwork forum, Brad Schiller and Scott Blair defended Barco's position of not releasing their fixtures' DMX protocols to the general public. Agree or disagree, it made for an interesting read.
Recently, on the LightNetwork forum, Brad Schiller and Scott Blair defended Barco's position of not releasing their fixtures' DMX protocols to the general public. Agree or disagree, it made for an interesting read.
Derek,
Do you have a link to this discussion? I searched for it but couldn't find it in the last month's postings. It seems like it would be counterproductive for a company to not release the DMX protocol for their fixtures. High End has always published that information in the past.
-Todd
Todd Drga, Lighting Supervisor
Long Center for the Performing Arts - Austin, Texas
The thread is titled "Showgun DMX Protocol" and was started 18 Feb.
derekleffew: The thread is titled "Showgun DMX Protocol" and was started 18 Feb.
Derek-
Thanks - I found it. Interesting reading and I can see both sides of the issue, but am not leaning one way or the other until I think about it a bit more. I haven't played with the newer High End fixtures, so I had not noticed that they had changed their policies.
I did have trouble with the EOS profile for the Showgun when we had some in for an event, but that was over a year ago and we haven't used any since then, so I'm not sure if that profile has been sorted out. If I remember correctly, I couldn't get the LED ring to respond. At the time it wasn't a major issue, so I didn't pursue it.