Manuel1975 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Im looking for a foolproof solution to run a lamp-off macro from the Chamsys Magic-Q Executor window. I recorded a macro with the following content: clear, select fixture group, run fixture macro lampoff, clear. In the process of recording the macro the fixtures (4 Martin 250 spot krypton) Actualy do turn their lamps off. But when running the macro form the executor window they do nothing. I have adjusted the timing of the macro to be reel time and not instant to give the macro time to run but this does not help. Im very new to this Macro stuff. Maybee im missing someting very obvious? Can someone explain the process step by step? Kind regards, Manuel Rodrigues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norty303 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Why are you complicating it by using a macro? Why not just record a cue for the required heads with the channel reset values and put that on the Execute window? Then you just switch it on for the required amount of time for the reset to start (3 to 5 seconds for most heads). You may even find that there is a pallette entry already in the beam window for the reset which you could copy to the Execute window. Also, this may be stating the obvious but remember that the Execute window is disabled unless you have a piece of Chamsys hardware like a wing or DMX interface connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel1975 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Hm, ok... That might be a option... ;) Ill go and try that now... A concurrent post has been automatically merged from this point on. Yeah, Ive downloaded the pdf but cant find the appropriate DMX values to send... It says something like this: The lamp can be turned off from the controller by sending the lamp-off command on channel 1 for 5seconds. What is the lamp off command...? Or which DMX value is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvi675 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 When you are recording a keystroke macro, it does as it says on the tin - records your keystrokes. So if you recorded it by pressing on the screen this is likely to be the problem. If you wanted to record the macro for your group which is, for example group 3, you would need to do: MACRO, START MACRO, GROUP, HOME (takes it back to a known position), left, left, MACRO, HEAD MACROS, LAMP OFF, MACRO, END MACRO quite a long winded way to to it though. If you are lamping off I assume you would want to lamp off the entire rig? In which case just record a macro going MACRO, START MACRO, LAMP OFF ALL, END MACRO? The easiest way to do this though if you only wanted to do it on selective fixtures would be to record a cue which takes it to the desired levels to lamp off. Regards, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel1975 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 RTFM... Closely that is... its 248 - 255 on the Shutter channel... Sorry to bother you! Thanx... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norty303 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 If you've used the head personality for the krypton thats included with MagicQ you should be able to use the softbutton next the encoder to cycle through to the lamp off command, you shouldn't even need to know the DMX value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel1975 Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hm, in the end everything turned out to be quite simple indeed as you mentioned Norty. TNX again! Kind regards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.