dougd Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Tennessee Spring Mini All are invited, not just the folks from TN. WHEN: Saturday, March 24, 2018 WHERE: Cleveland, TN (Just north of Chattanooga off of I-75) 3787 Blue Springs Road in Cleveland, TN TIME: TBD (typically 9 am – 4 pm) We’ll take up $$ for lunch, usually pizza. We're not sure what we will talk about yet, so, if there's anything you'd like to talk about, post about it here and we'll put it on the list. Controllers, software, networking, etc. I am sure there will be something on S5 workflow and also Super Star. Other topics to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I may be interested in going, will be back in NC so it wouldn't be too bad a drive. Will you post hotels, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derkngoogly Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Hello, my name is Don Shriver i will be there with two other Amigo’s Gregg, and JR. Edited February 6, 2018 by Derkngoogly Want replies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 13 minutes ago, Derkngoogly said: Hello, my name is Don Shriver i will be there with two other Amigo’s Gregg, and JR. Thanks Don- that's a real close drive for me and probably closer for Greg. ~ Bells on JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmith37064 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 About a 3hr drive for me so not bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Doug- I think we discussed a topic for last year, unfortunately I couldn't make it. This year id be willing to go over my way of singing faces. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 6:02 PM, caniac said: I may be interested in going, will be back in NC so it wouldn't be too bad a drive. Will you post hotels, etc. I will get a list of hotels. I know there is a group coming from NC, you might be able to get together with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 JR, sounds good. I am pretty sure there will some time devoted to singing faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derkngoogly Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I would like to know pixel editor i can not figure it out if anyone knows secrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Cherry Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I am back in the game again. If time permits will be there also. Having an issue with LOR imports into Xlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 23 minutes ago, Dennis Cherry said: I am back in the game again. If time permits will be there also. Having an issue with LOR imports into Xlights. what kind of issue? Maybe I have been there done that. Made the switch last year because of performance issues with S4 when you loaded up your show with pixels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Cherry Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 23 hours ago, caniac said: what kind of issue? Maybe I have been there done that. Made the switch last year because of performance issues with S4 when you loaded up your show with pixels. Was in a hurry last year to get something up and running. With 2 weeks before Christmas it was finished. The display only was 4 CCR Circles. Not really taking time to look at the sequencing, some of the effects looked odd, to cold to really stay out and watch. After taking down the small display I started looking at the sequences in Superstar, S4 & 5 and Xlights. Superstar looked fine and studied the sequences to find which effects I could rely on knowing what they looked like. Went to S4 & S5 and they where wrong, same with Xlights. Discovered that by reversing the DMX universe numbers fixed the problem. What I do not understand is why and how to fix it. Many of these sequences are from Superstar this year and some from 2009 I already had. The 2009's worked properly with the known Universe Numbers in 2009 but not his time. I set it up as Universes 2-5 with left Circle 1 as Univ. 2, etc, as it should be, but it really came out to be for Circle#1 as Univ. 5. The relationship between the programs is confusing, I did try importing the SS files into both programs and made no difference. BTW: I did check the channel assignment in S4/5 first to make sure it was 2-5 and not 5-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 39 minutes ago, Dennis Cherry said: Was in a hurry last year to get something up and running. With 2 weeks before Christmas it was finished. The display only was 4 CCR Circles. Not really taking time to look at the sequencing, some of the effects looked odd, to cold to really stay out and watch. After taking down the small display I started looking at the sequences in Superstar, S4 & 5 and Xlights. Superstar looked fine and studied the sequences to find which effects I could rely on knowing what they looked like. Went to S4 & S5 and they where wrong, same with Xlights. Discovered that by reversing the DMX universe numbers fixed the problem. What I do not understand is why and how to fix it. Many of these sequences are from Superstar this year and some from 2009 I already had. The 2009's worked properly with the known Universe Numbers in 2009 but not his time. I set it up as Universes 2-5 with left Circle 1 as Univ. 2, etc, as it should be, but it really came out to be for Circle#1 as Univ. 5. The relationship between the programs is confusing, I did try importing the SS files into both programs and made no difference. BTW: I did check the channel assignment in S4/5 first to make sure it was 2-5 and not 5-2. one thing I found is that I had to setup a map for everything I was bringing across from LOR, tedious to do (especially if you forget to save and have to do it again). it's one of those one and done drills so not too big a deal. Initially I was importing lms (with RGB props) straight into xLights, took long to do and even longer to render (you are pulling in every single pixel effect as opposed to an effect on a prop). My sequences were huge. what I found that worked better was setting up my sequences as AC props only and pulling that in, then I would import the SuperStar file in (xLights will support both formats). xLights would then end up with "native" effects coming in instead of stuff down to the pixel. Smaller sequences and faster rendering. When pulling in a superstar file you do have to tell it what it maps to (LOR pixel tree = xLights pixel tree). There are folks on here that have done this and I will try to be at the mini if you have any questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derkngoogly Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Dennis i am the circle guru call me if you would like. 501-765-8152 i can help you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derkngoogly Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 You problem is the controller position in s5/s4 you always use bottom left on circles. That is in the configuation settings. You have to verify it every seq when you export to se if you export it unverified it will mess all up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derkngoogly Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Other issues too like in controller settings etc call i can help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Dennis- there you go. Don has sequenced at least 30 circles in the past month and uses DMX/ LOR JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Cherry Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 5 hours ago, caniac said: one thing I found is that I had to setup a map for everything I was bringing across from LOR, tedious to do (especially if you forget to save and have to do it again). it's one of those one and done drills so not too big a deal. Initially I was importing lms (with RGB props) straight into xLights, took long to do and even longer to render (you are pulling in every single pixel effect as opposed to an effect on a prop). My sequences were huge. what I found that worked better was setting up my sequences as AC props only and pulling that in, then I would import the SuperStar file in (xLights will support both formats). xLights would then end up with "native" effects coming in instead of stuff down to the pixel. Smaller sequences and faster rendering. When pulling in a superstar file you do have to tell it what it maps to (LOR pixel tree = xLights pixel tree). There are folks on here that have done this and I will try to be at the mini if you have any questions. Yes, I did all of that. First item was taking my S4 Channel configuration and delete everything except the two props I wanted to use. The Network setup was simple. One prop (Univ. 1) for dumb RGB strings. The next 4 Universes (2-5) where the 4 Circles. I know this is not the best use of Universes, just needed to make it work fast. and had my parts on order to build this quickly. Did test the old files in S4 and looked fine, but don't hold me to that, 3 years has past since my last display and the S/W has greatly changed. I think it has something to do with Superstar setup as it ties the 4 Circles with a known configuration in S4, but this has me confused how this works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Dennis Cherry said: Yes, I did all of that. First item was taking my S4 Channel configuration and delete everything except the two props I wanted to use. The Network setup was simple. One prop (Univ. 1) for dumb RGB strings. The next 4 Universes (2-5) where the 4 Circles. I know this is not the best use of Universes, just needed to make it work fast. and had my parts on order to build this quickly. Did test the old files in S4 and looked fine, but don't hold me to that, 3 years has past since my last display and the S/W has greatly changed. I think it has something to do with Superstar setup as it ties the 4 Circles with a known configuration in S4, but this has me confused how this works. Do you have the circle .Lee file? If you have that in your samples folder you can open in SS and see how the circles come together. One key to the circles is to ensure the all start and stop in the correct position while setting up. The start and end points should be at the 3 and 9 positions or close as possible. (hope that makes sense) Don can really help you out with the DMX part since I am all LOR JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Cherry Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) I want to thanks everyone for all the input. DMX I understand, been using it since 2009. One of the first to tout the benefits of DMX over other protocols. First DMX was the IDMX-1000. After writing the last post here, it started me thinking again and really started looking at the problem a different way. The S5 Superstar .lee file was fine, had 2 .lee files and they had the same information. Checked a sequence to make sure what the effects are correct. Started S5 and checked the setup for the circles. As I was the first person to make the circles (For Brian) I knew the proper configuration needed for the sequences. Checked and it was right. opened the sequence and it looked fine. I do have an issue with displaying the 4 circles horizontally correctly in S5, it goes uphill slightly as the rotate does not give me an option to make small increments. Yes, my setup was correct. Started Xlights and checked that the circle configuration was the same as S5 and it was, I used "Bottom Outer CW" and rotated it 90 Deg., imported the sequence and it was wrong. Next decided to change the circle configuration just to see if it made a difference, this time selected "Top Center Outer CW" and left the rotation at 90 Deg. This time the sequence ran correctly, looked at a couple more sequences and they where good also. In XLights I had changed my setup for the circles to Univ. 2 for Circles 1, 2 and 3, and Univ. 3 for Circle 4. Made no difference either way as it should not. So the setup is different between LOR and Xlights, can anyone confirm this also. Edited February 8, 2018 by Dennis Cherry Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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