heystew Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 try turning off the "control visualizer" to see if performance improves.Another reason that the Control Lights will automatically de-activate itself is if there is a USB adapter configured in the Network Preferences, that is not connected to the computer. After hitting play you can re-activate the control lights option, though DevMike indicates that driving a USB adapter that is not connected will likely cause performance issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) The control lights will turn off if you A) do not have the USB485 connected upon startup of LOR software or do not have comm listener running.i do have a usb 485 hooked up and control panel is runningAs above, you must have the control panel running, and the LOR com listener program must be running, in order to use DMX from the sequence editor. Let us know if you are trying to run this in some other way like show on demand.the show is being run by clicking on play in the sequence editor. when e131 is not setup all lor controllers work fineHow much PC is this running on? Does it behave differently if you turn off more of the LOR display update features?its a dual core 3.6 8gb rams on w7try turning off the "control visualizer" to see if performance improves.Another reason that the Control Lights will automatically de-activate itself is if there is a USB adapter configured in the Network Preferences, that is not connected to the computer. After hitting play you can re-activate the control lights option, though DevMike indicates that driving a USB adapter that is not connected will likely cause performance issues.the results are same with or without visualizer if e131 is configured ..... editor is sluggish and b'no lights work when the e131 is enabled i cannot connect to the lor controllersits like something is disabling the usb485 when i turn on the e131 Edited July 29, 2012 by Crazydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 PC performance would appear not to be the issue..How is the E1.31 configured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 PC performance would appear not to be the issue..How is the E1.31 configured?Multicast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Have you stopped all LOR processes after changing the configuration, and started them fresh? Have you checked that your channel layout is not calling for a DMX universe that is not configured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) I did try shutting down all lor programs and restartingI have 2 universes in the sequence I set two universes in lor network Edited July 29, 2012 by Crazydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 please post your network setup page, Im curious if you have a conflict somewhere in this setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 You might try the LOR verifier, and see if it provides any insight. To use the verifier, put this sequence in a show, and that show in the schedule, Then launch the LOR verifier. It can check for a range of configuration conflicts.The other thing to check is that you don't have any universes pointing at plug in adapter that is not present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 I'm trying to post images, but I cant seem to see how to upload them. here we go I had click on more reply options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 (edited) Also if I try to open the hardware utility I get the following erro:"the serial port (Comm4) assigned to LOR is in use.Using the LOR control panel, make sure that show are disabledwhile you run the Hardware Utility"(edit)When I disabled the shows.. the error went away... and the hardware utility opened up fine. and I am then able to control the LOR controllers. Edited July 30, 2012 by Crazydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Glad you found it, That is what I was about to suggest when you indicated the com4 error. That shows needed to be disabled, so that the com port was available for the sequence editor to drive. With DMX, you need the control panel, and com listener up, but shows need to be disabled so that the sequence editor can make use of the LOR USB adapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 (edited) Awesome working now thanks Edited July 30, 2012 by Crazydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 just in case I forget what the hell I did:(maybe someone can confirm this for me)1.) Engage Control Panel to start the com listener2.) If a "SHOW" is enabled (ie: the light bulb in the system tray is blue) you CANNOT use the sequence editor to run a sequence.If you want to run a sequence you must disable the "SHOW" and then you can open and run a sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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