Lee Long Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hi all, I have a G3-MP3 director and 12 CCR's which were new for this season, i cannot get the aux a network to do its thing. I have set the show using the hardware utility but still nothing. It all works fine on one network (although the ccr's lag on certain sequences) I am sure it must be something i've done or not done in the settings ! I have 6 of the CCR's set to aux A in the sequences and channel config. I must be missing something. Do i need the dongle attached when placing the show on to the sd card? I have used the simple show builder without the dongle attached and written to the sd card but this only supports one network. I put up with the lag but now that it's fresh in my mind i'd like to get it sorted. Many thanks in advance for any ideas, advice Happy new year Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbaker4 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 You may not be able to select the Aux Network using Simple Show Builder. I use the Hardware utility for my shows and have to specify that the new MP3 controller is being used and then tell it to communicate at 500K over the Aux port. Walt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Long Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 I have used the hardware utility and told it that i was using the new G3 and told it to communicate at 500k but still nothing, in fact all that happens is a few lights just hang. Do i need to address the aux a network in the sequence editor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbaker4 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Yes, you need to specify the network for each of the controllers attached to Aux A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Long Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks wbaker4, I have set the controllers (ccr's) to aux a but i havent set an adrees to aux a. My regulare network is set as comm 3. Do you think this might be the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbaker4 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Using the MP3 Controller I only specify "Regular" and Aux A for networks. Not sure where Comm 3 comes into the picture unless you are using the 485 dongle. In that case if you want to run 500K, you need a dongle that handles that speed. LOR sells it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Long Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks a gain, i shall try it all again and see what happens. I'm guessing it is operator error lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOR Staff Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Couple of things: 1 - If I remember correctly, there is a firmware update for the G3MP3 unit that needs to be done.2 - The HWU doesn't care about COM ports when building the SD card. Instead, it takes the REG network and puts it on Net 1, and then the FIRST AUX Network it finds and places it on Net 2. To eliminate confusion, if you are using the G3MP3 director only create 2 networks in your sequences, REG and AUX A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Long Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Thanks DevMike, i have now done the firmware update and only have 2 networks in my sequences but it still not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOR Staff Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Thanks DevMike, i have now done the firmware update and only have 2 networks in my sequences but it still not working Please open a trouble ticket and we'll get you squared away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Long Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 Ticket opened many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Long Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 All working now I updated the firmware on everything and it now works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightzilla Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 All working now I updated the firmware on everything and it now worksThat was what I had to do as well back in November. I just remember reading the word "Firmware" & I thought ...."humm maybe if I update the (Firmware) on the ccr's & Gen3/MP3 then it will work" & after I did that everything work great. I was frustrated for a good couple of weeks & all it was was a simple update firmware. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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