CardsFan Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I started my show last night and everything was going well until about 2 hours into the show when random channels were turning on. I ended the show early and looked here for a solution. I reset all of my control boxes and then used the hardware utility to verify all were still connected. I started an 'on demand' show and I was seeing the same results - random channels were turning on. I ended the on demand show and changed out the CAT5 cable from the computer to control box number one. That did not change anything. I then played the same song through the sequence editor and watched the lights do exactly what they were supposed to do. I then deleted the show and created a new show. Even saved it under a new name - same result when I running the on demand show. Anyone else have a situation like this? Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsFan Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 The rain tonight has prevented me from testing. The weather should clear tomorrow. Anyone have a suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 There's definitely something screwy with the Show Player and the only ones who seem to be upset about it are us users. Very disappointing from a company I've come to respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orville Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Glad I'm still using the older, trusty LOR 3.8.2 version I have. Haven't had any show time issues with it ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmeyermn Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Do you have any channels that are "sub sequence" channels, ie channels that point to another sequence and the channel is turned on? I had an issue where the length of the sub sequence didn't match the sequence length. The sequence was about 1/2 a second longer than my sub sequence and when it gets to the end it will start playing the beginning of the sub sequence again... just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Nope - no sub sequences. Just the same old ordinary ones, some of which I've been using for 8 years. Still waiting on a fix from LOR on their software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primvip Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 My show player will randomly freeze up. There is no reason it should be locking and freezing up on me. It's not my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsFan Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Thank you for the responses. They made me start thinking of different things to try. Here is what I tried tonight. I am no longer using compressed sequences. I made two new shows. The first has just the first song only, no background looping for the sign, the second has the entire show with no looping sign. I tried the first new show and everything worked well. I then tried the original show (with the sign) and the strangeness appeared again. Went on to the entire show with no sign and it is still running with the sign light plugged into the house outlet. It has only been 30 minutes, but I am hopeful. The sign was plugged in controller 1 channel 1. Tomorrow I will switch things up and change the sign loop to another open channel on a different controller to see if that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need lights Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I am having issues too, the Chinese looking text appears as well. My lights are not responding as sequenced(possibly unrelated, don't know yet). You did give me an idea though, I have not tried playing them through the sequence editor yet. I wonder if that will make a difference. My show just doesn't seem smooth anymore and lights don't respond the way they are supposed to. I was thinking too much data, but my computer has 4GB and 2.4Ghz processer. Was thinking a bad data wire, but I am running the USB485 and E1.31 and they both are not smooth. One other weird symptom today, my tune to signs(set as a background animation to be on constant) started flashing at certain parts of the first two musical sequences, then never did it again even when those two musical sequences repeated later. The last time I had a perfect show with no Chinese and other issues was December 2013, whatever version I had upgraded to last year the Chinese looking text and other symptoms began. This year I upgraded again and I don't know where to begin, but it drives me crazy watching lights turn on and off that don't make sense in sequences that are fine in sequence editor.Please give me something to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsFan Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 Moving the sign from one controller to another has solved the problem. Appears I have an issue with the first channel on that one controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need lights Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Update on my prior post: My show runs smooth now that I have updated firmware and increased the LOR network speed from 56K to 500K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmienLightFan Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 My show froze today. It displays Chinese text like mentioned by many people almost all the time. I am running the very latest version, I downloaded it a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmilkie Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 My show froze today. It displays Chinese text like mentioned by many people almost all the time. I am running the very latest version, I downloaded it a month ago. there are 2 new versions... http://forums.lightorama.com/index.php?/topic/38816-light-o-rama-version-434-released-as-an-open-beta/http://forums.lightorama.com/index.php?/topic/38809-light-o-rama-version-4212-released/i believe one's a beta, one's not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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