http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Aurora Support Forum : Last 10 Posts Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:11:08 +0000 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:01:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.06 30 www.aurorashow.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/../Images/aurora_forum.png http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/ http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529146&PID=694501#694501 Author: eddie1160
Subject: Convert Aurora show sequences to ?
Posted: 31 Oct 2019 at 3:01pm

nothing sorry
]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:01:34 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529146&PID=694501#694501 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529130&PID=694500#694500 Author: eddie1160
Subject: Bug Fix Priority
Posted: 31 Oct 2019 at 1:15pm

can anyone help me with error code 53 file not found]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:15:30 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529130&PID=694500#694500 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529148&PID=694499#694499 Author: eddie1160
Subject: error code 53 file not found
Posted: 30 Oct 2019 at 7:03am

!0 views and no one can help? Im desperate for that fix.
]]> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:03:22 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529148&PID=694499#694499 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529148&PID=694498#694498 Author: eddie1160
Subject: error code 53 file not found
Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 7:32am

Help I really need an answer to this. I pray someone is still out there please help! error code 53 file not found......Ok if no does anyone have a working 2.0 version. I HAVE THE PASSWORD. ANY HELP WILL WORK!

Edited by eddie1160 - 29 Oct 2019 at 4:34pm]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2019 07:32:35 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529148&PID=694498#694498 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1031&PID=694497#694497 Author: sactoman
Subject: Aurora to LOR Converter
Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 1:16pm

I just wanted to say thank you for Aurorashow. I use it to program 48 channels of my original (3) A/C-16 light controllers and have been since D-light quit the software end and you came into the picture. I'm using Matt's converter to convert it to LOR and then Import my pixels from superstar and pix editor. Playing with X-lights too.

   Aurora is easily my choice for programming the base of all my shows. I'm not sure but I think part of the conversion requires Matt to have the converter running on his end even though I downloaded it. Hope to see it up and running for a while.

Even though 48 channels seems small. It's a lot of real estate of my show 7098 channels now.   
            Thanks guy
           Merry Christmas]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:16:18 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1031&PID=694497#694497 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529147&PID=694496#694496 Author: bbeismann
Subject: LED lights
Posted: 29 Nov 2017 at 4:29pm

This year I decided to go with LED lights. The problem I am finding is that the do not function as well as incandescent bulbs. Are there setting I can change to make the LED lights function correctly? Thanks]]> Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:29:03 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529147&PID=694496#694496 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529130&PID=694494#694494 Author: BigDPS
Subject: Bug Fix Priority
Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 5:34pm

You need PIC programmer to convert the DLIGHT chips to DMX if they were not locked properly. If not, they need to be e-erased then reprogrammed. You'll need Deweycooter program to assign the DMX channel to the right numbering.




EDIT: This might or might not be of use for you....http://www.d-light.us/index.php/home


Edited by BigDPS - 21 Oct 2016 at 6:09pm]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:34:55 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529130&PID=694494#694494 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529130&PID=694493#694493 Author: searayovernighter
Subject: Bug Fix Priority
Posted: 16 Oct 2016 at 4:26pm

I'm trying to convert my Dlight controllers to DMX.  It seems that the Dlight forum went away.  Does anyone have the info on how to convert or map new chips for the Dlight controllers?
]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2016 16:26:11 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529130&PID=694493#694493 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1031&PID=694492#694492 Author: LightsOnLogan
Subject: Aurora to LOR Converter
Posted: 29 Sep 2016 at 4:41pm

The DLS2 file can not be easily read with notepad, but should a programmer wish to take on the task of writing a converter, here are the data structures for getting at the Channel and Events Data:

Private Type FileHeader_Struct
    RESERVEDA                      As Double
    RESERVEDB                      As Double
    VERSION                         As Double
    EDITCOUNT_VALUE                 As Long
    WIDTH_VALUE                     As Long
    HEIGHT_VALUE                    As Long
    TOP_VALUE                      As Long
    LENGTH_VALUE                    As Long
    IMAGEBRIGHTNESS_VALUE           As Long
    NAME_OFFSET                     As Long
    NAME_LEN                        As Long
    TITLE_OFFSET                    As Long
    TITLE_LEN                      As Long
    AUTHOR_OFFSET                   As Long
    AUTHOR_LEN                      As Long
    AVFILE_OFFSET                   As Long
    AVFILE_LEN                      As Long
    ALTERNATEMEDIAFILE_OFFSET       As Long
    ALTERNATEMEDIAFILE_LEN          As Long
    PICTURE_OFFSET                  As Long
    PICTURE_LEN                     As Long
    CHANNELS_OFFSET                 As Long
    CHANNELS_LEN                    As Long
    DRAWOBJECTS_OFFSET              As Long
    DRAWOBJECTS_LEN                 As Long
    EVENTS_OFFSET                   As Long
    EVENTS_LEN                      As Long
    TIMELINE_OFFSET                 As Long
    TIMELINE_LEN                    As Long
    TOOL_OFFSET                     As Long
    TOOL_LEN                        As Long
    HISTORY_OFFSET                  As Long
    HISTORY_LEN                     As Long
End Type

Channels Offset/Len will begin with a header in this format:

Private Const F_DATA_OFFSET = 0
Private Const F_DATA_LEN = 4
Private Const F_INDEX_OFFSET = 8
Private Const F_INDEX_LEN = 12

Each row of data at the above data offset is:
NETWORK, width 4, dataLong
DEVICE, width 4, dataLong (depreciated)
CHANNEL, width 4, dataLong
NAME, width 200, dataUnicodeString
DEVICETYPE, width 4, dataLong
COLOR, width 4, dataLong
followed by 255 bytes of settings and channel state data (e.g. RGB subchannels, conversion flags, etc.)


Event data at the appropriate offset is in this format:

Private Const F_SIGNATURE = 0
Private Const F_DATA_OFFSET = 4
Private Const F_DATA_LEN = 8
Private Const F_NDCS_OFFSET = 12
Private Const F_NDCS_LEN = 16
Private Const F_SNDC_OFFSET = 20
Private Const F_SNDC_LEN = 24
Private Const F_AVAILABLEROWS_OFFSET = 28
Private Const F_AVAILABLEROWS_LEN = 32

NDCS and SNDC are the lookup indexes (sorted Network/Channel/Sample and Sample/Network/Channel respectively) and AVAILABLEROWS are row numbers which have been deleted but are not yet reused-- you will want to exclude those row numbers from your data import as they contain useless old data.

The data portion is in this format:
NDCS, 70, dataUnicodeString
NDC, 48, dataUnicodeString
NETWORK, 4, dataLong
DEVICE, 4, dataLong (depreciated)
CHANNEL, 4, dataLong
SAMPLENUMBER, 4, dataLong (position in mS)
COMMAND, 4, dataLong
STARTINTENSITY, 4, dataLong (or RGB color)
ENDINTENSITY, 4, dataLong (or RGB color)
and 12 bytes of misc. settings that I would need to check elsewhere to specify.

I've left out the index specifications since they aren't necessary to read for exporting data. I don't have the time to provide support in getting your code to work with the above information, so if you know how to use this information then great but if you don't then I'm sorry. Also, once you get to the command level you are going to have to reverse engineer a bitmask to figure out how to combine attributes (e.g. Shimmer+Ramp+Random+RGB). I can't disclose any more about that, but it isn't hard to figure out.

Oh, and use this to READ a file ONLY. Do not try to modify and/or write files with this then play them back in Aurora. If you do something wrong (which is likely), the results will not be nice.

This works for DLS2 files only (version 1.999.x Aurora files). DLS1 files too closely resemble information under NDA, so I can't help with those, but for those versions you can just use the AuroraData DLL.


Edited by LightsOnLogan - 29 Sep 2016 at 4:52pm]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:41:20 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1031&PID=694492#694492 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529146&PID=694491#694491 Author: bdkeen
Subject: Convert Aurora show sequences to ?
Posted: 28 Sep 2016 at 7:50am

LSP didn't work for me with the latest versions of Aurora.
I gave up and bit the bullet and sequenced from scratch. In my case I switched to Vixen 3, once over the learning curve have been able to do a sequence in probably less time and it's better suited for my show setup which has far too many pixels to make Aurora in it's current state practical.

Edited by bdkeen - 28 Sep 2016 at 7:54am]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:50:29 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529146&PID=694491#694491