What... The... Frig??? Shimmer Ramps.
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Topic: What... The... Frig??? Shimmer Ramps.
Posted By: Pony_God
Subject: What... The... Frig??? Shimmer Ramps.
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 7:53pm
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Okay, I set some ramping shimers, then save, then close, then open the same file ans they are no onger shimers, they are now normal ramps!!!??? WEIRD!
I've done this at least a dozen times.
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Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 8:20pm
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Yup... In this instance a 100%-0% shimmer ramp adjoining a 100% shimmer causes the 100% shimmer to change to solid 100%.  Haven't dumped it to lights to see if its just a graphic error, though.Seeing the same thing happen in 1.0.4x and 1.0.6x. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 8:38pm
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weird!
The channels were acting funny, I'll check to see if it's graphical or actual next time though. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 9:03pm
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Well, my shimmers are a bit short to tell so it's not a problem. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 10:20pm
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Need to make sure... the channel is set to a device type that supports ramping shimmer, correct? Is this with LOR or D-Light hardware? ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 10:28pm
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Oh, yea, sure.
We're all D-Light hardware around here. That controller has 1.16 F/W on it.
RS485 adapter V3.
Aurora 1.0.69
All new for this season.
It's just that when it's just doing tons of shimmer-ramps for over a minute, it's hard to follow where the UI shows the non-shimmer-ramp, and watch that closely. Since it's hard for me to se, I know that no one will see the difference if there is any. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2009 at 8:46am
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I'm just checking, because there are two device type options in channel properties. The first (e.g. ACx16) doesn't render shimmer ramps. The second (e.g. ACx16 v1.13+) does render the ramps. If you have the wrong version of hardware selected in channel properties, then the behavior you mention is normal. Here's why:
Under those circumstances, when the sequence is "compiled", all shimmer ramps will be susbstituted with something that the specified hardware will support (D-Light firmware prior to 1.13 did not support shimmer ramps). Compiling is a step in either saving the file, or previewing it via send to lights. The uncompiled data is not saved to the file. When you re-open the file, it is decompiled to editable form, including any substitutions that were done.
If you have the proper device type specified, then it is possible you have a bad install (your version of the AuroraData component could be one that predates shimmer ramp functionality even though your main program supports it) ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2009 at 11:14am
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Do these shimmer ramps have a duration less than 0.17 seconds? ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2009 at 1:02pm
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almost .3
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