No twinkle on certain channel
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Topic: No twinkle on certain channel
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Subject: No twinkle on certain channel
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2008 at 5:04pm
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one of my channels will not twinkle when it goes through playback. Full on, full fade, all work Timing 32.5- 38 seconds is the section on the time bar. The channel is the last on the list RIGHT WINDOW. The left window plays back fine. Sequence file: http://www.lightsonsixth.com/sequences/houseonchristmasstreet.dls - http://www.lightsonsixth.com/sequences/houseonchristmasstreet.dls ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
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Posted By: bmpaul
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2008 at 6:32pm
| I am having the same problem with two of my channels. I have gone back through and changed them both to shimmer so at least they are doing something. I save the file and the next time I open it up it is back to twinkle and not working again. I haven't hooked up any controllers so I hope this is just a problem in the visualizer and not the actual display. |
Posted By: bdkeen
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 6:39am
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I believe most all my sequences where I use Twinkle or Shimmer look like they are in the visulizer. I hooked up 4 controllers and a bunchy of lights yesterday to test some display elements in my sequences. I don't use shimmer and twinkle much but where I do they all seemed to work fine. Tested my 33 sequences yesterday, other than bit of a rope light meltdown (don't run 150ft spool of incandescant on the spool - something really stupid I did, but was good excuse for me to be switching to led rope ), but all worked well Twinkles twinkled, Shimmers shimmered, ramps, both very long and very short, ramped. ------------- 
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 9:10am
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Create a new sequence, create one channel ..ACx16.....device 4.....channel 16 .....draw some lights on that channel Throw in some event markers....and put TWINKLE on that channel. Nothing shows up on playback when I run it. ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: bdkeen
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 9:24am
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OK - Yup - nothing shows in the visulizer.. Haven't tried it on the controller itself eith thrugh playback (light bulb) or the scheduler but I think I see the same thing you do. Be nice to see it in the visulizer. Don't think I have anything on 4-16 that uses shimmer or twinkle so I wouldn't have noticed it whenI was testing. -------------
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 9:30am
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I think shimmer works, just not twinkle.....I'd have to check though.
------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: tonyjmartin
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 9:35am
Have you tried fiddling with the fps (frames per second) in the sequencer? This may or may not help. I suspect that the reason could also be that the twinkle rate is dependent upon each D-Light controller's individual hardware settings (Remember...D-Light firmware allows you to customize the twinkle/shimmer rates, LOR does not...or at least it didn't the last time I checked.) Aurora sends a twinkle command, and the controller just does what it has been set to do in the hardware utility. I suppose that there could be a default twinkle rate installed in the visualizer so you would have something to look at, but this wouldn't give you a true representation of what the controllers would be doing. For this very reason, I've never really relied upon the visualizer for anything more than checking overall appearance of the display and timing. Because I was short on sequencing time last holiday season, I oped for some really long twinkle commands, and I set about half of my controllers to various twinkle rates with the hardware utility. Not synchronized, but blinky-flashy nonetheless. ------------- Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 9:43am
My example is strictly related to the Aurora visualizer.....I have not tried it with a controller hooked up yet. Take my example, If you create channel 4-15 and 4-16......channel 15 twinkles in playback....16 does nothing. I played with FPS and it doesn't change the issue. ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: tonyjmartin
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 10:07am
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Now I think I understand. I just went into a couple of my sequences, inserted some twinkle and/or shimmer commands on various channels, and channel 16 never responds to a twinkle command in the visualizer, no matter what controller#/network#/device type is selected. BTW--I'm still using v1.0 Brandon--which of your two channels are not responding to twinkle commands in the visualizer? ------------- Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Posted By: bmpaul
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 3:00pm
| Both of my problem channels are channel 16 on my controller #3 and #4. If I change the parts on my channel 16's to shimmer (which does work) and save it, the next time I open that sequence it is changed back to twinkle and not working. |
Posted By: bdkeen
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2008 at 3:42pm
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Looks like this migh be just a visualizer issue. As I recall I do have some twinkles on 4-16 (since this is one of the channels that displas the fault) in some of my sequences and I recall the lights doing what they were told (twinkle) when testing via the scheduler. There's enough going on in the sequence that I never noticed just the 1 mini tree not twinkling in the visulizer. But if you're changing to shimmer, saving, then it's back to twinkle when you re-open sort of might point at another problem too. I haven't tried that. -------------
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2008 at 12:40pm
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Thanks... I've added this one to the list of things that need fixing. Just to make sure I have this correct:
1. Only channel 16 of any device is affected
2. The effect doesn't render in the visualizer
3. The effect does render on the real lights ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: tonyjmartin
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2008 at 3:56pm
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I can answer "Yes" to 1 and 2, but not 3. I should have my controllers out of storage in a couple days.
------------- Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2008 at 11:40pm
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Its strictly a Visualizer Issue......hooked up a controller tonight and its does twinkle the lights. They just don't show up in the Visualizer
------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2008 at 9:27am
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Ok... we should be able to fix this fairly easily. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: tonyjmartin
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2008 at 9:28am
Thanks Michael! 
------------- Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |