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   I don't see anything in your channel setting that look crazy.
The Virtual Memory and Graphics settings are under the Settings drop down.
Graphics mode is at the bottom of the Playback Configuration menu. Your choices are MSDXM or DirectShow. If you are using XP, you should try both to see if one is better than the other. If you are using Vista, you must leave it on DirectShow. 
Memory has its own menu at the bottom. Three choices. Try each of them to see if your Virtual Memory problem goes away.

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JonB256 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Location: Granbury, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 05 Oct 2008 at 8:32pm
	I don't see anything in your channel setting that look crazy. The Virtual Memory and Graphics settings are under the Settings drop down. Graphics mode is at the bottom of the Playback Configuration menu. Your choices are MSDXM or DirectShow. If you are using XP, you should try both to see if one is better than the other. If you are using Vista, you must leave it on DirectShow. Memory has its own menu at the bottom. Three choices. Try each of them to see if your Virtual Memory problem goes away.
	JonB - D-Light user

polarass07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Quote Reply Posted: 05 Oct 2008 at 8:15pm
	D-Light AC 16 1.13+firmware Device name- 1skulls Network segment- 1 Device Id- 3 Channel- 1 Color- white The rest of the channels 2-16 have the same network and device id, few channels have the same color and the are numbered in order 2-16. For the second controller D-Light AC16 1.13+firmware Device named track#17- track#32. Network segment 1 Device ID- 5 Channels are 1-16 Colors are red,blue,red,blue all the way to track #32 Aurora virtual memory settings? Not sure how to find that. Same thing about the Graphics setting in the preferences. We were just running the sequencer. Tonight i put what lil bit of show i got out to the controller and when the song ended all my lights came on and are steady on. Not sure whats going on there either. So i opened the hardware utility and shut then off that way but somethings not right. Thanks for the info, Les


JonB256 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Location: Granbury, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 05 Oct 2008 at 2:35pm
	Les, could you list the parameters you put into the channels? Not all of them, perhaps, but a few. Things like which controller (LOR Generic, D-Light xxxx, etc...) in the channel properties. Network, Controller ID, Channel, Color. The whole panel. And include your Network settings from the preferences. Oh, yes - and how do you have the Aurora Virtual memory settings configured? and how do you have the Graphics set in preferences? (Direct Show, etc....). These all make a difference.
	JonB - D-Light user

polarass07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 2008 at 9:16pm
	I added the controller on spectrum from the drop down to a christmas song. Then i imported that song to Aurora, next i use that as a template for the song i had almost completed .The visualizer worked before i added the second controller to my halloween song. Both set on Network 1 and the first controller is ID 3 the second is ID 5. The first 16 channels are all named with my light display functions and the second 16 channels are numbered Track# 17-32. I went back and deleted #17-32 and it still wont visualize.


ChrisL1976 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Kankakee, Ill Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 2008 at 6:07pm
	you have to add individual channels in Aurora. You just set 16 channels to the same device ID to make up a controller. Spectrum you pull a AC-16 into the controller area and label it.
	Chris www.lightsonsixth.com

JonB256 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Location: Granbury, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 2008 at 5:44pm
	between this post and the other one, could you describe how you added the new controller? In Aurora? In Spectrum? How in each if you did it in both. As you may guess, you should NOT be having this problem.
	JonB - D-Light user

polarass07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Oct 2008 at 10:32pm
	and i added another 512 ram and no change.

polarass07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Oct 2008 at 10:31pm
	i didnt have any problems until i added the second controller. And i havent programed anything on that controller yet either. I have another song that i havent put the second controller on yet and it still shows the lights working in the visualizer. so something goofy happened when i added those channels.

JonB256 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Location: Granbury, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2008 at 8:59pm
	Virtual memory messages are caused by your computer running low on available RAM. In WinXP, it is very rare to see that if you have 1GB of main memory. If you only have 512MB, it can happen frequently. When Windows runs low on RAM, it frees up memory by writing unused info to the hard drive (virtual memory). Two solutions - add more RAM, 1GB minimum, 2GB is much better. With Vista, I'd say 2GB min, 4GB is better. Second, I always like to adjust the virtual memory to a fixed amount instead of variable. Rule of thumb is that Virtual Memory should be equal or up to twice as large as your installed RAM. It will use a little extra hard drive space but it improves speed and stops Virtual Memory errors. There are lots of online tutorials with pictures about how to adjust Virtual Memory.
	JonB - D-Light user

polarass07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2008 at 8:37pm
	got it! but now i cant watch my show on the visualizer, says i need more virtual memory. What that mean?