Show Buddy & DMXIS Forums

Its not a DMXIS problem and actually for all practical purposes fixture profiles don't actually change anything in DMXIS. Its primarily a labeling system so you can identify what fader controls what parameter. If you didn't assign a profile DMXIS would still output the same data on each DMX channel,...

Unfortunately the fixture files do not allow you to actually limit the max out, only to define ranges of control. I know it seems like this should work, but DMXIS does not limit the output of the fader - full on will still always output 255, as there is no coding in DMXIS to actually limit the outpu...

I'm pretty sure there isn't any external control via python or any other method that would allow you to change midi channels.

DMXIS would have to be reprogrammed to do this.

Set the dmx address on the strobe to 1, plug it in and run up the 1st four faders in DMXIS.

You don't have to assign a profile to the faders. DMXIS will still output DMX data without a profile assigned.

If nothing happens, you likely have a defective light.

I got the system connected to the internet and was able to unlock, but would still be good to have the manual unlock option.

The Manual unlock screen shows https://sblive.dmxis.com/unlock, but this URL does not work.

Page shows server not found.

are you saying you've selected Universe 2 in the "Universes" setup dialog for the DMXIS box, but that U1 channels are driving outputs through the interface? what else do you have connected to the system? If your only using a single DMXIS hardware interface, than you can only access a singl...

I've got a Chauvet Vesuvio II Fogger with 2 Light Zones (RGBAUV) I've created a fixture profile that correctly splits the light into two elements in the visualizer but the first Amber channel lights up on both fixtures and the 2nd amber channel doesn't do anything. I swapped out a W for the UV so I ...

If you need a way to do backing tracks than Show Buddy is a good alternative.

Otherwise I don't really have any recommendations as I don't use the VST version of DMXIS.

Hi,

yes your post is visible. I don't use DMXIS as a VST so can't help. Guessing there may not be a lot of Cubase users here using the VST version either.

Wish I could provide more info, but figured I'd reply just so you know there are other people active on the forum.

Thanks for the follow up and good to hear you got it working.

Cheers.

File "C:\Program Files (x86)/ENTTEC/DMXIS/Macros//A_Dims/66Percents.py", line 1, in <module>

I'm not a Python programmer, but if that traceback line is copy/pasted, than there is a path error at the //

you can't have an undefined folder path

I've got the latest version of Show Buddy Active running on my system with 4 different fixture types. I'm having a problem with three of the fixture types Chauvet Freedom Par Quad Chauvet Colorado Solo Chauvet Slimbank18 USB When I double click the Dimmer/color channel for any of these fixtures SBA ...

I'm not 100% on this, but I believe the battery is only to provide power to the LED and doesn't have anything to do with the actual switch functions.

Wasn't there a larger DMX option like 11 or 13 channels. That might give you access to the Dimmer channel by itself, although at the expense of eating up DMX channels. It always amazes me some of the design choices manufacturers make, clearly a dimmer channel shouldn't have anything else attached to...

Ok, I spent some time playing with this and unless Dave chimes in with different information, it doesn't seem possible to constrain a channel to a max DMX value or specific range of DMX values. (so your not crazy) There isn't a mechanism in the fixture definition file to scale or define a limited ra...

What light fixture are you working with?

What are the DMX assignments for the 9ch config.

Actually it looks like it was somebody else that replied, but its pretty much the same question you asked. https://forums.dmxis.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3053 Looking at the fixture editor when you select a channel you'll see a section at the bottom of the screen called channel ranges. just create...

There is a way in the fixture editor to specify a max range. I haven't done this myself, but Dave definitely discussed this in another post.

Not sure its possible but imagine Dave will chime in here at some point.

The challenge your facing is the ADJ UniPak II is not a Light its a single channel DMX dimmer/switch pack. You could have anything plugged into it.

Thanks, Show Buddy music playback stuttered again tonight, but I noticed the Hard Drive was being accessed at the time And I'm watching the visualiser only, no lights plugged in at all, if that makes a difference But I did have WIFI on, usually I turn everything I can off and just run Show Buddy Da...

take a look at the task manager while you run your shows as see what your cpu load is. My guess is you won't see a significant load on the system, but it should give you a baseline to work from. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-identify-and-terminate-high-resource-processes-using-task-manager-wind...

If your system is glitching and crashing then your just as likely to have the same issue with two computers made even more complex by now having to deal with the added complexity of the network. You really need to figure out why your current system is behaving badly and fix that. There may very well...

Dave, I watched this video on Youtube and had a thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws4dtEQtXqw Is it possible to run Showbuddy on one computer and Showbuddy active on another? Showbuddy controlling the lyric screen and music playback on one computer and the other running Showbuddy Active for t...

There's been lots of activity on the boards and Dave's last post was today.

Thank you for your reply. Like I said I am totally new at this and have been just following tutorial videos where they do automation. Anyway is there a way to create some automated parts and combine them using banks presets? depends entirely on what your trying to accomplish. I'd suggest starting w...

Not to sound snarky, but your having an issue with Ableton and asking how to fix that issue in a forum for a completely different product. Yes, DMXIS can be controlled/automated from an external source, but the recommended option is to use the banks/presets which you've chosen not to do. If you real...

Hi. I am in process of doing some research into replacing some of my dmx lights to wireless fixtures. I am looking at adding the Chauvet Freedom Sticks into my current setup. Although the Freedom Sticks are dmx, they are only wireless dmx. My other lights however are not wireless. What is best way ...

I've spent the last 24hrs digging into the Artnet offerings. Looks like I will definitely go that route. I already have a high-power 5ghz access point connected in my rack so it will just be a question of finding the appropriate interfaces to get me from point A to B. There are a number of WiFi rang...

Hi Dave, Is there a specific restriction on what DMX interfaces will work with show buddy active. Does it have to be an enttec interface? I'm in the process of reworking my show rack and due to space constraints and wanting to improve the wireless capability of my system I'm going to change out the ...