You do indeed loose the cache as it was in earlier versions when upgrading to 2008. However as Ollie says to be able to upgrade to 2008 you need to have USB hardware installed and this has an internal USB stick which contains the entire fixture library on it so you haven't lost out!

Your english is fine, far better than a lot of the younger generation in the UK! To answer your questions: 1. No this is not possible, this would require some sort of cue stack function which the Pearl 2008 doesn't have. 2. The connect button is used for 'connecting' to a running chase so you can al...

The only difference between the two is the USB ports, the software is unchanged bar that and I would guess a few bug fixes.

I'm guessing you've already checked the DMX addresses of the units?

Ah, I should of probably added that on most occasions it does remove the shape even though I've included. This happens on all of our Pearls not just one, is it just me?

Ok, this may just be me being a muppet so excuse me if it is. When I want to edit a playback with a shape in it, I always use include to recall all parameters from the playback into the programmer, then make changes (usually not related to shape). Then when I press Memory and then Merge Memory it wa...

Simple, you patch the scroller first to a handle using the Scroller_D personality, and then patch the dimmer channel for the fixture on the same handle.