Totally new. Need help. Things just arent' working

[Graham]

Hi everyone.

Okay so I've got TitanOne USB dongle and 2 x AIR6PIX from prolights. The Air6Pix have 23 channels each.

I've never used DMX before.

I'm really struggling to get the lights to do anything good.

I've read the 2 training documents online from Avolites. Both have massive gaps and completely miss sections out. Is this on purpose?

I've also read through a lot of the HELP built into TitanOne.
I can do some basic things. I can add my fixtures to TitanOne and 'Lamp on'. I can make them move using the on-screen wheels. I can save these positions in the 'Positions' pallet. I can 'create a shape' and save it to an on-screen fader.
The only way I can get colour from it is by selecting 'C' from the letters in the bottom right corner and moving the wheels. This doesn;t feel right. I can save these colours to the Colour Pallet.
When I follow the instructions to made COlours from the 'Colours and effect' softkey on the right I have no idea where to 'Record' the colour. Also, when using the shapes and effect generator, the colour does not show on my fixtures. The only way to get the lights to come on is using the on-screen wheels on the bottom right.
I've also tried the Pixel Mapping generator, I put a square red box which moved form side to side and pressed the 'eye' button to see the output but I still don't get any light out of it.

I feel like i'm fighting a bit with the interface because I understand that this is meant to be for an actual console, not a laptop.

I've tried opening the Demo show which comes with TitanONe and added my fixtures but when I seelct them from the Groups pallet, all the other options are disabled, (colour, position).

I've been going at this 3 days straight and I'm boiling over. I'm supposed to be doing then lights at a club on Sunday and I'm getting anxious.

The battens (AIR6PIX) can pan and tilt indefinatrely, they have 6 x 40 watt LEDs which are pixel mappable.

Can anyone tell me why the lights don't come on when I play with the effects and pixel mapper?

Are there any more tutorials out there I can use?
Thanks a lot.

Graham

[Olie]

Can anyone tell me why the lights don't come on when I play with the effects and pixel mapper?

There is a locate button in the bottom left that looks like a light bulb. Press this.

Are there any more tutorials out there I can use?

It sounds like it would be best if you came on one of our training courses. Either come to London or contact us for road show dates/locations.

[Graham]

Hi Olie
Thanks for replying.

I'm in India so training options are limited.

I've pressed the LOCATE button and I can see the lights come on. There's no problem there.

Say I wanted to make them strobe...how do I do that?

ALso say I waned to spin them indefinately....how can I do that? They can pan and tile forever.

I followed the pixel mapping instructions but I got no output at all. I'm worried there's something wrong with my lights.
I can move the lights no problem. Maybe I'm expecting more from this software. I can set positions and save them in the pallet.
I can sort of use the colour wheels and save colours, but it seems rather clumsy. The wheels go through the options red, then 1 to 100, then blue, then 1 -100 etc. BUt the lights stay always on red. Something is not right.

COuld you help me with the strobe and pixel mapping? ALso how to set a colour properly and save it as a colour.

How can I set the system up so when I use the virtual faders for pan and tile, I can move a fader and it will spin slowly and then faster, and then tilt slowly and thn fast?

Thanks and very sorry

Graham

[Graham]

So as you can see I've made some colour pallets, but when I click on them, I get no output from the light.
Please could you tell me how to get them to work?



Also I'd love to know how to spin the light constantly on pan and tilt.

Also when makeing a key frame thing from Shapes And Effects, how to I save it to a pallet?

I think the pixel mapper might be related to why the colours in my pallets don't work. So if I could get this going.

Also I'm supposed to be working tomorrow, I'm in India but if you would allow me to call you by phone I'd REALLY appreciate it.

Please help as soon as you can.
I can see this software is pretty cool and nifty. I just have to get over these initial hurdles.

Thanks.
Graham