Titan Mobile dmx wing help

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Whereisshaggy
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Titan Mobile dmx wing help

Postby Whereisshaggy » 29 Jun 2013, 23:19

Ok,
Let me preface by saying my Titan Mobile is the bees knees and I really love it. I imagine V7 will be even stronger and I love how this little machine is so much more powerful then my old pearl.
So, I have a Titan Mobile and have been using it exclusively for all my shows. As has been stated a wing is a much desired item and there are a few options for us. I am trying to keep my travel footprint tiny with this desk and fit the whole FOH in a pelican 1510. That said the wing that I have found is the leperchaun sidekick 10. It's pretty handy, 10 faders, 34 buttons, and a tiny footprint. I have it running via dmx trigger from the 4th dmx line of the mobile and it is a mostly useful solution to my "wing" problem. It fits in the desired case and satisfies my button/fader needs. Awesome right? Not so much, and here's why.
So this particular wing comes with custom settings for consoles.
I.E. GrandMA DMX or MIDI wing , Whole Hog DMX or MIDI wing, Universal DMX wing, Avolites Pearl, Martin Light Jockey, etc.
I have tried mapping to almost all of the settings in the internal cache of the sidekick with no results, and finally found that the GrandMA DMX 1 not only works, but gives me control over each individual button/fader on the desk with nominal error. Nominal being the key. I have what I refer to as a "Hiccup" every so often.
I.E. all lights are static, in an intimate look then BANG, outta nowhere they all jump, like starting a circle pattern. And as fast as it starts, it stops. But the damage is already done. Not so awesome.
Is there a way that I can diagnose what info the wing is sending? See if I can isolate what ever the culprit is myself? Or is this some thing that can be investigated there in London?
When I unplug dmx and or don't use the wing everything plays just fine. So I know that it is something being sent from the sidekick.
Any input is greatly appreciated.
On a side note,
I haven't tried the MIDI output, the Mobile and the Sidekick both have it. Maybe I'll try that this week.
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Re: Titan Mobile dmx wing help

Postby Nathan-Joosten » 01 Jul 2013, 15:58

Here the same problem with a Showtec Showmaster 24.
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Re: Titan Mobile dmx wing help

Postby niclights » 01 Jul 2013, 18:01

You can monitor DMX from Usb Expert (select panel then DMX tab).

Don't know if it will give you the same information as a stand-alone tester or not or what you can do to solve. I guess it depends on what DMX settings are available on the sending device. All I can suggest is try slowing the timing and/or enabling extra stop bit if possible.
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Re: Titan Mobile dmx wing help

Postby hormigaluces » 03 Jul 2013, 03:39

mi experiencia me ha dejado que en las wing adicionales, no se puede hacer un trigger mientras el fader sea submasters, en ese caso asignar un trigger a algun canal de dimer y despues grabar un cue o memoria utilizando el wing.

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