Issues on an Azure

[Bob Healey]

I've been having lots of issues with an Azure lately. Double checking in the manual, it doesn't say I can't do anything I'm trying to do, but none of this is working.

1.) In operate mode, I am unable to change playback pages. I need to switch to program mode to do so. The playback page I attempt to switch to will have a red square around its name.

2.) If a dimmer only chase is running, I can't seem to use either wheel to tweak a fixture by hand. I select the fixtures, attributes, nudge the wheels, and have nothing happen either to the chase, or to the fixtures.

I'm going to assume its operator error in both these cases, and would like to learn how to do it right.

3.) Does the board not like enviornments with high SPL? When sound system breaks 100dB I tend to start experiencing display corruption, and eventually loss of video output. A power cycle most times fixes things.

[Vincent]

1.) In operate mode, I am unable to change playback pages. I need to switch to program mode to do so. The playback page I attempt to switch to will have a red square around its name.

That is because you have your fader and button pages separate. You can change the fader page by holding the SHIFT-button (located next to the right encoder) and pressing the required page. If you don't want that setting, you can disable it, and the page changes will be combined.

In order to do that, go in Program Mode, Push the button "User Settings" and change the last option to "Fader pages combined"

2.) If a dimmer only chase is running, I can't seem to use either wheel to tweak a fixture by hand. I select the fixtures, attributes, nudge the wheels, and have nothing happen either to the chase, or to the fixtures.

Check whether you are not programming blind. IIRC the Blind button is located below the Dimmer/Fixture/Group buttons.

We haven't had any problems concerning too loud music. Cold and moist, oh yes, those are really bad. You could remove the graphics card inside the console and clean the connectors.

[Bob Healey]

Thanks, didn't know about the page change settings.

I was in live mode because I wanted to use a roboscan as a temporary followspot on a performer. Had to disable Sound to Light and switch to a static set of memories before i got control.

100-105dB the console just goes crazy on me, most of the time it remains on its last programmed set of outputs, but forget about changing anything.

[niclights]

I'm not familiar with the Azure, but the SPL thing sounds to me like somethings loose. I have never heard of this before, but I'm guessing it is more likely to be vibration than the actual pressure level!

Check everything is seated correctly, including chips.

There is also the possibility that it could be a bad voltage issue - ie. PA draws high current and voltage drops. Of course this would be extreme and definitely should not happen but may be worth measuring.