make my own personality file problem with shapegenerator

[jensvankoolwijk]

hello

i have a question. i made a personality file for the showtech moving blinder 4.Everything works fine. but the shape generator doesn't work. for example a pan saw, i can select it but nothing happens. so where lies the problem the r20 file or in the sg.dat

i'am ussing a pearl 2004.

please help

jens

[niclights]

Do shapes work for other fixtures? If yes, then is not sg.dat

If it's not shapefile, can you control pan movement normally from pan attribute?

[jensvankoolwijk]

Yes shapes works for other fictures. pan movement works normal from pan attribute. i want to now if there is something that i have to include in the r20 file so that shapes will work. is there a area in the personality file that makes shapes work? i don't now how the sg.dat works. maybe you coud explane it to me.


regards jens

[niclights]

The only part that influences in SG.DAT is that a pattern is associated with a attribute. So, as long as Pan = Pan attribute then Pan shapes will work.

The only thing I can think of in the personality file is moving mirror/head definition. Make sure you have type set to 1 or 2 and that you have max pan & tilt values.

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;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Mirror/Head resolution
MIRROR  1   xxx  xxx
;       |    |    |
;       |    |    |_______ maximum tilt movement (in degrees)
;       |    |____________ maximum pan movement (in degrees)
;       |_________________ 1 means moving mirror, 2 means moving head
;
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Dave]

Just a quick question, but have you set the channels attribute correctly in the DMX table?
e.g:

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3   61   L   25  100  1N  E  1 "Pan"   128  0  0
3   1    L   26  100  1N  F  1 "Tilt"  128  0  0

(The E and F are the Pan and Tilt attributes)

Also, make sure that the pan and tilt channels are in that order, and that you only use each attribute once.

One last question. What is this fixture called? As far as I can tell, Showtec doesn't make any blinders which can use Pan and Tilt.