Thelightsguy
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Hey all,
Got quite an interesting system here,
I know this post is long but its got some context for the issue at hand,
So my former middle school just did a whole upgrade from ancient Strand Century to all new ETC stuff, Echo Relay Panels, Paradigm, Colorsource Vs, Pars, etc
The theatre director who knows absolutely nothing about lighting asked me to come in and focus things, I'm like great I can do that. So I showed up today turned the console on and there was no show file whatsoever, I lost my marbles.
The company that came in and did the installation did not make a show file, and didn't provide a list of what fixtures are addressed where or any docs whatsoever. So instead of focusing, I spent 2 hours gathering addresses of fixtures and patching them in. Every single fixture had an address so it baffles me that a show file was not created, especially for a fresh clean install.
Now here's the curve ball:
60 Fixtures + 42 house light channels - over 11 universes
This system could have literally been condensed down to 3 universes at most but haha no. Every separate hang position has its own universe for some reason, for example in the ceiling is the front of house lights there are two sides, one side is Uni 1 and the other is Uni 2. It could all be on Universe 1 but for some reason, it's not.
What also doesn't make sense to me is, that there is a nomad puck, right next to the console. One display is for the console and one is for the puck. Seems like a waste of money, the puck+console is a lil overkill. I also dug around in some boxes and found a brand new freshly sealed gadget and nomad key! I don't know why they needed all of this! The console is more than perfect.
Okay so anyway here is my issue,
The house lights are on Universe 10 with like 4 channels on Uni 11, I went to the Paradigm to get the channels since we didn't have a list of what did what. I patched like 2 channels into the board and got nothing out of it. I can get stuff to turn on from the touchscreens on the wall but can't get control via the board. Not exactly sure why, I would assume the console would talk to everything because the Paradigm talks to everything, (There is one preset that turns every stage and house light on to full). Is there something I can check in the Paradigm or console that might explain why I can't get control from the console?
Any help would be appreciated!
Got quite an interesting system here,
I know this post is long but its got some context for the issue at hand,
So my former middle school just did a whole upgrade from ancient Strand Century to all new ETC stuff, Echo Relay Panels, Paradigm, Colorsource Vs, Pars, etc
The theatre director who knows absolutely nothing about lighting asked me to come in and focus things, I'm like great I can do that. So I showed up today turned the console on and there was no show file whatsoever, I lost my marbles.
The company that came in and did the installation did not make a show file, and didn't provide a list of what fixtures are addressed where or any docs whatsoever. So instead of focusing, I spent 2 hours gathering addresses of fixtures and patching them in. Every single fixture had an address so it baffles me that a show file was not created, especially for a fresh clean install.
Now here's the curve ball:
60 Fixtures + 42 house light channels - over 11 universes
This system could have literally been condensed down to 3 universes at most but haha no. Every separate hang position has its own universe for some reason, for example in the ceiling is the front of house lights there are two sides, one side is Uni 1 and the other is Uni 2. It could all be on Universe 1 but for some reason, it's not.
What also doesn't make sense to me is, that there is a nomad puck, right next to the console. One display is for the console and one is for the puck. Seems like a waste of money, the puck+console is a lil overkill. I also dug around in some boxes and found a brand new freshly sealed gadget and nomad key! I don't know why they needed all of this! The console is more than perfect.
Okay so anyway here is my issue,
The house lights are on Universe 10 with like 4 channels on Uni 11, I went to the Paradigm to get the channels since we didn't have a list of what did what. I patched like 2 channels into the board and got nothing out of it. I can get stuff to turn on from the touchscreens on the wall but can't get control via the board. Not exactly sure why, I would assume the console would talk to everything because the Paradigm talks to everything, (There is one preset that turns every stage and house light on to full). Is there something I can check in the Paradigm or console that might explain why I can't get control from the console?
Any help would be appreciated!