Lots of
Unison talk lately. I was trying to update my
Unison looks the other day and ran into a problem. Recording looks from
Console "should" be easy, but something is not working right.
Step 1: Unlock
Unison so you can record. (check)
Step 2: Create Look on Board (check)
Step 3: Press Record from
Console Button (check)
Step 4: Goto other
page to record to. (check)
Step 5: Press the Record
button (circle) (check)
Look is not recorded. What's wrong with this process? What step is in the wrong order?
What is happening is that the
Unison processor has a
DMX line run to it and
Unison is always "seeing" the
DMX info being sent to the dimmers from the main
console.
Unison is also configured to be able to Snapshot a
DMX look from the main
console.
Unison is essentially a 2nd
console, that also sends
DMX to the dimmers, thus when you Snapshot, you now have a piled on signal, one from main
console, one from
Unison.
The problem might be in the
Unison recording process. After you press the Record
button (assuming an
LCD screen), while the Record
button is highlighted, you need to next press the Target
button - I.E. whatever
button is configured as a
Preset to capture the main
console DMX values. This is how
Unison captures a
DMX look, but it needs a place to
send it that is usually a
screen preset.
It sounds like the "Record from
Console"
button is the
Preset used to capture the
DMX look, thus (If I'm guessing correctly), the process should be:
1) Generate a look from main
console
2) Un-lock
Unison page/station to
enable recording
3) On the
page that has the
button labeled Record from
Console, press the round Record
button
4) While Record is highlighted, Press the Record from
Console button.
5) The Record from
Console button should now be
edge highlighted and you should have a capture of the
DMX look.
If this is not the syntax for your
system, then more info. is needed.
Be aware that on some systems,
Unison can be configured that once
DMX values for certain dimmers are being sent out of
Unison, it will over-ride the main
console DMX output. Hard to say without seeing the
Unison file in Light Manager.
Steve B.
