Hi Everyone. I have come to use this forum as a great reference guide and hope I can add to it myself. Anyhow, I am in a situation that I need my fellow techies help with. Please understand, I have done DAYS of research and troubleshooting before posting here. Nothing bothers me more (and I am sure you) is someone who worked on something for 30 seconds then demands someone to help! Please note, I am an educator with a student crew so even though it might be easier to have Qlab to do everything, I still have to give my HS kids something to program! Here is the situation:
I have an ETC Expression 3 Light Console. I will program my lighting cues directly to the lighting console.
I have a VENUE SC48 Digital Sound Console. I will program my snapshots (cues) directly onto the console.
I have a brand new iMac with a pro license bundle Qlab and Lockstep (why????). I have a 2x2 Midi box hooked into the iMac with USB. MIDI side 1 is looped to the ETC (out to in; in to out) and MIDI side 2 is looped to the Venue. All connections are doubled checked and everything is where it belongs. At this point, I have not even thought about the SC48 as ETC is my focus.
I went in to my options Menu on ETC and set the device address as 1/20 (1 as receiving and 20 as transmitting). Although plan on have Qlab run the lighting and sound, NOT the other way around. I will probably remove the feedback loop (out from console, in to computer), I added it only as a "what if" when troubleshooting.
I have gone in Qlab, set its device number as 20 and setup a test MSC cue to fire a GO to device one. Qlab has PATCH 1 patched to Port 1 of MIDI and 2 to Port 2. I send the GO through general lighting protocol, sent it to device one (the console), tested it about 20 times with NO cue number, tested it with the cue number typed in (10); tested it with "1" typed in Cue list and path (saw that on this forum) and NOTHING when I fire it off. I can not get it to initiate the GO.
My objective is pretty straight forward, I want to be able to launch into a snapshot on sound, while starting a lighting sequence and playing any music track associated with it at the push of a button. Currently, my SM counts down (3. 2. 1. GO) and Lights hits GO and Sound hits play. They are typically good but once in a while, we are off.
I am desperate. I have contacted Lucky Dave with QLAB and he is stumped. I am about to Contact ETC. If some sees the issue, please let me know.
If some one has set this up themselves, maybe a step by step (assuming we know NOTHING!) would be great. Not only can I start from scratch but someone else down the line can use it! I am probably expert level with ETC Platform consoles (Congo and Ion are nice but I LOVE emphasis and obsession!) but a novice with show control!
Please help! Please even email me too! I am desperate! I am suppose to show the school on why they spent $30k on all new digital gear on Thursday night! Thank you guys!
I have an ETC Expression 3 Light Console. I will program my lighting cues directly to the lighting console.
I have a VENUE SC48 Digital Sound Console. I will program my snapshots (cues) directly onto the console.
I have a brand new iMac with a pro license bundle Qlab and Lockstep (why????). I have a 2x2 Midi box hooked into the iMac with USB. MIDI side 1 is looped to the ETC (out to in; in to out) and MIDI side 2 is looped to the Venue. All connections are doubled checked and everything is where it belongs. At this point, I have not even thought about the SC48 as ETC is my focus.
I went in to my options Menu on ETC and set the device address as 1/20 (1 as receiving and 20 as transmitting). Although plan on have Qlab run the lighting and sound, NOT the other way around. I will probably remove the feedback loop (out from console, in to computer), I added it only as a "what if" when troubleshooting.
I have gone in Qlab, set its device number as 20 and setup a test MSC cue to fire a GO to device one. Qlab has PATCH 1 patched to Port 1 of MIDI and 2 to Port 2. I send the GO through general lighting protocol, sent it to device one (the console), tested it about 20 times with NO cue number, tested it with the cue number typed in (10); tested it with "1" typed in Cue list and path (saw that on this forum) and NOTHING when I fire it off. I can not get it to initiate the GO.
My objective is pretty straight forward, I want to be able to launch into a snapshot on sound, while starting a lighting sequence and playing any music track associated with it at the push of a button. Currently, my SM counts down (3. 2. 1. GO) and Lights hits GO and Sound hits play. They are typically good but once in a while, we are off.
I am desperate. I have contacted Lucky Dave with QLAB and he is stumped. I am about to Contact ETC. If some sees the issue, please let me know.
If some one has set this up themselves, maybe a step by step (assuming we know NOTHING!) would be great. Not only can I start from scratch but someone else down the line can use it! I am probably expert level with ETC Platform consoles (Congo and Ion are nice but I LOVE emphasis and obsession!) but a novice with show control!
Please help! Please even email me too! I am desperate! I am suppose to show the school on why they spent $30k on all new digital gear on Thursday night! Thank you guys!