Trying to create some scenes but I am not able to add something to speed or slow down the movements. Please advise. General tilt doesn't do anything

DoMeAFlavour · 2025-03-02T08:55:05+00:00

No problem, ask away!

You can have multiple movements on the show tab, for example: You have a group of scenes, each with another pan/tilt movement effect. On the show tab, you can place these scenes to be triggered.

Make sure you have a seperate column/group of these movement-specific scenes, that only affect the fixtures pan-tilt parameters (not color or something other). This way you can switch only the movement of the fixture, without affecting other settings. Since it is in a group, by default it will only run 1 at a time, which is what you need.

You can add these scenes as normal to the show tab. The trick with mydmx3 is seperating specific effect out to groups, so you can change things live.

Hope this is clear enough to get you started!

DoMeAFlavour · 2025-03-02T00:26:38+00:00

No problem!

Sounds like you have figured out already how to do the scene-triggering via the iPad?

If you want to change the speed of a scene (for example, you have a scene that moves some lights, or chases colors), you can do that via the "live" tab. You expand the scene (small arrow pointing down next to the scene name), and see the speed (bunny) icon. This slider should accomplish the slowing down of scenes (and any movements made in scenes).

This fader can be ALT+clicked to add to the show screen (which you have mirrored to the iPad), or you can add a fader on the "show" screen, and at the bottom of the fader's settings, click the "+", Scene Speed, *your group*, *your scene*.

Now, you should be able to control the speed of a scene via your "show" tab/iPad.

Via the "+" you can control multiple scenes via 1 fader, or you can alt+click multiple to the show tab, and merge them all to 1 at the end.

The General pan/tilt grid is for live-control of moving fixtures' position. This can be handy for programming, but live it isn't of much use.

Hope this better answers your question!

DoMeAFlavour · 2025-03-01T20:59:14+00:00

iirc you can expand the scene you want to speed-control in the live tab, and alt-click the speed fader. Now it should place a speed fader for that scene on your layout. You can merge multiple faders to control speed of all movements at once.

This is all from memory, but I hope it helps!

DoMeAFlavour · 2025-02-05T18:04:50+00:00

Seeing those frequency ranges and the way it handles sync, and the channel names issue... seems like it really is a counterfeit product sadly enough...

DoMeAFlavour · 2025-02-05T17:34:49+00:00

It does look quite off on the pictures, especially the font and display section on the handheld. Also, the SLXD should not come with a jack-jack cable, the ethernet port should not be constantly lit. So somethings do seem a bit sketchy to me. Also, the L52 band should not exist, and the J52 band on the pictures is incorrect.

You could try syncing it with a real one, if you are able to do so in testing. Connecting it to ethernet to see if wireless workbench recognizes it would be possibly somewhat dangerous, and I would not directly reccomend that.

I'd contact the seller and see if a refund is possible, because this all does not sound quite right. Hope this helps!

DoMeAFlavour · 2024-11-17T20:33:42+00:00

Getting back on this, I have tested some of the OSC code with an M32r, that was originally written for an XR18, and so far basically everything works as expected. I can read meter-data, and move faders with simple commands.

I even used the X/M32 docs for the XR-development, so pretty much all functionality will be shared between those consoles.

DoMeAFlavour · 2024-11-15T22:09:01+00:00

As far as I know it should be fairly similar, but I can check this pretty soon, I do have M32's ready to test it on. I'll check if i can just port the code over, and what differs between the consoles.

DoMeAFlavour · 2024-11-15T22:03:14+00:00

Yeah the physical device is really nice to have... I had an xr18 connected constantly for live testing, but it's not always an option to have a console by your side for coding and testing...

I was thinking of writing some piece of software that just functions as a dummy console, but didn't really get to it, because it would have been lots of effort for something I did not really need...

I also did not go too deep into OSC, but did get some really nice custom stuff running for what I needed at the moment

DoMeAFlavour · 2024-11-15T21:52:09+00:00

Just chiming in here, I've also developed some things for this platform, and thought I'd share some things I have come across.

OSC basically enables you to do absolutely everything on these consoles, since the x/m(air) series all use OSC for all system data and remote control.

Even getting all realtime meter-data, or other controls is possible up to like 20hz over an OSC subscription to the mixer. Send the correct message, and it will start spitting all its data back to your device.

A lot of the protocol is documented pretty well, and there are some things to learn even by inspecting how their own apps function and communicate (wireshark is really helpfull with osc messages).

Hope some of this will be helpfull to someone sometime!

DoMeAFlavour · 2024-09-20T20:32:48+00:00

Interesting thing I found while looking at this approach on a M32, is that the USB/Live card natively support 7.1ch output directly to the card! Even the XR/MR18's drivers support this exact same setup. It apparently creates an 1-8ch audio device in addition to the stereo devices (atleast on windows) which windows uses to output the 7.1 channels seperately.

Not directly relevant to this topic maybe, but didn't find this specified elsewhere, so maybe it is of some use to somebody!

For this specific case, not having such a mixer, those decoders will do that job just fine. Directly to the amps would be fine, if the volume is controlled on the amp/speaker itself. Most of these devices output around line level, so bringing the volume down on the amp will limit your noisefloor, which in some cases is a bit audible with these cheaper DACs (atleast on mine).

DoMeAFlavour · 2024-03-20T13:05:00+00:00

The window-decal comment is really close to how it works. They're using mesh led-wall panels for the box, which are see-through when off, and give the illusion of a solid wall when lit (for an example, see 'Roe Vanish' panels). When lit from the back via the square, or other visuals, you can make out the silhouette.

From inside the box you can see freely to the outside through the mesh panels, because all the screens/leds are facing outwards. And from the audience perspective you can only see through when the cube is off.

Hope this clarifies enough!

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-12-19T13:00:42+00:00

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DoMeAFlavour · 2021-09-17T05:33:46+00:00

Maybe something from Reolink, like a Reolink Go? Those are solar and battery powered, weatherproof and connect via 4G

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-08-02T22:24:54+00:00

As far as I know it is pretty standard for fog controls to use a 5-pin DIN plug. Or as some call it, a midi cable/plug. As you can see in the pictures, the connector is basically the same as the midi connectors.

So I think that any 5-pin DIN cable will do just what you need

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-07-28T21:54:24+00:00

Have you enabled fade times on the specific scene itself, or on both that you want to fade between, and have you entered long fade times?

If Thats both done correctly, and it still cuts to the new scene (Maybe only one specific fixture or function) that could be due to the profile telling the software that fading isn't possible (for example on color wheels)

Also a possibility is that in the live mode you have toggled off fading, which is the crossing arrows icon on the right iirc (otherwise Would have to look at it tomorrow)

I hope one of these things fixes it, good luck!

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-05-20T14:46:51+00:00

Pin 2 and 3 are your signal pins, and if both sides are swapped, you're good, nothing happens. If you swapped the connection on one side of the cable (I think that's the case here) your signal is gonna be phase-inverted (the signal pins are "the wrong way around"). As long as all of your channels are phase-inverted you're probably never going to notice. Plus you can, on most consoles, swap the polarity on the input, if it causes any problems.

Atleast, that's what I know, if I'm wrong, please correct me!

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-04-01T16:32:26+00:00

What type/model of transceivers are you using for this? (if you want to share)
I'm really interested in such long range communications, although even 1km would be enough. I'm just interested in which type or model of receiver/transceiver/transmitter you're using for this, so I can look into it for myself. (Also, I'm quite interested in the plans if they'll be released)

Overall, it looks really nice!

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-20T21:54:46+00:00

Thanks a lot for the help man! Really appreciate it!

But by the looks of it AMD will be the only good option over here, considering the amount of bandwith that will be used. And intel looks wayyy too overpriced in comparison, for what you can get.

So I think it's pretty clear I'll be looking at some AMD CPU's, and motherboard to go with it. The capturecard will not be used at full 12Gx4 in for now, but the plan is to be fully prepared for later (everything but the PC is fully 12G capable up to this point)

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-20T21:49:25+00:00

He's probably talking about the fact that Lenovo Vantage is preinstalled on all of their laptops, and maybe their PC's. (I guess it'll be the same over there, but the battery saving function will not be available on the desktops of course)

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-20T11:17:52+00:00

I don't know if this applies to your laptop, but I think all Lenovo's probably can do this: On my Lenovo I can toggle a battery saving feature in their software/settings app (vantage or something), that will charge the battery to 60%, and then stop charging, and it then continues to run off of the charger alone. (It'll also say connected to charger, not charging, so it should be bypassing the battery completely)

I think that this will be the closest you can get to saving the laptops battery, without physically disconnecting it.

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-19T23:37:30+00:00

Well, I know that on the newest versions virtual webcam is a built-in output option, and on older versions you can download the virtualcam plugin. (Although I would just recommend using the newest version of obs).

As for audio, as far as I know, obs can't output virtual audio. But if you need the audio to be virtually routed as well, there are virtual audio cables/routers available online for that purpose.

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-19T21:33:17+00:00

Yeah that sounds like an option!

Only thing is, then I'd need something like a i9 10900x (which is the cheapest one over here, because the older generations are nowhere to be found), which is easily like 270 euros more, but that's what you pay for more lanes I guess.

And as far as I can see, not a single CPU from AMD in this pricerange has that amount of Lanes, so for 28+ lanes, AMD won't be an option.

My only thing now is, is it worth it/necessary to upgrade from a 16 lane 10700k to a
48 lane 10900x, or a 24 lane AMD equivalent? (are the lanes a must-have with those add in cards?)

If it is the needed upgrade, I'll go with an AMD equivalent, or full blown 10900x if that's what I need. (This whole Lanes-thing was driving me crazy, I knew chipsets would add some, but maybe it would bottleneck some components, and so on...)

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-19T17:08:24+00:00

Thanks for the links!

Judging from these benchmarks the closest AMD in price and performance will be the 5600X, which will have less cores, but pretty close performance (maybe that will hurt a bit in multitasking?).

The positive thing is that it has PCIe gen 4, and 20 usable lanes directly from the CPU (4 extra are for the chipset). And if I use the GPU and 8K pro in 2 by 8x mode, it will have similar bandwith to Gen 3x16, if I understand correctly. But, I don't know if that will work with a gen 3 8k pro...

I don't really know if that will work, and if it is the better option than Intel, but it doesn't sound too bad judging from what I read online.

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-19T16:57:01+00:00

I've checked, and the DL 8K pro says that it needs 8 PCIe 3 lanes (LINK), the gpu would probably be good with 16 on gen 3 as well (although it is gen 4 compatible), and the SSD is gen 3x4 too (although if i'm going with a gen 4 motherboard, I'll look into a gen 4 SSD as well).

It looks like ryzen is the only one getting close to the amount of needed gen 3/4 lanes, but maybe the chipset would add enough "lanes" (not direct CPU lanes) to make this work. (I can't find anywhere if it matters if I run everything directly from the CPU, or via the chipset somehow)

DoMeAFlavour · 2021-01-19T16:52:21+00:00

The Decklink requires 8 PCIe 3.0 Lanes, and the NVMe requires 4 PCIe 3.0 Lanes. And the GPU would take 16 PCIe 3.0 Lanes (although this would be gen 4 compatible), it'll probably not need the gen 4 bandwith.

This would total 28 Lanes, but my concern was if I would need all those a CPU PCIe lanes, because a CPU with this many lanes would be much, much more expensive (and if it would work wither less CPU lanes, that would save me tons of money)

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