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Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 6:15am

Here you go...http://d-light.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1985

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1.16 is a very good firmware. I ran it as my own preference for a few years. It does suffer from some random "sticky channel" issues under certain very specific circumstances, but I personally found it more stable than 1.17. 1.19 is completely incompatible with Aurora, and 1.20 returns compatibility when using the EEPROM compatibility setting. There is some debate as to which is better, 1.20 or 1.16. Our testing here was inconclusive, so I simply advise customers to use whichever of those two works best for them.

For future years, everyone should plan to transition to the OpenDMX firmware on their D-Light controllers. It is perfectly stable and is the direction Aurora is heading. I am presently field testing a 368 channel DMX only network that is entirely OpenDMX firmware and a hybrid build 185 / build 90 environment and it has been running flawlessly. The code used to accomplish this will be finding its way into the public builds in 2012.

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Well I got all the controller loaded with 1.16 last night and it seemed to fix my issues. So fro now I will just stay on 1.16 to get through the year.

Thanks everyone for the help.

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I HAVE A SONG IN MY SCHEDULER BUT WHEN IT PLAYS IT WILL NOT END .? ANY IDEAS?

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This happened on my system when I switched from .WAV files to movie files (.AVI or .WMV). In my case, the audio was being encoded into the movies incorrectly (MP3 instead of PCM). I had to reassociate those sequences to the working .WAV file for the problem to resolve itself.

If you are not running any videos in your show, the issue could stem from a bad audio encoding, i.e. MP3 or a 32 bit WAV file. If this is the case, try reencoding the audio on that sequence into a 16 bit PCM WAV file.

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Rencoding worked thanks I was hoping I was not going to re sequence the song 57000 events

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ATController Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Oct 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Quote Reply Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 6:15am
	Here you go...http://d-light.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1985

LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 2011 at 8:36am
	1.16 is a very good firmware. I ran it as my own preference for a few years. It does suffer from some random "sticky channel" issues under certain very specific circumstances, but I personally found it more stable than 1.17. 1.19 is completely incompatible with Aurora, and 1.20 returns compatibility when using the EEPROM compatibility setting. There is some debate as to which is better, 1.20 or 1.16. Our testing here was inconclusive, so I simply advise customers to use whichever of those two works best for them. For future years, everyone should plan to transition to the OpenDMX firmware on their D-Light controllers. It is perfectly stable and is the direction Aurora is heading. I am presently field testing a 368 channel DMX only network that is entirely OpenDMX firmware and a hybrid build 185 / build 90 environment and it has been running flawlessly. The code used to accomplish this will be finding its way into the public builds in 2012. Michael


shawmc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Location: Sac CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 2011 at 5:17pm
	Well I got all the controller loaded with 1.16 last night and it seemed to fix my issues. So fro now I will just stay on 1.16 to get through the year. Thanks everyone for the help.

balloon2000 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2011 at 8:57pm
	I HAVE A SONG IN MY SCHEDULER BUT WHEN IT PLAYS IT WILL NOT END .? ANY IDEAS?

Jonathan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 07 Sep 2008 Location: SoCal Online Status: Offline Posts: 1237	Quote Reply Posted: 12 Dec 2011 at 1:24pm
	This happened on my system when I switched from .WAV files to movie files (.AVI or .WMV). In my case, the audio was being encoded into the movies incorrectly (MP3 instead of PCM). I had to reassociate those sequences to the working .WAV file for the problem to resolve itself. If you are not running any videos in your show, the issue could stem from a bad audio encoding, i.e. MP3 or a 32 bit WAV file. If this is the case, try reencoding the audio on that sequence into a 16 bit PCM WAV file.
	~Jonathan

balloon2000 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:44am
	Rencoding worked thanks I was hoping I was not going to re sequence the song 57000 events