importing

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version

   will the spectrum visualizer import to the aurora system or do i need to redraw everything?

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version
polarass07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Quote Reply Topic: importing Posted: 18 Sep 2008 at 10:19pm
	will the spectrum visualizer import to the aurora system or do i need to redraw everything?

LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Sep 2008 at 10:51pm
	Sorry to sound like a broken record, but no. You will find it to be better than the Spectrum version, though.


Bdale Lights Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Location: South Haven, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Quote Reply Posted: 29 Sep 2008 at 5:40pm
	Speaking of Importing. I tried to import a 64 channel sequence from Spectrum, but it only brought in 32 channels. Any ideas? (This was on my playback PC, as I am still not able to get the program running on my main programming PC, though)
	Bob T. D-Light controllers - 64 channels (Running for Second Year!)

ChrisL1976 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Kankakee, Ill Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Quote Reply Posted: 29 Sep 2008 at 5:46pm
	did you use Virtual controller in Spectrum? I found they goof with the channel numbering within spectrum causing the controller to have multiple channel with the same number. When you import that into Aurora, it only brings in 1 and dumps the rest. that might explain why you are missing channels. I erased the virtual controllers and then went through each controller and made sure each channel was set right. controller 1-4 Channels 1-16 I found I had a number of identical labels channels.
	Chris www.lightsonsixth.com

Bdale Lights Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Location: South Haven, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Sep 2008 at 5:07pm
	I dont think I was using virtual controllers. I added the "shared AC16" controllers from the list on the left. Then I made some light settings, saved the sequence, then tried importing it to Aurora.
	Bob T. D-Light controllers - 64 channels (Running for Second Year!)

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: 30 Sep 2008 at 6:38pm
	Try this. Create a sequence that has all the channels you are going to use, and save it as "template"or "default" or something like that. Then once you open the file you are going to sequence, go to file, import, channels from file, and select your saved template file. The few times I've imported a sequence where some channels were missing this solved the issue. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that if you import a sequence where the channels are named the same thing (i.e. Track 1, Track 2, (et al) on more than one controller), then only the first set will import. But if you import from file, then all the channels that were gone will suddenly be there, including the commands. Don't forget, if you add or alter anything in the visualizer, save it to your template file and then re-import it to all your sequences. This way you won't have to add that new strand of lights to the visualizer on each sequence you do.
	~Jonathan