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1. Version 3 Build 40 Resolves an issue with macros not running if network is not detected 04 AUGUST 2014 BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 2 of 10 Version 3 Build 39 Added QuickStart Guide to Options menu Note The QuickStart Guide is available for download on the Strand Lighting web site Version 3 Build 38 Fixed network startup problem Philips Advantage DMX was stopping fixtures going back to state on a restart Added remote viewer This can be run from the control panel or on your laptop it should be the start menu a Once connected to a remote system you will see a small down pointing arrow in the top right of the window This is how you access options like full screen etc b At the moment the remote viewing server is defaulted off You need to turn it on in the system properties in the same place as the telnet settings Version 3 Build 36 Software installation allows for fixture library replacement creates backup first Version 3 Build 35 Fixed control panel XML file to show the correct version number for the fixture editor Fixed the The fixture XX XX is stored in this show file but is different to the one found in the default fixture library Pressing Keep ALL console fixtures was doing the opposite of what it should have Fixed VL4000 Spot There is no need for the last Edge 4 wheel group I would put Shutter Rotation on the page Iris Zoom and Focus Fixed VL4000 Spot Prism Rotate does2. Record Group Metro DB The changed selected switch Should say On Record Changed Off Record Selected When a VL1100 AI ERS and a VL1100 TSD ERS patched auto created palette pages aren t populating correctly I ve patched a VL1100 AI ERS and no encoder screens are populated Paging works but encoders do not respond Also reproduced and fixed the problem of double paging the encoder screens On a VL1100 when I go to Color it s showing me both the generic mapping as well as the fixture specific mapping If it sees fixture specific mapping then the generic should not appear VL1100 TSD ERS Shutter Rotate changed live appropriate but the reported DMX value on the encoder screen remains constant at 225 Changing attribute family pages is acting like a double press and switching to that page plus advancing to the next page I ve checked and I m getting 2 messages appropriately down up Auto Palettes puts gobos in the color palette and do not work when selected This is now working properly but none of the Gobos palettes shortcuts work when depressed Tabs that select each attribute only work sometimes They disassociate with the HW after a few presses of each tab Work done in this area Version 3 Build 29 Framing rotation bug fixed Version 3 Build 28 04 AUGUST 2014 VL1100 TSD issue resolved Gobo Rotation only goes to STOP from one direction of encoder rotation not both VL2500 Spot issues resolved a Color
3. Page 9 of 10 Appendix A NEO Console OS Software Installation To install or update NEO Console software follow these simple instructions Step 1 Download the upgrade file file name Neo_Setup_3_0_43 exe from the Strand Lighting website www strandlighting com Step 2 Copy the software file onto a USB key Step 3 Plug the USB key into the console Step 4 On the console open the Control Panel More gt Control Panel Step 5 Go into the Maintenance environment and select Update NEO Software The updater will look for the latest version of the software both on the hard drive first and then any USB key Confirm that it is the right version If not then copy the correct version onto the hard drive before proceeding 04 AUGUST 2014 BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 10 of 10 Step 6 On the console the User Account Control dialogue box will appear Step 7 Confirm the program name is the correct version of software and click Yes Step 8 The NEO software installation screen will appear Click Next and follow all prompts to install the software icome to the NEO 3 1 0 10 Setup Wizard Step 9 The console will need to reboot to complete the installation Note If you have not done so already be sure to register to receive updates and product information notifications Click here to go to the NEO Console OS Sign Up Page Have questions Need assistance Contact Strand Lighting Customer Service
4. changing the fixture rotation in the layout view It was also adjusting zoom Fixed layouts changing position when changing tabs Fixed earliest marking not working in Hybrid mode for channels that have never been active Channel list in any channel list view Groups Cue List Detail and Palette screens should support THRU in the display For example 1 10 is displayed as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Full Tracking Hybrid Tracking switch should be a bit faster Earliest marking not working at start of cue list Fixture Control side bar no longer shows NOT USED parameters from fixture library Magic Sheet view the rotate box is zooming and not rotating View gt Show Palette Info Turning it off was not working in Classic View Version 3 Build 7 DMX board registration is being temperamental Fixes implemented Fixed bug where setting the dynamic color defaults to 255 on a 8bit fixture would result in the defaults shown control window as being 1 Fixed bug highlighted by the PLFRESNEL Preset color selection control The default was set to 0 but the DMX spin edit would show the mid point dmx 2 Fixed bug whereby if you have a gobo selected and then change the mode indexed gt rotation for example the gobo would change but the DMX value would remain unchanged Fixed bug where changing the DMX value in the Indexed rotation control would always result in positive values for the real world rotation You could not change the DMX cont
5. wheel where it will not go past 93 to get to color wheel rotate CCW b Same note as above for Static Gobo c Same note as above for Rotating Gobo d Iris operation is inverted VL3015 Spot issue resolved Color wheel will not go past 93 VL3500Q issues resolved a On the Color Wheel have the screen show the colors rather than the left color white box right color b Static Gobo Can t get past 92 so can t see some rotation BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 4 of 10 c Rotating Gobo Shows Rotation when I am doing Indexing d Shutter Rotate is not smooth with encoder Needs to be smooth 1 degree per tick VL3515 Spot Same color wheel problem 93 b Same static gobo problem 92 c When rotating the Rotating Gobo the Ind Rot stays in Ind display mode Never goes to the Rotate display mode d Same shutter rotation issue VL4000 Spot a Color Wheel 1 doesn t go past 73 b Hard to find STOPPED on gobo rot ind c Prism rotate is not working right Cannot change from 0 to 255 Note This is because there is attribute items in the list so its indexing between 2 items Change from a generic attribute to a rotation attribute d Same problem with Anim Wheel 1 e Same problem with Anim Wheel 2 f Description not appearing on encoder screens It will now automatically reduce the font size until it fits g Shutter Rotate snaps and does not provide rotational control After a save in the fixture
6. PHILIPS SUBJECT NEO CONSOLE SOFTWARE VERSION 3 BUILD 43 RELEASE SERIES NEO Consoles DISTRIBUTION General Release STATUS Routine Introduction NEO Console Software Version 3 Build 43 Philips Strand Lighting has released a new version of software for the NEO lighting control console This software Version 3 Build 43 is available for immediate download from the Support section of the Philips Strand Lighting web site at www strandlighting com This version of software not only resolves reported issues but advances the console with additional features AN Note This bulletin is for information purposes only Users and owners are not required to inspect or load this version of software in their NEO consoles unless they wish to have these added improvements and features Before updating console software Philips Strand Lighting recommends users make a backup of all current show files For installation and upgrade instructions see Appendix A on page 9 of this bulletin Version 3 Build 43 Release Summary Below is a description of some of the improvements and history of changes in of this software All information features and software updates are included in the current release Version 3 Build 43 Version 3 Build 43 Adds updated and released user s manual Note The user s manual is available for download on the Strand Lighting web site Version 3 Build 42 Resolves and issue reported with Philips Advantage DMX
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8. e attribute families present Should not have any present really as this only deals with color The Create Palette Chase dialogue box has not been converted to a metro style box or at lease something with the same color scheme GM button settings Please add Disabled as the first option Patch When I type in the fixture box and I get a list of fixture options several fixture models I can t click on the bottom fixture option Version 3 Build 22 Swap Universe dialogue box needs higher contrast on text color Patch Options gt Reset Patch Visualizer spelling Same for Clear Patch Copy Patch dialogue box needs higher contrast on text color In Copy Patch box change DMX Channel Offset to DMX Output Offset Version 3 Build 11 Added button to the console debug window to display the ROM data Fixed Show Click check box Fixed fan speed and desk lamp values not being applied on startup Added the ability to Park Unpark the dimmers for a channel Syntax 1 5 park dimmer Dimmer enter now working Fixed controls in the fixture control panel not aligning themselves correctly when the panel is resized Version 3 Build 10 04 AUGUST 2014 Added option if a show file cannot be opened to copy it to the default show folder BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 7 of 10 Fixed column position and size information not being saved in the cue list window Fixed fan and desk lamps not being set to previous settings on startup Fixed
9. g the A fader it will snap the levels to zero and then back to full when it reach zero Cue List Split Crossfade Implemented With the submaster effect if you put it onto a playback you could play the submaster but you can t stop it with the pause button Blind Mode Encoders not assigning properly Patch If I try to change the quantity number in the available fixtures window in the patch screen with the number pad on the command tile it types it into the command line for the patch window Roll next build to v3 as a release candidate Patch Dimmer Phase column can t use console keypad only keyboard Please check all columns for console keypad access CUE 3 8 FOLLOW 10 ENTER fails Point cue error Encoder paging When I go from the Beam page to the Color page and then go back to the Beam page it changes from Beam Page 1 to Beam Page 2 When going from one family s page to another it should return to the same page Version 2 13 Build 561 Patch window opening improvements Quantity number in the available fixture window in the patch screen now works from command line Open a split view of channels No other option except ML view is working Help opens the Guide Close does not close out Adobe Acrobat Reader Contact Information For assistance please contact Strand Lighting Selecon technical support at 1 800 4 STRAND or 1 214 647 7880 04 AUGUST 2014 BULLETIN No SLTB 055A
10. library editor the console crashed After getting out of the fixture library going into patch none of the fixtures shows up in the bottom right hand corner of the screen until a full software restart is performed Auto Palettes puts gobos in the color palette and do not work when selected Targets on the shutter manipulation have been doubled in size Tabs that select each attribute only work sometimes They disassociate with the HW after a few presses of each tab When going back to a fixture for example a fixture previously worked on REL REL and then come back to the fixture the HW is in the last attribute state that it was but the SW screen goes back to position Gobo only goes to 88 on HW and 92 on SW Diffusion encoder does not work but does when accessed through the touch screen This is because the diffusion attribute has an item list like a gobo color wheel So the encoder is indexing between each item Version 3 Build 27 Console encoder and GUI att family tabs need to work bi directionally Encoders are not following the Fixture Control tabs to change attribute pages On wheeled attributes each encoder tick advanced each gobo color 04 AUGUST 2014 BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 5 of 10 Ind Rot encoder wheel improvements The Live Display button should have F2 on the second line Shortcut page editing text Section Header Right click Shortcut in the options list text err
11. not display correctly When Prism is at 5 Rotate Normal Prism Rotate still shows to be in Index mode Added an option when doing an update to Replace the fixture library with the one in the install rather than merging The old library is copied to a backup location Version 3 Build 32 04 AUGUST 2014 The first wheel shortcut should clear the parameter Instead of the first item being Color Gobo 1 should be Color Gobo 0 If the shortcut page is open and you select a fixture it changes pages Great But if you select the fixture THEN you open the shortcut page you have to manually select the correct page The stock encoder assignments need to include the Color Selection attribute The fixture editor no longer notifies NEO that the library and show need to be reloaded until the fixture editor is closed If it is detected that NEO is running the following message will be displayed when clicking on the Save button NEO show running Modifications to fixtures have been saved but will not be applied to the current running system until the fixture editor is closed The Fixture Control GUI and Encoders do not sync BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 3 of 10 On VL4000 Spot Control when depressing idle this is still at 3 and does not allow the command functions to execute Version 3 Build 30 There are refresh issues on the color mixing encoder screens I have increased some time outs and think this is behaving much better
12. ors edited Version 3 Build 25 Changes made to the generic fixture display when you select multiple types of fixtures so that only the attribute that are available in the selected fixtures appear Fixed advantage DMX issue RELEASE COLOR does not work Live Display Button should say F2 In Patch The first column says Channel Change to Fixture In Patch after you type in a ML say VL3000 the up down arrows will move but ENTER needs to select it Appearances change all colour to color Version 3 Build 23 04 AUGUST 2014 When you do a leading channel list park 1 PARK it doesn t place this on the CL change to a Fixture List PARK ENTER Parks at current level b Fixture List Level PARK ENTER c Fixture List PARK DIMMER ENTER parks dimmer at current level d Fixture List PARK DIMMER Level ENTER e Change Syntax to Fixture List dmx Level PARK DIMMER Options gt Open User Guide change to Open NEO Manual Registration page update information Channel Display F2 This should be called the Live Display On screen Execute button should say Enter Channel Groups Display Behavior column spelling error Park gt Un park selected channels Please change channels to fixtures Un park all channels Please change channels to fixtures On the Release pulldown I m not seeing that Release current control is working On the Release pulldown I m not seeing that Relea
13. rol and get numbers below 0 Fixed various oddities of the continuous rotation controls Using the VL1100 as the reference Note that the Low and High values are reversed for the CW and CCW rotation The interpretation of this is as follows The low RPM value is what speed the gobo is rotating when the DMX in the Start value The high RPM value is what speed the gobo is rotating when the DMX is in the End value For the VL1100 this means that when CW rotation is at DMX 0 is at its maximum speed of 36 RPM When the CW rotation is at DMX 127 is at its slowest speed of 1 RPM Version 3 Build 4 04 AUGUST 2014 Added latest fixture library from Cresit Changes to the fixture loading system to improve performance Added EDIT command to set the cue description from the command line as per the quick start guide Included the latest quick start guide into the build Update process should restart NEO systems BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 8 of 10 Version 2 13 Build 565 A B Cross fader settings PB Master Crossfade When I set the A B faders to this setting and bring the B fader up and down it stays in the same cue but flashes the levels on the channels to zero PB Master Disabled When I set the A B faders to this settings and if I bring down the A fader it will flash the channels while I am fading For example I have 3 cues First cue is lights to full second is lights to O and third is lights back to full While lowin
14. se current control for selected fixtures is working Release all channel group control doesn t seem to be working This should be release submaster control changed Reset cue playback on DBO What does this do Legacy of when that button was called DBO Clear I have renamed it to say Reset cue playback on release BULLETIN No SLTB 055A Page 6 of 10 Selected Fixture Report gt Behaviour column Spelling error Record Group pulldown gt Add selected channels to group dimmer only change to Add selected fixtures to Group Intensity only Record Cue pulldown gt Record active channels to cue change channel to fixture Same for all 4 other listings here Record selected channels to multiple cues change channels to fixtures Record FX gt Add active channels to simple chase step Please change to fixtures Record FX gt Add selected channels same here When creating these chases step time should default to a value I recommend 1 sec Also fixed a bug introduced with the new metro dialogs that prevented the last chase selected being populated each time When you create a simple RGB CMY color cycle the DB has all attribute families preset Should not have any present really as this only deals with color Record FX gt Create a simple colour wheel chase from selected fixtures Spelling here Also when you get to the dialogue box Color spelling When the same dialogue box shows up it has all of th
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