Can't Figure Out Simple Thing in Virtual Console

[Matt Budd]

Okay, very simple thing I want to do (I thought), but can't figure out how.

I have two RGB lights, and I want 6 buttons in the Virtual Console
- two buttons to make Light1 Red or Green
- two buttons to make Light2 Red or Green
- two buttons to make them either both Red or both Green

Basically I want independant control of Light1 and Light2, but then have an overriding option to make them both the same color. I thought I could do this using solo frames, but it ends up with yellow some of the time (ex. Light 1 = Red button, Light 2 = Red button, when I hit Both = Green, they end up yellow.

I have attached a sample qxw file to show what's going on. It uses the generic RGBs and the Fixture Monitor is setup in 2D View mode so you can see what's going on.

What am I missing here?

[Matt Budd]

(the attached qxw file)

[Matt Budd]

Any thoughts on this guys? Seems like it should be a simple thing to do, but just can't figure it out.

[Tavon Markov]

Does this fix it? If you have 3 solo frames, they are additive between the frames. It looks like you want them all in a single SOLO frame in order to make this work.

[Juha hartikainen]

Firstly, I am not a QLC pro.

I tried, and I failed (sort of).

Problem is that buttons leave functions running. So when you click All Red, individual red/green functions are still running.

One solution I found is to use scripts to stop other (relevant) functions first. Not a pretty one, nor very easy, but works.

[Tavon Markov]

Actually, this should be right. Independant control of each fixture with an override frame. The functions for each light are in solo frames. The override is in a normal frame. Then I put all of the frame in a solo frame. It works as expected..

[Matt Budd]

Thanks for the help guys.

Tavon, that almost works, except only one way (normal and then override). If I select the override color first (i.e. "Both Green"), and then without deselecting it select "1 Red", the "Both Green" remains active so I light 1 being yellow.

I might have to try what Juha suggested and look into scripts, but I'll play around with the different frames a bit more.

[david garyga]

Magic trick.

(increase the size of the frames to understand the magic trick)
(frame 1 contains the 6 different buttons, 2 buttons "both" are visible)
(frame 2 contains 2 buttons "both" and 2 buttons "1", 2 buttons "1" are visible)
(frame 3 contains 2 buttons "both" and 2 buttons "2", 2 buttons "2" are visible)

[Tavon Markov]

Here is a revised version using a Collection... Try this. This works EXACTLY!

[Tavon Markov]

I feel its a lot more elegant than having hidden unused buttons. Thanks David. That does help me with OTHER design issues. But this 6 function design is relatively easy compared to what I am doing..

[Tavon Markov]

Matt, here is a cleaned up version. Just the functions needed are in frames.

[Matt Budd]

Hey Tavon, thanks for the help. The collections seem to work, but not in all cases. It seems to be a bug in QLC+. If you try the following patterns in your sample:
- 1 Green, 2 Green, and then the Both Red button: ERR: only #2 is red
- 1 Green, 2 Red, and then the Both Red button: ERR: only #2 is red
Interesting though, the opposites work fine (i.e. 1 Red, 2 Red or 2 Green, and then the Both Green).

I am going to file a bug in the Development forum with a bit more detailed explanation of what I'm seeing.