Q Light Controller+

Hi,
After much frustration I'm trying to set up QLC+ with Qlab for a school to run their theatre. QLab is handling audio, video and sending midi to QLC+ to trigger pre-created scenes via virtual console faders.

This means the end users have to keep track of whatever has been activated via midi and then de-activate it (via another cue) to actually achieve a blackout. They would prefer to simply have a blackout cue that can fade whatever is currently active over an adjustable or predetermined time.

It seems that QLC+ is meant to be able to do this via the Stop All Functions button press parameter. However the fade time on this does not work at all - the time adjust window found here does nothing, and entering a value manually does nothing - it is returned to ".00" after closing and re-opening the button properties. Similarly, fade times on the Stop All Functions button top right do not work - everything is snapped out instantly.

Presumably this is a bug?

I've tried several other ways to do this including functions that target every parameter and fade to zero but nothing I've tried can achieve this.


Using QLC+ 4.8.4a on OS X 10.10.2 on a "Late 2013" iMac (although it was purchased new early 2015, go figure).


I also encountered another bug while trying to work around the issue that involved using 4.8.4's loopback feature. I created another universe (2 of 2) and assigned its inputs and outputs to the loopback plugin but when I exit and re-enter the input/output tab, the new universe has no i/o assigned and universe 1 has changed itself to loopback i/o.

Any help would be appreciated. QLC+ has taken far too much of my time already and I'd really like to be done with this job. Thanks

Bump? I really really need a way to create a blackout without manually deactivating whichever scenes happen to have been brought up.

Like a Mappable Kill All Running Functions button?

Yes. Exactly like that. But it doesn't work, which is why I made this thread. Did you read the first post?

Same problem for me.
This function works on the previous version 4.7.2 but since the 4.8 i think it doesn't work.

Hi,

It appears that manually editing the field does not work, but changing the time through speed dial with this button:
works OK.

I'll see if the issue can be fixed.



EDIT: The issue also appears on QLC+4.7.2. You have to use the speed dial to edit the time.

Thank you for the feedback but i can't change the value with the speed dial.
The speed dial window appear but nothing append when i click on it.

EDIT : On the 4.7.2 i can change the value with the speed dial but not on the 4.8.4 and 4.8.5

Ok, this may be OSX-related then.

Yes i think it's related to OSX, just test on 4.8.5 on windows with parallel and it works.

Unfortunately I can't test on OSX...

BUT it is now possible to use the text edit field.

Hi

I just found a temporary solution.
Click to display the speed dial window then press TAB and change the value ( the mouse doesn't work on the speed dial window).

the mouse doesn't work on the speed dial window

So THIS is the issue on OSX...
I forgot to ask for more details.

Do other speed dial windows work ok ? Like in a chaser editor ?

Yes the others speed dial works.