VC2 Keeps Crashing

512 In, 512 out or 2x512 out. Stand Alone memory (512 out)

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Andre
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Post by Andre »

Without DVC2 running when you connect a DVC2 Gold interface to the PC you should have Yellow (middle) on solid, Red (bottom) very fast flashing and Green (top) flashing every 2 seconds approx.

Found this in a manual ...
Role played by the 3 Leds on the interface

· The yellow Led (in the middle) indicates that the interface is properly-powered.

· The red Led situated by the "DMX" connector blinks to indicate that the DMX signal is being sent. No blinking corresponds to interface-failure.

· The green Led by the "USB" connector should blink rapidly when the interface is controlled by the software. In stand alone mode, this green led blinks several times to indicate an active scene number.



As for the number, that is the number of what scene in memory to display in stand alone mode. Mine always displayed "01" as I had not programmed any stand alone scenes and sent them to the interface so pressing the + and - buttons on the interface did not do anything.

I have just sent a couple of scenes to the interface for stand alone so I should have 3 in there. I can now press the + and - buttons on the interface to select the stand alone scene , only when DVC2 not running or on external power supply and not connected to PC. If I keep pressing the th + button then the number roll around back to 1 again.

So if you are seeing "0F" in yours then I would say that you either have 15 scenes programmmed on the interface or you have scene 15 programmed on the interface. Have you tried pressing the + or - buttons to get back to "01" not that it should make a difference when connected to PC and software running.

If you have not done this then you can revert it back to standard by running DVC2 with interface connected, then start "Stand Alone" mode from the "Tools" menu option then in the middle you will see a list of icons and the one that looks like a PC card with a red cross, click that it will ask if you want, that is upto you. It will then report back "Memory written successfully.".

Hope that helps,
Andre
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crash!

Post by SNprodukties »

a few days ago i had a show and just before the beginning of the show(19:00) the DVC2 crashed and i had to restart the program. to be sure installed a AVOLITE pearl 2004 just incase the DVC2 crashed again, i hoped i diddn't need to use it. from 20:00 to 2:00 the program did well but then it crashed and i putted the dmx cable in the avolite quick and putted the master on so nobody noticed. but i'm not planned to use the avolite everytime i use the DVC2. do i need to update my program to solve the problem
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Re: crash!

Post by Andre »

SNprodukties wrote:a few days ago i had a show and just before the beginning of the show(19:00) the DVC2 crashed and i had to restart the program. to be sure installed a AVOLITE pearl 2004 just incase the DVC2 crashed again, i hoped i diddn't need to use it. from 20:00 to 2:00 the program did well but then it crashed and i putted the dmx cable in the avolite quick and putted the master on so nobody noticed. but i'm not planned to use the avolite everytime i use the DVC2. do i need to update my program to solve the problem


I would always get the latest version and try it out and see what happens.
I keep backup copies of all downloads so I can ensure that I can return to a previous version just incase of instability.

I have the latest 2 versions crash on me at various times. Only once while doing a show, but was able to restart the program straight away and no one except the band really noticed that anything had happened out of the ordinary, but if I ever get a lock of the program and it will not end then that is a different story.
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Post by vianney »

It i spossible that the software crash sometime.
We spend a lot of time to test and correct them.
If people has a bug, it is important to find a way to do it everytime and report it to the Daslight team.

Right now we update the December version, because of few bugs.
Please always try the latest official DVC2 version.

If you still have a problem, please contact the Daslight team.
They could send you some beta version with corrections.

The Beta version will be update soon and should becom offical in Mai 2009 or June 2009.
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