Hi, new user here, trying to get my head around yet another lighting system! At the moment I’m just using two custom fixtures. Both are being controlled successfully by Photon.
I have an issue where I record a preset just with data (colour) from one light fixture, using the “last changes only” feature. But on playback it’s also affecting the second fixture. So the colours on both fixtures are changing. When I check the preset (long hold on preset, then select “edit”) only one of the fixture groups is selected (tick in yellow circle) and none of the parameters from the second fixture group are selected. So I’m not sure why the colours on both fixtures are changing. If anyone can shed some light on this (sorry, pun not intended) I’d be very grateful. And greetings from Australia!
Hi! Welcome 
Just to clarify the behaviour: when you recall the preset, which of these two cases are you seeing?
• Case A: The interface updates “correctly” (it only shows changes for the fixture you recorded), but the actual fixtures both change colour anyway.
• Case B: The interface updates “incorrectly” (it shows both fixtures changing / both colour values moving), and in that case the fixtures also both change.
The reason I’m asking is that your preset setup sounds correct (only one fixture group ticked, no parameters selected for the second group), so ideally pressing that preset should only recall/override the recorded fixture’s colour data, not the other one. Knowing whether the issue is UI-only or actually on the DMX output will help narrow it down quickly
Thanks for your response! It’s case B - the interface updates “incorrectly”. I press the preset for the LED pars, and the colour of both fixture groups changes on the interface, as well as the lights themselves. I’ve tried redoing the presets a couple of times to see if I’m doing something wrong.
Can you (from the home page) share the show with me by private message ?
Can you active the Live Mode (bottom left corner) and tell me if it’s better ?
Yes I’ll share the song file with you. I tried redoing the whole thing on another iPad, making up the fixture profiles from scratch, then the presets, with exactly the same result.
I tried activating Live mode, but it made it worse. The LED par started strobing. It changed colour with the different presets, but would but didn’t stop strobing. Whenever I pressed a preset for one light, the other fixture turned off. And vice versa (in reverse). And it was still case B - the interface updates “incorrectly”.
I think I may have found out why this is happening. Look at the attached screenshot. When you click on where it says “1 device” to select/see what fixtures are in the group, you get the option of all the patched devices, & then the overall option of “All” or “Selected”. I select the device/s that I want and then click on “selected”. However, when I check this setting again, it always shows “All” as having been selected. I presume this means that when I click on a preset for this group, it then affects ALL fixtures, not just the ones I want? And if this is the issue, is it possible to fix this? Thanks.
