To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software 2 Preset Mode Fixes have been made to 2 preset mode to stop problems with faders not firing, levels being set by other faders and fader 65 not controlling anything. To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Midi Channels Midi input channels can now be set in the range 0 to 7 and output channels between 1 to 8. This bring the numbering inline with the Pearl allowing exchange of Midi triggers between the Diamond 4 and the Pearl 2010. Added option to use fader level for Midi note intensity The playback fader position is now included in the Midi output Note-On command. This provides intensity control of playbacks on a slave console. Timecode is now logged without colons When logging Midi timecode the format, "HHMMSSFF", is now used instead of "HH:MM:SS:FF" (where HH is hours, MM is minutes, SS is seconds and FF is frames). This is to allow the data to be graphed more easily. To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Crash When Opening Dmx Settings The software could crash when dmx settings was opened. This is now fixed To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Option to keep next cue centred in cuelist view We have added an option to keep next cue centred in cuelist view Chase Playback Order If a chase is running and a new playback is fired, the next step in the chase will take precedence over the playback. This is now fixed To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Timecode Playbacks Playbacks running on timecode will now be killed if they go out of range of the timer. User Manual The user manual will no longer always open upon loading a show To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Fixture View You can now choose to view the fixture name, or the legend assigned by the user. This is done via the 'view' menu Midi Timecode The midi timecode that is sent via tracking backup has now been masked to only send the appropriate data. This should make the timer more reliable. To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Goto On Chases It is now possible to use the goto function on chases To request a copy of the installer, please contact the mailto:software@avolites.com Software Team . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Autoconnect Cue List A cue list will now autoconnect when the option is enabled Playbacks Not getting killed It was possible for a playback to become stuck on after using the sequence control go button on heldover playbacks Mode 2 Cues Mode 2 fade across functions and return is now possible Download and save the installer from our web site at http://www.avolitesdownload.com/Downloads/Diamond4.stm http://www.avolitesdownload.com/Downloads/Diamond4.stm . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Crash problem when closing DMX Settings dialog It was possible for the software to crash when closing the DMX Settings dialog. This has now been fixed Download and save the installer from our web site at http://www.avolitesdownload.com/Downloads/Diamond4.stm http://www.avolitesdownload.com/Downloads/Diamond4.stm . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Column Ordering In on screen views, such as the cuelist view, the order of the columns is stored and recalled by the software when it is restarted. The order can be changed by dragging the column headers. Note: This does not include the show library. Cuelist View Cue Tracking There is now a new option to keep the cue which is next to fire in the centre of the of the cuelist view window. This option can be accessed by right clicking on the cuelist view. ArtNET sometimes disabled when console in slave mode In previous versions of the Diamond software, when a console was set to slave mode, DMX output over ArtNET would sometimes be disabled. This has now been fixed to ensure that ArtNET data is not affected by placing the console in slave mode. Avolites does however recommend disabling the ArtNET output manually on the slave device so that duplicate DMX data is not sent across the network. This can be done using a monitor/keyboard/mouse combination attached to the slave device by unchecking the "Enable DMX Output" box from Tools > Setup DMX outputs > Settings > Art-Net dialog. XML Showfile Loading If the desk required to load in the XML version of the showfile, some parts of the show were not loaded correctly. This is now fixed. Chase Priority If a chase was running then another playback was fired, when the chase continued to the next step it would take precedence over the playback. This has been fixed so that chases now use the time when they were initially fired to determine their priority. ArtNET node assignment lost if AvoUSB fails to start before D4 2.2 It was possible for AvoUSB to not completely finish loading before the D4 software started, in which case the assignment of ArtNET nodes in the DMX setup dialog would be lost. The has now been fixed and the nodes remain correctly assigned. Download and save the installer from our web site at http://www.avolitesdownload.com/Downloads/Diamond4.stm http://www.avolitesdownload.com/Downloads/Diamond4.stm . Then on your console: Ensure the Diamond 4 software has been closed Run the installer Restart the Diamond 4 software Shape Enhancements The following changes have been made to the shape engine: Shapes will now fade in or out according to a cue's fade and delay times. The Diamond can now sync the size, speed and phase of 2 shapes when fading from one to another. It is now possible to create a shape across multiple fixtures and only change the properties (size, speed, phase) of some of those fixtures. Shapes now adhere to LTP rules. When recording a shape, the shape will now continue to run until it is changed to a different value, just like Pan and Tilt, Colour etc. Shapes can be stopped by recording a zero size and speed for a shape. Shapes also now have default speeds defined in the personality file. Showsafe Enhancements The Diamond now has extra communication with showsafe to update the showsafe screen with connection information. The reliability of the show safe connection has also been vastly improved, and there is no longer the possibility of the connection dropping after a few minutes as was previously the case. Hold and Release The Hold and Release feature is a new feature allowing the operator to set any attribute of a fixture which will stay at that value until they release it from hold. The Hold and Release From Hold can be found in the @ menu. The @ menu is called by pressing the @ button next to the attribute wheel. When pressing Hold the attribute for the selected fixtures is held at the value currently set by the programmer. It will stay at this value regardless of interaction from playbacks or the programmer until the Release From Hold is pressed. Only the fixtures selected when pressing Release From Hold are released from hold. Update Function The update function updates a fired cue, with the changes contained in the programmer. The operator is informed of changes by an update screen with information on which cue and attribute is to be updated with which values. The screen is only displayed if there is anything to update. The update obeys the following rules: A palette can only be replaced by another palette. The cue must have been fired at the time of updating. Only the fixtures selected will be updated. The update screen has a filter facility where the content of the update screen is filtered by the search string entered, any item containing this string in any of its columns is displayed. Midi Output The midi output is intended to send midi triggers as single note output. This can be used to control a laser for instance. Midi Output sends a single note when the cue is fired. The midi output can be found under Soft key menu - Setup -> Midi Options. (Midi input is displayed on the left hand side of the menu, and the midi output is displayed on the right hand side of the menu) The Midi Output must be enabled to work - this is indicated by a highlighted soft key "Disable Midi Output". The soft key menu button "Assign Midi Note" takes the operator into the main midi output menu: First, The operator selects a playback - this can be either a cue or a cue list. When selecting a cue list the operator can browse through each individual cue with the navigation buttons on the ride hand side of the menu. On the left hand side of the Midi Output menu, the current setting is displayed for midi channel, midi command (note on or note off), note number (what note), and midi level (intensity). There is a selector where the midi note can be enabled or disabled. When the operator changes any of these fields, this cue is enabled to send a midi note when it is fired. The console remembers the last entered values. The values displayed will be the actual value stored, or when disabled the last value entered for this field. Autoload Enhancements It is now possible to set a specific cue within a playback to be autoloaded, so that when the parent cue is fired the autoloaded playback can start, for example, from cue 5. Also the autoload can now act as a go press on the cue list it's loading. Set Ethernet Address This feature allows the operator to set the ethernet address for tracking backup on the console, automatically. They can choose between an ethernet address starting with 2. or with 10. This feature can be called via soft key menu - Setup -> Network Settings -> Apply Quick Nework Setting 2. or Apply Quick Network Setting 10. The ethernet address is also now displayed on the main screen of the Diamond 4. Showfile Fixer The Diamond now has a showfile fixer in it. go to setup->repair show file(Softkey E). This creates a report file of changes in d4\report folder 1.5.3 Images\ShowfileFixer.JPG Showfile Fixer Image Problems With Crossfade and Palette Times When entering a time for a palette then selecting a fixture overlap you will loose your palette time and have to re-enter it LCD Does Not Refresh Between Selecting Fixtures When selecting between fixtures of different types the attribute controls don't always display the correct attributes Colour Picker Does Not Respond To RGB Fixtures When using the colour picker with RGB fixtures, if you move the wheels the crosshair on the colour picker is not updated and remains stationary. For CMY fixtures, the colour picker correctly updates to show the currently mixed colour Edit Shape Menu Displays All Shapes When running through a cuelist of several shapes, each time a shape is fired it will get added to the edit shape menu but not removed until the playback is killed Re-Patching Crash Re-Patching a fixture without an intensity attribute caused the desk to crash. (eg. The Coeamar Chameleon) This is now fixed. Palette Attributes If you switched off an attribute in a palette and then switched it back on again, it would not return. This is now fixed. DMX Outputs The DMX output dialog could cause a crash when continuous DMX changes were being ouput. (eg running a chase). This is now fixed. Active Fixture Patching Unable to patch an active fixture, delete and then repatch it. Attempts to repatch an existing active were blocked. This is now fixed. Chase Speeds Chase speed stopped when chase speed was first set to a very high BPM then a very low BPM. This is now fixed. Tracking Backup Synchronising Issue Tracking backup console would sometimes get stuck with the message “Synchronising” on display, this was caused by a network problem and it is now fixed. Midi Remote The midi remote was not enabled on startup. This is now fixed. Failure to shut down rule If the D4 is abruptly powered off, on the next startup a menu is presented offering the choice of show files to load. If a decision is not made within 20 seconds then the last used show file is loaded. The time delay is there to give the user the option to choose another show file should the last used show file have developed a fault. Without this rule in place, the situation could arise where the console fails to start up. To prevent the situation arising in the first place, always use an uniterruptible power supply, UPS. Showfile Corruption This can occur when a faulty personality file is used, the problem has been fixed by 1) much tighter checking and 2) the introduciton of a show file fixer, see number 8 in the New Features section Forward Tracking Forward tracking did not work. This is now fixed. Stepping Through Chase With Link Off After creating a chase with global link set to "off", you could not use the swop button to fire the next cue. This is now fixed. Stopping Heldover Playback When changing pages, you could not 'kill by fader' on a heldover playback. This is now fixed. Fixture Selection When creating shape the programmer would not deselect fixtures properly. This is now fixed. LTP On Manual Fader Playbacks LTP channels would not work when more than 1 manual fader playback was fired.This is now fixed. Manual Fader Playbacks Manual fader control of Cue Lists would not work when more than 1 manual Cue List was active. This is now fixed. Tracking Backup Connection When reading from the network the console could lose connection at random time intervals. This is now fixed Dipless Crossfading When using autoloads, if a cuelist autoloaded one cue then another containing the same fixtures, it was possible that the intensities of those fixtures would dip. Crossfading between 2 cues using autoload is now properly dipless. Flashing Crash If flashing quickly with a new dual core motherboard, the desk could crash. This is now fixed. Shapes In Chases When working with chases, you could not record the same shape accross multiple cues then alter it slightly. it would record the same shape in each cue. This is now fixed. Fixture Exchange Crash Exchanging fixtures with more than 3 types of fixture patched caused the desk to crash. This is now fixed. Updating Cues Live Record cue did not update a live cue. Now if you update a live cue, the update will occur immediately. Playbacks Not Firing Sometimes when raising a fader it did not trigger the playback to fire. This was very sporadic, sometimes happening after pressing "stop all playbacks". This is now fixed. Timecode Takes Over Tracking Backup When using timecode you can't send manual controls to tracking backup. This is now fixed Stop All Playbacks Crash When using stop all playbacks the desk will sometimes crash. This is now Fixed. Display On Set Out Times The cue legend in set out times for a list was not updated when moving between cues. This is now fixed. DMX Outputs Saved To Show File DMX output settings are now added to the show file and can be loaded back with the show. There is also now an option to load "DMX Output Settings" when loading a showfile. If this is not selected then the current console configuration will be used. Dimmer @ Button Menu When in the fixture menu pressing dimmer wheel @ button opens a different menu to normal. This is now fixed. Save Show Crash Saving show could crash when TimeCode window is open. This is now fixed Select All Issue When pressing select all, in set times menu, the fixtures stay deselected. This has now been fixed and all will be correctly selected. User Settings Not Reloading properly The "midi glitch" user setting was not saved to the show file. This is now fixed Shape Deletion Conformation When a shape is deleted it now displays a confirmation window. Fixture Exchange Selection The labels of the fixtures in the dropdown box did not match what was actually being selected. This is now fixed. Group Selection and De-Selection It is possible to record Group 1 containing a set of fixtures and group 2 with a subset of these fixtures. By selecting group 1 then group 2 then de-selecting group 1, all fixtures were de-selected (even though group 2 remained selected). Following this bug fix, fixtures in group 2 will remain selected, and those in group 1 will be unselected. Playback Options Issue Going back up from Playback Options to Set Times menu used to ask for the playback to be selected again. This is now fixed Save Menu In Wipeall Menu The save show menu in the wipeall menu now works Cues Locked On The problem where a mode 1 cue could get locked on when a fade time of zero is set is now fixed Timecode Window There was an issue where the CPU would jump to 100% on a backup console when the timecode window was opened. This was fixed by adding the timecode viewer to the toolbar therefore only opening on the main console and not the backup.