ESA Pro changelog

[simonB]

Here's a changelog for ESAPro listing major changes since May 2012:

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********FIXED BUGS********
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if 2 sticks with the same name are used over ethernet, ESA Pro will display 2 items called DEFAULT in the combo box, but clicking on them will always connect to the same stick
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crash when adding a sunrise/sunset trigger with an interface connected
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crash when multiselecting scenes with ctl in editor
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-button at top left of pages window crashes software
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graphics bug in Areas Patch window when the fixture window is zoomed
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several spelling and language errors fixed
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'encountered improper argument' error with certain profiles
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if you add day triggers, the time trigger report shows the number 32,33,34 etc...
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recurring time triggers are only shown on the current year of the calendar
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copy/paste sequence when part of the sequence is not visible. drag the sequence, the blocks not in view will not be dragged
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bug with color chaser effect: if you select magenta for color 7, it changes to purple
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color chaser fades to black between the first and last color
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Double click on a .arc showfile to open. error message appears
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if you make more than 40 triggers, then after, connect a STICK1, the extra time triggers are removed without warning the user
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40 time triggers warning comes up when you have a STICK-DE3 connected, this error should only appear when writing to a KU1/KE1
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suite2-FC+ not detected
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if an interface is connected with USB and ethernet and you start ESAPro with ethernet selected, the interface will not connect
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stand alone->right click stick and select 'remove all'. when the show is reopened, all sticks will be removed.
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Double clicking on a showfile to open causes an error
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areas window->hover over a fixture, the DMX addess on the tooltip is offset by 1. it goes from 0-511 instead of 1-512
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********NEW FEATURES********
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Possibility to refresh ethernet device detection without restarting the software
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-tooltips on the 4 icons
-Add a device
-Remove selected device
-Rename device
-Refresh device list
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-if a new show is created, stand alone tabs are created for each connected STICK
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-if you drag and drop the same area onto 2 STICKs, the synchronisation checkbox is checked automatically
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scene fading with the U7
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if an empty scene is written, a 10 second 'Static' effect is written in black
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windows 8 support
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easier multibeam editing
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possibility to add an image infront of lighting fixtures and have parts of the image light up
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port triggering in LIVE
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possibility to resize a multi-selection of blocks together
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possibility to update a group (select fixtures, right click group, select update)
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new color chaser effect
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possibility to insert an audio file and view the waveform the help with programming a sound to light show (a few bugs with playback and zooming which will be fixed in the next version)
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new dialog to give more information on writing to a device
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support for the STICK-DE3

[simonB]

We've just put up a new official version of ESA Pro. It contains the following bugfixes and features since the previous official version last April:

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********FIXED BUGS********
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block time shouldn\'t be changed when interval time is changed in Pan/Tilt effect
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tooltip missing in group window for multibeam fixtures
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In the calendar when setting a range of dates that include a month with 31 days, the 31st receives no trigger.
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when you edit a static bloc (warm & cold channels) the fade times were deleted
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bug with scene fading, sometimes values were being held on 1 or 254
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block size of static block was reset to 10 seconds after being edited
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bug with block sized when editing pan/tilt effects
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sunset displayed when editing a calendar event with a sunrise trigger
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it wasn’t possible to drag or paste a static block if the free space was very small like 0.04s or 0.08s
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graphics refresh bug when making a multi-selection of fixtures and changing the fade time
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all common image formats now supported when adding an image to a scene for the STICK-DE3 controller
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when scrolling in the fixtures window, the view didn’t update until you clicked in the fixtures window
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showfile optimisations, saved showfiles are now smaller
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show loading optimisations, opening a show is now quicker
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now possible to copy blocks between additional color channels

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********NEW FEATURES********
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graphics bug:
-add a fade to a block
-drag the beginning of the block to resize
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the 'preview speed' is sometimes being saved in a dynamic effect
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possibility to drag and drop an area onto a STICK-KE1
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possibility to make a show with an unlimited amount of universes and write different universes to several SLESA-UE7's
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-display % value below to dimmer fader on color wheel
-display % values below RGB values on color wheel
-possibility to type % values
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[simonB]

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********FIXED BUGS********
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Fix bug with Pan/Tilt datas when opening a show.
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DMX universe information for multi-UE7 was not saved
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Scene properties in 'Next' column were not saved with the showfile.
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gradient effect with RGBW corrupted the showfile
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When creating a ramp using a gradient block that was ending with DMX value 0, the ending value returned to 255 every time the gradient block was opened
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black blocks were not duplicated if they were at the end of a scene
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bug with fixture selection
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color effect block was changing size depending on speed set inside effect
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error when deselecting a fixture from a multi selection after - inverting the selection
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If the duration of a block was edited by right-clicking on it and choosing Start/size, the block time was not changed when opening the block, therefore the block returned to 10 seconds after being edited
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bug when jumping to next scene
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Bug where dmx values were not sent when editing a scene with a rect.
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crash when attempting to remove a scene from the STICK-DE3 when all scenes had been removed

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********NEW FEATURES********
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When you click to write to stand alone, if a scene has not been assigned to any of the controllers, display a warning message
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show the selected timeline position when editing an effect
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show writing optimization
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live mode now displays colorized squares for warm & cold channels
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save DE3 scene images when writing the show on the computer
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4th December beta:
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********FIXED BUGS********
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block time shouldn\'t be changed when interval time is changed in Pan/Tilt effect
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tooltip missing in group window for multibeam fixtures
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In the calendar when setting a range of dates that include a month with 31 days, the 31st receives no trigger.
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when you edit a static bloc (warm & cold channels) the fade times were deleted
——
bug with scene fading, sometimes values were being held on 1 or 254
—
block size of static block was reset to 10 seconds after being edited
—
bug with block sized when editing pan/tilt effects
—
sunset displayed when editing a calendar event with a sunrise trigger
—
it wasn’t possible to drag or paste a static block if the free space was very small like 0.04s or 0.08s
—
graphics refresh bug when making a multi-selection of fixtures and changing the fade time
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all common image formats now supported when adding an image to a scene for the STICK-DE3 controller
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when scrolling in the fixtures window, the view didn’t update until you clicked in the fixtures window
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showfile optimisations, saved showfiles are now smaller
-
show loading optimisations, opening a show is now quicker
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now possible to copy blocks between additional color channels

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********NEW FEATURES********
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graphics bug:
-add a fade to a block
-drag the beginning of the block to resize
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the 'preview speed' is sometimes being saved in a dynamic effect
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possibility to drag and drop an area onto a STICK-KE1
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possibility to make a show with an unlimited amount of universes and write different universes to several SLESA-UE7's
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-display % value below to dimmer fader on color wheel
-display % values below RGB values on color wheel
-possibility to type % values
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[simonB]

We have a new version of ESA Pro online. Here are the new features and bug corrections:

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********FIXED BUGS********
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fixture selection bug corrected at certain zoom levels
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bug corrected when dragging multi-beam fixtures
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fixture order was not correctly copied when duplicating effect blocks
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bug corrections with audio timeline
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bug corrections with 'add/remove fixtures' window
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calendar not displaying correct sunrise and sunset time
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tools shortcuts removed as tools has now been replace by hardware manager
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area synchronisation parameters not stored
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lock checkbox state was not saved
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preview times inside the gradient effect window were not correct when the time of the gradient effect was changed
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problems with sunrise and sunset triggers with an offset that carried them to the previous/next day
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Remove All (all pages) was not removing all scenes assigned to the controller
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bug correction when writing shows with empty areas and pages
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error corrected with rects on multi-beam fixtures
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remove dimmer property from RGB channels if a fixture with a dimmer channel is patched
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bugs corrected with % display in effect
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block selection is now maintained when scrolling and zooming

[simonB]

We have a new build of ESA Pro including the following bug fixes:

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********FIXED BUGS********
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if I create a rect effect on a multi-beam fixture, I can't preview it on the fixture tab.
If I click LIVE, then EDITOR it will work.
If I click RECTS then FIXTURES it will not work, and sometimes crash.
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time trigger window
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background graphics corruption when the timeline area is made very small
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calendar-> if a value is typed into the sunrise/sunset box, this is not saved unless the arrows are clicked
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'impropper argument encountered' when I put a color chaser rect effect on a multibeam.
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timeline is not properly refreshed after adding an audio file, you need to de select and re-select all fixtures
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graphical bug when using a lot of fixtures in a matrix
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[simonB]

A new version of ESA Pro is now available on our website.
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********FIXED BUGS********
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if 2 rects a made, ESA Pro shows a warning message to say that the rect effect will overwrite the fixture effect
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corrected an 'improper argument' error when adding certain effects onto a rect covering multi-beam fixtures
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if the firmware is too recent, the software will now show a message to update the software, not the firmware
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New SLESA-UE7 firmware included which solves an Infra red interference bug long with a problem whereby some controllers froze during power-up

[simonB]

A new beta is available online containing some minor bug corrections including:

-crash when you try to write more than 2 universes to a SLESA-UE7
-sometimes when you clicked the 'repeat all blocks till the end of the scene' button the following error message appeared 'encountered an improper argument' and the effect would not repeat

[simonB]

A new beta of ESA Pro is available. The new version contains minor bug corrections and optimisations in addition to a new firmware 1.07 for the STICK-DE3. This is available for download here:
http://www.nicolaudie.com/downloads/fil ... robeta.exe

[nick]

ESA Pro 16/08/2016

A new official version of ESA Pro (v1) has been released which solves a problem with some STICK-KE1s not being detected.

Please download it from the downloads section of our website :
https://www.nicolaudie.com/download.htm