| Subject: | Re: Am I the only nitwit on this list ? |
| From: | Geoffrey Dyson |
| Date: | Wed, 04 Dec 2002 17:12:58 +0100 |
Fokko van Duin wrote:
At 11:27 +0100 04-12-2002, Geoffrey Dyson wrote:
Well I have to admit I'm stumped. I've been using lighting boards
since 1979. I've been using computers and namely Macs since 1985.
I've been using LCEdit II since 1999. So I don't really consider
myself a computer nincompoop. But four times now I have installed
LCEdit + to try and see how it works. And four times, after having
spent hours at it, I have given up frustrated and annoyed. Not only
does the manual not supply an answer when I get stuck but I can't
even get past creating the first lighting effect. All the following
ones just seem to erase what I created previously.
It sounds to me you do replace to the same cuelist/step, instead of
add. I assume you did use v3.01 as it has a (small) section for
theatre people?
Yes the latest version.
Furthermore what is worse, twice I have had a hell of a time trying
to reinstall LCEdit II firmware, which repeatedly and insistently
refused to upload.
LCedit v3.01 should do a firmware upload without any problems. What OS
and Mac are you using? Did you try another PhoneNet cable?
The first time was with a Powerbook 520 and OS 7.6. The only solution I
found was to obtain another copy of the firmware and that finally fixed
it. The second time was with a Powerbook titanium with OS X.2 and
running under Classic 9.2.2. I couldn't ffind any other solution than
to haul out the old Powerbook 520 under OS 7.6 install the firmware from
that and that finally worked fine. And I was using the same cables!!
So what can be done? Have you entertained the idea of rewriting the
manual? Or rethinking the interface to make it a tad more intuitive?
We working on both, that means we will try to make a tutorial (for
theatre and normal use) and we try to improve the human interface each
version. LCedit+ v3.02 (to be released soon) will have again a number
of improvements.
This is essentiel. But this list certainly works. A friend in Lausanne
who recently bought the LCX rang me up about 10 minutes after I posted.
He promised to sort me out. That's a relief.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Lanbox and am absolutely delighted
with reliabillity and ease of LCEdit II and profoundly hope that
LCEdit + will overcome its shortcomings but at the moment I just
can't work it.
LC+ software has so many more features then LCII, but it is a bit more
complex. We try to come as close as possible with the simplicity of
LCeditII without loosing features which other users require.
I need those features too but if someone like me can't be up and running
after four tries, I think it's proof that the interface is inherently
unfriendly.
Am I the only nitwit on this list ?
I don't think so, see previous thread
<http://www.lanbox.com/support/Talk-Archive/msg-00719.html>
BTW Fixed steps and split fades are now possible with the LCX and LCM.
Regards,
Fokko van Duin, Creators of the LanBox-LC
CDS advanced technology bv, DMX lighting controller.
http://www.cds.nl/ http://www.lanbox.com/
Member of MIDI Manufacturers Association, MMA
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