Newbie needs help

[slohsche]

Hello,

I`m quite new to daslight. I am a teacher and should setup a basic stage lighning envirorment in my school. This should be used by teachers who have access to the stage for rehersal, not for big theater events.
Here is how far I come:
I set up a small pc which is hide, that runs daslight 5. I programmed some basic scenes (e.x. "warmwhite 50%", Blue at 30%" etc.). These scenes are aktivated through the daslight remote app on an iPad. Teachers just get this iPad and can just play these scenes.

Everthing works fine, but...
I put a fader and a colour wheel on the touch page, that teachers were able to fade out a scene or change the colour. But when I use the fader on a specific scene, for exemple I start with warmwhite at 50%, then fade it to 20% (Dimmer), and I change now the scene to "Blue 50%", the fixtures change to blue but stay on the 20% dimmer value. So I am not able to go back to the original values of the scene. The same happens, if I change the colour of a scene in the live modus.

I think it has something to do with the priorities? But I not able to figure it out. Maybe some of you experts can help me?

Best regards, Slohsche

[DJMan32]

if you select the scene then navigate to advanced properties, you can set the priority at the top. However, if you are controlling the master dimmer of the group, the mixer master dimmer take priority,

[slohsche]

Thank you DJMan32 for your quick reply!

Of course I found the priority dialogue and tryed different settings. For my basic understandig I thought I had to give the scenes a higher priority then the live modus, right?
And yes of course the master dimmer should get priority to fade out an running scene. I want that!

But: If I start a new scene after fading out another scene, the values of that scene (colour, dimmer value, etc.) which I programmed into that scene should be rolled out an get priority.

That sounds so basic to me from my newbie view, that I think it must be possible. Or am I wrong?

Thank you for any advice or tipps!

[DJMan32]

in theory yes, the new scene with the same or greater priority then the current scene should get priority, I apologies but im a little unclear of the desired effect, its not you, its me,

They I would set up your scenes:

Group one, Once Scene With the dimmer at 100%, thats it

Group two, multiple scenes, each one with its own color (Red with red color, blew with blue, ect....)

On the touch view, map the colors to individual buttons, and a fader on the dimmer for the first group scene

[missdmclain]

You're correct that the issue you're experiencing likely relates to the priority settings in Daslight. When you adjust a fader or color wheel, it can override the values set in your programmed scenes.

To resolve this, you can adjust the "Priority" settings for your scenes and controls. Here’s what you can do:

1. **Set Scene Priority**: Ensure that your programmed scenes have a higher priority than the manual controls (like the fader and color wheel). This way, when you switch scenes, the fixtures will revert to the programmed values.

2. **Use ‘Release’ Settings**: You can also look into using the "Release" function for your faders. This allows the fixtures to return to their programmed scene values once a new scene is activated.

3. **Test Different Configurations**: Experiment with different combinations of priorities and release settings to see what works best for your needs.

Once you've made these adjustments, you should find that switching scenes will restore the original dimmer and color values.