theatretch85
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I haven't had a solid week of a fully automated show this year and it seems the software (Vixen 2.1.4) keeps crashing. Though it seems its only crashing when it's running a scheduled program. One of my tracks it crashed on while running the scheduled program works just fine if I play it by itself. I kept thinking it was the computer at fault, but I've switched to a different computer 3 times this year and still having the software crash. When it crashes, I stop the program playback, close and restart vixen software (not the PC) and restart the current timers. Then it seems to run for sometimes the rest of the night, other times it won't fully run the 12 minute program before crashing again. Not sure what else I can try, all my lights are connected via an E1.31 interface over IP to the computer and I have a USB extension running to the VAST USB FM Transmitter on the roof. I can hear in the audio a squeal when I've been in the office and I've witnessed it crashing and it stops when I stop the running program. The vixen computer and E1.31 interface runs on its own completely separate VLAN on my network, no other devices are running E1.31 output while the show is running, I have it setup for Multicast but I don't think this has any effect on the software crashing.
Any ideas? Right now I'm just manually running the couple sequences tonight. Is it time to upgrade to a newer version of the Vixen software? Can I upgrade to Xixen 3 easily with my vixen 2 sequences? Is it something else causing the crash?
Any ideas? Right now I'm just manually running the couple sequences tonight. Is it time to upgrade to a newer version of the Vixen software? Can I upgrade to Xixen 3 easily with my vixen 2 sequences? Is it something else causing the crash?