Phaser challenge

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    Hello Forum,


    I am a bit stuck on creating a specific phaser, I was hoping somebody could help.


    In short I want to create the following effect with 4 fixtures:

    One by one they snap on like a chase and then simultaneously they all fade out.


    My idea was to create this with a cue and the fade out in a part cue.


    Cue 1:

    Step: 1: Dimmer 0, Width 100

    Step: 2: Dimmer 100, Width 100

    Form Rectangle, Phase 0-180


    Cue 1 Part 1:

    Step: 1: Dimmer Release, Width 100

    Step: 2: Dimmer 100, Width 50

    Step: 3: Dimmer 0, Width 50 Transition 60%

    Form Rectangle


    When the cue is running only the part cue is visible, it is missing the chase effect. (1.6.3.5)


    I am curious how others would approach this effect.


    I have added the showfile in the attachments.


    Thank you

    if I understand you intentions correct, here is one approach:

    (not a phaser)


    Code
    Fixture 1 Thru 4
At 100 Delay 0 Thru 1 Fade 0
Store Cue 1
Set Cue 1 AllowDuplicates Yes Assert Yes
At 0 Delay 1.5 Fade 1
Store Cue 1 Part 1

    if you actually wanted a phaser (looping/repeating effect), try something like this


    Code
    Fixture 1 Thru 4
At 0
Step 2 At 100 Transition 0
Step 3 At 0
Step 1 Width 0 Thru 100
Step 2 Width 100 Thru 0
Store Cue 1

    Thanks that phaser is exactly what I was looking for!


    I follow everything expect for line 5 and 6.


    Does line 5 and 6 set a phase for a specific step? The "Width" keyword confuses me.

    I always thought width is the value of the length of a step, never knew it could have a "x thru x" value.

    The documentation is not very helpfull on this: https://help2.malighting.com/P…eyword_width/en/1.6/width


    Because the width on step 1 and 2 are reversed the phase effect is "cancelled"?

    That is why the effect on step 3 runs simultaneously on all fixtures?


    I hope you can explain the idea behind it a little bit.

    But again thanks I've already learned something new.

    All fixtures are running with the same phase.

    the effect you were describing cannot be solved with basic phase distribution.

    Phase offsets all steps, but you need step 3 to be in sync.


    "x thru y" works with all layers to apply a range, it is not limited to Phase or e.g. Delay. you can perfectly use the same syntax with e.g. the Width layer as in this case:


    line 5: Step 1 Width 0 Thru 100 sets different width of step 1 for each fixture:

    Fixture 1: Step1 Width = 0

    Fixture 2: Step1 Width = 33

    Fixture 3: Step1 Width = 67

    Fixture 4: Step1 Width = 100


    line 6: Step 2 Width 100 Thru 0 sets different width of step 2 for each fixture:

    Fixture 1: Step2 Width = 100

    Fixture 2: Step2 Width = 67

    Fixture 3: Step2 Width = 33

    Fixture 4: Step2 Width = 0


    As the sum of the width of step 1 and step 2 for each fixture are all the same, they all reach step 3 at the same time, as desired.

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