Has anyone tried Vixen 3.0 ?

[pk]

Has anyone tried the beta version of Vixen 3.0?  Is it working with the USB Dongle yet?

[Dennis Cherry]

Has anyone tried the beta version of Vixen 3.0?  Is it working with the USB Dongle yet?

It is this in a virgin Beta state, not much you can do with it until the next beta release.

It does have some very nice potential features planned.

[rrowan]

I could be wrong but at the moment there is no modules for the usb dongle (dmx or pixelnet)

There is a E1.31 (i.e.: works with the EtherDongle) which I am told "works" but it crashed for me.

Its a wait and see what the next version has.

Rick R.

[tbone321]

Gee, something about Vixen in the Vixen area..... LOL, imagine that.

[foxathome]

I don't see any answers to using the USB Dongle with Vixen 3. Do I need to switch to ether dongle?

[tbone321]

Vixen 3 is talked about and manyof the developers are members of DIYC so if you don't h=get an answer here. you hve a really goo chance of getting one over there for Vixen 3.

[taybrynn]

Having used LOR since 2008 and owning LSP 32k ch version ... I would start using xlights nutcracker for any new sequencing personally ... the sequencing is just so much faster and flexible -- I believe even in its infancy, its outclassed everything else out there.

[twooly]

Having used LOR since 2008 and owning LSP 32k ch version ... I would start using xlights nutcracker for any new sequencing personally ... the sequencing is just so much faster and flexible -- I believe even in its infancy, its outclassed everything else out there.

You'll like the version 3 then since nutcracker is built right into it.  A few quirky things with it I'm still learning but its starting to grow on me.  I'm a LSP 32k user also but you always have to try things

[drlucas]

Biggest let down with 3 is no export function. It is a very clean interface though.

[loveroflife96]

My show is running Vixen 3 with Conductor this year.  It's a TON easier with RGB than working through Vixen 2.  I tried using Vixen 2, tried LSP, and HLS.  I would try all the software programs to determine which you like best, but with over 2000 pixels plus some LED elements, Vixen 3 was my choice.  Took me about 4 hours to sequence an entire song, way quicker than last year!  Once the exporter is fully released it will be the game changer for many people.

[taybrynn]

Vixen+ looked really nice also

[winwin]

You'll like the version 3 then since nutcracker is built right into it.  A few quirky things with it I'm still learning but its starting to grow on me.  I'm a LSP 32k user also but you always have to try things

it is but how is Vixen 3 keeping up with the Nutcracker updates?

[twooly]

They do a pull of the code every so often.  It's not 100 percent exact but it's close.

[mms]

Has anyone tried the beta version of Vixen 3.0?  Is it working with the USB Dongle yet?

I know this original post was back in 2012, but after learning V3 doesn't support the use of routines, I won't be using V3.  I generate routines and then do further modification within the sequencer.  Vixen+ seems a lot more powerful/useful for how I sequence.  This year time was tight so I continued with Vixen 2.1.1.  I'm not a fan of "Object Level" sequencing as it doesn't look right to me.

[smeighan]

They do a pull of the code every so often.  It's not 100 percent exact but it's close.

they have only pulled our code once, that was back in april. i think it was version 3.0.8. we are about 25 releases later.

it took them weeks to get that ccode compiled. this next year we will be having a discussion of how they cn stay more current. i am thinking of offering xlights to be able to run in batch mode. then vixen+,vixen3 or the others could call our xlights,.exe and pass in an xml file. we would then sequence it into a file that can be used by the sequencers. discussuin will occur this next year. matt brown has said it would be too difficult to make a xlights.dll so this may be our second choice.

it is, at least, recognized as a need