The Lighting Controller

tried 8.1.20 again and software crashed - reloaded 7.1 and works fine - no crash after 24 hours - looking forward to testing 8.1.21

in all fairness - I'm going to try the fix again to be sure I had the correct version - will let you know

updated with the latest version (8.1.15 + Fix file 8.1.20) - crashed after leaving the software open overnight - came back in the morning - and on the iMac, the typical software crash warning was on the screen (quit unexpectedly) - the power to the lights were off - the scene was a simple 12 light s...

thanks - will do and let you know

to answer your questions...I was running 8.0 with a simple lightshow using 12 lights - What happened when the software "crashed" ? (Freeze ? Error message from the OS ? If yes, what message ?) Answer: It was the typical Mac crash - the software closed (the lights went off) and the typical ...

One more thing again.....hopefully this is the final fix..... if you're using iMac El Capitan, instead of using the latest ShowXpress 8.1, download the previous version, ShowXpress 7.1.80. Then as I mentioned above, in the Applications folder, check the box to "Prevent App Nap" in both the...

One more thing - you need to also remove App Nap from 3DView as well. Open Applications folder, open the ShowXpress folder, right click on 3DView icon, then click "Get Info", then check the box "Prevent App Nap". Before, when I just removed App Nap from TheLightingController and ...

Problem fixed - I hope - ha - I'm running Mac OS X El Capitan - someone on YouTube gave me this advice and it worked - I've run ShowXpress for 4 hours straight with no crashes - it used to crash frequently - here's the fix........ Open Applications folder, open the ShowXpress folder, right click on ...

I just installed a new Xpress 512 using ShowXpress 8.1 on a new iMac - everything works great for about 15 minutes then ShowXpress crashes. This continues to happen. Anyone have this issue and is there a solution?