Lighting rig currently consists of 8 ColorRail IRCs, 2 Barrel 300 Scanners, and 4 Spot Duos.
Tried messing around this evening with the Spot Duos in Generator, and think I discovered a MASSIVE disappointment: all that cool Generator capability (of curve tracing, etc...) seems to be available to only to the first head of the two on each Spot Duo fixture. The second head on each fixture has to be programmed differently, meaning... if you have four fixtures (8 heads) as I do, it's not like you have 8 independent heads from a Generator point of view. Means you have two sets of four, each set programmed basically independently. One set of four can use the curve tracing (combines head #1 pan/tilt/upan/utilt into one Generator "channel"), and the other set of four head#2's have to use separate pan and tilt channels.
I'm not seeing how all 8 heads can be programmed as one group to create synchronized, 8-head scenes, e.g. synchronized wave across all 8 heads.
I have them set up in 20-ch DMX personality. Tomorrow I will try 17 and 10 channel to see if that makes a difference. (At best, guessing in these less-capable personalities, each pair of heads will operate as one.)
This is a HUGE and UNEXPECTED bummer, if this is in fact a limitation of ShowXpress and Intimidator Spot Duos.
If there's a way to fix, please respond quickly... before I return the Spot Duos back to the store.
Thank you kindly