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Beam for Live

1.3.1​

April 29, 2022

Additions and improvements​

  • Discovering Art-Net nodes and sending them Art-Net data (ArtDmx packets) now works correctly in ranges 2.x.x.x and 10.x.x.x.
  • Instructions in Preferences -> Output now mention the Art-Net node discovery option.
  • MovingHead, Par, Strobe, Recolor devices: Hue parameter Modulation mode was incorrectly set to Absolute. Now set to Unipolar.
  • Update limit of device parameters in all Beam devices increased to 16 ms (previously 1 ms), which greatly reduces CPU load and allows working with larger numbers of modulation parameters.

Fixes​

  • Fixed issue where New menu bar option did not work while in Fixture Editor. Instead of New, there are now New Patch and New Fixture Profile menu bar options (also accessible using keyboard shortcuts Command+N and Control+N). The commands now bring the relevant editor to front or open it if not visible.

1.3.0​

December 22, 2021

New features​

ArtNet Poll​

ArtNet nodes that announce themselves via ArtNet Poll now show up in the available output devices dropdown.

ENTTEC DMX USB PRO Mk2​

Beam for Live now recognizes and supports the ENTTEC DMX USB PRO Mk2 interface.

Fixture Profiles​

  • Added the factory fixture profile for the Betopper LPC-004 PAR RGBW.
  • The High End Technobeam - Full Mode.sbf now matches the actual "Full Mode" of this fixture (allowing for 16-bit control of Litho wheel rotation).
  • Added modulations for High End Technobeam - Full Mode.sbf's attributes Color wheel function, Litho wheel function, Litho wheel position, Litho wheel rotation, Effects position, Effects spin speed, MSpeed attributes and default values for Color wheel function and Litho wheel function.
  • Added High End Technobeam-i.sbf profile, that allows controlling Iris.

Other improvements​

  • USB devices are now discoverable while Beam is running.
  • All tag and modulation dropdown menus of Beam's devices now read "Not connected" until Beam connects to Live.
  • Tags of children in aggregate profiles now also show up in Beam devices.
  • Added the ability to modulate all parameters from Beam's devices.
  • Improved consistency of 'Esc' key event behaviour.
  • Improved consistency of discarding input field edits when losing focus.
  • Fixtures used in a patch will now refresh after changing and saving a fixture profile in the fixture editor.
  • The table headers of the Patch Editor & Fixture Editor are now fixed to top when scrolling.

Bug fixes​

  • Disconnecting a USB device will not result in many error messages anymore.
  • The tag dropdown menus are now populated properly when dropping a Beam device on top of another Beam device.
  • The None option in the tag dropdown menus no longer appears twice in the list.
  • Tag and modulation names including spaces are now correctly loaded/displayed in Beam's devices.
  • Fixed a bug in the Fixture Editor that made it possible to unintentionally overwrite a previously opened fixture profile after starting a new fixture profile and saving it.
  • Beam's installer will now close after notifying the user when Live's version is too outdated (older than 10.1.13).