Bit of a mind bender here and was wondering if anyone has had encountered a similar situation. I'm using QLab4 which is sending OSC cues to two separate Resolume servers. Due to the large nature of the show we split the composition into one server handing the video wall and one handling front projection. However, intermittently we have had dropped cues. Here are the symptoms:
- - It seems to only happen when I have multiple cues tied together. For example, a cue triggering Column X on server #1 and an autofollow without a delay to a similar cue on server #2
- It is truly intermittent. In our show of 70 cues (213 total counting autofollows and grouped triggers), a cue will be dropped on average once every other show. And so far never the same cue.
- Older MacPro running QLab, two new trashcan MacPros running Resolume
- Going back (up arrow) in qlab retaking the skipped cue will cause it to successfully trigger.
- There doesn't seem to be any correlation between time between cues and this error, so some kind of network timeout doesn't seem likely
- We have had occurrences of the misfire happening both when two simultaneous cues are sent to the same server AND when two simultaneous cues are sent to different servers, making me suspect the problem is not on Resolume's ability to parse two simultaneous signals...
- All computers are connected via Ethernet, static IPs, isolated network with no internet connection
- This problem has been encountered on two separate occasions, the other was a macbook running QLab3 and a single Resolume server on PC, with a direct adhoc network via Ethernet.
It's not so much a big deal in fast paced shows, but when you've got a show with gentle fades on a 2400ft^2 video wall and it suddenly jumps past a transition cue, we're going to have a bad day. I need to figure out a system which I can rely on 100%.
Thanks everyone!