I have programmed my ez 8 manually. Now I want to upload the program and then download it onto other EZ 8's. How do I go about doing this?
Have you downloaded and installed Vixen 2.5?
Quote from: JonnyMac on March 25, 2011, 11:56:49 AM
Have you downloaded and installed Vixen 2.5?
Yes I have installed vixen.
I'm sure I've posted these steps elsewhere, but let me run through it fresh so I'm sure.
* Power up EZ-8, set mode switch to position 9, connect to PC
* Open a blank sequence in Vixen -- I use the attached.
(http://www.efx-tek.com/files/ez-8_vixen_01.jpg)
* Make sure that you have the EZ-8 driver assigned to the sequence
-- Click on "Attached Plugins"
-- Select EFX-TEK EZ-8 from "Available Plugins"
-- Click "Use"
(http://www.efx-tek.com/files/ez-8_vixen_02.jpg)
* Configure for your serial port
-- Click on the EFX-TEK EZ-8 from "Plugins in Use"
-- Click "Plugin Setup"
(http://www.efx-tek.com/files/ez-8_vixen_03.jpg)
* Select your Com port
-- Click "OK" to close the Com port setup dialog
-- Click "Done" to close the "Sequence Plugin Mapping" dialog
(http://www.efx-tek.com/files/ez-8_vixen_04.jpg)
* From the Main menu, select Add-Ins, then EFX-TEK EZ-8 Upload/Download
(http://www.efx-tek.com/files/ez-8_vixen_05.jpg)
* Wait for the EZ-8 to connect to Vixen
* Select the first radio button for uploading
* Click "Start" to upload your sequence
* Click "Close" when done
(http://www.efx-tek.com/files/ez-8_vixen_06.jpg)
Now that you have the sequence in the PC you can save it, modify it, play it live (press the play button), and then download it to the EZ-8. Use the Upload/Download dialog again, selecting the section option for downloading.
It's much easier to do than describe here -- after you've gone through the steps you'll find it's quite simple.
Have fun.