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Ayrton Moving Lights troubleshooting
The Ayrton Moving Lights problems live-event techs bring to Ask Roadie most (also called Argo 6 FX, Ayrton Fixture Manager, Ayrton Khamsin, Ayrton Lynx). Pick your symptom, or describe your own in plain words, and get the likeliest fix first, with the manual page when there is one.
Common Ayrton Moving Lights errors & problems
What techs run into most, and what's usually behind it. The step-by-step fix for your exact unit is in Ask Roadie.
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Auto IP Test shows 9999 Pa / IP test Fail
Likely cause: IP-rated Ayrton units pressurise the housing and watch for decay to verify the seal.
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Ayrton Lynx won't update itself / old Lynx firmware
Likely cause: Pre-V103 Lynx bootloader has no self-update path.
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custom DMX mode / User Mode A B C on Ayrton
Likely cause: User modes are stored in the fixture; the desk profile must match the saved channel order.
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Fixture Manager can't find my Ayrton fixtures / search finds nothing
Likely cause: Fixture Manager discovers by broadcast on the 2.x Art-Net segment; a PC on another subnet, a VPN adapter or AV software stops the replies arriving, and duplicate IP/MAC collide.
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how do I update firmware on Ayrton lights over the network
Likely cause: Fixture Manager pushes the .AYR package over Ethernet to every selected unit of one fixture type in parallel.
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set DMX address / universe / mode on a whole rig of Ayrton lights at once
Likely cause: Remote config over the network avoids menu-walking each fixture in the truss.
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which tool do I use to update this Ayrton - Lynx, USB or Fixture Manager
Likely cause: The update path differs by product generation; using the wrong tool/file type just fails or is refused.
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