# Chauvet R1 Beams not striking or dousing **URL:** \ **Category:** Vista EX\ **Created:** [March 19, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727 "2019-03-19T15:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewhammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@drewhammer](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/drewhammer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/1 "2019-03-19T15:21:11Z")
Our Chaveut R1 Beams will not Strike or Douse when the command is used. The only way I can get the lamp to turn on right now is by manually turning the fixture on and off. Any ideas? I have updated the profile. ---
**Author:** ![Jared\_Dimmick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/jared_dimmick/32/378_2.png) [@Jared\_Dimmick](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/Jared_Dimmick)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/2 "2019-04-05T12:39:45Z")
We just installed the Rogue R2 and currently have no pan or tilt controls, nor gobo options within Vista, and we are also running the latest profile… ---
**Author:** ![avanveld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@avanveld](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/avanveld)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/3 "2019-04-06T13:45:28Z")
if the pan/tilt on the R2 are actually moving just ultra-slow then you need to change the mSpeed parameter minimum to 100 (@ least that’s what we use). I typically do this w/ a Transform but you could also probably use a Home Preset ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Price](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/robert_price/32/621_2.png) [@Robert\_Price](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/Robert_Price)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/4 "2019-04-07T12:57:50Z")
The Lamp settings may need to be configured in the unit itself (see attached pic) ![LAMP%20con](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/chroma_q/original/1X/c7e26709ff7f646028343e6e33829aa1fe862350.png) Here is a video that may help with the Position speed: > **[Robert Price](https://www.facebook.com/groups/700944293320970/permalink/1828193977262657/)** > > Daylor Balentine How to update Position speed into your home preset :) + Update Highlight / lowlight as for gobos etc i have just patched all modes of R2 beam and i have everything available can you elaborate with what you mean by no gobo options ? ---
**Author:** ![Andre\_Miller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/andre_miller/32/346_2.png) [@Andre\_Miller](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/Andre_Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/5 "2019-08-14T18:49:56Z")
Was this resolved? ---
**Author:** ![ben.coleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/ben.coleman/32/666_2.png) [@ben.coleman](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/ben.coleman)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/6 "2019-08-20T12:39:52Z")
Which part? The strike and douse issues are related to the hold time of the macro. This is fairly common on all consoles due to fixture manual not specifying this hold time. I find with most Chauvet and Elation fixtures you need to increase that time to 8000 (8 seconds) in the macro tab when the fixture is selected in patch. ---
**Author:** ![Andre\_Miller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/andre_miller/32/346_2.png) [@Andre\_Miller](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/Andre_Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/7 "2019-08-24T01:27:52Z")
I am unable to control lamp setting from desk. Is their a way to update the strike macro? I will find out if that will work next time I’m using those beams ---
**Author:** ![ben.coleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/ben.coleman/32/666_2.png) [@ben.coleman](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/ben.coleman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/8 "2019-08-26T10:57:33Z")
Go to the patch screen and select the fixtures. Down on the lower right part of the Vista app go to the Macros tab. That is where you can change the timing of those fixture commands. ---
**Author:** ![dremiller5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dremiller5](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/dremiller5)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/9 "2019-09-12T17:57:08Z")
I tried 7000 8000 and 9000 with no success, then tried to even move the dmx value to another number un the range but won’t strike. I will douse however which is odd to me. As an example it will strike for a moment then will automatically douse. If I manually strike from the features tab it works fine. and Douse works fine. ---
**Author:** ![ben.coleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/ben.coleman/32/666_2.png) [@ben.coleman](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/ben.coleman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/chauvet-r1-beams-not-striking-or-dousing/727/10 "2019-09-17T11:47:18Z")
I would open a dmx dockable wi dow and take a look at what the strike macro is doing in raw dmx. Compare this to what you are doing manually tense if they match. Maybe you need to hold the value longer than 9 seconds as well?