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Table of Contents

Preface

ii

Table of Contents

iii

LightCue at a Glance

1

About this Guide

1

Features

1

LightCue Overview

1

Front Panel

1

Rear Panel

4

Front Panel LCD

5

Front Panel Menu

8

Getting Started

11

LightCue Manager Software

11

Connecting the Unit

11

Recording a Cue

11

Playing a Cue

11

LightCue Manager

13

Edit Window

14

LightCue Connection

15

Cue Names Window

18

DMX Files Window

19

Play Window

23

Record Window

26

DMX Status Window

28

Control Protocols

29

ASCII Protocol

29

Control Commands

29

Command Details

29

Arm Recording

29

Play

30

Chase Play

30

Record Now

31

Record with SMPTE

32

Arm Recording with SMPTE

32

Pile-On Cue

33

Pile-On Cue and Loop at end

33

Clear Cue

34

Feedthrough

34

Force Value

34

Force DMX

35

Clear Forces

35

SMPTE Status

35

DMX File Query

35

Summary of Contents for LightCue

Page 1: ...LightCue With Ethernet DMX Recorder User Guide...

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Page 5: ...LightCue DMX Recorder User Guide 7 20 2012 With Ethernet...

Page 6: ...further testing or modification Alcorn McBride products are not intended for use in applications where a malfunction can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Customers using or selling...

Page 7: ...ue 11 LightCue Manager 13 Edit Window 14 LightCue Connection 15 Cue Names Window 18 DMX Files Window 19 Play Window 23 Record Window 26 DMX Status Window 28 Control Protocols 29 ASCII Protocol 29 Cont...

Page 8: ...ddress 39 NTP Enable 40 40 Ethernet Port for NTP 40 40 DHCP Enable 40 40 HTTP Ethernet Port 40 HTTP WEB Page 41 MIDI Control 42 Start a Cue with SYSEX GO CUE 42 Pile on a Cue with NOTE ON 42 Clear Cue...

Page 9: ...ecords the Output of Any DMX 512 Lighting Board l Stores 100 hours of Continuous DMX Data l Stand Alone or PC Driven Operation l Parallel Input Ethernet or RS 232 Serial Control l Can Pile On up to 40...

Page 10: ...the LightCue as well as System information See LightCue at a Glance Compact Flash Compartment Secured with a screw the metal cover can be removed to reveal the compact flash card LightCue ships with...

Page 11: ...on for all 8 buttons is done using LightCue Manager software The resulting data is stored in an xml file on the flash card Status LEDs Two status LEDs are provided The LTC LED will illuminate Green wh...

Page 12: ...Chapter 1 Rear Panel Power Jack 12V 1A Max Captive Power Jack DMX Out Female 5 Pin XLR Signal Fully DMX 512 1990 Compliant DMX In Female 5 Pin XLR Used for record and feedthrough 4...

Page 13: ...t and Running outputs automatically toggle dur ing cue playback or on error For complete Pinout See Parallel DB37 Pins SMPTE LTC In Female 3 Pin XLR Ttransformer coupled 600 ohm Balanced 10 dbu to 4 d...

Page 14: ...ed When SMPTE is being fed into the LightCue the front panel will display the current time in the form 01 00 00 21 Playing Cue1 If the LightCue is feeding through the incoming DMX to the DMX output th...

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Page 16: ...The front panel knob can be used to access the LightCue menu system The Main menu consists of Play Record Still Stop Feedthrough Inputs Network System and Date Time More detail on each main menu item...

Page 17: ...LightCue at a Glance 9...

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Page 19: ...ect the DMX Out from your Lighting Console to the DMX In on the rear of the LightCue 2 Connect the DMX Out from the LightCue to the DMX Input of your Dimmer Rack 3 Optionally connect the SMPTE Out fro...

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Page 21: ...It cur rently runs on Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 LightCue Manager can be downloaded for free from the Alcorn McBride website www alcorn com The Edit screen is the primary screen for Record Playback...

Page 22: ...Chapter 2 Edit Window The main screen that appears in LightCue Manager is the edit window This screen allows you to record edit cue file information and play back cues 14...

Page 23: ...lecting the tabs Cue Names or DMX Files See Cue Names Window or See DMX Files Window for more information Record and Playback These two views control record and playback of individual cues on the Ligh...

Page 24: ...ess must begin with 192 186 0 if the LightCuePro is the default 192 168 0 254 If you have a router between you and the LightCuePro try selecting DHCP from the Network option on the front panel to chan...

Page 25: ...dows within the LightCue Manager will be populated with input file and cue infor mation Tip If you re unable to see LightCue on your large network it may be because you are on a different sub net Try...

Page 26: ...the Cue Names window in LightCue Manager when connected See LightCue Connection to a single universe LightCue Cue Name Properties The cue s name description and corresponding Universe file is listed o...

Page 27: ...e to the data Play the Cue Name This will start playback of the Cue Name on the corresponding universes Each DMX File will play on the universe specified by the column For example U1 indicates univers...

Page 28: ...the file immediately using the filename If the filename has a corresponding Cue Name See Cue Names Window Refresh File List Request an up to date list of files from the LightCue List will be populated...

Page 29: ...layback When the DMX file was recorded certain channels were selected When the file is played back only those DMX channels will be effected Universe Recorded This only applies to LightCue products wit...

Page 30: ...e 2 above It is NOT required to use this time for SMPTE jam sync playback This is only the default You can select any SMPTE time from the Play Window See Play Window Date Time Recorded Time and date i...

Page 31: ...on the bottom right corner of the Edit View See Edit Window Cue Name Either Cue Name or Individual File can be selected Cue Names can control mul tiple individual files when more than one universe is...

Page 32: ...s the cue dmx data will scrub to the appropriate time The starting time of the cue data can be set in the SMPTE Start Time box If no SMPTE start time is checked the SMPTE time that was saved when the...

Page 33: ...LightCue Manager Stop the cue name or dmx file from playing Does not effect other playing cues 25...

Page 34: ...e The cue name to record to DMX files will be automatically created and linked to this cue name SMPTE Start Time Save the SMPTE Start Time as soon as the cue starts recording The time saved will be th...

Page 35: ...ding all channels on all universes Channel Selection Select which dmx channels will be saved and played back for this cue Channels can be filled in automatically from channel sets see below Channel Se...

Page 36: ...ding on the settings Universe Selction Use the radio buttons to select the universe you wish to view Highlight Channel Set Highlight the created channel set See Record Window DMX Values The actual DMX...

Page 37: ...the form hhmmssff where hh hours mm minutes ss seconds ff frames ie 01 02 03 04 is 01020304 cue refers to either A cue name in quotes ie myCueName OR a cue number without quotes Command Details Detail...

Page 38: ...age Response R CR Comments When the end of a piled on cue is reached the last look of the cue is held and used in the comparison of other piled on cues playing or not Example 001U2PO CR Pile on cue nu...

Page 39: ...02U1CP CR Record Now Description This command is useful for when you want to command the Light Cue Pro into record mode using a serial controller Recording begins as soon as DMX is detected ie No armi...

Page 40: ...to cue file dmx00001 dmx from Universe 1 001U1RR CR Record to cue file dmx00001 dmx from channels 5 8 onUniverse 2 5 8 U2RR CR Record channels 1 512 on universe1 no other universes 1 512 0 0 0 myCueN...

Page 41: ...512 channel values of each cue that is playing is compared against the corresponding channel in the other playing cues and the highest value is output Command bytes nnnUuPO CR nnn the Cue number to p...

Page 42: ...ugh Description This command causes the Light Cue Pro to pass the data from the input DMX connector to the output bypassing the data recorded in the unit Playback of recorded data will continue if it...

Page 43: ...8 channels 2 for the third 128 channels 3 for forth vvv vvvvvv the ASCII representation of the channel value 000 to 255 listed 128 times u the Universe number Use for all Message Response R CR Clear F...

Page 44: ...mmand causes the LightCue Pro to stop the playback of all active cues and hold the current look Command bytes UuRJ CR u the Universe number Use for all Message Response R CR Pile On Priority Descripti...

Page 45: ...essage Response K 0D after reboot complete IP address Description This command will get or set the selected port IP address Port A or B may be selected Comments Where xxx is a decimal number in the ra...

Page 46: ...0D Set command mm rr yyyyDA 0D Message Response R 0D Time Description This command will get or set the time of day Comments hh mm ss Hours Minutes Seconds Get command TI 0D Message Response hh mm ss 0...

Page 47: ...and DT 0D Message Response current setting 0D Set command 1DT 0D Message Response R 0D Time Zone Description This command will get or set the Time Zone Comments The time zone 0 is the Greenwich Mean T...

Page 48: ...Ethernet port used to contact the NTP server Comments A port A B port B The default port is A Get command NJ 0D Message Response current port 0D Set command port A or B NJ 0D Message Response R 0D DHC...

Page 49: ...J 0D Message Response R 0D HTTP WEB Page Description This command will get or set the default HTTP WEB address Comments The default WEB page is index html Get command HP 0D Message Response currentweb...

Page 50: ...data 3 byte is the ASCII ones digit of the sequence number sequence index 1 For example if you were starting sequence 104 the data 3 byte is 0x34 or 4 Here is an example to start Cue 4 message sent fr...

Page 51: ...ns 8 Programmable Play Still Stop Feedthrough Knob Rotary Encoder with Push to Select Indicators Power DMX status LTC In SMPTE Display 16x2 character LCD Display CF Socket Front Access Security Cover...

Page 52: ...C connector intended to be connected using a straight through not null modem 9 pin cable Pin No Function 1 not used 2 TXD data from Light Cue Pro 3 RXD data to Light Cue Pro 4 not used 5 GND 6 not use...

Page 53: ...25 7 7 26 8 8 27 Note The Legacy pin out of the original LightCue may still be used Select Legacy Mode from the front panel to use this pin out Note The Pinout polarity for LightCuePro 4 Universe Lig...

Page 54: ...nnector Pin No Function 1 Shield 2 low 3 high 4 not used 5 not used SMPTE Input The SMPTE input is a standard 3 pin XLR female connector Input signal level range is 10 dbu to 4 dbu Impedance is 600 oh...

Page 55: ...h settings Not on same sub net Make sure your PC is on the same subnet as the LightCue For example PC is on 192 168 0 2 and LightCue is on 192 168 0 254 both must be on 192 168 0 xxx Rear Inputs do no...

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Page 57: ...ightCue dmx file Ends in extension dmh DMX Channel A single channel in the range 1 512 with a value 0 255 0 100 DMX File A file containing DMX and timing information for a sin gle universe Ends in ext...

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Page 59: ...ol Knob 2 Cue Editor 18 Cue Name 26 D DMX 512 4 Dmx Files 21 DMX Files 19 F Fade In Time 24 Feedthrough 8 Follow SMPTE 24 M menu 8 N Navagator Bar 15 P Pile On Cue 33 Pile On Cue and Loop at end 33 Pi...

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