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Page 1: ...neering Ltd matisse Light Switch II Switch Edit user guide 1 44 m ma at ti is ss se e L Li ig gh ht t S Sw wi it tc ch h I II I S Sw wi it tc ch h E Ed di it t Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Firmware v4 0 User Guide v2 0 ...

Page 2: ...Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd matisse Light Switch II Switch Edit user guide 2 44 USER GUIDE ...

Page 3: ...Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd matisse Light Switch II Switch Edit user guide 3 44 ...

Page 4: ...9 SEQUENCE LINKING 9 POWER ON 9 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS 10 REAR PANEL 10 POWER SUPPLY 11 DMX512 CONNECTION 11 PROGRAMMING PORT 11 WIRING TOPOLOGY 11 WIRING RULES 11 PROGRAMMING 12 OVERVIEW 12 PANEL SETUP 12 DIP SW 1 12 DIP SW 2 4 12 DIP SW 5 12 DIP SW 6 12 SETTING THE ZONE 13 PROGRAMMING 13 SNAP SHOT 13 EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS 14 OVERVIEW 14 SINGLE ZONE SINGLE PANEL 14 WIRING 14 SYSTEM LAYOUT 14 SWITCH ...

Page 5: ...24 MAIN SCREEN 25 SETTING THE PATCH 26 PATCH COLUMNS 27 DELETING A LAMP 27 ZONES 27 EDITING MEMORIES 28 EDITING MEMORIES BY SPREADSHEET 28 MEMORY COLUMNS 28 EDITING MEMORIES BY FADER 29 FADER ROWS 29 SETTING LEVELS 29 EDITING LEVELS 30 USING PALETTES 32 EDITING MEMORY LEGENDS Times 33 SEQUENCE 34 SEQUENCE COLUMNS 34 SEQUENCE EDITING 34 TIME EDITING 34 EDITING SEQUENCE LEGENDS 34 EDITING FIXTURES 3...

Page 6: ...t depth is 30mm and so should be mounted into a back box of at least 40mm depth Programming of Light Switch is achieved by two methods 1 Using the front panel keys to snap shot DMX into the memories 2 Using a Windows software package called Switch Edit Switch Edit is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the Artistic Licence web site You will require an USB A to B cable In a multiple...

Page 7: ...y Numerous Run modes Multiple zone control Master Slave operation multiple panel solutions Individual channel selection for G M Snapshot recording RDM Disable SWITCH EDIT FEATURES Switch Edit provides the following features Fader based visual user interface Hard disc storage of multiple shows Moving lamp personality library Lamp personality editor Edit all memories sequences and times Enter alphan...

Page 8: ...ol the function of the Memory Select They are labelled A B C D The active page is indicated by the illuminated Page Select button Pages A B C are used to access memories Each page containing 8 memories with associated fade times Page D is used to access the six sequences MEMORY SELECT The eight Memory Select buttons are labelled 1 to 8 The active memory is denoted by the illuminated button When Pa...

Page 9: ...eps than available memories This is useful because each sequence step has its own fade or wait time It is therefore possible to reuse memories in a sequence with different times Please note that the fade time associated with a memory is ignored when playing back as part of a sequence Sequences can be linked together if more than 100 steps are required Please note that sequence links are inhibited ...

Page 10: ...Light Switch II Switch Edit user guide 10 44 REAR PANEL All connections are made to the rear panel as shown in the following diagram E X T E R N A L C O N N E C T I O N S DMX512 Output Power Input 9V 24V DC Configuration DIP switches USB Port ...

Page 11: ...laptop WIRING TOPOLOGY Please refer to the Example Application section of this user guide for wiring recommendations Terminology used in DMX wiring Master This is the actual DMX controller There can only be one master Light Switch panel and it must be at the start of the DMX cable Slave There can be up to 30 slave Light Switch panels on a DMX line These terms are used when wiring a system using mu...

Page 12: ...onfigure and record on a Light Switch Dip Switch Function Master Slave 1 Terminating ON OFF 2 Master Slave ON OFF 3 Master Slave ON OFF 4 Master Slave ON OFF 5 Snapshot OFF OFF 6 RDM Disable ON OFF OFF Note The factory default of a Light Switch panel is Master Can be used to replace normal terminating devices DIP SW1 This switch is used to connect the DMX512 terminating resistor In master mode it ...

Page 13: ...ust be re booted SNAP SHOT Memories To program a memory follow the procedure below Connect the Master Light Switch to a DMX source Set Dip Switch 5 to ON position Power on the Light Switch both arrow keys will flash Press the Up Arrow button Press a Memory Page A to D Press a Memory Number 1 to 8 o DMX record occurs when a number button is pressed o When a memory is recorded the corresponding LED ...

Page 14: ...s to illustrate the main systems achievable SINGLE ZONE SINGLE PANEL This is the simplest system that can be achieved It contains a single Light Switch panel that can control all 512 channels Single DMX controller Simple Architectural controller WIRING The wiring of this system is as follows A master panel at the start of the DMX cable DMX512 fixtures located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX line is ...

Page 15: ...td matisse Light Switch II Switch Edit user guide 15 44 SWITCH EDIT Below is an example of Switch Edit programming All used channels are set to zone 1 3 channel fixtures have been used Each channel is controlled by the Grand Master ...

Page 16: ...els are assigned to the same zone Large room controller Night Club Bar WIRING The wiring of this system is as follows A Master panel at the start of the DMX cable Remaining panels set as Slaves and are located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX512 fixtures located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX line is terminated If a slave panel is last in line then the internal resistor can be used SYSTEM LAYOUT SWITC...

Page 17: ...hat are being used Channel assignment can be exclusive to a zone or be assigned to multiple zones Exclusive A channel can only be controlled by one zone Merged zones A channel can be controlled by one or more zone controllers WIRING The wiring of this system is as follows A Master panel at the start of the DMX cable Remaining panels set as Slaves and are located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX512 fi...

Page 18: ...ng Ltd matisse Light Switch II Switch Edit user guide 18 44 SWITCH EDIT Below is an example of Switch Edit programming Zone 1 to 3 are independent 3 channel fixtures have been used Each channel is controlled by the Grand Master ...

Page 19: ...gramming of this system would be the same as before as the addition of extra panels makes no difference WIRING The wiring of this system is as follows A Master panel at the start of the DMX cable Remaining panels set as Slaves and are located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX512 fixtures located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX line is terminated If a slave panel is last in line then the internal resisto...

Page 20: ...44 SWITCH EDIT Below is an example of Switch Edit programming Zone 1 has exclusive control of channels 1 to 9 Zone 2 3 have exclusive channel assignments and also both control one fixture Channel 16 to 18 3 channel fixtures have been used Each channel is controlled by the Grand Master ...

Page 21: ...need to program four zones one used to simulate the Master panel Channel assignments would be split between the three zones while all channels are assigned to zone 4 WIRING The wiring of this system is as follows A Master panel at the start of the DMX cable Remaining panels set as Slaves and are located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX512 fixtures located anywhere on the DMX cable DMX line is termina...

Page 22: ...Switch Edit programming Zone 1 to 3 are independent Zone 4 controls all zones 3 channel fixtures have been used Each channel is controlled by the Grand Master Panel used to control all channels zone 4 should not be confused with the Master panel used in the wiring configuration It can be any one of the Light Switch panels ...

Page 23: ...ctionality An on line editor that allows live programming of moving lamps An off line editor allowing all Light Switch Memories Sequences and configuration data to be programmed in a console style format A Moving Lamp personality editor File compatibility with other Artistic Licence products Switch Edit is compatible with Windows XP Windows 10 S W I T C H E D I T ...

Page 24: ...nstall the FTDI USB drivers These are required After installation connect the Light Switch and then view the Windows Device Manager as follows Open the Run dialogue box hold down the Windows key and press R Type devmgmt msc Click OK Select Ports COM LTP and make a note of the COM number in the example above it is COM22 Run Switch Edit as click on Preferences Select the required serial port and the...

Page 25: ...een when started The left panel of the screen displays the information store This lists all the data that will be downloaded to Light Switch This is referred to as the Show Panel The right panel is used to display the spreadsheet or fader style information for editing presets and lamp personalities This is referred to as the Edit Panel ...

Page 26: ...ach channel Select Patch in the Show Panel The patch spreadsheet is then displayed in the Edit Panel Click the Fixture Library button at the top of the screen The palette of available fixtures is then displayed Select the required lamp from the palette and drag it onto the required start channel of the patch A dialogue is displayed which confirms the start channel and the number of lamps to be pat...

Page 27: ...to the checked zones can control the individual channels By default all zones are checked which is the most common use DELETINGA LAMP To delete a lamp from the patch simply right click on the lamp A popup menu is displayed offering this option ZONES When defining a patch for the system it is important to decide how you want the fixtures to be controlled The most common default method is to have on...

Page 28: ... Configuration of Grand Master and zones is not available through the memory screen Column Name Purpose 1 Channel Lists the DMX512 channel number from 1 to 60 2 Lamp The number of the moving lamp Switch Edit generates this automatically numbering lamp 1 as the lowest DMX channel value 3 Fixture The text name of the moving lamp This corresponds to the name in the Fixture Library Palette 4 Function ...

Page 29: ...unction Row Name Purpose 1 Channel The Channel number ranging from 1 to 512 2 Lamp The Lamp Number ranging from 1 to 512 Channels that are not patched do not have a lamp number but can still be programmed 3 Function A text description of the lamp attribute controlled by this fader If the channel is not patched G M is displayed indicating that the channel is controlled by the Light Switch Grand Mas...

Page 30: ...y 3 Exclude INTENSITY channels of this fixture If the selected channel is part of a moving lamp and it is an intensity dimmer channel all intensity channels of the lamp are set to Off in this memory 4 Exclude POSITION channels of this fixture If the selected channel is part of a moving lamp and it is a position pan or tilt channel all position channels of the lamp are set to Off in this memory 5 E...

Page 31: ... it is a position channel all position channels in this memory are set to Off 10 Exclude all COLOUR channels from memory If the selected channel is part of a moving lamp and it is a colour channel all colour channels in this memory are set to Off 11 Exclude all BEAM channels from memory If the selected channel is part of a moving lamp and it is a beam channel all beam channels in this memory are s...

Page 32: ...on of the Shift Ctrl and Alt keys as detailed in the table below Hold Key Cursor Dropping on Channel Type Result None Moving Lamp Icon All Entire fixture is set to the level contained in the palette Shift Fader Icon All Only the channel that is dropped upon will change to the palette value Ctrl Light Bulb Intensity All intensity channels within the fixture change to the levels contained within the...

Page 33: ...gineering Ltd matisse Light Switch II Switch Edit user guide 33 44 EDITING MEMORY LEGENDS TIMES The name or legend of each memory and its fade time can be changed by right clicking on the required memory in the Show Panel ...

Page 34: ...mory assigned to this step 3 Time The fade or wait time of this step 4 Legend The name or legend of the Memory assigned to this step SEQUENCE EDITING By default each sequence is set up as a 10 step sequence with consecutive memory numbers To edit the memory assigned to a step simply type a new number in the Memory column The legend will update to confirm the change TIMEEDITING The time field provi...

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Page 36: ...le is the Artistic Licence Colour Fill CF250 mode 6 SPREAD SHEET The spreadsheet displayed allows each of the possible fixture attributes to be controlled Each attribute pan tilt etc contains the settings detailed below Column Name Function Result 1 Attribute Defines the fixture channel type 2 Notes This field is simply for your information it is not downloaded to the Light Switch 3 Use Set to Yes...

Page 37: ...o 255 you must enter a value of 128 in this field 6 Range This is the range of values of data that are valid for this attribute Normally this is 255 however some lamps the MadScan for example mix attributes on a single channel If intensity is controlled over the range 128 to 255 you must enter a value of 127 in this field 7 Icon This is a single letter used as an abbreviation to describe the chann...

Page 38: ...y Number of Channels Used to enter the total number of channels required by this fixture Lamp Name This is the 16 character name of the fixture Colour Defines whether the fixture uses red green blue or cyan magenta yellow colour mixing Include Aux In Test This field is for file compatibility with Micro Scope 3a Test Cycle Speed This field is for file compatibility with Micro Scope 3a Notes This fi...

Page 39: ...for two or more lamp functions Error There are x channels over patched This means that you have entered a channel number that exceeds the number in Number of Channels Error There are x functions over patched This means that you have entered more lamp functions than the number in Number of Channels Warning There are x functions unpatched This means that you have entered less lamp functions than the...

Page 40: ...witched on and connected to the PC Com port Once the Export key is pressed the following is displayed When ready to export click the OK key Switch Edit will then export the data The export process may take up to three minutes Only the memories that are used are exported When the Export process finishes Light Switch will automatically return to normal operation During the download process the Grand...

Page 41: ...ow CUE Cue numbers are not used the data is simply loaded to the next consecutive memory number The cue is automatically assigned to the next available sequence step TEXT The text field is loaded into the memory s legend UP The up fade is assigned to the sequences step fade time If the fade time is larger than Light Switch s limit additional wait steps are inserted to match the time FOLLOW ON The ...

Page 42: ...nd Master 27 28 29 34 I INSTALL 14 16 17 19 21 24 L lamp 25 36 38 39 lamps 37 LEFT 8 9 M mA 11 Memories 7 MENU 8 40 Mic Edit 25 40 moving lamps 23 N Notes 40 O on line 23 Overview 8 OVERVIEW 14 23 P password 7 PC 40 personalities 25 PIN 11 POWER 10 11 12 Q Quick Start 6 R RIGHT 8 9 S Save 39 40 Sequence 27 28 29 30 Show Control 6 7 23 Show Edit 7 23 24 Snapshot 7 spreadsheet 25 36 38 39 T test 37 ...

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Page 44: ...The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection wit...

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