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Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd.            Micro-Scope 3a user guide

 

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Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd 

Firmware Version V7.1   

User Guide V7-11

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for micro-scope 3a

Page 1: ...Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Micro Scope 3a user guide 1 73 M Mi ic cr ro o S Sc co op pe e 3 3a a Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Firmware Version V7 1 User Guide V7 11...

Page 2: ...Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Micro Scope 3a user guide 2 73...

Page 3: ...Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Micro Scope 3a user guide 3 73...

Page 4: ...Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Micro Scope 3a user guide 4 73...

Page 5: ...GLE 11 LEFT RIGHT 11 UP DOWN 11 MENUS 12 THE MENUS 14 DISPLAYING RECEIVED DMX512 14 STATUS 15 DMX BASE 15 DISPLAY MODE 16 D 16 16 16 B 16 DATA RECEIVED 16 DATA ERROR 17 S 17 F 17 O 17 T 17 LOOP THROUG...

Page 6: ...BACKUP IF DMX FAILS 38 LOOP THROUGH 38 DISPLAYING RECEIVED MIDI 39 THE SETUP MENUS 40 SETUP MENU 40 ENABLE BACKLIGHT S1 41 POWER SAVING S2 41 MENU MODE S3 42 DARK CHANNEL S4 43 MEMORY DISPLAY MODE S5...

Page 7: ...R 59 FOOTER 60 FINISHING EDITING 60 EDITING MICRO SCOPE 3A CONFIG 61 MENU 63 EXPORT 63 LIVE EDITING 64 USITT ASCII IMPORT 65 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS 66 POWER SUPPLY 66 Connector 66 Switch 67 Data Protect...

Page 8: ...Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Micro Scope 3a user guide 8 73...

Page 9: ...card so that we can keep you informed of new developments MICRO SCOPE FEATURES Micro Scope provides the following features Receives DMX512 MIDI Display as bar chart decimal percentage or hexadecimal D...

Page 10: ...rs and much more 5 A new Receive Text menu has been added Text DMX is a new function of DMX512 A Text DMX is transmitted using an alternate start code It allows DMX products without screens to transmi...

Page 11: ...DMX512 the TOGGLE key is used to step through the different display formats bar graph percent decimal etc In TRANSMIT mode the TOGGLE key is used to invert the level of the selected channel In TRANSMI...

Page 12: ...layed Select a DMX512 Start Code for both receive and transmit operations Displays received DMX Text information DMX Text is a new feature of DMX512 A Transmit Rig Check Only a single channel on at a...

Page 13: ...lly test all three pins of DMX512 or MIDI cables for shorts and open circuits Test the two signal pins of DMX512 or MIDI cables for shorts when only the console cable end is available Transmits a spec...

Page 14: ...de the following keys are active LEFT Decrement the current DMX512 start address RIGHT Increment the current DMX512 start address TOGGLE Select the display format Received DMX512 data is displayed in...

Page 15: ...ay mode 3 Data received indicator 4 Data error indicator 5 Loop Through indicator The diagram below shows Micro Scope receiving DMX512 in bar graph mode DMX BASE The DMX base address is in the range 1...

Page 16: ...h channel It is most useful when dealing with moving lights and colour changers Percent mode displays six channels as numbers in the range 0 to 100 This mode provides the most familiar numbering syste...

Page 17: ...the phase pins of the connector are reversed O Data is being received with Overrun errors This can be caused by noise pick up and also occurs when a phase pin is disconnected T The received data is ou...

Page 18: ...ried outside the flicker band causes the hunt to stop and the display reverts to MAX MIN mode displaying the erroneous channel data The DOWN cursor key cycles through the range of flicker band values...

Page 19: ...on of the start code The specification requires a MaB of 4us or greater If this is not the case the timing error icon T will be displayed in the main receive window The MaB limit was increased to 8uS...

Page 20: ...start code is set to a specific value the C count will show the number of data slots in all frames which match CHECKSUM MODE Checksum mode displays the calculated checksum for the last packet received...

Page 21: ...elected in menu 4 The rising edge of the scope trigger occurs 50uS after detection of a DMX512 packet with the selected start code This allows a scope to be used to view DMX512 frames with a specific...

Page 22: ...Care Toggle Key this will display the same number as Pk RDM The total number of RDM packets received including both draft and standard start codes Fer The total number of framing errors detected Befor...

Page 23: ...to 30 seconds The list automatically updates as new start codes are detected Micro Scope will attempt to display a text description to identify the start code for well known codes The example to the...

Page 24: ...113 0x71 ETC Proprietary format 114 0x72 ETC Proprietary format 115 0x73 ETC Proprietary format 116 0x74 ETC Proprietary format 117 0x75 ETC Proprietary format 118 0x76 ETC Proprietary format 119 0x7...

Page 25: ...aa Sun Proprietary format 171 203 0xab 0xcb ESTA Reserved for expansion 204 0xcc ESTA RDM Remote Device Management 207 0xcf ESTA System Information Packet 223 0xdf Doug Fleenor Proprietary format 224...

Page 26: ...ed Start Codes menu provides an alternative method of editing the start code The Start Code affects both receive and transmit DMX512 The UP and DOWN keys are used to select any one of the 256 possible...

Page 27: ...text to be sent This menu displays a window of the first 32 characters from the text data TRANSMIT RIG CHECK The TRANSMIT RIG CHECK menu allows any single dimmer channel to be switched on at a level...

Page 28: ...eck function The following keys are active LEFT Decrement all levels by 5 RIGHT Increment all levels by 5 UP Increment all levels by 1 DOWN Decrement all levels by 1 TOGGLE Invert dimmer level The dis...

Page 29: ...y the UP and DOWN keys when the menu display is active Press the MENU key to enter edit mode The following keys are active LEFT Decrement the dimmer channel RIGHT Increment the dimmer channel UP Incre...

Page 30: ...nary hexadecimal and decimal This feature also doubles as a decimal hexadecimal binary converter LAMP DISPLAY In Lamp Display mode the display shows the current dimmer channel followed by its function...

Page 31: ...rt channel to the next lamp UP Increment by one the start channel DOWN Decrement by one the start channel TOGGLE Select the next automatic test The automatic tests consist of ramping the levels up the...

Page 32: ...pe is in Receive mode You can download a copy of Mic Edit from the Artistic Licence web site to inspect the detailed channel allocations for each moving lamp TRANSMIT DYNAMIC DMX512 The TRANSMIT DYNAM...

Page 33: ...is is not desired set the message to None before exiting the menu The UP and DOWN buttons force an immediate text packet transmission The following keys are active LEFT Previous menu item RIGHT Next m...

Page 34: ...show controller The following keys are active LEFT Reduce number of sequence steps RIGHT Increase number of sequence steps UP Increase step time DOWN Decrease step time TOGGLE Run Pause The sequence c...

Page 35: ...ws FILL MEMORY WITH PATTERN The FILL menu allows any one of the twelve Memories to be filled with a symmetrical pattern of channel levels The following keys are active LEFT Select one of the pre defin...

Page 36: ...to transmit real test data over an installed network DOUBLE ENDED CABLE TEST The DOUBLE ENDED TEST display shows the connectivity of each of the three active pins of the DMX512 or MIDI cable An OPEN...

Page 37: ...alternate start code that is designed to exercise the DMX512 network in a worst case scenario The worst case data is generated by ensuring that every bit position includes a transition Whilst this me...

Page 38: ...output should the received DMX512 fail If the DMX fails the following display is shown and the selected Memory is output to the dimmers When the problem with the received DMX512 has been corrected sim...

Page 39: ...n layout Loop Through may also be used with MIDI The output circuitry used by Micro Scope is RS485 compatible Whilst this is correct for DMX512 MIDI specifies a simpler and less expensive set of circu...

Page 40: ...or disabled Power Save option can be disabled to ensure that Micro Scope always transmits DMX512 Select which set of main menus should be active Set the level of transmitted DMX channels that are at...

Page 41: ...key press will re enable the backlight The TOGGLE key is used to enable or disable the backlight selection POWER SAVING S2 The POWER SAVING menu is used to enable or disable the power save features o...

Page 42: ...the ability to further customise these options Menu Default Power User Moving Lamp Conven t ional Show Control Simple Display Received DMX Display Received SIP s Display Received Start Codes Set Star...

Page 43: ...a preheat feature and can significantly improve lamp life The UP DOWN keys are used to increment or decrement the level MEMORY DISPLAY MODE S5 The MEMORY DISPLAY menu is used to select between the tw...

Page 44: ...Bit Field 64 3 MSB16 Checksum 0 4 LSB or 8 bit Checksum Calculated from last packet 5 SIP Sequence Number Increments by one for each packet 6 DMX512 Universe Number 01 7 DMX512 Processing Level 00 8 S...

Page 45: ...nload button on Mic Edit Micro Scope displays When the Mic Edit Download button is pressed Micro Scope displays When the transfer starts Micro Scope displays Followed by When Mic Edit has finished sen...

Page 46: ...products Mic Edit is compatible with Windows 95 98 ME NT5 2000 XP INSTALL Mic Edit is installed as follows Insert the CD and select the Enter CD option Click the Software button followed by the Mic E...

Page 47: ...interface of the PC Mic Edit can access COM1 through to COM8 An XLR5F to 9 pin DB cable is provided with Mic Edit The cable contains the RS232 to RS485 conversion electronics required for communicati...

Page 48: ...ed The left panel of the screen displays the information store This lists all the data that will be downloaded to Micro Scope 3a This is referred to as the Show Panel The right panel is used to displa...

Page 49: ...et 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...

Page 50: ...e The text name of the moving lamp This corresponds to the name in the Fixture Library Palette 4 Function Describes the lamp function controlled by this channel 5 Legend This is a seven character desc...

Page 51: ...the Edit Panel displays as shown below MEMORY COLUMNS The columns of the Memory spreadsheet are identical to those displayed in Patch mode with the exception of column 6 Column Name Purpose 1 Channel...

Page 52: ...ge from 0 to 255 Off is identical to zero level EDITING MEMORIES BY FADER When editing memories in fader mode the Edit Panel displays as shown below FADER ROWS Each channel of each moving lamp or dimm...

Page 53: ...emory If the selected channel is part of a moving lamp all channels in the lamp are set to zero in this Memory 3 Exclude INTENSITY channels of this fixture If the selected channel is part of a moving...

Page 54: ...it is a position channel all position channels in this Memory are set to zero 10 Exclude all COLOUR channels from Memory If the selected channel is part of a moving lamp and it is a colour channel all...

Page 55: ...with a small moving lamp icon The entire fixture changes to represent the levels contained in the palette This drag and drop function can be further modified by combination of the Shift Ctrl and Alt k...

Page 56: ...ure change to the levels contained within the palette Hammer Control All intensity channels within the fixture change to the levels contained within the palette Alt Multiple Lamps All Sets all patched...

Page 57: ...tistic 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 detaile...

Page 58: ...to 255 you must enter a value of 128 in this field 6 Range This is the range of values of data that is valid for this attribute Normally this is 255 however some lamps the MadScan for example mix att...

Page 59: ...ture Colour Defines whether the fixture uses red green blue or cyan magenta yellow colour mixing Include Aux In Test If this box is ticked Micro Scope will include all the Aux attributes in the automa...

Page 60: ...re 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...

Page 61: ...cter user name will be displayed when Micro Scope 3a is switched on The user name is also displayed when Micro Scope 3a enters power saving mode Enable Backlight When ticked the backlight is enabled O...

Page 62: ...eight position bar graph fonts to be selected The selected font is used in the Receive DMX512 menu Dark Channel The Dark Channel control is used to set the level to be transmitted in place of zero da...

Page 63: ...sed to read an USITT ASCII text format file Export Used to send data from Mic Edit to Micro Scope 3a Configuration Used to set Mic Edit configuration options EXPORT Export sends data from Mic Edit to...

Page 64: ...ess the Micro Scope 3a MENU key to return to the Setup Menu Should Micro Scope 3a display an error at any point cancel the Export and start the process again LIVE EDITING Mic Edit is able to send live...

Page 65: ...g manufacturers Mic Edit implements the following subset of commands CLEAR ALL All memories will be cleared to zero channel levels If this command is removed the import will effectively merge data int...

Page 66: ...rechargeable battery that provides a life of about 25 hours between recharges this is reduced to 15 hours when the backlight is used continuously The external 9 Volt DC power supply is used to power a...

Page 67: ...3a battery charging will continue if the power connector is plugged in Micro Scope 3a contains a sophisticated battery manager which regulates battery charging A full charge is obtained in three hour...

Page 68: ...512 protocol These pins may be disconnected internally should this conflict with your DMX512 implementation MIDI ADAPTER WIRING A MIDI adapter cable is available from Artistic Licence or can be simply...

Page 69: ...ng Ltd Micro Scope 3a user guide 69 73 The Trigger feature of Micro Scope uses pins 4 5 which are undefined by the DMX512 protocol These pins may be disconnected internally should this conflict with y...

Page 70: ...capture 18 35 clean 17 COMMS 47 Compulite 26 configuration 24 63 64 Cue 50 51 52 53 D DARK CHANNEL 43 62 decimal 9 11 18 30 Decimal 14 16 23 24 25 DMX512 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 26 27 29 3...

Page 71: ...t 14 16 percentage 9 27 32 personalities 48 Power 40 POWER 66 67 68 POWER SAVING 40 41 42 Presets 12 13 29 35 38 Prism 32 Q Quick Start 9 R Ramp 31 33 Receive 27 29 32 33 68 rechargeable 66 recharges...

Page 72: ...Licence Engineering Ltd Micro Scope 3a user guide 72 73 transmit 9 11 26 40 68 TRANSMIT 11 12 13 22 23 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 T Recursive 23 trigger 21 U UP 11 18 22 23 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 38 43...

Page 73: ...rtistic Licence Engineering Ltd shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material As with...

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