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2004 software Manual

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Contents and installation

This package contains :

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"step-by-step" manual,

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CDROM,

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USB-DMX512 interface.

To be fully operational, this package should be used with a PC having the following features :

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Laptop or desktop computer with USB port

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Windows ME, XP or any up-to-date version

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800x600 screen resolution (1280x1024 recommended)

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256Mb Memory (512 Mb recommended)

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Clock frequency : 800 Mhz (1.5 Ghz recommended)

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a 32Mb RAM video card to use the"3D software" software (latest generation for best results)

The software is made available in accordance with user's requirements and comes out in several
versions with various interface models. In order to meet all possible situations for instant working-
order guaranteed, two installations have been made distinct : Step one :

Installing the DMX 512 interface

.  Step two : 

installing the software

. In both cases installation is carried

out via Windows interface and should be easy to complete…

DMX 512 INTERFACE

The USB-style interface is a small translucent box which is connected to your PC's USB port (see
photo below).The software uses the DMX512 protocol to control lighting equipment. This protocol is
universal, which is a bonus. Interfaces have a 3-pin XLR-type connector. If your equipment uses a 5-
pin XLR connector, it will be necessary to replace the 3 pin connector or purchase an XLR3/XLR5
adaptor. Make sure the connection is properly made (pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2…) when building
your own adaptor cable.

REMARKS

The USB/DMX interface is specifically equipped with a memory which allows it to work in Stand
Alone mode in case of PC-failure or restricted use. In Stand Alone mode the USB/DMX is equipped
with a connector which allows it to be externally-powered (9V or 12V DC). In Stand Alone mode, the
interface can recall up to 255 scenes which will be called back in numerical order by pressing the
"Previous" or "Next" buttons on the top of the interface box.
To program the Stand Alone mode, Easy Stand Alone software is necessary and should be installed
from the CDrom. Even though it is easy to use, its own instruction booklet has been enclosed within.

Summary of Contents for COMPU WARE 2004

Page 1: ...2004 Getting started manual Elation Professional 4295 Charter St Los Angeles CA 90058 USA tel 323 582 3322 Fax 323 582 3108 e mail support elationlighting com Getting start manual www elationlighting...

Page 2: ...trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the auth...

Page 3: ...des 34 Programming a scene with Easy Step 36 EasyTime 36 How to use EasyTime 38 How to use EasyTime for movement 40 Tools and options 41 Racks 42 Copy Paste 44 Color Manager 46 Changing the SPEED SIZE...

Page 4: ...files 67 Easy Show software 68 Easy Multimedia 70 5 Hints and tips 70 Using INIT button 70 Installing several software disks 70 Using several USB Interfaces Part VI Appendix 71 71 1 Commands summary 7...

Page 5: ...1 2004 software Manual 1 Other manuals Other manuals are available for softwares listed below 3D Software ScanLibray Editor Easy Show...

Page 6: ...lot numerous exclusive and or simultaneous scenes to control fade racks to change colors and or to pilot moving lights We are confident that much satisfaction will be derived from this product Should...

Page 7: ...CE The USB style interface is a small translucent box which is connected to your PC s USB port see photo below The software uses the DMX512 protocol to control lighting equipment This protocol is univ...

Page 8: ...ort as well the simultaneous use of several devices at once Plug and play is also made possible The USB DMX interface is a world s first innovation It thoroughly respects the USB protocol specificatio...

Page 9: ...p computer In order to install USB interface just connect it to your PC even if it is switched on Your computer will automatically detect any new device and you will be prompted to load a driver for i...

Page 10: ...you use the more computer resources are requested A performant computer would then be needed If you are using several interfaces Connect all interfaces before starting on your computer in order to pro...

Page 11: ...CDrom The CD Rom setup dialog box automatically appears on the screen You can install 2004 Software software as shown below Click on 2004 icon to start software installation A wizard will prompt you...

Page 12: ...found back 1SL512FC here for instance Otherwise the software will work in demo mode You will still be able to call this screen back later by clicking on About in the menu It is possible to install a...

Page 13: ...is being used Basically you can have one page for one kind of fixture A page shows all the function available on your fixture colors gobos and contains the following buttons Scenes A scene is basicall...

Page 14: ...d Utilizing the icons in the toolbar the screen can be divided in several areas Displays window to visualize Pages Displays window to visualize Cycles Displays window to visualize Outputs Allows visua...

Page 15: ...a page visible or not but it does not mean that the page is activated or not It only means that you can make a page visible as a window or keep it activated but not displayed In the Pages window visi...

Page 16: ...e how easy it is to use our fixtures with 2004 Software Once the software has been started we must create a page with our 6 SPOT 575 There is nothing easier First we must launch the New Page wizard wh...

Page 17: ...he ScanLibrary Click on explore to browse the ScanLibrary directory Browse the ScanLibrary to find our SPOT 575 profile Open the folder of the manufacturer and select the correct library Once the libr...

Page 18: ...our first SPOT 575 Then specify the number of fixtures 6 for us and click on Next button to carry on Here we should be able to see the beams of our SPOT 575 and select Yes before to click on Next but...

Page 19: ...r moving heads before programming So select Yes to be able to use those buttons Then click on Next to carry on Here we can test each pre programmed scene with our fixtures and then decide to include i...

Page 20: ...or with all of them by selecting Same For all In this example we will be modifying the moving area for only one of our SPOT 575 First of all we would like to resize the moving area We must do as shown...

Page 21: ...witches we want to add to our page For each channel of our SPOT 575 list on the left side we can check or uncheck the available presets list on the right side Then click on Next to go to the last step...

Page 22: ...In our example we can find all the colours of the colour wheel one colour one button all gobos prisms dimmer Let us start playing with our SPOT 575 first of all we can select a scene yellow This would...

Page 23: ...ttons selected If we think that the movement is too fast we can decrease the speed by moving the SPEED fader on the button we can also increase if we want You can see the fader below There is one fade...

Page 24: ...Now we want to save this effect in one scene To do that we must go to the Button menu and select New scene The following window appears We select the option As you see now which means that we want to...

Page 25: ...There is nothing easier we just need to select the INIT scene and press Ctrl i on our keyboard Ctrl h would mean that we select the h key Now we know how to add a shortcut on a button scene switch or...

Page 26: ...g with our 6 fixtures and that you want to use one of them as a follow spot As you can see each fixture has its own shortcut a or q for the 1st one z or w for the 2nd one e for the 3rd one depending o...

Page 27: ...to setup a different value for each fixture Then we can save the changes in our scene we don t have to open and edit the scene to do that We just have to drag drop the switch Let us see how to do Firs...

Page 28: ...unlimited number of scenes switches or cycles Your work is then optimized without having to pay attention to the amount of buttons available on the lighting desk Switches The Switch buttons can be use...

Page 29: ...in an LTP switch will not be operational Therefore the DIMMER function on 0 and the OFF function produce different results in an LTP switch if the channel is on OFF activating the switch will have no...

Page 30: ...o do so we open the Page Settings window from the menu and we go to the Channels tab see below All the channels of our page are listed in the list situated on the left side of the window We want to ma...

Page 31: ...cene 1 is now created and we are ready to enable the Fade function on it To do that we must open the Button Settings window from the Button menu see below and go to the Scene tab Once the Fade functio...

Page 32: ...wn below When a fade is running the following window appears and shows you the FADE IN left red and the FADE OUT right blue This window allows to make a break to increase the speed of the fade to jump...

Page 33: ...NB Blind or Live Editing If a button is activated on the page button is pressed edition is in Live mode Then you can master the fixtures In such a situation the edition icon is displayed as a Green Li...

Page 34: ...displayed as a horizontal scrolling window you will find all the channels accessible on the active page i e the page which the button comes from These channels are those allocated and assigned in the...

Page 35: ...ogram 2 There you are 3 Each channel displays a specific icon which clearly shows its programming type The following icons may be found ON mode OFF mode DIMMER mode EASY STEP with fade mode EASY STEP...

Page 36: ...eally simple you only have to setup both of them in the appropriate control EasyTime mode It is used to program a sequence of steps for a channel which will play automatically once the button has been...

Page 37: ...itch channels in Off mode will be ignored and will therefore remain unchanged Ex if you want to create a magnificent rocket takeoff effect for a show or on a dance floor it is easy just use channels i...

Page 38: ...tion with fade EASY STEP function without fade You might have to create a scene fading between two positions of beam and keep the color changing quickly between each step To do so you must use the Eas...

Page 39: ...on the corresponding point shape area or directly from the list of steps Each step has its own wait and fade time Using fade and wait time is really simple you only have to setup both of them in the...

Page 40: ...he progress made by all the channels on a specific page from the corresponding Scene or Switch activation onwards Even though each Scene or Switch has access to the Editor and therefore to EasyTime it...

Page 41: ...me for your scene before to setup your channels with EasyTime function For example for a 10s scene we move the cursor yellow line to the 00m10s00 line and then we affect EasyTime function on selected...

Page 42: ...then automatically appear and EasyTime will display green cells including X Y values as referential points By default a circle is drawn from 4 points To move any of these several methods can be used A...

Page 43: ...ions going straight away from one point to another These settings are carried out on the Properties windows where many other functions are available setting size in real time selecting time scale savi...

Page 44: ...ck the Play mode is necessarily inactive since the button itself is inactive NB It is essential to stop the Play mode to modify the EasyTime time sheet EasyTime Loop function If Loop mode is activated...

Page 45: ...make a fading from 2 to 16 channels with speed and fade adjustment from one channel to another SOUND TO LIGHT allows to control light according to sound treble medium bass LIVE CONTROL channels are pi...

Page 46: ...e pasted to the selected fixture If you want to paste the same sequence to more than one fixture you have to select Advanced and then select the fixtures Three options are available All means that the...

Page 47: ...e 2 points to get a tilt movement 50 on pan channels as shown below Once we have made this we can copy the PAN TILT channels and paste to one fixture The Copy Paste window appears and we must select A...

Page 48: ...functions available in a bitmap designer and select a color for each fixture very quickly Each fixture is represented by a square on the left side You can display the name of each of them by clicking...

Page 49: ...e we must enter our text and then choose a font and a colour You can specify a colour for the text and for the background It is also possible to move your text vertically and or horizontally with the...

Page 50: ...sequence Easy Time or Easy Step in real time you must use the SPEED function The main interest is that you don t have to modify your program to change the speed All the changes made with the SPEED fad...

Page 51: ...e now how to use this function on a dimmer channel We will see how to create a switch which allows to control the dimmer from 100 to 200 DMX values with the fader This can be very useful to know how t...

Page 52: ...function allows to modify easily the size of a movement Imagine that a scene doing a tilt movement with your fixture is running For any reason you want to reduce the amplitude of the movement without...

Page 53: ...s time to the various functions of each fixture for a LIVE use Fixture groups can also be programmed for a better user friendliness For example two groups of fixtures have been created in the followin...

Page 54: ...emember that the page parameters are accessed through the Page menu from the 2004 software version To create suppress or change a group you should click on the right mouse button in the white area abo...

Page 55: ...to the other by resorting to the two buttons below If these two buttons are released you will have access to the third mode default mode Default Mode Any group using will be effective for the selecte...

Page 56: ...ould first select one of the two options Once you have pressed the selected button you only have to run the programming on one of the fixtures The same programming will be allocated to the whole set o...

Page 57: ...a change in gobos or colors It is easy just use a Cycle Imagine that to your favourite track you would like to have scans sweeping across the dance floor from right to left then from foreground to ba...

Page 58: ...en saved cycles can still be modified which is convenient to adjust effects For instance you may very well let your inspiration pervade and guide you while listening to a CD track and create your effe...

Page 59: ...tputs on the same channel It also enables to choose the DMX universe Imagine that you want to use the second DMX universe 512 to 1024 for your page you will have to use the offset option which enables...

Page 60: ...agine you want to send the DMX information on the second universe you will have to specify an offset to shift the outputs to the second DMX interface To do so enter 512 in the Patch to DMX outputs are...

Page 61: ...efore the patch DMX 1 PAGE display the levels of the current page DMX outputs after the patch DMX OUT display the real levels of all DMX outputs Three other modes are available The first one allows to...

Page 62: ...e let us suppose channel is adjusted at 50 this channel may get a higher value but not a lower one Low TP The lowest level has priority ADD Manual setting value is added to the one programmed in scene...

Page 63: ...es in the corresponding page A small button MTC IN appears in the Cycle windows to disable enable the function N B Incoming MIDI TIME CODE can also be activated while creating a cycle Timing will then...

Page 64: ...select channel and note required N B A 5 octave MIDI keyboard 60 Keys is set by default to send notes from 36 to 96 Via the button toolbar you can visualize all the MIDI notes assigned on the current...

Page 65: ...nd SIZE faders freeze the outputs It is also possible to select the buttons scenes switches cycles or select the pages with a MIDI command To setup the MIDI options open the Page Settings window then...

Page 66: ...he SPEED and DIMMER faders Buttons triggering Open the Button Settings window and go to the Trigger tab to specify a DMX input channel to trigger your button For instance if you want to trigger a scen...

Page 67: ...mmer and the DMX channel from the list as shown below Now you can modify the dimmer of your page in real time with your external DMX controller 5 3 2 2 Editor screen The DMX input features require a D...

Page 68: ...r button Repeating time slot Imagine you want to start the same sequence every 30 minutes from 10 am to 3 pm You must setup 10H00 in the From box then 15H00 in the to box and finally 0H30 in the Repet...

Page 69: ...a contact between the pin 2 ground and the other 8 pins please note that the pin 10 is not used Several things can be triggered by ports Buttons triggering A button scene switch or cycle can be trigge...

Page 70: ...stop the current cycle jump to previous and next steps First you must enable the function that you want to trigger with a port by clicking on it and then you must enable the Ports triggering last col...

Page 71: ...n MPE file just create a button called MPE STOP To stop an AudioCD just create a button called CDAUDIO STOP How to build a Multimedia Show All you have to do is to create a sequential cycle to activat...

Page 72: ...ers are made available in the SOUND TO LIGHT tab It becomes now easy to get your EasyTime sequence to follow the tempo or to assign bass medium and treble signals to the color mixing channels of your...

Page 73: ...The minimum trigger level can there be adjusted Sound to Light The SOUND TO LIGHT tab allows BASS medium and treble filters parameters to be set according to the type of sound as well as to what sound...

Page 74: ...seful and convenient to save different configurations To archieve this a different file should be selected each time when installing the software Each disk will then be displaying in Windows Start Pro...

Page 75: ...DIMMER master Live button toolbar F1 DIMMER master Live button toolbar F2 Master SPEED reset F1 F2 Master DIMMER reset F3 F4 Select button Shift click Delete button Button Delete Alt D Button setting...

Page 76: ...ist RIGHT pointer Visualize left hand part of the channels list LEFT pointer Display preset list Right click on channel name Adjust several similar type of channels to the same value e g Pan Shutter S...

Page 77: ...Check DMX wire and if possible test another DMX receiver DMX red led flashes but DMX signal output is not operational Channel level is frozen in OUT 1 PAGE visualization window De activate freeze mode...

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