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15.12 The BLOCK function

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Cf. Chapter 16.1 The BLOCK function

15.13 The LINK function

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Cf. Chapter 16.2 The LINK function

15.14 The RENUM function

Use the function RENUM to renumber a sequence. With this function, all sub-numbers are converted into
integral numbers.

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Page 1: ...User manual Version 2 1...

Page 2: ...JB lighting Lichtanlagen GmbH Sallersteigweg 15 D 89134 Blaustein Telefon 49 0 7304 9617 0 2...

Page 3: ...th a clearly structured operation design This user manual will help you to become easily familiarised with the mode of operation of the Licon 1X All working steps are described in detail in the user m...

Page 4: ...t allows creation of chases on the basis of presets In this way you can realise effectful sequences in a matter of seconds Even during a show you will have access to individual fixtures or fixture gro...

Page 5: ...t channels 18 2 7 AUTORUN Starting the LICON 1X automatically 18 2 8 DMX Remote control via external DMX console 18 2 8 1 Selecting the DMX channels 18 2 9 EXTTRG Remote control via external trigger i...

Page 6: ...44 7 1 The FLASH function 44 7 2 AUTFOL Automatic fixture activation by the Follow key 45 7 2 1 Entering the AUTFOL function 45 7 2 2 Working with the AUTFOL function 45 7 2 3 Deactivating the AUTFOL...

Page 7: ...sequence 65 11 2 4 Pages 3 and 4 of the chase generator chase patterns 65 11 2 5 Page 5 of the chase generator chase switching between more than two parameters 67 11 2 6 Page 6 of the chase generator...

Page 8: ...10 1 Linking of PAR cues to PAR faders 94 18 11 Storing chases in the PAR section 95 18 11 1 Linking of PAR chases to PAR faders 95 19 The LIST function 96 20 Storing data BACKUP 98 20 1 Formatting a...

Page 9: ...f the trackball 115 23 2 Activating a fixture group and entering Pan Tilt or focus data 115 23 3 Trackball and Highlight function 116 24 Performing a software update via a PC system 117 24 1 Quick ins...

Page 10: ...the mains plug You can choose between 230 V and 115 V Set the required voltage with a suitable tool e g screwdriver before you plug in the console Move the red slider located between the mains socket...

Page 11: ...The following display is shown 2 1 L USER Configuring a fixture If you will use fixtures the data of which are not yet stored in the library you have to configure your fixtures first Enter the main me...

Page 12: ...of the softkeys described above and the menu on the left appears on the display Now assign the individual functions of your fixture to the DMX channels as follows turn the middle encoder wheel FUNC u...

Page 13: ...t is open at a DMX value of 0 and closed at 255 you can invert the entire channel with the softkey INVERS After inversion the iris is closed at a DMX value of 0 and fully open at 255 Press the softkey...

Page 14: ...process as described above Caution If you copy a fixture type from the library the PRESET name is copied along with it Press the ESC key to leave this menu 2 2 1 Deleting individual fixtures from the...

Page 15: ...verted and the controller automatically recommends the next not occupied channel for the patch The example above recommends DMX channel 9 since the Varyscan 4 is controlled with 8 DMX channels Press t...

Page 16: ...section You can assign up to four DMX addresses to each Par key 1 32 Enter Patch menu and select PAR 1 Use the middle or right encoder wheel to select the key in the Fixture PAR Selection for which yo...

Page 17: ...presets Then select the keys of the fixtures in the Fixture PAR Selection keys 1 32 to which you want to copy the presets CAUTION The presets will be copied to all keys in the Fixture Par selection w...

Page 18: ...te the particular input Important If the Autorun function is active the Licon 1X will no longer show the welcome routine on turning the console on but will switch directly to the selected function 2 8...

Page 19: ...y a footswitch The external trigger function is only possible in the Combi section 2 9 1 Assigning keys independent of PAGE BANK Press the softkey EXTTRG to activate the corresponding menu The followi...

Page 20: ...ssible to use the footswitch for activation of the softkeys on the display For this purpose select either GO or GO with the middle encoder wheel and then press the softkey that you wish to activate wi...

Page 21: ...ction by pressing the softkey MIDI 2 10 2 Deactivating the MIDI section The MIDI function is activated in the REMOTE menu submenu of the TOOLS menu Enter the main menu and press the softkey TOOL Press...

Page 22: ...the cue key on which you want to store the corresponding cue The assignment is shown on the display Bear in mind that you will have access to pages 2 and 3 and the banks B C and D only when the softke...

Page 23: ...pter 2 11 1 2 Working with the swap function The basic configuration of the swap function is made in the CONFIG OPTIONS menu Press the softkey CONFIG and then the softkey OPTION to enter this menu The...

Page 24: ...r in percent from 000 to 100 This selection can be made independently of the entry of PAR or fixture values 2 11 2 1 Activating the percent function Enter the CONFIG OPTION menu by pressing the corres...

Page 25: ...der banks The PARMUL function controls the access to the fader banks which can be switched four times PARMUL not displayed inverted PAR FADER MODE SINGLE BANK If on a bank the value of faders is great...

Page 26: ...able The individual users may be granted different access rights The master password is superior to all other passwords It is only possible to change user passwords after entry of the master password...

Page 27: ...IG For the access to the store function you have the choice between the following three access levels full denied and limited access Press the softkey STORE until limited appears on the display With t...

Page 28: ...s e g for theatre performances combined colour states during touring stage applications completely remote controlled shows e g via MIDI in general all fields of application where complete colour or li...

Page 29: ...combination of fixtures 3 2 2 Activating fixture groups First of all press the GROUP key in the Fixture PAR Selection the LED of the Group Highlight key is lit Then activate the stored groups by selec...

Page 30: ...fixture group by positioning the fader on the zero value and pressing the flash key below the group fader Localising fixtures In the highlight mode the GROUP key allows quick and easy localisation of...

Page 31: ...e the corresponding brightness faders Then proceed as described in chapters 3 2 1 and 3 2 2 Storing and activating fixture groups which means that you have to define the fixture groups first in order...

Page 32: ...IP Do always work with PAN TILT presets 4 1 Creating and storing presets In order to create and store presets enter the main menu and press the softkey PRESET Then activate the desired fixtures When t...

Page 33: ...ctivated a parameter with the keys of the Feature Selection block e g PAN TILT or gobo Activate the desired feature by pressing the corresponding softkey The presets of the Feature Selection are store...

Page 34: ...ted below are available P LIN Linear deflection in the Pan section P SIN1 Sine function in the Pan section P SIN2 Sine function in the Pan section P SIN3 Sine function in the Pan section P ABS Functio...

Page 35: ...T LIN by pressing the corresponding softkey Enter the size of the radiation angle e g size 70 with the right encoder wheel The line shown on the the left changes until it reaches the angle shown on th...

Page 36: ...Sallersteigweg 15 D 89134 Blaustein Telefon 49 0 7304 9617 0 36 In addition the particular parameters e g line or sine wave can be combined with a Multi function The results of these combinations are...

Page 37: ...diverge in speed and mirror movement The size speed ratio must be chosen in such a way that the fixture is able to carry out the complete movement If you have entered speed and size correctly and you...

Page 38: ...ivates such patterns on its own when the softkeys WAVE and 2 WAVE are pressed WAVE distributes the phase shift always in the optimal distance in proportion to the sine wave depending on the number of...

Page 39: ...er hand does only contain the DMX values for a Pan Tilt position If now Cue 1 and Cue 2 are activated consecutively then the Pan Tilt position of the Cue 1 will change and the values of the gobo remai...

Page 40: ...eel FADE 0 1 you can activate or deactivate the fade function Whenever a ramp sign is displayed in the storage matrix the corresponding features will be faded Fading is meaningful parameter for dimmer...

Page 41: ...ssigned to three pages and per page to four banks Thus a maximum of 192 cues can be stored on these 16 keys If the cue keys from the first block F1 to F8 which cannot be switched are added then a maxi...

Page 42: ...MX ouput value remains effective until a new DMX output value for the active parameters is adjusted A separate cue a so called stop cue is necessary which has a DMX value of open or 000 for one or sev...

Page 43: ...en the release key 1 2 3 6 1 9 Entering and working with the flash function Working with the flash function is only possible when a release link was assigned before The flash key as well as the releas...

Page 44: ...key again or the ESC key to leave the Edit menu Activate a cue with the Edit key in the Combi section and the following display appears The illustration shown on the left indicates if parameters are s...

Page 45: ...T channels of every fixture stored in this cue are automatically activated on a connected tracking ball and can be moved All other parameters of these fixtures are frozen and can be modified exclusivl...

Page 46: ...Enter the new name with the double assigned keys of the Cues Chases Sequences section Press the softkey NAME again the entry is stored and the labelling mode is left 7 5 Editing fixture parameters Af...

Page 47: ...es of the desired parameters have been stored You can see your entries on the display Next to the three letters RLM the storage place and the name of the cue on which you have stored the release link...

Page 48: ...nd 10 seconds The Time Man fade key below has two incorporated LEDs If the red LED is lit the fade time set with the Fade Mode fader is used If the green LED is lit you can manually fade between two c...

Page 49: ...of the Feature Selection section Then activate the fixtures to which the freeze function should be assigned Press and hold the Freeze key and simultaneously press the feature key of the desired param...

Page 50: ...Deleting the freeze function for individual parameters Disselect all moving lights LEDs go out Press and hold the Freeze key Delete the freeze function for individual parameters by pressing the desire...

Page 51: ...low function by pressing and holding the Follow key in the Feature Selection block The softkey ACTIVE appears on the display Press this softkey to activate the follow function The function field on th...

Page 52: ...These eight keys of the Chases section shown on the left are used to store and recall chases They are switched by the keys of the Page Bank section 11 1 Programming chases from cues If you wish to pr...

Page 53: ...creates a speed group CREATE activates the chase generator FADETIME enters the fade time for the complete chase STEP enables scrolling up and down between the steps TRIGPOINT time of switching of all...

Page 54: ...selves Press the softkey LINK F When the field is no longer displayed inverted you can enter the fade time with the left encoder wheel The values are entered in steps of 0 0250 seconds Keep in mind th...

Page 55: ...e step DUP ST Press the Store key in the Combi section to activate the desired chase Select the chase step to be duplicated with the middle encoder wheel Then press the softkey DUP ST The step is dupl...

Page 56: ...chase where you want to insert this block The block will always be inserted before the activated inverted step Now press the softkey B COPY The process is executed immediately so it is not necessary t...

Page 57: ...chase which has been merged and thus contains more than one parameter may look as the illustration shown on the left If two chases are merged and you activate the first of the two chases automaticall...

Page 58: ...ign the chase The assignment made is shown on the display as follows In the middle part of the display the name of the speed group is shown to which the assignment of the chase was made here speed gro...

Page 59: ...sed Start function The corresponding function field is no longer displayed inverted 11 1 16 The Sound function Entering the beatcount Chases can run sound controlled i e the bass beat connected to the...

Page 60: ...erator The chase generator enables fast programming of chases We will explain the mode of operation of the chase generator on the basis of the creation of a shutter chase It can be applied of course t...

Page 61: ...hase generator A variety of chase patterns is available here They can be activated with the corresponding softkeys On the display a graph illustrating 32 fixtures is shown The inverted fields in the g...

Page 62: ...hat page 2 of a total of 6 pages is active 11 2 3 1 Page 1 of the chase generator preset selection The centre of this page displays a Short Manual in English which specifies the working steps of Chapt...

Page 63: ...ar moving light or a group of fixture Par moving lights If a chase pattern is programmed in the DIRECT mode the fixtures are always recalled according to the sequence of the keys in the Fixture PAR se...

Page 64: ...f the Cues Chases or Sequences section INSERT inserts a step STORE stores a step 11 2 3 3 Programming a fixture sequence 1 Select Page 2 of the chase generator and press the softkey EDIT 2 Activate on...

Page 65: ...ressing the softkey DEL ST 11 2 3 6 Naming the sequence 1 Press the softkey NAME 2 Delete the designation SEQ with the arrow key 3 Enter the new name with the keys of the Cue Chase Sequence section Pr...

Page 66: ...ure 2 is open In the third chase step the shutters of fixtures 1 2 4 5 and 6 are closed whereas the shutter of fixture 3 is open etc If a pattern is marked with two arrows it will run to the end last...

Page 67: ...calls the next step in the list COPY copies data from one step to another Use the softkeys LIST and LIST to select the step to which the colour parameter should be added Select the desired preset with...

Page 68: ...the last step and back again TYPE By pressing the softkey TYPE you can switch the chase patterns between symmetrical asymmetrical double symmetrical double asymmetrical four times symmetrical and fou...

Page 69: ...ase You can check whether your merging was successful with the help of a small diagram from the storage matrix shown on the display The storage matrix of a chase that addresses only one parameter may...

Page 70: ...proceed as follows Press the Edit key in the Combi section and recall the desired chase by pressing the corresponding chase key Then press the softkey SGROUP The assignment is deleted immediately You...

Page 71: ...ivate the Syonchronised Start function by pressing the softkey SYNCST The function field is shown inverted on the display Deleting the Synchronised Start function If the Synchronised Start function is...

Page 72: ...the chase and allows manual stepping with the Go und Go keys 13 1 Activating a chase for speed regulation Press and hold the Select key in the Chase Control section Press the chase key in addition on...

Page 73: ...l the last step is reached Here the chase changes direction again 13 6 The Restart function Activate the desired chase as described in 13 1 Press the Restart key to run the chase once more from the be...

Page 74: ...witched forward by one chase step If you wish to switch the chase after each fourth bass beat you must press the cue key 4 C Since many music tracks have passages with a very close succession of bass...

Page 75: ...verted in percent LINK F not inverted in absolute numbers 14 2 The SINGLE function Use the softkey SINGLE to enter whether the chase runs permanently as loop or only once SINGLE inverted chase stops a...

Page 76: ...Use the keys of the Fixture Selection block in combination with Preset keys or the encoder wheels to modify the parameters of the chase step Press the Store key of the Combi section to store the proc...

Page 77: ...tch the sequence press and hold the Shift key and select the desired bank where the sequences are stored by pressing one of the four sequence keys with incoporated green LED The green LED begins flash...

Page 78: ...ions steps directly when GO TO key is used in combination with the keys of the CUES CHASES SEQUENCE section If you press the softkey MODIFY in addition the following functions are shown on the display...

Page 79: ...t are not faded NEXTTIME duration of the entire step The runtimes of a step can be entered as absolute values in seconds or as percentage values depending on the NextTime fade time and trigpoint It is...

Page 80: ...w the storage matrix whereas a little further to the right the sub numbers are displayed 15 8 The GO TO function With the GO TO you will have direct access to a step This function is used above all to...

Page 81: ...0 7304 9617 0 81 15 12 The BLOCK function Cf Chapter 16 1 The BLOCK function 15 13 The LINK function Cf Chapter 16 2 The LINK function 15 14 The RENUM function Use the function RENUM to renumber a seq...

Page 82: ...r example a sequence that consists of 10 steps you can define steps 2 to 5 as block and copy this block to another position within the sequence You can use the BLOCK function to delete individual step...

Page 83: ...me a sequence 2 Define the desired block 3 Select the step before which you want to position the block possible positions marked with arrows In this example it is step 8 4 Press the softkey B MOVE to...

Page 84: ...n LED is flashing The bank is preselected but a sequence has not yet been activated 17 1 Switching sequence banks Press and hold the Shift key Simultaneously press the desired bank key in the Sequence...

Page 85: ...dresses the NextTime of sequence steps As soon as the red LED of the rate key is lit the NextTime of the sequence steps can be overwritten manually with the fader Time Man fader The Time Man fader add...

Page 86: ...to storage functions of cues or chases that only contain PAR dimmer data If cues and chases which contain only PAR data are stored on the corresponding cue and chase keys 200 cues and 96 PAR storage...

Page 87: ...can be recalled on this page You can select the individual channels with the keys of the FIXTURE PAR SELECTION and enter the values with the middle encoder wheel The channels selected are displayed i...

Page 88: ...now which key will activate the particular PAR fixture 18 3 The BLOCK mode The BLOCK mode is activated with the softkey BLOCK This mode is active when the function field BLOCK is displayed inverted Bl...

Page 89: ...cues chases and sequences by adjustment of individual channels This function facilitates working with the lighting control console if you do not know exactly on which key you have stored the individu...

Page 90: ...L together with the keys of the CUES CHASES SEQUENCES section SEL confirms entry of a single channel number SEL confirms deletion of a single channel number SEL confirms selection of a channel block e...

Page 91: ...lay is shown as illustrated below Display PAR 1 32 Display PAR 33 64 Display PAR 65 96 18 7 Naming PAR channels NAME You can name each of the 96 PAR channels separately as described below Select the d...

Page 92: ...s of the Cues Chases and Sequences sections When presets of the PAR section are stored not all channels are activated automatically as is the case in the Fixture section Here only those channels are s...

Page 93: ...ress the flash key located below this fader The following display appears for the keys 1 to 8 no chase function Press the key NAME and enter the name of the faders with the keypad In our example the n...

Page 94: ...low LED flashes at the speed selected in the Chase Control section Caution The chase will be activated as in the Fixture section Chapter 11 with the keys of the Chase Control section In order to contr...

Page 95: ...chases to PAR faders Before you can activate all 96 PAR chases possible in the PAR section the PAR faders C1 C4 must be linked with these 96 chase storage places Press the Select key in the Chase Con...

Page 96: ...cues chases and sequences directly via the display Pess the List key in the Combi section and the following display is shown CUES F Fixed cues cannot be switched via Page Bank Cue keys F1 to F8 CUES...

Page 97: ...that fader no 2 accesses the cue on Page 1 Bank A key no 2 Important the cue keys and the sequence keys are completely separated from each other in the Combi and PAR section i e there are 200 cues an...

Page 98: ...rs CONFIG data of the Config section L USER data of self defined fixture configurations ALL all data of the lighting control console The storage procedure will always be the same no matter whether all...

Page 99: ...ith the double assigned keys of the Cues Chases Sequences section and confirm the process by pressing the softkey EXEC 20 2 6 Storing data of the L User section To store the L user data press the soft...

Page 100: ...e to be loaded Press the softkey EXEC to start the loading process When the loading process was successful the message COMPLETE is shown on the display 20 4 4 Loading preset files To load a preset fil...

Page 101: ...e the BACKUP menu by pressing the softkey BACKUP in the main menu and press the softkey DIR The Licon 1X will now list all files stored When the list is complete the message COMPLETE will be shown on...

Page 102: ...he remote function in the Tool menu REMOTE In the Remote menu of the Licon 1X the basic configuration of the following three funcions can be performed a the MIDI function b the linking of several Lico...

Page 103: ...by mistake during use Press the softkey LOCK to lock the CD drive agan The display confirms the process with LOCK ACTIVE 21 3 2 Playing the CD Start the CD with the softkey PLAY Forward with the soft...

Page 104: ...tion you can examine whether the keys and faders of the console are functioning correctly Recall the test function by pressing the softkey TOOLS in the main menu and then the softkey TEST On the displ...

Page 105: ...display brightness DISPLAY The brightness of the display is adjusted in the Tools menu Enter the main menu and press the softkey TOOL Turn the middle encoder wheel DISPLAY to adjust the brightness of...

Page 106: ...gives access to the loop menu as programming aid PLAY starts and stops the timeline show Pressing the key once will start the show from the beginning 00 00 00 the softkey is displayed inverted Pressi...

Page 107: ...no time track can be recognised by the standard selection due to different SMPTE formats activate the softkeys LTC25 or LTC30 Note In order to programme a timeline show more quickly it is recommended...

Page 108: ...of the cues and chases that are contained in the loop If cues or chases are not given full priority in the storage matrix the AS PRE parameter will falsify the show when the show is not run from the...

Page 109: ...as described in Chapter 22 4 1 Subsequent moving of an event is performed in the Edit menu of the timline programming function cf Chapter 22 6 Editing timeline data 22 5 Complex timeline programming T...

Page 110: ...ay Stop press the softkey PLAY again Important If you start the show with the softkey PLAY the track always starts from the beginning 00 00 00 PLAY This softkey starts the track from the passage which...

Page 111: ...th the right encoder wheel you can change the time scaling 22 5 1 The block function With the block function events or positions group of events on a frame can be combined and handled together e g mov...

Page 112: ...OS to insert the Position into the block On the display these events are no longer shown as bars but as dotted lines If you wish to remove the Position from the block again press the softkey POS once...

Page 113: ...ically on the display There are two possibilities to leave the LOOP function Firstly press the softkey PLAY and the track will be stopped Secondly you can continue to play the music and proceed with t...

Page 114: ...ithin a frame All events located on a frame are referered to as position In order to delete this position select an event of the frame as described above Press the softkey DELPOS to delete the entire...

Page 115: ...s as the big keys Big key on the left press this key to switch the trackball on or off For visual control on the display MOUSE ON trackball is activated MOUSE OFF trackball is deactivated Big key on t...

Page 116: ...Chapter 22 2 Then press and hold the Group Highlight key and simultaneously press the first key of the activated fixtures in the Fixture PAR selection The fixture key 1 starts flashing and the first f...

Page 117: ...ons of the installation software 24 1 2 Recalling the Licon 1X Updater 1 Start menu Programmes JB LICON 1X Updater 24 2 Updating the Licon 1X CAUTION Data in the Licon 1X will be lost once the update...

Page 118: ...he display Select the desired section to be deleted by pressing the corresponding softkey and confirm with the softkey YES As a precaution we recommend to perform a data backup on a disk or USB stick...

Page 119: ...equences FADER deletes the fader assignments ALL deletes all data groups listed above Press the softkey YES to execute the deletion process You are not prompted to confirm the process When the data ar...

Page 120: ...turning the Licon 1X on with the ON OFF key Press the softkey MORE to enter the second page of the delete menu Here press the softkey MIDI If you wish to delete all MIDI data of the Licon 1X press the...

Page 121: ...nels Highlight activates single channels in order to check their assignment to the keys of the Fixture PAR Selection Group stores recalls fixture groups Clear deactivates all active fixtures or PAR ch...

Page 122: ...FADE fader used to enter the fading time between two presets 26 5 COMBI The Combi section performs all storage and edit functions for cues scenes chases and sequences which contain either only fixture...

Page 123: ...d sequence keys SHIFT switches the banks with green LED in the sections PAGE BANK SEQUENCES PAR and FIXTURES functions on a key with red LED are switched directly without the SHIFT key SYNC As a rule...

Page 124: ...ly work in combination with an R Link RELEASE Activates the Release Link for cues and chases This function will onyl work in combination with an R Link ENABLE Enable active sequence returns priorities...

Page 125: ...ock mode Banks are switched via the flash keys with green LEDs in combination with the SHIFT key The faders C1 C4 are used to activate pure PAR chases The MASTER faders regulate the output of the DMX...

Page 126: ...Man fader Green LED not occupied Go key Red LED indicates the currently active status the sequences can be stepped manually by the GO or GO keys Green LED not occupied Sound key Red LED indicates the...

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