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Table of Contents 

 
Common Tasks to Get You Started .................................................................................. 6

 

What to Plug in .............................................................................................................. 6

 

How to Start the Console .............................................................................................. 6

 

How to Open a (New) Show .......................................................................................... 6

 

How to Patch a Light ..................................................................................................... 6

 

How to Strike/Unstrike an Arc Light or Reset a Moving Light ....................................... 7

 

How to Set Intensity ...................................................................................................... 7

 

How to Set a Color, Position or Shape Attribute ........................................................... 7

 

How to Set an Effect ..................................................................................................... 8

 

How to Record a Memory ............................................................................................. 9

 

How to Record a Cue .................................................................................................... 9

 

How to Edit, Move, Copy or Delete a Cue or Memory .................................................. 9

 

Steps to take before each Performance ........................................................................ 9

 

How to Playback Memories ........................................................................................... 9

 

How to Playback Cues (Playlists) ............................................................................... 10

 

How to Save a Show ................................................................................................... 10

 

How to Shut Down the Console .................................................................................. 10

 

How to Get Help .......................................................................................................... 10

 

Finding Your Way Around – The Hardware .................................................................... 11

 

Top Panel .................................................................................................................... 11

 

Rear Panel .................................................................................................................. 12

 

Power Connections ..................................................................................................... 12

 

Data Connections ........................................................................................................ 13

 

Faders ......................................................................................................................... 13

 

Grand Master and Dead Black Out Button .................................................................. 14

 

Memory Master and Memory Black Out Button .......................................................... 14

 

Left and Right Playback .............................................................................................. 15

 

Attribute Shortcut Buttons ........................................................................................... 15

 

Function Buttons ......................................................................................................... 15

 

Encoder Wheels and Buttons ...................................................................................... 16

 

Pin Button and Pin Crossfade Timings ....................................................................... 17

 

USB Ports ................................................................................................................... 17

 

Finding Your Way Around - The Touch Screen .............................................................. 18

 

Screen Navigation ....................................................................................................... 19

 

SELECT - The Fixture Grid ......................................................................................... 20

 

Manual Selection ......................................................................................................... 21

 

Group, Recent, and Standard ..................................................................................... 21

 

Settings and Fixture Patching ..................................................................................... 21

 

CONTROL ................................................................................................................... 22

 

Intensity ....................................................................................................................... 23

 

Color ............................................................................................................................ 23

 

Position ....................................................................................................................... 23

 

Shape .......................................................................................................................... 24

 

RECORD ..................................................................................................................... 24

 

Memory ....................................................................................................................... 24

 

Cue .............................................................................................................................. 25

 

Library ......................................................................................................................... 27

 

Summary of Contents for Cognito

Page 1: ...User Guide Version 9 25 14 1439 17 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 1J9 403 243 8110 www pathwayconnect com...

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Page 3: ...ct com Cognito Updates and Current Fixture Library Downloads www pathwayconnect com downloads cognito Video Tutorials www youtube com pathwayconnectivity Phone Support 1 403 243 8110 8am 4 30pm MT Sub...

Page 4: ...ow to Save a Show 10 How to Shut Down the Console 10 How to Get Help 10 Finding Your Way Around The Hardware 11 Top Panel 11 Rear Panel 12 Power Connections 12 Data Connections 13 Faders 13 Grand Mast...

Page 5: ...on 43 MIDI Triggering 43 Serial Control 45 Telnet Control 46 Supported Scripting Commands 46 Contact Closure Control 47 DMX IN Control 47 Show File Management 47 Archiving Restoring a Show 47 New Show...

Page 6: ...the 24VDC power supply How to Start the Console The Power Button near the top of the console will pulse blue when power is connected indicating stand by mode Press the button once to turn the console...

Page 7: ...CONTROL tasks will now be shown Touch the Intensity icon to access the Intensity tool bar Touch the Wheels icon Use the red encoder wheel to set the Control option to Lamp On or Lamp Off to strike or...

Page 8: ...hoo effect determines how far a light will move from where it was pointed when the effect began Offset green wheel Affects where each light is placed on the effect curve For example in a rainbow color...

Page 9: ...mory Use the encoder wheels to change Memory timings and bump button operation For cues use the Up Down arrow icons to page through the timing and other cuing options then use the encoder wheels to ad...

Page 10: ...ylist fader To cut back to the previous cue press the Pause button a second time How to Save a Show Cognito automatically saves all changes to a non volatile memory If you wish to back up to USB inser...

Page 11: ...forty two buttons provide programming support and playback control Top Panel Encoder Wheel 7 Capacitive Touch Screen Left Playback Go Button Fader Right Playback Go Button Fader Grand Master Fader Me...

Page 12: ...next to the DC jack will steadily glow red whenever the console is using PoE Both a DC supply and a PoE source may be connected at the same time When the console is connected to power the Power Button...

Page 13: ...etwork DMX If more than one protocol is active identical DMX values are transmitted on each MIDI In Thru Out MIDI ports are enabled on PRO512 and PRO1024 models MIDI Show Control MSC commands may be u...

Page 14: ...ty falls to zero percent without changing intensity levels reported on the touch screen The Grand Master level will turn red and read DBO Press the button again to restore lights to their previous int...

Page 15: ...press the Playlist s Pause Back Button Attribute Shortcut Buttons Immediately to the left of the touch screen are four attribute family shortcut buttons From top to bottom the buttons are Intensity Co...

Page 16: ...into the next available cue slot with default timings See RECORD for details on setting fade times Encoder Wheels and Buttons Four encoder wheels are spaced around the touch screen each with a specif...

Page 17: ...he newly set look To change the Pin crossfade tie press the Shift button plus the Pin button The Edit Pin Crossfade Time box will appear Touch the keypad icon or use the B wheel to change the default...

Page 18: ...MX start address label individual lights and optionally associate a light with a specific gel CONTROL provides tools to change the intensity color position and shape attributes of the selected lights...

Page 19: ...round robin quickly between the lights in the selection set The Magnifying Glass icons located below the Left Arrow change the number of lights shown in the Fixture Grid You may view the Fixture Grid...

Page 20: ...e amount of information describing the current state of that light 1 Fixture Number The number in the upper left hand corner of each cell identifies each light in the show Fixture number is not the sa...

Page 21: ...ng The following tools may speed those operations Standard The Standard tool allows quick selection by certain customary rules such as All Lights No Lights or by fixture types Cognito automatically cr...

Page 22: ...ouch Apply to confirm Multi attribute Fixtures A single light in the Fixture Grid may be patched to include control of the light s dimmer and the light s accessories for example a dimmer and a scrolle...

Page 23: ...selected light are automatically added to the tool bar Wheels Allow you to set RGB default CYM or HSV color values Also allows direct control of scrollers color wheels and color correction Advanced A...

Page 24: ...gobos shutter lens focus rotation and other effects These options normally appear on a secondary tool bar called the Wheel Bank Advanced Allows you to lock or park the shape attributes of selected li...

Page 25: ...er where you want the Memory stored Adding Deleting and Naming Memory Pages By default one Memory Page is shown To add further Memory Pages or to delete or rename an existing Memory Page touch the Mor...

Page 26: ...at the same time Equivalent to a Follow In Time of 0s zero seconds Follow Time Sets the time used by the Follow In Time option above Link Links the completed cue to another cue that does not immediat...

Page 27: ...l bar Select the record location Name the position if desired Touch the Done icon to record or the Cancel icon to start again The saved position may only be applied to the same light s in use when the...

Page 28: ...faders will still recall stored Memories even when Left or Right Playback is the selected PLAY also allows easy editing of fade times and access to special Cue Actions by pressing the Edit button Touc...

Page 29: ...Playback further Playlists may be selected for that Playback without releasing the original Playlist allowing more than two Playlists to be active at one time To release a Playlist press and hold the...

Page 30: ...ner of each fixture cell indicates the light s current attributes Choose the lights you wish to adjust and follow normal CONTROL methods to adjust their attributes Once the changes are completed press...

Page 31: ...s using the encoder wheels Offset Defines the time before or after sunrise or sunset above when the associated action will be triggered Use the red encoder wheel to set the time in hours and minutes T...

Page 32: ...MIDI string neato Lockout Enables disables wireless device control Release Locks Releases any active Desk or Tech Locks of lights Release Lights Releases any currently selected lights Memory Blackout...

Page 33: ...start the process It is very important that nothing touches the screen during recalibration Cognito will reboot to finish the process Set Time Allows you to manually set the date and time on the cons...

Page 34: ...rica or South America Region Set your country For some countries a state province or territory may also be chosen City Choose from a list of cities and towns located in the specified region Latitude a...

Page 35: ...twork DMX only DMX DMX settings only apply to the DMX data sent out the 5 pin XLR ports DMX Flavor Adjusting the flavor refresh rate of DMX512 can sometimes fix response issues such as spontaneous col...

Page 36: ...the Bump buttons below the sliders on the console will behave the same as the virtual icon buttons In Playlist mode the left GO button will also trigger the next cue in the Playlist Playlist Limits C...

Page 37: ...nd touch screen are inactive However playlists operating from PLAY Schedule will be run and the playback may still be triggered from RS232 contact closures LUA or Telnet scripts and Midi Show Control...

Page 38: ...This option allows you to go back to a previous version of the show even if nothing has been saved to USB Open a Different Show File Shows a list of showfiles different from the existing show internal...

Page 39: ...t value will be included For example if the theater s house lights are Desk Locked at 60 then released those lights will remain at 60 and will not be recorded in subsequent cues In the Fixture Grid th...

Page 40: ...vanced Removes any changes to all attributes of the light in the present cue Allows all attribute values to track through from the previous cue The current cue must be updated to make the changes perm...

Page 41: ...P DOWN Arrow In PLAY jumps the screen to the top or bottom of the Playlist Memory In PLAY Edit copies the Memory when dragged to new location instead of moving Cue In PLAY Edit copies the Cue when dra...

Page 42: ...has tracked from a previous cue the name of that cue is shown Library Shows the name of the Library used to set the attribute level If a color is from a swatch book the swatch name and source are sho...

Page 43: ...cifies if desired the Cue Number to be used by the command and optionally the Playlist containing the Cue Data string cannot exceed 24 bytes in length See below for examples F7 indicates end of MSC se...

Page 44: ...ctional frame Translating time frames and fractional frame counts to the Standard Time Specification is beyond the scope of this document If a Cue Number is specified in the data that cue is triggered...

Page 45: ...2 F7 F0 7F SysEx header 01 Cognito device ID 02 MSC 01 Lighting command 01 STOP no data F7 End Serial Control Select functions of Cognito may be triggered remotely using an RS232 serial connection usi...

Page 46: ...Commands noecho noprompt API AttributeFade fixture attribute_name value time API AttributeFadeCapture fixture attribute_name value time API Bump page_name page_index memory_number is_down API ButtonPr...

Page 47: ...back 3 Pause Left Playback 4 Toggles DBO Dead Black Out DMX IN Control The DMX input port can receive DMX512 levels and use that information to trigger Memories recorded in the first Memory Page DMX c...

Page 48: ...lecting New Show clears all cues memories fixture selections and DMX patching A new show has 100 lights of type Dimmer patched to the first 100 DMX slots Partial clearing for example of cues or DMX pa...

Page 49: ...nsole Press the Power button once then choose Setup from the onscreen options Touch the Software icon then the Install Fixture Definitions icon at the bottom of the screen The filename of the update w...

Page 50: ...ts More detailed descriptions appear below Airplane view in PLAY MEMORIES Show files can be named Drag and Drop Improvements Control Wheels shows Light mimic Double Tap to set Intensity Flip Fanning I...

Page 51: ...mories If a memory is not at full the bar will be split yellow blue at its current level Pressing any bank of 20 will jump you to that bank Active memories on the old bank will not be released You may...

Page 52: ...all shows using the same name Finally we ve given you the ability to save with a name and keep multiple show files on the internal drive Keep in mind Open a Previous Version of This Show works even a...

Page 53: ...Cue Cue to Memory Cue to Cue Cue to Cue on another Playlist and when we move we always move State In PLAY MEMORIES to move a Memory you must press EDIT this is new If you want to copy either a cue or...

Page 54: ...and PREV buttons to bounce through your lights turning them on and positioning them one at a time without having to go back to CONTROL INTENSITY Flip Moving head lights can reach any point on stage w...

Page 55: ...n when rolling the wheel you will change the X or number of times the fan is repeated By default the entire selection set if fanned from one end to the other If you SHIFT ROLL the wheel to 2X you will...

Page 56: ...L Playback toolbar above the main task bar To change Playlists on the Playback you d just select a new Playlist from the toolbar We ve changed this now to give you five different tools to modify how...

Page 57: ...ways find the cue properties such as Fade Time and Cue Actions To edit a cue s properties first select the cue as Girl is selected above then press the Pencil or EDIT button on the console You will th...

Page 58: ...g a Playlist that is locked for editing you will see the Lock icon in the status bar After opening night use Edit Lock the Playlist to prevent any accidental changes Reset On Release When this toggle...

Page 59: ...he Playlist to listen for External Midi Time Code or set the Playlist to use one of the three Internal clocks Clock This bubble shows you the current timecode for the selected source Touch the bubble...

Page 60: ...his Internal Source they too will note the new time There is a Action Cue Action or Schedule Action that can reset the clock to a specific time so you can automate it with PLAY SCHEDULE or from anothe...

Page 61: ...fter three taps and will show in the Rate bubble Sometimes it s useful to tap in time to the music for a bit then watch the stage with your hand on the blue wheel and adjust the time that way to get i...

Page 62: ...fault levels That may be 0 if nothing else is driving it Crossfade Time This value may be typed in or you can use the Blue wheel to adjust the value between 0 and 100 If your beat time is 60 and Cross...

Page 63: ...in Wall Station Mode Color Mode CCT values were not being Desk Locked LCD brightness added to SETUP SYSTEM Slider handles were getting stuck at 16 32 64 We ve renamed the Cue Action Bump Down to Bump...

Page 64: ...so subsequent recording of cues or memories reference Library Status bar shows when Pin Highlight and Lowlight are active KiNET protocol added Lights with parts Intensity and Attributes were patching...

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