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Introduction 

 

JesterML Operating Manual 

73-406-00 Issue 3.0 

7 of 85 

BLACKOUT 

The BLACKOUT button makes all the brightness channels output zero.  Pressing the 
BLACKOUT button toggles between Blackout (all channels at zero) and normal desk 
outputs.   The LED  in the  BLACKOUT  button  indicates  the  current state  (Flashing  = 
Blackout,  Off  =  Normal).    This  is  also  replicated  on  the  monitor,  with  flashing 
‘

BLACKOUT

’ text on the screen.  Both Blackout and the Grand Master do not affect 

LTP (fixture attribute) channels or channels grabbed from the DMX-input. 

PROGRAM/GO 

The PROGRAM/GO button is a multi-coloured, multi-function button which adapts to 
the  mode  in  which  the  desk  is  currently  set.    In  Preset  Mode,  the button  is  inactive 
although  when  set  to  wide  mode,  it  functions  as  a  preset  store  button,  and  is 
coloured  yellow.    In  Program  Mode,  the  PROGRAM/GO  button  functions  as  a 
program  (record)  button,  and  is  coloured  red.    In  Run  mode,  the  PROGRAM/GO 
button acts as a go/pause button and is coloured green. 

 

Turning on the Desk 

1.  Connect  the  DMX  cable  and  monitor  (if  required).    Although  the  monitor  is 

optional, you will find the desk easier to use with a monitor attached. 

2.  Connect the power supply to the desk and switch it on at the mains. 
3.  Ensure that ‘Blackout’ is not active (the red LED in the Blackout button is off). 
4.  Set the A MASTER and B MASTER faders to zero. 
5.  Set the GRAND MASTER fader to full. 
 

Numeric Entry 

Numeric fields can be completed by using the Multi-Function-Keys.  Firstly navigate 
to  the  required  field,  then  press  ENTER.    The  Multi-Function-Keys  now  function  as 
number buttons.  Once the number is entered, press ENTER to confirm. 
 
If preferred, the Preset B Flash buttons on the JesterML24 and JesterML48 can also 
be  used  for  numeric  entry  when  the  Multi-Function-Keys  are  displaying  number 
buttons. 
 
A USB keyboard can also be connected to speed up entering names and numbers.  
Note  that  due  to  internal  resource  limitations,  the  USB  Keyboard  will  not  operate 
when MIDI is enabled, or when in the Setup menus which require access to a USB 
Memory Stick (e.g. Load/Save). 

Summary of Contents for JesterML

Page 1: ...OPERATING MANUAL including...

Page 2: ...comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is...

Page 3: ...Two Preset Operation 9 Wide Mode 11 Program Mode 13 Scenes 18 Chases 21 Other Program Mode Features 22 Run Mode 25 Fixture Control 34 Palettes 37 Effects 39 Tagging Untagging 40 DMX Input 42 Setup Mod...

Page 4: ...tions on the SETUP functions and the technical specification of the desk This manual refers to all three desks in the JesterML range as simply JesterML Almost all of the operational details are common...

Page 5: ...osition palettes Memories and Submasters can be recorded as scenes or sequences chases Crossfade times and chase speed direction and attack can be adjusted as required The JesterML can control 48 gene...

Page 6: ...ating conditions for the desk MODE The MODE button is used to select the operational mode of the desk The red LEDs to the left of the button show the current operating mode SETUP PRESET PROGRAM RUN GR...

Page 7: ...utton acts as a go pause button and is coloured green Turning on the Desk 1 Connect the DMX cable and monitor if required Although the monitor is optional you will find the desk easier to use with a m...

Page 8: ...hannels is under the control of the GRAND MASTER PRESETS A AND B In two preset mode the PRESET A and PRESET B faders both control the same set of channels In single preset mode wide mode the PRESET A...

Page 9: ...levels of the desk changing 3 Set the B MASTER to full The scene set up on PRESET B is output live mixed with the scene on PRESET A 4 To remove the scene on PRESET A bring the A MASTER to zero Manual...

Page 10: ...ade to the scene on PRESET A quickly move the A MASTER to full and the B MASTER to zero The scene on PRESET A will fade in and the scene on PRESET B will fade out in the set fade time The STORE button...

Page 11: ...e Main LCD will indicate this A FADERS B STORED The temporarily stored scene will be cleared Storing and Cross Fading Scenes 1 Set the A MASTER and GRAND MASTER to full and the B MASTER to zero Press...

Page 12: ...when SPECIAL is selected 2 Press and hold an individual CHANNEL FLASH button The buttons below the PRESET A faders control the first half of the channels those below the PRESET B faders control the s...

Page 13: ...CHASE memory consists of a number of steps maximum of 999 Each step consists of a single static state recording the output look Submaster Types Scenes and Chases can also be recorded onto Submaster fa...

Page 14: ...tup Record Options if required It is very important to consider what is tagged when working with moving lights Further details are given in the section on Fixture Control which it is recommended that...

Page 15: ...m is unprogrammed Names for both submasters and memories are displayed on the monitor output as are the fade up down times for a memory and the output levels CLEAR This button is used to clear a memor...

Page 16: ...the completion of the Dwell Time on the previous memory Setting up the Desk for Programming 1 If the desk is in RUN Mode press the MODE button to switch to PROGRAM Mode If the desk is in any other mod...

Page 17: ...Operating Manual 73 406 00 Issue 3 0 17 of 85 Alternatively with the Mem field selected press ENTER then type in the required memory number using the Multi Function Keys then press ENTER to select th...

Page 18: ...ect a submaster 3 Use the fixture controls and PRESET faders to set the required look 4 Press SPECIAL and set the required fade time and LTP fade options using the wheels and MFKs 5 Press the PROGRAM...

Page 19: ...ush the fader up to grab the level then pull it down to the required level Channel levels are displayed at the bottom of the monitor output 5 To save the edits back to the original memory press the ED...

Page 20: ...the required edits press the EDIT button The altered scene will be stored back into the original location NOTES Overwriting The JesterML has four methods of overwriting a memory Press PROGRAM then pre...

Page 21: ...t the Make Chase option and press ENTER The current outputs will be stored as step2 and the desk will increment to show step3 as the next available step 7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all steps in the C...

Page 22: ...n in the Setup menus which require access to a USB Memory Stick e g Load Save Inserting Memories 1 Use the up or down cursor buttons to select the required memory if you wish to insert 3 5 select memo...

Page 23: ...me way you would delete a normal scene Maximum Steps Programmed If an attempt is made to insert a step into the Chase when the maximum 999 steps have been programmed the Main LCD displays a warning Th...

Page 24: ...as a backup console with the following behaviour 1 Channels which are patched to the Preset Faders are mixed highest takes precedence with the channels on the desk and are subject to fader levels gra...

Page 25: ...from the faders on a wing see the section on DMX Input for further details page 42 Run Mode Controls and Displays PRESET A AND PRESET B The PRESET A faders control the first or second half of the chan...

Page 26: ...s all submasters SPEED The speed setting set using the wheels when CHASES is selected is used to adjust the speed of all currently active chases A relative adjustment is made to each chase If Manual i...

Page 27: ...button for 1 second The desk will change to PROGRAM Mode When the desk is in PROGRAM Mode press the MODE button to enter RUN Mode 2 Set all the PRESET faders to zero 3 Set the A MASTER and B MASTER t...

Page 28: ...e to the selected memory in the time defined by the memory While the crossfade is taking place the PROGRAM GO button blinks from green to yellow 3 To pause the crossfade press and hold the SHIFT butto...

Page 29: ...e raised proportional to the level of the fader Fixture parameter LTP channels are triggered when the submaster is raised above 5 Submasters can be programmed with fade times which can be temporarily...

Page 30: ...zero at which point they change to the new page The LED in the submaster flash button or Multi Function Key will blink to indicate that the submaster is outputting from a different page If a submaste...

Page 31: ...Beat then use the channel flash button under the required submaster to set the beat You can also press PAGE B and use the Multi Function Keys for this purpose The JesterML measures the time between o...

Page 32: ...ASES is selected Snap Instant transition Fade Crossfade Controlling Chase Direction The direction of a Chase can be set to one of the following when CHASES is selected Forwards Backwards Auto Reverse...

Page 33: ...ew fields is as follows JesterML JesterML24 JesterML48 No preset channels patched Not shown 24 48 Any channels from 1 24 patched 24 24 48 Any channels from 25 48 patched 48 48 48 Note that the display...

Page 34: ...the selected fixtures to open their shutters etc Select the attribute required by pressing the relevant button and then adjust the parameters required using the three wheels The exact parameters displ...

Page 35: ...he current edit mode is indicated on the left hand side of the LCD above the wheels ABS for absolute and REL for relative If SHIFT is held down then a Shifted Wheel Edit Mode is used The type of Shift...

Page 36: ...bove it will display Fade U Fade D or Snap Pressing the Multi Function Key multiple times will cycle through the available options Once the required option is selected the Memory or Submaster can be p...

Page 37: ...ed and press the PROGRAM button Note that only Colour channels will be stored into Colour palettes Beamshape channels into Beamshape palettes and Position channels into Position palettes Replaying Pal...

Page 38: ...f 85 73 406 00 Issue 3 0 Deleting a Palette 1 To delete a macro select the Palette using the Multi Function Keys 2 Then press and hold the CLEAR key to delete the selected Palette To clear all palette...

Page 39: ...n time in the effect the selected fixture starts 0 100 Rotation Allows you to rotate an effect 0 360 To start a basic effect set the Size X and Size Y to around 20 set the Speed to around 15 and selec...

Page 40: ...ure selection is indicated by the LEDs in the Multi Function Keys being lit or flashing and shows what will be adjusted with the wheels home button or palettes Tagging Untagging by Parameter Moving a...

Page 41: ...are displayed on the desk as two sets of values eg 127 255 to indicate the level of both channels Virtual Channels Fixtures without a brightness channel e g some LED products can have a Virtual Inten...

Page 42: ...nput signal is attached to the desk the JesterML re transmits any unpatched channels from the DMX input to the DMX output So in order to test or use the recorded DMX Snapshot the DMX Input should be r...

Page 43: ...X Input are HTP mixed with the local faders if present Channel levels received from the wing will be treated simply as fader positions the JesterML does not attempt to detect flash button presses from...

Page 44: ...fixtures consecutively after the 48 preset channels hold down SHIFT and CLEAR for a few seconds Return to the main Setup menu and scroll down to DMX Input Setup In this menu set the mode to Chans Sub...

Page 45: ...panel of the desk 2 Use the cursor buttons to select Load Save Show and press ENTER 3 Move to select Save Show and press ENTER 4 Give the file an appropriate name using the Multi Function Keys and pre...

Page 46: ...t address the number of channels in the block depends on the number of control channels that the fixture uses which is defined in it s profile information loaded from the fixture library For example f...

Page 47: ...ate DMX address in the usual way Up to 10 DMX addresses may be specified for a preset channel the desk will give a warning if you try to exceed this Duplicate DMX addresses are shown with a n where n...

Page 48: ...d CLEAR buttons together for 1 second The previous patch will be cleared and a new patch automatically created The preset channels will be patched as shown in the default patch table above and the fix...

Page 49: ...channel Any other preset channels on the JesterML may be patched to the other DMX addresses on the dimmer as required the JesterML places no restrictions on this The JesterML will however limit the m...

Page 50: ...assign all fixtures hold down the CLEAR button for a longer duration until all fixture names are blanked from the Multi Function Keys No warning is given and no undo is possible To add new fixtures n...

Page 51: ...Multi Function Key Loading from a User File or USB Select the file using the left and right cursor keys and then press ENTER Continue with the selection process as described in 0 above Loading from RD...

Page 52: ...fixture number The following additional information is also displayed for each RDM device Fixtures Current personality mode of the device Multi channel dimmers that can be individually patched None e...

Page 53: ...ns use the cursor buttons to select Record Options and press ENTER The Mode setting allows you to choose between the Partial and Full recording modes described above Select this field and press ENTER...

Page 54: ...d Additionally no Setup options such as assigning fixtures or changing the DMX Patch can be performed while the desk is locked It is still however possible to replay memories submasters and palettes n...

Page 55: ...es submasters palettes the fixture assignment and DMX patch and all Setup options use the cursor buttons to select Reset Desk Press ENTER The desk will ask you to confirm the action use the cursor but...

Page 56: ...grammed memory and the next memory will be selected as the second programmed memory 1 Select the Memory Recovery menu option using the cursor buttons then press ENTER 2 The mode can be toggled by pres...

Page 57: ...to presets submasters select the note using the cursor buttons hold down SHIFT and press ENTER and will be displayed as the MIDI note number MSC Device ID This sets the Device ID 0 111 that the desk l...

Page 58: ...will appear Further instructions will be given in the software release notes if it is necessary to perform this update Select OK and press ENTER to return to the Setup menu Help Language The Help Lan...

Page 59: ...perating Manual 73 406 00 Issue 3 0 59 of 85 Shaded colour bar patterns are displayed on the monitor output MIDI test messages are transmitted if MIDI is enabled Press ENTER to leave test mode and ret...

Page 60: ...be no effect on older equipment during normal running of a show The JesterML uses RDM for 2 functions To automatically create a fixture profile for a moving light using information retrieved directly...

Page 61: ...I Notes Transmit and Receive Channels MIDI instruments send a stream of Note On and Note Off messages from their OUT port using Transmit channels numbered 1 to 16 By setting the Receive channel on the...

Page 62: ...de rate of a channel MIDI Notes Run mode The first note of any octave will drive submaster 1 the second note of any octave will drive submaster 2 and so on The velocity information is used to determin...

Page 63: ...ell as critical updates when required To perform a software update on the JesterML first download the zip file from the Zero 88 website and unzip the contents to the root directory on a USB Memory Sti...

Page 64: ...Issue 3 0 Phantom Jester Available for download from the Support Centre is a PC application known as Phantom Jester This application allows you to emulate the desk behaviour on any standard Windows PC...

Page 65: ...group of fixture parameters These are Brightness on the FIXTURES button Colour Beamshape and Position Audio In See Sound2Light Auto Trigger A memory with an auto trigger is output automatically after...

Page 66: ...Europ enne A European product standard displayed on all conforming products on sale in the EU Channel A term used to describe a single fader controlling a single light Dimmers may have 3 6 12 24 or 4...

Page 67: ...ing it using the EDIT button and then saving it elsewhere using the PROGRAM button Crossfade A transition between one scene and another over a pre defined time Cue A cue is another name for a memory C...

Page 68: ...tute ANSI as E1 11 2004 USITT DMX512 A The JesterML s DMX ports conform to this standard DMX In The ability to take a DMX input see DMX512 A into the JesterML and output it through the JesterML s DMX...

Page 69: ...olling multiple fixtures the ability to spread the data relative to a start point so that some fixtures values change upwards whilst others change downwards This can be used to create visual effects s...

Page 70: ...n being held The intensity channels are sent to 100 when the Flash button is pressed This is a temporary action which is removed when the button is released Flash buttons can also be set to Solo Flash...

Page 71: ...e plug IFT The file extension used by Zero 88 for fixture profile information The format of the data is not published and is only compatible with PC applications supplied by Zero 88 Insert Button The...

Page 72: ...re set to Latch mode one press will fade them up to 100 in the Fade Up time and a second press will fade them down to 0 in the Fade Down time Law The curve of the dimmer which is normally set on the d...

Page 73: ...IDI signal from a MIDI instrument or other MIDI device can be used to control the JesterML Monitor A VGA monitor port is provided on the JesterML as standard You can use the desk without a monitor but...

Page 74: ...e also supported Offline Editor See Phantom Jester Offset The time shift that is applied to a Movement Effect from it s reference The offset of a Movement Effect is controlled by the wheels when the a...

Page 75: ...allows you to set whether dimmers and fixture intensity channels are always recorded default or must be tagged Patch The area of the JesterML where you can specify which DMX addresses each preset chan...

Page 76: ...Store button Primary Fixture The LCD above the wheels can only show the output values for one fixture at a time This fixture is called the primary fixture It is indicated by the LED in it s selection...

Page 77: ...a REMOTE port on the rear of the desk for triggering a button press externally This is done by contact closure Rotation The angle in degrees which a Movement Effect is turned from it s normal orientat...

Page 78: ...instantaneous levels of all 512 DMX channels are stored into the memory or submaster being recorded Solo A channel is at full intensity subject to the Grand Master and all other intensity channels are...

Page 79: ...other buttons on the desk and with the wheels to tag or untag parameters for recording Tagging The method of marking parameters to be programmed In Partial Mode only tagged parameters are recorded Te...

Page 80: ...ile even though it doesn t exist on the actual fixture itself The channel can be used to govern the maximum level of other linked channels e g Red Green Blue VGA Video Graphics Array The monitor outpu...

Page 81: ...dio and some DMX devices 4 pin used for power and colour scrollers Note that you should never connect a device with a 4 pin XLR to any other device unless they were built to be used together Different...

Page 82: ...sk via a 4 pin XLR connector Audio In Tip Left Ring Right Sleeve Ground The desk has an audio port on the rear panel in the form of a stereo inch jack sockets This is used for the Sound Input function...

Page 83: ...Devices These can be connected via the USB port Video Output 15 pin D connector VGA text output VGA is non interlaced 80x50 visible characters 640x400 visible pixels 800x449 total pixels 31 5kHz line...

Page 84: ...s 36 Split 18 Fan Modes 35 Fixture Library 51 Fixtures Multiple 35 Flash 10 12 Glossary 65 Grand Master 6 Help Language 58 Online Help 63 HTP 29 Insert Button 31 Memories 22 Step 22 Steps 23 LCD 15 58...

Page 85: ...r 18 Setup 34 Shift 22 Solo 10 Sound Input 31 56 57 82 Speed 21 26 Step Inserting 22 Submaster 13 29 Submasters Naming 22 Tag 34 40 Untag 40 Tagging 14 Trigger 16 19 26 Update Fixture Lib 55 Software...

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