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Alcorn McBride Light Cue Pro User’s Guide    •  July 15, 2010                               Page 15                                                                                                      

 

Input and Button Configuration 

Input configuration 
information is stored 
in the inputs.cfg file 
on the compact flash 
card 

 

 

 

Hints: You must be 
connected to the 
LightCuePro to make 
changes.  

If for any reason the 
screen does not fill, 
try changing the 
Contact/Voltage 
buttons to create an 
inputs.cfg file on 
your LightCuePro 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The input 
configuration for 
voltage/cc may also 
be configured from 

In LightCue Manager, options for voltage or contact closure, as well 
as which files should play on a button or input, are configurable 
from the "

Input Config

" screen. (shown below) Click on the "Input 

Config" on the toolbar to bring up this screen. 

 

To create an action for an input or button

1. Select the action (Play, Stop, Still) from the "

Action

" dropdown 

list. 

2. For the "Play" action, select the 

Cue Name

 that you wish to play.  

3. Select an other 

options

 relating to playback: 

Pile On

:  Do not stop playing other cues when the new cue 

is played. Up to 40 cues may be piled on. (See "Settings" to 
select Highest Takes Priority or Last Takes Priority method 
of pile on) 

Loop: 

Loop cue after cue file finishes playback 

Follow SMPTE: 

Compare incoming timecode with current 

DMX File time to determine current look.  

SMPTE Start Time: 

The time of that the first frame of the 

DMX File data should start playing back. 

Fade-In Time: 

The amount of time to fade before the Cue 

Name or DMX File is played back. Fades from current look 
to first look in DMX File. 

To change the Voltage\Contact closure mode of the input: 

Check the checkbox of the desired input mode on the lower half of 
the "Input Config" screen in the LightCue Manager.  

Содержание Light Cue Pro

Страница 1: ...Light Cue Pro Hardware and Software Reference Manual...

Страница 2: ...out further testing or modification Alcorn McBride products are not intended for use in applications where a malfunction can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Customers using or sell...

Страница 3: ...19 RS 232C Controller Input 20 DMX Input 21 DMX Output 21 SMPTE Input 21 Parallel Control 22 Parallel Inputs 22 Parallel Outputs 23 Ethernet Serial USB Control 24 Select Cue 25 Play 25 Loop Play 26 St...

Страница 4: ...MIDI Control 40 Start a Cue with SYSEX GO CUE 40 Pile on a Cue with NOTE ON 40 Clear Cue with NOTE OFF 41 Specifications 42 DMX 42 Control Interface 42 Front Panel 42 Physical 43 Index 44...

Страница 5: ...n be jam synched to the incoming timecode and will pause or skip forward or backward frames as necessary in order to maintain perfect synchronization The unit will also record and output DMX in the ab...

Страница 6: ...Cue Pro 2 Connect the DMX Out from the Light Cue Pro to the DMX Input of your Dimmer Rack Note SMPTE is only required if it is necessary to synchronize lighting cues to other SMPTE equipment 3 Optiona...

Страница 7: ...first frame of recorded DMX The LightCuePro can ititiate a record using the front panel serial USB or Ethernet commands OR using the LightCue Manager software The LightCueManager software makes it ea...

Страница 8: ...Main Menu 2 Select Play and press in 3 Select the Universe you wish to play and press in on knob 4 Select the Cue Number by Highlighting the number and pressing in on the knob to cause the number to...

Страница 9: ...s below LightCuePro Connection All functions of the software require a connection When the software is first launched you will be prompted to connect to a LightCuePro Tip to quickly put the LightCuePr...

Страница 10: ...These windows appear in the lower left corner of the Edit screen Cue Names and DMX File names may be edited in this view Play a cue name by selecting the line and clicking Play Remove a cue name by cl...

Страница 11: ...This time may be adjusted later if needed for playback 3 Check the Enable boxes to select which universes and channels to record 4 Type in specific channels or click the button to specify a specific...

Страница 12: ...eck the Enable boxes to select which universes and channels to record 3 Type in specific channels or click the button to specify a specific range of channels 4 Click Save To recall a saved channel set...

Страница 13: ...when the new cue is played Up to 40 cues may be piled on See Settings to select Highest Takes Priority or Last Takes Priority method of pile on Loop Loop cue after cue file finishes playback Follow SM...

Страница 14: ...lue Control DMX Hint Go to the menu Tools Options to display a DMX channel value in percent or 0 255 value Hint You can use sliders combined with the Record screen to record a certain DMX File for pla...

Страница 15: ...input or button 1 Select the action Play Stop Still from the Action dropdown list 2 For the Play action select the Cue Name that you wish to play 3 Select an other options relating to playback Pile On...

Страница 16: ...are connected to a LightCuePro the current settings will fill in the boxes automatically If you wish to refresh the settings click Refresh All to retrieve the current settings from the box To change...

Страница 17: ...l can also be configured using the LightCue Manager software See LightCue Manager Software for more detail System Menu Firmware version information and serial number are present on this screen Options...

Страница 18: ...vior LED Meaning Steady Green Media is being accessed and DMX data is being played back Flashing Green DMX data is paused or stilled Steady Yellow DMX data information has been searched Steady Red Lig...

Страница 19: ...USB port two 2 Ethernet ports and the power connector Reset Select Switch This switch when flipped to the Up position next to the word reset will restore the factory default settings for IP Address f...

Страница 20: ...male RS 232C connector intended to be connected to an Alcorn McBride V16 V4 or other controller using a straight through not null modem 9 pin cable The pinout appears below Pin No Function 1 not used...

Страница 21: ...w 3 high 4 not used 5 not used DMX Output The DMX output is a standard 5 pin XLR female connector The pinout appears below Pin No Function 1 Shield 2 low 3 high 4 not used 5 not used SMPTE Input The S...

Страница 22: ...tion as well as what cues or cue names are played is done via the LightCueManger software Pin Connection Pin Connection 1 Input 1 20 Input 1 Return 2 Input 2 21 Input 2 Return 3 Input 3 22 Input 3 Ret...

Страница 23: ...scribed below Function Pin No s Description Playing Universe 1 1 20 Closed when the unit is playing DMX data from a Cue Name on this Universe Playing Universe 2 2 21 Playing Universe 3 3 22 Playing Un...

Страница 24: ...isc protocol Upper or lower case characters can be used interchangeably The most commonly used serial commands are Jam sync means that the DMX data will jump ahead backward or pause to maintain synchr...

Страница 25: ...command causes the Light Cue Pro to play a cue If no cue number is given the cue number is used that was specified with the Select Cue command Bytes are included for crossfade time from the current lo...

Страница 26: ...cue instead u the Universe number Use for all Message Response R CR Examples 1 Loop Play cue 2 on all Universes 2U LP CR 2 Loop Play a previously searched cue on Universe 1 U1LP CR 3 Loop Play with c...

Страница 27: ...Pro to hold the specified cue s look of DMX data ONLY on the specified cue number Play will resume from where it left off whenever another Play command is issued for that specific cue number Command b...

Страница 28: ...omments The starting time is the SMPTE frame at which the first frame of DMX data will be played from after the crossfade has completed Examples 1 Chase play a previously searched cue on Universe 2 U2...

Страница 29: ...universe 3 to cue name myCueName 0 1 12 81 89 41 0 myCueName RR CR Arm Recording Description This command is useful for when you want to command the Light Cue Pro into record mode using a serial cont...

Страница 30: ...to cue file dmx00001 dmx from Universe 1 001U1RR CR Record to cue file dmx00001 dmx from channels 5 8 onUniverse 2 5 8 U2RR CR Record channels 1 512 on universe1 no other universes 1 512 0 0 0 myCueNa...

Страница 31: ...h cue that is playing is compared against the corresponding channel in the other playing cues and the highest value is output Command bytes nnnUuPO CR nnn the Cue number to play u the Universe number...

Страница 32: ...Page 32 Alcorn McBride Light Cue Pro User s Guide July 15 2010 loop at end on Universe 2 3U1LO CR Pile on cue number 3 and loop at end on Universe 1...

Страница 33: ...escription This command causes the Light Cue Pro to pass the data from the input DMX connector to the output bypassing the data recorded in the unit Playback of recorded data will continue if it was i...

Страница 34: ...of DMX channels to specified value Command bytes nvvv vvvUuFD h0D n 0 for first 128 channels 1 for second 128 channels 2 for the third 128 channels 3 for forth vvv vvvvvv the ASCII representation of...

Страница 35: ...separated by commas Example dmx00001 dmc dmx00002 dmc CR Cue numbers 1 2 are playing None CR no cues are playing unit is idle Reset Description This command causes the LightCue Pro to stop the playba...

Страница 36: ...d will perform a hard reboot of the system Comments The V16Pro will reload and run the selected script The normal power on response will apply Command XX 0D Message Response K 0D after reboot complete...

Страница 37: ...W 0D Message Response R 0D Date Description This command will get or set the calendar date Comments mm dd yyyy Month Day Year Get command DA 0D Message Response mm dd yyyy 0D Set command mm rr yyyyDA...

Страница 38: ...ription This command will get or set the status of the daylight saving time Type Comments Example are 1 US 2 Universal 3 Australia 4 Europe Get command DT 0D Message Response current setting 0D Set co...

Страница 39: ...tion This command will get or set the V16Pro Ethernet port used to contact the NTP server Comments A port A B port B The default port is A Get command NJ 0D Message Response current port 0D Set comman...

Страница 40: ...1 data 2 data 3 0xF7 The Universe Number is starting at 1 So 0x01 will start cues on Universe 1 Use 0x00 to start on ALL universes The data 1 byte is the ASCII hundreds digit of the sequence number se...

Страница 41: ...0xFF to a LightCuePro on Universe 1 0x91 0x3C 0x40 Clear Cue with NOTE OFF The NOTE OFF message can be used clear stop a specific cue that has been piled on If this cue number is the only cue all pla...

Страница 42: ...act Inputs configurable for Play Stop Still or Loop of any file on any Universe Parallel Contact Outputs 4x Running 4x Fault SMPTE Input Female 3 Pin XLR transformer coupled 600 ohm Balanced 10 dbu to...

Страница 43: ...hysical Power 115 or 220 VAC 50 60 Hz 30 watts or 12 0 VDC 3A Max UL CSA CE Class 2 Supply Provided Size and Weight 19 W x 3 5 H x 10 6 D 48 3 cm W x 8 8 cm H x 26 9 cm D Environment 0 C 32 F to 60 C...

Страница 44: ...2 14 Chase Play 25 29 Clear Cue 34 Contact Closure 20 21 Control DMX 3 14 crossfade 5 26 29 Cue Names 9 D DMX Files 3 9 10 11 13 DMX 512 43 F Feedthrough 34 35 36 forcing 14 Front Panel Menu 3 17 I In...

Страница 45: ...n Cue 32 Pile On Cue and Loop at end 32 36 Play 37 38 39 40 Playback 3 8 9 13 34 protocol 25 R Record 29 30 31 Record Now 4 7 11 Recording Cues 3 10 RS 232 5 17 25 S Save SMPTE Start Time 11 Select Cu...

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