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Chapter 8

vManager

A special software tool called vManager (figure 8.1) has been developed to man-
age the various network-based lighting controllers supplied by Visual Produc-
tions. This tool is available for desktops on Microsoft Windows, MacOS and
Ubuntu Linux and is available via our website, free of charge. It is also available
for tablets in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store.
vManager allows you to perform a firmware upgrade on your LPU device. The
firmwares are contained in the vManager software. Downloading a new vMan-
ager version might give you a new firmware for your LPU device.

Figure 8.1: vManager

Please note that vManager has more features that are dedicated to other equip-
ment from Visual Productions such as the CueCore and IoCore. Some buttons

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Содержание Cuety

Страница 1: ... V I S U A L P R O D U C T I O N S B V W W W V I S U A L P R O D U C T I O N S N L CUETY MANUAL ...

Страница 2: ... personality file location Clarified sub fixtures not being supported in Per sonalities chapter Clarified wheel lim itation Added Minimal requirements chapter Added Kiosc section to ap pendices Updated API appendix 9 22 07 2020 BZ Updated various images Corrected and Changed API messages to be easier to understand Added vMan ager Tablet version Added Protocols chapter 2 ...

Страница 3: ...Contents 1 Introduction 6 2 Protocols 14 3 Quickstart 17 4 Setting up 20 5 Cuety App 23 6 Remote App 34 7 Personalities 37 8 vManager 39 9 Minimum Requirements 41 Appendices 42 A API 43 3 ...

Страница 4: ...n contained in this docu ment or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Due to the dynamic nature of product design the information contained in this document is subject to change without...

Страница 5: ... under sole responsibility that the following devices LPU 1 LPU 2 Is in conformity with the following EC Directives including all amendments EMC Directive 2004 108 EG And the following harmonized standards have been applied NEN EN IEC 61000 6 1 2007 NEN EN IEC 61000 6 3 2007 Full name and identification of the person responsible for product quality and accordance with standards on behalf of the ma...

Страница 6: ...ght show 1 1 System The Cuety system consists of the LPU hardware and the Cuety App This App is available on iOS and Android as well as Windows macOS and Ubuntu Linux In order for the LPU and the App to communicate you need to provide a Wi Fi access point yourself You can expand the system by also running the Remote App on your phone See figure 1 1 Figure 1 1 System 6 ...

Страница 7: ... in the RAM memory of the LPU and the programming will directly influence the behaviour of the unit RAM memory is however volatile and its content will be lost through a power cycle For this reason the LPU will copy any changes in the RAM memory to its onboard flash memory Flash memory retains its data even when not powered The LPU will load all its data back from the flash memory upon startup Thi...

Страница 8: ...face yes The LPU 2 web interface is read only It is useful for checking the device s status and monitoring incoming and outgoing network messages The web interface does not allow for modifying the LPU 2 1 5 Apps The main App is the Cuety App designed for tablets This App allows you to create a patch the list of fixtures you are controlling program cues and FX and operate the playbacks like a live ...

Страница 9: ... you can use the Remote App designed for phones The Remote App is also useful to give to other users of your lighting that have less privileges the Remote App does not enable the user to make any changes to the patch or cues a iOS b Android Figure 1 3 App stores Both Apps are available for iOS and Android and can be obtained via the Apple App Store and Google Play store See figure 1 3 9 ...

Страница 10: ...be downloaded from http www visualproductions nl downloads figure 1 4 Please bear in mind that the Cuety app is designed for a tablet the portrait view requires a screen with a minimum of 1080 pixels in height 1 6 What s in the box The LPU packaging contains the following items see figure 1 5 LPU Ethernet cable Power supply 4x international plug Info card 10 ...

Страница 11: ...mote App was at version 1 09 and the LPU firmware at version 1 25 1 8 Further Help We have prepared you several instruction videos on our YouTube channel fig ure 1 6 at http youtube com c visualproductionsbvhaarlem These tu torials address network setup programming cues importing personality files upgrading firmware etc 11 ...

Страница 12: ...Figure 1 6 YouTube channel If you have further questions then please consult the online forum at http forum visualproductions nl forum for more technical support See figure 1 7 12 ...

Страница 13: ...Figure 1 7 Forum 13 ...

Страница 14: ...ghting One DMX network contains 512 channels which is called a universe Each lighting fixture connected to this universe will use one or more of these channels On the lighting fixture itself the DMX address can be set This address corresponds to the first channel that this fixture will listen As shown in figure 2 1 a simple RGB light might use 3 channels Setting this light to DMX address 1 will me...

Страница 15: ...cable for DMX cabling The cable should be terminated with an 120 Ohm resistor DMX 512 is a very successful protocol with however a few limitations The maximum number of attached devices is limited to 32 and they all have to be connected in bus topology having one cable running via each device Further more a DMX 512 cable should not be longer than 300 meters 2 2 Art Net The Art Net protocol primari...

Страница 16: ...f transporting DMX 512 information over TCP IP networks The protocol is specified in the ANSI E1 31 2009 standard The sACN protocol supports multi cast in order to take efficient use of the network s bandwidth sACN output can be enabled or disabled in the Options menu see section 5 1 16 ...

Страница 17: ...using a simple 3 channel RGB fixture that is set to start address 1 1 Connect Power up your LPU device with the accompanied PSU Use the network cable to connect the LPU to your router 2 DHCP We assume here that you have a router that acts as a DHCP server Make sure your LPU device is also set to DHCP The LED should be blinking in red If it s blinking in white static IP then please use a pencil to ...

Страница 18: ...and go to the OPTIONS screen Select the LPU from the list There now should be a green LED in the Cuety GUI right next to the OPTIONS button 4 Patch Go to the PATCH screen and select the first fixture cell top left Press the PERSONALITY button and go to the Generic manufacturer where you choose a RGB 01x model 18 ...

Страница 19: ...me other RGB values and press ADD again for 1 second to create the second cue 6 Playback Press the BACK button to return to the main playback screen Now you can activate your edited playback by clicking on it The playback status should indicate a yellow colour and the attached fixture should show our first RGB levels By clicking the playback button again it will go to the next cue You could go bac...

Страница 20: ... prepared for DIN Rail mounting by using the DIN rail holder TSH 35 from Bopla Product no 22035000 Figure 4 1 Bopla DIN rail adapter This adapter is amongst others available from Farnell Newark order code 4189991 Conrad order code 539775 89 Distrelec order code 300060 4 2 Kensington Lock The device can be secured by using a Kensington style laptop lock 20 ...

Страница 21: ...k switch The LPU s Ethernet port is auto sensing so it does not matter whether you use a cross or straight cable When running Cuety on a desktop OS Windows macOS Ubuntu you can also consider making a wired network by omitting the access point Figure 4 4b a Wireless b Wired Figure 4 4 Network arrangements 4 4 1 DHCP vs Static IP Per factory default the LPU is set DHCP It will be automatically assig...

Страница 22: ...llation When using static IP addresses you have to make sure that all equipment on your network have unique IP addresses You can also change the IP settings from inside the Cuety App 4 4 2 Reset By pressing the reset button on the device Figure 4 5 for 3 seconds or more you will reconfigure the unit to the factory default IP address and sub net mask No other settings will be changed The default IP...

Страница 23: ... program your light show and to operate it live Please note that you first need to connect to a LPU hardware before you can create a patch or record cues 5 1 Options To connect to your LPU hardware first open the Options page Figure 5 1 Options screen 23 ...

Страница 24: ...f the LPU Select the device and then press the IP Address button for 10 seconds A lock icon will appear see 5 2 Figure 5 2 Device Lock Art Net sACN You can also enable the Art Net and or sACN protocols These protocols are not required for normal use of the Cuety system The protocols will allow you for instance to connect to a 3D visualizer for rendering your lighting rig 5 1 2 Show files All the s...

Страница 25: ...tton to open a file window showing the appropriate folder Android Device Internal storage Visual Productions Programmer App data Read only A show file can be made read only as in figure 5 3 Figure 5 3 Read only show file This is done by editing the XML based show file with a standard text editor When the readonly true attribute is added to the show tag as seen in figure 5 4 this file can no longer...

Страница 26: ...ical next step would be to create a patch A patch is a configuration in which you tell the Cuety which DMX fixtures you are using Cuety supports a maximum of 64 fixtures These fixtures can be of many different types and brands 5 2 1 Adding fixtures To add fixtures to your patch first select one or more fixture cells Then press the Personality button This will popup a dialog figure 5 5 that lets yo...

Страница 27: ... in the Cuety library then please consult page 37 5 2 2 Addressing Each DMX fixture needs to be set to a start address It is needed to set the addresses on the actual fixtures Then you need to make sure that the same addresses are set in the patch of Cuety Please refer to the fixture s documentation on how to set it on the actual fixture In Cuety you select one or more fixture cells and press the ...

Страница 28: ...re with multiple dimmer channels in Cuety is to add several Generic Dimmer 01x fixtures You can control multiple pixel lights by adding several Generic RGB 01x fixtures 5 2 6 Limitation The Cuety system is designed for entry level lighting control and offers an im pressive value for the cost however there are some restrictions to the capacity of the system that limit the control of high end moving...

Страница 29: ... speed of a playback you first need to select the appropriate bank The blue bar indicates the currently selected bank You can move the bar around by using three fingers on a tablet or by using the mouse wheel or PageUp PageDown keys on Windows macOS Ubuntu 5 3 1 Swap You can move the contents of a playback to another location by enabling the Swap button at the top then click on the playback you wo...

Страница 30: ...will change the behaviour of the playback button By default it is set to Go the button will send a Go Forward Go command to the playback which then will start or if it was running already it will progress to the next cue Pressing the button for a long time will release the playback The next option is Toggle in this case pressing the button for the first time will start the playback and pressing it...

Страница 31: ...ngle cue e g to create a static lighting look Sometimes you need multiple cues perhaps when you created a look for each scene in a theatre play In this case you step through the cues as each scene starts You can also use multiple cues to create a chase for example for a disco party To build a chase you just make a cue for each step of the chase and tell Cuety to run through the cues automatically ...

Страница 32: ...to its programmed levels The time it takes to cross fade is specified by Fade When fade is set to 0 then there will be no cross fade the values will snap instantly 5 4 5 Fixtures This grid enables you to select fixtures The changes you make in the Pro grammer area below are applied to the selected fixtures The fixture cells will indicate in red when one of their attributes are set in this playback...

Страница 33: ...ck consists of cues and cues are static lighting looks To animate your lighting you usually create multiple cues and have the playback chase between them However you can use FX to quickly create a dynamic animation in your lighting For example a smooth circular movement on your moving head or scan would require you to program many steps With FX you simply used the FX dialog see figure 5 9 to selec...

Страница 34: ...s a small tool for remote controlling the LPU device The Remote App does not allow you to edit the settings inside the controller It is assumed that you would have already programmed the contents of the LPU by using the Cuety App Figure 6 1 Cuety Remote 34 ...

Страница 35: ...The Remote App allows you to trigger playback buttons Figure 6 2 Settings To connect to a LPU device open the settings page figure 6 2 and choose your device from the list 35 ...

Страница 36: ...e figure 6 3 6 1 Cuelux The Remote App can also be used to control the Cuelux lighting control system from Visual Productions Cuelux is a DMX control system larger and more powerful than Cuety More information about Cuelux can be found at http www visualproductions nl cuelux 36 ...

Страница 37: ...forum visualproductions nl forum Please make sure you mention that the personality is required for Cuety and include a link to the fixture s manual Alternatively you can create your own personality file by using the vBuilder soft ware This tool can be downloaded from our website at http www visualproductions nl downloads You will need vBuilder v1 3 88 or higher Figure 7 1 vBuilder In order to crea...

Страница 38: ...y pressing the OPTIONS but ton Then press the folder button to open a file window showing the appropriate folder Linux Go to the options menu by pressing the OPTIONS button Then press the folder button to open a file window showing the appro priate folder Windows C Users username Documents Visual Productions Programmer Android Device Internal storage Visual Productions Programmer App data Shut dow...

Страница 39: ...website free of charge It is also available for tablets in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store vManager allows you to perform a firmware upgrade on your LPU device The firmwares are contained in the vManager software Downloading a new vMan ager version might give you a new firmware for your LPU device Figure 8 1 vManager Please note that vManager has more features that are dedicated to o...

Страница 40: ...grade Firmware To upgrade the firmware first select the device and press the Upgrade Firmware button The dialogue in figure 8 2 allows for selecting from the list of firmware versions available Figure 8 2 Firmware upgrade Warning Make sure the power to the device is not interrupted during the upgrade process 8 3 Factory Defaults The memory containing all user data like patch and playbacks is compl...

Страница 41: ...on 1 14 Operating System Minimum iOS 13 Android 7 9 2 Desktop computers Although Cuety is designed for tablets there are versions available that run on Windows macOS and Ubuntu Linux These programs are fully functional and can be used to program and operate the LPU 1 and LPU 2 Please note that the Cuety program is designed for a tablet screen resolution in portrait mode The desktop monitor require...

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Страница 43: ...e OSC and UDP protocols There are various apps available for this purpose We recommend using Visual Produc tions Kiosc Kiosc is available on desktop and mobile operating systems You can download Kiosc for Windows MacOS Ubuntu Linux iOS and Android via the corre sponding App stores See http www visualproductions nl kiosc for more information about Kiosc 43 ...

Страница 44: ...ensity pb playback index in bool false true Increment playback intensity pb playback index in float 1 0 1 0 Decrement playback intensity pb playback index in float 1 0 1 0 Set playback speed pb playback index sp float 1 0 1 0 Get playback speed pb playback index sp bool false true Increment playback speed pb playback index sp float 1 0 1 0 Decrement playback speed pb playback index sp float 1 0 1 ...

Страница 45: ...ac bool false true Hello API hello Blackout blackout bool false true A 3 TCP UDP TCP Transmission Control Protocol is a protocol for sending messages across an Ethernet network TCP provides reliable ordered and error checked delivery of messages between programs running on computers connected to a local area network intranet or the public Internet UDP User Datagram Protocol is a simple protocol fo...

Страница 46: ... index fl int 0 1 pb64 fl Get active cue pb playback index cue pb01 cue Release playback pb playback index re pb10 re Playback go forward pb playback index go pb21 go Playback go back pb playback index go pb21 go Playback jump pb playback index ju int 1 48 pb45 ju 17 Set all intensity pbxx int float 0 0 1 0 pbxx int 0 5 Get all intensity pbxx int pbxx int Set all speed pbxx spd float 1 0 1 0 pbxx ...

Страница 47: ...layback cue pb playback index cue int 0 48 pb01 cue 32 All intensity pbxx all intensity float Array 0 0 1 0 pbxx all intensity 0 25 0 75 0 All playback speed pbxx all speed float Array 0 0 1 0 pbxx all speed 0 00 0 80 0 40 All playback active pbxx all ac int Array 0 1 pbxx all ac 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 All active Cues pbxx all cue int Array 0 48 pbxx all cue 1 4 1 1 Hello API hello hello Blackout blackou...

Страница 48: ... ajax pb playback index rel http 192 168 1 10 ajax pb10 rel Playback go forward ajax pb playback index go http 192 168 1 10 ajax pb21 go Playback go back ajax pb playback index go http 192 168 1 10 ajax pb21 go Playback jump ajax pb playback index jmp 1 48 http 192 168 1 10 ajax pb45 jmp 17 Set all playback intensity ajax pbxx int 0 0 1 0 http 192 168 1 10 ajax pbxx int 0 6 Get all playback intens...

Страница 49: ...s The LPU 2 can store a maximum of four OSC clients plus four UDP clients This internal client list will be cleared by a power cycle The hello command can be used to poll the LPU 2 The LPU 2 will respond to a incoming Hello by sending a Hello message back to the client Clients can also get the current levels of certain properties Some properties e g playback intensity can be polled by sending the ...

Страница 50: ... Follow 32 forum 12 FX 33 Go 30 Go Mode 30 Halt 32 Hardware 7 HTTP 47 Instruction Videos 11 Invert Pan Tilt 28 iOS 9 Kensington 20 Kiosc 43 Lock 24 Loop 30 LPU 1 7 LPU 2 7 Memory 7 Network 21 Operating Systems 10 41 Options 23 OSC 44 Patch 26 Personality Files 37 Playback 28 Power 21 Programmer 32 Programming App 23 Properties 30 Quickstart 17 Random 30 Read only 25 Remote App 34 Repeat 30 Require...

Страница 51: ...Sub Fixtures 28 Swap 29 TCP 45 Toggle 30 Tutorials 11 UDP 45 vBuilder 37 Versions 11 Virtual Dimmer 28 vManager 39 web interface 8 YouTube channel 11 51 ...

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