High End Systems High End LCD Controller for Studio Color manual

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Studio Color LCD Controller i LCD Controller for St u d i o Co lo r User Manual © 1997 H i gh En d Syst ems, Inc ., Al l R ight s Reser ved Inf ormation a nd Specif ications in this docume nt are sub ject to c hange wit hout noti ce. H igh En d Syste ms , Inc. assu mes n o resp onsib ility or liab ility f or an y errors or inaccur acies th at ma y[...]

ii International Sa les Stud io Color LC D Control ler Intern ation al Sa les T rademarks T radema rks used i n this te xt: Int ellabeam, Lightwa v e Research , the Lig htwa ve Research log o, th e Hi gh End Syst ems g lobe logo, an d Status Cue are regi ste red trademarks of Hig h End Systems, In c. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Com[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Declaration of Confo rmity iii Declaration of Conformity accor ding to I SO/IEC Guide 22 and EN45104 Manufacturer’ s name: Lightwav e Research Manufacturer’ s address: 2217 W est Braker Lane Austin, T e xas 78 758 U.S.A. Distributor’ s name: High End S ystem s I nc. Distributor’ s address: 2217 W est Braker Lane [...]

iv Important Safety Information Stud io Color LC D Control ler Important Safety Information INS TR UCTI ONS PE R T AINI NG TO CO NTI NUE D PR O TEC TI ON A GAINST FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AND INJUR Y TO PERSON S ARE FOUND IN APPENDIX D. READ ALL CA UTIONS AN D W AR NINGS PR IOR TO ASSEMBL Y , MOUNTING, AND OPERA TING THIS EQUIPMENT . IMPOR T AN T : IN[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Warranty and Conditi ons v W arranty and Con ditions Unpacking and Sa ving the Sh ipping Materi als Do not d iscard the shi pping carton and packin g material s. The c art on an d pa cking mat erial s ar e spe cifically desi gne d to protect the prod uct dur ing trans port. High End Sys tems ass umes no res ponsibili ty [...]

vi Warranty and C onditions Stud io Color LC D Control ler Limited Warranty Unle ss oth erwi se st at ed, y our pro duc t i s covere d by a tw o year p arts a nd lab or limi ted war ranty . It is the owner ’ s respons ibilit y to fur nish rec eipts or in voices f or v erif ic ation of purch ase, da te, and dealer or distri b utor . If purchase d [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Freight vii Freight All shi pping will be pai d by th e purch aser . Item s under warr anty shall have retu rn sh ippin g p aid by the ma nufact urer only in t he Cont inental United S tates. Under no circumst ance s will freig ht co ll ect sh ipmen ts be ac cept ed . Prepaid shi ppi ng does no t includ e r ush e xpediti[...]

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Studio Color LCD Controller Table Of Contents ix T able Of Con tents Introduction Features ......................... ........................... .................. .. intro-1 About This Manual ................ .................. .................... i ntro-4 Note, Caution, Warning Symbols ..................... ......... .. intro-5 Getting Hel p....[...]

x Table Of Conten ts Stud io Color LC D Control ler Chapter 4 Basic Programmi ng Programmin g Overview ............... .................. ................... 4-2 Preparing t o Program .......... .................. ........................... . 4-3 Programmin g Guided Tour .......... .................. ................... 4-4 Creating a Program.....[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Table Of Contents xi Chapter 6 Advanced Programming Intended Audi ence ................. .................. .......................... 6-2 Using Posi tion Pre sets ........... ........................... ................. 6-3 Address (Fi xture) Par ameter Copy ................... ................. 6-5 User Key Macros ...[...]

xii Ta ble O f Figur es Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able Of Fi gures Figure 1 -1. Locat ion of th e contr oller’ s voltage selec tion switch a nd fuse. ............. .................. .................. .. 1-8 Figure 2 -1. Connector s on the co ntrolle r’s rear pa nel. .......... 2-2 Figure 2 -2. The co ntrolle r’s Addr(e ss) men u is a[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Table Of Figures xiii Figure 2 -17. Locat ions o f the othe r connect ors on t he controlle r’s rear panel ......................... ............... 2-23 Figure 2 -18. Locat ions o f the power key swit ch, the <Standby > key and Standby LED. .............. ...... 2-27 Figure 3 -1. Firs t of two dr awings showing [...]

xiv Ta ble o f Tabl es Stud io Color LC D Control ler Figure 7 -1. Slid e the writ e-pro tect bar to the right t o allow the RAM car d to acce pt data, or move it to th e le ft t o pr ev en t it from accepti ng data. ....................... ......... .................. 7-11 T abl e of T a bles Table 1- 1. Studio Col or Optiona l Accessor ies ......[...]

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Studio Color LCD Controller Features Intro -1 Introduction Congratu lati ons on your p urchas e of the Li ghtwa ve Researc h ® Liquid Crysta l Disp lay (L C D) c on troll er for the Studio Col or ™ Automat ed W ash Lumi naire. The Studio Color LCD con troller pro vides de signers a nd oper ators wit h the me ans to contro l the Studio Color f am[...]

Intro-2 Features Stud io Color LC D Control ler • 891 pages (s cenes) •9 m e m o r i e s • Up to 1024 prog rammable pre sets f rom the fr ont pan el through the use of pr eset banki ng . • Up to 1023 prog rammable pre sets u sing an ana log contr oll er, such as the T ouch Dim me r T welve manufa ctured b y High End S ystems, I nc. • Up t[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Features Intro -3 • Shutter st robin g • Color mixing •F l i p • Frost ef fec t • W ide ang le ef fect Playback: • Supports th e MIDI Sho w Contr ol “Go” command • Remote page and preset a ccess • Audio adv ance: page advan ce, page halt, color modulat e, dim modulat e • Remote enable • One-touch [...]

Intro-4 About This Manual Stud io Color LC D Control ler About This Manual This manual pr ov ides easy -to-f ollo w procedures f or set ting up and usi ng your Studio Color LCD cont roller . It inclu des se v en cha pte rs and four append ic es. First -t ime use rs shou ld begi n thi s manual wit h Chapter 1 . Chapter 1: Pr eparing to Use Y our LCD[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Symbols Intro -5 A ppendix A: Binary Access T able — listi ng of pr eset number s (1 throu gh 1023) , preset k e ys, prese t le vels and analog- to-bi nary c on versions . A ppendix B: Construct P arameters — list s all const ructs support ed b y the S tudio Color LCD contr oller , their allowabl e p arame ters value[...]

Intro-6 Getti ng He lp Stud io Color LC D Control ler Getting He lp U .S. and Canada From 8 a .m. to 6 p.m. (U.S. Cen tral ti me) Monday thr ough Fri day: (800) 890-89 89 24-hour F AX: (512) 834-91 95 24-hour v oice mai l: (512) 837 -3063 or (800) 890 -8989 24- hour Wo r l d Wide W eb site http:/ /www .highend.c om Euro pe V oice: +49 8122 99 03-0 [...]

Studio Color LCD Controll er 1-1 1 Chapter 1 Preparing to Use Y our LCD Controller Unpacking Your Control ler ..................... .................. ........ 1-2 Save the Shi pping Material s.............. .................. ......... 1-2 Inspectin g the Conten ts ..................... .................. ......... 1-2 Specifi cations.............[...]

1-2 Unpack ing Your Control ler Stud io Color LC D Control ler Unpacking Y ou r Control ler First, unpack y our contro ller and v erify t hat it a rri v ed complete and wit hout an y damage . Save the Shippin g Materials Do no t di sca rd the shipping carton and packin g material s. The c art on an d pa cking mat erial s ar e spe cifically de signe[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Specifica tions 1-3 1 Specifications This sec tion l ists spe cif icat ions for your Studi o Color L CD control ler . Model and Part Numbers • Model: Studio Color LCD Controll er • Manufactur er: Li ghtw a ve Res earch 2217 W est Brake r Lane Austin, T exas 78758 U.S.A. U.S.A. • Distri bu tor: High En d Systems, In[...]

1-4 Specifications Stud io Color LC D Control ler Class 1 e quipment- F or continue d pr otecti on agains t electric shock, co nnect this equipment to a grou nded power s our ce only . Use in dry locati ons only . RAM Card 256KB Static Random-Acces s Memory (SRAM), T ype 1 PC Card ( nee PCMCIA adapt er). (Y ou can us e a larger- ca pac it y PC Card[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Specifica tions 1-5 1 Cables and Connectors • DMX data cables : Beld en ® 9841 or equi v a lent (meets specif i cations for EIA RS-48 5 appli cations ) with charact eris tics listed b elo w: • 2-conductor t wisted pai r plus a shield • maximum capacitanc e betwee n conducto rs - 30 pF/ ft. • maximum capacit an c[...]

1-6 Optional Ac cessories Stud io Color LC D Control ler Optional Accessories T able 1-1 belo w sho ws the opt ional acc essories for the Studio Colo r LCD co ntro ller a v a ila ble fro m you r High End S ystem s deale r/dis tributor : Call * - Contact ei ther your High End S ystems d ealer / distr ibut or , Hi gh End Syste ms Sales, or the Hig h [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Setting t he Controll er Volt age 1-7 1 Setting the Controller V oltage At the ti me of this writ ing, the Studi o Color LCD controlle r is shipped from the fact ory set to 230V . Care full y e xamine the control ler’ s v olt age sett ing (a s sho wn in Fi gure 1 -1 on page 1-9), th en foll ow t he inst ruction s in th[...]

1-8 Setting th e Controller Vo ltage Stud io Color LC D Control ler Set or V erify Controller V oltage T o change or verify the controller’ s input voltage setting, locate the v oltage selection switch on the rear panels shown in Figure 1-1 on p age 1-9. 115 vol ts – Th is set ting shou ld be us ed for po wer supplies rated f rom 90V to 127 V .[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Setting t he Controll er Volt age 1-9 1 Figure 1- 1. Locat ion of t he control ler ’s voltage selecti on swit ch and fuse. Replacing the Fuse Y ou must replace the con troller ’ s fuse wh ene ve r you chang e the v oltage settin g or after the fuse becomes damaged. Before a ttempting to rep lace the contro ller’ s [...]

1-10 Power Cord C ap Stud io Color LC D Control ler Power Cord Cap If you wi sh to att ach the control ler to a 2 30V A C outlet, you must repl ace the mol ded po w er cord cap pr ovi ded with t he control ler with anothe r suitab le typ e of po w er cor d cap. The type of po wer cord cap you mus t obta in depends on the locat ion in whic h the c o[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Power Cord Cap 1-1 1 1 • The core whic h is co lored bro wn must be connect ed to the ter minal wh ich is mark ed with the lett er “L” or colo red red. Class 1 equipm ent: THIS EQUIPME NT MUST BE EARTHED. V igtig Sikkerhedsinformat ion - DANMARK Advars el: Be skytte ls e mod e lektr is k cho c k. Vi g t i g t ! Led[...]

1-12 Power Cord C ap Stud io Color LC D Control ler[...]

Studio Color LCD Controll er 2-1 2 Chapter 2 Setting Up Y our Controller Rear Pane l Descripti ons .................................... ................. 2-2 Settin g the Switches........................ .................. ................. 2-4 Configuring Switch Bloc k A ............. .................. ......... 2-4 Configuring Switch Bloc k B ..[...]

2-2 Rear Panel Descriptions Stud io Color LC D Control ler Rear Panel Descriptio ns Figure 2 -1 sho w s th e locati ons of the connect ors on th e rear panel of the St udio Color LCD controll er . Figure 2- 1. Connect ors on the con troller ’s rear panel. Data Link Out port: An XLR fe male jack t hat sends control data to all co nnected f ixtures[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Rear Pane l Descrip tions 2-3 2 MIDI In/Out ports : Where MIDI sign als en ter an d e xit the control ler usi ng standar d MIDI conn ections. The cont roller support s th e MIDI Sho w Control “GO” command. F or more infor matio n , see th e sect ion ti tled “M IDI In and O u t Port s” on page 2- 22. Master /Sla v[...]

2-4 Setting the Sw itches Stud io Color LC D Control ler Setting the Switches The tw o blocks of Persona lity DIP (dual i n-line p ackage) swit ches loca ted on t he cont roll er’ s rear p anel a re lab eled A and B. Confi g urin g Switch Block A Switch bl ock A is cur rent ly not use d, and al l four switche s must be set to t he OFF posi tion. [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Setting t he Switches 2-5 2 Y ou ca n set t he contro ller to oper ate as either a master or a sla v e ( there can be only o ne maste r co ntrol ler pe r link ). Y our choice o f master a nd sla v e cont rollers determ ines the followin g: •T h e master con troller determin es the modes of playback for all con tr oll e[...]

2-6 Setting the Sw itches Stud io Color LC D Control ler Switch B-2: T ime Base Switch B- 2 sets the contr oller’ s in put v olta ge frequen cy at either 50 Hz or 60 Hz. This setti ng must match t he input vo ltage frequenc y of your po wer sou rce becau se the control ler sens es this f reque ncy as part o f its in ternal t iming circ uits. Swit[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Setting t he Switches 2-7 2 Switch B -5: Bi nary Preset Ac cess Switch B- 5 O f f (def aul t) – (T welve -l e v el pr es et ac ces s.) An analog c ontrolle r acce sses eac h of 8 prese ts on 1 2 independ ent le vels for a tota l of 96 pre sets. Y ou must also select preset l e v el acce ss b y setti ng swit ch B-3 ON. [...]

2-8 Setting the Sw itches Stud io Color LC D Control ler Switch B-6 On – Indep endent Pr esets; th e controll er beha v es as fol lows: • The master inte nsity recorded in eac h preset i s ignored . Mast er int en siti e s will remai n as -i s du ri ng p r eset playb ack. S lav e con t rolle r mast er inten sity i s not af fec ted or con trolle[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Connecting Fi xtures 2-9 2 Connecting Fi xtures The Studi o Color LCD controll er use s its nat i ve DMX 512 protoco l (langua ge) to control S tudio Co lor f ixt ures. Confi g urin g the Fixtures Before us ing t he control ler with Studio Color f i xtures, you must do bot h of the f ollo wing: • V erify each f i xture[...]

2-10 Connecting Fixture s Stud io Color LC D Control ler 2. Us e the <Up> and <Do wn> arrow buttons lo ca ted to the rig ht of the disp l ay to s ele ct Info , as sh ow n belo w: Figure 2-3. The fixture’s Info menu display s inf or mation about the fix ture, inc luding the ’s current firmware v ersion. 3. Pr ess the <Enter> bu[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Connecting Fi xtures 2-1 1 2 • If the f irmw are v ersio n is ab ov e 38, you ha v e three options : cros sloading f irmwar e from anoth er f ixtu re on the same DMX l ink, using t he Stu dio Colo r Upload Module, or using St atus Cu e. Consult t he Studio Color User’ s Manual f or det ails abou t cros sload ing. Set[...]

2-12 Connecting Fixture s Stud io Color LC D Control ler 1. K eep pressing the <M enu> b utton on t he f ixtur e until the menu appear s as s how n belo w: Figure 2-5. The cont roller ’s Addr (ess) me nu allows y ou to set an f ixture n umber from 1—8 so the control ler will reco gnize the fixtu re. 2. Pr ess the <Enter> b utton to [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Connecting Fi xtures 2-1 3 2 Howev er , the St udi o Col or fixture has several buil t-in random (or unsync hronized) ef fect s which wo rk randomly e ven if multipl e f ixtures are as signed th e same f ixtur e number . For mor e info rmation, see the sectio n title d “Programming Hints” on page 3-2. 4. Pr ess the &[...]

2-14 Connecting Fixture s Stud io Color LC D Control ler 4. Pr ess t he <Enter> b utton, the n use th e <Up> and <Down> arrow b u tt ons to sel ect ADDR as sho wn belo w: Figure 2-9. Configu ring the fix ture to b e contro lled by fixture numbers r ather than DMX 512 ad dresses. 5. Pr ess the <Enter> b utton to sa ve y our s[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Connecting Fi xtures 2-1 5 2 Constructing Cabling Y ou sho uld con struc t cables using s hielde d, tw o-condu ctor cable wi th a male 3- pin XLR co nnector at one en d and a female 3- pin XLR connec tor on the other end. Pi nouts for both ma le and fema le XLR conn ectors ar e sho w n in Figure 2-10. Figure 2-10 . Prope[...]

2-16 Connecting Fixture s Stud io Color LC D Control ler Te r m i n a t o r s The last de vice o n each lin k must ha ve a 120 ohm, 1/ 4 watt (minimu m) te rm inat or att ached to its D ata Ou t conne ctor . Y ou c an co nstru ct te rm inat ors by fo llowing t he ins tru ct ion s in Figur e 2-11: Figure 2-1 1. Constructi ng a da ta cable ter minato[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Connecting Fi xtures 2-1 7 2 • A seria l d ata di stributo r must b e u sed if eithe r of the follo wing is tr ue: • Y ou wish to con nect more t han 32 f ixtures to a contr oller or more than 3 2 mast er/slave co nt rol le rs togethe r . • The end-to-end cable s pan (the t otal le ngth of all cables) on an y link [...]

2-18 Connecting Fixture s Stud io Color LC D Control ler Because e ach f ixtu re has a unique f ixture number , each one responds to command s from the contro ller ind ependentl y from the ot her fixt u res. Since fe wer than 32 St udio Color f ixtures are at tache d to the control ler and b ecause no cable s pans more than 500 f t. (153 m), a s er[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Connecting Fi xtures 2-1 9 2 be link ed to a l ight ing consol e via i ts MIDI, RS-23 2C or analog p orts. On ly the master control ler (not the sl av es) can accept commands fr om the lig hting cons ole. The syst em sho wn i n Figure 2- 13 can s upport up t o 24 independ ently -functio ning Studi o Color f ixtures (8 fo[...]

2-20 Master and Slave Controllers Stud io Color LC D Control ler 5. Con nect ot her de v ices t o the Stud io Color f ixtur es as des ired, using t he inst ruction s in th e documentat ion pr ovide d with those de vices. 6. Pl ace a male 120 ohm te rminator o n the f emale Data Ou t connect or of the l ast d evi ce in the link. The pro cedure for m[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Master a nd Slave Cont rollers 2-2 1 2 1. Se t persona lity switch B-1 o n the r ear panel of each sl a v ed control ler to ON. Refe r to Figur e 2-1 on pag e 2-2 for t he locati on of the s witche s. The Sl av e LED (located abo v e the Power key swit ch) tu rns O N. 2. Con nect a shielded, 2-co nductor cable wit h a 6 [...]

2-22 MIDI In and Out Ports Stud io Color LC D Control ler MIDI In and Out Ports The cont roller sup ports the MI DI Sho w Control ( MSC) “GO” command, a sub set of th e MIDI (Musica l Instr ument Digital Interf ace) specif ication. T ypically , M SC is used e ither t o connect dif f erent ty pes of contro llers t o each o ther ( for exa mple, S[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Other Connector s 2-2 3 2 Other Connectors This sec tion d escribes ho w to c onnect cab ling t o the othe r connect ors on t he contro ller ’ s rear pane l. Because these other c onnect ors are us ed in conj unctio n with adv a nced functi ons des cribed fu rther in Chapter s 6 and 7, on ly a br ief expl anati on is f[...]

2-24 Other Connec tors Stud io Color LC D Control ler Remote Enable port: Use t he Remot e Enable si gnal to enab le and dis able th e con troll er fr om a remote l ocation . Connect a shi elded 2- conductor cable wit h a 3.5 mm (1/8”) tip/ ring connec tor to t he c ontr oll er’ s mini-mi crop hone j ack a nd use it as fol lo ws: • 0 volts DC[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Rack Mounting the Control ler 2-2 5 2 Rack Mounting the Co ntroller After c onf igurin g the c ontrolle r and conne cting cables as descri bed ear lier in this chapter , you can mount the St udio Color LCD control ler in a standard 19-inch ra ck as descri bed in thi s sec ti on. The Stud io Col or LCD controll er i s des[...]

2-26 Powering On th e Controller Stud io Color LC D Control ler Powering On the Cont roller Before c ontinu ing, make sure yo u hav e done all of th e followin g: 1. Se lect ed the cont roll er’ s v olt age and frequenc y as described in the sec tio n titl ed “ S etti ng the C ontro lle r V ol tage” on pa ge 1-7 . 2. I nstalle d the c orrec t[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Powering On the Controller 2-2 7 2 3. Ins ert t he cont roll er power key int o the c ont ro lle r’ s fro n t panel po wer ke y switch an d turn t he k ey cl ockwise . The locati on of the k ey switch is sho wn i n Figure 2- 18. Figure 2-18. Locat ions of the power key swi tch, the <Standby> key and Standby LED. [...]

2-28 Powering On th e Controller Stud io Color LC D Control ler • If the conten ts of me mory and t he RAM card do not match, th e message belo w is displayed . If yo u want to sa ve your progr amming to the RAM car d, you must use the back up inst ruct ions i n Chapte r 5. 6. I f there is a RAM car d conta ining oper ating sy stem dat a in the R[...]

Studio Color LCD Controll er 3-1 3 Chapter 3 Overview of Controller Operation Programming Hin ts ......................... .................. ................. 3-2 Color to Cont rol .............. .................. .................. ......... 3-2 Beam Shaping ................................... .................. ......... 3-3 Random and Syn chro[...]

3-2 Programming Hints Stud io Color LC D Control ler Programming Hint s This sec tion gi ves you a b rief o v er vie w of some of the ef fects you can pr ogram us ing the St udio Col or LCD contro ller . Color to Control The Studi o Color fix ture of fers you a number of pre- programmed color ef fects to cho ose from. Exc ept where noted, t hese op[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Programming Hints 3-3 3 Beam Shaping The Lens 1 a nd Lens 2 construc ts (c orrespondi ng to the two Studio Col or ef fects wheels) control b eam shapi ng. Each ef fec ts wheel ha s four pos ition s (three ef fect s plus open ). The thre e ef fect s posi tions in clude b eam shaping plus on e other e f fect, a s descri be[...]

3-4 Front Panel Desc riptions Stud io Color LC D Control ler Front Pa nel Descrip tions Figure 3 -1 is the f irst of two draw ings tha t sho w g roups of ke ys on t he contr oller ’ s front pan el. Descri ption s of thes e ke y grou ps follo w the fi gure. Figure 3-1. First of two drawings showing the LCD control ler ’s fr ont panel. Addre ss/P[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Front Pane l Descrip tions 3-5 3 Address LED i s ON to indicat e a fixtur e correspondi ng to that f ixt ure numbe r has b een progra mmed with i ts li ght gate (s hut te r) o pen. •I n Preset mode , these k eys corresp ond to e ight programmabl e preset s in e ach of the 128 pr eset ba nks . Each pres et is capable o [...]

3-6 Front Panel Desc riptions Stud io Color LC D Control ler RAM card s lot: Inse rt a RAM card (T ype 1, 256KB SRAM PC Car d) in t o th is slot to sto re a co py of t h e cont roll e r’ s operati ng sys tem, to ins tall an u pdated versi on of the operati ng sys tem, or to t ransfer progra ms into or o ut of t he contro ller’ s memory . For mo[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Front Pane l Descrip tions 3-7 3 Figure 3- 2. Second of t wo drawing s showing groups of keys on the Studio Color LCD contr oller’s front panel . Construct /Cursor/P age co ntr ol k eys: • Construct Up and Down arr ow keys: C hange the para meter ( v alue ) of the selec ted con struc t. F or more infor matio n, se e [...]

3-8 Using the Constru ct Keys Stud io Color LC D Control ler Cons tru ct ke ys: Allo w you to progra m Stud io Color fixtures . For more in form a tion, see th e sectio n titl ed “U sing the Constru ct K eys” on page 3-8. Home key: Pre ssing thi s k ey the n pres sing one or more Address k eys close s the shut ter a nd ret urns th e select ed f[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Using the Construct Keys 3-9 3 Gate K ey Use this ke y to ope n or cl ose the g ates ( shutter s) of sel ecte d f ixtures, or to s elect from 60 st robe speed s numbere d 0 (slowest ) to 59 (fas test) . Y ou ca n also sel ect from 60 random ( arbitra ry , unsynchr onized ) strobe speeds from 0 (slo west) to 59 (fa stest)[...]

3-10 Using the Constru ct Keys Stud io Color LC D Control ler Select ing a pa rtic ular c olor const ruct sho ws y ou the compl ementa ry co lor for that c o nstru ct. For exa m p le, af ter select ing th e Red con struc t, the LCD displa y appea rs as shown be low (  mean s 100%): The secon d line of the di splay , ?[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Using the Construct Keys 3-1 1 3 Lens 1 Key See also “Lens 2 K ey” on page 3- 16. The tw o Studi o Color effects wh eel s are c o ntro l led by t h e Lens 1 an d Lens 2 constr ucts. Each wh eel has four positions (three ef fects plus open ). T he t hree effects posi tions inc lude beam sh aping plu s one othe r ef fe[...]

3-12 Using the Constru ct Keys Stud io Color LC D Control ler MSpeed Key (Can b e referr ed to as “ motor” o r “mo vem ent” speed .) The MSp eed c onstr uct de term in es the total lengt h of tim e a beam will requi re to mo v e fro m one posi tion to anot her . T w o f ixtures assign ed the same MSpeed v alue on a page will arri ve at the [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Using the Construct Keys 3-1 3 3 92 0.94 59 25.80 26 85.59 91 1.18 58 27.10 25 87.95 90 1.45 57 28.44 24 90.33 89 1.76 56 29.80 23 92.76 88 2.09 55 31.19 22 95.21 87 2.46 54 32.62 21 97.69 86 2.86 53 34.08 20 100.21 85 3.30 52 35.57 19 102.76 84 3.76 51 37.09 18 105.34 83 4.26 50 38.65 17 107.95 82 4.79 49 40.23 16 110.6[...]

3-14 Using the Constru ct Keys Stud io Color LC D Control ler Xfade Key (Cro ssfade. ) Cro ssfade affects o n ly the foll owin g Stu dio Color f ixtu re fe atures: Dim, Lens 1, Lens 2 an d color mixing. Xfade is the leng th o f tim e requ ired for a value ch ange in on e of the f our Xfa de const ructs t o complet e. Y ou can select a v alue f or X[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Using the Construct Keys 3-1 5 3 Dim K ey Use th i s key to set the be a m inte n sity level for al l se le cted f ixture nu mbers, from 0 (f ull dark) to 99 ( full bri ght). Note The tra nsitio n time of this co nstr uct is s et usi ng the XF ade constr uct. Color Key Use th i s key to set the fo ll owing: • Positions[...]

3-16 Using the Constru ct Keys Stud io Color LC D Control ler The displ ay bel ow s elect s a color between the half -color combinat ion 2 an d 3 (3/4 CT O and Pi nk) an d positio n 3: See also “CSpeed” on page 3-2 1. The fa ctory conf igura tion of t he color wh eel is sho wn b elo w: Figure 3-4. Factory conf igurati on of the Stud io Colo r f[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Using the Construct Keys 3-1 7 3 Lens 2 has t he fol lowing effect s: • Beam shaping : A l ong, narro w bea m rotates int o a short, f at beam. Construct v alues between appr oximately 100 (39%) a nd 220 ( 86%) select beam sha ping. (V alues abov e about 220 or 86% mo v e to ward the ope n positio n.) • Fro st : The [...]

3-18 Using the Constru ct Keys Stud io Color LC D Control ler 4. Pr ess the <Gate> k ey and use th e Constr uct <Up> an d <Do w n> arro w k eys to sel ect / . 5. Us e the jo ystick to direct the beam at a refe rence point (w all , scree n, or o ther surfa ce). 6. Pr ess the < Mode> key , then use th e Con struc t &l[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Using the Construct Keys 3-1 9 3 Position Key (POS) Use this ke y to se lect one of 99 use r -pro grammable pos itio n preset s. (Y ou do not need t o press t his k e y if you w ant t o manually posit ion the bea m as desc ribed belo w .) Manual vs. Preset Positioning There ar e tw o ways to pos ition t he beam: manual l[...]

3-20 Using the Constru ct Keys Stud io Color LC D Control ler suppose y ou ha v e progra mmed al l 99 pages of memory 9 as posi ti on pr ese ts. All 99 po sit i on pre se ts are a v ail able for f ixture number 1, a ll 99 posi tion preset s are a vailabl e for fix ture number 2, etc. Delay Key Use this k e y to set the amount of time you w ant the [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Setting CSpeed 3-2 1 3 CSpeed This opt ion is accessib le onl y thr ough the me nus . F or more informat ion on acc essin g menus, se e the sec tion tit led “Setti ng CSpeed” on page 3-2 1. (Colo r change s peed.) This optio n deter mines ho w fix ed color whee l chan ge s o ccur: at th e fastes t poss ible s pee d ([...]

3-22 Setting CS peed Stud io Color LC D Control ler 4. Y o u have the op tio ns s hown bel ow: Y ou ca n selec t either  ) * (def ault; ch ange occurs a s quic kly as poss ible) or ) * (change occurs smoot hly o ve r the MSpeed time va lue). Use the Con [...]

Studio Color LCD Controll er 4-1 4 Chapter 4 Basic Programming Progra mmin g Ove rvi ew ...... .... .... ... ........ ... .... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .. 4-2 Page, Co nstruct, Parameter, L oop .... ........... ....... ........ ........... ....... ... 4-2 Address and Preset M ode ...... ........ .......... ........ ....... ...[...]

4-2 Pro gramm in g Overv iew Stud io Color LCD Cont rolle r Programming Overview The Studi o Color LCD controll er has 9 separat e memories, each contai ning 99 pag es, for a tot al of 89 1 pages of pro gram storag e. Y ou ca n think of the con troller ’ s memory as being l ike a book. The bo ok has 9 chapte rs (memorie s) and each chapt er has 9[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Preparing t o Program 4-3 4 Preparing to Program Before b eg inning an y pr ogrammin g, make sure the co ntr oller appears as sho wn belo w: Figure 4-1. Before progr amming, make sure the control ler ’s Address LED is ON, the Sele ct and Standby LEDs are both OFF , and the controll er is displaying the Intensit y , Mem[...]

4-4 Programming Guided Tour Stud io Color LC D Control ler Programming Gu ided T our This sectio n leads yo u step -b y-st ep throu gh cr eatin g a simp le four -pa ge program, p laying back the p rogram pa ge-by -page, creati ng a loop a nd reco rding a pr eset. Only one f i xture is requir ed, althou gh you ca n use more than one i f you wish. Re[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Programming Gui ded Tour 4-5 4 9. Pr ess the < Reco rd> key to sa v e page 1. Notic e that th e Address LEDs of all f ixture numbers you sel ected ar e no w ON. This is becaus e the shut ters of these f ixtures are ope n (you selec ted / for th e Gate cons truc t in St e p 5.) Recording Page 2 Y ou wil l c[...]

4-6 Programming Guided Tour Stud io Color LC D Control ler 10. Use the jo ystick t o posi tion the b eam in a dif fer ent place of your choosi ng. 11. Press the <Record> key to s ave pa ge 2 . Recording Page 3 1. Pr ess the <Selec t> ke y; it flashes . 2. Pr ess the P a ge <Up> arro w key to select p age 3. 3. Pr ess <Recor d&g[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Programming Gui ded Tour 4-7 4 Manually Playing Back Pages 1 Thro ugh 4 1. Us e the P age <Up> and <Down> arro w ke ys to select page 1 , as shown be low: 2. Th e fi xture(s) pr ogrammed for page 1 shoul d no w display t he colo r and posi tion yo u sele cted f or them. 3. Pr ess the P a ge <Up> arro w [...]

4-8 Programming Guided Tour Stud io Color LC D Control ler 3. Pr ess the < Erase> k ey . The LCD disp lay app ears a s sho wn bel o w: 4. Pr ess the < Erase> k ey t o un-i nitiali ze page 5. 5. Us e the P age <Down> ke y to sele ct pag e 1. 6. Pr ess the <A uto> key , locat ed to th e ri gh t of th e joyst ick . 7. Th e page[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Programming Gui ded Tour 4-9 4 3. Pr ess the n umbered Pres et k e y where you w ant t o record t he preset . F or e xample , t o recor d pres et number 1 , pr ess th e <1 > key . Note The St udi o Co lor LCD contro ll er su ppor ts up to 102 4 preset s from the f ront pane l thr ough the us e of pr eset banking . [...]

4-10 Creating a Program Stud io Color LC D Control ler Creating a Program This sec tion g iv es you detaile d step-b y-s tep inst ructions for creati ng a progr am. F or a qui ck step- by- step o v ervie w , see the sec tion t itled “P rogramming Gui ded T our” on page 4- 4. Figure 4 -2 belo w shows the progra mming k ey s that wil l be refere [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Creating a Program 4-1 1 4 Step 3: Pres s the Sel ect Key Press t he <Sel ect> key to be gin pr ogramming. The Select LED flashe s and the LCD d ispla y appears as sho wn belo w: Step 4: Select Fixtur e Number Press t he Address k eys corresp onding t o all f ixtu re number s you wish t o program. Y ou can do t he [...]

4-12 Creating a Program Stud io Color LC D Control ler Step 6: Pres s the R ecord Ke y When you are f inished editi ng constr ucts, pre ss the <Rec ord> ke y to s av e your page. Note Afte r recordi ng the page, the a ddress LEDs of all f ixtur e numb ers with the Gate constr uct s et to / come ON. If the Gate con struct is s et to ?[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Page Copy 4-1 3 4 Page Copy Use p ag e copy to copy th e enti re con tents of a pr ogra mmed page to a ny other page in an y other memory . This i s useful for crea ting ad ditional pages that co ntain only s light ch anges, such as mo vement changes or si ngle-par ameter cha nges. Before c ontinu ing, make sure yo ur co[...]

4-14 Creating a Loop Stud io Color LC D Control ler Creating a L oop A loop is a seque nce of pages that repeats conti nuously unt il you stop it. Y ou can v ary t he rate o f play back using t he <Rat e> knob . Y ou must perform t he two ba sic st eps sho wn belo w: Step 1. Rec ord the pa ges as a contiguou s block in the same memory . F or [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Creating a Loop 4-1 5 4 Y ou ca n record o v er an un- init ialized page wit h a programmed page at any t ime. Note The co ntrol ler a utomatical ly pl aces an un-in itiali zed “page” be tween pa ges 99 and 1 , as sho wn in Figure 4-4. So i f the f i rst page of you r loop is page 1, y ou need to c reat e one un- ini[...]

4-16 Block Copy (and R everse) Stud io Color LC D Control ler 3. Pr ess the < Erase> k ey . The LCD disp lay app ears a s sho wn bel o w: 4. Pr ess the < Erase> k ey a gain to un-i niti alize t he page. 5. Re peat step s 1 to 4 for the s econd or en ding un- init ialized page. (If the last page of your loop is 9 9, an endi ng page is no[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Block Copy ( and Revers e) 4-1 7 4 3. Pr ess the <A uto> ke y , lo cated to th e right o f the jo yst ick. The LCD displa y then a ppears si milar to the one sho wn be lo w: 4. Se lect the memory and fi rst pa ge of the b lock of pa ges you want to cop y from. • Press th e Cu rsor <Up> and <Do wn> arr[...]

4-18 Setting Rate and Delay Time Stud io Color LC D Control ler Setting Rate and Delay T ime Befo re conti nuin g, make su re the contr oller is read y for programmin g as sho wn in Figure 4-1 on page 4- 3. Y ou ca n contr ol the sp eed of your l oop using t he <Rate> knob and th e Del ay co nstr u ct. Th e Del ay co nstr u ct (a ls o call ed[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Preset Programming 4-1 9 4 V arying t he Dela y T ime The Delay (time) construc t sets t he amount of time you w ant the cont roll er to paus e on the current page be fore adv ancing to the next p ag e. T urni ng the <Rate> knob clo ckwise subtr act s fr om the de lay ti me; tur ning t he <Rate> knob counter [...]

4-20 Preset Prog ramming Stud io Color LC D Control ler Notes (1) Audio adv a nce is independ ent of th e prese ts. F or more inf ormation ab out audi o trigge ring, see the sectio n title d “ A udio Input Pla yback” o n page 6- 27. (2) T o pre vent ina dvert ent er asure of prese ts, you canno t direct ly er ase pag es used as preset s. Y ou r[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Preset Programming 4-2 1 4 Recording a One-Page Prese t 1. Us e the Const ruct and P age <Up> and <Down> arrow k e ys to select the memory an d page yo u want to recor d as a preset. 2. T oggle the <Address>/<Pre set> ke y unt il th e Preset LED turn s ON. The LCD disp lay th en appea rs as sho wn[...]

4-22 Preset Prog ramming Stud io Color LC D Control ler Recording a Loop as a Preset Start t he loo p running, t hen assi gn the e ntire lo op to on e of the Pres et k eys. For more in format ion about l oops, s ee the sectio n title d “Creatin g a Loop” on page 4 -14. 1. Use th e Page <Up> and < Down> arrow k e y s to selec t an y [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Preset Playback 4-2 3 4 • Advanc e setti ngs: • Random, Audio 1, Audio 2: see “ Audio Input Playback ” on page 6-27. • Auto: see “S etting Rat e and Delay T ime” on page 4-18. • Effect s set tings: Co lor modulat e and I ntensity (dim) modulate . See “ Audio Input P laybac k” on pag e 6-27. 10. Press [...]

4-24 Preset Playb ack Stud io Color LC D Control ler Things to Remember • T o change to anothe r pres et at an y time, switch to t he bank cont ainin g the pres et and press the correspo nding Preset ke y . • If a preset i s playin g back a loop, you can quit p laybac k by pr essi ng the <A uto> ke y unti l the Auto LED turns OFF . The cu[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Viewing and Editin g Programs 4-2 5 4 V iewing and Editin g Programs Once your pages ar e programmed , you can vie w or edit the pages you progra mmed and cha nge an y const ructs or parame ters you wish. Use the same procedure you use d to record the pages, makin g sure you pres s <Record > when you are f in is he[...]

4-26 Viewing Fixtures Stud io Color LC D Control ler 4. A summ ary o f all c onstr ucts a nd pa ra meters for th at fixture number appe ars, s imilar t o the one sh o wn bel o w: Most f ields are se lf-e xplan atory; belo w is a brief d escript ion of some of the f iel ds: • ; : Displays th e MSpee d settin g. • - : (Beam posit ion.) B;&l[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Erasing Pages 4-2 7 4 Erasing Pages Y ou may w ant to e rase a page when th ere ar e undesir able or old pages in memor y . It is often best to clea r out these pages to pre vent conf usion in f uture programming. Note th e followin g: • Instead of er asing the page, yo u could al wa ys reco rd another page in it s pla[...]

4-28 Master Di m Stud io Color LC D Control ler Master Dim The sample LCD displ ay belo w shows a va lue of 88 for Intens ity (a lso ca lled master d im ). The v alue of 99 is maximum inte nsity (f ull br ight) an d 0 is the minimu m inten si ty (fu ll dim). Y ou ca n change the inte nsity set ting using the Co nstruct <Up> and <Dow n> [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Homing Fixtures 4-2 9 4 Homing Fixtures Homin g a fixtu re c ause s its s hutte r to clos e, its lam p to s trike (if off), an d for al l whee ls an d mo tors to retu rn to t heir h ome (defau lt) pos i tions . 1. At any t ime, pre ss the <Home> ke y on t he cont roller ’ s front pane l. The <Home> LED flas[...]

4-30 Homing Fix tures Stud io Color LC D Control ler[...]

Studio Color LCD Controll er 5-1 5 Chapter 5 Using the Menus Overview.............. .................. .................. .......................... 5-2 Navigating the Menus ..................... .................. ................. 5-4 Summary ......................... .................. .................. ......... 5-4 Getting Sta rted ..........[...]

5-2 Overview Stud io Color LC D Control ler Ove rvi ew Figure 5 -1 sho w s an ov eral l vie w of the menu system: Figure 5-1. The Studi o Color LCD controller ’s menu syste m. Help Backup Submast ers Setup Functi on Help Edit Backup Submasters Setup (No ch anne l; 1 to 12) Mas ter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mode P rop o rtional Le vel Remote Lev [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Overview 5-3 5 • Help: On-scr een help f or all Main menu option s. • Backup: Opti ons for t ransf erri ng control ler me mory t o and from a RAM card an d for back ing up the cont ro ller ’ s operati ng sys tem to a RAM card . See Chap ter 7. • Submaste rs: Allo w you to change c olor a nd dim constr ucts remot [...]

5-4 Navigating the Menus Stud io Color LC D Control ler Navigating th e Menus This sec tion e xplai ns ho w to u se the menu syst em. More infor matio n is con taine d in su b sequ ent se ction s in th is chap ter . Summ ary • Press th e <Menu> key to e nter and exi t the menu system. If you’ re i n the menu sy stem, pr essing the <Men[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Navigating the Menus 5-5 5 the M ain menu . Y ou use the Constr uct, Cur sor and P age arrow k eys to na vigate in th e menu system. These ke ys are sh own in Figure 5-2 : Figure 5- 2. The menu navigati onal keys: Construct , Cursor a nd Page. Menu Movement Keys The Cursor <Right> and <Le ft> arro w k eys mov[...]

5-6 Navigating the Menus Stud io Color LC D Control ler bel o w: Pressi ng the Cu rsor <Down> arr ow k ey agai n has no ef fect, since t here are no menu it ems belo w ,   . Pressi ng the Cu rsor <Right > and <Left> ar ro w ke ys select dif fe rent menu op tions on t he same l e vel , and pr essing t he Cursor[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Navigating the Menus 5-7 5 Multi-Page Menus Some of the Help menus ar e more than one page l ong. Y ou use th e Con struc t <Up> and <Do wn> ar ro w k eys t o scro ll through those mul ti-page menus. Select 6)  from th e main menu , then pres s the Cu rsor <Down > arro w k ey to sel ect t he f irs[...]

5-8 Selec ting MS C or LS C Stud io Color LCD Cont rolle r Selecting MSC or LSC MIDI Sho w Cont rol (MSC) and Lightw av e Show Contr ol (LSC) are two dif f erent protocol s (lan guages) that ac hie v e the same e f fect: coord inating a nd control ling playback of mast er con tro ll ers. (M SC an d LS C have no effect on slaved control lers, si nce[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Selecting MSC or LSC 5-9 5 3. Pr ess the Cu rsor <Down> arrow k ey to dis play th e menu options sho wn be lo w: 4. Use t he Cursor <Right > and <Left> ar ro w k ey s to se lect ;)  , as sho wn belo w: 5. Pr ess the Co nstruct <Up> and <Down> arro w k eys t o chang[...]

5-10 Selec ting MS C or LS C Stud io Color LCD Cont rolle r If you a r e con tinui ng fr om the pr evious s ection, be gin wit h Step 3 . 1. En ter the men u syst em by pre ssing the <Menu> key . 2. Sel ect ; from the Main menu , as sho wn belo w: 3. Pr ess the Cu rsor <Down > arro w k ey . The LCD dis play appears as sho wn[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller All-Memory Play back 5-1 1 5 All-Me mory Pl ayba ck This sec tion d escribes ho w to a uto adv ance or random adv ance throug h all 99 pa ges in all nine memories . (Only initial ized, or progr ammed, pages wi ll play ba ck.) Ena blin g All-Me mory Playback Make sur e the controll er is re ady for programming as sho wn i[...]

5-12 Loc king /U nloc kin g Memo ry Stud io Color LCD Cont rolle r Locking/ Unlocking M emory Use the memory lo ck fu nc tion t o lock o u t all pag es in a memory so t hey cannot be e dited or erase d without t he memory first b eing un locked. L ocking a memo ry also pre v ents edi ting of any prese t referr ing to an y pa ge in that memory . 1. [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Locking/Unlo cking a Fi xture 5-1 3 5 Locking/ Unlocking a F ixture This fe ature tem porar ily removes a fixt ure from all pag es. This mi ght be nec essary in the e vent of a f ixture malfunc tion or if yo u wan t to re move a fixt ure for a sp ecial event or ef fec t. Removi ng a f ixt ure in this manner require s no [...]

5-14 Erasing All Memory Stud io Color LC D Control ler Erasing Al l Memory The Erase All fu nction pr ovi des a quic k way to cle ar all programmin g (all unlock ed memor ies, a ll page s, all prese ts). This oper ation doe s no t affect any lo cked m emor i e s, th e control ler’ s oper ating system, Us er ke y macr os, menu choices (for e xampl[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Setting t he Backligh t Int ensity 5-1 5 5 Setting the Backlight I ntensity Y ou ca n set the i ntensit y (bri ghtness) of the LCD di splay backli ght to high (the def ault), l o w , or of f. 1. En ter the men u syst em by pre ssing the <Menu> key . 2. Sel ect ; from the Main menu , as sho wn belo w: 3.[...]

5-16 Setting the Backlight Inten sity Stud io Color LC D Control ler[...]

Studio Color LCD Controll er 6-1 6 Chapter 6 Advanced Programming Who Should Use this Chapt er.................. .................. ........ 6-2 Using Posi tion Pre sets ........... ........................... ................. 6-3 Recording Pos ition Prese ts ................ .................. ......... 6-4 Recalling P osition Pr esets ..........[...]

6-2 Who Should U se this Chap ter Stud io Color LC D Control ler Who Sho uld Use this Chapt er This c h apter is inte nded for us ers al ready familiar with control ler oper ation and with t he basi cs of prog ramming. I n many c ases, d etails s uch as ho w to ente r or e xit t he control ler’ s menu sy stem ha v e been omitted . Consult t he se[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Using Position Preset s 6-3 6 Using Posit ion Presets The con troller has a time-sa ving featur e called posi tion preset (also calle d positio n me mory or pr eset posit ionin g ). Po sitio n preset s allo w one page to refer to ano ther page for pan and ti lt (posi tion) infor mation . Y ou f irs t mo ve the beam to th[...]

6-4 Using Pos ition Presets Stud io Color LC D Control ler The full set o f 99 posit ion pr esets is a v ailabl e for al l f ixtur es connect ed to the c ontrol ler . F or e xample, s uppose you h a ve programmed all 99 pages of memor y 9 as po sition p resets. All 99 positio n prese ts ar e av ailable for f ixture number 1 , al l 99 posit ion pr e[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Address Parameter Copy 6-5 6 4. Pr ess the <POS > (Positi on) con struct k e y and use t he Construc t <Up> and <Do wn> arro w keys t o sele ct a posit ion preset . (A v alue of B/;:7H indica tes yo u are usin g manual positi oning, n ot preset posit ioning.) For e xample, the LCD displa y belo w [...]

6-6 Address Parameter C opy Stud io Color LC D Control ler Edit/C opy The Edit/Cop y fea ture has tw o opti ons : • “Shar e all Constructs until sel ected ” (the d efault): Copies al l of a f ixture ’ s constr uct pa rame ters to t he f ixture( s) you h a ve se lecte d to “cop y to”. Y ou can ov err id e t his b y pre ssi ng o ne or mor[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Address Parameter Copy 6-7 6 Copy Parameters to Another Fixture, Same Pag e 1. Se lect the memory and page conta ining the f ixtu re with th e para meters you wish to cop y . 2. Pr ess the <Selec t> ke y , then press the Address ke y with t he constr uct paramet ers you w ant t o cop y . 3. T ake one of the follo w[...]

6-8 Address Parameter C opy Stud io Color LC D Control ler Copy Parameters Fr om One Page to Ano ther Pag e 1. Se lect the memory and page conta ining the f ixtu re with th e para meters you wish to cop y . 2. Pr ess the <Selec t> ke y . The LCD displ ay appear s as sho wn bel o w: 3. Pr ess the Add ress k ey (s) co rrespondi ng to the f ixtu[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller User Key Macros 6-9 6 User Key Macros The contr olle r has eigh t front p anel Use r ke ys t hat can be used to store cus tom macr os (a recorded serie s of up to 256 ke ystr okes); f i v e of the f irst six k eys ha v e pre-pro grammed def ini tions tha t you ca n use or r ecord o v er . (Y ou can acces s the def aul t [...]

6-10 User Key Macros Stud io Color LC D Control ler 3. Th e select ed User k ey ’ s LED flas hes, ind icating you are recor din g . Every keys troke y ou ma ke from now on is recorde d in this macro. Th e macro acce pts up to 256 keystrokes . See the exam ple b elow . 4. When you ha v e complet ed your macr o, repe at Step 1 t hen select ;?[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller User Key Macros 6-1 1 6 6. Sel ect t he me mor y an d p age ( des tina ti on) you wa nt to copy the cont ents o f the cur rent page to: • Press th e Cu rsor <Up> and <Do wn> arro w ke ys to change the me mory n um ber . • Press th e Page <Up> and <Dow n> arro w ke ys to change the page number [...]

6-12 User Key Macros Stud io Color LC D Control ler Erasing a Single User Key T o erase one of the User ke ys, r eco rd a ze ro- ke ystrok e macro o ver t he old macro us ing th e inst ructions in thi s sec tion. Note Erasing an indi vidual User ke y doe s not r eturn it to its defa ult de fi nition. Ho wev er , you can rest ore a ll six User keys [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller User Key Macros 6-1 3 6 Accessing Default Definitions This sec tion d escribes ho w to a ccess the six de fault User k ey def ini tions aft er an y or al l of the se k eys hav e been redef ine d as ma cros. Note Y ou can restore all six User k eys t o thei r origi nal pre- programmed state b y er asing a ll User k eys . [...]

6-14 User Key Macros Stud io Color LC D Control ler Erasing All User Keys Erasing all Us er ke ys de letes an y custom macros you h a ve programmed and retur ns the eight User ke ys to their def ault def ini tions. (M emories, pa ges, pr esets , submaster s, menu choices and the control ler’ s opera ting s ystem are n ot af fec ted.) F or more in[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Analog Inputs Port s 6-1 5 6 Analog Inputs Ports Y ou ca n attach a n analo g control ler to t he tw o Analog Inputs ports l ocated on the St udio Col or LCD contr olle r’ s rear panel to perf orm an y of the foll owi ng functio ns: • Remote p age access: Remotely pl ay bac k pages fr om the me mory . For more infor [...]

6-16 Remote Page Acc ess Stud io Color LC D Control ler Remote Page Access The remote page ac cess fea ture all o ws you to r emotely pl ay back page s from t he memory t hat you f i rst sel ect on the control ler’ s fro nt panel. (Y ou cannot remot ely s elect or change memories.) 1. Con nect t he anal og contro ller as desc ribed in the se ctio[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Remo t e Pa ge Ac c e ss 6-1 7 6 c. Channe ls 10, 11, an d 12 when used i n combinat ion with other channel s become functi on k eys a s e xplaine d belo w: • Channel 10 is a t en-t im es m ult i pli er . F or e xam ple , i f you simul taneous ly enable channe ls 5 and 10, y ou call up pag e 50. • Channel 11 is an el[...]

6-18 Remote P reset Acce ss Stud io Color LC D Control ler Remo te Pres et Acc ess T welve-le vel prese t access a nd bina ry pre set acces s allo w you to do one or bo th of the follo wing: • Play back indi vidual pages or loop s (e v en ind iv idual pages wit hin loops ). • Play back the sa me loop wi th dif ferent sett ings for: auto adv anc[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Remote Preset Access 6-1 9 6 Using T welve-Level Preset Access T welve-le vel prese t access a llo ws you to rec ord and play back up t o 96 pre sets (12 s ets or l e v els of ei ght pres ets ea ch). Record ing in T welve-L evel Pr eset Acc ess 1. T oggle the <Addres s>/<Preset> ke y on the Studio Color LCD c[...]

6-20 Remote P reset Acce ss Stud io Color LC D Control ler audio 1 a nd 2 adv ance (page 6-2 7), color modulat e (page 6-27) an d dim modul ate (page 6-27) as need ed. These setti ngs are st ored wi th the pr eset. 9. Pr ess the < Reco rd> key . The Select LED stop s flashi ng, indica ting the p reset is no w recorded. Note If enabling anal o[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Remote Preset Access 6-2 1 6 Using Binary Preset Access Binary pre set ac cess allo ws you to record and play back up to 1023 pres ets ( the f irst 1 0 analo g control ler channe ls act as binar y di gits) . The contr olle r supports mixing bin ary pr esets wit h submas ters; ho we v er , the same channe l canno t ser ve[...]

6-22 Remote P reset Acce ss Stud io Color LC D Control ler auto adv ance (page 4 -18), au dio 1 and 2 adv ance (page 6-27), color modul ate (page 6- 27), and dim modula te (page 6-27) as needed. Th ese se ttings ar e sto red with t he preset . 6. Con ver t the pre set nu mber you wi sh to use t o a bi nary number usin g Appendix A. Then en able all[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Submasters 6-2 3 6 Playing Ba ck in Bina ry Preset Access Appendix A list s all of the bin ary preset ac cess combi nations. The sele cted pr eset con tinues to play ba ck until you: • press another Preset k e y • change to anoth er pre set le vel by acti vating a nother chann el on the c ontro ller • toggle the &l[...]

6-24 Su bmas ter s Stud io Color LC D Control ler Selecting a Submaster Mode There ar e tw o submast er modes: Pr oportion al le vel or Remo te le vel. • Pro portio nal Le vel s ubmasters (typical setting ): T raditional submast er cont rol. The submas ter v alue is multiplie d by th e programmed f ixture v alue. F or ex ample, if th e reco rded [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Submasters 6-2 5 6 Assigning a Channel for Master Dim This sec tion e xp lains ho w to u se a sub master as the “mas ter dim contr oller”. Once you a ssign a channel f or master dim, the same c hannel cannot be used to control f ixtures. F or exa mple, if you sel ect chann el 1 fo r master d im, you ca nnot use c han[...]

6-26 Su bmas ter s Stud io Color LC D Control ler Y ou c an sk ip the first two ste ps be low if you are co nti nu ing from the pre vious secti on. 1. Sel ect ; from th e Mai n menu , as sh own below: 2. Th e LCD display then ap pears si milar t o the one s ho wn bel o w: 3. Use t he Cursor <Ri ght> an d <Left>[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Audio Input Play back 6-2 7 6 Audio I np ut Playba ck Y ou ca n use an e xter nal ster eo source to cont rol p layback through an y or all f our playba ck modes l isted be lo w . Audi o input pl ayback af fect s ho w init iali zed pages p lay bac k, re gardl ess of whet her those pages are part of a lo op or not. T o ena[...]

6-28 Audio Input Playba ck Stud io Color LC D Control ler V arying the Aud io Sensitivity Adjust t he sensit i vity o f the a udio adv a nce modes to the audio sign al using the <A udio> (le vel ) knob located dir ectly to the right of the <Rate> knob . See Figur e 6-5. Figure 6- 5. Adj usti ng t he sensi tivity of audio effect s to the[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Random Advance 6-2 9 6 Random Advance Random adv ance when used with auto a dv ance , manual adv ance or audio a dv ance (and opti onall y all-memory playbac k) pla ys initi alized pa ges in ran dom order . ( Random adv ance when enab led b y itse lf does no thing.) First p ress t he <A uto> ke y , th en enable r a[...]

6-30 Remote E nable Stud io Color LC D Control ler 3. T o return f rom “l i v e” con trol pre ss the <Sel ect> key . The Select LED stops flashing and the selecte d f ixture s return to their origi nal pr ogrammed s ettin gs. Remote Enable Located o n the r ear panel of th e control ler is a Remote Enable co nnecto r that al lo ws you t o[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Lightwave Contr ol Cent er 6-3 1 6 Lightwave Co ntrol Center Select ing Lightw a v e Show Con tr ol (LSC) as des cribe d i n th e sectio n title d “Selecti ng MSC o r LSC” on page 5-8 means you must us e the Li ghtwa ve Control Ce nter (L CC) softw are for pla yback c ontrol us ing bin ary prese t access. (The ei ght[...]

6-32 Lightwave Con trol Center Stud io Color LC D Control ler[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller 7 - 1 7 Chapter 7 External Memory Storage and Transfer Overview .. ................. ........... ........... ........... ................. ............ .... 7-2 RAM Card Option s ............. ........... ........... ........... ................. 7-2 Personal Computer Options ........... ..... ...... ...... ........... .[...]

7-2 Overview Stud io Color LC D Control ler Ove rvi ew This chapter de scri bes opt ions fo r backing up and r estor ing the cont roll er’ s inter nal memory an d opera ting syst em. Y ou ha ve dif ferent opti ons depending on wh ether you use a RAM card or a personal compute r . Y ou ca n also cro ssload memories, pag es and p resets d irectly f[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Overview 7-3 7 Personal Computer Op tions In addit ion to ba cking up and re storing c ontrolle r memory using a RAM ca rd, you c an also ba ck up (d o wnload ) and restor e (upload ) memories, p ages an d presets using a persona l comput er . The dif ferences bet ween bac king up and r estori ng memory via RAM card and [...]

7-4 RAM Card: Memory Stud io Color LC D Control ler RAM Card: Memory This sec tion e xplai ns ho w to: • Copy all o f the cont roll er’ s inter nal memory t o a RAM car d • Load or restore t he control ler’ s memory fro m a RAM car d See also : • “IBM-Compatible” on pag e 7-13 • “Macintosh” on page 7-24 • “Crossloading” on[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller RAM Card: Memory 7-5 7 2. Pr ess the <Menu> key to enter the menu s ystem. 3. Use the Cursor <Rig ht> an d <Lef t> arrow keys to sele ct ?  from the M ai n men u , as s hown below: 4. Pr ess the Cu rsor <Down> arrow k ey to vie w the possible selec tion s , then use t he Cu rsor <[...]

7-6 RAM Card: Memory Stud io Color LC D Control ler 6. I f you wan t to ca ncel the backup oper ation at this t ime pr ess the <Select> ke y or the Cursor <Up > arro w key . Other wise, press t he < Record> k e y agai n if you ar e sure t hat you want to comple te this backup op erati on. 7. Af ter memory ha s been b acked up , th[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller RAM Card: Memory 7-7 7 3. Use the Cursor <Rig ht> an d <Lef t> arrow keys to sele ct ?  from the M ai n men u , as s hown below: 4. Pr ess the Cu rsor <Down> arrow k ey to vie w the menu items, then use the Cur sor <Rig ht> and <Left> a rro w k eys to selec t ,?[...]

7-8 RAM Card: O/S Stud io Color LC D Control ler RAM Card: O/S This sec tion e xplai ns ho w to b ack up, r eplace or update the control ler’ s oper ating system fro m a RAM car d. Note When you are not us ing a RAM car d, you shoul d write- protect it to a voi d acci dental dat a erasur e. See the se ctio n titl ed “R A M Card : Wri te-Pr ote [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller RAM Card: O/S 7-9 7 4. Pr ess the Curs or <Down> arro w ke y to vie w the menu optio ns, then select  /3;, , as sho wn belo w: If the me ssage L-/ /3;M does not appear on the LCD displa y , see t he e xpla nation bel o w : • If there is no[...]

7-10 RAM Card: O/S Stud io Color LC D Control ler Restoring the Operating System from a RAM Card This sec tion d escribes ho w to i nstall an oper ating sys tem from a RAM card to the c ont ro ller . Y ou s hould use th is procedur e if you a re ins tallin g an updated or re placement (same v ers ion) oper ating system. Y ou can obtai n updated ope[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller RAM Card: O/S 7-1 1 7 7. Pr ess the < Erase> ke y again to cont inue, o r press t he <Selec t> ke y to c ancel. If you pre ss the <Erase> ke y , the LCD di splay appears as sho wn belo w: Caution Do not turn controll er power off while the RAM card is transferring information. If you want to repeat the [...]

7-12 RAM Card: Write-Pro tection Stud io Color LC D Control ler RAM Card: W rite-Protection After ba cking u p either the ope rating s ystem or memory to the RAM ca rd, you s hould writ e-prote ct tha t card t o pre v ent it from b eing inadver tentl y eras ed. Examine the end of your RAM ca rd to l ocate th e small write- protect tab . Also note t[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller IBM-Compat ible 7-1 3 7 IBM- Comp atibl e This sec tion d escribes ho w to b ack up a nd restor e the control ler’ s pages , memorie s and prese ts using an IBM- compatib le per sonal comput er . See al so: • “RAM Card: Memory” on page 7-4 • “Crossloading” on page 7-30 • “Macintosh” on page 7-24 Hardw[...]

7-14 IBM-Compat ible Stud io Color LC D Control ler Y ou c an use a DB9 t o DB25 a dapter if the fema le en d of your serial cable doe s not ma tch your co mputer’ s s erial po rt. Make su r e you do not u se a nul l modem ad apter , since t hat will pr e vent the c ontroll er from communi cati ng with your computer . Connecting the Computer and [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller IBM-Compat ible 7-1 5 7 Initial Se tup Y ou must follo w t he procedu re bel o w backing u p control ler memory to a personal c omputer , or res toring pa ges, memories a nd preset s from a per sonal computer to the control ler . 1. T oggle the contro ller’ s <Standb y> k e y unti l the Sta ndb y LED comes ON. 2.[...]

7-16 IBM-Compat ible Stud io Color LC D Control ler 6. Th e menu sho ws the currentl y-select ed opt ion in re ve rse video; in Figur e 7-3, the selec ted opti on is Help . 7. Us e your comput er’ s <Up> and <Down> arro w keys to s elect Setup and pre ss <Enter > . 8. Th e Setup pop- up menu pr ompts you to selec t a COM (or ser[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller IBM-Compat ible 7-1 7 7 10. Now see one of the fo llo wing s ectio ns: • “Backing Up (Do wnloading) Memory to the Comput er” on page 7- 17 • “Restoring (Upload ing) Memory f rom Computer t o Cont rol ler” on pa ge 7-2 0 Backing Up (Downloading) Memory to the Computer Before f ollo wing this procedu re, you mu[...]

7-18 IBM-Compat ible Stud io Color LC D Control ler 2. Th e next menu gi ves you th e follo wing options whi ch are av ailable t hroughou t the res t of the p rocedu re. Use your computer’ s <Up> and <Down> arro w ke ys to s elect an o ption and pres s <Enter> . • Current direc tory: th e top of the menu di splay s the current[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller IBM-Compat ible 7-1 9 7 6. Pr ess and hol d the <Record> ke y (abou t 10 sec onds) on t he control ler’ s fro nt panel u ntil t he LCD displ ay sho ws the follo wing message: 7. The Li ghtwa ve Research Ba ckup menu shoul d no w displ ay an ident ical mess age. • If so, press Y on your compute r’ s ke yboard.[...]

7-20 IBM-Compat ible Stud io Color LC D Control ler V erif ying the T ra nsfer Make sur e the memory was ba cke d up pro perly usi ng either W indows F ile Mana ger (or Exp lorer) o r the DOS dir command. The f ile should be abo ut 256KB in si ze. If so , you are f inished. If the fi le is smaller t han 256KB, s ome problem oc curre d during t he t[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller IBM-Compat ible 7-2 1 7 1. Us e your comput er’ s <Up> and <Down> arro w keys to s elect Computer ->Controlle r from the L ightw a v e Research Backup ma in menu, a s sho wn in Figure 7-6: Figure 7-6. Restori ng memory from a file store d on a computer to the contr o l ler . 2. Th e next menu gi ves you [...]

7-22 IBM-Compat ible Stud io Color LC D Control ler 3. Fi rst, sel ect the d ri v e where the bac kup f ile is l ocate d. The current dri ve is displ ayed at t he top o f the menu ( by d efaul t, C: ). Use the opti ons sho wn in Step 2 to c hange the d ri v e, if nece ssary . 4. No w select a direc tory o n the dri ve you sel ected in the pre vio [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller IBM-Compat ible 7-2 3 7 9. A mes sage is di splayed o n the Li ghtw av e Back up softw are menu when th e tran sfer is complete. Pr ess t he control ler’ s <Sel ect > key to comp lete th e ope ra tion. V erif ying the T ra nsfer Make sure the transfe r was successf ul b y checki ng the programmin g on se veral pa[...]

7-24 Macintosh Stud io Color LC D Control ler Macintosh This sec tion d escribes ho w to b ack up a nd restor e the control ler’ s page s, memories an d prese ts using a Macint osh persona l comput er . See also: • “RAM Card: Memory” on page 7-4 • “IBM-Compatible” on pag e 7-13 • “Crossloading” on page 7-30 Hardware/Software Req[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Macintosh 7-2 5 7 3. Con nect the Mac -to-mo dem cable to the DB25 e nd of the adapter . Se e Figur e 7-7: Figure 7- 7. Connect ing a Maci ntosh t o the controller for download/ upload. Setting Up the So ftware Y ou mu s t follow the pro ce dure in this secti on be fo re eith er backing up co ntrolle r memory to y our co[...]

7-26 Macintosh Stud io Color LC D Control ler desc ri bed in the s ect ion t it le d “Co nnec ti ng the Comput er and Controll er” on pag e 7-24. 1. Sta rt Whit e Kni ght. P res s Command+U to op en th e Seri al Port S ettin gs dia log b ox an d se t th e se ri al p ort fo r all of the followin g: • Serial por t type: Mod em (click the tele p[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Macintosh 7-2 7 7 1. T oggle the <Standb y> k e y on the controll er’ s front panel until the Sta ndb y LED turns ON. 2. Pr ess and hol d the <Record> ke y on the contr oller’ s fr ont panel un til t he LCD displa y appea rs as s ho wn belo w: 3. Y our computer screen sh ould di splay the follo wing messa[...]

7-28 Macintosh Stud io Color LC D Control ler V erif ying the T ra nsfer Open the Ge t Info windo w on th e f ile you just c aptured t o mak e sure the f ile is about 2 56KB in size . If t he f ile w as 256KB, you ar e fi nished. • If the f ile was lar ger t han 0KB b ut l ess th an 256KB, th e most lik ely cau se wa s that something inter rupted[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Macintosh 7-2 9 7 2. Y our computer screen sh ould di splay the follo wing message: Restor e to co ntr oller fr om PC. Send data t o contr oller no w . Pre ss SELECT to quit anytime. 3. Pr ess Command+Y to send a te xt f il e. Use the Plea se Se lect A File di alog bo x to locat e the fil e contai ning ba cked -up memory[...]

7-30 Crossloading Stud io Color LC D Control ler If the pages are not pro grammed as you ex pected , fi rst op en the G et Info wind ow on the b ack up file. If th e file wa s less than 256KB i n size, i t did n ot contai n all of t he cont roller ’ s memories a nd pages. Check both of the follo win g: • Check the cab le connect ions o n both e[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Crossloading 7-3 1 7 If you do not ha v e a nul l modem cable , you will n eed the follo wing (see Figur e 7-8 on pa ge 7-31) : • One standard DB9 female-t o-DB9 m ale seri al cab le. • One DB9 male-to-DB9 male nu ll modem adapt er , or both of the f ollowing : • One DB9 male -t o-DB9 f emale nu ll modem a dapter ?[...]

7-32 Crossloading Stud io Color LC D Control ler Consult Ap pendix C for a com plete se lecti on of cabl ing and connect or wiring d iagra ms. Crossload Proced ure The so ur ce controll er is the one you want to t ransf er data fr om ; the dest inati on contro ller is the one you wa nt to transf er data to . 1. T oggle the <Standb y> k e ys o[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Crossloading 7-3 3 7 the amount of data y ou cros sload. 5. Th e LCD display of the des tinat ion contr oller sh o ws the following w hen the tra nsfer is comp l ete: 6. Re start t he dest inati on cont roller . V erif ying the T ra nsfer Make sure the transfe r was successf ul b y checki ng the programmin g on se veral [...]

7-34 Crossloading Stud io Color LC D Control ler[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Glossary G-1 Glossary Access M odes The c on troll er offers th e foll o win g t wo remo te acces s mode s: • Pag e access: An attach ed anal og control ler acce sses page s in memor y . See Ch apte r 6 for mor e i nforma t ion. • Pre set ac cess: An at tache d analog co ntrol ler acce ss preset s, either by 12-le ve[...]

G-2 Glossar y Stud io Color LC D Control ler All-Mem ory P layback When used wit h au to adv ance, allo ws you to play back a ll 99 pages in all n ine memories . (Only initial ized, or programmed, pages wi ll play b ack.) I f used wit h rando m adv ance , pages play ba ck in rando m order . Beam S haping A unique f eatur e of the St udio Color f ix[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Glossary G-3 Crossloading T ransferring memor ies, pages and pre sets dir ectly fr om one contr oll er to an o the r . Also refer s to t ra nsf er ring fir m ware from one St udio Col or f ixtu re to oth er f ixtur es on the same DMX link. See Chapter 7 f or more inf ormation about crossl oadi ng b etween c ont rol l ers[...]

G-4 Glossar y Stud io Color LC D Control ler result ant color s are more richl y-satur ated than is pos sible with a ge l. Dich roics are cu rrent ly used for al l Stud io C olor c olor m ixing wheels an d th e color whee l di chr oi c f i lt er s. Be for e i nst al ling a dichr oic in Studio Colo r , make sure y ou read the St udio Color User Manu[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Glossary G-5 Fixture Number (Call ed addr ess by s ome LCD control lers.) A unique number , 1 throu gh 8, that y ou assi gn to each f ixture connect ed to the c ontrol ler . (Th e terms addr ess and fix t u re are basic ally interchang eable.) Y ou use the fi xture number to program e ach f ixture uniquel y . More than o[...]

G-6 Glossar y Stud io Color LC D Control ler Each DMX 512 lin k can ha v e up to 32 de vices or s pan 500 f t (153 m). A s eria l data dist ri b uto r mus t b e us ed to e xt end an y link be yon d those li mits. See also “DMX 512” and “Serial Data Dis trib utor ”. Look See “P age”. Loop A sequence or serie s of pr ogrammed page s that [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Glossary G-7 Master Dim A setti ng for f ixture i ntens ity (dim) that af fe cts all connect ed f ixtures. Mast er dim can b e set i n one of t he follo wing ways: • By sett ing th e Inte nsi ty value on the co ntro ller ’ s fron t pane l. • By a submaster as des cribed i n the se ction titl ed “Submaste rs” on[...]

G-8 Glossar y Stud io Color LC D Control ler Non-initialized Page See “U n-in itial ized Page”. Page The basic progr amming uni t, consis ting of addresse s (fixtures ), co nstru c ts and their p arame ters (valu es). Th e control ler’ s memory c an contai n up to 8 91 pages—99 pages in each of 9 memori es. Page Ac cess See “ Access”. P[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Glossary G-9 Pres et Acc ess See “ Access Mo des”. Preset Banking Allo ws you to access up to 1024 pr es ets from t he con tr ol ler ’ s front p anel. Th e control ler has 1 28 banks of preset s; ea ch of the 8 Pre set k eys can be u sed as a separat e preset in eac h bank fo r a tot al of 1 024 pres ets. Preset ba[...]

G-10 Glossar y Stud io Color LC D Control ler RAM Card Another n ame for a PC Car d ( nee PCMCIA, Personal Computer Memory Car d Interna tional As sociati on). The Studio Col or LCD controll er uses a T yp e 1, 256KB SRAM PC Card. The RAM card pro vides you with th e means to backup or store the cont roller’ s memor y in a remo vable de vice . Y [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Glossary G-11 • The end-to-end cable s pan (the t otal le ngth of all cabl es) on an y link excee ds 500 f t. (153 m). See also “Link” . Show Control A protoco l (langua ge) th at allo ws a var iety of d if fere nt typ es of de vi ces to be contro lled fro m a centr al sourc e, such a s a lighti ng console . T ypic[...]

G-12 Glossar y Stud io Color LC D Control ler Standby In Stand by , all f ixt ures’ shu tters cl ose an d any i n-pro gress wheel or ef fect changes stop imme diately . Control ler page s continu e to adv ance i n Standb y , ho wev er . Y ou ca n put the c ontrol ler into St andb y b y pressi ng the <Stand b y> ke y on t he contro ller ’ [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Glossary G-13 T welve-Level Preset Ac cess See “P rese ts”. Un-initialized Page An un -init iali ze d pag e ac ts as a “ p lac eh old e r” to in dic a te th e begi nning and end of a chase o r loop. User-D efined Keys These ei ght k eys a llo w you t o acces s the f ive audio a dva nce modes or t o record a nd pl[...]

G-14 Glossar y Stud io Color LC D Control ler[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-1 A Appendix A Binary Access Table The b in ary value s l isted in T able A -1 equ a te to th e first 10 channel s of analo g input channels 1 to 12, wi th th e least signif ica nt binar y bit bei ng channel 1. Y ou can us e T able A-1 as shown below: • Determining wh ich analo g contr oller ch an[...]

A-2 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler chann els corr esponding to binar y 1s a nd disabl e channels corres ponding to binary 0s. F or more details , see t he next sect ion. Using Binary Preset Ac ces s 1. Cho ose a pres et number . 2. Not e the numbers lis ted in the gr oup of 10 columns u nder t he heading “ Ana log Cont roller[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-3 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-4 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-5 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-6 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-7 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-8 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-9 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-10 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-11 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-12 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-13 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-14 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-15 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-16 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-17 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-18 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-19 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-20 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-21 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-22 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-23 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-24 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-25 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-26 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-27 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-28 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-29 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-30 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-31 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-32 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-33 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-34 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Binary Access Table A-35 A T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

A-36 Binary Acce ss Table Stud io Color LC D Control ler T able A-1. P resets, Preset L e v els, and Ana log Input C hannels Pre- set No. Pre- set key Pre- set level Analog Controller Channel Num ber 1 234567891 0[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Cons t ru c t Pa ra me t e rs B-1 B Appendix B Construct Parameters T able B-1 belo w lists the a vail able const ructs for t he Stud io Colo r L CD co ntrol ler , thei r para meter values and de faults. T able B-1. Cons truct Parameters and V alues Construct V al ue Range Default Gate Open, Closed, Strobe s peed 0 ( slo[...]

B-2 Construct Parameters Stud io Color LC D Control ler Color 1—6 (color whee l positi on) forwa rd spi n speed 1 (slowest ) th ru 16 (fastes t) cyc le spe ed 1 (slo west) thru 1 6 (faste st) rev erse s pin sp eed 1 (slowest ) th ru 16 (fastes t) random spe ed 1 (slowest ) th ru 16 (fastes t) continu ous 1 (open) Lens 2 (f rost) 0 (open) 1—100 [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Cons t ru c t Pa ra me t e rs B-3 B T able B-2 belo w li sts the v alues for t he Color co nstruc t and ho w those v alues a re displ ayed when you “vie w” a fixt ure as descri bed in t he secti on titl ed “V ie wing Fi xture s” on page 4-25. T able B-2. Co lor Cons truct V al ues Construct V alue A ddress V ie w[...]

B-4 Construct Parameters Stud io Color LC D Control ler Note Other v alu es are pos sible for co ntinuo us colo r combinat ions “b etween” th ose li sted abo v e. F or ex ample, if you selec t the fol lo wing v alue for continu ous col or (“betwe en” 1/ 2 and 2) the displ ay will re ad K . Continuou s color 5/6 45 Continuou s color 6 50 [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Pinouts and Wiring Di agrams C-1 C Appendix C Pinouts and Wiring Diagrams This Ap pendix li sts connec tor pinouts a nd sho ws ho w to wir e v ariou s types of cabli ng you can us e to back u p and re store control ler memo ry to a per sonal comput er , or to cro ssload memory betwe en control lers. This Appen dix shou l[...]

C-2 Pinouts and Wiring D iagrams Stud io Color LC D Control ler Connector Pin Numbering Figure C- 2 sho ws ho w pins are numbere d on DTE connect ors: Figure C-2. Pin numbering system used for wiring cabling. The male DI N-8 connect or is for a Mac intosh ca ble. The other c onnect ors could b e used o n either cabli ng or adapt ers (for e xample, [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Pinouts and Wiring Di agrams C-3 C IBM- Comp atibl e Wir ing Di ag rams Figure C- 3 sho ws wir ing dia grams for IBM-compat ible systems: Figure C- 3. Wi ring cabl es for bac king up or restori ng cont roller me mory using an IBM- com pat ible ma c h in e . Note Male c onnecto rs are sh o wn fo r simp licity . The top di[...]

C-4 Pinouts and Wiring D iagrams Stud io Color LC D Control ler Macintosh W iring Diagrams Figure C- 4 sho ws wir ing dia grams for Macintos h systems: Figure C- 4. Wi ring cabl es for bac king up or restori ng cont roller me mory using a Macintosh. Note Male c onnect ors are sh o wn fo r simp licity . DIN-8 Straight-Through Pin # Pin # 3 (Tr) 4 (G[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Important Sa fety Info rm at ion D-1 D Appendix D Important Safety Information W ARNING: For Continued Protection Against Fire 1. Th is equi pment is design ed for c onnect ion to a b ranch c ircuit ha ving a ma ximum ov erload protecti on of 20 A. 2. Re place fus es with the speci f ied type and ra ting ONL Y . W ARNING[...]

D-2 Important Safety Information Stud io Color LC D Control ler Appendice D Important: Informations De Sécurité MISE EN GARDE: Pour Une Protection P ermanente Contre Le s Ince ndies 1. Ce t équipement est conçu pour c onne xion à un c ircuit de déri v ation ayant une protect ion de su rchar ge maximum de 20 A. 2. Remp lacez le s fusibles UNI [...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Important Sa fety Info rm at ion D-3 D Anhang D Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise W ARNUNG: Zu m Schutz vor Brandgefahr 1. Di eses Gerät ist für den Ansc hluß an ei n Stromne tz mit einem Über lastu ngsschutz v on höchste ns 20 A bes timmt. 2. Er satzsic herungen müs sen den ange gebenen Spe zif ikat ionen und K e nnwer[...]

D-4 Important Safety Information Stud io Color LC D Control ler Apéndice D Información Importante De Seguridad AD VER TENCIA: Para Protección Continu a Contra Incendios 1. Es te equipo está d iseñado pa ra cone ctarse a un circui to deri v ado con protec ción máxima c ontra aflujos de al menos 20 amperi os. 2. Ree mpl ace SOLAMENTE con fusib[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Important Sa fety Info rm at ion D-5 D Appendice D Información Importante De Seguridad A VVERTENZA: Per Pr ev enire Incendi 1. Que sto appar ecchio può esser e connes so ad un ci rcuit o ramif icat o con una pro tezione d i massima di 20A. 2. So stituir e i fusi bili SOLO di tipo e di amper aggio comeda speci fica. A V[...]

D-6 Important Safety Information Stud io Color LC D Control ler Appendiks D Vigtig Sikkerhedsin- formation: DANMARK[...]

INDEX Studio Color LCD Controller Index 1 A Accessor ies 1-6 <Add ress> /<Pre set> key 4-10 Addr ess (f ixtur e) parame ter copy 6-5 t o 6-8 Address mod e 3-4, 4-2 Address/ Preset ke ys 3-4 Addressi ng Studio Col or fixt ure 2- 11 Stud io Colo r LCD c ontro ller 4-1 1 All-memory playba ck 5-11 Anal og co ntrol ler binary p reset ac cess[...]

2 Index Stud io Color LC D Control ler Build i ng cab ling backup/r estor e C-3 to C- 4 XLR 2-14 to 2 -16 C Cabling backu p/restor e diagrams 7-14, 7-25, C- 3 to C-4 pinouts C-1 to C- 4 XLR connect ion rul es 2-16 constr ucting 2-14 to 2- 16 control ler to f ixtures 2- 19 t o 2 -20 examples 2-17 to 2-19 pinouts 2-15 term inato rs 2- 1 6 ?[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Index 3 Red 3-9 XFade 3-14 Cont rolle r. See Studio Col or LCD control ler Copying blocks 4 -16 to 4-17 pages 4- 13 para mete rs 6-5 to 6-8 Crosslo ading firmwa r e 2-11 memory 7-30 to 7-33 Crosslo ading memory wiring d iagra ms C-3 to C-4 Cursor <Up > and <Down> arrow keys 4-1 0 Cursor arr ow keys 3-7 Custom[...]

4 Index Stud io Color LC D Control ler Erasing a page 4- 27 all User keys 6-14 memories 5-14 preset s 4-20 single User ke y 6-12 Examples master /slav e cont rolle rs 2- 18 normal an d double color mixing 3- 17 to 3-18 page copy macro 6- 10 to 6- 11 programmin g 4-4 to 4-9 XLR cablin g 2-17 to 2- 19 F ) *?[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Index 5 K Keys <Add ress> /<Pre set> 4-1 0 <Audio > knob 6-27 <Auto> 4-18 <Blu e> 3-9 <Col or> 3-15 Construc t <Up > and <Down> arrow 5-4 Construct a rrow 4-10, 5 -4 Cursor arr ow 4-10, 5-4 Cursor <Ri ght> an d <Left> arrow 5-4 Cursor <Up> a nd <Do wn&g[...]

6 Index Stud io Color LC D Control ler Memories 4-2 all-memor y playback 5-11 erasin g 5-14 locking or unlocking 5-12 positi on pr ese ts (memor y 9) 6-3 to 6-5 Memory backing up IBM 7-17 to 7-2 0 Macintos h 7-26 to 7- 28 RAM card 7-4 t o 7-6 crossl oading 7-3 0 to 7-3 3 mirror mode 7-6 rest oring IBM 7-20 to 7-2 3 Macintos h 7-28 to 7- 30 RAM card[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Index 7 Pinouts Analog In puts po rts 6-15 backu p/restor e cabl ing C-1 to C-4 control ler RS -232C port C-1 XLR cablin g 2-15 Playback mode 4-2 Playing back audio ad vance 6- 27 to 6-28 auto adv ance 4- 18 from al l memori es 5-11 loop 4-1 8 to 4- 19 overri ding co nstructs 6-29 preset s 4-23 to 4 -24 <PO S> key [...]

8 Index Stud io Color LC D Control ler revers e block co py 4-16 to 4- 17 select ing fi xture s 4-11 steps 4 -10 to 4 -12 un-ini tialize d page 4 -14 viewing 4 -25 Proport ional level sub masters 6- 24 R Rack mounti ng 2-25 RAM card backing up memory 7-4 t o 7-6 operati ng sys tem 7-8 to 7-9 during p ower-on 2-28 orderi ng 1-6 overvie w 7-2 rest or[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Index 9 ; ))  ) )  6-6 Shipp ing mate rial s 1-2 Show contr ol 5-8 to 5-10 , 6-31 Shutter stro bing 3-9 Slave co ntrol ler 2-4 t o 2-5 Snap colo r chang es 3-15 , 3-17 Software upload s 2-10 Specifi cati ons cablin g and con nector [...]

10 Index Stud io Color LC D Control ler Flip con struct 3 -11 frequen cy 2-6 fuse hol der 1-9 fuse, re placing 1 -9 Gate cons truct 3-9 Green con struc t 3-9 help intro-6 homing fi xture s 4-29 independ ent pr esets 2-7 Intens ity fi eld 4-28 keys for progr amming 4-10 key s. See Keys Lens 1 con struc t 3-11 Lens 2 con struc t 3-16 Lightwave Show C[...]

Studio Color LCD Controller Index 11 12-l evel preset access 2-7, 6- 19 t o 6 -20 un-ini tialize d page 4 -14 unlo cking a fi xture 5-13 unlo cking/loc king memori es 5-1 2 unpac king 1-2 User keys 6-9 to 6-14 vol t a ge s e l ect ion sw itc h 1-9 voltage , sett ing 1-7 t o 1-9 vol t a ges 1 -3 XFade const ruct 3- 14 XLR cablin g 2-14 to 2- 16 XLR [...]

12 Index Stud io Color LC D Control ler Viewing f ixtures 4-25 Vigtig Si kkerh edsinfor mation DANMARK D-6 Voltage selecti on swit ch 1-9 Voltage, setting 1-7 to 1-9 Voltages 1-3 W White Knig ht 7-25 Wichtige Sicherheitshi nweise D- 3 Wide angle 3-3, 3- 11 Wiring diagra ms C-3 to C-4 Write-p rotecti on 7-12 X <XF ade> key 3- 14 XLR cablin g 1[...]