SCAN OPERATOR FX
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1. BANK 1 00 Scene 1 Bank 1 on off 48 V1 3 GLP German Light Products dp SCAN OPERATOR FX 01 Scene 2 Bank 1 on off 02 Scene 3 Bank 1 on off 03 Scene 4 Bank 1 on off 04 Scene 5 Bank 1 on off 05 Scene 6 Bank 1 on off 06 Scene 7 Bank 1 on off 07 Scene 8 Bank 1 on off BANK 2 08 Scene 1 Bank 2 on off 09 Scene 2 Bank 2 on off 10 Scene 3 Bank 2 on off BANK 15 112 Scene 1 Bank 15 on off 113 Scene 2 Bank 15 on off Rao 114 Scene 3 Bank 15 on off 115 Scene 4 Bank 15 on off 116 Scene 5 Bank 15 on off 117 Scene 6 Bank 15 on off 118 Scene 7 Bank 15 on off 119 Scene 8 Bank 15 on off CHASER 1 120 Chaser 1 on off CHASER 2 121 Chaser 2 on off CHASER 3 122 Chaser 3 on off CHASER 4 123 Chaser 4 on off CHASER 5 124 Chaser 5 on off CHASER 6 125 Chaser 6 on off Chaser OFF 126 All Chasers off BLACKOUT 127 Blackout on off 3 21 3 Selecting MIDI channel and Midi reservation 1 To arrive at the Setup mode press the SETUP key for 3 seconds You are directly in the Midi point of menu 2 With the Pan Encoder wheel can now adjust the Midi channel 3 With the Tilt Encoder wheel you can switch between the different Midi reservations Synthesizer and keyboard GLP e German Light Products V1 3 49 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn Important 4 The changes are not automatically durably stored but they are directly active Therefore it is nec2. In the menu of the Setup mode 3 Press the DELETE key For confirmation you will receive the message Fadetime RESET Important 4 The changes are not automatically durably stored but they are directly active Therefore it is necessary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 5 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave Setup mode again 3 13 Inverting channels Each of the 192 channels can be inverted individually Inverting takes place in the Setup menu and is deleted likewise with the deletion of the entire memory 3 13 1 Provide and put back invertings To invert or put back the channels you proceed as follows 1 Activate Setup mode SETUP key 2 Now select Invert in the menu of Setup mode You can now invert the channels 3 Select desired fixtures with appropriate Fixture keys Several fixtures can be selected at the same time for treatment 4 Use the scenes keys in order to individually switch the channels on or off In the display the respective condition will be shown as Channel Inverted or Channel normal 5 If necessary press the PAGE key in order to be able to change the further 8 DMX channels channels 9 16 36 V1 3 GLP German Light Products SCAN OPERATOR FX 6 Repeat the steps 3 to 5 in order to configure further fixtures Important 7 The changes are not automatically stored but they are directly active Therefore it is necess
3. off sets automatically manipulate the selected Fixtures With this key the starting angles of the selected Fixtures are varied in such a way that successively 3 different kinds of undulations can be produced So that this function supplies a correct result it is necessary that the starting angles of all selected fixtures are identical before using the key This is automatically the case if you selected a new effect Now if you press the key uniquely a wave is produced forwards Renewed operation changes the wave in such a way that each second lamp makes one 180 shifted movement first allocation in straight and oddly selected lamps After a third pressing of the key the wave will be reversed A fourth pressing of the key returns again to the starting situation of the starting angles Example You select all Fixtures in the Program mode and open the effect editor As center of the effect you adjust the DMX value 128 for pan and Tilt over the Fader Now you select the effect sine up down and select any speed and size All 12 fixtures will implement the same sine wave off and on synchronously now GLP e German Light Products VL3 31 SCAN OPERATOR FX el As soon as you press the Create Wave key once a synchronous movement turns into a wave which goes through the lamps successively After repeated pressing the 12 lamps divide themselves into odd and straight lamp numbers One drives high while the other lamps drive
4. however each lamp drives another way If you combine this with a small point Gobo now then you produced a searchlight effect 3 11 4 Providing an effect 32 In order to provide an effect you proceed as follows V1 3 GLP German Light Products SCAN OPERATOR FX 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM key 2 Start the effect by pressing the FX editor key Now the 12 keys of the effects section should light up 3 Select desired lamp with their Fixture key Several Fixtures can be selected at the same time 4 Now select the desired effect by pressing the appropriate effect key 5 With the FX Speed and FX Size Faders you can change the size and speed of an effect for the selected fixtures Size and speed can be selected in 8 stages in each case 6 With the keys Offset and Offset and or Bank UP and Bank down you can increase and or manually make a smaller starting angle offset of the selected lamps in 90 steps Alternatively the starting angle can be varied by means of Create Wave or Randomize key see above GLP e German Light Products VL3 33 SCAN OPERATOR FX el 7 With the Faders you can still adjust DMX values while the effect editor is activated Pan and Tilt of values function thereby as center of the selected effect 8 If necessary you press the PAGE key in order to be able to change the further 8 DMX of channels 9 16 9 Repeat the steps 3 to 8 in order to provide
5. DMX channels channels 9 16 Repeat the steps 2 4 until the all DMX of values correspond to your desire 5 The accomplished changes have priority before for example active overlay scenes and remain to exist until you waive the changes through pressing the RELEASES key again 44 V1 3 GLP German Light Products el SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 19 Call up a Chaser Play mode Reference You have to have programmed the Chaser before in order to call it up Empty chasers can not be started 3 19 1 Call up a chaser manually 1 Select the desired Chaser 1 6 By renewed pressing of the chaser key you deactivate it again 2 Make sure that auto beat and music clock are deactivated 3 A new started chaser is loaded directly and begins with its first step Reference Several chasers can also be selected at the same time These run off then successively In the display the up to date running chaser appears at the end of the first line 4 With the Tapsync key you can move on to the next step now 3 19 2 Play a Chaser with a Auto beat 1 Select at least one of the desired chasers 1 6 By renewed pressing of the chaser key you deactivate a chaser again Reference Several Chasers can be selected at the same time These run off then successively 2 Press the AUTO key to call up this function Auto LED shines 3 Select the desired playback time with the speed and Fade time faders and or with the TAPSYNC MANUAL GO key GLP
6. Fine on or 8 DMX steps Fine out are made 3 15 Desklock function The CONTROLLER offers a Desklock function which can close the user interface for further inputs You activate and or deactivate the Desklock by pressing the PAGE SELECT key while you are already keeping the PROGRAM and SETUP key pressed together While the Desklock is active all user inputs at the equipment are ignored The Midi entrance is not affected by the Desklock so that during an activated Desklock the Playbacks of the desk are further able to be controlled with the remote By simply switching the set on and off the Desklock is deactivated as well If you want the Desklock to be activated automatically when switching on the unit please read the following chapter about Autostart function 3 16 Autostart function The Scanoperator FX offers an Autostart function which repairs the stored playback condition by switching the set on and off In addition the possibility exists that when switching the set on the Desklock is activated automatically 3 16 1 Activating Autostart function In order to activate the Autostart mode you proceed as follows 1 Activate Setup mode SETUP key 2 Now select Autostart in the menu of Setup mode shortened by Autostrt 3 Now use the Pan Encoder in order to activate and or deactivate the Autostart function GLP e German Light Products VL3 39 SCAN OPERATOR FX gn Important 4 The changes are not automatic
7. LED shows the current state 5 Desklamp connection 3 pin XLR connector for 12V Desklamp max 500mA 6 Overlay keys 1 6 Here you access the 6 Overlay scenes 7 LCD display Shows all current informations 8 Bank keys Here you can switch between the banks 1 30 These keys are UP DOWN also there to change the start angle in the effect editor V1 3 GLP German Light Products dp SCAN OPERATOR FX 9 Record Delete key function keys to record and delete 10 PROGRAM Setup key With these two keys you change the operation mode of the ScanoperatorFX 11 Speed Sensitivity Fader FX Speed Fader Here you can adjust the automatic 0 12s 12m 30s This Fader is also used to regulate the sensitivity of the microphone slow fast and the effect speed 12 Fade Time FX Size Fader Here you adjust the Fade time 0 32s The Fade time sets the time it takes to crossfade between two different scenes or of a chaser This Fader is also there to change the size of a chosen effect 13 Pan Tilt Encoder Fine key With the two encoders you can directly adjust the Pan and Tilt values of the selected fixtures The Fine key allows you to work accurate 14 FREEZE key Turns on the DMX Freeze function 15 Music BankCopy key Activates the music beat or copies the whole Bank 16 Auto key Activates the Auto Beat 17 Tap Sync
8. Manual Go key Allows you to manually trigger the chaser when in Auto Beat and learns the timing The LCD Display then changes between chaser steps and the current bank 18 Blackout key With the Blackout key you can overwrite the DMX Output with self defined data you configured before For example all Shutter channels with data 0 19 Release key The release key clears all manual changes 20 FX Editor key This key activates the Effect editor in program mode 21 FX Clear key This key deletes the adjusted effects 22 Create Wave key This key changes the starting angle of all selected fixtures automaticly so that the fixtures will run the current effects like a wave 23 Randomize key This key randomly changes the first angle of all selected GLP e German Light Products V1 3 9 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn fixtures and generates randomized samples 24 Chaser keys Here you access the 6 chasers 12 Back view 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Audio IN Cinch socket to connect to an audio source 2 MIDI IN Socket to receive MIDI data 3 DMX Out 3 pol DMX exit 4 DMX In 3 pol DMX entry 5 DC Input DC 12V 500mA min please pay attention to 6 Power On Off Switch 1 3 Install into a 19 rack The unit is easy to install in a 19 rack you only need to remove the plastic border that is attached to the Scanoperator in delivery condition To do this you have to remove
9. OPERATOR FX dn 3 10 3 10 Overlay scenes The Scanoperator FX offers 6 selective overlay scenes wich you can provide These scenes work exactly like the Blackout function described above Certain channels with certain values in the Play mode overwrite overlay scenes As example it is possible to vary running programs by adding l e strobe effects or colors or gobos Reference Since the Blackout function has a higher priority than the overlay scenes this can eventually overwrite one activated overlay scene 3 10 1 Providing and editing scenes from overlay For providing or editing the overlay scenes you precede as follows 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM key 2 Now select bank 31 and or the position where bank 31 would be The display now shows Overlay You can now configure the overlay scenes like a normal scene 3 If you want to provide a new overlay scene then you can directly continue with step 5 There is no channel being overwritten first 4 However if you would like to edit the existing overlay scene then load it now by pressing the appropriate overlay scene key Reference Empty overlay scenes cannot not be loaded In this case the message appears OL Scene Empty in the display 5 Select desired Fixtures with appropriate Fixture keys LED on Several Fixtures can be selected at the same time 6 Use the Scene keys in order to switch the channel on or off individually In the display the re
10. effects for further lamps 10 You can delete an effect for the selected Fixtures at any time by operating the FX CLEAR key 11 As soon as you finish the providing of the effects leave the effect editor again by pressing the FX editor key You can now as usual store the DMX expenditure into a scene 12 If you finished the storing of the scenes then you leave the PROGRAM mode again pressing the PROGRAM key for 3 seconds 3 11 5 Deleting an Effect If you are in the Program mode then you can delete the adjusted effect of all selected Fixtures at any time by pressing the FX CLEAR key It is not necessary to activate the effect editor Please note the fact that if you want to delete the effect from an already created scene you have to load the scene first then delete the effect and afterwards you must store the scene again 3 11 6 Showing an effect 3 12 34 The provided effects are a part of a scene The effects are implemented automatically with the scenes into which they are stored Configuring Fade time function As already described above it is possible to define channels that are able to crossfade with the time given by the Fade time fader The controller generates intermediate steps which automatically slow the movement down It is meaningful thereby that these intermediate steps are only to be generated for movement and possible Dimmer channels Therefore this configuration option offers you the poss
11. exactly opposite to the sine movement downwards Repeated pressing lets a backwards running wave develop and after a fourth pressure on the key the wave disappears again 3 11 3 The Randomize function If you selected an effect in the effect editor then you can use this key in order to let the starting angles off sets automatic manipulate the selected Fixtures With this key the starting angles of the selected Fixtures are changed in a coincidental way so that an asynchronous movement develops The starting angles for pan and Tilt are differently changed which leads to the fact that for example a circulation must no longer remain an absolute circulation The result of this function is coincidental Repeated pressing produces a new distribution of the starting angles with each pressure If you would like to cancel the Randomize function again then you simply reload the current effect through pressing the associated effect key The adjusted size and speed remain if you load the effect again Example You select all Fixtures in the Program mode and open the effect editor As center of the effect you adjust the DMX value 128 for pan and Tilt over the Fader Now you select the effect Wild and select any size and a slow speed All 12 fixtures will implement synchronously the Wild movement now After pressing the Randomize key the starting angles for pan and Tilt become randomized This leads to it that all fixtures move
12. fixture as a Pan and Tilt defined channel Thereby the produced values of an effect are added to the Pan Tilt values stored in the scene The values stored in the scene form the center of the effect 3 11 1 The Effect sample 30 Altogether 12 different effect samples stand to the selection e Circle CW produces a circle in clockwise direction e Circle CCW produces a circle against the clockwise direction e sine produces a sinusoidal movement Altogether 4 different sine movements stand to the selection which differ in their direction o Sine up down o sine right left V1 3 GLP German Light Products SCAN OPERATOR FX o sine diagonally left o sine diagonally right e Sawtooth 1 produces a saw tooth movement on the pan channel e Sawtooth 2 produces a saw tooth movement on the Tilt channel e Triangle produces a movement in the triangle e Linear produces a linear up down movement on the Tilt channel e Jump produces a movement jumping in the square Wild produces an overlay various sine and Cosines curves which lead to a soft comparatively fast and asymmetrical movement This effect can be combined for example with a small beamgobo at slow speed In connection with the Randomize function several fixtures develop a spotlight effect independently of each other 3 11 2 The Create Wave function If you selected an effect in the effect editor then you can use this key in order to let the starting angles
13. mode SETUP key e Easy mode PROGRAM SETUP key simultaneous Switching between all modes can be done by pressing the belonging key The Play mode can be reached by pressing the key which brought you into the current mode again for 3 seconds Example If you are in setup mode and want to change to program mode press the program key for 3 seconds If you are in program mode and want to go back to play mode just press the program key again for 3 seconds 3 4 LCD Display informations The LCD display consists of 2 lines of each 8 signs The display is intensivly used to show the current condition In a normal condition it always shows the current mode in the first line In the line below you can find informations to the belonging mode In Play Mode you have the current bank and the current scene shown in the second line If a chaser is activated it will be shown at the end oft he first line In Program mode you can also see the current bank and scene in second line Besides that there is a extra Overlay Bank that should be marked with Overlay In Setup Mode you can see the belonging menu point in second line which you can configure now The following menu points can be chosen e Midi to configure the MIDI channel and MIDI assignment e Invert to reverse channels e Fadetime to configure Fadetime channels e Tilt to configure the Tilt Encoder wheel e Pan to configure the Pan Encoder wheel G
14. to the Chaserstep which should be deleted 5 Press the DELETE key to delete the indicated Chaserstep As memory confirmation you will receive the message step deleted Reference The steps which lie behind the deleted step all slip a step forward now and the new step at the deleted position is now being loaded Therefore pressing the DEL key 3 times deletes 3 steps starting after the current Position 3 7 5 Delete Chasers You can likewise delete a whole Chaser Afterwards the chaser does not contain any steps 1 Activate PROGRAM Mode PROGRAM key 2 Keep the DELETE key pressed Additionally press the appropriate Chaser key 3 As delete confirmation you will receive the message Chaser Deleted 3 7 6 Delete all Chasers 1 Keep the two keys Bank UP and Bank DOWN pressed in the switched off condition of the set 2 Switch on the CONTROLLER again All Chasers are now deleted 3 As confirmation you will receive the message Chasers Deleted 24 V1 3 GLP German Light Products ele SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 8 Delete entire memory This function clears and initializes the entire memory After the deletion the Memory will be in the following condition e All scenes are deleted e All Chaser are deleted e All overlay scenes are deleted e The Blackout Key overwrites all 192 channels with the value 0 e No channel is inverted e The pan channel for each Fixture is channel 1 e The Tilt channel for each Fixture is ch
15. which channels exist and what each channel does at a specific value in the User Manual of the Fixture Example We have a fixture with 6 DMX channels Our lighting controller is sending 192 channels and the data for our DMX fixture is on the channels 100 to 105 Therefore we have to set the start channel to 100 on our fixture so that it will receive the correct values The second of 6 channels is according to the fixtures instruction manual a dimmer channel At an adjusted startadress of 100 the set will use the data from DMX channel 101 for its dimmer channel 100 first channel 101 second Channel and so on Dimmer channels often use a value of 0 Dimmer at 0 and DMX value at 255 Dimmer at 10096 but it does not always have to be that way For more exact information s read the instructions of use for the belonging set Caution Some DMX Units start counting at 0 not at 1 Then you set the start channel between 0 to 511 instead of 1 to 512 You will find informations about how the fixture counts in the instructions for use of the belonging fixture as well Reference You can set more than one DMX Unit of the same type on the same start address without any problems These fixtures will run exactly synchronized because they are receiving the same data This way you can connect more than 12 fixtures to the Scan Operator FX 12 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 2 4 Adjusting how to address DMX
16. LP e German Light Products VL3 15 SCAN OPERATOR FX el e Autostart to configure the Autostart options In Easy Mode the second line is blank Besides that the display also shows a short confirmation or an error report These overwrite the current informations of the display for a few seconds Afterwards the display turns back to its normal condition Examples fur such short reports are Memory Reset Scene Saved Midi Set Keyboard Fader xy Value abc 3 55 Activate programming After turning the unit on you are in PLAY Mode By pressing the Program key for 3 seconds you change to program mode Here scenes effects and chasers can be created and the Blackout functions as well as the Overlay scenes can be configured After pressing the program key again for 3 seconds you return to play mode 3 6 Programming scenes 3 6 1 Creating a new Scene A scene is an adjustment of all 192 DMX values of different DMX sets including a possible Pan Tilt effect for each fixture Up to 240 scenes can be stored The scenes are subdivided in 30 banks with each 8 scenes 16 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM key 2 Select desired Fixtures with associated Fixture keys Thereby several Fixtures can be selected at the same time 3 Adjust the desired DMX values 0 to 255 with the Fader 4 f you need to change to channels 9 16 press the Page key If you d
17. Like already has been said the Scan Operator FX sends 192 channels which are 12 fixtures with each 16 DMX channels 12 16 192 Therefore there are 12 different DMX addresses you need to set your fixtures to Fixture DMX startaddress if you start DMX startaddress if you start to count at 0 to count at 1 1 0 1 2 16 17 3 32 33 4 48 49 5 64 65 S di 81 7 96 97 8 112 113 9 128 129 10 144 145 H 160 161 12 176 177 3 Using the Scanoperator FX 3 1 View This DMX controller allows to control up to 12 Fixtures with up to 16 DMX channels each There are 30 Banks with 8 Scenes per Bank Out of these 240 scenes you can build up to 6 chasers with each up to 250 steps The chasers and Banks can be played in different ways e manual e music tap e already given tap auto beat that is given over the Tapsync key or speed fader e MIDI command GLP e German Light Products VL3 13 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn 3 2 Operation mode All together there are 4 different operation modes in which different functions are available When you turn on the unit you start directly in the play mode The current mode is always shown in the first line in the display 3 2 1 Play Mode This mode is there to play the scenes banks and chasers you have programmed before There are different ways to let the banks and chasers tap automatically The Desk also reacts to given MIDI commands 3 2 Prog
18. SCAN OPERATOR FX User Manual nr FX For Softwareversion 1 3 SH PRODUCTS email service glp de Internet http www glp de SCAN OPERATOR FX el Contents DP MIeWIdecicencecu zai but cxi A Sui pU Eva AO ANS 7 JS DN A A A e NN 7 E2 IBAN ao 10 ri EES 10 2 DMX BASICS eet 11 DAL Signal transmission rn ere nee mE re ee PON er Basen nei pep UE 11 ezine PRO O A O ren 11 2 32 NAAA 12 2 4 Adjusting how to address DMX eege say 13 3 Using the Scanjperator E 13 Del WICW 13 3 2 dE 14 3 21 PION Mode nes 14 GE EE 14 3 2 3 EE 14 Jud Rus WDR Energie 14 A en eege Eege 15 34 LED Display informations ana een 15 3 3 JAGUVate PORTA ansehe 16 3 07 GEDOEN 16 3 6 1 EE 16 20 2 Edilihp SCOHOS ia HE A THEE RA iba Talat 18 5d COD VIN SCENE eel dE REESE MEHREREN REI IHRE 18 3 64 COPAS TANTO aestate d trs dnt nd AA EA enge 19 3 6 5 Copying complete Bank Aa a Sa E M ED EM a a as haces 19 3 0 0 Deleting Scenes iier eret vies ees eret d exe tetas totes dad dada 20 3 0 45 DECIDAS eege 20 3 7 Programming Chas oa 20 3 7 2 Insert a bank into a chasef a AA 21 3 7 9 Change the editing position of a Chaser EE 22 Dela Delete g step in Chaser nina ae 23 9 78 Delete Chase c 24 a OLP German Light Products ep SCAN OPERATOR FX PERMITTIT NIRE anseia 24 3 8 Delete entire Meno gege ege 25 This function clears and initializes the entire memory After the deletion
19. Scanoperator PT Advanced Clearly arranged user interface and an informative LCD display 12V 5W XLR Desklamp Connection with fuse A safe power failure memory GLP e German Light Products VL3 5 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn Note Note that knowledge about MIDI and DMX is necessary for secure and complete control of the desk 6 V1 3 GLP German Light Products SCAN OPERATOR FX n 1 View 1 1 Frontal view 100108 XL AM OAD Ta E NL IHEHIFFETTPTTI PASS jeuuru2 seusog ERIN ECN AS V1 3 GLP e German Light Products SCAN OPERATOR FX 1 Fixture keys 1 12 dp 12 Fixtures Lamps of each 16 DMX channels are to adjust over Fader The currently selected fixtures will be shown by their belonging LED Fixture DMX channels Fixture selection LED 1 1 16 OFF ON 2 17 32 OFF ON 3 33 48 OFF ON 4 49 64 OFF ON 5 65 80 OFF ON 6 81 96 OFF ON 7 97 112 OFF ON 8 113 128 OFF ON 9 129 144 OFF ON 10 145 160 OFF ON 11 161 176 OFF ON 12 177 192 OFF ON Press the Fixtures key to control the respective lamp over the appropriate Faders The LED next to the Fixture keys shows the selected lamps 2 Scene keys To access or to save scenes press scenes key 3 Fader Here you can adjust the DMX data of the respective channel 4 Page Select key Here you can switch the function of the Faders between channels 1 8 page A or 9 16 Page B One
20. ally durably stored but they are directly active Therefore it is necessary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 5 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave the Setup mode again 3 16 2 Configuring Autostart Desklock In order to activate the Desklock mode automatically when switching on of the equipment on you proceed as follows 6 Activate Setup mode SETUP key 7 Now select Autostart in the menu of Setup mode shortened by Autostrt 8 Now use the Tilt Encoder in order to activate and or deactivate the Autostart function Important 9 The changes are not automatically durably stored but they are directly active Therefore it is necessary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 10 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave the Setup mode again 40 V1 3 GLP German Light Products SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 16 3 Storing current playback condition as a autostart condition If you activate the Autostart mode then you can store the current playback condition as an Autostart condition This condition is then restored when switching on the Scanoperator The following parts are stored as Autostart condition e The chosen bank and the current active scene e Possible running chasers and their position e Possible active overlays e The source of beats manual auto or music and their adjustments auto speed or music sens
21. annel 2 e The Midi channel is channel 1 e The Midi allocation is adjusted to the Midi key board allocation e The autostart function is deactivated For deletion you proceed as follows 1 The controller is switched off 2 Hold the Program and Setup keys pressed while you switch the controller on again 3 For confirmation you will receive the message MEMORY RESET 3 9 Blackout configure 3 9 1 Provide and edit Blackout function You can program the Blackout function freely according to your desires You can set whether each channel of any fixture will be overridden and if so with which value It is possible to configure the Blackout function so that it only closes the Shutter of all fixtures but the movements and effects continue to run For providing or editing the Blackouts function you proceed as follows GLP e German Light Products VL3 25 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn 1 Activate PROGRAM Mode PROGRAM key 2 Now select the bank 31 and or the position where the bank 31 would be The display will now show Overlay You can now configure the Blackout function like a normal scene 3 If you want to provide a new Blackout function then you can continue directly with step 5 if you follow the following reference Reference If you want to overwrite a few channels only for example the Shutter channel of the lights it is advisable to press the Release key first which sets all channels to Off Afterwards o
22. ary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 8 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave the Setup mode again 3 13 2 Reset inverted Channels In order to set all inverted channels back proceed as follows 1 Activate Setup mode SETUP key 2 Now select Invert in the menu of Setup mode 3 Press the DELETE key For confirmation you will receive the message Invert RESET Important 4 The changes are not automatically durably stored but they are directly active Therefore it is necessary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 5 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave the Setup mode again 3 14 Pan and Tilt Encoder You can assign the Pan Tilt Encoder wheels for each Fixture to one of the 16 DMX of channels in each case They serve as additional input mode for Pan and Tilt values beside the appropriate DMX faders In addition the effect generator also falls back to the channels adjusted here if Pan Tilt effects are produced You can make change Pan and Tilt values of different DMX fixtures even if the DMX channel reservation is different GLP e German Light Products VL3 37 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn So Pan Tilt can be on the channels 1 2 on set 1 and on channel 5 6 on set 2 By using the Pan Tilt Encoder wheels you can access the Pan Tilt of both devices After a deletion of the entire memory channels 1 and 2 are assigned to th
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24. e Pan Tilt wheels for each Fixture 3 14 1 Configuring Pan and Tilt Encoder wheel In order to assign to the Pan and Tilt Encoders to a channel you proceed as follows 1 Activate the Setup mode SETUP key 2 Now select Pan or Tilt in the menu of the Setup mode 3 Select desired fixtures with appropriate fixture keys Several fixtures can be selected at the same time for treatment 4 Use the scenes keys in order to assign a pan and or Tilt channel to the selected Fixtures of the current channel In the display the respective channel is then confirmed with Channel pan XY or Channel Tilt XY 5 f necessary you press the PAGE key in order to be able to change the further 8 DMX channels channels 9 16 6 Repeat the steps 2 to 5 in order to configure further fixtures Important 7 The changes are not automatically durably stored but they are directly active Therefore it is necessary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 8 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave the Setup mode again 38 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 14 2 Using Pan and Tilt Encoder wheel You can use the pan and Tilt Encoder of wheels both in the Program and in the Play mode The Encoder wheels change the accordingly configured Pan Tilt DMX channels in each case The Fine key regulates if whether per click on the Pan Tilt wheels either to 1 DMX step
25. e German Light Products VL3 45 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn 3 19 3 Play a Chaser with a music beat 1 Select the desired Chaser of 1 6 By renewed pressing of the Chaser key you deactivate it again Reference Several Chasers can be selected at the same time These run off then successively 1 Press the MUSIC BANKCOPY key to call up music function The music LED shines 2 Select with the speed and Fade time faders the desired expiration effect Reference With the TAPSYNC MANUAL GO key you can move on to the next occupied scene of the bank With it the scene can be released manually during a calm phase of a piece of music 3 20 Freeze function The Freeze function serves to freeze the DMX expenditure presently immediately and to avoid a step up of the scenes This is useful if you want stop the entire movement briefly and to let it run again after a short time like before All parameters are maintained So the Autoclock for example is also maintained So that after a Freeze it keeps running to the same beat suitable to the music 1 This function is available only in Play mode 2 For activating the Freeze mode you press the FREEZE key Renewed pressing deactivates the Freeze function again 46 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 21 MIDI control For this you connect for example a MIDI key board or another Midi source with the controller This controller can receive MIDI notes and us
26. e hardware of the equipment does that automatically but it the minimum duration of the bass impacts and the minimum time between two bass impacts is being changed When switching on the set the value normal is selected automatically This is a good default value which nearly always fits 4 Adjust the crossfade time Fade Time Tells us how fast the crossfade time to the next step is The slowest crossfade time thereby is 32s The time refers to an over dazzle time of value O to 255 Smaller movements are done faster 5 Press the MUSIC BANKCOPY key to deactivate the music clock again Reference With the TAPSYNC MANUAL GO key you can move on to the next occupied scene of the bank each time if the set is not in auto beat With it the scene can be released manually during a calm phase of a piece of music GLP e German Light Products VL3 43 SCAN OPERATOR FX gn 3 18 Manual overwriting of channels by using the Faders Play mode You can overwrite Play mode channels by means of the Fader This function is meant to do smaller changes in live enterprise without previously programming In order to overwrite channels you proceed as follows 1 You are in Play mode 2 Select desired fixtures with appropriate Fixture keys Several fixtures can be selected at the same time for treatment 3 Adjust the desired DMX values 0 to 255 with the Faders 4 f necessary press the PAGE key in order to be able to change the further 8
27. e these for the control and call up the different functions There are 2 different Midi reservations selectable Midi Synthesizer allocation Here the individual scenes of the first 15 banks are directly accessible by Midi In addition the Chaser and the Blackout function can be steered Midi key board reservation This reservation is optimized to use the controller in live environments with a 49 keys Midi key board The 30 banks as well as the 6 Chaser are directly callable as programs Not only with the Chaser and the Blackout function but also the Freeze function auto beat music clock Tapsync and the overlays can be controlled In both reservations pitch Wheel and modulation Wheel 2 Midi CONTROLLER type 1 instructions the functions of the speed and of the Fade time Faders over Midi can be controlled Pitch Wheel The pitch wheel steers the function of the speed Faders the choice of the value of the auto beat or the music clock Reference In the auto beat the controllable range is limited to max 10 96s This simplifies the handling in live environments since larger values are mostly not desired and the resolution of many pitch wheels is not sufficient in order to enter smaller values with sufficient accuracy Modulation Wheel The Modulation Wheel steers the function of the Fade time Fader Here the Fade time values of 0s 32s can be entered 3 21 1 The Midi key board reservation This reservation is optimized to
28. eceiving desk is ready start the transmission procedure of the other equipment as follows 1 Keep keys of the Fixtures 1 and 6 pressed at the same time when the controller is switched off 2 Switch on the Scanoperator now while you keep the keys pressed 3 The Display is showing Serial sends xxx and the percentage value will count up slowly The value shown in the controller that is receiving the date should increase as well The transmission procedure lasts approx 90 seconds 4 Transfer was successfully locked if both devices reached 100 In the case of errors a lt might happen that the receiving unit stops with the progress below 100 If that happens try to restart the data transmission b If the waiting controller shows no reaction although the other unit already sends then the error probably lies in the connection of the cable 52 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 24 Reference to copying to a Scanoperator 12 Advanced Since the Scanoperator 12 Advanced does not have any DMX Input you need a special adaptor cable DMX to Midi for copying This cable can be acquired separately You can also manufacture it if necessary see User Manual of the Scanoperator 12 Advanced Note that after copying the inverted channels of the Scanoperator FX will also be inverted at the Scanoperator 12 Advanced These cannot however later be changed Therefore it is advisable to set these back before co
29. emale XLR MIDI Signal it A A de du 5 pol DIN Standard Audio COMMON a li Built In Microphone Dimensions ana 482 x 176 x 73 mm Weight usas oeste een 2 5 Kg 42 DMX Parameter Channels Sent ais ii 192 Break nen M I 151us Mark after Break intensidad alba 24us Channeltime Frametime Mark after Frame 49us ppubXe niinc 36Hz 43 Desklamp connection The Scanoperator FX offers a 3 pol XLR socket on the front plate for the connection of a 12V 5W Desklamp Pin 2 is connected 12V and to pin 3 with mass The Desklamp connection is protected by a self resetting fuse so that the desk still functions for example after a short circuit by a defective Desklamp Please note that it can take some seconds after removing the source of error due to the inertia of the safety device until the equipment functions again perfectly 54 V1 3 GLP German Light Products GERMAN LIGHT PRODUCTS P e German Light Products
30. ertain that you only overwrite channels which are not affected by the Fade Time see Fade time attitudes This ensures that when you deactivate a Blackout again all channels directly jump back to their current values If you overwrite a channel which is affected by the Fadetime the Fade time will be applied to this channel when you switch the Blackout off which then results in a slow return from the Blackout Values for this channel This case arises naturally only if the Fade time function is being used and if the Fader Time Fader is not on position zero Otherwise this special case is insignificant 3 9 2 Set back Blackout function You can reset the Blackout to it s default values as well This means that all 192 channels receive the status on and are overwritten the value 0 After the deletion of the entire memory this is the case likewise see above For setting the Blackout Scene back you proceed as follows 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM key 2 Now select Bank 31 and or the position where the bank 31 would be The display now shows overlay 3 Keep the DELETE key pressed and press the BLACKOUT key at the same time in order to set the Blackout function back to its default values For confirmation you will receive the message Blackout RESET To set the Blackout scene back this is loaded automatically 4 Press the PROGRAM key for 3 seconds to leave PROGRAM mode GLP e German Light Products VL3 27 SCAN
31. essary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 5 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave the Setup mode again 3 22 Easy mode The EASY mode serves for fast tests of DMX fixtures or as additional Faderdesk for larger DMX Desks which for which a DMX Faderunit is sense full Here 12 Fixtures with 10 channels each are used The values of the channels are specified over the 10 Faders of the set including Fade time and speed The scene keys serve as Flash keys for the first 8 channels of each set The Blackout scene switches all 120 DMX channels to 0 Other functions up to the Desklock function are deactivated In EASY mode you can change DMX values as follows 1 In order to get to the EASY mode press the PROGRAM SETUP key for 3s The Display now shows the Text Easy 2 Now select the Fixtures which channels you would like to change 3 You can change the values of the 10 channels per fixture over the Fader The PAGE key is functionless 4 Repeat the steps 2 and 3 in order to use other devices Reference You can test fast and simply DMX sets in EASY mode or use this desk as dummy DMX Faderunit for larger desks 50 V1 3 GLP German Light Products or SCAN OPERATOR FX 5 The scenes keys have the function of a Flashkey in this mode As long as one of these keys are pressed this channel will be sent with a value of 255 This is then indicated in the display by
32. ey You now see the current Chaserstep step xxx in the Display 22 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 4 Press the BANK UP DOWN key to go to the desired step Example Should a scene between the Chaserstep 3 and 4 be inserted jump forwards until the display shows step 003 Reference At the upper and lower end the step number jumps back to the other end of the chaser Therefore the last reserved step of the chaser is at step 0 again Reference The O th step does not exist it only serves as a dummy step for editing the Chaser You can select it in order to insert a scene or a bank at position 1 5 n order to insert a scene or a bank behind the new position now you press the TAPSYNC key again in order to return to the previous screen Reference With the TAPSYNC key you change between the screen of the Chaserstep and the bank scene 6 For inserting the scene you proceed as described further above 3 7 4 Delete a step in Chaser The deletion of a Chaserstep is only possible in the Chaserstep announcement since you can choose the step that you want to delete only here GLP e German Light Products VL3 23 SCAN OPERATOR FX gn 1 Activate PROGRAM Mode PROGRAM key 2 Select the desired Chaser which contains the step that should be deleted 3 Press the TAPSYNC key The last step of the Chaser is now indicated in the LCD display 4 Press the BANK UP DOWN key to change
33. ge Bank Deleted 3 7 Programming Chasers A Chaser is a program which calls at maximum of 250 scenes successively You must have programmed the scenes from which you build up the Chaser before Should you change scenes later the program of the Chaser changes as well Should a scene in which a chaser is used be deleted afterwards then the chaser will not load the scene since it is empty 20 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 7 1 Insert a step into a Chaser With this function you can insert a scene which is loaded straight into a Chaser behind the current step of the Chasers l 2 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM Key Press the Chaser key that you would like to program a Chaser to Only one Chaser can be programmed at a time Reference If you switch on a Chaser that is already containing steps in the Program mode then this jumps automatically to the last step of its programming Inserting takes place at the end of the Chasers 3 Load one of the scenes that you stored to one of the banks before by pressing the appropriate scene key Press the RECORD key As confirmation of inserting the display shows the message Scene Inserted Repeat the steps 3 and 4 to arrange the desired program You can store a maximum of 250 steps in a Chaser If a Chaser has reached the maximum number of steps the display shows the message Chaser Full 3 7 2 Insert a bank into a chaser Yo
34. ibility of defining in which channels the Fadetime has to work and in which it does not V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 12 1 Changing and storing Fade Time channels To change the Fade time of channels you proceed as follows 1 Activate SETUP mode SETUP key 2 Now select Fadetime in the setup mode menu You can change the Fade Time channels now 3 Select desired fixtures with appropriate Fixture key Multiple fixtures can be selected at the same time 4 Use the scenes keys in order to switch the channels on or off In the display the respective condition is shown by Channel xy On or Channel xy Off On means that the Fade time function for this channel is activated on the selected fixtures 5 f necessary press the PAGE key in order to be able to change the further 8 DMX channels channels 9 16 6 Repeat the steps 3 to 5 in order to configure further fixtures Important 7 The changes are not automatically durably stored but they are directly active Therefore it is necessary that you confirm the changes for durable storing once with the RECORD or the SETUP key 8 Press the SETUP key for 3 seconds to leave the Setup mode again GLP e German Light Products VL3 35 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn 3 12 2 To set back Fade Time channels In order to activate the Fade time function for all channels you proceed as follows 1 Activate Setup mode SETUP key 2 Now select Fadetime
35. itivity e The adjusted Fadetime To store the current condition keep the RECORD key pressed while pressing the TAPSYNC key The display shows Autostrt Saved Caution Please note that the Autostart mode must have been activated before in Setup menu If this should not be the case and you try to store the current playback condition as an Autostart condition there will be a reference on the display saying Autostrt disabled 3 17 Calling up banks Play mode 3 17 1 Calling up a scene manually l 2 After turning the CONTROLLER on it is automatically in the Play mode Make sure that the announcement for the manual clock shines on the right of the display Use the BANK UP DOWN keys to call up the bank with the desired scenes Call up the desired scene with the scenes keys GLP e German Light Products VL3 41 SCAN OPERATOR FX gn Reference With the TAPSYNC MANUAL GO key you can move on to the next occupied scene of the bank This function is also available during the auto beat and or during the music clock With it the scene can be released manually during a calm phase of a piece of music 3 17 2 Playing a bank with auto beat This function makes it possible to let a bank of scenes or a Chaser run automatically in a loop 1 Press the AUTO key to call up this function The auto beat that stopped last is used automatically and indicated in the display The Auto LED shines 2 Use the BANK UP DOWN
36. keys to select the desired bank 3 Now you have different possibilities of playback control Speed Fader This gives playback speed NEXT time The respective time is indicated in the display max 1 step all 12min 30sec TAPSYNC Key The run off speed of the speed fader is being overwritten The beat of pressing the keys twice gives the speed the slowest adjustment which you can adjust by Tapsync key amounts to 1 step in 32 sec 4 Adjust the crossfade time Fade Time Tells us how fast the crossfade to the next step is The slowest crossfade time is thereby 32s The time refers to an over dazzle time of value O to 255 Smaller movements are done faster 5 In order to deactivate the auto beat again press the AUTO key 42 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 3 17 3 Playing a bank with music clock 1 Press the MUSIC BANKCOPY key to call up this function The music sensitivity stopped last is used automatically and indicated in the display The MUSIC LED shines 2 Use the BANK UP DOWN keys to select the desired bank The occupied scenes of this bank will be called up music steered one after another 3 Use the music speed Fader during the music beat in order to change the sensitivity of the microphone Thereby you can select from Fast to Slow Slow reacts relatively sensitively Fast rather insensitively Reference With sensitivity not the volume of the microphone is regulated th
37. like to edit channel 1 8 just press the Page key again Repeat the steps 2 4 until all DMX values correspond to your desires Note By pressing the RELEASE key you can set all 192 channels back to the DMX value 0 at any time and start altering the values again For storing continue with step 5 5 f the current bank does not match the desired bank then you might select the desired bank using the BANK keys 30 banks are available You can store up to 8 Scenes in each bank If the desired scene is created then you can store it in the scanoperator by pressing the RECORD key once 6 Afterwards press the scenes key which you would like to store the scene to As a memory confirmation you ll receive the message Scene Saved After that the display will show the current bank and scene 7 Continue the steps 2 7 until all desired scenes are stored 8 Toleave PROGRAM mode press the PROGRAM key for 3 seconds GLP e German Light Products VL3 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn 3 6 2 Editing scenes 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM key 2 Press BANK UP DOWN key to call up the desired bank in which the scene that shall be edited is on 3 Load desired scene by pressing the appropriate scenes key Now you can change and store again as in the case of creating Caution Loading a scene that is not containing any values is not possible In that case you receive the error message Scene Empty 4 Make the desired changes with
38. nly the channels that should really be overwritten can be turned on 4 However If you would like to edit the existing Blackout function load it now by pressing the Blackout key once 5 Select the desired fixture with the appropriate Fixture key Several Fixtures can be selected at the same time 6 Use the scenes keys in order to switch the channels on or off individually The display will show a short message saying Channel XY On or Channel XY Off On means that Blackout overwrites this channel fo the selected Fixtures 7 With the Faders you can set the desired values You might Output values which are not to be overwritten status off as well This can be sense full for programming for example if you would like to switch on a dimmer in order to see that the Shutter is really closed The Blackout function will ignore these values later if they were stored with the status off 8 Repeat the steps 3 to 6 in order to configure further Fixtures 9 If the desired Blackout function is provided then store it by pressing the RECORD key 10 Afterwards press the BLACKOUT key The procedure corresponds to the sequence as if you wanted to store a normal scene on the Blackout Key 11 For confirmation you will receive the message Scene Saved 12 Press the PROGRAM key for 3 seconds to leave PROGRAM mode 26 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX Reference special case You should be c
39. pying A deletion of the entire memory of a Scanoperator 12 Advanced deletes any existing inverted channels Same applies to effects provided with the Scanoperator FX These will also run on a Scanoperator 12 PT Advanced but can not be edited there 3 25 Editing logo You can change the Logo which is shown when switching the Unit on according to your own desires In order to do this you switch the Unit on while you keep the AUTO key pressed You can change now change the position of the cursor with the pan Encoder wheel You can now change the Letters with the tilt Encoder wheel As soon as you finished editing the text you need to store it with the RECORD key The display shows the message Logo Saved Switch the Scanoperator on and off again 3 26 Set back logo In order to set the Logo back switch on the unit while you keep the AUTO key pressed Now press the DELETE key and store thereafter with the RECORD key Restart the ScanOperator now Reference The Logo is not deleted if you set back the entire memory GLP e German Light Products VL3 53 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn 3 27 Showing version If you keep the MUSIC BANK COPY key pressed when switching the Unit on the Softwareversion of your Scanoperator appears in the display When this manual was printed Version 1 3 was up to date 4 Technical specifications 4 1 general data DE InPUL ia a DC 12V 1A DONDE cts O a 3 pol f
40. ram mode It is possible to program the whole scenes effects banks chasers overlays and blackouts in this mode 3 2 5 Setup Mode The Setup mode is used to configure the scanoperator You can configure the midi channel the midi control mode between synthesizer and keyboard reverse DMX channels turn on the Fade time function for each channel and alter the assignment of the Pan Tilt wheels The Pan Tilt wheels can be assigned per fixture to one channel 1 to 16 each and can be an alternative Pan Tilt adjustment opportunity besides of the appropriate channelfaders 3 2 4 Easy mode The easy mode is Therefore quick testing of DMX controllable units or to extend bigger DMX desks where a extra DMX fader unit would be useful Here there are 12 fixtures with 10 channels each that are manualyl given over the 10 faders The scene keys respond as flash keys for the first 8 channels of each set The Blackout function turns all 120 DMX channels to 0 Other functions except Desklock function are deactivated Technical reference 14 V1 3 GLP German Light Products el SCAN OPERATOR FX In easy mode as well as in play mode 192 DMX channels are being sent The channels 1 120 can be as written above controlled by the user The channels 121 192 will be constantly transferred with value 0 33 Switching between Modes To activate the different modes press the belonging key for 3 seconds e Program mode PROGRAM key e Setup
41. ressing release key All channels are set on off again and overwritten with the value 0 To leave PROGRAM mode press PROGRAM key for 3 seconds 3 10 2 Deleting Overlay scenes For the deletion of an overlay scene you proceed as follows GLP e German Light Products V1 3 SCAN OPERATOR FX 29 SCAN OPERATOR FX gn 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM key 2 Select bank 31 and or the position where the bank 31 would be The display will show overlay 3 Keep the DELETE key pressed and simultaneously press the key of the overlay scene which you would like to delete For confirmation you will receive the message Deleted 4 Toleave PROGRAM mode press the PROGRAM key for 3 seconds 3 10 3 Using Overlay scenes Play mode In order to call up an overlay scene in Play mode these must have been provided before in Program mode Now you can load one of the 6 overlay scenes in order to change the current program You can only activate one overlay scene at a time Renewed pressing deactivates the overlay scene again Effect Generator The Effect Generator can provide movement patterns for Pan Tilt and store it together with normal DMX values into a scene 12 different movement patterns can be selected and adapted in size speed and starting angle whereas the starting angle can be modified per fixture Thereby effects can be programmed independently for each fixture The expenditure of the effects is in the Setup of each
42. s that can be programmed 30 Banks with 8 scenes per Bankl Extensive effect generator to create automatic motion processes Autostart function inc Desklock can be versatile inserted 6 Chasers consisting of a maximum of 250 steps consisting of the programmed scenes Speed and Fade Time of all programs scenes and chaser can be adjusted 2 Pan Tilt Encoders can individiually be assigned for each and every fixture Completely configureable Blackout Master Manual overwriting of any channel in Play mode inc Master release key Freeze function to freeze the current DMX output Installed microphone for music controlled operation with digital filter that can be adjusted 6 freely programmable and selective Overlay scenes that can be laid over running programs and Chaser 2 different MIDI Musical Instrument Data Interface configurations can be selected synthesizer operation or optimized for live operation on a 49 key Midi keyboard MIDI controlling of many Play functions like banks chaser Blackout Master Overlays Freeze Auto Beat Music Beat Tapsync etc Possibility to invert any channels Fadetime function that can be configured separately for each channel Easy Modus which transforms the set into an easy DMX Faderunit with 120 DMX channels for quicker testing of DMX endproducts or as a Faderuntit for bigger desks Copy function to copy the whole memory from one controller to another compatible to Scanoperator 12 Advanced and
43. sired second Fixture key on which you want to copy 3 In the display the signature COPY appears short as confirmation 4 For example you can also press further Fixture keys without releasing first in order to copy the same settings on further Fixtures Caution These changes take place in the buffer only If you want to store the new scene then proceed as described above RECORD and then scene key 3 6 5 Copying complete Bank 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM Key 2 Press the BANK UP DOWN key to call up the desired bank you would like to copy 3 Press the RECORD key 4 Press the BANK UP DOWN key until you reached the bank you would like to copy to 5 Press the MUSIC BANK COPY key As memory confirmation you receive the message BANK COPY GLP e German Light Products VL3 19 SCAN OPERATOR FX gn 6 Press the PROGRAM key for 3 seconds to leave the PROGRAM mode again 3 6 6 Deleting scenes 1 Select the bank in which the scene that shall be deleted is located 2 Keep the DELETE key pressed and press the scenes key of the scene that you would like to delete As confirmation you receive the message Scene Deleted Attention A deleted scene cannot be restored again 3 6 7 Deleting banks 1 Select the bank which you would like to delete 2 Keep the DELETE key pressed and press the MUSIC BANK key at the same time 3 All scenes of this bank were deleted For confirmation you receive the messa
44. spective condition will be shown with Channel XY On or Channel XY Off On means that this channel of the selected fixtures will be overwritten 28 V1 3 GLP German Light Products dp Reference By pressing the releases key you can set all channels back to the value 0 Also all channels will be switched to off again so that you can begin to program a new overlay from ground up 7 10 11 You can set the desired values wit the faders You might also set the values of the channels which will not be overwritten status off However these will not be overwritten later if the overlay scene is called up If necessary press the PAGE key in order to be able to change the further 8 DMX of channels 9 16 Repeat the steps 3 to 6 in order to configure further Fixtures If the desired overlay scene is programmed then store it in the scanoperator by pressing the RECORD key once Afterwards press the appropriate overlay scene key which you would like to store it to The procedure corresponds to the sequence as if you wanted to store a normal scene on overlay a key For confirmation you receive the message Scene Saved Reference If you should provide several overlay scenes one after the other then you would eventually like to set after providing a overlay scene all channels on OFF again in order to provide the next overlay scene from a firm starting point You can reach this very simply by p
45. the 25 Memory will be in the following cond on e ee eeee cece eee eee ee erent ee ea eee eae eeeeaeeeeeaeeeeaae 25 ou Blackout COMM USAS T A E 25 3 9 2 Set back Blackout funchonzzu da 27 A I T OU 28 3 10 1 Providing and editing scenes from overlay esse 28 3 10 2 Deleting Overlay SCORES iii e ie ita re aat ea ib eaa eden sad 29 3 10 3 Using Overlay scenes Play mode 30 SAW ERE CEE pcc 30 SE The OG rere San m E T S 30 3 11 2 The Create Wave TUN a es Se 31 3 11 3 The Randomize function oi eet t oat ee Fat arta 32 3 11 4 Providing ORAR ita 32 SUL IO eletto Eec ta UA dt not 34 GEELEN 34 3 12 Configuring Fade time UIC an 34 3 12 1 Changing and storing Fade Time channels essen 35 3 12 2 To set back Fade Time channels ana 36 3 15 Inverine channels oli 36 3 13 1 Provide and put back inverting eese esent 36 3 13 2 Reset inverted Channels canina rada dad 37 3 14 Panand Kee TEE 37 3 14 1 Configuring Pan and Tilt Encoder wheel 38 3 14 2 Using Pan and Tilt Encoder wee 39 3 15 Desklock function ss icing earning Lage AR AR e REN da ani o M tenn AR da 39 LOOSE AA AA AD AS DADA 39 3 16 1 Activating ALOE A en ias 39 3 16 2 Configuring Autostart Desklock an 40 3 16 3 Storing current playback condition as a autostart condition 41 3417 Callmg Up banks Play mode na Ana A a a Haan 41 3 17 1 Calling up a scene manually i ious sect souvent
46. the 10 screws from the plastic parts Afterwarts you can pull away the single plastic peelings up down and to the side Then use the mounting brackets which have been shippied with the controller to install it into the 19 rack 10 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 2 DMX Basics To operate the Scanoperator FX a basic knowledge about the DMX signal transmission is necessary This chapter offers a short introduction to the world of DMX data transmission and addresses to beginners and those who have no or just a little experience with DMX 2 1 Signal transmission Up to 512 DMX channels can be transferred over a so called DMX cable during a DMX signal transmission Every DMX channel equals a value of numbers between 0 and 255 A lightcontroller generates the DMX channels and constantly continues them with current values The Scanoperator FX sends 192 channels with a rate of repeatition of 36Hz That means that every one of the192 channels is sent 36 times per second 2 2 Thecabling DMX fixtures are being cabled in series There is only one transmitter but several receivers The order of receivers on a cable does not matter because all units receive all data and filter the relevant data The cabling starts at the transmitter the lightdesk and leads to the first DMX set Beginning at the first DMX Fixture there s a cable leading to the second and so on until the last set is reached According to the standard
47. the Faders Select the appropriate Fixtures for that previously 5 After you made the changes you press the RECORD key 6 Press the previously selected scenes key again to store the changes You will receive the message Scene Saved Reference Of course the now changed scene can be stored in another scene or even on a different bank Therefore it is possible to quickly create the appropriate scenes for chases where each step of the chase should be based on the same scene but a little different 3 6 3 Copying a scene 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM key 2 Press the BANK UP DOWN key to call up the desired bank in which the scene that shall be copied is on 3 Load the scene which you would like to copy by pressing the appropriate scene key once Caution Loading an empty scene is not possible In that case you receive the error message Scene Empty 18 V1 3 GLP German Light Products e SCAN OPERATOR FX 4 Press the BANK UP DOWN key to call up the desired bank which the scene shall be copied to 5 Press the RECORDS key 6 Press the scenes key which you want to copy the chosen scene to As confirmation you will receive the message Scene Saved 3 6 4 Copying Fixture This function allows you to transfer the current DMX values from one fixture to another in PROGRAM mode COPY 1 Keep the Fixture key which you want to copy pressed 2 While you keep the first Fixture key pressed press the de
48. the text Flash Reference The chamnels 9 and 10 do not have Flash key 3 23 copying the data between Scanoperator 12 PT FX It is possible to transfer all memory contents of any Scanoperator FX to another one of the Scanoperator series exception Scanoperator pro Scanoperator 12 Advanced Scanoperator PT Advanced and Scanoperator FX are compatible among themselves First in addition both devices must be switched off 3 23 1 Connecting the Controllers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Use a normal DMX cable in order to connect the two devices in the switched off condition The 3pol XLR plug of the cable is attached to the DMX Output connection 3 of the sending unit The 3pol XLR socket is connected with the receiving set connection 4 Guarantee that except this cable no further Midi or DMX cable is attached GLP e German Light Products V1 3 51 SCAN OPERATOR FX dn 3 23 2 Receiving data In order to transmit the data you must continue now with the receiving unit as follows 1 Keep the keys of the Fixtures 7 and 12 pressed at the same time with the controller switched off 2 Switch the controller on now while you keep the keys pressed 3 The display now shows Serial Rec 00096 The desk is ready to receive the data and is waiting 4 As soon as the unit is receiving data the percentage value shown will increase When 10096 are reached the copy progress has been finished successfully 3 23 3 Sending data If the r
49. u might copy a whole bank into a Chaser as well In this case the controller will insert all existing scenes on that bank into the chaser automatically If the chaser is containing steps already it will insert the steps at the end If the bank is empty then nothing is inserted GLP e German Light Products VL3 21 SCAN OPERATOR FX el 1 Activate PROGRAM mode PROGRAM Key 2 Select the desired Chaser with the CHASER keys 1 6 Reference 3 If you switch on a Chaser that is already containing steps in the program mode the point of editing will automatically be set to the last step of the chaser Inserting now takes place at the end of the Chaser Press the BANK UP DOWN key to call up the bank on which the desired scenes were stored to Press the MUSIC BANKCOPY key 4 Press the RECORD key As memory confirmation you will receive the message bank Inserted 3 7 3 Change the editing position of a Chaser Since the functions for inserting a bank and for inserting a step always insert it behind the current step of a chaser it can be desirably in particular during the rework of a Chaser to change the current editing position 1 Activating PROGRAM Mode PROGRAM key Select the desired Chaser if it is not yet activated Reference 2 f you switch on a not empty Chase in the Program mode then the editing position will be the last step of the chaser Inserting takes place at the end of the Chasers 3 Press the TAPSYNC k
50. use the Scanoperator in live environments with a 49 keys Midi key board The 30 banks as well as the 6 Chaser are directly callable GLP e German Light Products VL3 47 SCAN OPERATOR FX 6 P as programs The overlays the Blackout and the Freeze function as well as the functions to automatic clocking steer themselves Reference Our tests resulted that it is possible without problems to change scenes over Midi with a Synthesizer or a computer over 30Hz The Midi functions of this set are sufficiently fast for live environments Keys Midi Note Function 36 Bank 1 on 37 Bank 2 on 38 Bank 3 on Keys 1 30 39 Bank 4 on 40 Bank 5 on white and black i 64 Bank 29 on 65 Bank 30 on 66 Overlay 1 on off 67 Overlay 2 on off Keys 21230 white 68 Overlay 3 on off and black 69 Overlay 4 on off 70 Overlay 5 on off 71 Overlay 6 on off 4 and 5 last black 73 Freeze on keys 75 Freeze off 78 Auto beat on off The last 3 black keys 80 Music beat on off 82 Tapsync Manual Go 72 Chaser 1 on off 74 Chaser 2 on off 76 Chaser 3 on off The last 8 white keys 77 Chaser 4 on off 79 Chaser 5 on off 81 Chaser 6 on off 83 All Chasers off 84 Blackout on off 3 21 2 Synthesizer Mode Here the individual scenes of the first 15 banks are directly accessible by Midi In addition the Chaser and the Blackout function can be controlled Midi Note Funktion
51. you need to plug in a DMX terminator into the last fixture You can do without this plug if you have smaller cable lengths 20m 30m length of the cable But please keep in mind that without that plug errors might show up in the DMX cabling The maximum length of the cable is 300m You can overcome longer distances by a DMX Signal Booster Reference A DMX Terminator plug is the same as an ordinary XLR plug where both DMX data pins data and data are connected over a 120Ohm resistor This minimizes the reflections at the end of the cable which clearly raises the signal quality The DMX cables normally consist of one cable according to AES EBU standard with 5 pin XLR plugs Instead of using AES EBU standard cables often normal microphone cable is being used This should be considered like not using a Terminator plug in case of shorter distances it usually works but might show errors in the DMX cabling as well GLP e German Light Products VL3 11 SCAN OPERATOR FX el 23 The conversion to Light Every DMX Fixture has its own committed amount of operating channels for its functions like movement brightness selecting colors and so on given by the manufacturer Since every unit receives all DMX channels of the controller you have to set every fixture to the right start address At this start address the set interprets the coming values per channel a value between 0 and 255 for its functions You will find Information about
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