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3. CueluxPro Manual Bundle You bundle playbacks together so they work mutually exclusive i e only one playback is active at the same time Whenever you start a playback it will automatically release any other playback in the same bundle You can set up up to 20 different T bundles Bundles come in handy if you have a couple of playbacks controlling cuelists for the same fixtures especially if those cuelists contain HTP attributes like dimmer Button Primary Secondary These properties allow you change the function of the flash button Primary and the go button Secondary Banksafe Some cuelists you will need to change so frequently that you would like to access them from each bank In the PLAY menu you can achieve this quickly by selecting the playback s cell in the table and clicking BANKSAFE p20 CueluxPro Manual 9 AcTIONS CueluxPro needs to respond to the outside world With today s ever more demanding lighting projects chances are it needs to respond to various different signals or protocols The CueluxPro software supports a variety of protocols In the Memories gt Action menu you determine how your CueCore will respond to which signal and what tasks it will perform when triggered ACTIONLIST IDENTIFIER ENABLED This structure consists of action lists and actions All the different kind of signals CueluxPro can receive are categorized as sources Each action list relates to one source and
4. To create a group you go to the Status menu and follow the steps 1 Make sure the programmer is cleared press CLEAR twice 2 Select fixtures 3 Press RECORD 4 Click on an empty the group cells You can also edit an existing group by enabling the EDIT button and then click on a group cell This will bring up the group dialog where you can add or remove individual fixtures SUBS 4 _ a F r D t To rename a group you first enable the RENAME button and click on a cell Sub FIXTURES CueluxPro uses the concept of sub fixtures This means that some fixtures consist of multiple sub fixtures like a 10 channel dimmer rack is in our terms just one fixtures with 10 sub fixtures This also works for LED fixtures with multiple segments pixels The reason behind the concept of sub fixtures is that it makes patching easier you only add the physical fixtures to your patch and you don t have to worry about setting starting addresses per dimmer channel or worse per LED segment p11 CueluxPro Manual 6 PALETTES Palettes are memories that can contain a single lighting scene for one or more fixtures This scene can contain just a single attribute e g only intensity or contain multiple attributes When you activate a palette then the scene is loaded into the programmer The palettes are useful for live controlling your lights as you can make quick changes just clicking on different palette cell
5. Users username Documents Visual Productions Common Personalities Factory Windows 7 8 C Users username Documents Visual Productions Common Personalities Factory Mac OS X Users username Visual Productions Common Personalities Factory Ubuntu Linux home username Visual Productions Common Personalities Factory 16 3 CREATE YOUR OWN Sometimes it is better to create your own personality file maybe you need it urgently and you re outside office hours Or perhaps you don t have a manual available so you would need to create a file through trial and error testing it on the physical fixture For any of these cases we supply an editor for creating the personalities yourself the Personality Builder It is an external tool for creating and modifying the personality files used by CueluxPro The Builder is supplied free of charge for all CueluxPro users and can be downloaded from http www visualproductions nl downloads For a detailed description of this editor please read its user manual P39 CueluxPro Manual 16 Notes CueluxPro Manual 17 INDEX 3 714 38 22 2 ba oeque cca doe side 22 A OE 1 23 3 7 ASSISIITIGTI 77 18 astronomical clock 36 Bac KOTOUN cio 19 7 37 EEE A 710 20 6 A eon 30 7 0 30 77
6. Browse the MODELs for the selected manufacturer and choose one by clicking it To quickly ind a model in along list click on the model list and start typing the name of the model you re looking for MANUFACTURER If you would like to choose a fixture that is not present in these lists then please refer to page 38 to see how to obtain new personality files Remove To remove one or more fixtures from the patch select them in the Patch view by clicking or dragging and click REMOVE To remove all fixtures click REMOVE and keep the button pressed for at least 1 second Replace If you have pre programmed a show with your fixtures and find out these fixtures are running in a different mode or are even a completely different fixture when on location then you can replace these fixtures Select the manufacturer s field of fixtures you would like to replace by clicking or dragging in the Patch view and click CHANGE This will open the CHANGE FIXTURE dialog which is similar to the ADD FIXTURE dialog Choose another mode for the same model or choose even another model Rename To give your fixtures a more clear name select the label cells of 1 or multiple fixtures and press CHANGE Type a new name for the fixture and click OK or press lt ENTER gt If you ve renamed multiple fixtures CueluxPro will automatically add 01 02 03 etc to the name you have entered Address CueluxPro automatically sets the DMX address w
7. OSC layout as a rigger s remote for controlling CueluxPro by iPad or Android tablet Actions You can also trigger to incoming OSC messages and define the actions that need to be performed your self You just add a OSC source to the action list in the Memories gt Action menu and specify the actions triggers and tasks More information about programming actions can be found on page 21 Forwarding The TouchOSC app can only send its OSC messages to one IP address however sometimes you need to send it to multiple IP addresses In that case you can use the OUTPUT IP OSC table in the Options gt Communication gt OSC amp UDP menu Simply add IP addresses to this table and enable the FORWARD check box P35 CueluxPro Manual 14 OPTIONS The Options menu enables you to change preferences and view various settings GENERAL This tab enables you to choose a language and a screen resolution The astronomical clock in the CueluxPro calculates the sunrise and sunset times based on day of the year latitude longitude and UTC values The latitude and longitude values define your position in the world and should be entered in degrees The latitude value should be positive for North and negative for South the longitude should positive for East and negative for West The website http www findlatitudeandlongitude com can help you find the latitude and longitude values for your location The time zone and perhaps dayli
8. are set to follow then the complete cuelist will be stored taking into account the programmed delay and fade times When the current cue in the cuelist has a condition set to halt then only that cue is stored If this cue contains any matrix patterns or intensity FX colour FX or other FX then the duration of the FX will be used for the recording In this case CueluxPro will automatically make sure the pattern of FX will make one complete cycle in order to record a seam less loop When your patch is spread out over multiple CueCores CueluxPro will distribute the generated DMX data over the recording in the various CueCores p27 CueluxPro Manual 11 TEMPO CONTROL All cuelists with property CHASE enabled are synced to the Tempo You can find the controls for the Tempo on the bottom left of the CueluxPro window Using the TEMPO button below the tempo display you can tap to the music to change the tempo in CueluxPro You can also click the tempo display and drag up tempo UP or to the right tempo DOWN TBMPO BREAK Break Click the BREAK button below the tempo display to pause all chases Click again to continue all chases MIDI Clock When the MIDI Input device you ve selected in the MIDI Options see chapter MIDI Controllers sends out MIDI Clock messages the Tempo will be automatically locked to the MIDI Clock tempo This allows exact tempo matching when controlling CueluxPro from sequencer software for example at a co
9. as an argument from the source that triggered this task For example if this task was triggered by the DMX input then the level of the DMX channel will be used for the intensity level p25 CueluxPro Manual Scheduling An important input Source is the Scheduler The Scheduler uses the computers system time There are several ways to specify a trigger Date and Time You can use the Scheduler to trigger actions on certain dates and times When specifying a date and time it is possible to choose Don t Care for each value by entering X E g if you set a date and specify Don t Care for the year field this Action will be triggered each year Time Weekday and Time Sometimes you would like to define a trigger based on a day in the week rather then a specific date CueluxPro supports this it allows to choose any combination of weekdays and time Astronomical Clock CueluxPro keeps an astronomical clock that based on the day of the year and position on the globe as configured in the settings page calculates the sunrise and sunset times This allows you to trigger events on sunrise or sunset p26 CueluxPro Manual 10 HARDWARE The CueluxPro software works together with the CueCore loCore and B Station hardware To unlock the software you need at least one CueCore You can add more CueCores to unlock more DMX universes loCores can be added provide GPI triggers or switch external equipment wit
10. on reception of Art Net or convert Art Net universes to DMX DMX In Convert to complete universe to Art Net or trigger by individual DMX channels MIDI Trigger by or convert from incoming MIDI messages like Notes Control Changes or Program Changes Timecode Trigger by exact time code frames You specify the time code protocol in the settings page Scheduler The inbuilt RTC allows triggering on time day weekday and sunrise sunset System Miscellaneous triggers like OnStartup OSC Incoming OSC messages GPI State changes on the CueCore s or loCore s GPI port GPO State changes on the loCore s relays UDP Incoming UDP messages p22 CueluxPro Manual Actions Within each Action list you can create multiple Actions For each Action you specify when it will be triggered and which Tasks it will perform when that trigger occurs To change the details of an action select it and press the EDIT button This will open the Action page IDENTIFIER FEATURE FUNCTION PARAMETER 1 PARAMETER 2 Trigger Change Flank For most types of actions you can set the flank For example when editing a GPI action it will be triggered only on closing the contact also known as normally open when the specifier is set to DOWN When set to UP the action will be only trigger on opening the contact a k a normally closed Finally when the specifier is set to CHANGE the action will be triggered on both closing and opening of the cont
11. will run synchronous to this tempo In this case the Speed slider will specify a tempo divider multiplier for the chase For example 4 1 Chase will make four steps within every beat of the main chase tempo 2 1 Chase will make two steps within every beat of the main chase tempo 1 1 Chase will step further on every beat of the main chase tempo 1 2 Chase will step further once in every two beats of the main chase tempo 1 4 Chase will step further once in every four beats of the main chase tempo Attak When the cuelist is set as a Chase then the cross fade can be changed using the ATTAK slider FXRate The FXRate will modify the programmed speed for all FX in the cuelists Keeping this slider in the middle will not change the programmed FX speed Background If a playback is set to background then it will start running automatically at the software s startup Also it will not be released by the release all command a release all is performed when the RELEASE button is pressed for over one second The background feature is useful for cuelists controlling fixtures that should not be turned off during a show e g work lights backstage Fader Start With Fader start enabled the playback will automatically be triggered when the corresponding fader is being moved up or the flash button is pressed The playback will also be released as soon as the fader is back at the bottom or when the flash button is released p19
12. wizard can create a chase over multiple fixtures You can select any of ims 100 the attributes that is supported by the 9 I E fixtures you have selected The wizard q pcus Zigzag also offers different orders in which the chase can run e g Forward Reverse Zig Zag Synchronous or Random LOW WALUE Test Sequence The wizard can make you a cuelist that contains a sequence of steps for testing fixtures Based on the personality file of the selected fixture it will generate cues for each attribute the fixture features It is advised to create one test sequence per type of fixture p17 CueluxPro Manual 8 PLAYBACKS Playbacks are an important element in a cuelist based lighting controller like CueluxPro Cuelists are not activated directly instead they are assigned to a playback The playback allows the user to start give the playback a Go and stop release the playback the cuelist as well as controlling other parameters like intensity speed attack etc 1 background Illustration 1 Playback Faders Illustration 2 Playback Buttons There are two types of playbacks playback faders and playback buttons They work in a similar way the difference is that a playback button does not feature the intensity fader and the flash button Therefor the playback button takes up less space in the CueluxPro user interface Playback buttons are more suitable for controlling cuelists th
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14. CUELUXPRO MANUAL ode Ele Ene ane ane ane al que a AE APPLE Tt e ue que le que le que lo que lo que o que lo eme a ag n a ae ae n ae ae M H B B B B B See B B H gt H 9 B B B lt 9 E B H B B H B B B H Lcueli Cueli cuori J n J gt 2013 VISUAL PRODUCTIONS BV WWW VISUALPRODUCTIONS NL CueluxPro Manual CueluxPro Manual Written for CueluxPro 1 03 44 October 2013 2013 Visual Productions BV All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Due to the dynamic nature of product design the information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Revisions of this information or new edit
15. X button close to the attribute and choose an algorithm for the FX dialog You also need to set the size speed and phase levels Ramp Inverse Ramp Clear Any values that reside in the programming windows memory have priority For example you might have a cuelist running that sets a certain dimmer to 50 but if the programming window contains a p13 CueluxPro Manual dimmer level of 10 for that particular fixture then this dimmer will be set 10 Therefor it is important to clear the programmer once you re finished recording cues Press the CLEAR button once for clearing all values for the currently selected fixtures and press it twice for clearing all values even for fixtures currently not selected Remove attributes To remove an attribute from the Programmer memory to make sure that it will not be recorded ina Cue press the KNOCKOUT button and click the Attribute or Attribute page in the Programmer to knock it out Fine Adjustments Some fixtures support 16 bit values for controlling their attributes To make small changes to a value in order to take use of very fine 16 bit control you can use the CTRL key in combination with the mouse wheel to fine tune a fader s value Flip A moving light of the yoke type not a scanner is by using its fork and head able to reach a certain position through two different pan tilt configurations When the programmer is containing position values for one or more fixtures
16. a chase The cross fade can be changed using the ATTAK slider in the playback settnigs The speed of the chase is linked to the main Chase tempo which can be found at the bottom left of the CueluxPro window All cuelists set to CHASE will run synchronous to this tempo In the Cuelist Editor you can also specify a tempo divider for the chase 1 1 Chase will step further on every beat of the main chase tempo 1 2 Chase will step further once in every 2 beats of the main chase tempo 1 4 Chase will step further once in every 4 beats of the main chase tempo Etc Loop Bounce Random These check boxes allow you to change the behaviour of the cuelist Setting it to Loop will make the cuelist repeat itself Bounce will make it run forwards and backwards Random will make it jump to random cues 8 4 MobiFYING A CUE VIA THE MENU The following properties can be set per cue Label The label is the name of the cue for your reference Condition The condition specifies when the cue will be triggered There are 3 possible Conditions p15 CueluxPro Manual Halt The cue will be triggered when you press the GO button Follow The cue will be triggered as soon as the previous cue has finished fading Wait The cue will be triggered autocratically after the previous cue has been triggered Cue Timing To explain the different timings in combination with the Cue Condition see the following diagram Condition Follow Condition W
17. act Trigger Specify the exact trigger on which to execute the tasks In the case of a GPI action the trigger denotes the trigger port number there are 4 ports on the CueCore and 8 ports on a loCore Tasks You can specify up to 64 Tasks per action When triggered the Tasks are performed in the same order as they are listed in the Action Tasks can control various elements and protocols in CueluxPro such as playbacks MIDI OSC or fixture selection Tasks can also be used to trigger other Actions enable or disable action lists and start stop the internal time code Some tasks manipulate the software entities in the engine and other tasks control the user interface of CueluxPro the latter are called Dashboard tasks For example there is a Playback Fader task and a Dashboard Playback Fader task The Playback Fader task has features like Go and Release directly changing the state of the playback The Dashboard Playback Fader task does however only control the buttons and faders in CueluxPro that belong to that particular playback This task allows you to press and release the flash and go button Because a Task can do a wide variety of things they are organized in different Task Types When adding a task a pop up window will allow you to choose from the following types UDP Send a UDP message DMX Control the DMX channels in the Show Control buffer This data can be send out via the DMX ports and or Art Net Pl
18. ait t 100 INTENSITY ts CUE1 2 CUE 1 OD OH I i I 100 100 gt E CUE2 F CUE2 amp Follow W ait z z Ot Qi Delay Delay gt i 4 A I I Fade in i Fade in i Fade aut Fade aut Delay The delay time in seconds is the time between the cue being triggered and the cue actually starting to fade Fade In The Fade In time in seconds is the fade time for all dimmers fading in dimmer values going UP in the cue and all other fading attributes e g colour mix position Fade Out The Fade Out time in seconds is the fade time for all dimmers fading out dimmer values going DOWN in the cue Click and drag to select multiple properties for multiple cues e g fade in for multiple cues or delay amp fade in for multiple cues p16 CueluxPro Manual Edit The values in a cue can also be edited in the Cue Editor Select a Cue and click EDIT Insert Use Insert to add an attribute to the cue Delete Use Delete to remove an attribute from the cue The attribute s column will still show until it is removed from every cue Change Select one or multiple values and click Change to change the value 8 5 WizARD The wizard can automatically create typical cuelists that might have taken quite a while to program if done by hand To use the generated cuelist it still has to be assigned to a playback fader or button See page 9 for instructions Chase The
19. at have fixed value attributes like fixed colours gobo prism and shutter On the other hand playback faders are better suited for controlling cuelists containing level value attributes like dimmer RGB colour iris strobe etc Assignment You can assign a playback in two ways Firstly you can double click on the indicator just above a playback to bring up the Playback Settings view Pressing the ASSIGN button in this dialog will bring up the assignment dialog 1 opening m pa nae LJ m Alternatively you can also assign by creating a new cuelist in Status menu this implicitly assigns the new cuelist to a playback Please refer to the Cuelist chapter for an explanation on how this is done Indicator The small rectangle above the playbacks are called indicators they provide some basic feedback on the contents of the playback p18 CueluxPro Manual Attack level Speed level Intensity level At Cue 1 out of 5 Speed The speed fader will control the overall speed of the playback When set in the middle the speed will be neutral it will not effect the programmed speed of the cues and fades If the cuelist is set as a chase then the cuelist will no longer follow the cues timings and conditions The speed of the chase is linked to the main Chase tempo which can be found at the bottom left of the CueluxPro window All cuelists set to CHASE
20. bank selection GUI for the playback faders Control the bank selection GUI for the playback buttons Control the master GUI Control the tempo GUI Control the fixtures selection GUI Control the progammer GUI Control the command line GUI Send out RS 232 messages Control the LEDs on a B Station Control the palettes Control the 8x8 palette grid in the GUI Set the properties of a universe in the patch view p24 CueluxPro Manual Feature For each task you can select a Feature The choice in Features differs for each Type DMX features Set Value Bump Channel MIDI features Send OSC features Send Send Float Send Unsigned Send Bool Send String Send Colour Function Set a channel Momentary set a channel to certain value Send a MIDI message Send a message with a float type parameter legacy Send a message with a float type parameter preferred Send a message with a unsgined type parameter Send a message with a bool type parameter Send a message with a string type parameter Send a message with a colour type parameter Each Task also has a Function field The choice of Functions depends on the Task Type and the selected Feature For example when you add a Task with the Playback Fader Type and set its Feature to Intensity then you can select of the following Functions Set Control Specify an intensity level Set the intensity to the level that is provided
21. can contain multiple actions Each action details to which specific signal it is listening and contains a list of tasks it will perform when triggered Action lists and actions are further discussed on page 22 Templates The Memories gt Action menu provides ready made Templates for several typical action arrangements Templates can be easily copied to the Source list and modified in necessary The following table describes the functionality of the templates GPI gt Dashboard Control the playback buttons via the GPI port of a CueCore or loCore or through the Playback Buttons push buttons of the B Station GPI gt Playback Fader Control the playback faders via the analog GPI ports of a loCore Dimmer VisualTouch Creating a VisualTouch layout is done by creating a Touch Screen action list and adding actions For each action you can choose between various controls like buttons and sliders The order of the actions will control the arrangement in VisualTouch p21 CueluxPro Manual ACTIONS Programming the show controller involves adding action list and specifying actions Action lists In the Action lists table you can include the sources you will be using in your project You can choose from input sources like DMX Art Net MIDI GPI Time code Scheduler amp OSC Each Action list can be enabled and disabled The available sources are Touch Screen Triggers from the VisualTouch software tool Art Net Trigger
22. ease set the Output Routing in the Settings page p23 CueluxPro Manual UDP MIDI OSC Timecode Selection Special Pattern Action Action List Playback Fader Playback Button Dashboard Playback Fader Dashboard Playback Fader Grid Dashboard Playback Button Dashboard Playback Button Grid Dashboard Bank Fader Dashboard Bank Button Dashboard Master Dashboard Tempo Dashboard Selection Dashboard Programmer Dashboard Command Serial Led Palette Dashboard Palette Grid Universe Send a UDP message accordingly Send a MIDI message Send an OSC message Control the time code properties like selecting the input source or start stop the internal time code generator Control the fixture selection Special tasks like program to start an external application Change the properties of a pattern Trigger another action Control the properties of an Action list e g Enable check box Control a playback fader Use the identifier field to denote which playback Control a playback button Use the identifier field to denote which playback Control the GUI that belongs to a playback fader Use the identifier field to denote which playback Control the playback faders via an 8x8 grid in the GUI Control the GUI that belongs to a playback button Use the identifier field to denote which playback Control the playback buttons via an 8x8 grid in the GUI Control the
23. ght saving time of your location is expressed in the UTC Coordinated Universal Time value UTC is in this context equivalent to GMT Greenwich Mean Time For example Visual Productions HQ is based in the city of Haarlem the Netherlands During the winter we are UTC 1 and in the summer during day light saving time we are UTC 2 So our settings are Longitude 35 3 Full HD 1920x1080 FULL SCREEN COMMUNICATION In this tab you can select the midi maps for the attached MIDI control surfaces You can specify two MIDI devices CueluxPro supports various MIDI control surfaces it allows you to control CueluxPro user interface UI through the buttons and faders on the MIDI controller The software ships with a list of predefined Midi maps A midi map file describes the MIDI controller and how its features buttons faders etc are mapped to the CueluxPro UI To set up CueluxPro for use with your MIDI controller select the appropriate INPUT DEVICE and optionally an OUTPUT DEVICE The output device is used by CueluxPro to provide feedback to MIDI controller s LEDs and motorized faders Then select the MAP that corresponds to your MIDI controller p36 Akai APC40 Akai MPK49 Behringer BCF 2000 INPUT DEVICE 2 192 168 1 10 92 168 0 None 192 168 1 11 Akai APC40 192 168 1 189 92 168 89 Akai MPK49 Behringer BCF 2000 Please take into account that the MIDI controller needs to be connected to the compu
24. h the GPO relays B Stations provide a physical user interface to select for example cues palettes or other effects Dumping content into the CueCore Once the CueCore is connected to the CueluxPro software it becomes mastered and will act as input output interface capturing incoming DMX MIDI timecode and GPI triggers in real time as well outputting the CueluxPro s data via the DMX outputs The CueCore also has many features for standalone usage making it a powerful and compact solid state lighting controller The lighting scenes can programmed via the CueCore s web interface or captured via DMX or Art Net input Alternatively you can use the CueluxPro software to program the standalone memory of the CueCore The CueCore has two type of memory Cues in the console page and Recordings in the Recorder page both can be uploaded by CueluxPro To program the cues simply create a lighting scene and dump this DMX snapshot into one of the 255 available cues by pressing the DUMP button and entering the cue number followed by ENTER The command line would show for example gt DUMP 3 You can also store a cuelist into the recording memory of the CueCore First you create a cuelist and assign it to playback Then press the DUMP button then press the playback s GO button enter the recording number followed by enter In the command line it would show like gt DUMP PB2 12 When the cuelist has multiple cues and their conditions
25. he cuelist and stepping to the cue you want to edit using the PLAY button p14 CueluxPro Manual Load the cue into the Programmer by pressing LOAD and clicking on the PLAY button of the cuelist All information in the current cue is now loaded into the Programmer To remove a fixture from the Programmer select the fixture and press CLEAR in the Programmer once To remove one or more attributes select the fixtures press DELETE and click on the attribute or the attribute page this action will delete the attribute or the complete attribute page from the programmer To store the Programmer back into the cue press RECORD and click the PLAY button of the cuelist where the cue you want to edit is active In the pop up window choose REPLACE to replace the cue with the information in the Programmer 8 3 IMODIFYING A CUELIST VIA THE MENU Next to working in the Status menu you can also edit cuelists via the Memories Cuelist menu Although you can create a new cuelist in the CUE menu the menu is more setup for modifying cuelists once created in the Status menu To change an existing cuelist open the Cuelist menu Select a Cuelist and click EDIT to open the Cuelist editor Here you can edit the properties of the CUELIST and the individual cues The following properties can be set for the cuelist Chase When CHASE is enabled the cuelist will no longer follow the cues timings and conditions The cuelist will be played back as
26. hen adding fixtures to the patch by finding the first available DMX channel in your configuration However if you want to change XN the address select the addresss cell of 1 or ji multiple fixtures and click CHANGE Enter the new address and click OK A 7 Im LI a a If you had multiple fixtures selected CueluxPro will set the entered address for the first selected fixture and will automatically have the next selected p CueluxPro Manual fixtures follow the previous ones For example if you select 4 8 channel dimmers in the patch click ADDRESS and enter 101 This will result in addresses 101 109 117 and 125 for the selected dimmers Properties Selecting the properties field of a fixture and clicking on the CHANGE button will pop up the Fixture Properties window This window allows you to enable INVERT PAN INVERT TILT and SWAP PAN TILT in case the fixture is a moving light If the fixture has RGB colour mixing but no DMX channel for intensity you can enable VIRTUAL DIMMER This option will give the fixture dimmer capability separate from the RGB control p8 CueluxPro Manual 4 Matrix CueluxPro contains a 2 dimensional matrix controller for pixel mapping on arrays of lighting fixtures These lighting fixtures are typically LED fixtures however the matrix control can also be applied to any other DMX fixture LAYOUT To control a matrix you first patch the fixtures as u
27. ions may be issued to incorporate such changes Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks The Graphics Interchange Format c is the Copyright property of CompuServe Incorporated GIF sm is a Service Mark property of CompuServe Incorporated p1 CueluxPro Manual Thank you for choosing CueluxPro We started developing lighting control software at Visual Productions in 1999 CueluxPro is our latest generation software for controlling lighting fixtures and it is the most advanced system we have ever built It represents all our experience that we have gained and techniques we have developed over the past 15 years We hope you will enjoy using CueluxPro as much as we enjoyed developing it Be sure to keep checking for the latest software releases as CueluxPro will continue to evolve over the next years Welcome to the CueluxPro user s manual this document describes the CueluxPro software and the basics of lighting programming Table of Contents eus 3 RAS iu 1 AC ENTER ETT EE 5 tig oa A 6 8 1 111 77111 0 9 SEO goo e t t 11 OP AN Se T 711 1 12 pua 1 8 E E A A 1 13
28. name Visual Productions CueluxPro P37 CueluxPro Manual By copying the show file you can easily transfer your show between different computers or even Operating Systems ABoUT This tab displays the software s version number p38 CueluxPro Manual 15 PERSONALITY FILES Most fixtures differ in the way how they are controlled by DMX CueluxPro reads personality files sometimes referred to as profiles to determine a fixture s DMX traits When you patch a fixture you need to choose your fixture from a list of supported personalities as described on page 7 This chapter describes how to obtain additional personality files in case your fixture is not yet present in our list 16 1 GENERIC Some types of fixtures typical have identical DMX traits These common fixtures e g Dimmers fog generators RGB LED fixtures are represented in the Generic collection in our library 16 2 REQUEST NEW PERSONALITIES Visual Productions provides a free of charge service for creating personality files on request Please make the request on the Visual Productions Forum http forum visualproductions nl and include a link to the user manual or DMX chart of your fixture When you receive the file from Visual Productions it needs to be copied into the following location before starting up CueluxPro Windows XP C Documents and Settings username Wy Documents Visual Productions Common Personalities Factory Windows Vista C
29. ncert In order for the tempo to be controlled by the MIDI Clock the display should be set to midi mode Press the TEMPO button for more than one second to switch to midi mode Press the TEMPO again to switch back to manual mode TEMPO BREAK p28 CueluxPro Manual 12 MIDI CONTROLLERS MAPPINGS CueluxPro supports various MIDI control surfaces The buttons and faders on those controllers are assigned to features in the CueluxPro User interface in a pre defined midi map The following diagrams illustrate those assignments Generic Midi map Next to the hardware specific midi maps CueluxPro also offers a generic midi map in which all the software functions that can be controlled through MIDI are assigned to Note or Control Change message This midi map is intended for use with external MIDI software like sequencers or DAWS Elation MIDIcon The Elation MIDIcon is supported Plug amp Play r LT playback hurten di A ie ES i hank playback Pacher m bank g _ go back a mam be n Ce qu Te FAH m n am flash Nash g BB BB B i d l 7 E EM DM ra ET EC EI r EN EU SE M BM hn t FB ES 1 ia E En T NE IE LIB M playback k z TIL N mens I qrared master beackout p29 CueluxPro Manual Behringer BCF 2000 The Behringer BCF 2000 is supported Plug amp Play However for
30. ntrol a part of your show or you can create one single cuelist that addresses all your lights You can either create and change cues in the Status menu or use the Memories Cue menu This chapter discusses both approaches 6 1 TRACKING Cuelist based lighting controllers can be either tracking or non tracking CueluxPro is a tracking console Tracking means that in a cuelist only changes need recording If a light has the same value in two consecutive cues you don t need to store the second value instead you make sure the second contains no value so the first value remains unchanged through those cues 6 2 CREATING CUELISTS IN THE STATUS MENU The fastest way to create cuelists is to do it in the Status menu Special buttons like RECORD LOAD and KNOCKOUT are provided to make this process intuitive Programmer When recording cues you first have to create a lighting scene which will be then stored in the cue The Programming window is the place where you create the scene First you select a fixture the programming window will update to show you the capabilities of that fixtures and enables you to set the different parameters e g set a dimmer level pick a colour or gobo You can now also deselect the fixture and select a new one the values will be kept in the programming window s memory CueluxPro has an inbuilt FX generator for dynamic effects on the Intensity Position and ColourMix attribute To enable a FX click on the F
31. on a CueCore can only be linked to one universe When one DMX port becomes linked to a universe then CueluxPro will become the master of this CueCore The CueCore will then suspend any standalone operation and become solely a input output interface for CueluxPro When the DMX port is unlinked from the universe or the CueluxPro software is closed then the CueCore will automatically resume its standalone operation The CueCore can also manually be unlinked from CueluxPro by disabling the Master setting in the universes table Playback Matrix Memories MASTER CUECORE ART NET ENABLED ART NET IP ART NET SUB UNI When connected to a CueCore each universe s DMX data can also be send out via Art Net CueluxPro supports both broad cast and uni cast for transmitting Art Net FIXTURE The Fixture tab allows you to add remove and change the fixtures in your patch Playback Matrix UNIVERSE ADDRESS PROPERTIES MANUFACTURER MODEL 1 Elation Platinum Spot 5R Platinum Spot 5R Platinum Spot 5R Platinum Spot 5R Dimmer 06x fixture01 fixture02 fixture03 ep mtureos CueluxPro Manual Add Click ADD to open the Add Fixture dialog Browse the manufacturers list and choose the MANUFACTURER of the first fixture you would like to add To quickly find a manufacturer start typing the name of the manufacturer you re looking for on your keyboard While typing the list will jump to the correct manufacturer in the list
32. optimal use we ve included a Sysex file that can either be found in the Program Files Visual Productions CueluxPro Sysex folder on Windows systems or it can be obtained at the forum http forum visualproductions nl The Sysex file can be uploaded to the BCF 2000 using one of the following free tools Midi OX for Windows http www midiox com SyEx Librarian for Mac OS X http www snoize com SysExLibrarian After sending the Sysex file to the BCF 2000 please notice that the received preset is in a temporary memory If you switch off the BCF 2000 the preset will be lost When you ve received the preset on the BCF 2000 press STORE use the PRESET buttons to choose a preset number for storing the preset and press STORE again The preset will be saved in the BCF 2000 p30 CueluxPro Manual select speed speed or attack select attack go release flash intensity L global fog p31 CueluxPro Manual Livid Instruments Ohm64 The Livid Instruments Ohm64 is supported Plug amp Play select playback global piayasck butions fader bank release log global strobe gheal hinder atack necond zd speed hh flash ino tag tampa compo break p32 CueluxPro Manual Novation Launchpad The Nova
33. red by a separate layer thus allowing independent control of multiple matrices within CueluxPro p9 PATTERN The Pattern tab shows the effects that are available to be played back on the layers When starting a new show file the patterns are loaded by default however you are free to add or remove any pattern Some patterns have properties that can be modified by using the EDIT button OVERVIEW The overview tab renders the output of the matrix control 6 THE Matrix CONTROL For each layer that you have added a virtual fixture will appear in the status menu This virtual fixture represents the layer You turn on the layer by selecting it and then creating a scene in the programmer window just like you would be with moving light for example The layer would need its intensity to be brought up and a colour mix to be set typically open white then by using the gobo wheel you can select the pattern page gobo wheel 1 and the pattern gobo wheel 2 Some pattern benefit from the gobo scroll to be enabled others require the speed parameter that can is located on the MISC tab When you like the scene you have created for the layer then you can record it into a palette or cue just like you would do for a moving light for example p10 CueluxPro Manual 5 Groups You to create groups with fixtures and or sub fixtures This makes selection of multiple sub fixtures easy and quick
34. s Also the palettes can be used to store scenes into cuelists In that case no actual values are stored into the cues in stead a reference to the palette is saved This allows you to later on change the palette and have the change reflected in each cue that is referring to this particular palette To create a palette go to the Status menu and simply build a scene in the programmer window enable the RECORD button and then click on an empty palette cell You can also edit an existing palette by enabling the EDIT button and clicking on a palette cell Similarly renaming a palette is done via the RENAME button and then choosing a palette cell a 4o T When you activate a palette then the behavior depends on the fixture selection When no fixture is selected then clicking on a palette cell will first select the fixture programmed in this palette Clicking the cell again will activate transfer the values to the programmer If there are already fixtures selected then clicking on the palette cell will apply the palette only of the fixture selection When there are fixtures selected that do not appear in the palette then the values inside the palette will still be applied on these fixtures using a let s make the best of it policy p12 CueluxPro Manual 7 CUELISTS A lighting scene is stored in a Cue and cues are stored in Cuelists Each cuelist can contain one or more cues You can create multiple cuelists that each co
35. sual in the Patch menu The next step is to add the only the fixtures that are part of the matrix to the members list in the Matrix gt Layout menu In this tab you can also set the width and height of the matrix Next you should arrange them to reflect the physical location of the fixtures In the Layout tab you can select a matrix member and them move it around using the arrow keys Alternatively you could use ARRANGE ALL button to have all the members automatically positioned according some typical 028 patterns WIDTH MAPPING HEIGHT Tos assist you in establishing the layout you 016 can enable the INDICATE check box this will make the lighting fixture to display the same colour as used in the layout diagram This will speed up the process because it helps you with recognizing which fixture is selected and how it is orientated MOVE FIXTURE yo 4 LAYER Once the layout is created you should add at least one layer in the Layer tab Typically this layer has the Same dimensions as the matrix this is quickly achieved by pressing the FULL SIZE button Each layer can playback a La aus graphical effect When you 8 add more layers then this will allow you overlay multiple effects and cross fade or blend layers into each other By reducing the size of the layer you can create picture in picture effects Also when two separate matrices are patches next to each other in the layout then both could be cove
36. ter before CueluxPro starts up CueluxPro only scans for MIDI devices at start up After that you would need to use the REFRESH button to scan again Please refer to page 29 for diagrams describing the layout of various Midi maps This tab also allows you to change the settings for OSC and UDP communication You can change the default network ports used for listening to incoming OSC and UDP messages Also you can have incoming OSC or UDP messages forwarded to other IP addresses For this you add the ipaddress port information to the OUTPUT IP OSC and OUTPUT IP UDP tables Furthermore you can specify the incoming time code protocol used by CueluxPro FiLE The File tab allows you to load and save show files A show file contains all information about the patch playback assignments cuelists etc You don t need to save your show file as CueluxPro will check for changes every few seconds and automatically save the file if needed By saving manually and choosing a name for the show file you can manage different lighting projects or create backup versions The show files are stored in XML format at the following locations Windows XP C Documents and Settings username Wy Documents Visual Productions CueluxPro Windows Vista C Users username Documents Visual Productions CueluxPro Windows 7 8 CAUsers username Documents Visual Productions CueluxPro Mac OS X Users username Visual Productions CueluxPro Ubuntu Linux home user
37. th the CueCore and loCore as its DMX and IO interfaces the B Station is supported as a remote control unit All devices are connected by Ethernet CueCore loCore LICENSING The CueluxPro software is available for download The licence is included in the CueCore i e each CueCore unlocks 2 universes in the CueluxPro software The maximum number of CueCores of P3 CueluxPro Manual supported CueCores is 10 System REQUIREMENTS Please make sure your system has at least the following specifications e 320r 64 bit e Intel 15 processor of equivalent e 1GBRAM e minimal screen resolution of 1280 x 800 The following operating systems are supported Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 e OSX 10 5 e OSX 10 6 e OSX 10 7 e OSX 10 8 Ubuntu 12 04 p4 CueluxPro Manual 2 User INTERFACE The main user interface of CueluxPro consists of the following sections Fixtures eluxPro Operator Status cries tor 0 ms Palettes Groups Playback Programmer Faders Playback Command Buttons Line P5 CueluxPro Manual 3 PATCH The PATCH menu allows you to setup the DMX fixtures which are connected to CueluxPro UNIVERSE In the Universes tab you can set up the number of DMX universes that you will be using You can add remove and rename universes The maximum number universes is 20 Each universe needs to be linked to a DMX port on a CueCore Each DMX port
38. tion Launchpad is supported Plug amp Play qe N SS x A L d Ks e ga NS o E ES X N N x N gt R O E E E DS we we Q X X X X NS NS SS S 5 5 5 5 S S S e automar gt Li ableton LILLLLILLL d H a BE LE b a L Da Lii m nowvation playback buttons select bank p33 CueluxPro Manual Korg nanoKontrol The Korg nanoKontrol is supported Plug amp Play chear selection 7 Goa SA ED EJ EZ TEN E Ve P ta z x3 scene 1 fe glabal glabal global Hash gos mha immensity blackout tempe amp w atrobe blinder tap grand masher P34 CueluxPro Manual 13 OSC Open Sound Control OSC is a protocol for communicating between computers software and various multi media type devices OSC uses the network to send and receive messages it can contain MIDI time code and custom information There are apps available for creating custom made user interfaces on IOS iPod iPhone iPad and Android These tools allow you to program fool proof user interfaces for controlling the device E g TouchOSC from http hexler net software touchosc Remote Control CueluxPro has an inbuilt implementation for remote controlling the software by OSC There is a TouchOSC layout available from http www visualproductions nl products cuelux pro html that is configured to mimic the user interface of CueluxPro You can use this
39. you can use the FLIP button to reach exactly the same position by using the opposite pan tilt values Record a cue Once you ve built up a scene in the programming window you can transfer the values to a new cue by following the next steps Press the RECORD button Press the GO button of an empty playback This will create a new cuelist with one cue that contains the scene from the programmer The cuelist is automatically assigned to the playback You can repeat this process to add new cues to the cuelist Edit a Cue To edit the cue first make sure the cue is outputted by activating the cuelist and stepping to the cue you want to edit using the PLAY button Select the fixtures you want to change and change the attributes in the Programmer You can also add other attributes by changing the attributes for the selected fixtures Other fixtures can also be added Select them and change the values Append you would like to store in the cue Press RECORD and click on the PLAY button of the cuelist where the cue you want to edit is active A window will pop up asking you what to do Choose MERGE to merge the active information in the Programmer with the cue Remove values or fixtures from a cue To remove values or fixtures from a cue we re going to load the complete cue into the programmer make the changes and store the programmer back into the cue by replacing the old information Make sure the cue is active by activating t
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