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1. c3 IIHI roll roll OI roll roll M MeT METT ern Htc Dill Tee tout rm Paar ar EXECUTOR FADERS ie a C O J z T P EXECUTOR FADERS TFT Display with Touchscreen View Macro buttons Encoders To move scroll the respective window contents Encoders To set the attribute values such as Gobo Pan Tilt times etc Manual Time Setting for Presets Yellow Knob To adjust the Touchscreen Panel Playback buttons Can be defined e g as Go Go Pause Flash etc Executor faders Can be defined e g as Master Swap Master X Fader etc Go Go Pause buttons Only effective for the default sequences Default sequences can be assigned to the buttons using the Se ect button recognisable by the green title bar of the small EXEC
2. grand Cr Dn Le TOOLS SETUP BACKUP ASSIGN HELP ALIGN PREVIEW e eo eo BLIND FREEZE CLEAR OOPS DELETE COPY MOVE e D a D D 1 1 us vew EFFECT GoTo ESCAPE a a Fix SELECT o STORE EDT UPDATE TIME PAGE SET o o g o Io Ne o0 Gol oo 50 e Tem Tor ou FADERS BUTTONS SEQUENCE CUE EXECUTOR HIGHLIGHT oO fal D 3 2 R t o o O PREV Lie Ai gt ser man Rn sn w s TIME FADE iS 2 T oo oo oo oo oo oo u T us LeveL e n a _ oo Joc seo PANT LT
3. FADE aioe STAGE COL A COLOURL none NO D Oz SNAP A187 STAGE COL i PRISH none HO D D SNAP DME Ing STAGE COL A FROST none NO D 8z SNAP t A109 STAGE COL 1 CORRECTION mone KO a SNAP Alia STAGE COL 1 DINNER DIMMER Leizemggerpe FADE Alii STAGE COL A CONTROL none SET VALUE PROZ cuep All STAGE COL 1 PAN FINE PRINT UL STAGE COL i TILT FINE Aiid STAGE COL 1 SPEED none FADE aii5 STAGE COL 2 COL MIXL none FADE BUI STAGE COL 2 COL MIX none FADE SAVE 14 All STAGE COL 2 COL MIX3 none FADE Aii8 STAGE COL 2 STROBE none SHARP ee Al19 STAGE COL 2 PAN EE RI ue A120 STAGE COL 2 TILT eg FADE 15 BIZ STAGE COL 2 COLOUR none SNAP This menu will only display the actually patched channels All changes made here will only affect the current show This column will show the individual addressed DMX channel Name of Fixtures and dimmer channels assigned to the individual DMX channels Number of Fixtures and dimmer channels Functions of the individual DMX channels uhQN In this column a profile can be assigned to this cannel 2 8 Creating Assigning and deleting profiles ex Using these profiles you can also define min and max values Within this column the respective DMX channel can be inverted To switch over use a left mouse click and a right mouse click will activate the changes DEFAULT This value will be called up if no CUE Sequence Preset or Direct Access addresses th
4. 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 List buttons Faders will bring up small Executor windows for the EXECUTOR FADERS Buttons will bring up small Executor windows for the EXECUTOR BUTTONS Go Go Pause button Will only take effect for the default sequences A default sequence can be assigned to buttons by using the Se ect button indicated by the green title bar in the small EXECUTOR window displayed above Executor buttons can also be defined as e g Go Go Pause Flash etc Manual setting of times for Executor buttons Choosing Groups Executors etc in combination using the numeric keypad Numeric keypad Intensity wheel Cursor buttons NEXT PREV Groupwise Calling up of scanner or dimmer channels one after the other PAN TILT button switching over of the trackball function for mouse function LED off or Pan Tilt function LED on Left Middle Right button for Mouse function Trackball for Mouse or Pan Tilt function Socket for console lamp 12V 5W 1 7 3 grandMA light Differences to the grandMA The software for the grandMA light and the grandMA are identical The product will not be deliverd with a hardware keyboard and an external mouse An additional external keyboard and a mouse however can be connected on the rear of the unit Using the KEYBOARD button on the TFT display a Soft Keyboard can be brought up that can be operated via the touch screen The Soft Keyboard will only ap
5. In the MASTER column the operation of the GRANDMASTER FADER for a specific Fixture can be switched off By a right mouse click on a cell in the Master column the GRANDMASTER FADER for this Fixture can be switched off The readout changes from YES to NO IWithin the DMX column the information on a DMX address is followed by the function of the first DMX channel This serves a better orientation With some fixtures you will have to address a second DMX channel for example The dimmer of the VL 5 Scroller with dimmer With these Fixtures a second DMX channel has to be addressed in this column ug 2 10 EDITING FIXTURES modify and 2 11 EDITING FIXTURES create new This button will open the DIMMER PATCH menu patching of dimmer channels Calling up the DMX LIST menu In this menu you can modify Fixture and Channel specific settings 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show By pressing the PRINT button the DMX sheet will be printed default printer The SAVE button will save all settings of the show To leave the FIXTURE PATCH menu eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 25 2 5 Setting DMX Addresses for Dimmers 2 5 Setting DMX Addresses for Dimmers FIXTURE PATCH Activate PATCH in the SETUP menu nn The button DIMMER PATCH will lead you to the menu EDIT DIMMER PATCH EDIT CHANNEL PATCH a MASTER oO IR
6. 2 16 Settings in the BUTTON ASSIGNMENT menu MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 13 Settings in the DEFAULTS Menu AWN Sheet Sorting By the SORTING column you define according to which aspects the fixtures and channels shall be sorted when setting up new windows You can switch to the next option by clicking on the respective buttons Sheet Fontsize With the FONTSIZES column you can define the type size of new windows Sheet Readout Preset for the output of numbers in the OUTPUT CHANNEL and PATCH windows Mise Function of BLACKOUT button PUSH serves as push button key TOGGLE will remain active when pressed DISABLED switches the blackout function off Function of the GRANDMASTER FADER ENABLED Fader active DISABLED Fader inactive KEYBOARD GERMAN ENGLISH Switch option for country specific keyboards With the Preset Color button three different presets for the color scheme of displaying preset buttons can be called up ATTRIBUTE GROUPING Calling up this menu 2 15 Settings in the ATTRIBUTE GROUPING menu RESET DEFAULTS button Will reset all changes back to factory settings Preset whether Cue Only will be ON or OFF when saving data To set the query mode to create or overwrite cues PRESET FILTER ON OFF FILTER ON When saving a PRESET only the functions of this feature e g COLOUR
7. deleting a 21 editing a 19 editing a create new 38 editing a modify 36 odd numbered or even numbered 100 OPTION 58 patching a 19 SCHEDULE 20 selected 56 selecting a 19 selecting Type and Numbers of a 20 window 54 Colours used in the 67 Options in the 59 FIXTURES PATCH 24 Flash 47 88 Flashdisc 6 Flightcase 8 FLIP 125 Floppy 21 23 37 39 127 Folders 32 FOLLOW 80 FONT SIZE 59 93 FORWARD 85 Frames 111 FREEZE 10 70 From 102 Functions 30 mathematical 110 GAIN 44 GEN 39 Go 80 85 88 grandMA light 12 14 Differences to the grandMA 13 GRANDMASTER 58 65 72 Group Button creating a automatically 35 calling up a 53 copying a 53 deleting a 71 Functions 36 Master assigning a 90 moving a 53 Name changing a 90 Overview 90 GROUPS 48 Grp Group 102 18 25 27 43 HALF SPEED 85 ard Disk 6 39 126 ARD EDIT 33 ARDDISK LIBRARY 23 ardware 7 Protection we Dongle EX 59 IDE 64 IGHLIGHT 30 36 IGHLITE 25 istory 81 82 OLD OFF 44 OTLINE 16 Z 42 ER EN SE ae EE NR CAS i EE DELAY 79 85 LEADE 79 85 Id Executor 59 Id Sequence 59 Illumination 41 IMPORT TIM 112 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA Index NCLUDED 94 No 79 85 RELOAD 112 SWOP PROTECTED 47 ncremental 41
8. 1 The activated EXECUTOR fader or button is now listed in the headline giving the page number and the name of sequence 84 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand 2 MA 4 4 Editing Chasers The functions of the columns are given in the second line No Number of Cues NAME Name of Cue TRIGGER Has no effect on Chaser If the TIMES button on the title bar is pressed FADE Has no effect on Chaser OUTFADE Has no effect on Chaser SNAP Has no effect on Chaser FADE Has no effect on Chaser DELAY Has no effect on Chaser If the LOOPS button on the title bar is pressed LOOP Jumps to the respective CUE of indicated number upon activation without calling this Cue up LOOPDELAY The sequence of the LOOP function will be displayed LINK The set Macro will be displayed LI DEL The set time will be displayed after which the Macro will be called up If the EFFECTS button on the title bar is pressed EFFECTS Display of the Effect calls A second sheet will appear in the lower part of the display No Number of the Effect Group NAME Name of the Effect Group ACTION Type of Effect call INTENS Display of the defined size of the Effect Group F Fade If Y YES is displayed the size will be faded in with the set fade time SPEED Display of the defined speed of the Effect Group F Fade If Y Y
9. used in the FIXTURE CHANNEL and FADER window 67 Colums 64 COMBINED WITH COMMAND LINE COMMANDS 117 119 121 COMMANDLINE 48 49 56 Complete Loss of Data 8 COMPRESS 73 CONFIRM 110 COPY 53 81 115 125 cos 99 CREATE GROUPS 35 PRESETS 35 Cue 72 copying a 81 deleting a 71 83 executing a 87 including a 75 merging a 74 moving a 82 Only 95 overwriting a 74 removing a 74 renumbering a 83 Timing 42 updating a 80 CURRENT PAGE OFF 98 Settings 89 CURVE 36 Date 21 41 DEC 59 DEFAULT 30 36 42 55 Printer 25 27 Sequence 10 76 93 Menu Settings in the 42 DEL 115 DELAY 17 59 125 time 47 93 times in the CHANNEL window 63 in the FIXTURE window 56 DELETE 49 112 125 Desk Lamp 41 DESK STATUS 48 Dimensions 7 DIMMER CHANNELS accessing directly 60 selecting the Number of 22 creating a 19 editing a 19 Group calling up a 52 creating a 52 Option 65 PATCH 26 patching a 19 Values 59 of the Sequence 46 Dir direction 101 Direction 64 Display Panel Adjusting the Viewing of the 8 DMX 7 59 Addresses 58 for Dimmers 26 for Fixtures 24 Channels 4096 48 assigning 119 hub 29 122 IN Remote Control by 118 Input using the 119 LINES 48 DMX LIST 30 output A to H 24 26 OUTPUT CONFIGURATION 28 DMX ports A to H Universe 28 XLR sockets 28
10. The standard display of mathematic formulas will be executed The following is allowed Mathematic Basic Operators Numerical constants integers floatingpoint numbers or exponential figures Example for valid numerical constants 2 71818 1 2e 2 0 4 Other constants pi corresponds to the circle figure 7 Variables x Mathematical functions sin x or sinus x cos x or cosinus x abs x corresponds to the absolute amount sqrt x corresponds to the square root pow x y corresponds to the y Power of x Arguments errors with x 0 und y lt O or bei x lt O and y are no integers Examples sin 3 x sqrt abs x sin x sin x cos 3 x pi 2 cos x abs x 1 pow x 2 cos 0 5 x abs x 0 5 2 1 10 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 7 1 Timecode 7 Remote Control 7 1 Timecode All programs of the grandMA can be synchronized by the LTC Timecode The grandMA processes 25 30 frames per second They are automatically adjusted to the incoming Timecode Timecode synchronization can be used to call up programs of one or more controllers to synchronize with a given audio or video recording SMPTE and EBU Timecode LTC are encoded time information e g to be recorded ona separate track of a multitrack tape frequency range of 1 2 kHz Normally this Timecode is already added when c
11. 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 59 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in tne CHANNEL SHEET 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in the CHANNEL SHEET The individual dimmer channels can always be accessed directly provided that the desired channels have been selected for direct access selected channels will be displayed in yellow characters in the CHANNEL window Auto Fa ey Sort iddddddehe e ee is lis iz 67 67 67 67 67 FF FF lse 36 z6 6 e 6 36 36 e lie ie Banane 12 ae FF fF FP fF FF Fr FF Fr fr FF FF rr FP PF FP ler Fr pr FF Pr cha 1 Select the channels for which you wish to modify a value selected channels will be displayed in yellow characters Selection Start with a left mouse click on the individual channels Or Make a left mouse click on the first channel and hold the mouse button down by moving the mouse creates a Loop all channels in this loop are being selected a e up a dimmer group 3 3 Creating and calling up Fixtures and Dimmer GROUPS kel SN dimmers via the CHANNEL button and the numeric keypad 3 1 3 Commandline 2 Select channels with a middle mouse click and hold the mouse button down the value will be modified by moving the mouse while holding the middle mouse button down Or o can also be modified via the encoders the assignments of encoders can be found in the display on top or the wheel 60 MA Lighti
12. CURRENT PAGE OFF Switches off all Executers of the current Page FADERS OFF Switches off all active EXECUTOR Faders e BUTTONS OFF Switches off all active EXECUTOR buttons EVERYTHING OFF Switches off all EXECUTORS CLOSE SchlieBt dieses Fenster You can also switch off Executors or Pages directly e g OFF button EXECUTOR button 3 TIME button 2 Enter OFFbutton PAGE button 3 TIME button 2 Enter Furthermore Fixtures or Groups can be released kicked out of the direct access e g OFF button FIXTURE button 3 Enter OFF button GROUP button 3 Enter MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 4 eel MA 6 1 Effect Pool 6 Effects 6 1 Effect Pool In the Effect Pool you can save up to 900 different Effect Groups In the individual Effect Groups different Effects and functions can be combined and matched to each other For PAN TILT values self created two dimensional forms can be called up and adjusted 6 7 Creating and saving virtual forms The individual Effect Groups can be subdivided into four different types Effect Group with assigned Fixtures or Dimmers button of the Effect Group is displayed in pink Effect Group without assigned Fixtures or Dimmers button of the Effect Group is displayed in red 1 Temporary Effect Group buttons displayed in blue in the ALL RUN
13. Dongle 28 DOUBLE SPEED 85 Edit 125 EFFECT 99 100 FIXTURE 23 37 38 menu 78 EFFECT 48 creating an automatically 35 deleting individual an 103 editing an 100 Group assigning a 87 customizing an 105 editing a 100 executing an 104 in Cues 106 switched off 107 Pool 99 100 run backwards 104 Speed 42 EFFECTS 79 85 93 OFF 98 Emergency Backup 8 Switch 40 Empty 47 88 ENCODER 10 68 Sensitivity of the 40 SPEED 125 END LINE 83 ENTER 1325 EQUALIZE DOTS 109 Equalizer 44 ESCAPE 17 125 Ethernet 28 EVEN 35 125 EVENT 112 114 EVERYTHING OFF 98 EXCLUDED 94 EXECUTOR 18 46 48 84 Assignment to 87 BUTTON 72 88 Page 96 copying an 91 Defaults 42 89 deleting an 71 91 FADER 40 46 78 88 96 Window 92 moving an 91 pages 91 Restart Options 89 saved in position 47 Width buttons 88 Window 93 EXIT 112 EXTERNAL SYNC 113 TIMCODE 113 F Fade 79 85 F9 40 FADE 17 31 46 59 79 85 88 125 Time 47 93 individual 56 in the CHANNEL window 63 in the FIXTURE window 56 FADE SNAP function 36 FADER 48 Assignment menu 46 changing a 88 FADER Page 96 window Colours used in the 67 OFF 98 Figures red 55 Filter 100 FIRMWARE 128 FIRST CUE 47 FIX 94 FIXTURE 48 FIXTURE accessing directly 54 calling up a 51 creating a 19 38 52
14. E i 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 d 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 TRIGGER BASIC FADE SHAP DELAY FOLLOW Touch the touch screen on the left corner of the title bar Or With a right mouse click on the title bar you can open the EXECUTOR SHEET OPTIONS window In this EXECUTOR window you can select the respective Sequence by clicking on it With the FONT SIZE button you can switch the font size used in this window between LARGE and SMALL With the DELETE WINDOW button you can delete the Executor window or close the OPTIONS window using the CLOSE button In this window you can watch the progress of the sequence the currently called up Cue will be displayed by a yellow background Trigger calls FADE or DELAY times can be modified directly By clicking on a Cue listed in the Sheet indicated by a red cell the possible Cue settings appear in the right display above the Encoders Now you can use the Encoders to modify the individual values for the selected Cue If the LOOPS button is pressed the set jumps and Macros will be displayed in the Sheet If the EFFECTS button is pressed the calls of the Effect Groups are displayed 4 3 Editing Sequences If the LINK DEFAULT button of the title bar is pressed the default sequence will automatically be transferred to the EXECUTOR window when changing the default sequence Assigning the Default sequence 1 7 Layout and Controls items 9 and 10 If you press the AUTO SCROLL button the Sheet wil
15. FPE 5 GOBO4 ORAN t r CE _TORENGE 54 faa Jag GOBO4 ORANGE 54 GOBO4 ORANGE 54 GOBO4 ORAM So Op g g RI IRANGE 54 158 49 GOBO4 ORANGE 54 36 GOBO4 ORANGE 54 120 8 20804 TORAN ne 54 56 do GORO4 ORANGE Gs 18 CUE EE 3 Be GOBO4 11 CUE ORANGE 32 12 CUE ORANGE 54 13 CUE ORANGE 54 14 CUE ORANGE SCH H GORO4 ORA 15 CUE ORANGE S415 SC GORO4 ORANGE 54 GOEO4 ORAH 15 CUE ORANGE 54 50 49 GOBO4 ORANGE 54 Sea GOBO4 ORANGE aa Se 32 GOBO4 ORAM H 181 ORANGE S4 28 3 GOE04 DRAN 34 GOBO4 ORAN en ORA a GOEO4 ORA a GORO4 ORA al fara bia bis aaa In this window you can watch the progress of the sequence the currently called up Cue will be displayed by a yellow background If the FIX button is pressed dark background all selected Fixture functions will be displayed as first functions in the Sheet If the button is not pressed indicated by a CHA the Sheet will display all functions regardless of their selections When selecting presets the Fixtures Dimmers will be sorted accordingly in the Tracking Sheet If the MASK button is pressed the INCLUDED EXCLUDED functions will be activated in the OPTIONS menu If the SORT button is pressed dark appearance the Fixtures Dimmers will be sorted by selection an function When selecting groups or presets the Fixtures Dimmers will be sorted accordingly in the Tracking Sheet 94 MA L
16. Name the show using the keyboard The chosen name has to differ from OTHER SHOWS names by their first 8 characters because otherwise the existing show will be overwritten Continue with a left mouse click on the SAVE SHOW button The SAVING ACTSHOW COPYING ACTSHOW window will appear The SHOW will be saved as soon as this window has automatically closed Loading a Show from the internal harddisk Make a left mouse click on the desired SHOW in the list indicated by its red line In the top line the name of the Show will appear Press on the LOAD SHOW button The QUESTION window save the current show first with the following options will open YES To save the current Show before loading the new one NO To load the new Show without saving the current one CANCEL To abort this process After loading the Show the LOADING ACTSHOW window and the PRESS OK TO REBOOT button will appear Press the TO REBOOT button The console will now reset and automatically start up again This will take approximately 1 minute The new SHOW will be loaded after the start up procedure MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 Deleting or Saving Shows on internal harddisk or floppy disk 9 3 Loading an Empty Show To create a completely new Show first click on the top line and enter a name that had not been used for other Shows Press the
17. Setting the Out Fade time for Dimmer Functions The OUTFADE time can be linked to the infade time The display shows INFADE CHASE SPEED 2 When pressing the CHASE OUTFADE encoder this encoder will be switched to CHASE SPEED 2 now you can set the speed for this group with this Encoder SNAP DELAY Setting the delay time of SNAP functions CHASE SPEED 3 When pressing the SNAPDELAY encoder this encoder will be switched to CHASE SPEED 3 now you can set the speed for this group with this encoder 4 4 1 Modifying values of separate Chaser steps Select the Cue to be modified red cell Press the MODIFY CUE button The Cue will be displayed with a green background In the FIXTURE or CHANNEL window all values of the Cue will now be called up or displayed active red At the same time this Cue will be output to the stage This cue can now be modified by either direct access or presets we 3 4 Direct Access to Fixtures in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 5 Direct Access to Dimmer Channels in the CHANNEL SHEET and 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets BLIND Ei If the Cue is not be seen on stage activate the Blind function by pressing the BLIND button integrated LED is on BERGE Press the STORE button once The changed Cue is now saved CLEAR Press the CLEAR button twice Cue values will be deleted in the FIXTURE or CHANNEL window For modifying further Cues select the respective Cue Cue will be displayed on a green b
18. When pressing the key the Cue with the next number will not be moved Press the AT button once LED is on Enter the new number for the moved Cues using the keypad Example The Cues are to be inserted between Cue 10 and Cue 11 Number these Cues e g as 10 1 possible Cue numbers are 10 001 10 999 This way up to 999 Cues can be inserted between two existing Cues Confirm with ENTER When moving one Cue the COPY window will open WHAT DO YOU WANT DO COPY After pressing this button you can choose between During the moving process only the values and times actually saved to this Cue will be copied The history will be disregarded The Cue will be moved as it would actually be realized on stage That means Ba all previous steps will be accounted for and the result will be copied afterwards Pressing COPY will move the Cue CANCEL will abort the process When moving more than one Cue only the values and times actually saved to this Cue will be copied The history will be disregarded 82 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 4 3 Editing Sequences 4 3 7Deleting and renumbering Cues Make a right mouse click on the respective Cue in the NO column The following window will open EDIT CUE NUMBER OO LINE END LINE 2 HEN START 2 TEP WIDTH 1 DELETE REHUMBER STARTLINE Display of the first se
19. slider to the desired position In the left lower corner there is a visual trigger signal monitor for your orientation The small dot on the left side of the HOLD Function will indicate the remaining HOLD time The small dot on the left side of the GAIN indicator will show the compression rate of the audio signal 7 KA i AUTO GAIN CLOSE The right small dot will indicate the state of compression of the audio signal The sound signal is visualized in the lower left part of the display The analysis of the sound signal will be indicated in the smaller right part of the window including indication of the recognised BPM Beats per minute By moving the BPM slider the beats per minute can be adjusted The AUTO GAIN button is usable for grandMAs from serial no 0055 and later dark grey button HARDWARE modification For grandMAS with serial no up to 0054 this button can not be used You can leave this menu by pressing the CLOSE button all settings will be saved MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 15 Settings in the ATTRIBUTE GROUPING Menu 2 15 Settings in the ATTRIBUTE GROUPING Menu Attention This menu is important and will influence the entire programming All settings within this menu will affect the saving of Cues Presets and creating of Presets Create Preset menu Functions displayed in the same lin
20. window title bar in dark blue on every screen by using the encoder wheel down on the right 3 3 3 Moving GROUP buttons within a window MOVE Press the MOVE button once MOVE LED lights up Using the touch screen or left mouse button click on the GROUP button and hold it down a small hand appears Move the button to the another positon within this window and release it there 3 3 4 Copying groups COPY Press the COPY button once LED is on Select the Group Buttons in the GROUP window By selecting several groups one after the other that set of groups can be copied together Press the AT button once LED is on Click on the position for the copied group in the GROUP window Confirm with ENTER om The functions Move Copy or Delete should also be used for Executors Pages Sequences or Effects eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 54 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET The individual fixture functions can always be accessed directly Several fixtures can be controlled by one function simultaneously The selection will determine which fixtures will react to Direct Access procedures selected fixtures will be marked in yellow writing in the FIXTURE window Within the FIXTURE window you can locate select and execute all functions of all visible fixture
21. 1 possible Cue numbers are 10 001 10 999 This way up to 999 Cues can be inserted between two existing Cues Confirm with ENTER When copying one Cue the COPY window will open After pressing this button you can choose between HAT DO YOU WANT DO COPY l Only the values and times actually saved to this Cue will be copied The history will be disregarded The Cue will be copied as it would actually be realized on stage That means all previous steps will be accounted for and the result will be copied afterwards Pressing COPY will copy the Cue CANCEL will abort the process When copying more than one Cue only the values and times actually saved to this Cue will be copied The history will be disregarded eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 81 4 3 Editing Sequences 4 3 6 Moving Cues MOVE S SEQUENCE Press the MOVE Button once LED is on Press the SEQUENCE Button once LED is on Using the keypad enter the number of the Sequence in which Cues are to be moved Press the CUE button once LED is on Using the keypad enter the number of the first Cue as of which the Cues are to be moved If only one Cue is to be moved continue with the AT button Pressing the key will move the respective Cue indicated by the following number Pressing the THRU key on the keypad will move the Cues from to including last Cue
22. 5 1 10 Assigning the Special Master Using the buttons you can either divide or double the set speed HALF SPEED Pressing 1x the set speed will be divided in half this can be done up to 8 times Modification will be displayed above the left Encoder 1 1 Resets the speed to the set value DOUBLE SPEED Pressing 1x the set speed will be doubled this can be done up to 8 times Modification will be displayed above the left Encoder Values of individual Cues can be modified with the MODIFY CUE button STORE button blinks 4 4 1 Modifying values of separate Chaser steps eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 85 4 4 Editing Chasers 7 This button will bring you to the ASSIGN menu we 5 2 ASSIGN menu 8 Description labelling of the encoders located below the TFT display CHASESPEED The individual speed can be set with this Encoder If one of the SPEED buttons 1 to 4 is pressed you can set the speed of this SPEED group using this Encoder SPEED SCALE Pressing the CHASE SPEED encoder this encoder will be switched to SPEED SCALE now you can set the division or doubling of the speed with this Encoder CHASE INFADE Setting of the In Fade time for FADE functions CHASE SPEED 1 When pressing the CHASE INFADE encoder this encoder will be switched to CHASE SPEED 1 now you can set the speed for this group with this Encoder CHASE OUTFADE
23. 7 Ch RS D IHME R _ PAN TILT COLOUR CC GOB PAH TILT COLi HI SUPERZOOM 1662 SUPERZOOM 1662 7 SUPERZOON 1662 SUPERZOOM 1662 25 SUPERZ 00H Ae Change Activation Selection Set Clear Activation Filter Set Activation S Set Activation for Fixture for Selection Deselect Clear sg A Selection Pans Tilt Functions which are not supposed to be saved need to be switched off via the respective buttons buttons will turn from dark gray to light gray 2 With the Set Activation for Selection button the activation is separated for all selected Fixtures With the Set Activation for Fixture button the activation for the individual Fixture number and name being displayed by the function buttons is separated When saving the individual active value is now being saved 3 With the Deselect Fixture button the individual Fixture is deselected With the Clear Selection button all selected Fixtures are deselected With the lt lt lt lt button you can switch to the previous Fixture number and name will be displayed above the function buttons With the gt gt gt gt button you can switch to the next Fixture With the CLOSE button you can close the window eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 4 4 FIXTURE OPTION In the Fixture Sheet you can adapt different basi
24. Access mode is automatically marked as selected Pressing the CLEAR button several times deletes the whole selection 1 CLEAR selects 2 CLEAR activates 3 CLEAR deletes all values set by direct access Selecting a channel fixture or function two or more times can be used to modify a activation 1 selects 2 activates 3 deactivates By holding the STORE button and selecting ALL the activation will be ignored and the complete output saved as a cue Timing Fading times FADE and Delays DELAY The grandMA offers two different ways of storing time settings for a cue 1 BASIC X FADE and SNAP DELAY With STORE a basic fade time can be set for all typical fader channels whereas SNAP DELAY will only work for channels marked as snap channels in the Patch menu 2 TIME button for individual durations per channel With TIME the status displays can be switched to the FADE or DELAY layer where individual durations can be set for each channel These durations will be stored to the cues and will overrule any basic duration CREATE LIST When saving a cue to an Executor already containing a cue the grandMA offers the option to start a cue list which may be called up as a Chaser or sequence later on In the ASSIGN menu you can preset the Cue list as for tracking or non tracking respectively TRACKING CUELIST typically for scanner control or theatre applications For this it would make sense only to include changed values On play
25. Button has no function Flash Sets the Dimmer value to 100 starts the sequence if not already activated Out To hide the dimmer values temporarily Toggle To switch on and off the respective Cue Sequence or Chaser Swop Cue Chaser or Sequence will be active as long as the button is pressed all other Dimmer channels with active Swop Protected except Executors will be hidden 4 Using the EXECUTOR buttons 1 5 you can preset whether it should be possible to use one ein bis zu fiinf faders and for the EXECUTOR BUTTONS whether it should be possible to use one ein bis zu f nf buttons The respective titles will be displayed on the TFT Display above the EXECUTOR FADERS When the List function is active the function of the EXECUTOR buttons will be displayed above these Buttons press LIST Button 5 If you press the MASTER START button background dark gray the Sequence or Chaser will be automatically started when pushing up the Master Fader item 6 If the MASTER STOP button is pressed dark gray background the sequence or Chaser will automatically be switched off when pushing the master fader down to the lower stop If the AUTO FIX button is pressed dark background and the Sequence or Chaser is started this Executor will be locked to that position when switching the Executor pages and will only be released after switching it off If an Executor is saved at that position on another page this Executor will ap
26. ORAHGE DR DL LEU I ILL JL ee 5 6 T D JJ IL TI om soen sonos an REIS FIH H PAH TILT VALUES VALUES 3 On the display select the Preset group for which you want to create a Preset using the Touchscreen or by a left mouse click on the title bar for example In the Preset window PAN TILT Values and positions can be changed by Encoders all functions and the asignment will be displayed on the right display above the encoders Trackball only PAN TILT if activated Wheel only for dimmer values e Middle mouse button click on a value in the FIXTURE or CHANNEL window and hold it the value will be changed by moving the mouse while holding the middle mouse button TRACKERBALL ON OFF Switch on the Trackball by pressing the TRACKBALL ON button the integrated LED must be on Now you can control the selected fixtures via the trackball PAN TILT Changed active values will be displayed in the OUTPUT window by a red background colour 68 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets STORE e Shortly push STORE button STORE LED comes on Select the required location on the display showing the PAN TILT window by a simple touch or with left mouse click These values are now saved in this location STORE LED off Now enter a name using the keyboa
27. Saving the current Show on Loading a Show from the internal harddisk M A L 9 Saving and Loading a Show BACKUP By pressing the BACKUP button you will open the Backup menu Pressing the BACKUP button twice will save the current Show and makes a backup below BACKUP MENU HARIDISK DIRECTORY DATE AHDREG SHO 7 21 08 12 58 LOAD SHOH Z8 SHO 87 87 68 12 59 87 18 68 68 43 SAVE SHOW 87 12 B8 18 11 Show loaded AHDRE Showdireetoru ANDREB SHO ge CLOSE WARNING Load Action overwrites Board Memory B7 15 B8 14 61 DELETE SHOW iil FLOPPY LOAD FLOPPY SAVE FLOPPY VIEW 5 uIEW 3 FIXTURE IFORMAT IF you save to an existing show this show will be completely overwritten Don t show To create a new show just enter a new name Backups DU The processes of saving and loading shows is being organized in the BACKUP menu The current SHOW currently loaded Show can be named and saved on the internal harddisk or additionally on floppy disk With the AUTOSAVE button you can set an automatically save according to the time displayed on the button Furthermore a BACKUP of the Show will be made with each saving operation max 10 These backups can be used to restore previously saved Shows You can display the backups using the SHOW BACKUP button Saving the Current Show on the internal harddisk Proceed with a left mouse click on the title bar
28. Values Channels will be sorted by highest value SortAscendig Sorting by ascending numbers Sort Desending Sorting by descending numbers Readout By pressing this button you can choose the display criteria for the values Op Values will be displayed as percentages Values will be given as percentage values interim values will be displayed next to the figure in form of dots e DEC Values will be given as decimal numbers 0 255 HEX Values will be given as hexadecimal numbers 0 FF Direction By pressing this button you can choose between sorting the channels from left to right or from top to bottom Colums The figure indicates how many channels will be displayed in one column Clicking on that figure you can enter a new number via keyboard confirm with ENTER The new number will automatically be taken over With this button you can choose between either AUTO WRAP automatic adaptation of size when changing the number of channels in this window or NO WRAP size of channels will not be adjusted when modifying the number Name Field With this button you can switch between SHOW displays the channel names and HIDE no names are displayed The Channel window can be deleted by pressing the DELETE button By pressing the CLOSE button the Option window will be closed All these settings excl LINK will be saved when saving the VIEWS 3 2 Saving VIEWS 64 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerst
29. creating sequences Cues can directly be saved on a Default Sequence SELECT le O Gi JE e i m EN Press the SELECT button once LED is on Select the respective EXECUTOR which shall run the Default Sequence by pressing the respective EXECUTOR button once The headline of the small EXECUTOR window will be green Ersten Cue der Set the first Cue of the Default Sequence 4 1 Creating Cues STORE Taste 1x driicken LED leuchtet ENTER Taster 1x dr cken der erstellte Cue ist in der Master Sequenz gespeichert TIP joo EXECUTOR button has been selected before saving and you confirm with ENTER the saved Cue will always be added to the current Default Sequence In the Default Sequence Cues can be called up directly ZE O Press the GOTO Button once LED is on Enter the Cue number on the numeric keypad and confirm withENTER The Cue will be called up with the preset duration mw 2 13 Settings in the DEFAULTS menu When calling up Cues directly you can enter a FADE or DELAY time using the TIME button After having entered the Cue number press the TIME button for the FADE time once and enter the duration using the numeric keypad or press the TIME button once more for the DELAY time enter the duration using the numeric keypad and confirm with enter The Cue will be called up with the entered duration The Cue will always be called up as if the Sequence would run from the very beginning That means all previ
30. display background illumination The desk lamp can be switched either on or off with the ON OFF button The brightness of the desk lamp can be changed using a left mouse click on the blue bar or using the touchscreen By pressing this button you will enter the DEFAULTS menu All general presets can be set in this menu we 2 13 Settings in the DEFAULTS menu To display time and date After a short press on the softkey of the clock display you can set time and date with the encoder below the TFT screen By pressing this button you will reach the UPDATE SOFTWARE menu The operating system the operating software as well as the console software and the fixtures can be updated from this menu ug 10 Software Update To leave the SETUP menu eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 41 42 2 13 Settings in the DEFAULTS Menu 2 13 Settings in the DEFAULTS Menu DEFAULTS Pressing the DEFAULT button in the SETUP menu will bring you to the DEFAULTS menu n Cue Playback Executor Sheet heet re Timing Timing Defaults Sorting Fontsize k Fisture Sheet Fixture Sheet Basic Fade OFF Time Default is Blackout 053 Os Sequence Numbers 8 Point Push Channel Sheet Channel Sheet Master Basic Qutfade GOTO amp GO Chase Speed Enabled _ Infade Cue Timing 60 0 BPH Numbers 8 Point Keyboard Fader Sheet English 2 Snap Delay Readout er Uz EnH S Ee Be Preset Trig
31. first Fixture Dimmer starts with an offset of 0 the last with a maximum offset of 100 all Fixtures Dimmers in between will be distributed evenly The maximum limit for Offset modifications can be set from 100 to 100 Before modifying the value of a size select the Effect first Press the OFFSET button once green background Now you can set a different Offset using the Encoder below Pressing the Encoder once shortly will automatically set the value to 0 You can also use the ALIGN function to set this value 3 4 1 ALIGN function Rate Display of the set ratio between the rate for this individual Effect as to that of the whole Effect Group Possible settings range between 1 16 and 4 1 At a ratio of 16 1 the rate set for the Effect Group will be divided by 16 If the setting is 4 1 the rate will be multiplied by four Before modifying the ratio s value select the Effect first Press the RATE FACTOR button once green background Now you can set a different ratio using the Encoder below Pressing the Encoder once shortly will automatically set the value to 1 1 Grp Group Display of the set number by which the assigned Fixtures or Dimmers will be divided In the subdivided groups the Effect will then fully be executed Before modifying the subdivision value select the Effect first Press the GROUPS button once green background Now the subdivision of the Effect can be set using the Encoder below Pressing the Encoder once
32. in the Effect Pool Filter Here a filter can be set that limits the execution of the Effect either to the odd numbered or to the even numbered Fixtures To assign a filter select the cell Press the Encoder right to the display once The SELECT FILTER window will open where you can select a filter for this Effect Param Parameter Display of the assigned function for which the respective Effect has an influence To re assign a function select the cell Press the Encoder right to the display once The SELECT PARAMETER window will open where you can select a different function for this Effect 100 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 6 2 Editing Effect Groups grand as e Table Dir direction Size Here the assigned Effect is indicated with its name To re assign an Effect select the cell Press the Encoder right to the display once The SELECT TABLE window will open where you can select a different Effect for this function The left part of the window displays the selected Effect If the Effect Group has been started the Fixtures and Dimmers will be displayed on the Form PWM Pulse width modulation The pulse width can be defined as follows Press the EFFECT SETUP button once button has a dark background press the PULSE WIDTH button once button has a green background Now the pulse width can be modified using the E
33. in the Cue with all settings mentioned above If this Cue is called up the Effect Group will be started On When calling up Effect Groups its size speed and softness can be faded in or out If in the Effect Group a FADE TIME is set the intensity and speed or softness of the Effect Group will automatically be faded in or out when this Group is started EXEC 1 11 SEQU 1 SEO 1 TIMES Loops agg mp HR TRIG EFFECTS B0 im z an smal GO EFF 2 GO EFF 3 60 GO EFF 5 GO EFF 2 OFF EFF A OFF M91 INTENS F SPEED F SOFT F FADE o HIE Zu BPH m Bx RTE 60 1608 8 3 8 BPH 67 2 4 2 60 1060 87 19 6 BPH vime i m 60 160 8 30 4 BPH 32 87 8 8 4 In the Executor Sheet or in Edit Sequence press the EFFECT button will be displayed dark gray The window will be divided into two halves The upper part will display the Cue the lower part the calls of the individual Effect Groups for the selected Cue including the respective parameters Select a Cue in which calls or parameters of Effect Groups are to be modified selected Cue will be displayed with a blue frame and a magenta background The lower chart displays all calls of Effect Groups from this Cue Select an individual call to be modified will be displayed with a blue frame In the right display the setting will be adopted and displayed above the Encoders and can be customized at will If intensity speed or softness are to be faded in or
34. individual Fixtures or Dimmer channels can be selected in a specific order one after another When selecting Fixtures or Channels for a group make use of their order in which after calling up the group they are to be separately switched by using the NEXT PREV button FIXTURE CHANNEL Or e Press the FIXTURE button for a fixture group or the CHANNEL button for dimmer groups LED is on El Bel Pressing the ENTER key shortly will lock the Fixture or Channel in the Commandline Le Enter the number of first fixture or dimmer channel using the numeric keypad e Now you can select the fixture or dimmer channel with the respectively following number by using the key The THRU key on the numeric keypad will select all fixtures and dimmer channels from to including the last number entered e g d i Using the key the fixture dimmer channel with the following input number will not be selected Confirm with ENTER the selection will be processed The selected fixtures or channels will be displayed in the FIXTURE or CHANNEL window and given in yellow characters e e E STORE Press the STORE button once LED within the button is on Using the touchscreen or left mouse click select the desired group button on the display containing the GROUP window The selected fixtures are now saved to this group STORE LED is off You can now name this gro
35. latest Please attach a label on the unit indicating the date of purchase preferably update data etc choose a location where this information can easily be seen This manual was printed in the year 2000 Harddisk During operation do not push or knock on the unit Although the built in notebook harddisk is secured by a rubber upholstery mechanical stress can still damage the unit and lead to e g a complete loss of data Housing Do not block or cover the ventilation On hot summer days the lid grandMA only should be at least 5 cm open to ensure sufficient ventilation Do not place any drinks on the unit Do not use force when adjusting the viewing angle of the display panel grandMA only MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 1 6 General Safety Instructions 1 6 General Safety Instructions 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Read all the instructions in the user s manual especially the safety requirements wg 1 5 Safety requirements Keep the user s manual for later use Follow all cautions and warnings indicated on the unit 2 3 4 5 6 Pull the mains plug before cleaning the unit don t use any liquid or spray cleaner Clean with a dry cloth Do not use the unit nearby water Do not expose it to a humid environment Do not spill any liquid over the unit Do not block or cover the ven
36. middle part of the menu shows all Effect Groups that were called up via EXECUTOR faders Pressing the OFF button at the right of the EXECUTOR will switch off these Effect Groups 5 1 1 Assigning Effect Groups to EXECUTOR faders The left part of the menu shows all Effect Groups that were called up by Cues Pressing the OFF button on the right side of CUELIST all these Effect Groups will be switched off The lower part of the menu shows all Effect Group calls performed since last saving a Cue including their respective parameters When saving the next Cue all calls in this Sheet will also be saved A WON It is also possible to modify individual calls To do so select the respective call will be displayed with a blue frame The setting will be adopted displayed above the Encoders and can be adjusted with them You can delete a complete call by making a right mouse click into the NAME column If you only want to delete a single parameter make a right mouse click on the parameter eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 107 6 7 Creating and Saving Virtual Forms EDIT FORMS 6 7 Creating and Saving Virtual Forms EDIT FORMS 6 7 1 Creating Virtual Forms From this menu you can create two dimensional forms for the PAN TILT function When creating Forms the movements can directly be output to the Fixtures This serves mainly for testing the created forms and
37. once The UPDATE CUELIST window will open Update Preset To save the modifications to the original preset press the UPDATE PRESET button If other values not of this preset were modified these values will not be saved to the preset These modified values remain active red and can be saved by pressing again the update button and UPDATE CUE button Update Cue In order to save only this Cue with the modifications made press the UPDATE CUE button 80 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 4 3 Editing Sequences 4 3 5 Copying Cues COPY Press the COPY Button once LED is on SEQUENCE Press the SEQUENCE Button once LED is on Using the keypad enter the number of the Sequence from which Cues are to be copied Press the CUE Button once LED is on Using the keypad enter the number of the first Cue from which the copying is to start If only one Cue is to be copied continue with the AT Button Pressing the button will copy the respective Cue indicated by the following number Pressing the THRU button on the keypad will copy the Cues from to including last Cue When pressing the button the Cue with the next number will not be copied Press the AT button once LED is on Enter the new number for the copied Cues using the keypad Example The Cues are to be inserted between Cue 10 and Cue 11 Number these Cues e g as 10
38. one of the EXECUTOR buttons The timecode display will start counting and the time line will start moving but for the moment nothing else will be displayed Now you can make your entries for the Show and for this TRACK by calling up the playback functions To stop recording press the STOP button or the Encoder below once After this each used EXECUTOR having a Sequence will be displayed as a yellow bar each Chaser as a magenta bar in the TRACKS 7 1 4 Executing a TIMECODE Show When the TIMECODE Show is loaded it can be directly started To run the Show press the PLAY button or the Encoder once The Show will beginn at the set INTERNAL TIMECODE for the given time period If EXTERNAL TIMECODE was set the Show will start with the incoming EXTERNAL TIMECODE signal synchroneously to the incoming SMPTE time window again afterwards there is no TIMECODE Show displayed at first If you press the BACKUP button and then the SELECT button all loaded TIMECODE Shows will be displayed and can be directly opened by clicking on them ez The TIMECODE Show will internally continue even if you switch to another window If you open the TIMECODE eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 1 13 7 1 Timecode 7 1 5 Modifying a TIMECODE Show EDIT Press the EDIT button displayed in dark gray All symbols for EXECUTOR buttons or Faders appear on the display n
39. shortly will automatically delete the set value Wing The set number will indicate how often the assigned Fixtures or Dimmers and the Effect will be mirrored Possible settings range between 8 and 8 102 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 6 2 Editing Effect Groups grand as Example With a setting of 2 the assigned Fixtures Dimmers will be divided in the middle The set effect will now be executed in the first half forwards up to the middle and in the second half the Effect will be executed in reverse from the middle onto the last Fixture Dimmer With a setting of 2 the assigned Fixtures Dimmers will be divided in the middle The set effect will now be executed in the first half forwards up to the middle and in the second half the Effect will be executed in reverse and phase shifted by 180 from the middle onto the last Fixture Dimmer Before modifying the wing value select the Effect first Press the WINGS button once green background Now the number of Effect wings can be set using the Encoder below Pressing the Encoder once shortly will automatically delete the set value AS Adaptive Speed If this function is activated the speed will automatically be adjusted when the number of Part Partly Fixtures or Dimmers changes That means the individual Effects of this Effect Group do not run at different speeds when wor
40. the changes made after the last saving CLOSE Will close the current TIMECODE Show DELETE Will delete the current TIMECODE Show EXIT Will close this menu 6 Pressing the SETUP button will open the SETUP menu The following buttons are available TIMES Will open the TIME SETTINGS menu Pressing the FINE button will enlarge the size of the timecode display up to 12x Pressing the COARSE button will reduce the size of the timecode display up to 12x Pressing the SET LENGTH button will set the end position of the Show either to the end of the recorded TIMECODE Show or to the currently set time blue time line large timecode display if longer than the Show itself After pressing the SET LENGTH gt button the end position for the time period can be manually set in the opened window using the and keys for hours minutes seconds or frames After pressing the SET OFFSET gt button the OFFSET time can be set in the opened window using the and keys for hours minutes seconds or frames After pressing the GOTO TIME gt button the curent time period blue time line large timecode display can be set in the opened window using the and keys for hours minutes seconds or frames With EXIT you can leave this menu TRACKS Will open the TRACK SETTINGS menu With SELECT ALL TRACKS you can select all TRACKS With DESELECT ALL TRACKS you can cancel the selection of all TRACKS Aft
41. the grandMA you will find the MIDI IN MIDI THRU and MIDI OUT sockets Assigned commands can be called up using e g an external MIDI keyboard or sequencer Devices like these can be plugged into the Midi IN socket Only note commands will be processed The incoming signals will be automatically output the MIDI THRU In version 2 10 MIDI OUT is not yet available 7 4 1 Assigning Playback Buttons TOOLS Press the TOOLS button once Call up the MIDI REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu using the REMOTE button REMOTE Press the STORE button once LED is on MIDI a eA i Eed ea RENE ea o ee a RR ler er 7 Tel STORE Select a button in the MIDI REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu Press the Playback button that you want to assign The selected button will now be assigned The assigned Playback buttons will be displayed on the individual buttons of the MIDI REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu Only EXECUTOR buttons can be assigned to the respective MIDI note MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 7 4 Remote Control by MIDI 7 4 2 Selecting the MIDI Channel Pressing the Channel button will open a menu in which you can select one of the 16 Midi channels by a simple mouse click 7 4 3 Assigning the Pitch By pressing the KEY OFFSET button you can transpose the incoming notes by one octave downwards This can be set for up to three octaves 7 4 4 Deleti
42. the jump function by pressing the respective Button With the LOOP TIMED Button only jumps within the set time frame are performed With the LOOP COUNT Button the jump will be repeated as often as indicated With the DELETE Button you can delete the jump For the indicated jump you can now determine the duration or number of jumps in the LOOPDELAY column by clicking on or entering the respective value Example When you enter 5 in the TIMED cell the jumps will be executed for 5 seconds When you enter 5 in the COUNT cell the jump will be repeated five times before the Sequence will be continued Inserting Macros Within a Sequence a Macro can be called up by a Cue As soon as this Cue is reached the Marco will be executed By setting a time frame the Macro can be called up with an individual delay 7 1 Creating and Programming Macros Make a right mouse click on the respective Cue in the LINK column The SELECT MACRO window will open Select the MACRO to be executed The Macro will be displayed with its name or number For the selected Macro you can now enter a time frame in the LI DEL column The Macro will only be executed after this time has ended e g if you enter 5 in the LI DEL column the Macro will be executed after a delay of five seconds eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 4 4 Editing Chasers 4 4 Editi
43. the library there are ready made presets that can be created here Furthermore ready made effects and buttons for each Fixture and Dimmer can be created in the GROUP window Call up AUTO CREATE in the SETUP menu Auto Create Create Grou including i Select exactly All Odd Even 1 Fixture as reference Create Create Create Presets for SAVE 8 PRESET Presets Presets all Fixtures with REFERENCE don t merge merge Value Names available FIXTURE PRESET Fe Select Fixtures of same typ LOAD PRESET REFERENCE 7 CLOSE 1 The sheet shows all Fixtures and Dimmers that are used in the current show On the right side of each Fixture or Dimmer there is a cell for PRESET and GROUP In the cells a NO is displayed You can switch over to YES by right mouse clicks on the individual cells or using the Encoder on the right side of the Display When creating presets or group buttons they will be created only for these specific Fixtures or Dimmers 2 Pressing the CREATE GROUPS button will create a button for each Fixture in the GROUP window An ODD button to select all odd numbered Fixtures an EVEN button to select all even numbered Fixtures and an ALL button to select all Fixtures Pressing the CREATE SINGLE GROUPS button will create a button for each Fixture in the GROUP window 3 Pressing the CREATE PRESETS button don t merge will create individual presets for each Fixture type Pressing t
44. via numeric keypad dot key and then the page number confirm with ENTER A window will open here confirm the deleting operation with the DELETE button Deleting Pages with Executor fader and buttons Press the DELETE button once to delete Pages LED is on Press the PAGE button once LED is on Enter the page number on the keypad and confirm with ENTER A window will open here confirm the deleting operation with the DELETE button If there are programmed Macros or Timecode Shows in which the moved or deleted Pages were to be used these assignments may get lost eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 97 98 5 6 OFF menu Running Programms 5 6 OFF menu RUNNING PROGRAMMS OFF Pressing this button will open the RUNNING PROGRAMMS window RUNNING PROGRAMS CHASES CUELIST CUE RRO RRO DSJAJ SEQUENCES OFF EFFECTS OFF DETAILS gt FADERS OFF BUTTONS OFF The left column shows all activated Chasers the middle column all active Sequences and Cues and the right column contains all activated Effect Groups CHASES OFF Switches off all active CHASERS SEQUENCES OFF Switches off all active SEQUENCES EFFECTS OFF Switches off all active EFFECTS Pressing the DETAILS button will open the View ALL RUNNING EFFECTS menu 6 5 View ALL RUNNING EFFECTS menu
45. will be sorted A Z with second click they will be sorted Z A For further Fixtures start again with step I and use NEW ENTRY one line below the new Fixture FIXTURE SELECT A bel URE INCLUDE FIXTURES FROM Ars S Wl ACTUAL 6 SHOH HAME ADVERT SCAN HR CF 1288 HARD EDGE FUTURE LIGHT CLAYPAKY STRONG ES KRY FUTURE LIGHT COEMAR VERS ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL DATE 06 15 68 16 06 15 08 16 06 15 88 16 06 15 08 16 CF 1208 SPOT COEMAR ORIGINAL CF6 TAS COEMAR ORIGINAL CHANDRA I LITEBEAH ORIGINAL CHANDRA II HR LITEBEAH ORIGINAL CITYCOLOR STUDIO DUE ORIGINAL COEF 1288 DISCO COEF ORIGINAL MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 2 Selecting Type and Numbers of Fixtures If the MANUFACTURER LIBRARY button dark background is pressed all Fixtures stored in the library are available If the USER LIBRARY button dark background is pressed all self created Fixtures stored in the library are available If the ACTUAL SHOW button dark background is pressed only Fixtures to be used in this show are available Will add a new line above the marked position Will erase the marked line Accessing the EDIT FIXTURES menu From this menu the selected Fixture can be changed If NEW ENTRY is activated a
46. 2 YES GC sorq jan PATCH DIMMER FIXTURE PATCH CHANNEL PATCH DN LIST i 1 Select the first dimmer channel with a right mouse click TIP fseveral dimmer channels are addressed one by one these can be selected in one by clicking and holding the left mouse button draw loop in the DMX ADDRESS column Once the dimmer channels have been selected red background a right mouse click in the marked column will open the PATCH DIMMER window 2 Set the DMX output A to H via keyboard Set the DMX channel via keyboard confirm with ENTER Or Set the DMX output A to H by a left mouse click Move the blue bar by holding left mouse button until the desired address appears on the left Confirm figure with a left mouse click and the chosen figure will be displayed Repeat these steps for each dimmer channel Assigning the DMX sockets 2 6 DMX output and Ethernet configuration Outputs E to H are only available with an optional channel expansion to 4096 channels For the expansion an upgrade is necessary As of serial number 156 a dongle hardware protection has to be installed within ea the grandMA for serial numbers under SN 156 a plug in card has to be exchanged For this operation the unit has to be opened by a qualified technician CAUTION unplug the mains plug first To erase DMX address of selected dimmer channel Aw When the MULTI PATCH button is pressed button s back
47. ACRO window appears now select the macro to be deleted The MACRO Name will be maintained but witout any contents All assignments to MACRO buttons are now deleted Deleting an EXECUTOR Press the desired EXECUTOR button or Deleting the EXECUTOR on the current page Press the EXECUTOR button next to the numeric keypad LED is on Enter the EXECUTOR number via the numeric keypad and confirm with ENTER Deleting the EXECUTOR on another page Press the EXECUTOR button next to the numeric keypad LED is on Now enter the PAGE number Then press the full stop key and the number of the EXECUTOR and confirm with ENTER Example EXECUTOR 5 on PAGE 3 is to be deleted Entry DELETE button EXECUTOR button 3 5 ENTER Or Press the EXECUTOR button next to the numeric keypad LED is on Enter the EXECUTOR number via the numeric keypad Press the PAGE button next to the numeric keypad LED is on Enter the PAGE number via the numeric keypad and confirm with ENTER Deleting Sequences Press the SEQUENCE button Enter the number of Sequence via the numeric keypad and confirm with ENTER Deleting CUES Press the SEQUENCE button Enter the number of Sequence via the numeric keypad Press the CUE button and enter the number of cue via numeric keypad confirm with ENTER If no sequence number is entered the Cue of the Master default sequence is deleted Deleting a PAGE Press the PAGE button next to t
48. AHU VERS DATE STANDARD DIMMER UNKNOWN ORIGINAL 61 61 76 60 08 a If the MANUFACTURER LIBRARY button dark background is pressed all Dimmer types stored in the manufacturer library are available b If the USER LIBRARY button dark background is pressed all self created Dimmer types stored in the library are available If the ACTUAL SHOW button dark background is pressed only Dimmer types to be used in this show are available 22 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 3 Selecting the Number of Dimmer Channels To add a new line in front of the marked position 5 To erase the marked line 6 Calling up the EDIT FIXTURE menu In this menu the selected Dimmer can be modified If NEW ENTRY is selected you can create a new Dimmer w 2 10 Modifying Fixtures and Dimmers EDIT FIXTURE and 2 11 Creating Fixtures and Dimmers EDIT FIXTURE If in the Start column the number of a Fixture is followed by an asterix this is a fixture that was modified or self created 7 Switching between library on the hard disk to library on the floppy disk or vice versa HARDDISK LIBRARY Uses Fixtures Dimmers from the internal hard disk ez After switching to the floppy disk it can take some seconds until the floppy reacts FLOPPY DISK Uses Fixtures Dimmers from the floppy if any 8 _ Calling up the MANAGE menu
49. ART 83 NEXT 10 53 125 CUE 47 NO SWAP 58 WRAP 64 PLAY 1012 Playback Buttons assigning 116 120 Timing 42 Plug In Card 28 POSITIVE ENABLE 90 Power Failure 8 PREDEFINES 108 PRESET calling up a 68 70 changing a 37 copying a 69 creating a 37 68 creating a automatically 35 deleting a 71 FILTER 43 moving a 69 updating a 80 Values 59 PRESETS 39 PRESS OK TO REBOOT 126 PREV 10 53 PREVIEW 77 PREVIOUS 125 Printer 25 27 PROFILE 30 32 36 assigning a 32 creating a 32 customizing a 32 deleting a 32 Prop 41 PULSE WIDTH 101 PUSH 40 PWM 99 Quick Reference 16 QUIKEY 48 123 125 activating a 125 assigning a 125 Rainbow Color Blending 99 RANDOM 99 RANDOMLY 85 Rate 102 REACT AS STORED ONLY 117 119 121 READOUT 59 REC 112 Settings current 89 in the Setup Menu 40 SETUP 19 125 Menu Settings in the 40 Show deleting from harddisk 127 loading an empty 127 loading from floppy disk 127 loading from harddisk 126 saving on floppy disk 127 saving the current on harddisk 126 SIN 99 Size 101 SMPTE 111 SNAP 31 79 85 DELAY 17 56 63 73 80 86 SOFT 79 85 EDIT 33 Soft Keyboard 13 15 SOFTNESS 104 Software Crash 9 Update 128 Version 48 SORT Ascending 59 BY 59 by Names 20 Desending 59 SOUND 44 85 Signal 80 Setting of a 44 Special Masters assigning 91 S
50. AY times individual durations can also be set for the individual functions in the FIXTURE window You will need these settings when creating Cues in order to be able to work with different FADE or DELAY times for individual functions HAME mL AES DIMMER COBO COLOUR COWEFF FOCUS BEAM SPECON COLi FRST _ IRIS TILT DIN GOBi BOLDENSEANS I TC GOLDENSCHN 9 ECC GOLDENSCANS Le 1 6 TETEE CE TT A ED 34 lt U GOLDENSCANS L6 1 6 WIEN 3 Ft CLEAR SET ALL BASIC FADE SHAP DELAY PRESS OR TURH 8 8 8 8 TO CLEAR TIMES 1 Press the FADE or DELAY button switching on the control bar 3 4 7 Options in the Fixture window Or TIME If the AUTO button is pressed on the control bar or in the options Switching on the Control bar 3 4 7 Options in the Fixture window when pressing the TIME button once the fixture sheet will switch to FADE time mode The second time the fixture sheet will switch to DELAY time mode If the AUTO button is not pressed the display will not switch over The currently selected FADE or DELAY function will be displayed by an arrow on the Commandline control bar 3 1 3 Commandline 2 Choose a function for which you wish to program a time other than the Basic time You will find a button for each function displayed above the Encoder descriptions By pressing these buttons buttons will turn dark grey you can select which functions shall be affected by the change U
51. Assigning Special Masters If the SPECIAL MASTER button is pressed all CHASER SPEED Masters will be displayed Select the CHASER SPEED to be assigned The following window will appear above the assigned Executor fader W Here the name of the Speed Group will be displayed SPEED 1 With the upper button you can enter a speed directly By pressing the button at least twice you 193 4 BPM can set the speed With the button below the fader you can double the speed With the lower button you can half the speed The speed of the Speed Group can be adjusted by using the respective Fader 5 1 12 Moving copying or deleting Executors Press the MOVE button once to move Executors LED is on Or COPY Press the COPY button once to copy Executors LED is on Zi eo amp SEN 2 To move or copy an Executor button or a window above the Executor press or click on FES it once Pressing another Executor button or window above the Executor will set the new position Press the DELETE button once to delete Executors LED is on Press an Executor button or on a window above the Executor once If there are programmed Macros or Timecode Shows in which the moved or deleted Executors were to be used these assignments may get lost eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 91 5 2 Small EXECUTOR Window 5 2 Small EXECUTOR Window gran
52. BNET address the number after the address for the DMX OUTPUT Choose an address for the DMX OUTPUT 6 In the right chart one line is displayed for each hub The selected DMX OUTPUT will be displayed on a green background If an output is displayed on a red background this indicates that it is already being assigned and can not be used In the SHORT NAME column you can enter a name for each hub using the keyboard Press the SAVE button Now the hub for this DMX port is configured and the menu will be closed If further ports are to be assigned repeat steps 2 to 6 When all settings are completed press the SAVE button in the DMX OUTPUT CONFIGURATION menu The modified settings are now saved Now the blue ACTIVE LED at the assigned DMX hub is on and the DMX outputs can be used When data are received the red LED on the DMX hub is on eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 29 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show DHX LIST Press the DMX LIST button in the PATCH menu to activate this menu EDIT DM amp LIST Wi cht HO PARANE TER PROFILE INY DEFAUIHLGHLISTAGE NP FIXTURE no AZ Le e EE See Bug STA COL CONS no d B Lane In STAGE COL 1 STROBE none NO FF FF SNAP CHANNEL aiod STAGE COL 1 PAN none NO 58 FADE patch un STAGE COL A TILT none NO 158
53. By clicking on the Fixtures Dimmers in this menu and choosing and pressing the DELETE ENTRY button you can delete the self created Fixtures and Dimmers stored in the library Fixtures in the manufacturer library can not be deleted 9 With UPDATE LIBRARY you can save newly created or modified Fixtures Dimmers to the hard disk drive library or to a floppy disk By that a new or modified Fixture Dimmer will be available for a new show When Fixtures Dimmers are modified and stored they are registered with a new date To store a Dimmer please change its name as otherwise this Dimmer will appear twice in the library and can only be discerned by its date 10 Tosave all settings with SAVE button TT To leave the FIXTURE SCHEDULE menu Proceed by patching the dimmer channels we 2 5 Setting DMX Addresses for Dimmers RECOMMENDATION After changes in the FIXTURES SCHEDULE Menu especially the deleting of Dimmers from the Show a RESET of the grandMA should be executed after leaving this menu item 8 Control Alt Delete eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 23 24 2 4 Selecting DMX Addresses for Fixtures 2 4 Selecting DMX Addresses for Fixtures FIXTURE Activate PATCH in the Setup menu PATCH EDIT FIXTURE PATCH FIXT
54. COMMANDLINE CLOCK DESK STATUS EXECUTOR fader or an EXECUTOR button Among DIMMER PRESET other options this is where global times can be GOB0 PRESET changed also we 5 3 EXECUTOR window COLOUR PRESET Selected dimmer channels can be displayed as either BEAN CE RESET bar or figure within this window Here you will also CONTROL PRESET have direct access to channels and values ue 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly SHAPERS CE RESET Displays all fixtures plus the various functions values status etc Here you will have direct access to the fixtures functions and values m 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly In this window you can display a Sequence that is assigned to an EXECUTOR fader or EXECUTOR button Here as opposed to the EXECUTOR Sheet all values or times can be displayed separately Any value time can be modified separately for any channel m 5 4 TRACKING window In this window all DMX output channels are displayed as hexadecimal values like they are actually patched Displays creates new edits and calls up fixture and dimmer groups ww 3 3 Creating and Calling up Fixtures and Dimmer groups In this Pool all created Sequences are displayed This way assignments to Executors can be made very quickly Here the Sequences can be renamed copied and deleted 5 1 ASSIGN menu Displaying and Calling up Effect Groups 6 Effects Indicates and calls up macros on the displays 8 Macros and QUIKEY
55. Colours used in the FIXTURE CHANNEL and FADER window grand MA 3 6 Colours used in the FIXTURE CHANNEL and FADER window Input or Function Status Channel Dimmer Fixture number Channel Attribute Attribute Value Value Channel or attribute not selected gray gray gray not used or released no value 3x CLEAR Not selected not selected but gray yellow yellow but value from output value gt 0 any Executor Dimmer not selected not selected but gray blue green yellow last fade on Master output value gt 0 Sequence did not change the value Dimmer not selected not selected but gray green yellow last fade on Master output value gt 0 Sequence decreased the value DOWN Dimmer not selected not selected but gray magenta yellow last fade on Master output value gt 0 Sequence increased the value UP Not selected not selected but gray White on dark White on dark last change was manual manual changed red background red background Manuell calling up selected yellow gray gray but not active Again manual Activation active yellow white on red white on red or changed by Fader background background or Encoder Selection deleted by not selected not gray White on dark White on dark CLEAR button active but selected red background red background Activation deleted by not selected but grey white white CLEAR button manually changed Not selected only output grey yellow yellow but value from any E
56. Displaying and Calling up Views ug 3 2 2 View Pool Displaying and Calling up control buttons on the displays ug 8 Macros and QUIKEY Here the executed commands are listed with their respective names This is also where the commands can be entered wm 3 1 3 Commandline Display window for the analogue or digital clock Switching by pressing the ANALOG button Displays the current software versions VXWORKS operating system with date GrandMA main program with date If this line is displayed in green the unit supports 4096 DMX channels IO SUBSYSTEM program for the second integrated computer Motorola internals system load etc MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 1 CREATING A WINDOW TIMECODE Recording Playing back Editing and Saving SMPTELTC Timecode controlled operations mm 7 1 Timecode PAN TILT DIMMER GOBO COLOUR BEAM FOCUS CONTROL SHAPERS und ALL Creates new edits and calls up individual PRESETS with name and number ug 3 7 Creating and Calling up Presets Nes 20 Nam 2 Select the window or function to be created with a left mouse click 3 If you wish to move the newly created window hold the window border with the left mouse button and move the window 4 There are 3 ways to enlarge a window Move the cursor carefully to the lower or right border or corner until you will see a small double arrow ne
57. E Buttons you can call up the PAGE 5 5 2 Executor Fader Page When pressing both PAGE buttons for the Executor Faders simultaneously the display will show a summary of the Executor Fader Pages Or If in EXECUTOR FADER Mode you can call up the summary for all EXECUTOR FADER Pages by pressing the PAGE Buttons in the display By clicking on a PAGE Button you can call up the respective PAGE The individual Faders are indicated by symbols in the respective PAGE Buttons The yellow bar graph will give you the currently set value for the respective Fader If there is a green square above the Fader symbol a Sequence a Group or a Special Master is allocated to this Executor Fader If this square is yellow the Sequence or Chaser is active 5 5 3 Executor Button Page When pressing both PAGE buttons for the Executor Buttons simultaneously the display will show a summary of the EXECUTOR BUTTON Pages After pressing the LIST button once the TFT display will show a listing of the Sequences assigned to the Buttons and in the middle a PAGE Button with the currently called up EXECUTOR Page You can call up the summary for all EXECUTOR BUTTON Pages by pressing the PAGE buttons in the display By clicking on a PAGE button you can call up the respective PAGE The buttons are indicated by symbols in the respective PAGE buttons If there is a green square a Sequence a Group or a Special Master is allocated to this Executor But
58. ECODE Show EDIT 7 1 2 Creating a New TIMECODE Show To create a new Timecode Show you first have to load an empty Show with a new name Make a left mouse click on the BACKUP button or touch it on the Touchscreen A selection menu will open in which you have to press the LOAD button In the open window use the keyboard to enter a new name for the TIMECODE Show and confirm with ENTER 7 1 3 Recording a TIMECODE Show Click on a track that you want to record to The selected TRACKS will be displayed inverted Before you can start the recording you have to specify if you want to record with an INTERNAL or an EXTERNAL TIMCODE signal The standard preset is INTERNAL TIMECODE The grandMA will automatically use its internal TIMECODE signal To switch over to the external TIMECODE make a left mouse click on the SETUP button then on the SYNC button top left on the display or on the TOUCHSCREEN A selection list will open in which you have to click on the EXTERNAL SYNC button If this button is inverted dark gray EXTERNAL is selected In the right display above the Encoders there is one button for the following functions STOP Will stop the recording or playback of a TIMECODE Show PLAY Will start the playback of a TIMECODE Show REC Will start the recording of a TIMECODE Show To start recording press the REC button or the Encoder below once The Button color will change to red The recording will start when you press
59. ECUTOR Fader or use the touchscreen to do so The EDIT menu appears on the right TFT display showing a listing of the individual cues Qe xecutor 114 Sequence P SEO 15 ENSS LOOPS EFFECTS ae FADE OUTFADE SHAP I FADE I DELAY Il step Mode FOLLOW FOLLOW FOLLOW FOLLOW SOUND SOUND FOLLOW FOLLOW SOUND SOUND SOUND CG 18 1 51 2 FOLLOW en Cal uren a Jerome MANUAL VW CO zl oh ar PG a el ooo oo So OOo 5995 1 6 2 6 2 6 1 6 1 6 2 8 2 8 3 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 1 6 D H 1 6 312 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 0 8 D O aO O O o O eH e e oe co BASIC OUTFADE BASIC PRE SHAP CELNY You will find the addressed EXECUTOR fader or button in the headline giving the number of the PAGE and the sequence by its name 2 The second line will give you the functions of the columns No Number of Cue NAME Name of Cue TRIGGER Call of the Cue GO button X FADER SOUND TIME or LOOP 78 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 4 3 Editing Sequences WO IP GW 4 3 1 If the TIMES button on the title bar is pressed FADE FADE time OUTFADE Duration of fade in on Dimmer channels becoming smaller SNAP Duration of the DELAY e FADE Duration of the individual FADE time min and max DELAY Duration of the individual DELAY time min and max If the LOOPS button on the title bar is pressed LOO
60. ES is displayed the speed will be faded in with the set fade time SOFT Display of the set softness softer fade in of the effects F Fade If Y YES is displayed the softness will be faded in with the set fade time The chart will show all Cues of the Chaser With the help of the button you can define various sequences for the Chaser GO Call up of the steps with the GO button Fade and Delay time will be executed with the set time RUN Chaser runs with the set speed Fade and Delay time will be adjusted in terms of percentage SOUND Call up of the steps via a sound signal Fade and Delay time will be executed with the set time BPM Call up of the steps via the automatic recognition of Beats per minute Fade and Delay time will be adjusted in terms of percentage FORWARD Chaser runs forward REVERS Chaser runs backwards BOUNCE Chaser runs forward then backwards and so on RANDOMLY Chaser calls up individual steps on random basis AUTO LOOP SINGLE ON SINGLE OFF Switch over by pressing the button On AUTO LOOP after the last step the Chaser will jump back to the first and continue With SINGLE ON the Chaser makes one run and stops at the last Cue With SINGLE OFF the Chaser makes one run and switches off after the last Cue SPEED INDV On RUN an individually set speed will be used SPEED 1 4 On RUN the respective SPEED Group will be used These set speeds can be used for all Chasers w
61. IGN ALIGN button pressed 4 times LED is on When changing activated values the middle value will be the one modified most the values on the left and right will not change and the values in between will be distributed evenly If you wish to modify the selection or the activated values of the fixtures CLEAR 6 Press the CLEAR button When pressing the CLEAR button the first time the selection of fixtures will be deleted from the FIXTURE window yellow characters turn grey The modified values will be kept and displayed in red characters numbers CLEAR 6 Press the CLEAR button again When pressing the CLEAR button the second time the activation of modified values will be cancelled red figures characters CLEAR Press the CLEAR button one more time When pressing the CLEAR key the third time all modified values will be reset default or to their original setting prior of the activation After pressing the CLEAR button for the first time the yellow LED in this buttons will blink This means that Cen only the selection was deleted When you select other Fixtures or dimmer channels now the yellow LED will not blink anymore eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 55 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 4 2 FADE and DELAY times in the FIXTURE window Additionally to the standard Basic FADE and DEL
62. INT button the DMX table will be printed default printer 14 a settings will be saved with the SAVE button 1 5 To leave the DMX LIST menu eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 31 2 8 Creating and Assigning Profiles MIA L 2 8 Creating Assigning and Deleting Profiles In the PROFILE TOOL menu you can create individual profiles The profiles created can be assigned to any DMX channel TOOLS Press the TOOLS button once Edit Call up this menu from the TOOLS menu using the EDIT PROFILE button i Profiles gt Or In the DMX List menu make a right mouse click into the Profiles column ug 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show Or In the EDIT FIXTURE menu make a right mouse click into the Profiles column 2 10 Modifying Fixtures EDIT FIXTURE and ue 2 11 Creating Fixtures EDIT FIXTURE PROFILE POOL PREVIEW PROFILE TYPES FUNC TIONS HR HAHE 1 IHTERHAL PROFILES NEW 2 DIMMER PROFILES 2 3 FIXTURE CHANHEL PROFILES H 4 FADE TRANSITION PROFILES D BEE TT e mn 313 SELECT AND EXIT HR HAME USED 3iZ DIMMER 512 H 513 DIMMER S250 SELECT NONE AND EXIT CLOSE 1 The PROFILE TYPES sheet displays four folders for different profiles Self created profiles can be saved to these individual folders With the left mouse button select a folder in which a created profi
63. Index Index Symbole 59 lt lt lt 88 Action 79 85 Activating 17 Active Values 43 59 73 ACTUAL CUE 47 SHOW 22 ADD 115 Additiv 41 ALIGN 101 102 Function 55 62 OFF 125 ALL 17 43 73 125 for Selected Devices 43 73 FULL 90 OFF 107 SCREENS 50 ALWAYS 103 ANGLE 109 ARC 109 Archives of Fixtures 37 ARROW 109 Artistic Licence 28 ARTNET 28 AS Adaptive Speed 103 ASSIGN 18 79 125 menu 17 87 Assignments deleting 117 119 121 ATTRIBUTE GROUPING 57 Menu 45 AUTO 59 FIX 47 88 GAIN 44 LOOP 85 PrePos 47 89 SCROLL 93 95 WRAP 64 SORT Function 59 64 Background Illumination 41 BACKSPACE 49 BACKUP 125 BASE 102 VALUE 102 BASIC FADE 17 56 63 73 80 Battery 8 BEEPS ON 199 BLACKOUT 10 43 BLIND 10 79 BLOCK 95 114 Booting 16 BOUNCE 85 105 BP 42 44 85 105 Button Assignment menu 46 Button changing a 88 Page 96 BUTTONS OFF 98 Calculator 15 Calibrating Button 40 CHANNEL 48 Expansion to 4096 24 FADER 40 61 Mode 61 Page 96 specific Adjustments for the Current Show 30 VALUES 39 window Colours used in the 67 Characters red yellow 55 CHASE 99 INFADE 86 OUTFADE 86 SPEED 86 CHASER 46 92 calling a Playback 77 editing a 84 executing a 87 SPEED 42 91 CHASER triggering a 44 CHASES OFF 98 CLEAR 10 17 56 62 125 LED 55 CLOCK 48 CLOSE 90 112 Colours rainbow color blending 99
64. LIST 13 96 PAN 25 copying a 75 vial 116 LOAD 112 NORMAL 58 deleting a 71 Touchscreen 8 40 78 PRESET REFERENCE 35 TILT MAX 37 editing a 78 TRACKBALL 14 54 68 LOOP 79 85 Trackball Orientation 25 executing a 87 Sensitivity of the 40 COUNT 83 Panel mechanical parts Names changing 87 SPEED 125 TIMED 83 of the 8 programming a 74 TRACKING 17 47 48 76 drawing a 24 26 Param Parameter 100 triggering a 44 mode 89 LOOPDELAY 79 83 85 Part Partly 103 SEQUENCES 72 Window 94 LOOPS 83 93 PAUSE 88 104 OFF 98 TRACKINGSHEET OPTIONS 94 Loss of Data 8 PHASE1 PHASE2 PHASE3 99 Service Work 9 TRACKS 112 LTP Dimmers 47 89 Pitch assigning the 121 SET 53 TRIANGLE 99 LTP principle 17 72 89 111 Macro activating a 123 button 10 creating a 123 deleting a 71 editing a 124 inserting a in a Cue 83 OPTIONS 123 Pool 123 TIMED 124 MACROS 48 91 123 MAIN PROGRAM 128 Manual Fade 70 MANUFACTURER LIBRARY 22 Manufacturer s Setting 45 MASTER 88 Sequence 76 Slave 122 START 47 88 STOP 47 88 Mathematical Functions 110 MIDI Channel selecting the 121 IN 120 Input 121 note 120 Remote Control by 120 MIRROR 109 MODIFY CUE 79 Modulator 102 Monitor external 40 Motorfader 40 Mouse Button middle 60 68 Function 40 MOVE 82 125 MULTI PATCH 26 NAME 79 85 Field 64 MANUFACTURER 36 Names 59 NEW ENTRY 22 ST
65. LOAD SHOW button The QUESTION window save the actual show first will open Pressing the YES button will save the current Show Pressing the NO button will discard the current Show Now the LOADING ACTSHOW window containing the PRESS OK TO REBOOT button will open After pressing the PRESS OK TO REBOOT button the grandMA will perform a Reset and will automatically restart This will take approx 1 minute After the restart the right display will show a window containing the following options NEW SHOW Will load an empty Show The display will switch to the SETUP menu LOAD SHOW Will load an alread existing Show The display will switch to the BACKUP menu Additionally you can save an empty Show to hard disk or floppy so that you can use them later when needed This way you can also transfer demo shows standard settings etc to others 9 4 Deleting the Current Show The currently loaded Show can not be deleted In order to delete the currently loaded Show you have to load another Show first 9 5 Deleting a Show from the internal harddisk In the list make a left mouse click on the Show to be deleted indicated by a red line Press the DELETE SHOW button The QUESTION window delete the show first from harddisk with the following options will open YES Will delete the selected Show NO Will abort the process ex The hard disk has a capacity of at least 2 000 Megabytes so that you can save lots of Shows to the g
66. Layout and Controls Entry window Calculator In this window you can enter values or times and recalculate them For the selected Fixtures or Channels Presets can be called up If in the Executor Sheet or in the EDIT menu a trigger call or time is selected you can open this window by pressing the Encoder on the right side of the Display If Fixtures or Channels are selected this window can be opened by pressing the respective buttons for this function above the Encoder The title bar of this window will display the selected function GOBOI input range 0 00 to 100 00 In the upper cell the current value will be displayed Using the touch screen you can enter a different value or time and accept it pressing the OK button Left of the numbers the following buttons are displayed H for hours M for minutes S for seconds and F for frames With these buttons you can directly enter times if necessary or If a function is selected buttons for Clear Deactivate and the individual presets are displayed in the lower part If you press CLEAR the values of the selected Fixtures or Channels will be deleted If you press DEACTIVATE the values of the selected Fixtures or Channels will be deleted If you select a Preset it will be displayed in the upper bar and you can select it pressing the OK button SOFT TOUCH Keyboard On the grandMA light you can call it up by pressing the KEYBOARD button In the upper r
67. MIA TTT p User s Manual Version 2 10 7 and HA User s Manual Version 2 10 September 2000 Contents Contents BR E ET NEE 6 UE ENEE Tute ELE 6 1 22 General Commen tS ianiai nenne 6 e Oe 7 L Installation aaa a 7 1 5 Safety Hl EE 8 1 6 GeneralSafety Instr etions 2a A E A E 9 1 7 RE Oe tee 10 1 8 v QUICK RETO RENCE use ee sc een 16 DE 556 GUND EE 19 2 1 Selecting patching creating and editing of fixtures and dimmers EDIT Show 19 2 2 Selecting Type and Numbers of Fixtures ENEE 20 2 3 Selecting the Number of Dimmer Channels EEN 22 2 4 Selecting DMX Addresses for Fixtures EEN 24 2 5 Setting DMX Addresses for Dimmers EEN 26 2 6 DMX Output and Ethernet configuration ssssssssssssssssssrsrsssesesnnnree 28 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show 30 2 8 Creating assigning and deleting profiles ENEE 32 2 9 Creating Presets Effects and Group buttons automatically EEN 35 2 10 EDITING FIXTURES modify 36 2 11 EDITING FIXTURES create new 38 2 12 Settings in the Setup Menu 40 2 13 Settings in the DEFAULTS Menu 42 2 14 Settings Sound Signals 44 2 15 Settings in the ATTRIBUTE GROUPING Menu ENEE 45 2 16 BUTTON FADER ASSIGNMENT Menu EE 46 3 Creating a Show 48 3 1 CREATING A WINDOW 48 3 2 Saving IEN Segel 50 3 3 Creating and calling up Fixtures and Dimmer GROUPS EEN 52 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE
68. NING EFFECTS menu If this Effect Group is not saved after having been created it will automatically be deleted after switching off Cuelist Effect Group Effect Group button displayed in orange A temporary effect will directly be saved in a Cue 6 1 1Creating an Effect Group Create an EFFECT window ug 3 1 Creating windows Select Fixtures or Dimmers for which an effect is to be used selected Fixtures Dimmers are indicated by yellow characters 2 Choose an Effect Group Above the Encoders buttons and Encoder names are displayed Pressing the EDIT button for this Effect Group will open the EDIT EFFECT menu in the right TFT display Or Make a right mouse click on a button in the Effect Pool The EDIT EFFECT menu will appear in the right TFT display Edit Effect 9 EFF 9 Act Filter Param Table Dir Size Base Offset Rate Grp Wing AS Part Width DAN SN gt er 00 100 11 Del f 3 pals 20 TILT Pil 100 25 59 59 H 8 22 28 lt 20 Odd COLOURI RAMP gt 159 50 DUU 121 22 An Evan CA DIUID DAMD ann En nann 41 le Delete 3 Pressing the ADD LINE button once will open the SELECT PARAMETER window Now select a function e g PAN After selecting a function the SELECT TABLE window will open where you can select an Effect for the chosen function PWM Pulse width modulation RANDOM Random fade ins of individual channels of the selected function CHASE Running light function SIN Sinus funct
69. NON TRACKING 17 47 Remote Control 111 Syne Start 105 ND DELAYTIME 56 73 NONE 114 by DMX IN 118 ND FADETIME 73 NORM 24 by by MIDI 120 Table 101 NHIBIT 90 Numbers 59 vial Touchboard 116 TCP IP Configuration 122 nstallation 7 RESET 21 TEMP 47 88 NTENS 79 85 Opp 35 125 REVERS 85 TEST OUT 26 NTENSITY 104 OFF 18 88 ROTATION 109 TILT 25 NTERNAL SYNC 113 EXECUTOR 98 RUN 85 NORMAL 58 NV 24 menu RUNNING RUNNING EFFECTS 107 OFFSET 37 NVERS 36 PROGRAMMS 98 TIME 17 56 63 76 NVERT 125 On Overwritten 105 Safety Instructions 9 and Date 41 PAGE 98 SAVE 112 automatically according to KEYBOARD GERMAN ENGLISH Time 42 PRESET REFERENCE 35 set 80 43 OFFSET 102 111 SEARCH MOVE 114 Line 112 On 88 SEC 42 TIMECODE 49 111 Lasso Function 95 One Shot 105 SELECT 10 112 Show 91 Latest Takes Precedence 17 Out 47 88 SYNCMODE 113 creating a new 113 LAYER TO DISPLAY 59 64 OUTFADE 79 85 TOOLS 112 executing a 113 LEARN 47 88 TIME 73 Selected Devices 59 modifying a 114 LI DEL 79 85 Selecting 17 recording a 113 Library 19 21 23 37 39 128 Pace 47 88 96 Selection 100 TIMES 112 LIN 99 Administration 96 Separate Memories 72 Toggle 47 88 LINK 79 83 85 copying a 97 SEQUENCE 46 48 92 TOOLS 125 DEFAULT 93 deleting a 71 97 assigning a 87 menu 25 Fader Function in the moving a 97 button 46 TOP 47 88 CHANNEL window 64 Name 97 calling a Playback 77 Touchboard Remote Control
70. Now mark a second position using the mouse the touch screen or the Encoder The graph will automatically connect the first dot with the second one Pressing the PREDEFINED FUNCTION button will open a window in which you can choose between four standard graphs by clicking on the respective button Close the window with the EXIT button LINEAR The set value corresponds to the DMX output SINUS The graph displays a sinus curve SQUARE The graph displays a root function POWER CORRECTION The graph serves for correcting a phase angle Dimmer Pressing the INVERT X or Y button will invert the values of the x or y axis By pressing the COPY PROFILE button you can copy the currently set graph to a buffer Pressing the PASTE PROFILE button will paste the graph from the buffer This is where the current name is displayed Using the keyboard you can name the graph you just created Pressing the button will save the graph If the graph is not to be saved press this button You will leave the menu without changing the parameters eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 33 34 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 9 Creating Presets Effects and Group buttons automatically 2 9 Creating presets effects and group buttons automatically For most of the Fixtures in
71. OR Saves the color setting as a cue for the selected Executor STORE button of an EXECUTOR where a cue was already saved offers the option to overwrite add information or creating a list ww 1 8 7 CREATE LIST STORE cell in the GROUP window Saves the chosen scanners as a new group enter name via keyboard STORE any cell in the preset COLOUR window Saves the adjusted values as a color preset enter name via keyboard STORE one of the VIEW buttons on the right hand side of the displays Saves the layout of the screen the mouse position etc as a view enter a name With the STORE VIEW buttons in the Button Group you can save screens individually or all at once In the ASSIGN menu you can enter names for the programs Selecting and activating channels fixtures and functions The concepts of Selecting and Activating have different meanings and are important terms for working with the grandMA Selected fixtures or channels names in status displays switch to yellow are automatically cleared if a setting was altered and new fixtures selected a click on the CLEAR button will do the same The Selection red values determines which channels are ready to be saved to next cue and will be controlled by this cue later on Channels not selected will never be affected by any playback of this cue LTP rule Latest Takes Precedence Changing the selection Any channel or function being controlled in Direct
72. P will jump when called up to the CUE of the given number without calling up this Cue LOOPDELAY The sequence of the LOOP Function will be displayed LINK The set Macro will be displayed LI DEL The set time will be displayed after which the Macro will be called up If the EFFECTS button on the title bar is pressed EFFECTS Display of the effects calls Asecond sheet will appear in the lower part of the display NO Number of the Effect Group NAME Name of the Effect Group ACTION Type of Effect call INTENS Display of the defined size of the Effect Group F Fade If Y YES is displayed the size will be faded in with the set fade time SPEED Display of the defined speed of the Effect Group F Fade If Y YES is displayed the speed will be faded in with the set fade time SOFT Display of the set softness softer fade in of the effect F Fade If Y YES is displayed the softness will be faded in with the set fade time The chart will show you all cues of a sequence including the various TRIGGER functions You can define the TRIGGER call up option for the all cues using the buttons selected button will turn dark gray The MODIFY CUE button will enable you to change values of individual cues below This button will lead you to the ASSIGN menu 5 1 ASSIGN menu Description of each encoder Changing values for individual steps in the sequence Select the Cue that you want to changed r
73. P ALIGN PREWEW TOOLS SETUP BACKUP OD fa oo 1 6 E E i 6 8 fe TEM on a o je gt gt gt UPDATE HIGHLIGHT E 1 1 co 60 35 36 OD DO OD oo ao 13 GIs ANHEL EXECUTOR EXECUTOR FADER FADER BUTTON D D EXECUTOR BUTTONS TRACKERBALL ON D eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 12 1 7 Layout and Controls 1 7 2 Layout and Controls grandMA light D POWER stack our 2 2 erano NASTER wn VIEW CLEAR SET MANUAL TIME_FADE OO A
74. PEED 46 79 85 88 104 105 Group 91 105 INDV 85 SPEED SCALE 86 105 Split Crossfade 46 START LINE 83 Speed 105 Status Copy 81 STOP 112 STORE 17 125 LED 50 SUB NET addresses 29 SWAP 25 46 88 SWOP 47 88 TRIGGER 73 79 85 changing the 80 Triggermonitor 44 True Tracking Backup mode 122 TYPE OF FIXTURE 37 Unblock 95 Universe we DMX ports A to H UPDATE 106 125 LIBRARY 21 23 Software 128 USER DEFINED 99 101 LIBRARY 22 Utility menu 16 VALUES 125 Only 59 selecting individual 57 Ventilation 8 View ALL RUNNING EFFECTS menu 107 assigning a 51 button 10 50 deleting a 71 Macro Button 6 Pool 51 saving a 50 VIEWS 48 Virtual Form creating a 108 modifying a 109 self created two dimensio nal 101 two dimensional 108 VISUALIZE FORMS 101 VL5 25 Weights and Dimensions 7 Wheel 41 54 60 68 Window creating a 48 deleting aw 495 enlarge a 49 Wing 102 WINZip 128 XF A B 46 88 XFADE 46 88 eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 131
75. RT os COL MI COLOUR MIX YES 4 B X NONE FAD LINE 4 STROBE STROBE HO FF OFF NONE SNAP a 05 PARP AN TILT Ja HO 58 NOHE HONE DELETE a pis 66 TILT PAN TILT NO 58 HOHE NONE FADE LINE 87 COLOUR COLOUR HO 8 8 Z HONE SWAP 68 PRISH PRISH NO 682 B NONE SWAP UNUSED ADRESSES 69 FROST FOCUS HD a gt Bz HONE SWAP INSERT i CORRECTION COLOUR HO 6 HONE HOHE SWAP DMX BREA ii DINNER DIMMER NO 8 EE NONE FADE ne weus iZ CONTROL CONTROL HO FF EE HOHE SWAP EDIT iz PAH FINE i4 TILT FINE NAMES l i5 SPEEDI SPEED HO H HOHE HONE FADE NAHE io COLOR 1288 PAN HAK E SAVE 17 HANUFACTUREK SCAYPAKY E o GI EDIT TYPE OF MOVING BACK Tla eu FIXTURE INFO FIXTURE HEAD SCHEDULES Ur MOVEMENT MAXIMUM MOVEMENT OFFSET TILT PAN TILT DEFAULT 88 2 10 1 Listing of individual functions in the EDIT FIXTURE menu In this column a profile can be assigned to this cannel ww 2 8 Creating Assigning and This value will be called up when the Fixture receives no Cue Sequence Preset or Direct This value will be called up when these Fixture have been selected and the HIGHLIGHT button FADE SNAP function for the respective channel 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments 1 CH Listing of individual channels 2 PARAMETER Column for individual functions 3 GROUP Display of group functions Preset Group 4 PROFILE deleting profiles 5 INVERS Within this column the respective cha
76. SHEET 54 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in the CHANNEL SHEET 60 3 6 Colours used in the FIXTURE CHANNEL and FADER Window 67 3 7 Creating and Calling up Presets ett 68 3 8 Deleting Groups Sequences Views CLC ENEE 71 4 Cues and Ener 72 4 1 Creating Cues separate memories 72 4 2 Programming Sequence 0 74 NM Gelee UE 78 SE SR Gelee EE EE 84 5 Executing Cues Sequences and Chaser nase 87 5 1 ASSIGN Menu Assignment to EXECUTOR EE 87 5 2 Small EXECUTOR FADER Window an ehluale 92 5 3 EXECUTOR WW nde AE EE AE 93 5 4 TRACKING WINGO W saproti apeo a ENEE 94 5 4 Page Administration PAGE EE 96 5 5 OFF menu RUNNING PROGRAMMS EE 98 O EFT ECS are 6 1 Effect Pool 6 2 Editing Effect Groups 6 3 Executing an Effect Group 6 4 Customizing an Effect Group 2 22 ed 6 5 Effeet Groupsin CUes raten nenn rennen ne henerr nn ea ereki nndranE EE ee 6 6 View ALLRUNNING EFFECTS Menu 6 7 Creating ans Saving Virtual Figures MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA Contents Explanations 7 Remote Control KE Weg Dir 7 2 Remote Control vial Touchboard 7 3 Remote Control by DMX IN 7 4 Remote Control by MID 7 5 Master Slave Coupling 8 Macros and QUIKEYS Mn ne 8 1 Programming and creating Macros 8 2 Assigning and Activating QUIKEY 9 Saving and Loading a Show an 9 1 Saving
77. SIGN TO ALL EXE button you can transfer the changes directly to all EXECUTOR FADERS or BUTTONS For safety reasons a message box will appear after pressing the button and you are asked to confirm with YES You can leave the BUTTON ASSIGNMENT menu with the CLOSE button eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 3 1 CREATING A WINDOW 3 3 1 1 Creating a Show 1 CREATING A WINDOW Click into an empty space on the three TFT displays or the external monitors The CREATE AWINDOW menu will open Or Click into an empty space on the three TFT displays or the external monitors The CREATE AWINDOW menu will open CLEAR ALL CHANNEL EXECUTOR Listing of individual windows and functions Erases all windows on this screen monitor This window will display dimmer channels as figures You have direct access to channels and values here m 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly Within this window you will have the option to display a sequence which is assigned to an CLEAR ALL CHANNEL SHEET EXECUTOR SHEET FADER SHEET FIXTURE SHEET TRACKING SHEET DMX LINES TEST GROUPS POOL SEQUENCE POOL EFFECTS POOL MACROS POOL VIENS POOL QUIKEY POOL COMMANDLINE CLOCK DESK STATUS TIMECODE PAN TILT PRESET FADER FIXTURE TRACKING DMX LINES GROUPS SEQUENCE EFFECT MACROS VIEWS QUIKEY
78. SMPTE Analogue 10 V DMX 512 Output 4 Times DMX 512 MIDI Printer Ethernet Full tracking backup and sync mode with second unit Weights and dimensions grandMA Width 48 height 6 depth 26 1200 x 150 x 670 mm e Weight 104 Ib 47 kg without flightcase grandMA light Width 00 height 0 depth 00 730 x 120 x 510 mm Weight 000 Ib 21 kg without flightcase Installation 90 230 Volt 40 60 Hz via Euro plug No switching of voltage necessary DMX output Complies with USITT DMX 512 1990 protocol The output is opto insulated and exceeding RS 485 or RS 422 The pins in the 5 pin XLR plug are Pin 1 ground Pin 2 Data Pin 3 Data pins 4 and 5 not used eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 1 5 Safety Requirements 1 5 1 5 1 1 5 2 1 5 3 1 5 4 1 5 5 1 5 6 1 5 7 Safety Requirements Important read carefully Touchscreen Never use any sharp items when operating the touchscreens Deep scratches will damage the screen During operation it might happen that due to temperature fluctuations the calibration of the touchscreens will change so that a new adjustment will be necessary 2 10 Settings in the Setup Menu point 1 Sockets for keyboard and mouse These sockets are located on the back side of the unit and are very delicate especially during transport take care that these parts are not s
79. TER MIDDLE RIGHT d 1 s a THRU E a 2 d o 4 2 a a 5 e 7 s s D CHANNEL EXECUTOR EXECUTOR EIER TIN PADER BUTTON 5 5 5 5 g 5 5 o o H 1 4 a Dg Slee ie o 00100 t LI m PAGE EXECUTOR FADERS EXECUTOR BUTTONS MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand as N QUAOQN 12 13 14 15 1 7 Layout and Controls Power switch Blackout button for Dimmer channels Grand Master for Dimmer channels TFT Display with touch screen View Macro buttons Encoder for moving scrolling the respective window contents Viewpool button for opening a selection with all created VIEWS on the display These can be called up directly by selecting the respective ones Background button If on the TFT display Views are being overlayed by a menu ASSIGN EDIT JL you can use this button to bring up or hide the menu Keyboard button to bring up the Soft Keyboard on the TFT display Manual setting of times for Presets Encoder for setting the attribute values e g Gobo Pan Tilt times etc Buttons to directly execute functions like Go Go etc for arbitrary executors locking executors SELECT button Page flipping for Channel fader Executor fader and Executor buttons Playback buttons can also be defined as e g Go Go Pause Flash etc Executor faders can also be defined e g as Master Swap Master X Fader etc
80. URE TYPE HAME PAN TILT SWAP FIXTURE 1STAGE COLOR PATCH 2 STAGE COLOR ST ZSTAGE COLOR LEN CHANNEL STAGE COLOR 10 6 STAGE COLOR A Zu STAGE COLOR 2 ESTAGE COLOR Zur DHX 9ISTAGE COLOR LIST 18 STAGE COLOR STARA 215 1024 u ae 11 SCROLLER DI c 12 SCROLLER DIMSCR E 2 13 SCROLLER DI d PRINT 12 iat 1537 2048 102 4 E 103 VARYSCAN 4 2049 2560 SAVE ee IBGIVARYSCHN 4 VARER 561 3072 sr 14 107 VARYSCAN 4 6 LOSIVARYSCAN 4 3073 3584 H CH UNPATCH 3585 40596 SELECTED 1 Select the respective fixture in the DMX 1 column by a right mouse click The FIXTURES PATCH window will appear TIP f several fixtures are addressed one by one these can be selected in one by clicking and holding the left mouse button draw loop in the DMX 1 column Once the fixtures have been selected red background a right mouse click in the marked column will open the window PATCH FIXTURES 2 Set the DMX output A to H via keyboard Enter the DMX channel via the keyboard and confirm with ENTER Or Set the DMX output A to H by a left mouse click Move the red bar by holding the left mouse button until the desired address appears on the left Activate by a left mouse click and data will be stored Repeat these three steps for each fixture Assigning the DMX sockets wm 2 6 DMX output configuration Output E to H is only possible with an optional channel expansion to 4096 channels For the expansion an upgrade is necessary As of serial number 156 a dongl
81. UTOR window above it 12 13 15 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Select button Buttons To directly process Go Go etc for any Executor or to lock Executors Page change over For Channel faders Executor faders and Executor buttons Executor buttons see also Zxecutor Fader 8 Select Cues Groups Executors etc in combination with numeric keypad Manual Timing Setting for Executor Buttons Blind Freeze Clear buttons Blackout button for dimmer channels Grand Master for Dimmers channels Numeric keypad Intensity wheel Cursor buttons NEXT PREV Choosing Fixtures or Channels one by one within Groups Trackball for Pan Tilt MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 1 7 Layout and Controls MACRO SET MANUAL MACRO WEW VIEW TIVE FADE c fe oo Bea Ee el GE En PUSH TO ERI OE _ L PUSH e l SET MANUAL Fix OFF TIME FADE BLID e ASSIGN HEL
82. a complete sequence by entering STORE SEQUENCE Sequence number pressing the REMOVE button This syntax does also apply for OVERWRITE and MERGE lt a CUE 1 THRU number of last Cue ENTER A window will open in which you confirm your operation by Caution In NON TRACKING mode only Dimmer channels of the first copied Cue are taken account of For the following Cues the Dimmer values are 0 and have to be reprogrammed manually 4 2 Programming Sequences Sequence is the generic term for a combination of cues with the option of various Fade and Delay times per channel and cue Sequences can be saved either on an EXECUTOR fader or an EXECUTOR button Save the first Cue first step of a sequence either on an EXECUTOR fader or an EXECUTOR button we 4 1 Creating Cues Set the second Cue next step of the sequence as before When saving the second Cue use the same EXECUTOR fader or EXECUTOR button Now the SAVE window will appear SAWE OVERHRITE CUE CREATE CUELIST z CREATE In order to create a Sequence more than one Cue now press the CREATE LIST button The saved Cue will now be saved in this Sequence as the second step In the ASSIGN menu you can define whether this Sequence should be executed in TRACKING or NON TRACKING mode TRACKING and NON TRACKING do only refer to Dimmer values 5 1 4 EXECUTOR SETTINGS Create the next Cue for any other step and use the same EXECUTOR fader or button whe
83. ackground Repeat all steps as described with the first cue and save with STORE im 4 3 5 Copying Cues im 4 3 6 Moving Cues im 4 3 7 Deleting and renumbering Cues m 4 3 8 Inserting LOOPs im 4 3 9 Inserting Macros 86 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 5 1 ASSIGN menu Assignment to EXECUTOR 5 Executing Cues Sequences and Chasers 5 1 ASSIGN menu Assignment to EXECUTOR The created Cues Sequences or Effect Groups can be assigned to any EXECUTOR fader or button ASSIGN Press the ASSIGN button once LED is on Select a Sequence in the Sequence Pool or an Effect Group in the Effect Pool Press the EXECUTOR FADER or EXECUTOR button on which you want to assign a Sequence or Chaser Or One way to enter the ASSIGN menu is by a mouse click or using the touch screen on the title bar of the EXECUTOR FADER window Or Press the ASSIGN button once LED is on Press the EXECUTOR FADER or EXECUTOR button for which a Sequence or Chaser is to be created The ASSIGN menu will appear in the middle TFT display Another way to enter the ASSIGN menu is via the EDIT menu The title bar will display the selected EXECUTOR FADER or BUTTON Assign Fader 7 Page 1 Assignment Select Sequence Function KAA EA eaf ee fe Sees Executor Width 12 SEQ 3 Executor Settings Defaults ae EEE o Zi Executor Restart Options E
84. ade in manually when calling up Cues using the EXECUTOR buttons Press the button above the Fader once red LED is on Set the desired fade time using the Fader When selecting Cues using the EXECUTOR buttons only the fade time set here will be used does also apply for SNAPDELAY times Press the button above the Fader again green LED is on Select the Cue using the EXECUTOR button Using the Fader you can now fade from bottom to top to the selected Cue PREVIEW With the PREVIEW function Cues in the FIXTURE SHEET or CHANNEL SHEET will be displayed without output to the DMX output Press the PREVIEW button once and call up the desired Cue using the EXECUTOR button eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 77 4 3 Editing Sequences 4 3 Editing Sequences During editing procedures you can change all values of the various cues add values or delete them The X FADE and DELAY times can be adapted and the call of various cues via GO button X FADER SOUND or TIME can be defined Except as indicated in this chapter there are three other ways me 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 Overwriting expanding removing Cues m 4 3 4 Update Cues or Presets m 5 3 EXECUTOR window EDIT Press the EDIT button LED is on Select the cue or sequence with the respective EXECUTOR button Or Make a left mouse click into the Sheet of the small window above the EX
85. alues will be displayed in pink Unblock Re converts block values to removed values light gray eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 5 5 Page Administration PAGE 5 5 Page Administration CHANNEL EXECUTOR The currently called up PAGE of the CHANNEL Mode e g CH1 appears FADER FADER BUTTON down on the right side of the left TFT display If you are in Channel Mode the currently called up PAGE of the CHANNEL Mode appears down in the middle 3 5 1 CHANNEL Mode The currently called up PAGE of the EXECUTOR BUTTONS e g BU1 appears down on the right side of the right TFT display After pressing the LIST button once the currently called up PAGE of the EXECUTOR BUTTONS appears at the bottom of the right display Using the respective PAGE buttons you can open the different PAGES Hold a PAGE button down for which another is to be called up While holding down a button the EXECUTOR Button LEDs will indicate the current PAGE you are on Example If LED 28 is blinking PAGE 8 is selected By pressing another button you can switch to a different PAGE Or 5 5 1 Channel Page When pressing both PAGE buttons of the Channel Mode simultaneously the display will show a summary of the CHANNEL PAGES If in Channel Mode you can call up the summary for all Channel Pages by pressing the PAGE Buttons in the display By clicking on the respective PAG
86. an arbitrary spot or touch the touch screen The closest dot will be moved to this position while the graph is automatically and softly adjusted to the new positioned dot The spot clicked on is indicated by a cross hair pointer and the size of the value is displayed above the diagram The value after IN is the value set on the grandMA the value after OUT is the DMX value to be output Or Turning the Encoder will move a cross hair pointer on the drawn line By pressing and turning the Encoder you can modify the output value Above the diagram the value at the current position is displayed The value after IN is the value set on the grandMA the value after OUT is the DMX value to be output Release the Encoder and press it once or press the MARK POSITION button The closest dot is moved to the marked position while the graph is automatically and softly adjusted to the new positioned dot If the HARD EDIT button is pressed dark background the graph can be formed arbitrarily Mark the first modification dot by a left mouse click or shortly touching the touch screen on an arbitrary spot This position will be marked by a red dot or Turning the Encoder will move the cross hair pointer on the drawn line By pressing and turning the Encoder you can modify the output value Above the diagram the value at the current position is displayed The value after IN is the value set on the grandMA the value after OUT is the DMX value to be output
87. at anytime Standard displays for typical Live Event Theatre synchronised playback or Discotheque applications are some of the settings you can start from 1 1 5 Hardware and Interfaces The built in Hard Disk Drive offers virtually unlimited storage capacity The built in flashdisc contains the board s software and makes the grandMA independent from any external PC 1 2 General Comments This manual describes the complex possibilities that the grandMA has in store for you Step by step you will be guided through the logical aspects of working with this console You will soon find out that operating the grandMA is relatively simple in view of the vast variety of features and options available Once you are familiar with the basics you will realise that you can easily go ahead and try out new possibilities as all procedures and operation modes are clearly structured Consequently this manual starts with a general introduction followed by basic settings within the Setup menu such as selecting fixtures and dimmer channels with DMX address modifications etc Chapter 3 is dedicated to the practical aspects of setting up a Show while Chapter 4 will show you how to create and edit Cues and Sequences Moving on to Chapter 5 you will learn how to execute Cues Sequences and Chasers In Chapter 6 you will learn how to create save and execute effects Chapter 7 is dedicated to the Remote Control abbreviated as Remote while Chapter 8 explain
88. at the channel setting should only be at 70 percent Now you only have to change this channel setting once all further Cues will automatically be modified to 70 percent The NON TRACKING mode is the Standard SHOW Mode As opposed to TRACKING Theater mode all Dimmer channels that are not activated not red will be saved with 0 or called up with 0 respectively That means This is to ensure that in the next step the unused Dimmer channels will be set to O percent wm 5 4 TRACKING window If the SPLITCROSSFADE button is pressed displayed in dark this function is active item 5 1 3 Changing Faders Fader XF A and XF B If the SWOP PROTECTED button is pressed the Dimmers of this Sequence will not be switched off when a different Sequence is called up using Swop LTP Dimmers button pressed When activating this sequence the dimmer channels of this sequence will be called up as previously programmed They will overwrite all other dimmer chan nels of those Cues that were also called up in LTP mode HTP Executors remain unchanged Auto PrePos button pressed For Fixtures with inactive Dimmers all other channels will be executed without programmed fade times when calling up the first Cue of this Sequence When deactivating this sequence the channels will be altered only after the respective dimmer has been set to 0 5 1 5 EXECUTOR RESTART OPTIONS If the FIRST CUE button is pressed the Sequence will after switching off s
89. back the grandMA will hold a value until a new one is given by any following step TRACKING the grandMA will keep track of this value within the next steps NON TRACKING CUELIST Here all values to be used have to be saved to the respective step as all values not selectively stored within a step will be switched off DO or default eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 17 1 8 Quick Reference 1 8 8 Playback buttons and faders The motor faders allow to work on different pages simultaneously With OFF the playback can be stopped With the ASSIGN EXECUTOR buttons you can define which program and which functions are on the Playback The 12 function keys can be used for any Playback OFF EXECUTOR TIP Tocall up a cue with a fader it has to be activated via GO TOP or ON TIP Take care for the GRANDMASTER or simply switch it off in the Setup menu 18 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 2 1 Selecting patching creating and editing of fixtures and dimmers Edit Show grand MA 2 Setup 2 1 Selecting patching creating and editing of fixtures and dimmers Edit Show SETUP You will reach the SETUP menu by pressing the SETUP button Lights Po Edit Show Adjustments F Misc EDI LI T
90. c settings for each individual Fixture Make a right mouse click on the Fixture The FIXTURE OPTION window will open GOLDENS CANS SCH 1 The Fixture can be renamed using the keyboard Next to TYPE the type of Fixture is displayed next to NUMBER the corresponding number and next to PATCH the patched channel for this Fixture 2 Pressing the PAN NORMAL button display changes to PAN INVERSE will invert the output of the PAN function Pressing the TILT NORMAL button display changes to TILT INVERSE will invert the output of the TILT function Pressing the NO SWAP button display changes to SWAPPED will invert the output of the PAN and TILT functions Pressing the WITH MASTER button display changes to NO MASTER the Dimmer value will be output without regard to the set GRANDMASTER If a Fixture was modified in this window the Fixture s name will be displayed on a blue background in the Fixture Sheet These changes can also be set while patching Fixtures 2 4 Selecting DMX addresses for Fixtures 3 With the lt lt lt button you can switch to the previous Fixture With the gt gt gt button you can switch to the next Fixture With the CLOSE button you can close the window 58 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 4 5 AUTO SORT Function in the FIXTURE Window Using th
91. channel It will automatically be inserted into the cell For further functions repeat these two steps each time by using the cell below If all fixture functions have been selected you can now program the presets The following factory presets are available PROFILE INVERS DEFAULT HIGHLIGHT CURVE PAN TILT MAX and TILT OFFSET TYPE OF FIXTURE m 2 10 1 Listing of individual functions in the EDIT FIXTURE menu MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 11 EDITING FIXTURES create new 3 Here you can create or modify so called PRESETS for the individual functions e g GOBO Pressing the EDIT NAMES button will open the FEATURE GROUP TO EDIT menu in which you can select a preset group The EDIT CHANNEL VALUES menu will open EDIT CHANHELVALUES GEN HAME GOBOI lt C gt GEN YES INDEX 81 85 YES PLEASE ENTER 45 493 YES lt lt 192 196 YES VALUES 6 255 Zi 8i YES STOP 223 224 TES 108 112 251 255 TES 255 255 EE EH RANGE i DELETE CLOSE Select the cell below NAME and enter a name for a preset In the next column enter the value for the preset In the GEN column generate a YES is displayed When presets are created automatically they are created by using YES If the preset is not be created automatically select the cell and switch over to NO by pressing an arbitrary button For further presets us
92. d To reverse the direction select the cell Press the Encoder right to the display once In this column each Effect is displayed with a separate value The set value increases or decreases the size of the selected function The maximum limit for size modifications can be set from 200 to 200 Before modifying the value of a size select the Effect first Press the SIZE button once green background Now you can set a different size using the Encoder below Pressing the En coder once shortly will automatically set the size to 100 Pressing the Encoder a second time the value will increase to 200 and at the third time it will be reset to 0 You can also use the ALIGN function to set this value 3 4 1 ALIGN function eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 101 6 2 Editing Effect Groups Modulator In this column you can assign an individual Modulator to each individual Size effect Using a Modulator the effect size can automatically be altered To assign a Modulator for this effect select this cell and shortly press the Encoder on the right side of the Display The SELECT MODULATOR window will open where you can now go to NEW MODULTOR by turning the Encoder and shortly pressing it to select this option A new modulator will now be generated in the lower part of the sheet Modulator In this column the modulators will be discerned by respecti
93. d Touchboard with up to 16 channels PIN 1 16 Input Channels 1 to 16 PIN 21 22 5 Volt max 100 mA PIN 17 18 und 24 25 Earthing The Touchboard input sockets only function as switches 0 bis 2 Volt Off 5 bis 15 Volt On 7 2 1 Assigning Playback buttons TOOLS Press the TOOLS button once Call up the TOUCHBOARD REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu using the REMOTE button REMOTE TOUCHBOARD TOUCHBOARD REMOTE CONFIGURATION FD 16 1 FD 19 1 BU 3273 FD 1171 FD 2873 BU 34 5 FD 16 5 BU 25 5 OFF 60 60 OFF OFF 60 OFF 60 FD 16 5 FD 1775 FD 1775 FD 1875 FD 1975 FD 2871 FD 2871 BU 4875 OFF 60 DN OFF 60 OFF 60 60 CLOSE STORE Press the STORE button once LED is on Press a button on the Touchboard where a Playback button is to be assigned to once Or Select a button in the REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu Press the Playback button that you want to assign The selected button will now be assigned The assigned Playback buttons will be displayed on individual buttons Only EXECUTOR buttons can be assigned to the Touchboard 1 16 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 7 2 Remote Control vial Touchboard grand HA u 7 2 2 Deleting Assignments DELETE REMOTE ToucHBoarD OFF React as stored only To delete an assigned Playback button press the DELETE button once LED is on Press the Touchboar
94. d and the light beam be directed to the same target position Pressing 2x The head will be turned again and the beam be directed to the last identical position This is only possible for fixtures that have a PAN value of more than 360 otherwise only 2 positions are possible Pressing 3x The head will be turned to the first position When using head Fixtures the FIXTURE SHEET will show a yellow square left of the PAN value symbolizing the current head position Mirror Fitxures The PAN TILT value will be inverted the mirror will be positioned in opposition minus Minus key STORE STORE button EDIT EDIT button UPDATE UPDATE button ESCAPE ESCAPE button ENTER ENTER button ALLSELECTION Selects all FIXTURES and CHANNELS this can be necessary after using the NEXT PREV ODD SELECTION Selects all odd FIXTURES and CHANNELS EVEN SELECTION Selects all even FIXTURES and CHANNELS INVERT SELECTION Not yet available in version 2 10 DELETE Delete button MOVE MOVE button COPY COPY button BACKUP BACKUP button SETUP SETUP button TOOLS TOOLS button PREVIOUS PREV button NEXT NEXT button TRACKBALL SPEED Toggles the TRACKBALL between coarse and fine ENCODER SPEED Toggles the ENCODER between coarse and fine further toggling is achieved by pressing on the ENCODER eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 125 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 126 9 1 9 2
95. d button or the appropriate button once In the TOOLS menu you can switch the Touchboard function on or off using the ON OFF button If the Touchboard is activated you can use all assigned buttons with the Touchboard For optical convenience the Button in the TOUCHBOARD REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu will have a red background when pressing a Touchboard button If REACT AS STORED ONLY is displayed the assigned playback buttons will be executed directly Pressing this button will display COMBINED WITH COMMAND LINE COMMANDS The assigned playback buttons will be executed in combination with the pre selected commands Example If an OFF button is programmed on a TOUCHBOARD button but PAUSE is activated 1 7 Layout and Controls item 11 not the OFF command but the PAUSE command will be executed when pressing this button eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 117 7 3 Remote Control by DMX IN 7 3 Remote Control by DMX IN DMX IN can be used to MERGE the signals of a second control board with those of the grandMA and transmit them to the stage via the same line If during this process channels from the grandMA and from the second control board are triggered only the respective higher value will be transmitted DMX IN will only be linked to DMX OUT A and not be output to the Ethernet DMX in From the TOOLS menu you can switch the MERGE functi
96. dMA These windows are located above every EXECUTOR FADER or after pressing the LIST button twice in the right TFT display for the EXECUTOR buttons grandMA light After pressing the LIST FADERS button these windows will be displayed above each of the EXECUTOR FADERS After pressing the LIST BUTTONS button twice they will be displayed on the TFT display for the EXECUTOR buttons Yellow Magenta green background Master Sequence one Sequence one Chaser 70 76 BPM 23 65 BPM 83 Fade 20 Fade CUE RUN gt 1 CUE BPM gt Ger Is dE so ls eo ilsi eo on IEC on I E on our 1 Clicking on the Sheet not into the header on the touch screen or using the left mouse button will open the EDIT menu e 4 3 Editing Sequences or 4 4 Editing Chasers Clicking on the title bar on the touch screen or using a mouse button will open the ASSIGN menu 5 1 ASSIGN menu Furthermore an extract from the Cue Sheet will be displayed Sequence The Outfade time of the last Cue will be displayed by a red bar in the upper cell The Infade time of the cue will be displayed in the second cell The next Cue will be displayed in the next cell below Chaser The speed will be displayed in the upper cell The Fade time in percentage will be displayed in the second cell and also as green or red bar As long as the Chaser is not activated you will find the type of activation in the bottom line During execu
97. de is not active you can fade out to the next Cue and to the brightening Dimmer channels when pushing the fader upwards Empty Fader has no Function 46 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 16 BUTTON FADER ASSIGNMENT MENU By selecting the respective BUTTON symbol a selection will appear in which you can assign a different function to the button Go The next step will be called up with all programmed FADE and DELAY times Go For sequences the previous step is called up and all changes effected on previous Cues are executed full tracking At the same time all programmed FADE and DELAY times will be executed For Chasers the running direction will be reversed Pause Sequence or Chaser will be interrupted continue with Go oder Go On Switches the Executor on and starts the sequence or brings it back if it was overwritten LPT Off Switches the Executor off Learn Direct entering of the Chaser speed When pressing this button at least three times the Chaser speed is set lt lt lt Call up of the previous step without FADE or SNAP times lt lt lt Call up of the previous step without FADE or SNAP times Temp Cue Chaser or Sequence will be active as long as the button is pressed Then the previous condition will be re established Top Resets the Sequence to the first step Empty
98. e Grp wing AS SS ten nn BEIE2 SS zu E GORDON SIN 100 6 Odd COLOURYPhase 2 lt 7i TL oao 2 d E Even COLOUR Phase 3 gt 100 EES AOO ji6 E Take Selection Show Selection _ Modulator Table From To Phase Pate RENE GEN TT Effect Playback u DEE Start heed al Speed G D G r eu EA lt PULSE WIDTH BASE VALUE PART Ee 38 8 ALWAYS SIZE OFFSET RATE FACTOR GROUPS 87 9 D TO 188 Lil HO GROUPS ain i WWreW ur Im pur 6 2 1 Editing Effects In the title bar the Effect Group to be modified will be displayed with its number and name In the second line the column functions are listed Sel Selection Displays the number of Fixtures or Dimmers assigned to this Effect If the Fixtures or Dimmers assignments are to be modified for an Effect it has to be chosen first If chosen this will be indicated by a red background Cen Pressing the SHOW SELECTION button once will select the assigned Fixtures and Dimmers displayed in yellow Select those Fixtures and or Dimmers will be displayed in yellow that are to be assigned to this Effect Now press the TAKE SELECTION button once The new number of Fixtures and Dimmers will now be inserted and adopted If an Effect Group without selection is to be created do not select Fixtures and Dimmers but press the TAKE SELECTION button once The cell will now display a Zero The button of this Effect Group will be indicated in red
99. e hardware protection has to be installed within the Cen grandMA for serial numbers under SN 156 a plug in card has to be exchanged For this operation the unit has to be opened by a qualified technician CAUTION unplug the mains plug first 3 To erase the DMX address of a selected fixture 4 Selecting a name with a left mouse click you can overwrite this name using the keyboard and set a new name for the respective Fixture confirm the new name with ENTER This name will be displayed in the FIXTURE SHEET window 5 Within the columns of PAN and TILT you can switch between NORM normal operation and INV inverted operation If you wish to invert PAN or TILT on one of the Fixtures select the respective Fixture by a left mouse click and then switch by right mouse click MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand 6 TIP 12 13 14 MA 2 4 Selecting DMX Addresses for Fixtures The PAN and TILT functions can be swapped within the SWAP column If you wish to swap PAN or TILT on one of the Fixtures select the respective Fixture with a left mouse click and then swap with right mouse click Here you can set the most useful PAN TILT Trackball Orientation why not try immediately Select the Fixture press HIGHLITE and surf with the trackball Modifications will only take effect after storing For this the HIGH LIGHT button is of great help
100. e AUTO SORT Function will automatically move the function column in which a value is being modified to the left Press the AUTO SORT button in the top line outton with black background When selecting Presets or Functions in the Preset windows 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets the respective column in the FIXTURE window will be moved to the left 3 4 6 SORT Function in the FIXTURE Window When pressing the SORT button the sorting below within the FIXTURE window will be updated each time 3 4 7 Options in the FIXTURE Window Touch the touch screen on the left corner of the title bar Or Proceed with a right mouse click on top line The FIXTURE SHEET OPTIONS window will open LAYER TO DISPLAY By pressing the respective button the following values will be displayed as basic setting Preset Values The FIXTURE window will show the presets or values Fade FADE times will be displayed Delay DELAY times will be displayed Values Only Only the values will be displayed DMX The DMX output values will be displayed Id Executor The Executor s number and page will be displayed Id Sequence The sequence s number and the respective Cue will be displayed Auto If this button is pressed the display will automatically toggle between the different options when swapping with the TIME button FONT SIZE By pressing this button you can choose between LARGE or SMALL characters in the FIXTURE window SORT BY Wit
101. e Fixture or dimmer channel This setting can be used for example for PAN TILT in order to have the preset of the light beam in the center The values can be set with a left mouse click A right mouse click in the selected cell will activate the SET VALUE window The actual value can be set within this window 8 The HIGHLIGHT function is used to create a light beam fast and easily during the procedure of programming positions of the selected Fixtures The values for individual DMX channels have to be set respectively Values can be changed by addressing the channel with a left mouse click Now activate the SET VALUE window with a right mouse click in the selected cell The value can be set in this window 9 Not yet available in version 2 10 30 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show 10 Setup of the respective DMX channel FADE A value can be changed slowly channel can fade default setting SNAP New value will be activated fastest possible jumps does not fade default setting Switches by left mouse click while changes are effected with a right mouse click ex This is only a pre setting for each individual channel and can easily be changed during programming if needed TT To move back to FIXTURE PATCH 12 Allows to move back to DIMMER PATCH 13 By pressing the PR
102. e belong together and will be saved together later on in the saving process e g Prism and Prism rotation If these two functions are set to separate saving possible they have to be listed in two separate lines In order to do this perform a left click on the cell containing the function and hold the mouse button down the cell will be appear red now you can move this cell correspondingly This way you can create you own active groups Attribute Grouping FEATURE PAN TILT EE HOUE HODE PANE gt ET TILT 11073 DIMMER 7 7 _ DIMMER GOB OZ lem Go DUBDZ gt DOBDHODET 0 Co BO MODES o COLOUR 0000000 COLOURS 000000 COLOURS L CORRECTION COLOUR MODEL _ COLOUR MODES oO COLOUR_MIX COL MI 1 coL MISS COL MIKS COL MIX4 BEAM STROBE PRIS co PRI SHE gt EFFECT EFFECT RELOAD RESET CLOSE When changes were made in this menu they can be reset to their initial setting by pressing the RELOAD button By pressing the RESET button the manufacturer s setting will be called up You can leave this menu by pressing the CLOSE button all settings will be saved eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 45 2 16 BUTTON FADER ASSIGNMENT MENU 2 16 BUTTON FADER ASSIGNMENT MENU In this menu all EXECUTOR buttons or faders can be preset or changed simultaneously BUTTON Press this button in the DEFAULTS menu to o
103. e or below the fader once The CUE is now assigned to this EXECUTOR button or EXECUTOR fader and saved to the Sequence Pool This way it is possible to assign the same Cue more often than once 5 1 ASSIGN menu Assignment to EXECUTOR Repeat all steps to create the next Cue CLEAR Pressing the CLEAR button once will delete the selection twice will delete the active values and reset all values then eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 74 4 1 Creating Cues separate memories 4 2 Programming Sequences 4 1 2 Le Overwriting a Cue If you wish to overwrite a Cue simply use the same EXECUTOR fader or EXECUTOR button once again The follo wing window will appear SAWE OVERWRITE CUE CREATE CUELIST p CREATE In order to overwrite this cue completely press the OVERWRITE button Merging a Cue When merging cues all existing and saved settings will be maintained The newly set values will be saved and added to the cue while already existing values will be overwritten If you wish to merge a cue simply use the same EXECUTOR Fader or EXECUTOR button once again The SAVE window will appear as above In order to merge this cue press the MERGE button Removing a Cue In the removing operation only those parts of the Cue will be taken out deleted of the already existing Cue that are active red You can also remove some part of
104. e set OFFSET time By setting an OFFSET time you can move the TIMECODE Show by the time indicated eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 1 1 1 7 1 Timecode 3 Here individual TRACKS will be displayed up to 32 TRACKS are possible You can save several processes to one TRACK 4 This Button will display the current status of the TIMECODE Show REC PLAY or STOP On the right side there are several buttons for the following functions Pressed once this button will reset the current time to the beginning Will stop the recording or playback of a TIMECODE Show Will start the playback of a TIMECODE Show Will start the recording of a TIMECODE Show Pressed once this button will reset the current time to the end 5 Pressing the BACKUP button will open the FILE menu By pressing the respective Button you can trigger the following functions SELECT The currently loaded TIMECODE Shows can be directly selected Up to 4 TIMECODE Shows can be loaded and executed simultaneously LOAD Will load an already created TIMECODE Show by clicking on it in the selection and confirming with ENTER IMPORTTIM Will load an old TIMECODE Show that had been created in TIMECODE old up to version 1 3x SAVE AS Will save the current TIMECODE Show under another name SAVE Will save the current TIMECODE Show RELOAD Will load the current TIMECODE Show disregarding
105. e the next line as an example we illustration above Leave the menu with the CLOSE button 4 After all parameters have been set give them a name Perform a left mouse click on NO NAME This column will now have a blue background and you can enter a name using the keyboard confirm with ENTER Please make sure that the chosen name does not already exist because otherwise two with the same name ez can later only be recognised by their date Now name the MANUFACTURER name of manufacturer will help you find the fixture much faster later on Continue with a left mouse click on UNKNOWN This column will now have a blue background and you can enter a name using the keyboard confirm with ENTER With the SAVE button all settings will be saved and you switch to the FIXTURE SCHEDULE menu The created fixture can only be used for the current show If you wish to include this fixture configuration in the general fixture library on hard or floppy disk this has to be updated save on hard or floppy disk In order to add this fixture to the hard disk library the HARDDISK LIBRARY button must be HARDDISK activated If the fixture has to be saved on floppy disk the HARDDISK LIBRARY button must be switched to FLOPPY LIBRARY Fixture library on floppy disk This way you can also put fixtures in external archives and transfer these to other grandMA consoles and operators If you wish to save to a floppy disk please insert an empt
106. ed The setting will automatically be saved 2 With the respective button the touch screens can be switched on or off respectively If one of them is faulty it may occur that the mouse will freeze on one position and can not be operated anymore In this case the touch screens can be switched off For this use function key F9 on the keyboard F9 will switch off all three touchscreens emergency switch To switch the touch screens back on you can use the mouse again 3 To switch the mouse function on both external monitors on and off In AUTO mode the software will recognize by itself if a monitor is connected or not and will switch the mouse function for the external monitors on or off respectively OFF will not allow any mouse function while ON will keep the mouse function activated at all times With this button the grandMA s acoustic sensor can be switched on or off with older grandmas probably not available To set the sensitivity of trackball and roughly of the Encoder With the PUSH button you can set the Encoder s sensitivity while holding the button down Switching between the Motorfader functions Executor Fader Channel Fader AUTO Executor Faders When switching between the Pages the Motorfaders will automatically pick up the values saved last Channel Faders Faders adjust to the called up values of the allocated channels MANUAL Executor Faders When switching between the Pages the saved values
107. ed Sc Start Speed 1 1 Speed Gr Individu INTENSITY SOFTNESS FADE TIME TEE 35 6 BPH Select the Effect Group from the Effect Pool The Effect Group will be started automatically Or The names and playback buttons for the Effect Groups will be displayed in the right TFT display above the Encoders The name of the currently selected Effect Group will appear above the left Encoder Pressing the right arrow will start the complete Effect The selected Fixtures or Dimmers will now form the Effect Pressing the PAUSE button will stop or restart the complete Effect respectively You can switch off the Effect using the STOP button By pressing the left arrow the Effect will run backwards With the left INTENSITY Encoder you can globally adjust the size of the whole Effect Group Pressing the Encoder while turning it will increase or decrease the Encoder s resolution depending on the en setup When Dressing an Encoder or the button above this will bring up a Fader above the Encode in the display Now you can also use it to modify the value Use the SPEED encoder to set the speed for the whole Effect Group If you use the Encoder to increase the SOFTNESS value the Effect will be faded in and out more softly SOFTNESS can be used for PWM RANDOM and CHASE Effects Using the right FADE TIME Encoder you can now globally set an fade in and fade out time for this Effect Group When switching the Effect Group on
108. ed by qualified service technicians Do not use any high power walkie talkies or cellular phones near the unit If one of the following conditions occurs please pull the mains plug and call the customer service Power cord or mains plug is damaged or worn Liquid penetrated into the unit The unit was exposed to rain or high ambient humidity Having observed all regulations the unit would not function properly Do only manipulate the controls mentioned in the instructions as wrong settings on other controls may damage the unit all too often it is very time consuming to have damaged parts repaired by a service technician The unit fell down and the housing was damaged e Please note that this console is based on complex software and as you probably know from computer experience software crashes can occur on occasion But be assured that we will do our best to keep them rare exceptions eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 1 7 Layout and Controls 1 7 1 7 1 WW u AU RB WON Layout and Controls Layout and Controls grandMA PUSH e
109. ed cell Press the MODIFY CUE button the Cue will be displayed on a green background and the STORE button starts blinking In the FIXTURE or CHANNEL window all values of the Cue will now be called up or displayed active red At the same time this Cue will be output to the stage BLIND The cue can now be changed by either direct access or presets gt 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in the CHANNEL a SHEET and 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets If the Cue is not be seen on stage activate the Blind function by pressing the BLIND button integrated LED is on STORE Press the STORE button once The changed Cue is now saved Press the CLEAR button twice if necessary Cue values will be deleted in the FIXTURE or CHANNEL window For modifying further Cues select the respective Cue one by one will be displayed on a green background Repeat all steps as described with first cue and save with STORE eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 79 4 3 Editing Sequences 4 3 2 Changing the TRIGGER Call up of individual Steps within the Sequence Select the respective cue within the TRIGGER column red cell RT SOUND 8 9 Enter the following with the left Encoder or via the keyboard and confirm with ENTER LU FOLLOW or for FOLLOW mode KR 60 G for GO button TER 2 8 B i
110. eed The Chaser speed can be set with the Fader Xfade With the Fader you can fade in to the next step XF A If Split Crossfade is active you can fade out the currently called up Cue when pushing the fader upwards m item 5 If Split Crossfade is not active you can fade out to the darkening Dimmer channels of the next Cue when pushing the fader upwards XF B If Split Crossfade is active you can use the Fader to fade in the next Cue when pushing the fader upwards m item 5 If Split Crossfade is not active you can fade out to the next Cue and to the brightening Dimmer channels when pushing the fader upwards Empty Fader has no function By a right mouse click on the respective BUTTON symbol a selection will appear in which any button can be allocated with different functions Go The next step will be called up with all programmed FADE and DELAY times Go For sequences the previous step is called up and all changes effected on previous Cues are executed full tracking At the same time all programmed FADE and DELAY times will be executed For Chasers the running direction will be reversed Pause Sequence or Chaser will be interrupted continue with GO or GO On Switches the Executor on and starts the sequence or brings it back if it was overwritten LPT Off Switches the Executor off Learn Direct entering of the Chaser speed When pressing this button at least three times the Chaser speed
111. er pressing the SET TRACKNAME button you can name the selected TRACK using the keyboard Confirm with ENTER If the DISPLAY TEXT button is pressed the Sequence name and the appropriate EXECUTOR will be displayed on the yellow or magenta bars If the DISPLAY EVENTS button is pressed the called buttons will be displayed as symbols on the yellow or magenta bars If the DISPLAY FADER button is pressed the FADER movements will be displayed as appropriately positioned dots on the yellow or magenta bars By pressing the SMALLER TRACKS button the TRACKS can be displayed up to 2x faster By pressing the BIGGER TRACKS button the TRACKS can be displayed up to 2x larger With EXIT you can leave this menu TOOLS Will open the SELECT TOOLS menu In this menu you can preselect which tool is to be used by the mouse when modifying EDIT individual tracks 7 1 5 Modifying a TIMECODE Show EDIT 1 12 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 7 1 Timecode SYNC The SELECT SYNCMODE menu will open If this INTERNAL SYNC button is pressed dark gray the grandMA will activate its internal TIMECODE Pressing this EXTERNAL SYNC button will switch over to the EXTERNAL TIMCODE input The input for the external Timecode is located at the backside of the unit 7 If the button is pressed dark grey the EDIT mode is activated we 7 1 5 Modifying a TIM
112. es After updating the main program it is necessary to reset the console All three UPDATES should be installed Always read the attached text file or enclosed information before updating the system You can only download the update from our HOMEPAGE www malighting de using an IBM compatible PC Then you have to unzip the files with the original WINZip program www winzip com proceed by copying this data on a 3 5 disk The disk must not contain any data 128 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA Declaration of Conformity according to directives 89 336 EWG and 92 31 EWG Declaration of Conformity according to directives 89 336 EWG and 92 31 EWG Manufacturer s name MA Lighting Technology GmbH Manufacturer s address DachdeckerstraBe 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Germany declares that the product Name of product MA grandMA Type MA GM complies with the following product specifications Safety EN60065 EN60950 EMV EMC EN55103 1 E1 EN50081 1 EN55103 2 E2 EN50082 1 Additional information II DMX512 and analogue inputs and outputs must be shielded and the shielding must be connected to the earthing resp to the housing of the corresponding plug Waldb ttelbrunn March 15th 1999 eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 129
113. es shall be drawn when reshaping the form ANGLE straight line ARC outer arc ARROW inner arc ex By reshaping the form the lines will be expanded and respectively the extended positions of the form will be reported to the Fixture faster au A If the extended lines and consequently the longer ways for the Fixture are to be transmitted with the same speed you have to press the EQUALIZE DOTS button once The form can be modified in its horizontal or vertical size using the Hori and Vert sliders By pressing the dark grey button below the modified sliders shortly both values can be set simultaneously By pressing the lt gt button both sliders can be coupled so that the size can be modified simultaneously Using the ROTATION slider the form can be turned from 0 to 360 By pressing the MIRROR button the form can be mirrored You can leave the EDIT menu with the CLOSE button eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 109 6 7 Creating and Saving Virtual Forms EDIT FORMS With good knowledge in maths you can also use formulas for PAN and TILT Put in form CPAN Make a left mouse click on the respective fields sinbd abs60 1 5 a now enter the formula via keyboard Put in form TILT gt sinbd x cos60 1 5 The form will confirmed by pressing CONFIRM CONFIRM Syntax to enter a formula manually
114. esignate a SPEED Group Using the Fader of the assigned SPEED Group you can now adjust the speed for this Effect Group 5 1 10 Assigning Special Masters If INDIVIDUAL is selected default setting you can adjust the speed only by using the SPEED encoder Bounce If this button is pressed dark background the whole Effect Group will first run forwards and then backwards etc BPM If this button is pressed dark background the speed of the whole Effect Group will be controlled by the automatic measure recognition 2 14 Setting Sound signals Start Speed Pressing this button once will save the currently set speed The button will display the saved speed From now on this Effect Group will be started with this speed even if the speed was changed during the execution To delete the saved speed use the Encoder to set the SPEED to STOP and press the START SPEED button once Now no speed is saved and the button will display NONE Off On Overwritten This Effect Group will be switched off when the OFF ON OVERWRITTEN button is pressed dark background and another Effect Group is started in which the same Fixture Dimmers are to be used default setting If this function is disabled the Effect Group will not be switched off It is still active but does not trigger any Fixture Dimmer The button of this Effect Group in the Effect Pool will display a white red blinking 2 The number indicates at what position this Group will be in
115. ger Button GO Be TOME HS 5 Store 4 3 not empty All for Preset Ee Al Selected Filter SC Devices ON Wine p FADERS F i u F DESK UIEN OUT DS OUT FD i Cue Timing Om Fade Basic Outfade snap Delay Trigger 0 53 Infade Os GO Cue Timing This column will display the preset times and settings that will be used when saving Cues and Sequences 6 Using the Encoders you can adjust the individual times and trigger calls Playback Timing The duration set for the OFF Time will be used when switching off Executors OFF button GOTO amp GO If a specific time is set when calling up a Cue using the GOTO or GO function the Cue will be called up with this duration If Cue Timing was set the Cue will be called up with the duration programmed in this Cue You can overwrite the Goto Default duration at any time 4 2 3 Default Sequence Master Sequence Executor Defaults Default is Sequence Chaser With this button you can define whether a newly programmed sequence will be created as a Chaser running light or as a Sequence GO MODE default setting Chase Speed Here you can define the preset for Chase Speed and Effect Speed Readout By pressing the button you can here switch the Chaser Speed between BPM beats per minute Hz beats per second and SEC seconds Ces The preset of the Chaser Speed is also used for the Effect Speed Button Assignnent Calling up this menu
116. ground color changes from light gray to dark gray you can address several DMX output channels for a Fixture channel When the TEST OUT button is pressed dark background the selected DMX output channel is temporarily set to 100 percent Doing so you can find a patched channel much faster within the stage setting 26 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de MA 2 5 Setting DMX Addresses for Dimmers grand 5 In the MASTER column the operation of the GRANDMASTER FADER for a specific Dimmer channel can be switched off By a right mouse click on a cell in the Master column the GRANDMASTER FADER for this Fixture can be switched off The readout changes from YES to NO To activate DMX LIST menu Within this menu Fixture and channel specific adjustments can be realized 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show By pressing the PRINT button the DMX sheet will be printed default printer The SAVE button will save all settings To leave the DIMMER PATCH menu Wo A eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 27 2 6 DMX Output and Ethernet Configuration 2 6 DMX Output and Ethernet Configuration There are 4 DMX output sockets on the back side of the grandMA These sockets can be assigned to DMX ports A to H in an arbitrary way By data transmission v
117. h the respective button you can determine according to which criteria the fixtures within the column are to be sorted Numbers Fixtures will be sorted by numbers in the FIXTURE window Names Fixtures will be sorted by name Selected Devices The selected Fixtures will be moved upwards Active Values Fixtures for which a value is activated will be moved upwards Dimmer Values Fixtures will be sorted according to highest dimmer value Sort Ascending Sorting by ascending values Sort Desending Sorting by descending values READOUT Pressing this button you can switch between the following display options Ou Values will be displayed as percentages Values will be displayed as percentage values interim values will be displayed next to the figure in form of 3 dots DEC Values will be displayed as decimal numbers 0 255 HEX Values will be displayed as hexadecimal numbers 0 FF When pressing the Show Layer Control button displayed in dark gray a control bar will be displayed below the Fixture By pressing the respective buttons on the control bar the display in the window will switch to the respective value This window can be deleted by pressing the DELETE WINDOW button By pressing the CLOSE button this window will be closed These settings will all be saved when saving the VIEWS 3 2 Saving VIEWS Pressing the CLOSE button will close the OPTION window eMail info malighting de gt Hotline
118. hannel is selected blue frame you can open the options by shortly pressing the Encoder grandMA Hardware keyboard or grandMA light Soft TOUCH Keyboard Views Groups Presets Sequences Effect groups Forms or even Macros can directly be named within the respective pool Cue names can be adjusted in the EDIT menu in the Tracking or EXECUTOR Sheet grandMA Mouse or grandMA light Trackball With the left button Buttons can directly be selected Individual cells in charts can be selected Several cells in charts can be selected simultaneously by clicking holding and dragging them Fixtures or Channels can be selected Title bars of windows can be activated or options for the individual window can directly be called up With the middle button The values of selected Fixtures or Channels can be adjusted With the right button The options for this window can be opened by clicking on the title bar The options can be opened by clicking on an individual Fixture or Channel Encoder below the TFT Display To set the selected function PAN TILT DIMMER GOBO etc If pressing the Encoder while turning it you can change the Encoder s sensitivity Werden ber dem Encoder mehrere Funktionen dargestellt kann durch kurzes Dr cken auf die anderen Funktionen umgeschaltet werden 14 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 1 7
119. has to be pushed upwards EXECUTOR buttons do not have a Master and are therefore activated immediately If dimmer values are called up via Cues or Sequences assigned to EXECUTOR buttons these values will be overwritten Le LTP principle when calling up the same dimmers via Executor buttons later In practical terms this means Dimmers serving as standard console HTP have to be assigned to the Executor Faders 4 1 Creating Cues separate memories The actual stage setting can be saved as a Cue and be called up via the EXECUTOR buttons or faders All changed active values recommended setting all momentary settings complete Output or all values of the selected Fixtures and channels can be saved as Cues 4 1 1 Creating new Cues Define the stage setting via direct access or presets wg 3 4 and 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly or 3 7 Calling up Presets This shall now be saved as CUE in the following way STORE Press the STORE button and hold it The following options and encoder names will appear on the right TFT display 72 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 4 1 Creating Cues separate memories 1 All for Freset Selected Filter Remove Devices On BASIC OUTFADE IND FADETIME DELATTIME FADE CURVE BASIC FADE SHAP DELAY HH 0 8 1 Press this button selected button will receive dark grey background colou
120. he CREATE PRESETS button merge will create the presets for all Fixture types Equal names of different Fixtures will be displayed on one PRESET button The created presets can now be called up from the individual PRESET windows 4 Pressing this button will create ready made effects that are then available in the EFFECT Pool 6 Effects Pressing the button Import Effects you can load already saved effects from floppy Pressing the button Export Effects you can save created effects to a floppy 5 To save self created presets from a reference Fixture select that particular Fixture Press the SAVE PRESET REFERENCE button The SELECT A FIXTURE window will open Confirm with ENTER from the keyboard 6 To use the created reference presets for a new Fixture of the same type select that Fixture Press the LOAD PRESET REFERENCE button The SELECT A FIXTURE window will open Confirm with ENTER from the keyboard 7 Leave CREATE PRESET with the CLOSE button eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 35 36 2 10 EDITING FIXTURES modify 2 10 EDITING FIXTURES modify If an existing fixture has to be changed you have to select it in the FIXTURE SCHEDULE EDIT Press EDIT FIXTURE in the FIXTURE SCHEDULE to activate this menu EDIT FIXTURE CH PARAMETER GROUP PROFILE IHVEDEFFHIGHLSTAGE TYP CHANNELS COL H COLOPSNIK Va FW COL COLO IX 14 CS INSE
121. he numeric keypad Enter the PAGE number via the numeric keypad and confirm with ENTER The complete PAGE with all EXECUTOR faders and buttons are deleted eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 71 4 1 Creating Cues separate memories 4 Cues and Sequences Cues are individual stage settings which can be assigned and saved directly to and on so called EXECUTOR buttons or EXECUTOR Faders Several cues in line are called a sequence which can also be assigned and saved to and on so called EXECUTOR buttons or EXECUTOR Faders If cues and sequences are created on the basis of Presets a later change of this Preset will automatically cause the respective change of all cues and sequences in this Preset Thus the time consuming check and correction of each Cue becomes unnecessary TIP Therefore we recommend to use the Preset functions as often as possible EXECUTOR buttons or Faders can be used and can have assignments for multiple created sequences EXECUTOR Faders and buttons are organised pagewise in PAGES You can work on several PAGES simultaneously When using motor faders always those motor faders will be moving which had been activated on the respective PAGE With the EXECUTOR buttons it is possible to call up the Cues Sequences and Chasers a 5 1 3 Buttons and Faders For the dimmer channels the respective FADER and the Grandmaster always
122. ia Ethernet more DMX outputs can be triggered is necessary As of serial number 156 a dongle hardware protection has to be installed within the grandMA for serial numbers under SN 156 a plug in card has to be exchanged For this operation the unit has to be opened by a qualified technician CAUTION unplug the mains plug first TOOLS Press the TOOLS button once Outputs E to H are only available with a channel expansion to 4096 channels For the expansion an upgrade Call up this menu from the TOOLS menu using the DMX OUTPUT CONFIGURATION DMX Output button Configuration gt DMxX Output Configuration ETHERNET PROTOCOL CONFIGURATION GRANDMA DHX DMX A 2 ee 3 Port 0 0 DMXX T A DMX D ARTNET Port 0 1 DMX XLR E DMX C ARTNET Port D DMX XLR tc DMX D ARTNET Port D DMx XLF D DMX EI Disable SAVE Fell Meal DHX EI DMX G isal a CLOSE DMX H abled 2 6 1 Assigning the DMX XLR sockets of the grandMA 1 In this column the DMX ports can be assigned to the respective output sockets on the grandMA By pressing the buttons several times one of the DMX ports Universe A to H can be assigned to any of the grandMA s output sockets A to D The assigning of DMX ports Universe to the sockets will be effected simulta neously 2 6 2 Configuring the DMX outputs via Ethernet 2 By pressing a button in the PROTOCOL column a transmission protocol can be de
123. ifying Fixtures All settings for the selected fixture will be displayed in the chart By selecting the function or value the settings can now be changed For example Selecting a DEFAULT value with a left mouse click w 2 10 1 Listing of individual functions in the EDIT FIXTURE menu point 6 Now confirm with ENTER from the keyboard or make a right mouse click into the marked space red background The SET VALUE window will appear Enter the new value or select it with the left mouse button The selected value will now be listed in the chart By pressing the SAVE button all changes will be saved The modified fixture can only be used for the current show If you wish to include this fixture configuration in the general fixture library on hard or floppy disk this has to be updated save on hard or floppy disk In order to add this fixture to the harddisk library the HARDDISK LIBRARY button must be HARDDISK activated default If the fixture is to be saved on floppy disk the HARDDISK LIBRARY button has to be switched to FLOPPY LIBRARY Fixture library on floppy disk This way you can also put fixtures in external archives and transfer these to other grandMA consoles and operators If you wish to save to a floppy disk please insert an empty IBM PC formatted 3 5 disk Remove the write ex protection on the disk After switching to floppy disk it might take a few seconds for the floppy to respond If no floppy is
124. ight cell the entered text will Keyboard be displayed fF Using the touch screen you can select HESI pase m DEL 2 ges individual buttons Pressing RETURN will accept your entry eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 16 1 8 Quick Reference 1 8 1 8 1 1 8 2 TIP 1 8 3 TIP TIP TIP1 TIP2 Quick Reference After some years of experience we have lost our illusions about any user to read a complete manual before playing with a new toy But there are some tips which may help you to find your way around Basics The grandMA is a highly specialised computer with up to 6 monitors and many functions will work as you may be used from your PC or MAC Main supply 90 230V The mouse in its drawer grandMA only or track ball on the grandMA light Left click selects a field for keyboard or encoder input etc Right click goes to Modify opens windows with options sorting columns by clicking on the headline Pressing and holding the middle mouse button changes output values Hold and Move The displays select one by a click into empty space The grandMA offers different windows Menus with information and control buttons spreadsheets button groups dimmer channel listings and fader symbols Left mouse click on the headline moves a window the size is set on the left and lower boarders Right mouse click on
125. ighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 5 4 TRACKING Fenster If the LINK DEFAULT button of the title bar is pressed the default sequence will automatically be transferred to the EXECUTOR window when changing the default sequence Assigning the Default sequence 1 7 Layout and Controls items 9 and 10 If the AUTO SCROLL button is pressed the Sheet will be automatically moved upwards downwards when working on a larger Sequence Using the left mouse button you can select values or times durations also by using the lasso function Values and times durations can be modified using the middle mouse button The following window will open on a right mouse click on the selected values Tracking Sheet Options Delete Selection Clear All Channels Fadeti Cue Only for ll Selected Cues Clear Delaytime Complete Selected Channel Close for All Cues Proceed with one of the following options 1 Selecting one or more cells in the Tracking Sheet 2 Choosing the DELETE CUE ONLY UNBLOCK or BLOCK command 3 Executing the command when activating the selection Selection All Channels Complete or Selected Channel DELETE Will remove all values Cue Only Will copy the values of the previous step into the following step that step must be empty Block With BLOCK the removed values light gray can be converted into saved values The v
126. ing Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 8 2 Assigning and Activating QUIKEYS grand MA 8 2 Assigning and Activating QUIKEYS From the QUIKEY window you can display and activate various buttons and functions Make a right mouse click on an empty position on one of the three TFT displays or on an external monitor The CREATE A WINDOW menu will open 3 1 Creating Windows Select the QUIKEY The QUIKEY window will open Make a right mouse click on one of the buttons the QUIKEY OPTIONS window will open By clicking on one of the functions this function will be assigned to the button This function can be activated at any time by a simple mouse click List of functions ALIGN OFF Switches off the ALIGN function ALIGN LEFT ALIGN button pressed once ALIGN RIGHT ALIGN button button pressed twice ALIGN BOTH ALIGN button button pressed three times ALIGN SYM ALIGN button button pressed four times CLEAR SELECTION CLEAR button pressed once CLEAR AKTIVE CLEAR button pressed twice CLEAR ALL CLEAR button pressed three times VALUES MODE Switches the FIXTURE and CHANNEL SHEET to the VALUES mode FADE MODE Switches the FIXTURE and CHANNEL SHEET to the FADE time mode DELAY MODE Switches the FIXTURE and CHANNEL SHEET to the DELAY time mode ASSIGN ASSIGN button EMPTY Creates an empty button FLIP Head Fixtures Pressing 1x The head will be turne
127. inserted it takes 1 2 minutes to respond UPDATE Select the fixture in FIXTURE SCHEDULE blue frame The selected fixture will now be saved by pressing the UPDATE LIBRARY button Remove the disk from the drive afterwards eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 37 38 2 11 EDITING FIXTURES create new 2 11 EDITING FIXTURES create new In order to create a new fixture activate NEW ENTRY in the FIXTURE SCHEDULE menu with a left mouse click Press the EDIT FIXTURE button in the FIXTURE SCHEDULE to call up this menu EDIT EDIT FIXTURE CH PARAMETER GROUP PROFILE INVEDEFFHIGHLSTAGE TYP CHANNELS eg emm INSERT SELECT A PARAMETER LIHE SR ILT OBOL 0603 OBDi lt gt 0BDZ lt gt OLOURL OLOURZ OLOURS OLOURI lt gt ORRECTION OL HAL DELETE LINE 8 UNUSED ADRESSES INSERT DNX BREAK I CHANNEL VALUES 0 SAVE 5 HAHE MANUFACTURER ca ea ea CH CH CH ECH CH CH CH zl o co b i CA ri PJ fo we JE Il FIXTURE COMERS SCHEDULE STROBE MAZXIMUM HOVEMENT MAXIMUM MOYEMENT OFFSET TILT PAH TILT DEFAULT 88 1 Select the cell on the right side of CH 1 will be displayed with a red background Press ENTER from the keyboard or make a right mouse click into the cell The SELECT A PARAMETER window will open 2 Now select the function for the first
128. ion COS Co sinus function LIN Saw tooth ascending LIN Saw tooth descending TRIANGLE Triangle function PHASE1 PHASE2 PHASE3 To create rainbow colors by means of the coloring unit Setting one of the PHASES on one channel of the coloring unit will create a rainbow color blending when executing the effect By pressing the USER DEFINED button turns dark gray self created two dimensional forms can be selected for the PAN TILT function If a form is to be created or modified press the NEW or EDIT button to open the EDIT FORMS menu mm 6 6 Creating and saving virtual forms In order to assign further Effects to the selected Fixtures Dimmers in this group press the Add Line button again A new line will be displayed and the Select Parameter window will open Choose a function now and assign an Effect Up 16 individual Effects can be combined within a Group eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 99 6 2 Editing Effect Groups 6 2 Editing Effect Groups When choosing an Effect Group from the Effect Pool respective buttons will be displayed above the Encoders Pressing the EDIT button for this Effect Group will open the EDIT EFFECT menu Or Make a right mouse click on a button in the Effect Pool The EDIT EFFECT menu will appear in the right TFT display Edit Effect 61 EFF oi Sel Dier Param Table Dir Size Madulator Base Olfset_ Rat
129. is set lt lt lt Call up of the previous step without FADE or SNAP times gt gt gt Call up of the next step without FADE or SNAP times Temp Cue Chaser oder Sequenz wird eingeschaltet solange der Taster gedriickt ist danach wird vorhe riger Zustand wieder hergestellt Top Resets the Sequence to the first step Empty Button has no function Flash Sets the Dimmer value to 100 starts the sequence if not already activated Out To hide the dimmer values temporarilyy Toggle To switch on and off the respective Cue Sequence or Chaser Swop Cue Chaser oder Sequenz wird eingeschaltet solange der Taster gedr ckt ist alle anderen Dimmerkan le werden ausgeblendet au er bei Executoren bei denen Swop Protected aktiv ist With the Executor Width buttons 1 5 you can define whether it should be possible to use one to five Faders for your operations with EXECUTOR FADERs und whether one to five buttons could be used for EXECUTOR BUTTONS The respective titles will be displayed on the TFT display above the EXECUTOR FADERS When the LIST function is active the function of the EXECUTOR buttons will be displayed above these buttons press LIST button 5 1 4 EXECUTOR SETTINGS If you press the MASTER START button background dark gray the Sequence or Chaser will be automatically started when pushing the Master Fader upwards item 6 If the MASTER STOP button is pressed dark gray background the
130. isplays on it you can save all currently created windows on all screens and both external monitors on it or you can save a Macro function wg 7 1 Creating Macros Pitts Seer Dok wupu sorted SH Hunger Kal NAME PAN TIL ETDIM CoE ICO Im Canoura MIN aia ia SPEE a FAN TIL CH Mu d Ge Zen me MACRO What can a button key be used for a ED TF Gemen aen 18 PAHN TILT 15 SEU 14 SHAP ER Sel non ALL Sle fe 11 2 SCREENS EFF 10 EFF 40 STORE 1 Organize a display or monitor 3 1 CREATING A WINDOW 2 Press STORE button once STORE LED is on 3 Enter a name for the VIEW using the keyboard The new name will be displayed in the top line 4 Enter a name for the VIEW using the keyboard The new name will be MACRO displayed in the top line 9 VIEW FD 5 By pressing the buttons 1 5 selected button will turn dark grey select the display to be saved Pressing the button ALL SCREENS will save all five displays on one view Ez button 3 6 With the OK or ENTER button you can save and assign the view to the J view button 50 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 2 Saving VIEWS 3 2 1 Assigning VIEWS a All created views can by assignd to any view button ED Click on the view button with the right mouse button The window SELECT will appear In this wind
131. k on the Slave console after the TIMEOUT duration has elapsed In order to couple two grandMAs or two grandMA lights these have to be connected via a network Furthermore you have to see to that the DMX signal in case of a failure will be received by the Slave instead of by the Master or that a common DMX hub is connected TOOLS Press the TOOLS buttons on both units once Switch to this menu using the TCP IP Configuration button TCP IP Configuration STATUS IP ADDRESS HO IP HAME STATUS ERR 192 168 8 4 NAME vxTarget CHANNEL i H Disconnect IS MASTER IS SLAVE Connect MAX SLAVES L SAYE SEARCH TIMEOUT H sec SEARCH TIMEOUT sec SNE TIMEOUT 18 sec SYNC TIMEOUT 16 sec The IP address on both console must be unique If this is not the case you have to modify one using the keyboard the other numbers must not be modified On the Master console first press the IS MASTER button then the CONNECT button and confirm with OK The current Show will be saved and the console will automatically perform a reset and a reboot On the Slave console first press the IS SLAVE button then the CONNECT button and confirm with OK The current Show will be saved and the console will automatically perform a reset and a reboot After the reboot of both consoles the current Show will be automatically transferred from the Master to the Slave After completion of this process you can continue you work on the Master c
132. ken as starting value will not be changed CT while the last value be the one modified most and all values in between will be distributed evenly ALIGN Press the ALIGN button twice LED is on When changing the activated values the last value will be taken as starting value will not be changed while the first value will be the one modified most and all values in between will be LI distributed evenly Press the ALIGN button 3 times LED is on o When changing the activated values the middle value will be taken as starting value will not be changed the first and last value will be the ones modified most and all values in between will be LI distributed evenly ALIGN Press the ALIGN button 4 times LED is on gt al Z When changing activated values the middle value will be the one modified most the values on the left and right will not change and the values in between will be distributed evenly Saving these settings wg 4 Cues and Sequences If you wish to modify the selection or the values of channels Press the CLEAR button When pressing the CLEAR button the first time the selection of channels within the CHANNEL window will be deleted yellow characters turn grey The modified values will be kept and displayed in red characters numbers Press the CLEAR button again When pressing the CLEAR button the second time the selection of modified values will be cancelled red figures character
133. king with different numbers of Fixtures or Dimmers but always at the same step speed To activate the function select the cell Press the Encoder right to the display once Or Activate by making a short right mouse click into the cell below AS This will be indicated by a YES in this cell Display of the set sequential division of the respective Effect as to the whole Effect Group The sequence of an Effect can be subdivided 16 times and an Effect can then be assigned to one individual subdivision Example With a setting of 1 2 the individual Effect would always be executed in the first half of a Effect Group sequence Before modifying the subdivision value select the Effect first Press the PART button once green background Now you can set the subdivision of the Effect Group for the individual Effect by pressing and holding the Encoder below After a subdivision is set and when the Encoder is pressed you cannot designate a section in which a particular Effect is to be executed Pressing the Encoder once shortly will set the value to ALWAYS and the Effect will be executed during the whole period 6 2 2 Deleting individual Effects Select the Effect to be deleted Press the DELETE LINE button eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 103 6 3 Executing an Effect Group 6 3 Executing an Effect Group Take Selection Show Selection Spe
134. l 1 1 1 Displays The first remarkable features of the grandMA are the contrast rich full color TFT touch screens integrated into a panel with adjustable viewing angle Optionally supported by two external monitors they allow for perfect control and multiple visualisation of group and preset operations interactive output displays and different ways of cue listing Colors and gobos can diretly be selected by labeled preset buttons and allow for a fast and accurate control while the encoders can be used anytime for the fine tuning By way of presets stored positions can quickly be adjusted to changed arrangements 1 1 2 Motorfaders How can a console like the grandMA with just 20 faders 10 on the grandMA light possibly claim to control 4000 channels It s not a trick it s motorised faders They automatically capture the actual values as soon as you switch over from one program library to another Further special features are explained in the respective chapters following 1 1 3 Programming features and data input At first the flexibility of the grandMA may surprise but you have always the choice to do it the old fashion way Dealing with huge amounts of data will make you want to use improved ways of programming and even of an automatic effect synthesizer 1 1 4 Flexible Setup configuration Despite the grandMA s high flexibility you will never lose direct access and control View Macro buttons allow to visualise current information
135. l be automatically moved upwards downwards when working on a larger Sequence eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 5 4 TRACKING Window 5 4 TRACKING Window In the Tracking window all values and times durations of a Sequence can be displayed Here all values and times durations can be reviewed and modified Create a Tracking Sheet 3 1 Creating windows Touch the touch screen on the left corner of the title bar Or With a right mouse click on the title bar you can open the TRACKINGSHEET OPTIONS window In this window you can select sequences by clicking on the respective ones In the INCLUDED Sheet all functions of the Fixtures used in this Sequence are displayed By clicking on a function you can move it into the EXCLUDED sheet Functions displayed in this Sheet will not be displayed in this Tracking Sheet With this function you obtain a better overview for the Tracking Sheet With the FONT SIZE button you can switch the font size used in this window between LARGE and SMALL With the DELETE WINDOW button you can delete the Executor window or close the OPTIONS window using the CLOSE button 2 3 CUE ORANGE ei es 60204 ORANGE ei ORANGE 54 37 35 COFO ORAN SS eloo e 158 149 ee ORANGE 34 14 A ee ORANGE 54 74 4 GOED4 ORAN Ig CUE PONGE Sdi S0 43 GOROH GRANGE S4 FE O Gool ORANGE S4
136. le is to be saved deleted or edited Creating a new profile To create a new profile press the NEW button The EDIT PROFILES menu will open next page 2 The PROFILES sheet displays the created profiles in the selected folder Assigning profiles to a DMX channel Select the profiles and press the SELECT AND EXIT button Deleting profiles Select a profile and press the DELETE button Customizing profiles Select a profile and press the EDIT button The EDIT PROFILES menu will open with the selected profile next page 32 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 8 Creating and Assigning Profiles 2 8 1 EDIT PROFILES 3 ae O 0 N Q EDIT DIMMER PROFILES NR 512 PROFILE EDITOR FUNCTIONS By pressing the PERCENT button you can switch the 8 8 gt OUT 8 8 Klek INVERT X scaling from percent to 7 decimal or when pressing SOFT EDIT the button once more to CURVES INVERT Y hexadecimal COPY Press the SOFT EDIT button 5a PROFILE dark background On the 4p graph several positions are 3 indicated by dots in regular intervals MARK POSITION PREDEFINED FUNCTIONS SAVE EXIT 11 AND EXIT WITHOUT SAVE PASTE PROFILE The y axis gives the value set on the grandMA whereas the x axis gibes the DMX value that will be output Make a left mouse click on
137. lected Cue The number can be modified by clicking on it ENDLINE Display of the last selected Cue The number can be modified by clicking on it NEW START Display of the first new number of the selected Cues The number can be modified by clicking on it STEP WIDTH Display of the steps in which the Cues new numbers will be placed The number can be modified by clicking on it Deleting Cues Select the Cue to be deleted By pressing the DELETE button the CUE will be deleted If you want to delete not only one but several Cues select the respective Cues By pressing the DELETE button the Cues will be deleted Renumbering Cues 4 3 8 Select the Cue to be renumbered By pressing the RENUMBER button the Cue will be renumbered If you want to renumber not only one but several Cues select the respective Cues By pressing the RENUMBER button the Cues will be renumbered Inserting LOOPs Within a Sequence you can allocate a Loop to a Cue When this Cue is reached it will not be executed but the Sequence will be repeated from the indicated Cue This process will either run over a preset period or for the number of Loops indicated ea A Cue in which a LOOP is set will only be executed after the LOOP has ended 4 3 9 Make a right mouse click on the respective Cue in the LOOP column The SELECT LOOP TARGET window will open Select the Cue to which a jump is to be performed The Cue will be listed in the top line Select
138. movements The created Forms will automatically be saved to the Form Pool Calling up this menu 6 1 1 Creating an Effect Group item 3 w 6 2 1 Editing Effects item Table Edit Form 8 Form 8 Put in form FAN sinl4 x tcos bd Put in form TILT cos x Confirm Fredefines _Predetnes NI EDIT E CLOSE 1 Press the PREDEFINES button once A window will open where several prepared Forms will be displayed Select one of these Forms this Form will now be drawn onto the black window 108 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 6 7 Creating and Saving Virtual Forms EDIT FORMS 6 7 2Modifying Forms EDIT The EDIT FORMS window will open by pressing the EDIT button Set Handle Left Mousebtn 7 Remove Handle Mid Mousebtn Visualize Forms CHEN FORM gt EDIT FORM CLOSE wu Ei Make a left mouse click on various positions of the marked form With each click on the form a new red dot will be displayed on that position In order to delete one of the dots make a middle mouse click on this dot To reshape the form make another left mouse click and hold the mouse button on one of the red dots If you click the right mouse button during the reshaping while holding the left mouse button you can define the reshaping each time item T By pressing the button you can program in which way the lin
139. n one of the 512 DMX channels to this button Identical DMX channels can be assigned to more than one button By pressing the PAGE 1 button you can open another page PAGE 2 with buttons 7 3 3 Deleting Assignments DELETE To delete an assigned Playback button press the DELETE button once LED is on Press the respective DMX IN button once 7 3 4 Using the DMX Input In the TOOLS menu you can switch the DMX input function on or off using the ON REMOTE OFF OFF button DMX IN If the DMX input is activated you can use the assigned buttons by switching on the respective DMX input For optical convenience the buttons in the DMX IN REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu will have a red background when switching on the respective DMX channel If REACT AS STORED ONLY is displayed the assigned playback buttons will be React executed directly Se d Pressing this button will display COMBINED WITH COMMAND LINE COMMANDS store The assigned playback buttons will be executed in combination with the pre only selected commands Example If an OFF button is programmed on a DMX IN but PAUSE is activated m 1 7 Layout and Controls item 11 not the OFF command but the PAUSE com mand will be executed when calling up this DMX IN channel eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 1 19 120 7 4 Remote Control by MIDI 7 4 Remote Control by MIDI On the backside of
140. n saving MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 4 1 Creating Cues separate memories 4 2 1 Copying Sequences Once a Sequence has been set it can be copied completely with all Cues Fade and Delay times COPY Press the COPY button once LED is on SEQUENCE Dress the SEQUENCE button once LED is on Using the numeric keypad enter the number of the Sequence to be copied All sequences and their numbers will be displayed in the Assign menu ug 5 1 ASSIGN Menu Press the AT button once LED is on Using the numeric keypad enter the number of the new Sequence and confirm with ENTER 4 2 2 Including Cues STORE Set a Cue 4 1 Creating Cues ry Press the STORE button once LED is on SEQUENCE Press the SEQUENCE button once LED is on S Enter the number of the Sequence using the numeric keypad Press the CUE button once LED is on Enter the number of the new Cue via numeric keypad and confirm with ENTER Example A new Cue is to be included between Cue 3 and Cue 4 This new Cue will be named for example Cue no 3 1 numbers between 3 001 and 3 999 are possible This way 999 Cues can be included between two Cues eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 75 76 4 2 Programming Sequences 4 2 3 Default Sequence Master Sequence When
141. ncoder below The pulse width can be set to between O and 100 Pressing the Encoder once shortly will automatically set the width to 25 50 or 75 You can also use the ALIGN function to set this value mm 3 4 1 ALIGN function The values set for the respective Effects will be displayed in the WIDTH column Press and hold the Encoder and turn to the right so that the focus blue cell frame with red background will be moved to the right When moving the focus beyond the right border further columns will be displayed WIDTH BASE RANDOM Random fade ins of individual channels of the selected function Die number of channels faded in can be set SIN Sinus function COS Co sinus function LIN Saw tooth ascending LIN Saw tooth descending TRIANGLE Triangle function PHASE1 PHASE2 PHASE3 To create rainbow colors by means of the coloring unit Setting one of the PHASES on one channel of the coloring unit will create a rainbow color blending when executing the effect By pressing the USER DEFINED button turns dark gray self created two dimensional forms can be selected for the PAN TILT function If a form is to be created or modified press the NEW or EDIT button to open the EDIT FORMS menu 6 6 Creating and saving virtual forms Pressing the SELECT button will adopt the function the window will close discarding any modifications when pressing CANCEL In this column an arrow indicates in which direction the Effect will be execute
142. new Fixture can be defined w 2 8 EDITING FIXTURES modify and 2 9 EDITING FIXTURES create new WG wO A If in the Start column the number of a Fixture is followed by an asterix this is a Fixture that was modified or selfmade 10 Shifting between the Fixture library on the hard disk or floppy disk ue 2 8 EDITING FIXTURES modify After switching to Floppy disk it may take a few seconds for the Floppy to react if no Floppy is inserted it can eT take 1 2 minutes HARDDISK LIBRARY Uses Fixtures from internal hard disk FLOPPY DISK Uses Fixtures from floppy disk TT Calling up the MANAGE menu By clicking on the Fixtures Dimmers in this menu and choosing and pressing the DELETE ENTRY button you can delete the self created Fixtures and Dimmers stored in the library Fixtures in the manufacturer library can not be deleted 12 With UPDATE LIBRARY you can save newly created or modified Fixtures to the hard disk drive library or to a floppy disk By that anew or modified Fixture will be available for a new show When Fixtures are modified and stored they are registered with the appropriate date To store a Fixture please change its name as otherwise this Fixture will appear twice in the library and can only be discerned by its date 13 A settings will be stored with the SAVE button 14 Toleave this menu bringing you back to SETUP The next step will be the patching of fixtures 2 4 Selecting DMX add
143. ng Assignments DELETE To delete an assigned Playback button press the DELETE button once LED is on Press the Button once 7 4 5 Using the MIDI Input In the TOOLS menu you can switch the MIDI input function on or off using the ON REMOTE OFF Button MIDI OFF If the MIDI input is active you can call up the assigned buttons by pressing the respective note keys on the MIDI keyboard For optical convenience the button in the MIDI REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu will have a red background when pressing a note key If REACT AS STORED ONLY is displayed the assigned playback buttons will be React executed directly Mer Pressing this button will display COMBINED WITH COMMAND LINE COMMANDS The assigned playback buttons will be executed in combination with the pre only selected commands Example If an OFF button is programmed on a DMX IN but PAUSE is activated m 1 7 Layout and Controls item 11 not the OFF command but the PAUSE com mand will be executed when calling up this DMX IN channel eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 121 7 5 Master Slave Coupling 7 5 Master Slave Coupling The Master Slave Coupling allows for two grandMAs or two grandMA lights to work together in the so called True Tracking Backup mode In this mode both consoles function a 100 synchronously In case of a failure of the Master console you can continue your wor
144. ng Chasers EA Chaser is an automatically running sequence During the editing process you will be able to modify add or delete all values of individual Cues Speed X FADE and SNAP DELAY times can be adapted globally Except as indicated in this chapter there are three other ways mg 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 Overwriting expanding removing Cues m 4 3 4 Update Cues or Presets m 5 3 EXECUTOR window EDIT Press the EDIT button LED is on Select a Chaser with the respective EXECUTOR button Select a Chaser with the respective EXECUTOR button Or Make a left mouse click into the Sheet of the small window above the EXECUTOR Fader The EDIT menu appears on the right TFT display giving a listing of the individual cues 1 See 1 14 Sequence 1b GEO D Piss LOOPS EFFECTS Hh TRIG FADE DUTFADE SWAP I FADE i 60 1 6 0 8 FORWARD 2 Z FOLLOM 2 6 6 98 3 3 CUE FOLLOW 7 6 0 8 4 d CUE FOLLOM 1 6 0 53 18 1 5 J J CUE FOLLOW 1 6 1 8 0 8 6 6 CUE SOUND 2 8 1 8 SOUND 2 8 6 8 0 8 H FOLLOM 3 6 1 8 E 3 3 CUE FOLLOM 2 6 1 8 fk ib 10 CUE SOUND 2 6 1 8 Js ii ii CUE SOUND 2 6 1 8 9 i 12 CUE SOUND 1 6 1 8 D A LA 13 CUE SOUND 6 8 Js LA l4 CUE SOUND 1 6 SE 15 15 CUE 60 Sid 0 8 ib Ip CUE 60 312 8 8 1 17 CUE 60 Sid D H 18 18 CUE 60 Hat 0 8 13 19 CUE 60 Sid D H 20 20 CUE 60 Sid 0 8 21 i CUE 60 DP 0 8 SPEED SCALE 9 L F CHASE SPEED CHASE INFADE CHASE OUTFADE CHASE SHAPDELAY 225 8 BPH 8 2 188 IHFADE 8 1
145. ng Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in the CHANNEL SHEET 3 5 1 CHANNEL Mode CHANNEL Activate CHANNEL Mode with the CHANNEL FADER buttons FADER Theassignment of Channels and Faders can be changed via the CHANNEL FADER buttons for example 1 20 21 40 etc The assignment of a channel number to a Fader is listed on the TFT displays above the faders By pressing the CLEAR button individual channels which have been modified manually can be released again while the selection of this channel will be deleted The respective channel can be selected using the button above the Fader In CHANNEL mode the individual channel values can be set with the Faders The respective channel can be set to 100 using the button below the Fader The respective channel can be hidden using the lower button Me II In the TFT displays above the Faders the assignment between channel numbers and Faders will be displayed eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 61 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in tne CHANNEL SHEET 3 5 2 ALIGN Function Using the ALIGN function enables you to use three different function modes for changing values ALIGN Press the ALIGN button once LED is on When changing aktivierte values the first value will be ta
146. nnel can be inverted 6 _ DEFAULT Access signal 7 HIGHLIGHT is pressed 8 Not yet available in version 2 10 9 CURVE for the Current Show point 10 10 NAME MANUFACTURER To change the Fixture s name and manufacturer en Additional note to item 10 This is recommended as otherwise the same name might exist twice MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 10 EDITING FIXTURES modify 11 PAN TILT MAX Value of maximum refraction from PAN TILT function important for Flip functions TILT OFFSET Starting value of TILT function TYPE OF FIXTURE Swap between mirror or head Fixture When using head Fixtures the FIXTURE SHEET will show a yellow square left of the PAN value symbolizing the current head position 12 Encoder name for setting the PAN TILT function and the OFFSET value 13 Toadd one empty line in front of the marked position in the chart 14 To erase the marked line 15 Enables you to assign separate DMX addresses to a fixture Beginning with the respective channel where the figure is followed by an asterix a new DMX address can be assigned later on 16 this is where you can change or create Presets for the various functions for example COLOR 2 11 Creating Fixtures EDIT FIXTURE item 3 17 The SAVE button will save all changes only within and for the current show 18 To leave the EDIT FIXTURE menu 2 10 2 Mod
147. o an m 5 1 1 Assigning Sequences or Effect Groups By pressing the CHASER SEQUENCE or EFFECT button all created Sequences will be listed in the Sheet Select the Sequence or Effect Group to be assigned Assigned Sequences or Effect Groups are displayed in red Hei The CUES column shows the number of Cues in the individual Sequences The USED column shows how often a Sequence is already being used By pressing the EDIT MENU button you can customize the assigned Sequence Effect Group from the EDIT menu im 4 3 or 4 4 Editing Cues Sequences or Chasers ug 6 2 Editing Effect Groups 5 1 2 Changing Sequence Names After clicking on the name of the respective Sequence red cell you can enter a new name via the keyboard eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 87 5 1 ASSIGN menu Assignment to EXECUTOR 5 1 3 Changing Buttons and Faders With a left mouse click on the FADER symbol a selection will appear in which you can assign the respective function to the Fader by another left mouse click Master The Fader controls all dimmer values of this Sequence Swap With the Fader the sequence is faded in and all dimmer values used in this sequence are set to O or the value respectively programmed It is only possible to use a SWAP or Master fader FADE With the Fader the fade in time can be set for the FADE function when using Chasers Sp
148. of the group blue frame you can enter a new name via the keyboard 5 1 9 SUBMASTER SETTINGS If the POSITIVE ENABLE button is pressed this Group Master is the Master Fader for all dimmer channels of this group If a Group Master is set as INHIBIT Master NEGATIVE INHIBIT button pressed for a group in which also exist Fixtures or dimmer channels from other groups the INHIBIT Master must also be pushed up to be able to use the overlapping channels The INHIBIT Master can also be used as Master Fader for all other Group Masters 5 1 10 Group Overview GROUP Pressing the GROUP button twice will open an overview in the right display showing all assigned Group Masters In this overview every Group Master is displayed with a separate small window The upper button contains the group name Clicking on this button will open the Page on EA which it is saved to The display above the Fader shows HERE FULL With the FULL button you can set the Master to 100 With the OUT button you can set the Master to 0 The yellow status indicator next to the buttons will give you the currently res set value for the respective Fader Pressing the ALL FULL button in the title bar will set all group masters to 100 Pressing the CLOSE button will close this window MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 5 1 ASSIGN menu Assignment to EXECUTOR
149. ompiling the music e g for presentations but it can also be recorded afterwards making use of a regular recording studio If the music is to be recorded in stereo at least a third track is needed for the Timecode All programs of the grandMA can be synchronized by the LTC Timecode During the playback of the tape the Timecode information is being transmitted to the connected controllers Each controller has an internal memory that triggers the activation of a specific program at a given point of time On the grandMA the EXTERNAL Timecode can be fed in via a jack socket on the backside of the unit 7 1 1 TIMECODE Window Make a right mouse click into an empty space of a display or an external monitor In the CREATE A WINDOW menu make a left mouse click on TIMECODE For your convenience feel free to maximize this window FIXTURE oS RECORD TURN TO SELECT TRACK 1 The top line contains the name of the currently loaded Show The external Timecode will be displayed on the right side 2 The large timecode display indicates the current position of the TIMECODE Show represented also by a blue time line in the Sheet On the right side of the time display there is a time axis The TIMECODE Show will be stopped at Timecode Len displayed below This time will be set automatically but you can also modifiy it yourself The end position of the TIMECODE Show will be indicated by a red time line in the Sheet The position Offs indicates th
150. on on or off by pressing the DMX in Merge Off MERGE button Via the DMX IN socket assigned commands can be called up from an external DMX console The DMX input has only the function of a switch that will release at approx 10 7 3 1 Assigning Playback Buttons TOOLS Press the TOOLS button once Le REMOTE Call up the DMX IN REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu using the REMOTE button DMX IN DHZ IN REMOTE CONFIGURATION FD 20 3 FD A FD An FD g BU in FD coe EMPTY lee EMPTY FD Du FD i FD FD i on EMPTY le EMPTY EMPTY E EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY ls EMPTY E EMPTY 5 EMPTY ds EMPTY d EMPTY d EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY le EMPTY EMPTY IE EMPTY E EMPTY Es EMPTY E EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY He EMPTY E EMPTY EMPTY Is EMPTY le EMPTY I EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY AR EMPTY Ee EMPTY IS EMPTY Is EMPTY d EMPTY 5 EMPTY PAGE 1 STORE Press the STORE button once LED is on Select a button in the DMX IN REMOTE CONFIGURATION menu Ale Dann CLOSE 23 g Press the Playback button that you want to assign The selected button will now be assigned Ls The assigned Playback buttons will be displayed on the individual buttons Only EXECUTOR buttons can be assigned to the respective DMX channel 1 18 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 7 3 Remote Control by DMX IN 7 3 2 Assigning DMX Channels Make a right mouse click on the button A menu will open in which you can assig
151. onsole as usual The Slave console will now function a 100 synchronously to the Master console The settings will be automatically saved In this menu the Master Slave mode can be switched off again On the Master console press the DISCONNECT button and confirm with OK 122 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand HA 8 8 1 8 1 Programming and creating Macros Macros und QUIKEYS Creating Macros With macros you can combine several processes in one batch These can be e g STORE C 8 1 1 Activating 8 1 2 MACRO i g re Macro Pool MACRO S Playback buttons e g GO Fader Pause etc incl number of the Executor Call ups of Views Call ups of Delete operations Other Macro calls Call ups of Clear operations Press the STORE button once LED is on Press the MACRO button once LED is on The SELECT MACRO window will open Enter a name for the Macro using the keyboard Press the TIMED button will turn dark gray if the Macro shall not be executed as fast as possible but within the set time frame Confirm with ENTER LED in the MACRO button blinks Now enter all operational steps to be executed by this Macro After input of the last step press the STORE button first after that press the MACRO button and last press ENTER LED in the MACRO button is now off This completes the MACRO Programming p
152. or each of them Setting values for dimmers CHANNEL FADER or button switches the motor fader to control single dimmer channels and scrolls in blocks of 20 10 dimmers The set fader parameters are shown in the dimmer display Channels can also be selected and modified by mouse wheel encoder With the LINK function right on headline of display the window will automatically scroll to show the channels set for the faders Controlling Fixture attributes GROUP window Select a fixture by its button or click on the name of a fixture in the output window GOBO COLOUR window Open a preset for the select unit if the button shows no result set the function via an encoder Pressing and turning the encoder allows for the fine tuning If more than one function per encoder is displayed push the encoder to switch over MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 1 Selecting patching creating and editing of fixtures and dimmers Edit Show 1 8 4 TIP TIP TIP 1 8 5 TIP 1 8 6 1 8 7 Saving Settings The STORE button of the grandMA is very flexible and direct Attention If the STORE button is blinking switch off with a second press or use ESCAPE Example Selecting some fixtures and setting the color wheel STORE button of an EXECUTOR make sure you switched back from CHANNEL to EXECUT
153. or off this Fade Time will be faded in or out with the set duration Pressing the EDIT button will call up the Edit menu for this effect 6 2 Editing Effects Pressing the LIST button will open the VIEW ALL RUNNING EFFECTS where you have an overview on all currently active Effect Groups me 6 6 View ALL RUNNING EFFECTS menu 104 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 6 4 Customizing an Effect Group 6 4 Customizing an Effect Group The global settings like e g Bounce BPM Intensity Speed etc are automatically saved to the Effect Group Speed Scale Start Speed Sync t un SS Speed Group BPM Of on One Individual Overwritten Shot INTENSITY SPEED SOFTNESS FADE TIME TEE 35 6 BPM You can set the customize the individual sequences of the Effect Groups by using the respective buttons Speed Scale The current ratio of the SPEED setting will be displayed on the button Pressing this button will open the SPEED SCALE menu Pressing a button will re adjust the Speed setting With MUL BY 2 or MUL BY 4 the SPEED setting will by multiplied by 2 or 4 with DIV BY 2 4 or 8 the SPEED setting will be divided by 2 4 or 8 Pressing the 1 1 button will recall the default setting again Speed Group The button will display the currently assigned SPEED group Pressing this button will open the SPEED GROUP menu By pressing a button you can d
154. ouchscreen Calibration Backlight Set Mumber of Left Middle Right Bright Defaults Fixtures and Fixture Channels reale gt Touchscreen Options z 20 9 2000 5 Left Hiddle Right DRT Add L 18 Fort sei ae On On On eles see TOOLS Menu MS Patch gt External WGA Options Dutorpatle well Aiar Creation Auto Auto Auto of Presets Groups Create and Effects gt Click amp Beep Update _ Beep On Software gt F Version SS Encoder amp Fader Movement 2 811 Trackball Encoders Push is Coarse Coarse _ Slow _ Iie Count Faders Wheel 2048 Auto Additive et Ber SE MONTH DAY YEAR HOUR MIHUTE SECOHD 1 FIXTURE SCHEDULE In this menu you can create modify and set the number of fixture types and normal dimmer channels 2 2 2 3 Setting up Fixtures and Dimmer Channels em Accessing this menu will take a few seconds as all Fixtures approx 250 will be loaded from the hard disk 2 DMX PATCH In this menu you can choose DMX addresses for all fixtures and Dimmer channels and make lamp type specific adjustments for the respective show me 2 4 2 5 Setting DMX addresses 3 CREATE PRESETS In this menu you can let automatically create so called presets for all registered fixtures and dimmers if those presets are not already contained in the internal library Furthermore prepared Effect Groups and buttons for each Fixture or Dimmer channel can be created from the GROUP window 2 9 Creating p
155. ous steps will be accounted for and the result will be realized immediately afterwards As far as Dimmers is concerned this function depends on whether Tracking had been activated in the ASSIGN menu 5 1 4 EXECUTOR SETTINGS MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 4 1 Creating Cues separate memories 4 2 4 Calling sequences or chasers Playback Using the EXECUTOR button you can call up the saved Sequences directly If the green LED in the button is on a Cue or a Sequence is saved on this button If the yellow LED is on or is blinking this Cue the Sequence or the saved Chaser is 31 activated The yellow LED indicates the beat of a Chaser or a Sequence Push up the respective Fader for the EXECUTER faders to see the dimmer values Call up the Cue using the Go button standard setting button below the Fader If the green LED in the button above the Fader is on a Cue or a Sequence is saved on this button If the yellow LED is on or is blinking this Cue the Sequence or the saved Chaser is activated The yellow LED indicates the beat of a Chaser or a Sequence Using the PAGE buttons you can additionally select other pages Using the PAGE buttons you can additionally select other pages we 5 4 PAGE Administration PAGE SET MANUAL With the Fader right to the EXECUTOR button you can either set fixed fade times WE or perform a f
156. out with the set Fade Time when the Effect Group is called up make one right mouse click into the cells behind the value in column F Fade The column will show a Y for YES Press UPDATE to confirm the modifications and save them in the Cue You can modify the cells Name Intens Speed F Soft and Fade directly by a right mouse click MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 6 6 View ALL RUNNING EFFECTS 6 6 View ALL RUNNING EFFECTS menu In this menu all currently active Effect Groups will be displayed Press the EFFECT button twice On older consoles this button is not labeled and is positioned between the VIEW and GOTO buttons An appropriate label can be ordered from MA Or When choosing an Effect Group from the Effect Pool respective buttons will be displayed above the Encoders Press the LIST button VIEH ALL RUNNING EFFECTS awe unse 2 ENER INTENS SPEED SOFT 100 87 16 1 BPH 108 87 26 6 BPM 168 84 SR A u 1 w n 30 BPH un ns S TIME 80 8 H RT D BPH Fr 24 By pressing the ALL OFF button you can switch off all Effect Groups simultaneously You can leave the menu with the CLOSE button In the left part of the menu all manually called up Effect Groups will be displayed Pressing the OFF button on the right side of MANUAL all these Effect Groups will be switched off The
157. ow Close to the cursor the currently set editing tool will be displayed as a symbol Timecode ALEXT FIXTURE EXECUTOR IMPE VALUE SEARCH 7 HOVE SEQ 4 TURN TO SELECT FADER 15 PAGE 1 EXECUTOR EVENT GO BACK FUSH TO SELECT BODY PUSH AND TURN TO MOWE On the right display you will find the names of all Encoders Now select one TRACK will be displayed in dark gray to be modified Make a right mouse click on the selected TRACK The SELECT TOOLS menu will open in which you can select an editing tool NONE no tool selected BLOCK By holding down the right mouse button and dragging on one or more colored bars you can select button calls and Fader movements will be displayed in red By making a left mouse click on a selected dot you can move all selected processes at once EVENT With this tool you can select individual button calls or Fader movements will be blinking Use the mouse to move the selected dot In the selection list that will open you can allocate a new call for button calls by rotating the VALUE Encoder For Fader movements you can change the Fader value accordingly By rotating the SEARCH MOVE Encoder you can switch to the next or previous dot If you press on the Encoder while rotating it the selected dot can be moved If you shortly press on the Encoder once alle dots in this bar will be selected will be displayed in red and can be moved together when rotating and pressing this Encoder
158. ow make a left click on the VIEW button Now the window SELECT VIEW will appear Select View HAME A GOBO MACRO 3 ii 16 PAN TILT 15 SEQ 14 SHAP TRAC VIEW 2 The table shows all created VIEWs with their names The QTY column shows the number of saved displays and external monitors for the individual VIEWs Scrolling is possible by dragging the scrollbar on the right side AON Selecting a VIEW in the table will assign this view to the chosen button 3 2 2 View Pool In the View Pool all created Views are displayed and can be called up directly by selection i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 lm Lan ner sun 18 131 eMail info malighting de Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 51 3 3 Creating and calling up Fixtures and Dimmer GROUPS 3 3 Creating and calling up Fixtures and Dimmer GROUPS Important and frequently used combinations of fixtures and dimmer channels can be saved in groups currently max 999 pcs 3 3 1 Creating fixture or dimmer groups Create a GROUP window on one of the TFT touchscreens 3 1 Creating a Window Use the touch screen or make a left mouse click on the individual Fixture within the FIXTURE SHEET or click on the Dimmer channels in the CHANNEL or FADER SHEET The selected scanners or dimmer channels of a selected group can be called up one by one in a certain Cen sequence In selected groups the
159. pear if entries are possible If the trackball is switched to mouse function LED in the PAN TILT button is off you can perform mouse functions using the trackball or the LEFT MIDDLE RIGHT buttons eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 13 1 7 Layout and Controls 1 7 4 General Operation Touch screen Buttons can directly be selected In charts individual cells can be selected By using the Lasso function on the touch screen you can also select several cells You can simultaneously select individual but also several Fixtures or Channels by dragging the mouse on the touch screen Directly activating title bars of windows or options for the individual window Encoder on the right of the Display In the active window the focus blue frame or a highlighted cell red background can be moved upwards or downwards If pressing the Encoder when turning it you can move the focus to the left or to the right side If a pulldown menu is opened you can use the Encoder to scroll through the list When you reach the desired value you can select it by shortly pressing the Encoder Ifin a chart a cell is selected with a value or a time you can open an entry window by shortly pressing the Encoder In this window you can also use the Encoder to adjust the value pressing the Encoder again will accept the new value Ifa Fixture or a C
160. pear and can be used again only after switching the locked Executor off If the TRACKING button is pressed dark background the Sequence will be executed in TRACKING mode If the button is not pressed the Sequence will be executed in NON TRACKING mode 5 1 ASSIGN menu If the SPLIT CROSSFADE button is pressed displayed in dark the function is active item 3 Fader XF A and XF B If the SWOP PROTECTED button is pressed the Dimmers of this Sequence will not be switched off when another Sequence is called up using Swop LTP Dimmers button pressed When activating this sequence the dimmer channels of this sequence will be called up as previously programmed They will overwrite all other dimmer chan nels of those Cues that were also called up in LTP mode HTP Executors remain unchanged Auto PrePos button pressed For Fixtures with inactive Dimmers all other channels will be executed without programmed fade times when calling up the first Cue of this Sequence When deactivating this sequence the channels will be altered only after the respective dimmer has been set to 0 6 If you press the FIRST CUE button the Sequence will after switching off and on start again at the first step If you press the ACTUAL CUE button the Sequence will after switching off and on start again at the last called up step If you press the NEXT CUE button the Sequence will after switching off and on start again at the next step 7 Using the AS
161. pen the menu ASSIGNMENT Default Button Fader Assignment Assignment Function Hig un 1 vr EEN ee EE PS E Executor we 1 mes 6 Executor Restart Options ee By pressing the respective button you can switch between changing the assignment for the EXECUTOR buttons or for the EXECUTOR Faders By pressing the CHASER button only Chaser buttons or Faders will be changed by pressing the SEQUENCE button only Sequence buttons or Faders are changed By selecting the FADER symbol a selection will appear in which you can assign the respective function to the fader Master The Fader controls all dimmer values of this sequence Swap With the Fader the sequence is faded in and all dimmer values used in this sequence are set to O or the value respectively programmed t is only possible to use the SWAP or the Master fader Fade With the Fader the fade in time can be set for the FADE function when using Chasers Speed The Chaser speed can be set with the Fader Xfade With the Fader you can fade in to the next step XF A If Split Crossfade is active you can fade out the currently called up Cue when pushing the fader upwards Im item 5 If Split Crossfade is not active you can fade out to the darkening Dimmer channels of the next Cue when pushing the fader upwards XF B If Split Crossfade is active you can use the Fader to fade in the next Cue when pushing the fader upwards item 5 If Split Crossfa
162. r Active Values Save only the active values all values in the FIXTURE CHANNEL window which are shown with a red background colour or as red colour figures e All Save all momentary settings all fixture and channel values All for Selected Devices All values of the selected fixtures and channels are being saved the fixtures channels numbers will be marked in yellow STORE Release the STORE button LED stays on For this CUE set the following parameters via the encoders TRIGGER Call of the CUE by GO SOUND TIME or FOLLOW i e after all previous durations have ended or automatically at a set point of time BASIC FADE CUE will be faded in with a set time this is only possible with FADE functions 2 7 Single Channel specific Adjustments for the Current Show point 10 and ue 2 10 EDITING FIXTURES modify point 9 SNAP DELAY The values of the CUE will be called up with delay only with SNAP functions COMPRESS Not yet available in version 2 10 OUTFADETIME Dimmer channels which become smaller in the next Cue will be faded in with the set duration IND FADETIME All additional individual FADE times set in the FIXTURE Sheet IND DELAYTIME All additional individual DELAY times set in the FIXTURE Sheet Cues can be saved on EXECUTOR faders or EXECUTOR buttons 31 Define the assignment position of the Cue by pressing the EXECUTOR button once When saving to an EXECUTOR FADER press a button abov
163. r 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in the CHANNEL SHEET 3 5 8 DIMMER OPTION IIn the Channel Sheet you can adapt different basic settings for each individual Dimmer channel Make a right mouse click on the Channel The DIMMER OPTION window will open Channel Sheet Values sorted by Numbers 1 The Dimmer channel can be renamed using the keyboard Next to TYPE the type of Dimmer is displayed next to NUMBER the corresponding number and next to PATCH the patched channel for this Channel 2 Pressing the WITH MASTER button display changes to NO MASTER the Dimmer channel will be output without regard to the set GRANDMASTER If a Dimmer channel was modified in this window the Dimmer channel s number or name will be displayed on a blue background in the Channel Sheet These modifications can also be defined while patching Dimmer channels wg 2 5 Selecting DMX addresses for Dimmers 3 With the lt lt lt button you can switch to the previous Dimmer channel With the gt gt gt button you can switch to the next Dimmer channel With the CLOSE button you can close the window eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 65 66 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 3 6
164. randMA s hard disk 9 6 Saving the Current Show on floppy disk All data necessary for the SHOW are being saved on disk even all fixtures being used in the show Thus you can transfer the whole show to another grandMA console or put the data to the archives Proceed with a left mouse click on title bar Enter the name of the show via keyboard The chosen name has to differ from OTHER SHOWS names by their first 8 characters because otherwise the existing show will be overwritten Continue with a left mouse click on the SAVE FLOPPY button The SAVING ACTSHOW COPYING ACTSHOW window will appear After just a few seconds the SAVING COMPRESSED SHOW window will open Insert an empty IBM PC formatted 3 5 disk and remove the write protection small tongue on the disk must be closed Now press the OK button The show will be saved after the window has closed This procedure might take a few minutes Remove the disk from the drive afterwards 9 7 Loading a Show from floppy disk Press the LOAD FLOPPY button The window LOADING COMPRESSED SHOW will open Insert the disk containing the show Now press the OK button might take a few minutes After loading the Show the LOADING ACTSHOW window with the PRESS OK TO REBOOT button will appear Remove the disk from the drive afterwards The console will now reset and automatically start up again This will take approximately 1 minute The SHOW will be loaded after the start up proced
165. rd confirm by pressing ENTER If you want to save more Presets for the same Fixture and functions start again with step 6 Press the CLEAR button once When pressing the CLEAR button for the first time the Selection for all Fixtures in the FIXTURE window will be deleted yellow characters will turn grey The modified active values will be preserved and displayed in red characters Press the CLEAR button a 2 time Pressing the CLEAR button the second time will cancel the activation of the modified values red numbers characters Press the CLEAR button a 3 time Pressing the CLEAR button a third time will reset all modified values default or to the position before the modification To call up more Presets for other Fixture start againwith step 5 3 7 1 Moving Presets Buttons within the Window MOVE Press the MOVE button once LED lights up Activate the button in the respective window by either using the touch screen or making a left mouse click on the button and hold it hand symbol will appear Move the button to the desired location within the window and release it When more than one presets are to be moved simultaneously just select several of them and click on an empty space 3 7 2 Copying Presets COPY Press the COPY button once LED is on Select the Preset Buttons in the respective PRESET window By selecting different Presets several of them can be copied together Press the AT button once LED i
166. relation to the other overwritten Effect Groups If the other Effect Group that had overwritten this Group is switched off this Effect Group will again trigger the Fixtures Dimmers This function is active by default when creating a new Effect Group Sync Start If this button is pressed dark background and another Effect Group had already been started this Group will automatically be started at the same speed and position One Shot If the button is pressed dark background the Effect Group will only be executed for one run and deactivated afterwards eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 105 106 6 5 Effect Groups in Cues 6 5 Effect Groups in Cues Effect Group calls can be saved in Cues too In the Cues the settings for call GO GO Pause and OFF Intensity SPEED SOFTNESS and IN OUT FADE TIME are saved In the Cues no further settings from the Effect Group will be saved function as with presets Or It is also possible to create Cues to which an own Effect Group can be assigned If temporary Effect Groups are used when creating the Cues a copy of the Cue will also be saved i e it will not be depending on the original Effect Group anymore Start an Effect Group in the Effect Pool by selecting it Press the STORE button once Press the EXECUTOR button to which the call is to be saved The Effect Group call will be saved
167. resets effects and groups automatically eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 19 20 2 2 Selecting Type and Numbers of Fixtures 2 2 Selecting Type and Numbers of Fixtures FIXTURE SCHEDULE FIXTURE SCHEDULE FIXTURES N e 3 TIP QTTY FIATURE TYPE MANUFACTURER USED B HEN ENTRY 3 Gruer CHANNEL TYPE MANUFACTURER USED ken J Le Make a right mouse click in the cell below the QTTY title ENTRY aaa eae SAVE 43 128 Click on FIXTURE SCHEDULE in the Setup menu might take a few seconds FIXTURE INSERT DELETES EDIT 9 aot HAHAGE Eat CLOSE 14 In the NUMBER window enter the quantity of Fixtures of one type using the keyboard Confirm by pressing ENTER Or Move the red bar using the left mouse button until the desired number of Fixtures appears Now make a left mouse click on the number the selected number will be accepted Make a right mouse click on NEW ENTRY Move the blue bar within the SELECT A FIXTURE window by holding the left mouse button until the desired Fixture appears in the left column Select the Fixture with left mouse click The selected Fixture will be added to the list The list can be sorted by name manufacturer or date for an easy and fast retrieval of fixtures For example Sort by names Right mouse click on NAME With first mouse click Fixture
168. resses for Fixtures RECOMMENDATION After changes in the FIXTURES SCHEDULE Menu especially the deleting of Fixtures from the Show a RESET of the grandMA should be executed for safety reasons after leaving this menu point 14 Control Alternate Delete This will set up and sort the internal structure again eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 21 2 3 Selecting the Number of Dimmer Channels FIXTURE SCHEDULE FIXTURES FIXTURE FIXTURE TYPE MANUFACTURER INSERT STAGE COLOR 1200 CLAYPAKY 18 VARYSCAN 4 SC 740 FUTURE LIGHT DELETE 5 NEW ENTRY LIBRARY HARDDISI 7 MANAGE CHAHHELS UPDATE OT CHANNEL TYPE mag KP ENTRY 3 1 Activate by right mouse click on the cell below QTTY The NUMBER window will open 2 Using the keyboard enter the number of dimmer channels into the NUMBER window Confirm by pressing ENTER Or Move the red bar by holding the left mouse button until the desired number of dimmer channels appears on the left Activate number with left mouse click The selected number will be stored 3 Right mouse click on NEW ENTRY The SELECT A FIXTURE window will open The sheet shows all DIMMER types created With a left mouse click on a Dimmer type it will be selected SELECT A FIXTURE FIXTURE l bh HANU LIE I AUNLFAL ER S ACTUAL INCLUDE FIXTURES FROM 6 e 3 au HAHE H
169. rocedure Macros Press the MACRO button once LED is on The SELECT MACRO window will open Activate a Macro by a left mouse click Or Press the MACRO button once LED is on The SELECT Macro window will open Enter the number of a Macro via keypad and confirm with ENTER Or Make a right mouse click on one of the VIEW buttons The SELECT window will open select your MACRO here The SELECT MACRO window will open Select the Macro by a left mouse click Now the Macro has been assigned to the VIEW button and can be activated at any time Or In the Macro Pool you can call up Macros directly by selection Make a right mouse click on an empty position on the three TFT displays or on an external monitor The CREATE A WINDOW menu will open we 3 1 Creating Windows Select MACROS The MACRO window will open Make a right mouse click on one of the buttons the MACRO OPTIONS window will open Clicking on one of the macros this macro will be assigned to a button Now the macro has been assigned to a certain button and can be activated at any time eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 123 8 1 Programming and creating Macros 8 1 3 Editing Macros Press the EDIT button once Select a Macro from the MACRO Pool Or Press the EDIT button once Press the MACRO button once enter the Macro number and confirm with ENTER The EDIT MACRO windo
170. s Press the CLEAR button a third time When pressing the CLEAR button the third time all modified values will be reset default or to their original setting prior to modification After pressing the CLEAR button for the first time the yellow LED in this buttons will blink This means that ex only the selection was deleted When you select other Fixtures or dimmer channels now the yellow LED will not blink anymore 62 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in the CHANNEL SHEET 3 5 3 FADE and DELAY times in the CHANNEL window In addition to the standard basic FADE times individual durations can also be set for the individual functions in the FIXTURE window not in the FADER CHANNEL window These settings are needed when creating Cues so that you can work with different FADE or DELAY times for individual channels EE baal s s 5 6 l nk s a o a on lonlunlan En o o 6 0 K nzeg 0 0 o o 0 0 MM MAMM 14 9 14 9 14 9 14 3 ui CLEAR SET ALL DIMMER BASIC FADE SHAP DELAY PRESS OR TURN 8 8 8 8 TO CLEAR TIMES 1 Press the FADE or DELAY button switching on the control bar e 3 5 7 Options in the Channel window Or TIME If the AUTO button is pressed on the control bar or in the options Switching on the Control bar iw 3 5 7 Options in the Fixture window when pres
171. s Fixture Sheet Values amp Presets sorted by Numbers A HAME PAH TILT DIE GOBO COLOUR COLOUR_MIX BEAM EFFE PAN TILT DIH GOBi COLI Hi CMZ MM3 7 STRIRIPRS F i 561 SUPERSCAN 1 58 56 502 SUPERSCAN 1 58 58 8 sB3 SUPERSCAN 1 568 58 1 BEE 564 SUPERSCAN 1162 68 BEE 565 SUPERSCAN Lig Ei B HIF RN 1162 ee BEE SUPENWAH 162 X al BEE sr BEE s839 SUPERSCAN 158 58 1 BEE s18 SUPERSCAN 1 58 58 BEE sii SUPERSCAN 158 58 1 BEE s12 SUPERSCAN 1158 58 1 BE Giz SUDFR Cran Oppen TT Se 1 Select the fixtures for which you wish to modify a value the selected fixtures will be displayed in yellow characters Selection A left mouse click on the individual fixtures or Call up a fixture group 3 3 Creating and calling up Fixtures and Dimmer GROUPS or Select fixtures by using the Fixture button and the numeric keypad 3 3 Creating and calling up Fixtures and Dimmer GROUPS Click on the desired function with the middle mouse button and hold it the value will change by moving the mouse while holding the middle mouse button down he or Select the desired function with a left mouse click The values can now be changed via the encoders located below the right TFT display all functions of the encoders will be displayed directly on the screen pressing the encoder will switch over The Trackball effects the PAN TILT function only if switched on The wheel effect
172. s activated button has a black background the selected channels in the CHANNEL window will automatically be moved to the left and upwards 3 5 7 Options within the CHANNEL window Touch the touch screen on the left corner of the title bar Or Start with a right mouse click on top line The CHANNEL SHEET OPTIONS window will open Layer to Display not in the FADER CHANNEL window By pressing the respective buttons the following basic values will be displayed Values Values are displayed in the CHANNEL window Fade FADE times will be displayed Delay DELAY times will be displayed DMX The DMX output values are displayed Id Executor The Executor s number and page are displayed only valid for Executor buttons Id Sequence The Sequence s number and respective Cue are displayed only valid for Executor buttons Auto If this button is pressed the display will automatically swap in this window when using the TIME button Font Size not in the FADER CHANNEL window Pressing this button you can choose between LARGE or SMALL characters in this window Sort by With the respective button you can define the channels sorting order in the window Numbers Within the CHANNEL window channels are sorted by numbers Names Channels will be sorted by name Selected Devices The selected channels will be moved to left above Active Values Channels for which a value is activated will be moved upwards
173. s dimmer values only For saving the settings ue 4 Cues and Sequences For creating Presets 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets To call up or create Effects 6 Effects MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 4 1 The ALIGN Function The ALIGN function allows you to use four different modes of changing values ALIGN ALIGN button pressed once LED is on When changing activated values the value of the first selected Channel Fixture will be taken as starting value will not be changed while the value of the last selected Channel Fixture value will be the one modified most and all values in between will be distributed evenly ALIGN ALIGN button pressed twice LED is on When changing activated values the last value of the last selected Channel Fixture will be taken as first value will not be changed while the value of the first selected Channel Fixture will be the one modified most and all values in between will be distributed evenly ALIGN ALIGN button pressed 3 times LED is on When changing activated values the value of the selected Channel Fixture value in the middle will be taken as first value will not be changed The value of the first and last selected Channel Fixture will be the ones modified most and all values in between will be distributed evenly AL
174. s on Click on the position for the copied Presets in the PRESET window Press the ENTER button once eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets 3 7 3 Calling up Presets Select the Fixtures or Dimmers for which you want to call up a preset Fixtures Dimmers have to be displayed in yellow Now the individual presets can be called up for the selected Fixtures The called up presets and their names will be displayed in the FIXTURE windows If you select a preset directly without having selected Fixtures or Dimmer channels all Fixtures and Dimmers for which presets had been created will be selected The preset can now be called up by pressing the respective button Using the Fader next to the right display you can either define Preset Fade times or fade over SET MANUAL presets manually FADE Press the button above the Fader once red LED is on Select the desired Fade time using the Fader The selected Fade time will be used when presets are being called up Press the button above the Fader once more green LED is on Select your Presets With the Fader you can now fade over from bottom to top towards the selected Preset 3 7 4 FREEZE Function By activating the FREEZE function called up Presets can be locked As long as the FREEZE Function is switched on the called up preset can not be overwritten by an
175. s the function of Macros and the Quikey Chapter 9 will deal with saving and loading your show We are convinced that you will enjoy working with the grandMA and we wish you every success for your Shows MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 1 3 Specifications 1 4 Installation 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 3 1 3 4 1 3 5 1 4 Specifications Capacities 2048 control channels HTP or LTP with 8 or 16 bit resolution also available with 4096 channels optional Virtually unlimited number of presets memories cue lists and effects Ergonomics full colour TFT touch screens with a wide angle of view and 2 external monitors optional encoders for display setting 5 master encoder for data entry e 20 10 motor faders and extra silent GO and GO Buttons Numeric keypad plus standard keyboard and mouse only with grandMA Trackball General user functions Permanent access to single units or groups Fixture library with update option via Internet Selective programming for free combination of memories and effects Free switching between stage orientated movements and DMX control not yet available in version 2 10 Hardware 2 GB Notebook Hard Disk Drive and 3 5 Floppy Drive 12 MB flash memory for self contained operating system Protection against radio interference CE Norm Inputs MIDI Sound Remote Go
176. sequence or Chaser will automatically be switched off when pushing the master fader downwards to the lower stop If the AUTO FIX button is pressed dark background and the Sequence or Chaser is started this Executor will be locked to that position when switching the Executor pages and will only be released after switching it off If an Executor is saved at that position on another page this Executor will appear and can be used again only after switching the locked Executor off 88 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldbiittelorunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 5 1 ASSIGN menu Assignment to EXECUTOR If the TRACKING button is pressed dark background the Sequence will be executed in Tracking mode If the button is not pressed the Sequence will be executed in Non Tracking mode TRACKING and NON TRACKING refer to all Dimmer values on y The TRACKING mode is intended for theater applications Dimmer channels that were called up in a Cue remain unchanged for each further Cue until they are modified or overwritten by a further Cue LTP principle Therefore you do not have to program them in later steps TIP Example At the beginning of a Sequence Dimmer channels are set to 80 percent Let s assume that the setting is to used for several steps As long as the channels are not modified they will remain on 80 percent When working with this Sequence you may recognize however th
177. signated for the respective DMX output In version 2 10 ARTNET of the company Artistic Licence can be assigned 3 By pressing a button in the CONFIGURATION column the ARTNET DMX ETHERNET CONFIGURATION menu will be opened for this DMX output 2 6 3 ARTNET DMX ETHERNET CONFIGURATION 28 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 6 DMX Output and Ethernet Configuration 2 6 3 ARTNET DMX ETHERNET CONFIGURATION ArtNet DMX Ethernet Configuration AVAILABLE HODES Scan for Es Siar ES SHORT NAME SOCKET ArtNet Nodes Short Hame SAVE PARAMETERS FOR ETHERNET DMX C SUBHET H ID 2 Current E E CLOSE As of software version 2 10 DMX hubs of the company Artistic Licence can be used It is now possible to ex connect up to 16 DMX hubs On the DMX hubs unique SUB NET addresses have to be designated accordingly The address switches of the individual DMX sockets have to be set to four different addresses If DMX hubs are connected they will be searched for and displayed in the chart when calling up this menu If the hub is being activated after opening the menu you can search for the hub by pressing the Scan of ArtNet Nodes button to insert the hub in the chart if one is found 5 In the left chart all hubs found will be displayed with the respectively set address for each DMX OUTPUT The number in front of the colon is the SU
178. simultaneously By pressing again on the Encoder you can select individual dots again 1 14 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 7 1 Timecode ADD Ifyou select this tool a quick click on a position will add a dot to the selected colored bars By rotating and pressing the TYPE Encoder you can switch between button or Fader call modes Inthe selection list that will open you can allocate another call for button calls by rotating the VALUE Encoder For Fader movements you can change the Fader value accordingly DEL By a quick click on the button calls or Fader movements you can delete individual button calls or Fader movements By holding down the right mouse button and dragging on one or more colored bars you can completely delete the button calls and Fader movements you have created COPY The selected dots displayed in red can be copied to another position in this TRACK EXIT To close this window For the selected colored bar you can define a new EXECUTOR by rotating the appropriate Encoder and selecting an EXECUTOR eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 1 15 7 2 Remote Control vial Touchboard 7 2 Remote Control vial Touchboard On the back side of the grandMA there is a 25 pin SUB D socket DC REMOTE CONTROL to connect a standar
179. sing the CLEAR SET ALL button you can either select all buttons dark grey or erase them light grey 3 Now you can modify the IND FADE time individual Fade Times for the selected fixtures using the left encoder Press on the Encoder in order to switch to IND DELAY time now you can modify the individual DELAY times with this encoder Press on the Encoder again in order to switch back to IND FADE time You can set a FADE time for all FADE functions e g PAN TILT using the BASIC FADE encoder You can set a DELAY time for all SNAP functions e g GOBO wheel using the SNAP DELAY encoder All modified times of selected fixtures and functions will be reset to the Basic Fade or Basic Snap Delay time by either pressing or turning the right encoder 56 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 4 Accessing Fixtures directly in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 4 3 Selecting individual Values When saving settings active values can also be saved These values are indicated by a red background or by red numbers By default functions are activated together we 2 15 Settings within the ATTRIBUTE GROUPING menu In order to split the activation for a function once make a right mouse click on the set activation red background before saving it This will open the Change Activation Selection window Fixture Sheet Values amp Presets sorted by Numbers
180. sing the TIME button once this will switch the channel sheet to the FADE time mode The second time this will switch the channel sheet to the DELAY time mode If the AUTO button is not pressed the display will not switch over The currently selected function of the FADE or DELAY Commandline will be displayed by an arrow on the control bar for the Commandline im 3 1 3 Commandline 2 Now you can modify the individual FADE time for the selected dimmer channels using the left encoder By pressing on the encoder you will switch to IND DELAY time so that you can now modify the IND DELAY times By pressing on the encoder one more time you will switch back to IND FADE time You can set the FADE time for all dimmer channels using the BASIC FADE encoder With the SNAP DELAY Encoder you can set the DELAY period for all SNAP functions All modified times of selected channels will be reset to Basic Fade or Basic Snap Delay value by pressing or turning the right encoder eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 3 5 Accessing Dimmer Channels directly in tne CHANNEL SHEET 3 5 5 Link Fader Function in the CHANNEL window If the Link Fader function is activated button has a black background all changes will automatically be transferred to the faders when in CHANNEL mode ue CHANNEL mode 3 5 6 AUTO SORT Function in the CHANNEL window If the AUTO SORT function i
181. t S for Sound signal 3 G0 8 4 Sg No Automatically according to set time e g if the set time is 1 5 this Cue will be called up after 1 5 seconds automatically 4 3 3 Changing the FADE or DELAY times of individual steps within the Sequence Select the respective cue red cell 0 96 8 26 Here the duration for this cue can be changed globally with the BASIC FADE TIME encoder Pressing the encoder BASIC FADE TIME you switch to IND FADE all additional individual FADE times changed in the FIXTURE Timing sheet Byturning the wheel you can change these times Pressing the encoder SNAP DELAY you switch to DELAY TIME all additional individual DELAY times changed in the FIXTURE Timing sheet Byturning the wheel you can change these times Pressing the TRIGGER encoder will switch to BASIC OUTFADE Here you can modifiy the durations by turning the Encoder 8 16 8 4 If no FADE or DELAY times are indicated no values are saved to this CUE 4 3 4 Updating Cues or Presets When executing sequences separate Cues or Presets can be modified and saved directly Call up the Cue to be modified Modify the Cue by either direct access or via presets UPDATE button LED is on It is not possible to change FADE oder DELAY times by using the Cue UPDATE 3 4 Direct Access to Fixtures in the FIXTURE SHEET 3 5 Direct Access to Dimmer Channels in the CHANNEL SHEET and 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets UPDATE Press the Update button
182. tart again at the first step If the ACTUAL CUE button is pressed the Sequence will after switching off start again at the last called step If the NEXT CUE button is pressed the Sequence will after switching off start at the next step 5 1 6 EXECUTOR Defaults Pressing the SAVE AS DEFAULT button will save the current settings as default settings in the Default Button Fader menu Pressing the LOAD FROM DEFAULT button will load the saved default settings and use them for this Executor eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 89 90 5 1 ASSIGN menu Assignment to EXECUTOR 5 1 7 Assigning Group Masters ASSIGN Press the ASSIGN button once LED is on Select a group in the GROUP Pool Press an EXECUTOR FADER button onto which the group is to be assigned to Or Using the ASSIGN menu SELECT GROUP FUNCTION NAME DIMMER FIX 1 5 43 4 6 49 CHANNEL 28 39 35 CHASER 1 6 45 GROUP 57 49 ALL 49 SEQUENCE ALL FIXTURE 43 ALL CHANNEL 49 GROUP MASTER SPECIAL SUBMASTER SETTINGS MASTER POSITIVE NEGATIVE EHABLE INHIBIT If the GROUP MASTER button is pressed the Sheet will display all created groups Select the group to be assigned Assigned groups are displayed in red The DIMMER column will show the number of Dimmer channels used by the Fixtures and Dimmers 5 1 8 Changing Group Names After clicking on the respective name
183. the Current Show on the internal harddisk 9 2 Loading a Show from the internal harddisk 9 3 Loading an Empty Show EE 9 4 Deleting the Current Show sssssssrsssssesssrrsrssssssnrressss 9 5 Deleting a Show from the internal harddisk 9 6 Saving the Current Show on floppy disk 9 7 Loading a Show from floppy disk Explanations Im see Important Attention ce Information Note eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 1 1 General Information 1 2 General Comments 1 Introduction 1 1 General Information Combining an approved concept of operation an outstanding product design and first class quality with a bundle of new ideas and top technology this new board opens the door to a fascinating world of new dimensions offering the opportunity to gain perfect control on extended lighting shows involving lots of channels and intelligent fixtures MA users will feel very familiar with grandMA from the very beginning The basic operation modes well known from the Scancommander proved to be the perfect tools to control intelligent fixtures and are now the leading standard of the industry Of course there are have been quite a few improvements as controlling hundreds of channels asks for intelligent solutions on time consuming operations but essentially the grandMA is still an MA console easy to operate yet very powerfu
184. the headline opens a window with different options Spreadsheets comparable to those used in Excel or Access Holding left mouse button and moving the mouse you can select a set of cells not on all screens possible Left click on a column headline will resize or move the column Right click on a column headline will sort by this column Emergency help As every computer the grandMA may crash If nothing helps 1 Perform a reset by pressing CTRL ALT DEL or the RESET button on the backside of the unit Only if this doesn t help 2 During the booting of the unit use the red Utility menu to delete the current Show In case of any further problem please feel free to contact our HOTLINE 49 931 497940 or 49 171 7226546 Setup and start The easiest way is to use the BACKUP button and load a demo show or start setup Otherwise 1 SETUP button Will select and patch the number of dimmers and scanners possibly create presets group and effect buttons By YES in the BTN column of the Fixture Schedules the grandMA automatically generates a button for each fixture in the group window 2 Right click into any empty display creates moves and resizes a FADER or CHANNEL window for dimmer control and FIXTURE GROUP and different Preset windows PAN TILT GOBO for scanners Direct access The grandMA offers different ways of controlling dimmer values and scanner attributes For a quick start we give you only one example f
185. tilation slots in the housing they guarantee the reliable functioning of the unit and protect it against overheating Do not install the unit into a frame unless sufficient ventilation is guaranteed Do not stick any objects through the slots of the unit as these could make contact with live parts or could cause short circuits This may cause fires and electric shocks Do not place the unit on unstable surfaces It might fall down and be damaged The unit is provided with a safety plug This plug can only be used with safety sockets These precautions should by all means be followed If the plug should not fit into a given socket e g the case with old sockets the socket should be replaced by an electrician Do not place any objects on the power cord and protect it agains inadverted stepping on it If using an extension cord make sure the rated output of all units connected in aggreate does not exceed the maximum rated output of the extension cord The rated output of the units plugged into the socket should in aggreate not exceed 10 amperes If the power cord or the mains plug is damaged let a qualified technician replace it immediately Only use power cords which are marked as safety proof The unit should be serviced by qualified personnel only as live parts may be exposed when opening and or removing coverings besides others you run the risk of suffering an electric shock All service work should be exclusively perform
186. tion the number of Cues already done will be displayed on the left while on the right side you will see the total number of all Cues which is also being displayed symbolically by a bar 2 Here the individual Fader and Button functions are displayed On the left side the Fader function is displayed The yellow status indicator will give you the Fader value currently set The function for the button above the encoder is displayed on top The function of the upper button below the Fader is displayed in the middle cell And the function of the lower button below the Fader is displayed in the lower cell 92 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 5 3 EXECUTOR Window 5 3 EXECUTOR Window In the EXECUTOR window you can have the sequence of one FADER or BUTTON displayed while you have the possibility for modifications 3 1 Creating a window Executor 3 18 Sequence D GEO P is Loops ee eee MAE BANG ERDE OUTFADE SWAP IFADE I DELAY E E CUE FOLLOW CUE FOLLOW CUE FOLLOW CUE FOLLOW CUE SOUND CUE SOUND CUE FOLLOW CUE FOLLOW CUE SOUND CUE SOUND CUE SOUND CUE SOUND CUE SOUND CUE CUE CUE CUE CUE CUE CUE BASIC al de IND FADETIME IND DELAYTINE FADE CURVE F i ka EA tl CO zl ET P Gel b i ka K CO zl DEN LEI Px Gel b i ka Bee ee E EN ta kal b i EECH EENEG HEH anan LH EH EN ka E E EN EN EN Cal
187. ton If this square is yellow the Sequence or Chaser is active 96 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 5 5 Page Administration PAGE 5 5 4 Edit PAGE Name EDIT Press the EDIT button once Select the PAGE button on the display The EDIT NAME window will open Enter a name using the keyboard and confirm with ENTER 5 5 5Copying moving and deleting Pages Copy or move the Page containing the Executor faders or buttons Press the COPY button once to copy Pages LED is on Or Press the MOVE button once to move Pages LED is on Press the PAGE button once LED is on 2 for Executor fader or 3 for Executor buttons enter via numeric keypad Press the dot key and then enter the page number Press the AT key LED is on enter the number of the target Page and confirm with ENTER Copy or move complete Pages with Executor Faders and buttons Press the COPY button once to copy Pages LED is on Or Press the MOVE button once to move Pages LED is on Press the PAGE button once LED is on Enter the page number Press the AT key LED is on enter the number of the target Page and confirm with ENTER Delete Pages with Executor faders or buttons Press the DELETE button once to delete Pages LED is on Press the PAGE button once LED is on 2 for Executor fader or 3 for Executor buttons enter
188. ubjected to mechanic stress Transportation Case During transport take care that the touchscreens are not subjected to mechanical stress Flightcases not provided by MA Lighting have to be designed in a way that under no circumstances pressure can be exerted on the TFT displays Panel grandMA only If the mechanical parts of the display panel have not been moved for a while about one day it might occur that you will feel a stronger resistance when starting to change the angle This is just normal and related to the mechanics Battery In case of power failure the console offers with fully charged battery an emergency backup of at least 10 minutes In case of a longer power failure the console will automatically switch off after approximately 3 minutes or when pressing CONTINUE In this case the console will save any data unless programmed to do so When switching off the unit via built in power switch all data of the current show are saved automatically In case of an automatic switch off after power failure described above the unit must be running again for at least 10 minutes in order to guarantee a proper SAVE procedure the next time the unit is switched off By ignoring this advice the harddisk will be damaged The battery needs approximately 4 8 hours for a full recharge i e allow for 10 minutes full back up in case of power failure According to manufacturer provisions the battery has to be changed after 5 years at
189. up using the keyboard Enter the names or descriptions and confirm with ENTER Press the CLEAR button once This erases the selected group of fixtures and dimmer channels For further groups simply repeat all steps ex m 2 9 Creating presets effects and group buttons automatically 52 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 3 3 Creating and calling up Fixtures and Dimmer GROUPS 3 3 2 Calling up groups Groups can be called up by A left mouse click Direct touch on screen Pressing the GROUP button once entering the preset group number with the keyboard and confirming with ENTER Press the GROUP button once Pressing the ENTER key once will lock GROUP as preset in the Commandline Then enter the group number on the numeric keypad and call it up pressing ENTER CLEAR By pressing the CLEAR button once shortly all selected Fixtures and Channels are deleted displayed in yellow Proceed as follows to separately activate selected Fixtures Dimmers or called up groups in the desired stored order NEXT button once within a group or selection forwards NEXT PREV button once within a group or selection backwards PREV Pressing the SET button once reselects all Fixtures and dimmer channels in the group If there are more groups than can be displayed in the respective GROUP window you can scroll within every active
190. ure TIP Please make sure to frequently save the current show on harddisk during the programming procedure A back up on floppy disk is always reasonable eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 127 10 Software Update 10 Software Update SETUP Open the SETUP menu with the SETUP button UPDATE Open the UPDATE menu by pressing the UPDATE SOFTWARE button If thisis not possible e g SOFTWARE an update had not been completed correcly you can open the menu with the F4 key UPDATE 1 UPDATE DESK PROCESSOR FIRMWARE 2 UPDATE Grand MA MAIN PROGRAM SE UPDATE FIXTURE LIBRARY CAUTION This Action updates your system with new Software CLOSE and may not be compatible with existing Showfiles Do not update the grandMA before running a Show To update the grandMA software insert the current UPDATE disk labeled LAST DISK and press the respective button UPDATE Grand MA MAIN PROGRAM Will update the main program PC UPDATE DESK PROCESSOR FIRMWARE Will update the program for the second in built computer Motorola UPDATE FIXTURE LIBRARY Will delete and update the internal MA FIXTURE library Self created Fixtures will be kept and not be overwritten 2 8 EDITING FIXTURES modify Before changing disks make sure that the green LED on the floppy disk drive is off ex The Update procedure can take between 2 and 10 minut
191. ve numbers Table Here the assigned effect for the modulator will be displayed by its name Assignment item Table previous page From Here the starting point for the automatic modification is set To Here the end point for the automatic modification is set Phase Here an angle for moving individual modulators can be set Rate Display of the set ratio between the rate for this individual Modulator as to that of the whole Effect Group Assignment item Rate below Base You can also set an average value for each Effect using the BASE VALUE option The set value will overwrite all previously modified values of this function and by this will control all Fixtures Dimmers evenly The value can be set to between O and 100 Before modifying the BASE VALUE select the Effect first Press the BASE VALUE button once green background Now you can set an average value using the Encoder below Pressing the Encoder once shortly will automatically set the value to 50 default value Pressing the Encoder a second time the value will be deleted and set to NONE no BASE VALUE If no BASE VALUE ist set the Cue behind or a direct access will take effect You can also use the ALIGN function to set this value 3 4 1 ALIGN function Offset Display of the set Offset for this Effect By modifying the Offset the starting points for the selected Fixtures and Dimmer will change Default setting is between O and 100 i e the
192. w will open EDIT MACRO 3 MACRO 3 COMMAND ELA ADD 25 LINE GO EXEC 1 11 2 8 GO EXEC 1 12 0 76 GO EXEC 1 13 LINES GO EXEC 1 14 OFF EXEC 1 14 EDIT OFF EXEC i ii EDIT HEH ENTRY MACRO NAHE Inthe LINE column the individual calls are numbered Inthe COMMAND column all saved calls are displayed one by one For each call a time frame during which the call was entered will be displayed in the DELAY column Pressing the ADD LINE button will insert a step in front of the chosen position Now you can enter a call If you want to use a Delay time when performing a call click into the cell enter a time using the keyboard and confirm with ENTER To delete a call select one and press the DELETE LINE S button To modify a call select one and press the EDIT LINE button Now you can enter a new call If you want to modify the Delay time click into the cell enter a different time using the keyboard and confirm with ENTER Pressing the EDIT MACRO NAME will open the EDIT NAME window Now you can enter a new name using the keyboard and confirm this with ENTER If the TIMED button is switched on the calls of this Macro will be executed with the set DELAY times Pressing this button once will switch the display to NO TIMED in the Sheet the DELAY times will be displayed on a dark background and the Macro will be executed without time limit You can leave the menu with the CLOSE button 124 MA Light
193. will be called up but the Faders will not follow To change a saved value you have to use the Fader to manually set it to a higher or lower value Channel Faders Faders do not adjust automatically to the called up values of the assigned channels To change a saved value you have to use the Fader to manually set it to a higher or lower value DISABLED Faders without function Executor Faders When switching between the Pages the saved values will be called up but the Faders will not follow Channel Faders Faders do not adjust automatically to the called up values of the assigned channels 40 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn gt Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de grand MA 2 12 Settings in the Setup Menu 7 To switch the wheel s functions for the dimmers Additiv All dimmer values will be changed simultaneously If they reach O or FF they will be aligned Incremental All dimmer values will be changed simultaneously If they reach O or PET the respective intervals will be maintained Prop All dimmer values will be changed in percentages and will reach 0 simultaneously Prop All dimmer values will be changed in percentages and will reach FF simultaneously Please note that with PROP a change of the value O is not considered a change Please note that with PROP a change of the value FF is not considered a change To switch between Light and Dark
194. will be saved FILTER OFF When saving a PRESET all functions of the chosen fixture will be saved Functions for data saving Active Values Will save only active values red background or red numbers characters All Will always save all values given on the output DMX All for Selected Devices Will save all values of the selected Fixtures and Dimmers Fixture and Dimmer characters in yellow Encoder labelling for figures within the Cue Timing column eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 43 44 2 14 Setting Sound Signals 2 14 Setting Sound Signals The sound signal is used for triggering Chasers and Sequences In other words this is an electronic graphic equalizer In order to slowly balance any fluctuations of the audio signal a specific compressor function has been integrated Furthermore you will find an integrated adjustable HOLD OFF function This function will prevent any double triggers for example with fast BASSDRUM beats Furthermore beats will be automatically recognized via the incoming sound signal BPM Press the TOOLS button once Call up this menu from the TOOLS menu using the Sound Settings button GAIN BPH 36 a H I I I I I I I WARNING AUTO GAIN is functions on GrandMA from serial nunber 8655 onwards Trigger monitor To set an equalizer pull the respective
195. xecutor except Master Not selected not selected gray Turquoise on dark White on dark but Preset activated value fromPreset red background red background Selected after Preset selected yellow Turquoise on White on red was activated value fromPreset red background background Activation deleted Not selected gray White on tur White by CLEAR value from Preset quoise background eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 67 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets 3 7 Creating and calling up Presets There are certain values for the functions of fixtures which will be needed again and again for example the values for individual colours of the color wheel These values can be programmed as presets in the respective PRESET window and can here be called up again If you let presets for the fixtures be created automatically CREATE PRESETS these pre recorded presets will be available in the respective windows ww 2 9 Creating Presets Effects and Group buttons automatically 1 Create a window for all functions for which presets are to be used and position it on a display 2 In the GROUP window select those fixtures for which you want to create a Preset by a simple touch or mouse click p fixtures have to be displayed in yellow in the FIXTURE window u A WM wm OPCH MRED RED st a 3 revo epe VIOLET E Lu LI Ee LA Le D DEE EE DREEH DR DR
196. xt to the cursor Now press and hold the left mouse button By moving the mouse the window can now be zoomed according to your requirements 3 1 2 Deleting a window Press the DELETE button once Click on the title bar of the window Or Click the headline with the right mouse button In the next window confirm with YES or DELETE MACRO Or VIEW When pressing the uppermost and lowermost VIEW buttons simultaneously all windows on this TFT display will be deleted 3 1 3 Commandline Almost every command entered will be listed in the Commandline Each command will be displayed including the respective internal time duration and for Timecode operations or Macro applications involving a specific duration the respective time duration will be also displayed As long as a chain of commands was only entered but not yet completed with ENTER you can delete the commands or numbers using the BACKSPACE button on the keyboard In the Commandline entered commands that were not yet executed will be displayed in a larger font in the bottom line eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 49 3 2 Saving VIEWS 3 2 Saving VIEWS The VIEW buttons on the touchscreens or the external monitors can be assigned with various views The buttons located beside the screens can be used for direct access to the VIEW buttons on the screens VIEW You can save one or more d
197. y Cues Sequences or Chasers FREEZE Press the FREEZE button once LED is on Select a Preset the selected Preset will be activated and can no longer be modified by Cues Sequences or Chasers FREEZE In order to deactivate the FREEZE function press the FREEZE button once more LED is off MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Fax 49 931 4979429 www malighting de 3 8 Deleting Groups Sequences Views etc grand HA u 3 8 Deleting Groups Sequences Views etc For all following Deletions the DELETE button has to be pressed in advance LED is on Deleting Groups Select the respective Group by touch or left mouse click or Press the GROUP button Enter a Group number using the numeric keypad and confirm with ENTER Deleting Presets Select Preset in the respective window by touch or left mouse click or Press the PRESET button Enter a Preset Function number e g 3 for Gobo followed by and the Preset number confirm with ENTER Deleting VIEW Assignments Select a VIEW with the VIEW button on the side of the numeric keypad via the Touchscreen or a left mouse click Deleting a VIEW Press the VIEW button LED is on The SELECT VIEW window appears now select the window to be deleted The VIEW Name will be maintained but without any contents All assignments to VIEW buttons are now deleted Deleting a MACRO Press the MACRO button LED is on The SELECT M
198. y IBM PC formatted 3 5 disk Remove the write ex protection on the disk After switching to floppy disk it might take a few seconds for the floppy to respond If no floppy is inserted it takes 1 2 minutes to respond Select the fixture in FIXTURE SCHEDULE blue frame The selected fixture will now be saved by pressing the UPDATE LIBRARY button Remove the UPDATE disk from the drive afterwards eMail info malighting de gt Hotline 49 931 497940 oder 49 171 7226546 gt User s Manual grandMA Version 2 10 39 2 12 Settings in the Setup Menu 2 12 Settings in the Setup Menu er Edit Show EDI_LI Set Number of Fistures and Fixture Channels Schedule gt DOH Address List Port Assignment see TOOLS Menu DMX Patch gt Automatic Creation of Presets Groups Auto and Effects Create gt P Yersion 2 611 DMX Count 2645 IM Lights Ai Misc Backlight Bright Defaults q 10 20 3 2000 14 18 03 emal WGA Options Left Right ackball Encoders Push is Darse Coarse _ Slow EN Faders Auto wheel Additive gz HOUR Ore 1 By clicking this button four calibrating buttons numbered 1 to 4 will be displayed on the respective TFT display Now activate the buttons using your finger or the supplied pen special pen with soft rubber core After the last button the display will automatically switch back Now the touchscreen is calibrat

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