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1. Back Finish Cancel 3 Using IP Ethernet interfaces lf you purchased a Sunlite package with an IP Ethernet interface please refer to the Appendix section for instructions Page 6 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite 2 Demo shows For this section we assume you installed the software in BEGINNER MODE and that you enabled the installation of DEMO PAGES If you did not you will see many options on your screen apart from the ones described here but the information will still be valid Your screen should look like this 7 Demo Mo meee ace NLT Paes DA Demo Horing Head ge a e APE BL Te jai ema ey e T am Hi A nla i L ni SEE al n I Dag ler EET View PON pitabit fe i LEd Sept Cea W Opi Lmg T a ie S ee TE Lr i ee jei e a i PAER The Sunlite software will display 1 button for every function that the lighting fixture can perform There will be 1 button on the screen for every color gobo macro prism effect etc Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 7 Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite Depending on the type of intelligent lighting that you re using there will also be preprogrammed buttons with generic effects in this case the DEMO MOVING HEAD page contains buttons with movements that are generic to all moving heads
2. Page 52 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming The easiest way to leave this PLAYBACK PAGE is to simply close all windows within the software controller except the Master Page of course by clicking the X on the titlebar for each window After this you want to lock all windows to prevent users from closing your Master page as well Go to Windows menu Reset positions Lock docked windows 6 Controlling Speed Size of your scenes As you probably realized already some buttons on your screen have faders or sliders on them These faders control one of three different properties in each button SPEED DIMMER and SIZE lt is also possible to show faders that control these same properties for all buttons within a page Page menu Display Live toolbar Button SROT 575 Button My Scene scene 4 Scene 2 tlhaser Light beam OM Shutter chaser p di ox oa a ame 0 i i k Ca T T You can see the new toolbar appear above the buttons on the selected page The three faders on this toolbar will control whatever button is selected a SELECTED button is not necessarily the same as an ACTIVATED button you can SELECT without ACTIVATE by left clicking with the mouse You can also add either the SPEED or DIMMER fader but not SIZE to each button Select the button then go t
3. Page 64 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming To access the effects editor you ll first need to create a button and edit the button In the EasyStep or EasyTime editor double click on one of the channels Effects can be saved for later use and reopened in other scenes and switches 2 2 2 Gradient Editor The gradient editor allows you to create many complex static gradients Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 65 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Effect Manager ee i j Fx Options Color mixing Gradient edit Gradient type Gradientrange Horizonte Delete Double cick on the area to add a new gradient step To switch the editor on by clicking on the red button and select a gradient type and range Linear Horizontal HSL Shortest Vertical HSL Longest Editing the colour of a gradient In this example we have created a fade between blue and green Select the colour you wish to edit Choose your colour from the dropdown box Page 66 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming E Automatic Color LELLLLLE HEBER J a Sea ka BRR ERE a i ri DEmE f g S gm Em z gt J E ES _ z itep More Colors Changing the length of a gradient Here we
4. Choose the Font Fonti System Bold Location Horizontal offset Vertical offset Movements Coming From right TAPE bg al Here we must enter our text and then choose a font and a colour You can specify a colour for the text Page 74 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming and for the background It is also possible to move your text vertically and or horizontally with the Horizontal offset and Vertical offset cursors Then if you want your text not to be static you must select the type of movement from the list situated in the Movements area The cursor in the TAPE area makes it possible to change the speed of the scrolling 2 4 Copy Paste and Phasing This feature is available with EasyTime and EasyStep racks let us see now how to use it With this new tool you can quickly copy and paste a sequence to one or several fixtures When your sequence is ready to be pasted to the other fixtures you must click on the Copy button below the EasyTime or EasyStep button and then select the channels you want to copy like we did before The following window appear Copy Paste Simple 0 Advanced Fixtures 1434 5 10 114135 4 20 21 Channels hia ee i T Call this window only if you copyipaste by clicking with right button By default Simple is selected That means that the sequence will be pasted to the selected fi
5. Step 3 Adding effects Once you have your positions adjusted you should as many effects to your lighting scene as you want colors gobos prism etc Feel free to use as many of the preprogrammed buttons available Notice that you can activate effects by clicking on them once and deactivate them if you click on them a second time Page 30 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Pet a Step 4 Save AS YOU SEE NOW Once you find a combination of buttons that you like you will probably want to save that look To do this you must create a new button on your screen that will return your saved lighting scene Button menu New Scene _MASTER Enter the name of the button Choose how you would like the new button Empty Equal to INIT AS you see now Include the current scene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches G Cirde 1 Take 2 Gobo 2 4BeamColo Take 1 Take 4 Take 3 Indude the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the Page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 31 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Button menu is the pull down menu at the top of the main Sunlite screen You can set the name of the button at the top It is important to select the As you see now option whi
6. www designnotes com www allelectronics com Relay boards The IO ports can be closed manually using keypads and switches or remotely using relays The advantage of using relays is that you can have any human interface with the Sunlite software working in the background Some of these relays can be activated via InfraRed remote controls for instance www rentron com www dataprobe com www quasarelectronics com MIDI controllers The Sunlite software can work with ANY MIDI device Here is a list of the most popular Page 114 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite VI Appendix Evolution UC 33 Behringer BCF2000 You can search online for these names and compare pricing and features DMX Boards The Sunlite software can take input commands from DMX boards Any button on the Sunlite screen can be triggered through DMX and also any fader can be linked to a DMX fader on a board The following sites will give you an idea of where to start looking www proformance net DMX Dimmer Packs Conventional lighting can be controlled through DMX if these fixtures are connected to what are known as Dimmer Packs There are many manufacturers out there www proformance net 3 IP Ethernet configuration Our Ethernet interfaces come with a factory IP address 192 168 1 20 An IP address is a number that is unique to any particular device within a network In order to communicate with your interface you need to m
7. Selecting any of these options will assign that particular property to every channel of fixtures for that particular button Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 39 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming E B g LETELT Ec ar EEA at GOY EOE Ey ek oE feo HS ba If neither Dimmer nor EasyStep functions are selected the channels will have the OFF property by default lf a channel is OFF the final output for this channel will not be affected by this particular scene switch For example a COLOR switch has all of its channels in OFF except for the COLOR channel which is assigned a DIMMER property and a particular value DIMMER channels are fixed values within the scene switch For example if you have an EasyStep scene where the light beam fades in between positions and all gobos and colors are kept the same throughout the scene you can assign these color and gobo channels the DIMMER property and set the constant value for this scene This dimmer value will automatically be the same for all steps in the EasyStep scene ON channels are just like 100 DIMMER channels However we must emphasize that a 0 dimmer IS NOT the same as an OFF channel An OFF channel does not affect the channel in question whereas a 0 DIMMER assigns this value to the channel which would replace any values coming from different Page 40 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermed
8. b cable c decoder d TV set The TV station broadcasts a signal that travels through a cable network until it reaches a decoder The decoder receives information on hundreds of channels but only displays on the TV set the information in this case video and audio from that single channel that we select The TV set ignores the information from any channel that is not selected It only displays the information from the channel selected in the decoder DMX can be related to this cable TV system where a the TV station is the controller Sunlite b the cable is a DMX cable c the cable decoder is the DMX decoder which usually is inside each lighting fixture d the TV set is the lighting fixture In DMX the number of channels that are broadcasted is always 512 Maybe some of them will be empty or unused but they are still broadcasted because it is a necessary component of the standard So the controller sends out a signal 512 channels of information which travels through a DMX cable until it reaches the decoder inside the lighting fixture In the same way you set the channel you want to Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 111 Sunlite Suite VI Appendix watch on your TV in a lighting fixture you set the channel that you want your fixture to display the information for This is known as the DMX address In other words if set my lighting fixture to channel 21 then my fixture s DMX address is 21 Bot
9. 14 or j amp i i LL Page speed E Synchro Page speed D Trigger i Page size E Page size Advanced Page size Se ee I 5 1 J fal i rN e il J ee A Co wo co T I iN Lif more rm ig at R E qoooooonpooooooo mm tn BEEREEESREEESE Oo 0O JAINA I p fl Sp cial setting ft Group JONLY TF this option is selected all settings will work only with the cycle named S MCHRO Now you can modify the dimmer of your page in real time with your external DMX controller This option may not be available with your version of the sofware 4 4 Clock and Calendar The sofware can be triggered by Time PC clock and calendar This feature is available only in First Class version and is very useful for architectural lighting You must open the following window to setup time triggering Button menu then Settings The button you want to trigger must be selected before to open this window Page 90 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Button Settings Scene 1 General Trg Trigger J Time 2a Dimmer f Speed sce Scene able Available only in First Class _ Appointed time oon Repeating time slot to C Unsettled time Sunset ki e gt ki hd Al a A a Repetition Date
10. Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite 1 Installing software interface 1 Installing the software Whether you are holding an installation CD in your hands or you downloaded the software from the internet the first thing you want to do is install our Sunlite software Insert the installation CD in your computer if you downloaded the software from the internet you can skip this paragraph Once the installation screen is open select your language and click NEXT WWW nicolaudie com Welcome to the new Sunlite CDROM select your language then click on Next te computerized lighting controller then accept the license agreement and finally click on the INSTALL icon for Sunlite Suite Page 2 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite SsSunlite Suite 2006 mR Main menu By Sunlite 2006 7 Apr 2006 Sunlite 2004 15 Mar 2006 Easy Stand Alone Apr 2006 Magic 3D Easy View Apr 2006 Tools computerized lighting controller olaudie com Select the Setup language and accept the license agreement again Choose your installation folder default is C SL2006 The next screen will ask if you want to install the software with or without DEMO PAGES If you are a beginner user we recommend you install WITH demo pages Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install
11. The top box controls fade and the bottom one wait times Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 37 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming A 000 0000 4 4 eee a x m EE E f eee ae Wait time Other available functions on the EasyStep rack are copy cut paste and insert step The PLAY button allows you to preview your scene You can choose to make your scene loop or not Finally you can convert your EasyStep scene into an EasyTime sequence advantages of EasyTime will be explained in the Advanced Programming section Cut the selected step Play Convert to an New step Easy Time sequence e e Pe 7 Make the scene Assign the function Copy the selected step Paste the step loop to all channels 2 Channel properties On Off Dimmer When you create new Scenes or Switches you are given the option to Link the Dimmer or EasyStep function to all channels of the page Page 38 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming Enter the name of the button Scene 2 Choose how you would like the new button C Equal to INIT O AS you see now a E aenn nine E WGeE Me cube ki mi Incude the manual settings coming mom the channepage visualization Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page OK Edit
12. There is a value from O to 255 assigned to every DMX channel Important about Sunlite and lighting fixtures 1 When you tell your Sunlite controller what kind of lighting fixtures you are using Sunlite will know exactly how your fixtures work and what DMX distribution they have 2 This allows Sunlite to show preprogrammed buttons on the screen corresponding to every function that the lighting fixture can perform 1 button for white color a different button for red 1 button for every gobo for every macro etc 3 To begin programming lighting effects using Sunlite all you need to do Is click on preprogrammed buttons 4 Because of its visual interface and simplicity to program thousands of users worldwide have chosen Sunlite as their preferred lighting controller Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 113 Sunlite Suite VI Appendix 2 Accessories The following is a list of accessories that can be used along with our software and interfaces It is not a comprehensive list but it should give you a good idea of where to start looking IO Ports and Power Supplies Jameco USA 639671 Ribbon Cable 10 conductor Rainbow 32492 Connector IDC Socket 10 contacts 252794 Power Supply 12V 0 25A 2 1mm Keypads Search online for 8 key common or 12 key common You can use any custom built switch given that you only need to make simple contact closures even a paper clip could do the trick if you wanted
13. They ususally convert multiple universes 2 4 6 8 We can also provide a single universe converter with our IP interface Then do not forget to setup the IP address of your computer on the 2 X X X range to talk with the converter The Art Net protocol uses this range and both converter and controller must be setup with a 2 X X X IP address Page 110 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite VI Appendix VI Appendix 1 DMX512 brief description By the time you are done reading this section you will understand how DMX works and why the lighting world uses this standard communication protocol For a more technical and detailed description please visit www dmx512 online com 1 The need for a standard About 20 years ago most lighting and console manufacturers had their own proprietary communication protocols During installations it was necessary to use all lighting fixtures from the same manufacturer of course with their own controller board If you wanted to use lighting fixtures from different manufacturers even simple dimmers each group required their own lighting desk It is clear that a standard form of communication between controllers and the fixtures was necessary 2 Understanding DMX To understand the DMX512 communication protocol commonly referred to as DMX we will use the Cable TV analogy Imagine a simplistic cable TV system with only 4 relevant parts a TV station
14. clear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Full instalation wl Z Demo pages 2 5 MB Curent selection requires at least 121 2 MB of disk space Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 3 Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite Finally the setup wizard will ask if you want to start the software in BEGINNER MODE Again if you are a beginner user we recommend you click YES on the beginner mode option Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing then click Nest Additional icons Create a desktop icon Do you want to start in beginner mode You are done Now it is time to start playing with our software 2 Installing USB drivers lf you purchased a software package and received a USB to DMX interface you will need to install the drivers for it You can use the full software without the interface but you will need this USB DMX device if you want to control real lighting fixtures Page 4 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite Hardware Update Wizard Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard This wizard helps you mstall software for E USB6 Device If your hardware came with an installation CD Ee or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do 3 Inst
15. to be able to visualize what will happen at some point just move yellow edit line to appropriate time cell Each column in a time sheet represents a channel As soon as a Scene or a Switch has been activated the time sheet associated with this button will be read from line 000 00 00 to the final line containing information To program a time sheet with fade effects you may program all cells in sequence but to make things easier this software includes very efficient tools such as Fade or Cut Copy Insert modes Now a little training Things will go smoothly once the channel has been set in EasyTime mode as was done for On or Dimmer modes Just click EasyTime mode to pilot all the channels required in EasyTime mode click and drag leds Now just scroll the time sheet to time indication To set value just move the fader The value will be displayed in the cell concerned i e at the channel column concerned You must move the cursor to the line corresponding on the total expected time for your scene before to setup your channels with EasyTime function For example for a 10s scene we move the cursor yellow line to the 00m10s00 line and then we affect EasyTime function on selected channels In case there are blank cells in between the latest time programmed and current time you will be prompted to answer the following questions Prolong previous value up to current time Gradually move from previous value to
16. 4 7 Universe 5 Universe 6 Universe 7 lleis dA Enables PC Ethernet outp Pil Ethernet 5 a Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 109 Sunlite Suite V General settings 4 3 Using the Art Net protocol To use the Art Net protocol first make sure that you have an interface connected to your computer Art Net protocol will not work unless you have an interface connected which will unlock this feature Connect your fixture using your computers ethernet port Now in Sunlite under the control tab select starting parameters and then under hardware select outputs Now simply select the universe and assign it to PC Ethernet Make sure to check Enable PC Ethernet Starting parameters Hardware g Outputs Ka DMY input al Ethernet network a Options ag E DMX IP DMX PC ETHERNET Protections a Universe Output hardware amp a 3 Beginner mode Universe 1 USB OMY 7 d Audio Midi Universe 2 Ss _USB DMs Gut2 Universe 3 Ep Fages priority niere ta Universe 5 PC Ethernet 1 Universe 6 Pc Ethernet 2 PC Ethernet 3 PC Ethernet 4 PC Ethernet 5 Enables PC Ethernet outgPC Ethernet 6 PC Ethernet 7 PC Ethernet 8 a Universe 7 l l i ee MAr Most of the time your fixtures won t be able to read the Art Net protocol and you will have to convert it to DMX using an Art Net to DMX converter
17. Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Compression The Compression section allows you to create or modify the groups of buttons within your page Notice how all COLOR GOBO PRISM icons are grouped together in your pages When you create a new Compression group all buttons whose name starts with those same letters as the name of the group will be linked together For example COLOR RED COLOR BLUE COLOR YELLOW COLOR WHITE can all be compressed under the group named COLOR You cannot group Scenes Switches and Cycles together so you must define what type of button the compression group will work with Finally you can set the Compression type ji 3 Page Settings Demo Moving Head General z Fa General i Channels WA view x po miT Buttons Enable zi Compression Button type Compression type O Jui Extern action and trigg AREE O List Switch Icon E synchro O Cyde O Color mixing my Trigger Take Advanced Special setting ty Group Options Synchro The Synchro section allows you to synchronize your Cycle buttons within the page in a number of different ways Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 99 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Page Settings Demo Moving Head General General d Channels AUDIO A cycle in pause mode is started when an Audio signal is present To use this function do not f
18. Everyday One day Settings First of all we must click on Enable to modifiy the settings Several options are available to trigger a button scene switch or cycle Appointed time Select what time you want to start your button Repeating time slot Imagine you want to start the same sequence every 30 minutes from 10 am to 3 pm You must setup 10H00 in the From box then 15H00 in the to box and finally OH30 in the Repetition box Unsettled time Sunset Imagine you want to start a cycle every day following the sunset You must use this option to do so First select the Date1 first day and the Date2 last day Imagine you want to start your sequence at 15H00 the first day and at 21H00 the last day you must setup 15H00 in the Time1 box and 21H00 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 91 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming in the Time2 box The software will calculate the time for every day Do not forget to specify UP or DOWN UP means that the triggering time will increase every day until the Time2 DOWN means it will decrease 4 5 Contact closure A 10 pin connector is available on the USB DMxX interface and makes possible to send 8 different contacts to the software The reference of the connector is HE 10 male You don t need to send any power to the connector You only have to create a contact between the pin 2 ground and the other 8 pins please note that the
19. Suite in just a few minutes i x lin F Fie Edition View Language Lc I P k Pointer 9 Button Ala Static text i Picture control de Horizontal slider control 4 Vertical slider control Ey Rotary control EAT MAN pipi peel Ti bila di fiil I1 I Aladebela due DUNUMERRURRER EMER TERRNTTNT E a j ili ET iJi ha TaT EN i balei El Console properties width oza Height 458 Color lF ota biale b a EEEE dada pa bed da dotalo aaa ra a Peep EPET POP tay ey Te LEEA Wiin li diii A mis sper T T mil T Preset F2 to setup Defining the background and adding images It is very easy to create an accurate screen controller following a picture of an actual MIDI board The associated picture must be located in the CSL directory of the installation folder in BMP format The Bitmap section of the Properties window allows you to select an image from this CSL folder which you can use as a background to create an accurate representation of your MIDI controller If you wish to add an image to your controller select the Picture control tool and insert a new picture Then you will be able to resize this picture change its position or even replace it using the Properties window Defining the controls buttons faders Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Pa
20. Sunlite SWITCH is a button that typically recalls a single function or effect i e 1 movement or 1 color or 1 color combination etc As long as 2 switches don t affect the same property DMX channel you can have as many switches activated as you want For instance if you add a gobo switch to a movement switch both can be activated simultaneously Cycles A Sunlite CYCLE is a button that sequentially recalls cue lists of Scenes and Switches For instance if you create Scene 1 and Scene 2 and you want them to alternate continuously every few seconds a Cycle can include these 2 scenes and define the timing in between You can create new Scenes Switches and Cycles from the Button menu on the top Simple instructions to create Scenes Switches and Cycles follow in upcoming sections 3 Preprogrammed buttons Using preprogrammed buttons Every time you create a new page for a group of lighting fixtures depending on the type of fixtures moving heads scanners LEDs conventionals etc there will be preprogrammed buttons on the screen that will help you create lighting effects Movement buttons These are generic to all moving heads and scanners These include the CENTER switch which is a fixed position at 50 pan and tilt Movement buttons include both the position and dimmer iris shutter lamp information necessary to display a white open gobo light source Page 26 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved S
21. assigned to each button without the risk of losing them SELECT is also very useful during live performances if you want to change the group information inside a button without activating that button 0 Turn the light beam ON CENTER or any movement switch 1 Select the SELECT option 4th button and unselect Return to disable last button 2 Select the Color Cyan button pressing SHIFT click this method will select the button but will not activate it 3 We can see that the Mo1 Mo3 group is selected from the previous example 4 Add the selection of the Mo2 Mo4 group 5 Select the Color Red button using SHIFT click button selected but not activated 6 Add the selection of the Mo1 Mo3 group 7 Disable the SELECT function 1st button of the toolbar Page 46 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming 4 The X Y window pan tilt The X Y buttons referred to as TAKE in previous versions of our software allow mouse control of the PAN TILT channels in each fixture within a page These are very useful when you want to control a single fixture while a movement sequence is running or also to create scenes with static positions There is one X Y button for each fixture in the page Static position 1 Turn the light beam ON CENTER or any movement switch 2 Press the X Y switch corresponding to the fixture you want to control 3 Move the red arrow t
22. channels 2 Add a Background Image to the Fixture Group window this will allow you to take a picture of your real stage and then place the icons for each fixture over the picture in the appropriate place Page 96 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Page Settings Demo Moving Head General Page name Demo Moving Head General i Channels Shortcut None Channels First channel 190 Last channel Compression ll Patch to DMX outputs A All channels have a straight patch Extern action and trigg E Synchro First DMM output 702 Last DMX output my Trigger Advanced Universe mode Universe 2 USB DMX 2 Choose here the DMX universe for this page Special setting ty Group Options _ Background image for the Fixtures Groups window Show this page in Master Beginner Mode a Channels The Channels section allows you to change the properties of individual fixtures using the buttons on the top Starting from the left 1 Insert fixture you can insert a new fixture into a page that has already been created 2 Delete fixture 3 Set shortcuts these shortcuts allow you to quickly access the channels for each fixture inside the Button Editor 4 Advanced shortcuts here you can set the same shortcut for different fixtures as well as invert the mouse s X and Y inside the Button Editor 5 X Y you can invert the pan tilt channels for each fi
23. create a small ZIF file Cancel There is also the possibility to send an email to the technical support by clicking on Email from the menu or to post a message on our Internet forum at www nicolaudie com forum Page 106 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite V General settings 4 Setting up multiple DMX universes The software can control up to 50 DMX universes simultaneously The different universes can be sent with our electronic interfaces USB or IP or with the ethernet connector of the computer Art Net protocol It is important to understand how to setup the multiple universes in order to send the DMX information to the correct output We will see in the following chapter how to setup and use multiple DMX universes with your software 4 1 Using the USB interfaces Sunlite can operate up to 10 USB DMxX interfaces simultaneously Then it is possible to run 10 DMX universes with single output interfaces and 20 universes with new IN OUT interfaces We will see later how to convert the DMX IN connector of your interface in a second DMX output You must open the Starting parameters window and the Output tab to setup the universes You will have to select USB DMX for all universes you want to control with your interfaces Do not forget that if a universe is not correctly assigned to a output hardware you might not be able to control your lights with it Use of the DMX IN connector as a se
24. hold the button pressed while moving the window The sofware shows a blue area that represents the actual position and size of the window Page 104 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Page Bouton Fen tre Tiflis mike Ee i Contrdleur Langue 7 L R OION MASTER a BOO G a A ETIS dt Bert i Gle q ap marae Il e ris xaa soos iam V General settings S MASTER E gt MASTER E3 Cycle A Demo Scanner Demo Scanner Dena cearer ee Bene rada irg Z Demo LED Demo L E D y E Demo r Moving Head 1T Demo c Color Fange m To software helps to find the correct position with the following tool Moving the mouse on it enales to create to create a new tab or split the screen vertically or horizontally The icon in the centre creates the tab and the other 4 icons split the window Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 105 Sunlite Suite V General settings 3 Backup Technical support If you ever experience any difficulties with the sofware there is the possibility to send a complte backup to our technical support Select full backup from the menu and it opens the following window Full backup Save all the Files Save all the Files Custom a This window allows ko sawe all the software Folders in a ZIF file Please note that the Light data Folder contains only the pages and buttons and allows ko
25. intermediate values It can only be used with cells in Not vectorial mode red cells To use the Fade function first select a block of vertical cells then click on Fade function You will then have an alternative linear fade in between the 1st and last cell intermediate cells are totally re computed fragmented fade in between each cell intermediate cells are taken into account this process re computes as many intermediate fades as necessary to adjust to the number of lines NB A fade can apply to several channels in one go Just select cells from several columns EasyTime Play function The Play button can be used at any time to visualize or stop programming in process When you edit a button after clicking it the Play mode is necessarily active since the button itself is active When editing a pre selected button without any prior shift click the Play mode is necessarily inactive since the button itself is inactive NB It is essential to stop the Play mode to modify the EasyTime time sheet EasyTime Loop function If Loop mode is activated a time sheet will be played over and over again If Loop mode is off it will just be played once and each channel will remain unchanged and set on the latest value specified in the time sheet NB If EasyTime programming time is the same for all the channels they all end up in the same line then the loops will be identically recurre
26. new value Assign new value from latest cell programmed onwards Sa as a es Not vectorial Line Steps Music pulse Music BPI Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 59 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 2 1 2 How to use Easy Time for movement If you use moving lights this software contains extremely quick basic functions to create sophisticated vectorial motion effects Eee Oe eS eS aa Click here with the right button to automatically generate motion Froperties Automatic Circle Automatic Polygon Automatic Random points Automatic Lines 100 101 102 103 1l Automatic Curve A circle will then automatically appear and EasyTime will display green cells including X Y values as referential points ene aoee eral Om00s00 MES Intis00 REESE Ont s00 ESBESES OmO03 00 264 64 By default a circle is drawn from 4 points To move any of these several methods can be used Adjust the X Y channels with one of the faders Yet this method is not very convenient Press the shortcut key while moving the mouse Click on the point and move it with the mouse Page 60 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming As you can see moving a point is carried out in real time on the fixture es Om00 00 Om01 00 be _Um0e4s00 COEEEE 255 On03s00 To add or delete a point several methods
27. position You can arrange them for example like the circle shown below Page 42 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming Projecteurs eles am me Vous pouvez s lectionner et d placer les projecteurs mais aucun bouton se sera Seo ie ae ALL ALL F OFF ON Projecteurs p Pages i Creating groups This tool allows you to create groups of fixtures stage left stage right house lights etc Going back to our example with 4 moving heads arranged in a circle imagine now that we want to create 2 groups Mo1 Mo3 and Mo2 Mo4 Click on the icons to select unselect until you reach your desired group also you could first click on the ALL OFF button to unselect all fixtures and then select only Mo1 and Mo3 Once these are selected click on the New group button red arrow in picture below and enter any name you want in this case Mo1 Mog Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 43 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming Fixtures You can select and move the fixturets buk no buttons will be affected DISABLE MODE A ALL ALL te sce aein Mas l n i pai n Ifa F n EMOL TM uji l E eea e ooo a Moz Mot J Fixtures pa Pages There is no limit to the number of groups that can be created in each page Even when this simple example includes only 4 fixtures you can imagine the potential o
28. the controller tab open the Starting parameters then under hardware select output Here you can select each DMX universe and assign it to a particular interface output For the IP interface you must select your universe then click next to PC Ethernet and a drop down menu will appear Scroll to IP_DMX to select this particular IP interface Note Each IP interface will have a unique IP addres that will apear in the parentheses Click OK now your universe is assigned to the IP interface Page 108 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite V General settings Starting parameters Hardware g Outputs Ka DM input wl Ethernet network Wi ion my Options ES USB DMX IP DMX PC ETHERNET 6 Frotections a eee eee ee Universe Output hardware za Beginner mode Universe 1 USB DMx SL2048FC D Audio Midi Universe 2 LISB DMs SLE046F0 Guk Universe 3 Prl Ethernet 1 Wp Paces priarty Universe 4 PC Ethernet 2 Universe 5 Pc Ethernet 3 Universe 6 Pc Ethernet 4 Universe 7 Pic Ethernet 5 l ee dhr mem m Leana e WL _ Enables PC Ethernet output Starting parameters Hardware i Outputs ip DM input a Ethernet network Options 4 M IP DMX a i a yr Protections a ee ee Universe Output hardware 3 Beginner mode Universe 1 USB DMX SL2048FC 4 op Audio Midi Universe 2 UISB DMis SL2048FIC Gut Ep Pages priority Universe
29. want to change the color of the light beam you tell the controller what color you want the controller automatically sends this information through channel 23 and the lighting fixture reacts accordingly Typically intelligent lighting fixtures use 1 channel Sometimes more for every function they can perform color gobo prism dimmer etc Some robotic moving heads use over 20 channels some simple scanners only 4 channels etc 3 The protocol So far we ve been referring to information traveling through DMX cables from the controller into the fixtures decoder This information is nothing but a number between 0 and 255 This number is called the DMX value for a particular channel Then the DMX signal is nothing but a series of DMX values along 512 DMX channels Example Back to our 5 channel simple robotic moving head channel 3 controls the color wheel which has 25 Page 112 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite VI Appendix different color combinations The color displayed will depend on the DMX value on channel 3 as it is being sent by the controller as follows 0 10 White 11 20 Red 21 30 Purple 241 255 whatever color So if the lighting fixture receives a DMX value of 25 for Channel 3 it will display the Purple color If that DMX value changes to 15 it will automatically change to Red and so on Luckily for us the Sunlite software and most controllers includes profil
30. you want Record videos of your lighting shows or take still pictures Print 2D views from your stage including all your fixtures trussing furniture etc Secs Camere Yar Octo Leuege T Ai Be OF Sct O i ee Ce cae de a 1 NNN AIO ATA TATAN VANTAN A s Ei EN i Mr IN i i Wa a r SE et i E li ijari a h AATF LAS E me PS FP OP pr T i T ee ee i id EE oe He paa JAF Page 14 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite Easy Show Ideal to synchronize lighting effects with audio and video Similar to audio editing software Easy Show includes timelines where you can drag drop expand scroll your lighting effects along with Audio and Video timelines Enis i EF pm Ti p ia i a a aH Ls an er k n a i n P m ga al pa a pa Ta a i i rath 4 Fii lel i Arre WI Easy Stand Alone Create your lighting scenes then download them to the memory of the interface Depending on the number of lighting fixtures that you re using you can have hundreds even thousands of scenes recorded in our small electronic interface Trigger lighting shows at scheduled times using the interface s internal clock and calendar Activate lighting scenes using simple IO contact closures Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights rese
31. your LED matrix You can also scroll the text by clicking one of the 4 arrows and adjust the scroll speed Clicking the T button allows you to change the font To change the text colour and background select the colour pallet Remember to click generate before closing the effect manager 2 2 5 Advanced Effects This tool allows you to have more control over the individual channels of your fixtures and is extremely usefull with moving heads and scanners aswell as LEDs To demonstrate the advanced effects section we will insert 8 generic moving head fixtures You will notice that when inserting the moving head fixture the effect manager interface adapts itself The new fixtures channels are displayed and the RGB matrix effects tab is replaced with a Pan Tilt effects tab Effect Manager Page 70 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Firstly you ll need to click light beam on This sends a message to all the relevent shutter iris dimmer channels to show the light beam Select the channel you wish to apply your effect to Here we have applied an effect to the dimmer channel Next choose a waveform from the dropdown box here we have chosen a sinus wave You can preview your scene in real time using the 3d Visualiser Adapt the wave settings and choose if you wish to have all your fixtures synchronised or phased then click generate Copyri
32. 00m Ols 12 On Switch 1 OD00m Ols 24 On Switch 1 000m dls 75 Ott Scene 3 000m 01s 00 On Switch 2 im 05s 08 On Switch 2 O00m Ols 47 Ott To begin recording Scenes and Switches into your empty Cycle all you need to do is 1 Click on the Cycle button 2 Start clicking on the Scene and Switch buttons in the order you want them to be played 3 When you are done click the PLAY button inside the Cycle editor window and click on YES when asked if you wish to save the Cycle Clicking Play will start running the cycle scrolling through your buttons If you wish to change the timing between each Scene or Switch first click on STOP and then click on the TIME button with 2 18 written on it right underneath the Cycle clock The GO option inside the TIME window allows you to scroll through the cycle using your keyboard s PgDn and PgUp keys If you want to delete a step within your Cycle click Stop and then use the CUT tool scissors If you want to add a Scene or Switch click on the RECORD button red circle underneath PLAY and then click on PLAY to end the recording process and preview your Cycle The LOOP option circular arrow on the right end of the window allows you to select whether you want your cue list of scenes and switches to repeat itself or simply run once and remain in its final state Note To add FADE times to your Scenes you must double click on the Scene button first then go into Copyright 2006 N
33. DIMMER fader on preprogrammed buttons like Dimmer Zoom Iris Focus etc These faders allow you to modify the DMX values for those particular channels without using the button Editor You can also use this function with conventional lighting PAR etc Such a button would allow to modify the beam intensity in real time for one or any group of fixtures included in the button Example Imagine you want to create a switch that controls dimmer levels from 100 to 200 DMX values with a fader First create a new switch Button New Switch and call it Dimmer 100 200 Make sure you create an EMPTY switch and that you DO NOT link all channels to Dimmer or EasyStep Then edit this button by clicking on Edit from the Button menu Once inside the Editor you can assign the Dimmer function purple button on the bottom left hand corner to any or all the channels within the page If you assign the Dimmer property using the mouse s left click you will see a full Dimmer with maximum 100 and minimum 0 255 0DMX If you right click to assign the Dimmer however you can define the minimum and maximum levels for that channel Set the minimum and maximum levels to 100 and 200 DMX respectively then close the Editor and save changes You now have a button that can control a dimmer between DMX values 100 to 200 You Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 55 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming can use the T
34. HEHEHE E Es F a a a a a a ae ae ae ae ae ee ae ae ee eee eee You can change the properties for each channel manually if you want Simply select any of the buttons on the bottom left 2 EasySteps 1 ON OFF 1 Dimmer and then click at the top of each channel For the moment it is best if you leave all channels as EasyStep channels Page 36 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming When you create an EasyStep sequence you can go through your steps for each channel in one of two ways with or without fade Light beam movement might look better fading in between positions but gobo rotation might look better as a step change in between the two To do this you must use the EasyStep with fade function on Pan Tilt channels and EasyStep without fade function on the gobo channels for example To change these properties use the two EasyStep buttons at the bottom left where the top ramp like button represents WITH FADE and the second step like button WITHOUT FADE Each corner in the picture represents the X Y position in each step These can be moved individually with the mouse Steps with fade in between show dotted lines in between the corners in the shape area Steps can be selected by clicking on the corresponding point white area or directly from the step list at the top To set the FADE and WAIT times for each step use the number boxes at the top minutes seconds 1 100
35. PRESSION from the menu on the left 3 Click on the NEW button to create a new group 4 Name it POSITION 5 Change Button type to SCENE 6 Change Compressionn type to TAKE 7 Click OK Position Drums Unum i Keyboard Je I Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 49 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming X Y Settings You can access X Y settings by right clicking on the white area These settings include locking pan X or tilt Y allowing better control of your fixture and a resolution control Changing the resolution of the X Y window will allow you to move your fixtures beams larger or smaller distances with the same movement of your mouse very useful for fine tuning positions for instance Take settings Lock X Y Resolution g 3 5 Using the MASTER page The MASTER page allows you to bring fixtures from different pages together You can record scenes using fixtures from multiple pages You can add scenes and switches coming from different pages 7 AS you see now global In the same way you can create new scenes within each page using the AS YOU SEE NOW option the Master Page allows you to create new scenes that include lighting effects from all pages and all fixtures For example if you have two pages in your controller 1 SCANNER and 1 MOVING HEAD and you select the CIRCLE movement scene in each then you click on the Master page and create a new scene the AS YOU
36. SEE NOW option will include both of these effects from both of these pages Page 50 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming _MASTER E 2 513 866 Enter the name of the button Scene 1 Choose how you would like the new button O Empty Equal to INIT AS you see now Indude the current scene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches m Demo Moving Head Cirde 1 ic Demo Scanner Cirde 1 _ Include the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization Ee Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page ss Et 2 Drag and drop into Master buttons lt is easy to edit a Master scene switch after it has been created All you need to do is left click ona button within the conventional fixture pages and drag it into the Master button Select Add to the button to replace its properties with those included in the dragged button Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 51 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming Display KEYBOARD activation Add to the button Move to this Copy to this page 3 Playback page If you are installing and programming the software for somebody else to use and you wish to avoid possible problems erasing scenes etc you can leave your customers with a simple PLAYBACK PAGE
37. Scenes l T O ee ss hai Same area 805 Center Pan Move 1 Music BPM 2 Ellipse Spire Circle 1 Tit Move 1 Music Pulse Heart Star Triangle Step 1 Live Control P Starl6 Start Square Line 1 Color mix F Star Maimum Curve 1 Eight Spiral4 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 23 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Do not worry about all other options on the screen once you learn the concepts of the software these will be obvious New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 8 9 You can choose to create pre programmed switches from presets as defined in the tixtureibrary ce be eee M Bch 4 tis 3 3 fa eA E027 fisLinear ch9 Zoom 1 1 EA 028 191 tisPulsOp kad ch 10 Dimmer 373 iv E i 92 255 InsPulsUl e ach 11 Color 1 0 10 M ch 12 Gobo 10 10 M Bch 13 RotGobo 3 3 w iach 14 Shutter 4 4 Mich 15 Gobo 2 9 9 ch 16 RotGobo 2 3 ch 17 Prisme 4 4 ak 10 O ntORaae 7 l i 7 3 eer rn There is no limit to the number of pages that you can add We recommend you to add all your lighting fixtures from the same type within the same page and that you do not repeat DMX addresses across different pages 2 Pages and Buttons Pages Within the Sunlite software a PAGE corresponds to a group of lighting fixtures of the same type manufacturer and model You can have any number of fixt
38. Synchro a Trigger Advanced buttons compression f Sp cial setting z d Group Options gh wii Button Speed E oS Mot assigned Button Size h Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 101 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Groups The Groups section allows you to see a table with all your fixture groups within the page and their assigned shortcut keys You can modify or add groups from this window by right clicking on it Demo Moving Head i Here you can create new groups by dicking with the right button on the area below PRETA Then you will be able to use your group within the user and editor screens d I Channels 7 roren an rouz nmr T T General mtir Buttons Compression Extern action and trigg E Synchro a Trigger Advanced Special setting Options Options Finally the Options section provides a couple more properties that can be modified within each page Demo Moving Head General Only the mouse select the buttons General i Channels BA view EENT Buttons SH Compression Disable buttons drag drop Extern action and trigg E Synchro T Trigger Advanced Note shit click select a button without tigger it eti cick edit a button without tigger t Sp cial setting fly Group Options Page 102 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite V General se
39. Time before Fade In ooc 00 0o0 T T Time of Fade In 00 0s 00 ce ran e J E mE Time before Fade Gut 000 000 a ee J T a Time of Fade Out a00 0s nd sjej T T T rea Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 79 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Once the Fade function has been selected we can setup the fade times Please keep in mind that the channels can have their levels increasing Fade In or decreasing Fade Out Time before fade In Time between the call of the scene and the beginning of the Fade In Time of Fade In Fade In time Time before fade Out Time between the call of the scene and the beginning of the Fade Out Time of Fade Out Fade Out time Here we can leave the default settings which are 5 seconds for the Fade In Out times and no time before Fade In Out We can click on OK when it is finished and our first scene is now ready to be used Let us create the 2nd one and call it Scene 2 To do so we release all the buttons in our page double click on INIT and we call the Scene 1 Then we use the TAKE buttons to setup a different position for each fixture and we save the scene with the As you see now function Now we just have to setup the Fade times as we did with the 1st one and we are ready to fade from our Scene 1 to our Scene 2 aa ee ren When a fade is running the following window appears and shows you the FADE IN left red and the FADE OUT
40. a Sunlite 2006 SERTEL te Nicolaudie 1989 z006 Web site werw nicolaudie com Controler Page Button Wing ee mT MASTER x Jona M oR Gobo Cue mn be z w e Enn Scene i P f n ge ach Moving Head ga J 190 416 POO f LED Matrix 20303 6 Hone al ame o 4xFTaoem ey T z B J lif lie Traditional lighting Ne A yey 2 140 189 E Lj l F E Ei s phili c F He Ce nt er ey g E Fo i d Ets i he a w amp ele aia aa E Cur r L 7 T Sr es ly 1 i yy A am be Sunlite Suite SUNLITE is a trademark of Bruno Nicolaudie WINDOWS is a trademark of the MICROSOFT CORPORATION All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shal
41. al if you are impatient like most of us We will walk you through the installation process for the software and the interface drivers Then we will play around with our preprogrammed DEMO shows At the end of this chapter we will quickly show you how to add your own fixtures into the software just in case you cannot wait to test your own lighting fixtures The second chapter will show you the most elemental programming tools within the software By the end of this chapter you should be able to program a decent looking show very quickly The third and the fourth chapter describe more advanced not necessarily complicated software tools This knowledge along with a little practice will allow you to create almost any lighting scene effect your fixtures can handle The fourth chapter briefly describes peripheral software tools in the Sunlite Suite package such as the 3D visualizer Easy View a profile library editor Scanlibrary a music video lighting timeline synchronization tool Easy Show and downloading scenes shows into the internal memory of the electronic interface Easy Stand Alone The fifth chapter include several starting parameters the user should be familiar with options for the windows management and Backup T echnical support Finally you will find appendices that include a DMX512 review MIDI review list of available accessories and a troubleshooting guide Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 1
42. all from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Back Windows will find the driver and will tell you the device is not validated and will ask if you wish to continue Although Microsoft does not have a numberical registry for this driver there is no risk of incompatibility Click Continue Anyway Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Inteligent Usb Orms Interface has not passed windows Logo testing to werty its compatibility with Windows F Tellme why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the corect operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 5 Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite You are done But remember the software detects the USB interface when it starts This means that you must have the USB interface connected to your computer before you open the control software Otherwise there will be no communication between the software and the interface Hardware Update Wizard Completing the Hardware Update Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Inteligent Usb Dms Intertace OUT Click Finish to close the wizard
43. amming Overview After reading our Welcome chapter you might have a good idea of what you would like to accomplish with our Sunlite controller Now it is time to learn how to create all those lighting scenes you have in your mind already This chapter explores the options available when adding your own fixtures through our New Page Wizard Then we focus on available preprogrammed buttons for all intelligent lighting We look deeper into the New Scene As you see now option Finally this chapter explores the triggering of lighting scenes from your computer s keyboard 1 Adding your own fixtures Whether you purchased the electronic interface already or simply downloaded the free software from the internet you probably have an idea of what type of lighting fixtures you want to control The Sunlite Suite includes a library of about 2 000 profiles from lighting manufacturers from around the world most likely your lighting fixtures are included Fixtures are grouped inside the Sunlite software into Pages Thus to add your own fixtures go to Page menu New page Create a new page Welcome to the New Page wizard You may choose between two diferent kinds of pages Create a new page with Scanlibrary wizard Create a blank page Page 18 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming You can see two buttons The first Create a new page with Scanlibrary wizard o
44. and scanners like circles random curves etc As you can see on the 3D visualizer window every time you press a button on your screen the moving heads respond to that command Page 8 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite Camera View TENNE Language Keep in mind that the 3D window is a real time visualizer This means that if you had those 4 moving heads connected to your computer they would be doing that exact same thing you are seeing on the screen Keep pressing any combination of buttons play around If you want to reset everything double click on the yellow INIT button If you find a look or effect that you like you can save it by going to Button menu New Scene As you see now OK Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 9 Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite _MASTER Enter the name of the button Choose how you would like the new button C Empty Equal to INIT AS you see now Indude the current scene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches EEEEEEE Circe 1 Take 2 Gobo 2 4BeamColo Take 1 Take 4 Take 3 _ Indude the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page We recommend you create a few scenes like this so that you get somewhat familiar with t
45. anually set your computer s IP address to 192 168 1 xx where xx is any number other than 20 You cannot have both devices interface and computer with the exact same IP address but both need to be within the same subnet 192 168 1 xx To configure your computer to work with our Ethernet interface 1 Connect your IP Ethernet interface to your computer and to its power supply 9 12V DC 2 Change your computer s IP address to match the interface s subnet mask Start from Window s Control Panel then Network Connections Double click on the Local Area Network connection then click on TCP IP then Properties Change from Automatic to Use the following IP address and type IP 192 168 1 xx xx is any number larger than 10 different from 20 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 115 Sunlite Suite VI Appendix Leave all other fields blank then click OK Wait a few moments while the connection is reset between the interface and computer Close the Local Area Network properties window 3 Start the Sunlite software Once the software is open go to the menu then About A circular popup with the logo will be shown with a white box underneath In this box you should read something like this Sunlite Suite June 13 2006 Release date 1 SLESA IP interface description in red letters lf you can read this interface description this means that there is good communica
46. be generated by a CD DVD player an SMPTE generator a 3rd party software sound video laser For such use make sure your computer is equipped with a MIDI card usually included in sound card or a USB MIDI interface to activate MIDI IN function in the Audio Midi section of the Starting parameters from the Controller menu to activate TIME CODE IN in Synchro section of Page Settings window Once all the settings are over it will be possible to synchronize with MIDI TIME CODE input all the cycles in the corresponding page one at a time A small button MTC IN appears in the Cycle windows to disable enable the function as shown in the picture below N B Incoming MIDI TIME CODE can also be activated while creating a cycle Timing will then be automatically computed on MIDI TIME CODE Cycle x Play GJ Stopi MTCIN OOmo0s00 show TT MTC In Button Relative time On Before fade in Fade in Color Aaimnbow Horn Bee OF Or Dimmer Intensity 000m 2s 00 On Color Blue 00 m Oss OO Or Color Yellow 000m ss OO On Color Greenz 000m Oss OO On Color Urange 00 m S OU Ori Color White 000m Us U0 On Shutter Str Strob OO0rn 10 00 On Shutter Str Strob O00rn 10 00 Dimmer Intensity 0 m Us OU Page 88 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 4 3 DMX Several functions can be triggered by DMX input channels on the user screen You can start a butto
47. can be used Select the cells corresponding to the referential point 2 or 4 cells if the fixture has micro steps then use Cut Copy or Insert from toolbar Click right on the point and select Cut Copy or Insert from menu Om02s00 ROROA Om03500 i es Paste Insert Properties Automatic Circle Automatic Polygon Automatic Random points Automatic Lines Automatic Curve Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 61 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming There are 3 different types of vectorial movements Curve e g a Circle Line e g a triangle Positions going straight away from one point to another ohape property MAI x Flay ie Type Time SIZE Advanced Wot vectorial Music impulsion Music tempo Cancel NB A channel operated by a vectorial movement in EasyTime can be identified by green cells whereas red cells indicate that the channel is in non vectorial mode In one button each fixture can only be assigned one type of vectorial movement curve line or positions However channels can be converted into non vectorial mode then any cells can be modified Page 62 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 2 1 3 Tools and options EasyTime Fade function The Fade function makes it possible to create a fade effect in between 2 cells by computing
48. ch allows you to include all or any of the buttons that you activated already Leave the options at the end of the window as they are These will be explained in detail in later sections of the manual Finally click OK to create your new button Note You can create a New Switch instead of a New Scene if you want The only difference will be as explained on the previous section that during playback a Scene button will replace any other Scene buttons while generally Switch buttons will add to other existing Switch buttons Keep pressing preprogrammed buttons and create as many scenes as you want Remember the more you practice the faster you will learn the easier it will be to create elaborate lighting shows 5 Record Cycles cue lists shows Once you have many Scenes and Switches saved as buttons on your screen you will probably want to reproduce them sequentially CYCLES will help you do this A Sunlite Cycle is a cue list of Scenes and Switches in time To create a new Cycle go to Button menu New Cycle A new Cycle button will appear on your screen Click on it and the following window will appear from behind the Pages List Page 32 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming EF Suntite 2006 Copyright c Nicolaudie 1989 2006 Controller Page Button Windows Language Button Relative time On Of Before fade in Fade in Scene 1 O00m Uls 24 On Scene 2 0
49. cond output It is possible to convert the Input connector of your interface in a second output To do that you must open the Starting parameters window and the Output tab Then imagine you want to use the software universes 1 and 2 with your USB interface you will have to select USB DMxX for the 1st universe and then check the box located on the right side of the list You can now select USB DMxX Out2 for the universe 2 Do not forget to purchase or make a female to female XLR converter to connect your lights Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 107 Sunlite Suite V General settings Starting parameters Hardware g Outputs Ka DMY input wl Ethernet network ce Options ai 55o IP DMX PC ETHERNET r Frotections l Universe Output hardware 2 Beginner mode Universe 1 LISE DM QW Audio Midi Universe 2 USB DMis Qube B Universe 3 PC Ethernet 1 Ep Hat a A Universe 4 PC Ethernet 2 Universe 5 Pl Ethernet 3 Universe 6 Pc Ethernet 4 Universe 7 Pic Ethernet 5 ee M mem mel bk WL mR _ Enables PC Ethernet output Cancel 4 2 Using the IP interfaces To use the IP interface you must first make sure that your IP interface is connected and configured correctly and recognized by the network and the computer which will control your lights Refer to the Appendix IP Ethernet configuration for detailed instructions on how to do this Then in Sunlite under
50. cuit PELI O Status 1 6 stan Guta setup MIDI Commands setup Press shift and add a new command to create a as vou see now effect Prees Ctrl to do this only on current page Command Infos E a a S Annuler Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 85 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Once this window is opened and if the Auto setup MIDI option is activated turn on the corresponding fader or button on your controller and it will be automatically assigned Repeat the operation for all controls Do not forget to save the configuration by clicking with the right button of the mouse on the title bar and selecting Save from the menu General output Page out Page dimmer Page speed Page Freeze Page send DMs Page send 3D Page manual Fade Page enable Fade Page select Page select previouss Page select nests Button dimmer Button speed Button size Button activate Button selecte Button select previous Button select next Button edit Button sawe close edition Fade play Fade go back Fade go next Fade progress Fade speed Switch windows Previous Preset Next Preset Preset select These are not new functions and are explained in numerous chapters throughout this manual You can control functions like SPEED DIMMER or SIZE of your effects You can also select pages or buttons freeze the outputs assign the DMX outputs to one or several faders of your contro
51. d 16 SP1 Laser BET Buttons M Channel patch 1 Tf a2 USPS lt 2 SPOT 375 5 49 AA CPO es SPOT SFA S gt wF Inteligent lighting SPOT 575 55L EPY E i Enable FADE function F T inf aIDIE TANCHI 7 a Enable DIMMER function Channel name ooo 1 1 T Straight patch T 1710 80 M Straight patch with min max settings 1 0 E Channel patched to lower output 2 E Channel patched to upper output q 0 1 740 60 eo Channels patched to several outputs 1 Fe Channel not patched to output Cancel Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming All the channels of our page are listed in the list situated on the left side of the window We want to make a fade between 2 positions so we must enable the FADE function on Pan amp Tilt channels for all our fixtures Please note that the function is already enable on Pan amp Tilt channels however this is good to see how to do it Now it is time to create our 2 scenes In the previous chapter we saw how to create a scene As you see now we will use the same function and create the scenes using the TAKE buttons o New Scene New Switch J Mew Cycle Duplicate Rename _ Delete Alt D Settings Alt P Edit Ctrltelick Alte Print setup Prink Print preview Button Settings Scene 1 Ta Trigger G3 Time BrE Dimmers Speed SE Scene m Switch a W Fade
52. d Lighting Sys Contest Fine Art Hy i gt Alkalite Dts Fly Dragon Icon gt American DJ Elation Pro Flying iSo _ Anolis _ Elektralite Funky 3 I Vis 3 Antari Eliminator Lighting Futurelight Jb lie I Ayrton Elite StarWay Geni JB S a EA Files of type Scan Library ssl Open as read only Note If you cannot find your fixture s profile in the library please refer to the Scanlibrary Editor manual Once you find your fixture inside your manufacturer s folder you will need to set a starting DMX address and the number of fixtures that fit this profile If you are unfamiliar with the term starting DMX address please read our DMX Review appendix Page 20 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 2 9 Enter the DMX starting address the number of fixtures and the moving shortcut keys Then click on NEXT to continue Starting DMX address 1 End DMX address 18 Number of fitures 1 O MO DMX universe Un iverse 1 USB DMX 1 Keyboard mode Shortcuts 9 qwerty intemational Type Head Number of channels 18 Resolution 16 bits 4 DMX channels Note The shortcut keys allow you to move each fixture using the mouse In this screen you can also set the DMX universe you want your fixtures to work with in case you have more than 1 DMX outputs New pag
53. disabled option last button 2 Select the Mo1 Mo3 group 3 Activate the Color Cyan button on your normal fixture page if you have the 3D visualizer open you will notice how ONLY fixtures 1 and 3 change color 4 Click on the Invert selection button to the left of ALL OFF This action will unselect the first gruop and automatically select the second 5 Activate the Color Red button on the page 6 Disable group individual control 1st button on the toolbar to return everything to normal 7 Save a new scene switch AS YOU SEE NOW Colors red 301 LIVE mode is the most versatile function in this toolbar Most of the time you will be working with preprogrammed buttons and LIVE then creating scenes switches AS YOU SEE NOW During LIVE performances when on the fly control is required the LIVE button will become very useful SAVE mode As you probably realized LIVE mode modifies button properties momentarily The group individual fixture information is not saved within the button so that once LIVE mode is disabled for example all preprogrammed buttons will work on all fixtures lf you want to save group information in a button you will need to use the SAVE and SELECT modes Imagine now you want to have your assign the cyan color button exclusively to the 1st group Mo1 Mo3 and the red color button exclusively to the second Mo2 Mo4 0 Turn light beams ON CENTER or any movement switch 1 Select the SAVE o
54. e E iii relative time in LIVE mode if END cycle in PLAY mode Select next oem if cycle in Select or recording if cycle in P pointer Page 120 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved
55. e will be explained further in Chapter 4 Advanced Programming Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 35 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming lil Intermediate programming The following chapter presents you with intermediate level tools to continue creating lighting scenes 1 EasyStep scenes The EasyStep rack tab inside the BUTTON EDITOR allows you to create simple scenes based on steps where you can set fade and wait times between each Create a New scene or New switch from the Button menu and then select the Link the EasyStep function to all channels of the page This will convert all channels into EasyStep channels so every step in your scene could include effects from any or all channels BURGH VEH Ba av tiie T ee EE sond to tatt tolight BP Livecom MY Fallow spot E ominut BA mii E aspStep my Easy T ime editor a Chaser a SeguUencEr Zz Fader E Step gt a IT he Easyotep rack allows to A 000 0000 a ae A create simple steps scenes z ji PRE These steps can fade or not 1 a between each of them To use the r pono200 a a a rack you must select the pa appropriate buncti n Fade or riak M EE lor Total time 02300 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 com com idee E E EEEE HEHEEEEEHEE
56. e with Scanlibrary wizard Step 3 9 You have just selected the type of fiture the starting address and decided on the number of fixtures you wish to use By initialiging the channels with the presets as defined in the library we are now able to actually test your fietures for the first time Do you see The lamps lit The light beam shutters open The Pan Tilt channels at half level 50 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 21 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Look at your lighting fixtures whether the real ones or the ones inside the 3D visualizer You should see all of them turn on white color to 50 pan and tilt if available If your fixtures fail this check then 1 You selected the wrong profile some fixtures have different modes You should go back and find the appropriate profile 2 You addressed your fixtures differently than the software Sunlite addresses similar fixtures consecutively Figure out if it is better to re address fixtures in the software or the real world 3 The fixture s lamp is not ON in which case continue with the setup process there will be a DMX command to turn it ON within the Sunlite page New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 4 9 In some applications you may have to set a limit to the highest Pan Tit amplitude being used Do you wish to limit the highest Fan Tit amplitude for your fixtures Please note that the following sett
57. ene PGUP key Ne 4 LJ 4 f3 Box1 Ports 5 Pause the current cycle No 5 Tall s5 M4 Eoi Ports3 66 Play the current cycle To 6 Tal e 5 Boxi Ports4 7 Stop the current cycle No 7 Tall ir 6 Boxi Ports 8 Not used T No a a BE Boxi Ports6 Page dimmer D No 4 Tall BE 8 Boxi Ports Page dimmer T No i io ial ic M j7 Boxl Portsis Page dimmer M No Tr ii M al ri m 10 Boxe Next i Page speed Tha M i7 Ma Miz E il Box Previous m meo K 12 Box Ports1 Page speed To ee ec Tall i3 Bl ee gt Parks Page speed No 44 Tal ERE i A S a eR 14 Box Ports3 15 Boxs Ports4 16 Boxe Ports LY Box Ports 15 Box Ports 19 Box Portss 20 Box flex 421 Box Previous 22 Box Ports JOMLY IF this option is selected all settings will work only with the cycle named S NCHRG advanced _ Note If the ONLY option is selected all settings will work on the cycle called SYNCHRO You can find more informations about the connection of DMX interfaces by reading the hardware manual This option may not be available with your version of the sofware Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 93 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 4 6 Audio Analysis The Audio Analysis program allows to read and analyze a sound data through a sound card or straight through computer files CD WAV files Tempo and BPM can thus be picked out Bass medium and treble filters are made a
58. ep track of the changes you make using this toolbar The Live toolbar for the page has priority over all the buttons inside the page Page 56 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming 7 Multimedia features A button can trigger multimedia functions You just have to place files with the following extensions into Multimedia_data folder WAV Sound files AVI Video files MID MIDI files MPE MPEG Video files MP3 MP3 Sound files MCI Multimedia Command Interface files BAT Batch command files EXE Windows program files Linking a button to a multimedia file is very easy For example to trigger MUSIC WAV sound file just create a button called WAV MUSIC to trigger VIDEO MPE video file just create a button called MPE VIDEO When CDs and or DVD are used the following syntactic rules should be followed CDAUDIO 01 will trigger track 1 of the Audio CD DVDVIDEO 02 will trigger track 2 of the DVD Stop and Pause function can be activated For example To activate Pause function of an WAV file just create a button WAV PAUSE To stop an MPE file just create a button called MPE STOP To stop an AudioCD just create a button called CDAUDIO STOP How to build a Multimedia Show All you have to do is to create a sequential cycle to activate Light buttons and Multimedia buttons Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 57 Sunlite Su
59. er 2 2 4 RGB Matrix Effects Colour Effects This tool is specifically designed for the use with a matrix of LED panels To get started click the button to add a layer The layer name can be changed by double clicking it and there are several layer types available the most basic being colour The colour can be changed by clicking the pallet Moving shape effects can also be created by selecting effect from the dropdown box Page 68 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Effect Manager j Fx sili lv Layer 3 Image and video IV Advanced programming 11 trma eiarinranian ver a Fririnrirrrniarini The effect manager is capable of reading a jpg bmp or gif image and interoperating this on an LED matrix Select picture from the type dropdown box and load your photo You can choose to stretch your photo filling up the full matrix or to keep its original proportions If you wish to go a step further AVI video can also be played Effect Manager Fx Options LELTE Advanced effects RGB matrix effects Color mixing Gradient editor a A EG TT ale PEPE ECEE z Sil Layer E Type Iv Layerl Picture Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 69 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Text Selecting Text in the dropdown box opens the text editor Here you can enter a piece of text and choose where to place the text on
60. ermore these scenes will be compressed together allowing for easier organization and editing of the positions Creating the drums position 1 Click on the Center scene to open the light beams 2 Select the X Y button previously Known as TAKE for the first fixture and move the red arrow until the light beam is pointed at the drum set 3 Repeat the procedure for the 3 remaining moving heads 4 Click anywhere on the Master page to select it 5 Create a new scene AS YOU SEE NOW 6 Make sure all 4 X Y buttons and the Center scene are selected 7 Rename the scene Position Drums then click OK Creating the keyboard position 1 Click on the Center scene to open the light beams 2 Select the X Y button previously known as TAKE for the first fixture and move the red arrow until the light beam is pointed at the music keyboard Page 48 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming 3 Repeat the procedure for the 3 remaining moving heads 4 Click anywhere on the Master page to select it 5 Create a new scene AS YOU SEE NOW 6 Make sure all 4 X Y buttons and the Center scene are selected 7 Rename the scene Position Keyboard then click OK Now you have 2 scenes Position Drums and Position Keyboard each represented as a button inside the Master page The next step in this example is to compress both scenes together 1 Page menu Settings 2 Select COM
61. es for these lighting fixtures These profiles contain all the DMX values and channel information required to have full control of the lighting fixture Typically all you will need to do is set the DMX addresses right and the controller will make everything else easy some controllers are easier to use and learn than others but that is the overall idea When a lighting fixture is manufactured a DMX chart is provided in the users manual This DMX chart contains all the information that controller manufacturers need to create these profiles Most controllers include only the most popular fixtures in their particular market We can proudly say that Sunlite and our OEM partners are the only controllers with over 2 000 different profiles from manufacturers from all around the world so no matter where you purchased your lighting equipment chances are we will have profiles for it which will allow you to control them without a problem 4 Sunlite Importance Summarizing most lighting fixtures and their controllers communicate using a protocol called DMX 512 for a very detailed description of DMX history and technical specs please visit www dmx512 online com Important about DMX and lighting fixtures 1 Lighting fixtures use 1 Separate channel to control every function they can perform one channel to control colors another for gobos another for dimmer another for shutter etc 2 You can use a maximum of 512 channels for every DMX line 3
62. f the grouping tool when using a larger number of fixtures It is possible to assign shortcut keys F1 through F12 on your keyboard to any of these groups All you need to do is right click on the group name to access this feature To trigger a group you need to select the appropriate page and click SHIFT F1 on your keyboard for example Using groups Individual fixture control The Fixtures Group tools allow you to control fixtures individually or using the groups you just created By default this tools will be disabled green arrow above first button on the toolbar There are 3 different modes to use this group individual control fuction LIVE SAVE and SELECT By default group individual control will be disabled automatically after every action To allow continuous group individual control click on Return to Disabled mode last button of the toolbar to unselect it Page 44 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming LIVE mode To use this mode select the second button of the toolbar remember that by default LIVE will be disabled after every action unless you click and unselect the last button Return to disabled Back to our 4 Moving Head example imagine you want to have you 1st group Mo1 Mo3 in cyan and Mo2 Mo4 in red 0 Turn the light beam ON click on CENTER or any movement button 1 Select the LIVE option 2nd button and release the Return to
63. find my pages lf some of your page windows disappeared from your screen simply go to Windows menu Reset Positions Reset to tabs You can also read Windows Positioning under the General Settings chapter for more information Fixtures going crazy 1 DMX addresses Make sure the addresses for your lighting fixtures are the same as those defined within the software controller You can check the addresses from the control software 2 Fixture profiles libraries Sometimes fixtures have different modes that increase the number of channels or swap them around Make sure you are using the right profile for your fixtures 3 DMX cable If you are still having problems try using a different cable make sure it is a good one Page 118 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite VI Appendix 5 Commands summary User s screen Freeze channel Page Live Page toolbar Freeze Short channel level setting Page Live Page toolbar Set F11 levels Enable a manual fading Page Live Page toolbar Manual fading FEATURES Creating a new page Page New page Page Open archive Page Save archive NJO 9 o lt 05 2 Ojo gt gt On Activate or de activate fixtures 3D Page Live Page toolbar Show representation 3D software fixtures in the 3D software Master SPEED reset o SAF Master DIMMER rest oOo oOo M Selectbuton T Shifo B
64. ge 83 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming There are 4 types of controls available horizontal and vertical sliders rotating and regular buttons These controls are available from the Toolbox window Select the desired control from the toolbox and then click on your project to insert a new control Using the Properties window you can for example move resize or change the background image You can also write labels on any control to clearly see its function within the Sunlite Suite software Defining the presets 4 1 3 How to use EasyConsole First of all make sure that the MIDI function is enabled in the starting parameters window Open the window from the Controller menu and go the the Audio Midi tab to activate the function Behringer BCF2000_big Behringer _BCF2000 big 10presets Behringer _BCF2000_ small Behringer BCF2000 small 1O0presets Behringer _BCR2000_big Behringer BCR2000 big 10presets Behringer BCR2Z000_ small Behringer BCRZO00 small 1Opresets Us ebia UC33_5 samaipi EH m Page 84 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Assigning the MIDI controller to the software is very simple Each button or fader must be assigned independently There are two ways to assign to assign a button the regular and the quick method Regular method MIDI Command Presets PRESET 1 yt Parametres MIDI Text info Command J1 Gen Purpose i Cir
65. ght 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 71 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 2 2 6 Pan Tilt Effects As well as using the advanced effects tool to create Pan Tilt effects by creating waves you can create more specific moving effects with the Pan Tilt effects tool As with the other effect manager tools youll need to click light beam on This sends a message to all the relevent shutter iris dimmer channels to show the light beam p Once the tool is switched on start by creating one of the shapes listed and hit play to test your effect Fag E 7 f L S E F oe T To slow speed up your effect change the interval time this changes the time it takes to get from one point to the next Page 72 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Remember to click generate before closing the effect manager 2 3 Color Manager The Color Manager tool is basically a colour editor for RGB or CMY fixtures It allows to create either static or dynamic colour sequences very easily Imagine you want to load a bitmap or simply write a text on your matrix of LEDs Color Manager will help you to make it in a few seconds To open Color Manager click with the right button of your mouse on a color mixing channel in the editor screen Several functions are available let us see know how to use them Color Manager Transpa
66. h expressions are common in the lighting world Example Imagine we have a DMX dimmer that controls a simple light bulb This dimmer is set to DMX address 21 so the lighting fixture will only receive the information from channel 21 and ignore the rest We have a controller that sends a signal through a DMX cable and this cable goes into a decoder the DMX dimmer that receives the signal So if the controller sends the turn on information on channel 21 the dimmer will turn on the light bulb Conventional lighting fixtures simple dimmers require 1 channel of information only However intelligent lighting fixtures require more than 1 channel to work For example if have a lighting fixture that requires 5 channels of information and its DMX address is 21 again address is the first channel used by the fixture then this fixture will use channels 21 22 23 24 25 The decoder knows that the fixture needs 5 channels of information so it will decode 5 channels only and ignore the rest The controller knows the fixture uses 5 channels also so it will send 5 channels of information Example Imagine you have a very simple robotic moving head that uses 5 channels 1 pan 2 tilt 3 color wheel 4 gobo wheel 5 dimmer You set your moving head to address 21 and you tell the controller that you have this particular moving head on address 21 The controller then knows that channel 23 corresponds to color wheel for example If you
67. he controls Once you feel comfortable with the preprogrammed controls in the Demo Moving Head page you will be ready to add your own fixtures and learn more advanced programming techniques We still recommend however that you read this manual consecutively and advise beginner users against jumping in between chapters at this point Page 10 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite 3 Adding your first fixture If you already have an interface connected to the software and you cannot wait to test these movements and effects on your own lighting fixtures or if you want to preview how your own fixtures would work this is how you can add them to the Sunlite software Page menu New page Create a new page Welcome to the New Page wizard You may choose between two diferent kinds of pages Select Create a new page with Scanlibrary wizard Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 11 Sunlite Suite New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 1 9 Welcome to the Scanlibrary wizard This wizard builds a new page using your moving lights and creates preprogrammed buttons Click on Explore and choose a moving light definition file Then click on NEXT to continue I Welcome to Sunlite 2 ma X YET You will be able to browse through the profile library in your computer Search for your manufacturer s folder and then your particular fixture
68. iate programming buttons Note lt a E ihaw ER Sequencer BE tacar D Scurcitc ight BF une Conc J JL JLo Step _ Tha Eam Step neck afore to oepa re cere r mmn S Fi TF Tham nap can fede cr rii babasan sach a hari Ta um the mck you e Pout ai e aa e iion Asi o nol eed he eee i o Fs ane cuip m i a 3 Group Individual control of fixtures Fixture grouping is one of the most powerful tools within our control software As you may have noticed our preprogrammed buttons movement color gobo effect etc operate on all fixtures within a page If you want to have independent control of your lighting fixtures assign each a different color for example you will find our Fixture Group tools very helpful This function is not available in the software s BEGINNER mode To change to EXPERT mode simply go to Controller menu Expert mode Once you are in Expert Mode go to Windows menu Reset positions Reset to tabs Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 41 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming Fixtures You can select and move the Fixturets but no buttons will be affected DISABLE MODE ALL ALL OFF Of Fg Fixtures i3 Fages Fixture positions The sofware allows you to arrange the icons fixtures in any way ideally representing the same layout you have on stage Simply left click and hold on a selected fixture orange while moving it to its new
69. icolaudie All rights reserved Page 33 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Button menu Settings General General Fade Trigger Time before Fade In o00 00 00 3 Trigger Time of Fade In 00 05 00 gS Time Time before Fade Out 000 00 00 Custom Time of Fade Out 0000 05 00 Button Dimmer Speed Scene Cancel Select Scene the last item on the left In this window you can set the fading times for your scenes only Scenes are allowed to have Fade In Out times not Switches 6 Keyboard triggering hotkeys Buttons on the screen can be triggered using your computer s keyboard along with your mouse You can assign any button on the screen to any key on your keyboard To do this you need to go into Button Settings Page 34 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Button Settings Cycle 2 Trigger Trigger key Sii s Trigger key z Flash mode General Trigger _ DMY input 5 score m pe Channel Note i Trigger Midi notes Ra ne C Input ports E Button A _ Active only when the page is displayed _ Active only when the page is selected ma Eyde A some versions may not be able to run this function Select the Trigger option on the left then tick the Trigger key box on the top and assign whatever letter you want Flash mode creates keys which are only active while the keys are physically being pressed
70. ings and adjustments will apply to the whole page and that you will be able to modify them later thus allowing you to change configurations without having to re program all the scenes e g during a touring show Cancel This screen allows you to limit the maximum Pan and Tilt in your moving heads and scanners the wizard will skip this step if your fixtures do not have these properties Setting limits to pan and tilt channels can be useful but we recommend you get familiarized with other controller tools first and then decide if setting limits for the fixtures is what you need to create your lighting effects If it is you can always change these limits from the Page Properties window described later in the manual Page 22 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Ree page we Senay are See To make immediate use of your fictures the wizard helps you create pre programmed buttons Scenes coming from the Shape Library Switches with help from the presets as defined in the fixture library Do you wish to have pre programmed buttons The next screen asks which preprogrammed movements you want to include for moving heads and scanners only Again we recommend you include all movements default selection You may now select the relevant pre programmed scenes and adjust the moving area for the fixtures Show speed fader Moving Area Customize Pre programmed
71. is is an incredibly powerful tool that will both save users time and allow a more precise control during Live applications The following image is an example of a MIDI controller with rotating buttons and faders all of which can be perfectly assigned to work with our software Console x B CONTROL rAcE et ae WPI Ia dateletel ETIT Alali rin eeennnn Lila dusted TETLEY aAa batelitl il i duteletal wrai 141 p Da dahal DE a s lirio J Due l ililili pI IILL Pepa ya i rw ERTEN TE elilal rye ys lililii pent bbl mR Hili F a ditl lrini RYT i l ilil ET RURI l HT Miitl blade CIE I i Hi La ad Hy LLU i ee i i NE amme m M UUU Pp te Libii dy Uo aL Baie A a eS TP ten EEE WET i J uw Page 82 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 4 1 2 First setup your controller on screen The first thing you want to do is draw your MIDI controller on your screen which will simplify its use within the software To make this work a simple white square with faders and buttons can be enough However you can make the screen representation of your controller closer to reality by pasting pictures of it The EasyConsole tool allows you to do that You will be able to draw your controller and then use it with Sunlite
72. ite IV Advanced programming IV Advanced programming 1 Overview This chapter introduces all advanced features of the sofware the editor screen the fade function the external triggering These parts of the sofware require to understand the difference betweeen a scene and a switch to create and edit a new button to record a cycle to arrange the user screen 2 The Editor 2 1 Easy Time 2 1 1 How to use Easy Time Easy Time is an advanced tool which must be used to program movements circle curve If you want to simply create steps it is easier to use Easy Step Easy Time is a tool which enables you to control channels in time Each channel is programmed independently EasyTime has been designed for maximum ease and convenience when programming Scenes and Switches Easy Time is similar to an Excel sheet displaying all the values of each channel in time Channels are shown on a horizontal axis and elapsing time on a vertical axis This grid is called the time sheet Therefore Time sheet therefore globally represents the progress made by all the channels ona specific page from the corresponding Scene or Switch activation onwards _ Om00s00 0n01s00 0n02s00 OmoOss00 mf dern Each line refers to a specific moment since the button was activated Page 58 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming To activate a period of time i e
73. l the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document 1989 2006 Nicolaudie Table of contents I Welcome to Sunlite 1 1 Installing software interface 2 2 Demo shows 1 3 Adding your first fixture 11 4 Sunlite Overview 14 Il Basic programming 19 1 Adding your own fixtures 18 2 Pages and Buttons 24 3 Preprogrammed buttons 26 4 Example create your first scene 29 5 Record Cycles cue lists shows 32 6 Keyboard triggering hotkeys 34 Ill Intermediate programming 37 1 EasyStep scenes 36 2 Channel properties On Off Dimmer 38 3 Group Individual control of fixtures 41 4 The X Y window pan tilt 47 5 Using the MASTER page 50 6 Controlling Speed Size of your scenes 53 7 Multimedia features 57 IV Advanced programming 59 1 Overview 58 2 The Editor 58 2 1 Easy Time 58 2 1 1 How to use Easy Time 58 2 1 2 How to use Easy Time for movement 60 2 1 3 Tools and options 63 2 2 Effect Manager 64 2 2 1 Overview 64 2 2 2 Gradient Editor 65 2 2 3 Colour Mixing 68 2 2 4 RGB Matrix Effects 68 2 2 5 Advanced Effects 70 2 2 6 Pan Tilt Effects 72 2 3 Color Manager 73 2 4 Copy Paste and Phasing 75 3 Fade between scenes 77 4 External trigerring 81 4 1 MIDI Easy Console 82 4 1 1 EasyConsole what is it 82 4 1 2 First setup your controller on screen 83 4 1 3 How t
74. laudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Page Settings General Ea General it a1 Channels BIBL Buttons Compression Extern action and trigg Synchro S Trigger Advanced E Demo Color changer A G some versions may not be able to run this Function Name Synchro kep 1 Start the cycle named SYMCHRO 2 Re start the current cycle 3 Goto the next scene PGDN key 4 Goto the previous scene PGUP key Cs 6 7 Pause the current cycle Play the current cycle Stop the current cycle 8 Not used Page dimmer M Page dimmer Page dimmer Page speed Page speed Page speed C Fage size C Fage size C Fage size J m Of SAOAAANI ADAM OAAAMOAHE IV Advanced programming j So Oo Oe we 4 ri Ln E tu NOOO jp p pl jl jH pj Th Sp cial setting E igl u Group Options cle named SYNCHRO Advanced The Advanced section allows you to assign MIDI commands to a different properties within the page Notice that the 2006 software allows right clicking from the controller page and do a simple LINK TO MIDI devices see Console section in Advanced Programming General E oS Not assigned Page Dimmer a3 Mot assigned Page Speed E d Mot assigned Page Freeze E a Not assigned i General d Channels KA view miT Buttons Compression Extern action and trigg E
75. ller in order to have a general master fader for example Do not forget to save your modifications This is not done Page 86 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming automatically Quick method This is method is really faster and enables to setup 80 of the available features a m Link to MIDI controller Waiting For a MIDI command Click on console Imagine now you want to assign a scene or a switch to a button of the MIDI controller a blackout button for instance Use the shift click function hold the shift key and click with the right button of the mouse on the switch and select Button activation from the Link to Midi Controller option This will open the following window 4 options are available On Off the switch is called when the MIDI command is sent V gt Level specify the minimum MIDI command level to call the switch Level specify the minimum MIDI command level to call the switch V level1 E T Link to MIDI controller Mode action Level syv22Lev iw v1 ai Ve 255 Waiting For a MIDI command Click on console Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 87 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 4 2 MIDI Midi Time Code MTC MIDI TIME CODE input is useful to synchronize a cycle with an incoming MIDI TIME CODE signal In this case the software is said to be Slave and the external system Master The signal can
76. moving heads or scanners A master must be selected and the slaves will follow the same point while it is moving The sofware must learn the stahe dimension and the fixtures positions for this function This is possible by recording points on the stage The more points you record the more efficient is the follow spot Here we can define how many points have to be recorded the default value is 25 5 5 Reset 3D Reset SLMM 2 Windows management The software offers the possibility to split the screen in several windows pages outputs cycles groups Every user can customize the positions and make it easier to use or understand It is possible to display or not some windows to change their positions tabs splitted or to resize them One important thing is the Reset positions function Windows menu that enables to get back to default positions if you can not find a window any more Two options are available reset to default or to tab positions There is also the possibility to lock the screen We recommend to use this function to avoid unattended bad actions Let us see how to arrange the windows and customize the screen Tabs positionning enables to save place on the screen It allows to have a quick access to several windows and have them displayed in a larger size than if the screen was splitted The picture below shows how to modify the position of a window Moving a window requires to click on the title bar of the window and
77. n scene switch or cycle control the SPEED and DIMMER faders Buttons triggering Button Settings My Scene Trigger Trigger key General Trigger key Flash mode General Trigger DMs input 100 C Flash mode Trimer Channel 3 Trigger midi notes all Flash mode ey Time _ Input ports Flash mode Custom Active only when the page is displayed Button iz Active only when the page is selected Dimmer Speed cir Sp A some versions may not be able to run this Function sce cene Cancel Faders control Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 89 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Page Settings MOVING HEAD General m H some versions may not be able to run this Function Fa General vd Channels he S T C But Buttons Compression Name Synchro kep DMX all Midi Channels Midi Note 1 Start the cycle named S MCHR iNo Mo Dall 2 Pe start the current cycle No 1 2 Call 3 Go bo the next scene PGDN kes CN Mo 3 D all 4 Goto the previous scene PGUP mi 4 Tall 5 Pause the current cycle 15 Pall 6 T Zz a lamn amn joan m a a La an Play the current cycle D al Stop the current cycle Dal Mot used en i i Page dimmer Fage dimmer Extern action and trigg Page speed a Cll o L p l1 2 Ls
78. notice there is a VARIED folder where fixtures from small manufacturers are included My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer ke My Network Page 12 Boost Chauvet Cindy Light Clay Paky C Coef Abstract CAC Lighting Acme Active Color Systems C Coemar Actor Mate Color Kinetics Advanced Lighting Sys Cj Contest 3 Alkalite Dts gt American DJ Elation Pro C Elektralite Eliminator Lighting elite StarWay File name Files of type Open as read only Emo Eurolite Eurotech EVL C Exce lighting Fal FEL Fine Art Fly Dragon Flying Funky Futurelight GLP Griw T heng High HO i 2 HuiH Hy 1 i Icon iSo I is 3 Jb lic 38s E Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite After you find your lighting fixture in the manufacturer folders you will need to set the starting DMX address and number of fixtures if you do not know the meaning of starting DMX address please read Appendix A DMX Review before you continue New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 2 9 Enter the DMX starting address the number of fixtures and the moving shortcut keys Then click on NEXT to continue Starting DMX address 1 End OMA address 18 Number of fotures 1l Matrix DMX universe rines 1 USB DMX 1 i a e Keyboard mode ES i Shortcuts qwerty intema
79. nt if at some point in the time sheet two channels have a similar value then two hours and a few minutes or seconds later they will have this value again simultaneously channels are always synchronized If EasyTime programming time is different for all the channels not all of them end up in the same line then they will not recur simultaneously each channel will work independently each channel behaves as if it had its own loop and stands totally de synchronized This function is extremely powerful if de synchronized channels are used you will get Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 63 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming seemingly random combinations which are ideal if you wish to brightly illuminate light garlands a ceiling or a solo on the drums 2 2 Effect Manager 2 2 1 Overview The Effect Manager is an extremely powerful tool which allows you to easily create stunning effects with your lights without having to go through the laborious process of programming each individual step and scene Once you have created your effect with these simple to use tools you just need to click generate and the software will automatically create the steps required _ Effect Manager Y m a ee ean The Effect Manager adapts it s self depending on the fixtures you are using To demonstrate the capabilities of this tool we ll start by using a matrix of generic RGB LED colour mixing fixtures
80. nual means you have to specify the delay manually with the cursor Other options are pre programmed delays taking the number of fixtures into account 3 Fade between scenes lt is possible to fade from one scene to another one For instance this is really useful to go from one position to another one very slowly to open close the dimmer of your lights A few things need to be checked before to start programming our 2 scenes First of all the FADE function must be allowed on the channels we want to use To do so we open the Page Settings window from the menu and we go to the Channels tab see below Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 77 Sunlite Suite New Page Open archive IV Advanced programming Alt hy Alk C Save archive Duplicate Rename a a a Merge a Delete 1 Regenerate pre programmed Buttons Settings Arrange nile b Live toolbar Page Display Print l Print preview b v Display the page SPOT 575 El General a Channels C Show FadeDimme f Show patch 1 16 SP1 lt a3 SPOT 575 55 Tea SPT T 8 amp lt Page 78 Se iul Ae He He ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ai 2 a gt SPT pes 34a SPT 4 cap SPT BSP 1 Color E SP1Gobol SPTRotGobo o SPTGobo2 9 SP1 Shutter 10S P1Oinrnert 11 SP1Focus 12 SP 1FPriem 13 SFP15pecial 14 SP1Movement 15 S5FP1Spee
81. o Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 53 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming Button menu Button Settings Select the Dimmer Speed tab and select which fader you want to show in that particular button Button Settings Dimmer 100 700 General my Trigger E3 Time fanr Dimmer Speed sce Show a fader into the Button C Show no fader Show the Dimmer tader O Show the Speed fader Draw the fader on the Bottom Settings Dimmer Proportional Minimum Masimu C Offset amp C Offset DM Use the minimum and masimum levels of each channel _ Force this function to work on all channels Settings Speed _ Force this function to work on all channels Cancel The Speed function lf you want to increase or decrease the speed of a sequence Easy Time or Easy Step in real time you must use the SPEED function This feature allows you to modify the speed property without editing the button Even when the fader position is saved for each button none of these changes are saved inside the original program You should see a SPEED fader in preprogrammed buttons that control movement color wheel rotation gobo rotation strobe etc The Dimmer function Page 54 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming This function allows you to modify easily the DMX level of certain channels in real time You should see a
82. o the computer You should see 3 LEDs turn on green yellow and red Green should be blinking slowly Yellow should be completely on Red should be blinking fast If none of the LEDs are on check the back of the interface there is a small switch that turns power ON OFF If only the yellow LED is on then your interface is broken please contact your retailer to have it replaced 2 Check software interface communication Connect the interface to the computer BEFORE you start the software After you open the software the green LED should start blinking fast If you go to the menu then About a popup window will appear with our logo in it You should be able to read software name and a release date for the software If there is good communication between the software and the interface you should see a description of your interface inside this box as well If the green LED is not blinking fast or you do not see the red letter description there is no communication between the software and the interface You probably did not install the drivers correctly 3 Check the interface drivers If you are using Windows XP reconnect your interface to any USB port a different one if possible Windows will tell you whether the hardware found is new or already installed in your computer If itis new the NEW HARDWARE WIZARD window will appear Insert the installation CD in your computer and select Automatic Search if you do not have the in
83. o the desired position notice that the light beam follows this movement 4 Repeat for all of your fixtures 5 Save a new scene switch AS YOU SEE NOW You may have noticed that if you double click on the X Y button for a fixture your position will be lost The reason is that once the X Y button is unselected the position information is lost If you want to retrieve that position information you need to press Alt on your keyboard while clicking on the unselected X Y button for each fixture Retrieving positions 1 Start a movement switch CIRCLE TILT etc 2 Press the X Y switch for fixture 1 for example and move it to a desired fixed position while the rest of the fixtures continue their preprogrammed movement 3 Click on the X Y switch for fixture 1 to unselect it allowing fixture 1 to continue the preprogrammed movement 4 Press Alt on your keyboard while clicking on the X Y switch for fixture 1 notice how pressing Alt makes the light beam go back to the position assigned previously Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 47 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming kaia une moving head aaa 1 e mim a Example The following example will show you how to create two fixed position scenes within the Master page using the Demo Moving Head page and 3D Demo stage Your first scene will have all light beams pointed to the drum set while the second to the music keyboard on the stage Furth
84. o use EasyConsole 84 4 2 MIDI Midi Time Code MTC 88 4 3 DMX 89 4 4 Clock and Calendar 90 4 5 Contact closure 92 4 6 Audio Analysis 94 5 Page settings 96 V General settings 104 1 Starting parameters 103 2 Windows management 104 3 Backup Technical support 106 4 Setting up multiple DMX universes 107 4 1 Using the USB interfaces 107 4 2 Using the IP interfaces 108 4 3 Using the Art Net protocol 110 VI Appendix 112 1 DMX512 brief description 111 2 Accessories 114 3 IP Ethernet configuration 115 4 Troubleshooting 117 5 Commands summary 119 Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite Welcome to Sunlite Prologue Thank you for your interest in the Sunlite control software Our User Manual is divided into the following chapters 1 Welcome to Sunlite Quick start guide Overview 2 Basic Programming 3 Intermediate Programming 4 Advanced Programming 5 General Settings Appendices In this manual the most elemental concepts of lighting control are presented early on followed by increasingly more complicated software tools and functions as the manual progresses Though our software is designed to be simple to use and intuitive to learn we strongly recommend beginner users to read this manual consecutively starting from the first chapters and so on Intermediate and advanced programmers will usually skip through sections without a problem This first chapter gives users a quick overall look at our software essenti
85. oolbar Dimmer fader to change this value if you want You can also add a small fader to the button To do this select your new button nnd go to Button menu Button Settings Dimmer Speed tab Then select Show the Dimmer fader Draw the fader on the button Use the minimum and maximum levels of each channel There you go now you have a button with a fader that controls the DMX output between 100 and 200 for a particular channel only You can verify the DMX signal from the OUTPUTS window black area at the bottom of the controller Setting minimum and maximum dimmer levels is necessary for example when using a channel controlling a shutter e g Blackout from 0 to 99 Dimmer from 100 to 200 and Strobe from 201 to 255 This way you can have several faders within the same channel each controlling a particular fragment of the whole DMX range The Size function This function allows you to increase or decrease the size of a movement Imagine a scene with a simple tilt movement If you want to reduce the amplitude of the movement without editing your scene you must use the SIZE function from the Toolbar All you need to do is move the fader on the toolbar while the scene is running You will be able to see the changes in real time on your fixtures Page Dimmer and Speed You can also use the DIMMER and SPEED functions as global parameters for the entire page Page menu Display Live toolbar page Make sure that you ke
86. orget to set the starting parameter AUDIO to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox _ TIME CODE IN A cyde can be synchronised by the MIDI TIME CODE input To use this function do not forget to set the starting parameter MIDI IN to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox TIME CODE OUT The Time code of the current cycle is sent to the MIDI out MIDI TIME CODE 25 frames To use this function do not forget to set the starting parameter MIDI OUT to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox Extern action and trigg E Synchro ms Trigger Advanced C WAIT Automatically activates the PAUSE function when a cycle is started Special setting ft Group Options a Trigger Keep in mind that these features act on he current page only and can be assigned differently in other pages some specific features can be triggered either by the computer mouse shortcut keys DMX input channels For instance it is possible to start a cycle stop it go to the next scene this is a very important feature for theatre applications There is always the possibility to play pause stop a cycle with a simple action and makes it very powerful and easy to use For example if we wanted to play the selected cycle with the SPACE bar we would have to select 6 Play the current cycle feature and activate the Key control before selecting the SPACE bar from the pull down menu as shown in the picture above Page 100 Copyright 2006 Nico
87. password protect certian program features disabling them without the proper password For instance this can be used in a club to have the light jockey only use the program without deleting or programming anything Several levels are available but you can also select the custom level and specify which are the available functions Beginner mode The sofware can be run in 2 modes advanced and beginner In this section sofware restrictions can be setup for the beginner mode Many options windows management menus or functions buttons editing cycle recording can be disabled for the beginner mode Audio Midi To use the audio audio analysis and midi triggering Easy Console MTC several options must be selected in this section The 1st option enables you to read the audio signal from the sound card the 2nd one enables you to read MIDI informations and the last one to send MIDI information to another device Pages priority Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 103 Sunlite Suite V General settings Here we can setup the priority level between the MASTER page and the sub pages There are 3 levels LTP the last action takes the priority MASTER the MASTER page has always the priority Sub pages the sub pages always have the priority Color settings Here we can define the colors for the buttons Scenes switches cycles Follow spot The follow spot function enables to create a follow spot with
88. pens our profile library The second Create a blank page adds an empty page of DMX channels in the software configuration for these blank pages is described in later chapters New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 1 9 Welcome to the Scanlibrary wizard This wizard builds a new page using your moving lights and creates preprogrammed buttons Click on Explore and choose a moving light definition file Then click on NEXT to continue Cancel The first Explore button allows you to search the library of profiles installed in your computer along with the software The second Explore button is a link to our online library We recommend you look for your profiles within your computer first and if you can t find them then go online The third button opens the Scanlibrary Editor This is an aditional software tool that allows you to construct or modify your own profiles Please read the Scanlibrary Editor manual for more information on how to create personalized profiles Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 19 Sunlite Suite My Recent Documents My Documents Wty Computer My Network can ilii Il Basic programming Boost Emo i varied 4 Chauvet gt Eurolite GLP Abstract 9 Cindy Light Eurotech i Griv CAC Lighting Clay Paky EVL hern gt Acme C Coef C Exce lighting High Active Color Systems Ci Coemar Fal HO 3 Actor Mate Color Kinetics FEL I Hui Advance
89. pin 10 is not used Several things can be triggered by ports Buttons triggering Button Settings Cycle 1 sas General T Trigger a Time jee Cycle Trigger Trigger key Trigger key Trigger Available only in First Class C DM input T Input ports 3 Boxi PORTI Flash mode 1 Boxi NEST A 2 Boxi PREVIOUS Midi notes 3 Boxi FORTI 4 Boxi PORTZ 5 Boxi PORTS _ Active only when the pa Boxi PORT4 Active only when the pas set eee 3 Boxi PORT I0 Boxi PORTS Oo 11 Box NEXT o K Cancel l2 Boxe PREVIOU Cycles triggering Page 92 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming lt is possible to trigger the playback function of the cycles in a page To do that we must open the Page Settings window and go to the Trigger tab Several options are available play and stop the current cycle jump to previous and next steps Pape Settings Demo Moving Head x El General rh Channels Bur Buttons E Synchro try Trigger Options fm Group Compression A Available only in First Class Midi Midi Name kep 0 Ms Input Forts TA Start the cycle named SYNCHRO T No a 2 ae SC a Ee 2 Re start the current cycle Mo 2 Tal iz 3 Boxi Ports I 3 Go to the next scene PODON key T No xj E 3 ajl E Al ajl amp Iw 4 Box Ports3 4 Goto the previous sc
90. ption 3rd button and unselect Return to disable last button 2 Select the Mo1 Mo3 group 3 Activate the Color Cyan button on the page 4 Click on Invert selection to the left of ALL OFF or select unselect manually Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 45 Sunlite Suite li Intermediate programming 5 Activate the Color Red button on the page 6 Disable SAVE 1st button of the toolbar If you look closely at your 2 color buttons red and cyan you will see a small S flag inside This means that a group or individual fixture was assigned and saved into the button which will not be disabled even when the SAVE mode is no longer active If you wish to reset your preprogrammed buttons back to normal you need to redo the SAVE procedure except this time you need to select ALL fixtures before you assign them to the button Using the SELECT mode explained below allows you to reset groups in your preprogrammed buttons also Remember that unless you change them preprogrammed buttons work on all fixtures within the page SELECT mode The SELECT mode works in a very similar way as the SAVE mode except backwards In SAVE we first selected the group then we selected in what button we wanted It assigned In SELECT mode we first choose the button and then we assign a group to it This tool is very useful when you have a large number of fixtures and complicated groups because you can see the groups
91. rence _ Prel s s lechonn s Ao gid B Assistant T Affiche l identification des projecteurs Basic tools The basic tools are situated in the Tools area of the window You can find the main functions available in a bitmap designer and select a color for each fixture very quickly Each fixture is represented by a square on the left side You can display the name of each of them by clicking on Display fixtures identification Several tools are available Select pixel and Select area the first one allows to select fixtures one by one the second allows to select several fixtures simultaneously Pen and Paint bucket to paint one or several pixels with the selected colour Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 73 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Line Rectangle Circle to draw a line a rectangle or a circle Pipette to pick a color from the fixtures area Copy Paste to copy or paste pixels Load an image to draw an image BMP JPG with your fixtures You must use the colour picker to change the colour of the selected pixel s You can also enter the RGB values manually Text wizard The text wizard allows to write easily a text on your matrix You can make either static or scrolling text choose the font the background color You must click on the T button Wizard area to open the following window Scrolling text MY TEXTI Font
92. right blue This window allows to make a break to increase the speed of the fade to jump to the end of the fade or to go back to the beginning Please note that you can make this window visible or not by clicking on Fade from the Windows menu Page 80 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming O2s05 O2s05 O2s05 Please keep in mind that the FADE function is not available on channels which have been programmed with the ON OFF mode This is very useful to make some channels fading or not in a scene Imagine you want to fade from one position to another one with your fixtures but you want to change the gobo without fading in the same scene The gobo channel must be programmed with the ON OFF mode or the FADE function Page Settings window must be disable on this channel 4 External trigerring Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 81 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 4 1 MIDI Easy Console 4 1 1 EasyConsole what is it EasyConsole is a new powerful tool for LIVE control It allows users to connect any MIDI controller to the software and assign numerous features to it It is possible to control the speed or size of a sequence jump from page to page select a particular button freeze all DMX channels and many others Once your show has been programmed with the software it is very easy to assign it to the MIDI controller s faders and buttons Th
93. rved Page 15 I Welcome to Sunlite Sunlite Suite i io a ia a i i i a E ay eT nth i ANA G Area po Ee raa bain scone i FA T am Faa J a a lt H ene 2th eae T sol mm s en a m eA el A A AA A DA O LAA Dai AAAA a G ald a AAA Aaa L N g fae sii La eee A kaaa aa i See Scanlibrary Editor color Create your own profiles or modify existing profiles for lighting fixtures All effects are included gobo Preview your profiles using our 3D visualizer etc prism gobo rotation Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 16 Sunlite Suite i WOVING HEAD SS ScanLiterary 2006 Fe Wietkes Opies Lra F ashan Tepe ed chee ree 1 Pai re j a Pan T i E a as cms a ATTY hel me Po fa Fy Fa Y GRe eSlOnh Oo ith m R inm ie ba H Er mE ya Fa aie ro b i w aie b d l F n j i i zm ue wy L3 L E Pree bes pi re af wo Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Fimta Mew Got Dect pramt o gal ED AD ED AD ED Ab ED Gal ED E ED DS a ED ai E aoe ea aoe oe oe a ali Pa ET IE TAU HET E H ET e SS a a id a a Fd Ee E ae Ein Er Lan ed ie HEM ie Em E I Welcome to Sunlite Jed Page 17 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming ll Basic progr
94. see an even gradient between blue and green You may wish for the gradient to be long at the beginning and then short To achieve this we can create a gradient step by double clicking on a particular part of the gradient A point will then appear You can drag this point along to change the gradient Double dick on the area to add a new gradient step Adding a colour to a gradient You can use the points to add multiple colours to the gradient For example we may want the gradient to fade from blue to white and then from white to green This can be achieved by selecting the point and changing the colour from the dropdown box Double cick on the area to add a new gradient step If you are unhappy with the points added simply select the point and click the delete button Remember to click generate before closing the effect manager Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 67 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming 2 2 3 Colour Mixing The colour mixing tool is the easiest way to create complex colour effects Firstly switch the tool on and select an effect Click the preview button to see how your final effect will look k Ts Color mixi lor mi ing P A M EL EEE Lm You can vary the size speed and direction of the effect as well as changing the colours used by clicking the pallet icon You can also change the number of colours used Remember to click generate before closing the effect manag
95. stallation CD go to the Support Downloads section in our website Click Continue Anyway when Windows asks you about verification After this Windows should tell you that your device is ready to be used Restart the software and check communication previous step 4 Double check interface drivers If during the installation of the drivers when asked about Windows verification and compatibility you selected Stop installation instead of Continue anyway the drivers will not be installed correctly To check if the drivers were installed correctly you should go into Windows Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager You will see a list that includes all USB devices If the interface is connected and the drivers are installed correctly the name of the device will be Intelligent Usb Dmx Interface If on the contrary you read Unknown device with a yellow exclamation point next to it the drivers are not installed correctly To fix this Uninstall unknown device Disconnect USB interface wait a couple seconds and reconnect The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear just follow the instructions previous step Make sure you select Continue anyway when asked about Windows verification and compatibility Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 117 Sunlite Suite VI Appendix 5 Test on a different computer If nothing seems to work please try testing on a different PC before contacting yo
96. the moment you release your finger from the keyboard they will automatically become inactive only works with Switches not Scenes Try this FLASH key option with the Strobe effect for example A useful shortcut to assign keyboard triggering 1 Activate the button by clicking on it with your mouse 2 Simultaneously press the CTRL key and the letter key that you want to use Note A key is defined as any character on your keyboard i e q and Q are different so are 3 and etc This allows you to have around 90 hotkeys from your keyboard You will see that a small blue letter the one you pressed on your keyboard will appear inside the button Every time you press this key that button will be activated and inactivated if it is a Switch lf you assign the same letter on the same button twice the shortcut letter inside the button will turn green which represents FLASH keys explained above You can only use a key once within each page but you can use the same key on multiple pages This allows you to trigger effects simultaneously across all your lighting fixtures i e try the red color or the closed shutter etc across multiple pages The Master page makes this simultaneous control much easier and will be explained in the following chapter Note Touchscreens MIDI devices DMX wings and IO keypads can also trigger any button within the Sunlite software as you can see inside the Button Settings window Thes
97. tion between the software and the interface you are done lf you cannot read the interface description this means you probably purchased a simple IP DMX converter and forgot to also connect the USB interface for the software If you go into the CONTROLLER menu then STARTING PARAMETERS you will be able to set the universe for each USB DMX or IP DMX interface Changing the IP address of the interface If you wish to change the IP address for the Ethernet interface default 192 168 1 20 you need to do this from the Stand Alone software included in the installation CD Connect the interface directly to your computer using the cross over Ethernet cable provided and set your computer s IP interface within the same subnet as the interface 192 168 1 xx Start the Stand Alone software Go to the TOOLS menu then IP ETHERNET OPTIONS The password is JULS In that window you will find LAN settings Make all desired changes and close the Stand Alone software Disconnect the interface from your computer and using a regular Ethernet cable not provided connect the interface to your network router When you start the Sunlite software you should see the same red description for the interface as you did when they were connected directly Page 116 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite VI Appendix 4 Troubleshooting Software and or interface do not work 1 Check the USB interface Connect the interface t
98. tional Type Head Number of channels 18 Resolution 16 bits 4 DMX channels Note The shortcut keys allow you to move each fixture using the mouse Then simply click NEXT to all the options that the wizard presents not important at the moment but will be explained in detail in later sections in the manual You re done Now you have 2 pages the DEMO MOVING HEAD and your MANUFACTURER FIXTURE Assuming your lighting fixtures are connected and addressed correctly everything shown in the 3D visualizer should be simultaneously happening with your real lighting fixtures If you think you have everything setup correctly and are still having problems please refer to Appendix D Troubleshooting There you go Keep reading the manual to learn how to program more elaborate lighting scenes shows effects Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 13 Sunlite Suite I Welcome to Sunlite 4 Sunlite Overview The following chapter will provide an Overview of the entire Sunlite Suite package The main goal of this chapter is to give you a better idea of Sunlite s full potential Easy View Our real time 3D visualizer which will show you all of your lighting effects on your computer screen in the same way they would look if your actual lighting fixtures were connected to the computer Ideal to pre program without lighting fixtures Create your own stages adding objects and textures making them as realistic as
99. ttings V General settings 1 Starting parameters The software has several global parameters ethernet audio midi outputs that are loaded at startup These settings can be modified by the user with the Starting parameters window To open it go to the Controller menu and select Starting parameters 3 sections are available Hardware Options and Other Here is a description of the different settings available Outputs The sofware can control up to 50 universes simultaneously depending on the version This section enables you to patch these universes to the outputs USB DMxX interface IP_DMX or ethernet Every universe has to be linked to a single output If you want to control your lights 2048 channels with the Art Net protocol you should specify universe 1 on PC Ethernet 1 output universe 2 on PC Ethernet 2 and so on DMX inputs It is possible to connect any DMX controller to the software depening on the version to control some features like SPEED DIMMER to start buttons or to record a sequence 10 universes can be linked to the sofware and must be patched in this section Ethernet network The SLNETWORK feature enables you to control DMX interfaces that are connected to another computer in the same network This function must be enabled in this section by selecting the Activate Network facility option There is also the option of setting up the IP address of the slave computer Protections Here you can
100. u can press different buttons simultaneously For example you can select the Circle movement then add a Blue color then add a Star gobo then add a Prism effect then add Gobo Rotation then fix a couple fixtures in a defined position and so on 4 Example create your first scene Overview This section provides a step by step example to create a simple lighting scene with the DEMO moving heads If you have some kind of scanner or moving head already connected to your Sunlite controller you can use the preprogrammed buttons for your own fixtures Step 1 Turn lamps ON The first thing you want to do is turn ON your lighting fixtures This can be done in a number of ways However the most convenient at this moment is to click on the Center button This will make the lamps to turn ON move Pan and Tilt to 50 light beam straight out from the base with Open Gobo and Open Color white This should be your starting position for most simple scenes Note Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 29 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming Demo Moving H TE INIT x Display KEYBOARD activation Step 2 Adjust beam positions Using the X Y buttons you can adjust the position of any of the beams coming from your fixtures There will be 1 button for each fixture Simply click on one button then move the red arrow inside the white area then click on the next button move the red arrow and so on
101. unlite Suite Il Basic programming Color gobos effects etc Depending on the features of individual lighting fixtures there will be a button that will correspond to every function that a lighting fixture can perform You can visualize most of these in the 3D window The ones that you cannot visualize like macros for example still have a button on the screen that would trigger the lighting effect if the real lighting fixture was connected to the computer Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 27 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming COLOR HOTGOBRO 2 SHUTTER a With the X Y buttons you can define a fixed position for the light beam of any scanner or moving head There will be one X Y button for each fixture in the page so that each can be controlled individually The X Y buttons control only the pan and tilt channels and not the dimmer iris etc that are necessary to have a visible light beam For this reason we recommend you use any preprogrammed Movement button in particular CENTER to have a visible beam first and then move your fixtures to their position Take Page 28 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming RGB If your lighting fixture has RGB or CMY capability there will be a Color Wheel button that will allow you to select the color displayed by the fixtures and the intensity of the light beam As we explained earlier yo
102. ur retailer to get an exchange Typically you should only ask for an exchange if No LEDs turn on even when you have moved the power switch in the back of the interface Only the yellow LED turns on The drivers seem to be installed correctly but the interface software does not work and the Device Manager name for the USB device is SUIDI OUT instead of Intelligent Usb Dmx Interface Scenes Switches do not work If you find problems using your scene and switch buttons check for the following common solutions 1 Deactivate all buttons Double click on the INIT scene in each page all buttons should be deactivated Then start using your buttons from zero and find which button brings the problem at hand 2 Disable LIVE mode If you are using the LIVE mode in the FIXTURES GROUP tool to control fixtures individually within each page you will not be able to deactivate switches This could seem like the actual Switches are not working All you need to do is make sure the LIVE mode feature is disabled then everything will be back to normal 3 AUTO DMX output window At the bottom of your screen you can see the DMX output for the controller You can force a channel to have a particular output from this window apart from the signal coming from your scenes and switches lf your buttons don t seem to work make sure all channels have the AUTO property assigned right click at the base of the channel to change this property cannot
103. ures within each page and also you can have any number of pages The power behind these PAGES is to control fixtures together simultaneously which allows for very easy programming Fixtures can also be controlled independently if you want as explained in Chapter 4 Intermediate Programming Page 24 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming EARE Oe MASTER on fy i f ea 017 886 j ma Demo Color changer YTES SUL i Demo LED Ss Lo ea ab 300 374 _ Demo Moving Head E c fir g 2 190 261 e Co Demo Scanner f E E E A i 2 Demo traditional li EL poneo Bae f Do not worry about the options available within this window for the moment as they will be explained later in the manual and are not necessary to understand the basics of the software Buttons There are 3 different types of buttons each with their own properties Scenes yellow buttons Switches red buttons Cycles blue buttons Scenes A Sunlite SCENE is a button that typically recalls a combination of functions and effects sometimes known as a cue or look it can be movement with colors gobos prisms etc There can be 1 and only 1 Scene selected at a time inside each Page This means that every new Scene that you activate will release the previous scene Switches Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 25 Sunlite Suite Il Basic programming A
104. utton Delete Alt D Button Settings Alt P Button Edit Alt E ou Ctrl click Delete shorteut ODl Implement new shortcut J Cid Crit key Assign a MIDI shortcut display MIDI Ctrl Note MIDI activation Assign a PORT shortcut display Ctrl Port PORT activation Assign a DMX shortcut display Ctrl DMX DMX activation Move a button if enabled on Shift right click button toolbar of selected button Live button toolbar of selected button Live button toolbar ep U m m O TH Tni 1 T TH TH TI T TI TI O 5 mM m O DIMMER of selected button Live button toolbar DIMMER of selected button Live button toolbar Display a scroll menu Button Shift right click Editor screen Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 119 Sunlite Suite VI Appendix Gosean save oo oas O Ciosewithoutsavng o aeo O Channel level display n DMX vawe Cmo Channelleveldisplayin lt lt o o mP O No channekleveldispay lt O on o Visualize ight hand part of the RIGHT pointer channel list Visualize left hand part of the LEFT pointer mames e Display preset list Right click on channel pew o a Adjust several similar type of Shift click channels to the same value e g Pan Shutter Cycles FEATURES EQUIVALENT MENUS SHORTCUTS GO forward Oooo PageDown GObackward O oS o Page Up a
105. vailable in the SOUND TO LIGHT tab Audio analysis et e When Audio Analysis program operates as background task the following icon appears on the Windows toolbar BaT 2 By double clicking this icon you may open the complete window so as to modify parameters included in BPM and SOUND TO LIGHT tabs Let us have a closer look at both of these features BPM Page 94 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Audio analysis Sirs a Sound to light BPI BPM Ful Analysis Aaaa O Manual Leaming s 3 J rl i rT E Bt iy Sound to Light The following window appears on screen Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 95 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Filters Settings Low pass High pass i LS Band pass Frequency 1 Frequency 2 The three filters may be personalized independently 5 Page settings The PAGE SETTINGS window contains all global options for each page It is important to understand the different options available Simple options like buttons size and font can be customized and advanced otions as well patch compression buttons arrangement triggering channels and fixture options etc General In the General section you can basically do 2 things 1 Change the DMX Universe for your page which means shift the addressing by increments of 512
106. xture If you want to paste the same sequence to more than one fixture you have to select Advanced and then select the fixtures Three options are available All means that the sequence is pasted to all same fixtures Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 75 Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Selected group means that the sequence is pasted only to the fixture of the selected group Specified fixtures below you can select the fixtures one by one The phasing tool allows to easily create a wave with your scanners or a rainbow effect with your CMY colour changers Basically this new tool allows to copy some channels from a fixture to the other one However there is an advanced option which helps you to add a delay between each fixture for the selected sequence How to create a wave or a rainbow effect mO0s00 PRES In iist0 BEES mO2s00 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 ae ce 109 EEE BE E ee EEA OFF oFF oFF OFF dii DEL o if POPE i 3 3 y yyy o lt lt Page 76 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite IV Advanced programming Once we have made this we can copy the PAN amp TILT channels and paste to one fixture The Copy Paste window appears and we must select Advanced to access the phasing function After having selected Phasing only with EasyTime or EasyStep channels you must specify the type of phasing Ma
107. xture Symmetric movement and you can also limit the maximum pan tilt prevent light from hitting walls people etc 6 Change address change the patch for a fixture s starting address 7 Update the library profile of the selected fixture Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 97 Sunlite Suite Demo Moving Head General 190 207 Mo1 lt a gt moving ai PAGE zaj 208 225 Mo2 244 251 Mot General A view al Buttons Compression Extern action and trigg E Synchro my Trigger Advanced Special setting ty Group Options e gt moving head IV Advanced programming Show patch Show Fade Dimmer lt z gt moving head Intelligent lighting moving head ssl lt r gt moving head Prefix E Enable FADE function T e i Enable SPEED function To E Enable DIMMER function Channel patch i30 14 a Buttons The Button section allows you to define the font and size of the buttons on your page This is very useful if you need larger buttons because you have a very small screen because you are using a touchscreen monitor etc Demo Moving Head General Fa General v Default od Channels A view iste Buttons zi Compression Auto button size and font Extern action and trigg E Synchro 3 Trigger Advanced Sp cial setting fy Group Options Button size Page 98

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