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1. IMAN VELO E ED E I mL 4 Preset C Fade Time Wei Di Ex ITI ITI DO cio RN INIA Preset D Fade Time an MN roo rara HN OH xum nou pe DO ESENES ER TE E E E Du V nV nun yy PH Ay au Et r IBENSSSEENI DIE 000000 WII Preset D Blind Auto Hold C D FADE TIMES IN OUT SEC 0 0 SEC C FLASH D FLASH i dE E C D 00000000000 C D PRESET MASTERS LBX In a normal 2 scene preset desk there are two sets of faders one usually controls the Live or on stage scene whilst the other is for setting up a Blind or off stage scene A Crossfade takes place when the preset master faders for these rows are moved together Although there may for example be a total of 72 faders across these two rows it is in effect only a 36 channel x 2 preset desk Using LBX s Auto Hold feature 72 channels can be assigned to a single scene with the added bonus of a second preset and Submaster facility In fact a maximum of 96 channels per scene can be used if Submasters are not required A blind scene is set up as the following example shows 1 Make sure the C D Preset master fad
2. H el BREE elt ale LS 1 1 CHANNEL 24 wl CHANNELS25 36 Keck yet ea EF EE EERE KHOE TEE guy Vu Vyyy gun GREY gH E 2 E ABBA IEEE UD Preset C Fade Time MASTERS 1 12 MASTERS 13 24 38 Preset D Fade Time EF E Ji i EEE EE Si PEPER IN aah FPF E Preset D 110 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 96 x 1 Scene All faders are assigned as channels and are mastered by Preset C in Preset 0 Subs the C D Masters panel No Submaster faders are assigned but external Submasters will function if Communiqu software is installed SETUP Console Channel Control Mode DIRECT 1 DIGIT ON Level 100 Effect Trigger AUDIO BASS BEAT DMX IN Mode OFF Submaster Fade times MANUAL External Subs Scale 100 LBX Mode 96 x 1 SCENE PRESET 0 SUB AN II CC am OCN CC AN Moa MAA MEA MAA IIIIIIIII MAA dea el AAA AAA 1 4 di Preset C Fade Time ITE Preset D Fade Time ys Ema 11100000N am Dugg 888 an D Enn gERRE E BED Gud 4j
3. 2 22 7HnlI Wemn mWU T Hn nlH l nlMml mms n ls e e e LCE EE lite are UH neues j l m s l ma te SH la EEE E 4 E 4 4 4 ER SERE E uL 1 1 i 1 EE AE l l l l l l l I l l ullis 2 SR E hd Se hd T T w uc 3 Unlike recording cues there is no over record warning when recording Submasters Setti ng Times With default recorded times the Submaster contents will be faded in manually by the movement of the Submaster fader Alternatively the qd d SUB command can be supplemented with a TIME command for both SUB TIME fade in and fade out values SUB 12 TIME 10 RECORD RECORD SUB 12 TIME 10 lt gt fi SUB 10 TIME 5 8 RECORD RECORD SUB 10 TIME 5 8 lt gt Submasters 73 Previewi ng Submaster contents can be viewed and edited in the SUBMASTERS Submasters screen The menu access route is shown in the figure below CHAN 1 FX 1 CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE DISPLAY MEMORY MENU CUES SUBS FX WM SUBMASTERS MENU SUBMASTER 1 HIGHLIGHT BOX CLEAR r 09 00 00 lor 108 93 SUBMASTERS 195 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 CHANNELS WINDOW 051 52 53 5
4. This mode operates in a similar manner to the 72 x 1 scene mode but offers a maximum channel capacity of 96 instead of 72 with no Submaster facility Blind scene facilities are also available in this mode by using the Auto Hold feature as described earlier in this chapter LBX 111 48 X 2 Scene Preset 0 Subs 112 All top row faders are assigned as channels 1 48 mastered by Preset C All bottom row faders are assigned as channels 1 48 mastered by Preset D A dipless Crossfade is achieved by moving both C D Preset Master faders together No Submaster faders are assigned but external Submasters will function if Communiqu software is installed SETUP Console Channel Control Mode DIRECT 1 DIGIT ON Level 100 Effect Trigger AUDIO BASS BEAT DMX IN Mode OFF Submaster Fade times MANUAL External Subs Scale 100 LBX Mode 48 x 2 SCENE PRESET 0 SUB P E Ele 1 CHANNELS 13 24 il CHANN A AA E A A SE h Preset C Time es do Preset D Time S oa eae A eee E oo Et Porat rood nooo 11111 DEREEEU VERE
5. Software Installation diagram below and gives an overall picture of what is going on at all times CURRENT SYSTEM DATE TIME UNRECORDED CUES GRAND MASTER LEVEL 09 00 00 01 08 93 OUTPUT 200 Free cues 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 O8 O9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 GER S 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 54 85 80 9 80 09 YU Y 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 X Playback Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop WHEEL X PLAYBACK WINDOW LEVEL Submasters P A B PLAYBACK EFFECT SUBMASTERS WINDOW Pombow UE OUTPUT 4 CHANNEL CONTROL ACTIVE COMMAND ENTRY AREA The CHANNELS window shows which channels are currently in use and their respective levels Level changes are highlighted in various colours and this is covered in the Channel Control chapter under Channel Activity The X PLAYBACK window shows a list of all the cues currently fading on the Automatic X Playback and whether they are Cross or Move fades The A B PLAYBACK window shows which cues are currently loaded into the manual A B Playback The SUBMASTERS window shows which Submasters are active and of what type they are The EFFECTS TYPE window shows if any effects are currently running The WHEEL LEVE
6. Submasters A B Playback 5 Repeat 3 and 4 to assign channels 4 to 8 to FX 1 Steps 4 to 8 Y our Effects Sheet should now look like the figure below Effects Sheet Type Dir Fade T Step T CHASE CHASE 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 ubmasters A B Playback 6 Leave all other fields at their default settings for the moment Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Running the To run the effect it must be loaded into one of the three Effects Effect Playbacks We shall only be loading one in this section 1 Press FX and 1 on the keypad to select effect number 1 CH 2 Press key 1 on the Playback to load the effect The LOADED Ee M 4 and SELECTED LEDs will light along with the FWD and CHASE LEDs 3 Press GO to run the effect The whole effect will fade in over a 5 second period and steps will be at 0 5 second intervals eege 1 2 3 OUTPUT LEVELS LOADED LED Red COS A AM FX MASTE 2 3 TEP TIME SELECTED LED l I CH Green f 9 E Lan J ul CHASE 7 FADE TIME Press Key 1 STEP A f FWD 2 Ez 4 REV BNC 3 AUDIO MIDI GO STOP c3 A 1 O 4 Press GO again to stop the effect The whole effect will fade out over a 5 second period The FX MASTER fader controls channel output levels for all running effects Now try moving the highlight box around and changing settings for the
7. macro SUB Advanced Submaster use Inhibitive Submasters 76 As modifications made in the Submaster screen take effect immediately there is no further recording action required However a Submaster can also be modified whilst in the OUTPUT screen as follows Pressing MACRO SUB will update a Submaster for example 1 THRU 3 lt wheel to level gt MACRO SUB 4 RECORD ITHRU 3 lt wheel to level gt RECORD MACRO SUB 4 lt gt will add channels 1 to 3 to Submaster 4 and re record without affecting the other channels in the submaster This section details the more advanced uses of Submasters Normal Submasters work on a HTP basis with the stage output so if the same channels are in a Submaster and also happen to be on stage then moving the Submaster fader will have no affect unless the Submaster output becomes higher than that on stage An Inhibitive Submaster works as a proportional master which means that channels in a Submaster that also happen to be on stage can now be moved up or down by the Submaster fader Only Submasters 1 12 may be set to Inhibitive via the Submaster screen To fully understand this feature follow the exercise below 1 Set up channels 10 THRU 15 9 on the OUTPUT screen Go to SUBMASTERS screen and select Submaster 1 Set up ITHRU 25 9 EO P Return to OUTPUT screen and raise submaster Fader 1 Observe channels 10 15 they remain at the same level 5 Return to
8. Channels 1 12 are now at 50 on stage whilst all other channels remain at their original settings The Auto Hold feature is useful for changing scenes on the fly as levels can be altered and lights added or removed with minimal distraction on stage 109 36 x 2 Scene Preset 24 Subs The top row of faders are assigned as channels 1 36 mastered by Preset C The bottom row of faders are assigned as channels 1 36 mastered by Preset D A dipless Crossfade is achieved by moving both C D Preset master faders together Submasters are assigned to both sets of faders in the lower tier These will output and control the Submaster on a HTP level with the channel faders The colour of the figure levels shown on the VDU indicate which option has control of these channels WHITE for channel fader or A B Playback YELLOW for Submaster SETUP Console Channel Control Mode DIRECT 1 DIGIT ON Level 100 Effect Trigger AUDIO BASS BEAT DMX IN Mode OFF Submaster Fade times MANUAL External Subs Scale 100 LBX Mode 36 x 2 SCENE 24 SUB
9. 1 04 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 13 LBX offers all the facilities of GSX plus the following additional features LBX e Additional fader banks for 1 or 2 scene presets e Additional Masters panel C D e Integral Power Supply e Four Modes of Operation The differences between GSX and LBX are highlighted below MANUAL TIME FADERS C D EXTRA FADER BANKS MANUAL TIME FADERS A B EFFECTS PLAYBACK lt E DISK DRIVE I 3 BLACKOUT KEY RECORD KEYS APN LCD 1 CURSOR CONTROLS E li Du EI EI Ln g mm ni bi EI zn Eu G D G D D EE Ditt TE Ka nu Ly D D i m n GE FEE En pea A UR EE AB PLAYBACK X PLAYBACK BUMP GRAND CONTROLS MASTER KEYPAD WHEEL MIDI AMX 192 OUT D54 OUT IN THRU OUT DMX512 IN REMOTE RS485 DMX512 OUT REAR PANEL a 0000 01 0 E fut K x m ON STANDBY SWITCH
10. ANALOGUE IN MONITOR VGA AUDIO INPUT SERIAL RS232 0 to10V LBX contains mains voltages do not remove any covers or panels without switching off first and ensure that the unit is properly earthed before use LBX Warning 1 05 The extra fader banks and Masters panel plus four different ways of operating offers a great deal of flexibility and as such LBX can be set up to work as a conventional single or two scene preset lighting desk with or without a Submaster bank Direct access of up to 96 channels is possible if Genius 100 or 125 is installed All Genius software supports both GSX and LBX consoles All Channels under fader control are shown as white on black on the VDU similar to the A B Playback Ope rational These modes are selectable through the Setup screen Once in this Modes screen move to the LBX MODE field with the cursor keys and the options can be scrolled through either with the and keys or the wheel SETUP Console Channel Control Made DIRECT 1 DIGIT ON Level 100 Effect Trigger AUDIO BASS BEAT OPTIONS DMX IN Made OFF 72 X 1 SCENE 24 SUB Submaster Fade Times MANUAL L7 36 X 2 SCENE 24 SUB External Subs Scale 100 96 X 1 SCENE 0 SUB LBX Mode 72x 1 SCENE 24 SUB 48 X2 SCENE 0 SUB The 36 x 2 and 48 x 2 scene presets offer a conventional 2 scene set up either with or without a Submaster function The 72 x 1 and 96 x 1 single scene presets offer a larger c
11. Editing and copying is done in the CUE SHEET by using the wheel or the 4 cursor keys above it All cues are viewed in the CUE SHEET by using a cursor or the wheel to scroll through them The window holds 9 cues and is called a page of the CUE SHEET When the highlight box is in the CUE field the following editing options are available e The up down cursor keys will scroll through the cue list e The wheel will cause a new page of cues to appear The wheel column always shows the position of the selected cue in the CUE SHEET Cursor keys scroll up down Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 X 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 3 25 25 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 20 20 OFF 0 0 0 0 6 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 7 25 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 8 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 D 0 9 MF 20 30 OFF 0 0 0 0 T Wheel go to next page of cues On screen editing of cue TYPE and TIMES can be done in 4 ways e WHEEL changes values continuously up or down e Land keys increase decrease the displayed value by one e NEXT and LAST keys select the previous or next number in sequence e TYPING NUMBERS replaces existing displayed values Up Down Wait and Delay only CLR when pressed will clear all changes to the selected value made with the WHEEL NEXT and LAST keys CLR when pressed with typed entries will clear the last keystroke When all keystrokes have been cleared pressing CLR
12. Preset C Preset D Suitably numbered decals are supplied with LBX for your convenience Once the required mode of operation has been set the appropriate decals should be removed from their backing sheets and carefully fitted in the slots on the fader banks Please retain the original decals they can be re used Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Zero Pick up In order for a fader to gain or regain control of a channel it must be Point set to the Zero position Only when in the zero position will the fader pick up the channel and gain control of it om vA When levels are controlled from the Channel Control they cannot be picked up again by a fader until it is returned to the zero position Always check this after clearing down 1 z channel levels using the Channel Control keypad input oW x CHANNEL FADER C D FadeTimes The C D Master faders are under manual control when both time geg faders are in the top position When the time faders are moved from E Ta this position the Preset Master faders work in conjunction with these 2 2 times i A 3 E These faders are for controlling scene fade IN and fade OUT times and ja e can be set up separately and work independently of each other MIN 1 3 MIN C D Flash In order for any flash mode to become active ensure the OFF LED
13. If no cue has been loaded with the LOAD X key the next cue in the CUE SHEET is loaded Continuous pressing of GO will step through all the cues sequentially in the CUE SHEET Cues can be loaded out of sequence by either using the CUE xx GO method or via LOAD X as described overleaf Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 CUE xx GO CUT CUT D CUE xx CUT CUE xx LOAD X LOAD X in RATE Playbacks FATE tq CUE 25 GO for example will allow a fast load and go operation and output that cue to stage directly with any appropriate fade times This is the equivalent of keying in CUE 25 LOAD X GO Pressing GO again would now put the next cue in the sequence on stage Selects the next cue in the CUE SHEET and outputs it to stage instantly with user defined cut times As above except that xx becomes the transferred cue This key allows cues to be loaded out of sequence but does not put them on stage until the GO button is pressed The cue is first selected on the Channel Control and then LOAD X loads it into Playback X after which GO executes it Any subsequent GO actions will now step through the CUE SHEET from that cue onwards For example CUE 50 LOAD X GO puts cue 50 on stage GO will now put cue 51 on stage assuming that is the next cue The LED above the key lights up when a cue is loaded This key is only active when held down and when active the wheel is used to control
14. OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO coL im f Fu ic 5 Y CHAN 1 e 24 CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMPL SAVE OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO eco i oll yA W Channel Control This toggle action key keeps the CURRENT SELECTION on stage whilst all other intensity channels including those from Playbacks Submasters and Effects will temporarily go to zero The LED above the SOLO key will light up and flash as long as the function is active If channels 20 are on stage selecting 4 THRU 6 SOLO MACRO will keep channels 4 5 and 6 on whilst all the other channels go to zero Pressing SOLO MACRO again will switch the output back to its previous state The CURRENT SELECTION will remain on stage whilst all other intensity channel outputs permanently go to zero The LED above the key will light up briefly Unlike solo which is a temporary measure the actions taken with this command are permanent however they can be undone by pressing the MACRO UNDO key Tip Remainder Dim is a useful aid for focussing and lamp checking BUMP keys are hold on action keys The bump keys on the LCD menu have the following effect BUMP Press Flashes the CURRENT SELECTION to FULL Release Returns the selection to its previous levels BUMP Press Puts the CURRENT SELECTION to ZERO
15. 3 3 Se 2 mE 1 1 E 1 acm 0 6 pr p GO AIB PLAYBACK X PLAYBACK Playbacks 63 A total of six Movefades can be run simultaneously on the X Playback The manual time faders can control fade times for both A B and X Playbacks Each Playback can fade cues manually or with any recorded times To use the manual time faders select MAN TIME on the X or A B Playback panel Only Cues can be loaded onto the A B or X playback If an attempt is made to load a non existent cue a warning is given X Playback UPDATE RATE MAN TIME LOAD X E J J E x 103 CUT STOP BACK o co 7 Z fh 5 es 4 4 3 PEL 1 CC Q0 Ez 64 The X playback always operates in sequence mode Fade UP controls channels increasing in intensity during the cue Fade DOWN controls those decreasing The playback consists of the following key functions e RATE Allows the speed of the fade to be adjusted by the wheel MAN TIME Use manual time faders not recorded time e LOADX Loads selected cue e CUT Transfers selected cue to output instantly e STOP BACK Stops or reverses a fade e GO Runs the cue Each cue is played back as recorded in the CUE SHEET with any WAIT or DELAY times that apply as long as MAN TIME is not selected The symbol which denotes a movefade is only recognised by the X Playback the A B type performs Crossfades only This starts a fade on the X playback
16. 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 0 1 2 Submasters In Out Function In Out 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 OUTPUT SCREEN SUBMASTERS SCREEN 77 78 Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Patch The patch facility is used to assign channels to dimmer mux outputs as follows e Intensity Channels scaling from 0 200 e Non Dim Channels fixed level settings at 1 100 Each channel may be patched to more than one dimmer but each dimmer can only be patched to one channel The default setting for this is 1 1 whereby channel 1 is patched to mux dimmer 1 channel 100 is patched to dimmer output 100 etc All patching is modified in the PATCH screen menu CHAN 1 FX 1 UTILITIES MENU CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE DISPLAY 4 PATCH MENU LIVE 1 EDIT 1 DEFAULT SET NON ON PRESS TWICE 09 00 00 01 08 93 PATCH 195 Free cues DIM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 CHN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 13 14 5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 DIM 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 DIM 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 CHN 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
17. Links being inserted in Cue 3 and Cue 9 Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 o 2 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 o o 3 XF 25 25 OFF 0 0 6 o 4 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 o 5 MF 20 20 OFF 0 0 o o 6 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 o 7 XF 25110 OFF 0 0 0 0 j 8 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 9 MF 20 30 OFF 0 0 2 0 CUE 8 Cues are played back by pressing CUE 1 on the keypad and GO on d the Playback unit Pressing GO continuously steps through the Cue 1 Sheet in sequence 1 In this case the next Cue to follow Cue 3 will be Cue 6 The cues then D so continue in sequence until the list reaches Cue 9 after which the next Cue to playback will be Cue 2 58 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Links Loops and Chases Recording Cues The Loop facility works in conjunction with Links and allows the same cues to be played back repeatedly Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 Q 0 2 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 D 0 3 XF 25 25 OFF 0 0 6 3 4 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 MF 20 20 OFF 0 0 0 0 6 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 7 XF 25 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 8 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 9 MF 20 30 OFF 0 0 2 0 5 e g if a Loop setting of 3 was now added to the arrangement the Cue list would operate as follows Cue 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 Cue 2 3 6 7 8 9 This sequence would repeat 3 times On the 4th time around the sequence would go like this Cue 2 3 4 5 6
18. XF 515 OFF 0 0 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 09 00 00 01 08 93 CUE PREVIEW 185 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 FL FL FL FL FL FLFL FL FL 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 3 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 XF 515 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 XF 515 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 09 00 00 01 08 93 CUE PREVIEW 195 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 os 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 515 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 XE 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 3 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 The WHEEL column indicates the position of the selected cue in the CUE SHEET Here we have on
19. and for using the desk with Midi Midi Show Control RS232 and other means of communication add Communiqu Regardless of your level of lighting knowledge this complete family of software unique to the industry now allows you to either grow as your experience increases or start at a significantly higher level all as economically as possible This manual is part of the Genius family of software and should be used only in conjunction with the Strand Lighting Genius range of software and associated consoles The base unit is GSX but all procedures in this manual apply equally to LBX which is covered in detail in Chapter 13 The Chapters are set out in logical order and it is recommended that after the Setting Up and Software Installation chapters the Quickstart Tutorial is followed before progressing any further The manual assumes a channel capacity of 125 has been loaded although procedures and information within it apply to all levels of Genius The other Operator manuals in the range are as follows e COMMUNIQU Communications Software Part No 67071 e KALEIDOSCOPE Effects and Colour Control Software Part No 67061 The manuals form an integral part of the product so please ensure they are kept together in the binder provided maintained in good condition and always kept in a safe place preferably with the console 1 Getting Help Registering Your Software Caution Messages F
20. sj D a Ww to AG O d Oo In Out refers to fade in fade out times Function refers to the type of Submaster used which in the Genius package will be Local Macro and Inhibitive types are covered in the Advanced Submasters section When pressed on its own clears all channels and times in the selected Submaster memory If preceded by a number or THRU list it clears one or more memories e g If SUB 1 is highlighted CLEAR erases it SUB 1 CLEAR Has the same effect SUB 1 THRU 3 Erases Submasters 1 2 and 3 When a Submaster is flashed on the level and how it comes on is decided by the settings on the FLASH SOLO panel FLASH OFF Offis the default if this red LED is on Bump keys E z SOLO LATCH baveno effect E FLASH LEVEL FLASH OFF Flash puts the Submaster contents on at the SOLO L ATC jj level indicated by the position of the FLASH Ce LEVEL fader FLASH OFF Solo Flash puts the Submaster contents on as above SOLO L ATC H but all other channels go to zero E FLASH OFF Latch can be used together with flash or solo SOLO L ATCH and allows the bump keys to operate as a toggle KH E press for ON press for OFF when the LED is on theBump key is latched on FLASH OFF Solo puts all other channels to zero but leaves the Submasters SOLO L ATCH submaster channels on Effective only when z E Submaster channels are already on 75 Updating Submasters UPDATE MA NA
21. to denote that this key must be pressed to complete the command In COMMAND LINE mode RECORD 1 lt gt is all thatis required to enter cue 1 the command CUE can be left out 47 What is a Cue Recording a Cue REC SUB 48 RECORD E REC SUB A cue often referred to as a memory or preset is a pre recorded lighting state including associated fade delay and wait times This lighting state is set up manually by wheel or keypad and then recorded into internal memory as a numbered cue A maximum of 200 cues may be recorded either as whole numbers or with a decimal point cues can be numbered from 1 to 999 9 In this way extra cues can be inserted between whole ones For example between cue and 2 you can insert 1 1 1 2 1 3 etc right up to 1 9 The top display bar on all of the screens shows the number of free cues left This information is stored in long term memory of the GSX and will be retained even when the console is switched off Once the required lighting state is set a cue is recorded into memory using the CUE RECORD and TIME keys Changing from one cue to another is rarely an instant transition and it is usual to fade up and fade down cues over a period of time to achieve a smooth transition between scenes Up Fade and Down Fade times are associated with the current cue fading in on stage An Up Fade time refers to channels fading to higher levels in that cue A D
22. 0 0 0 54 WAIT TIME 0 59 9 seconds 0 0 53 FX STEP TIME 0 59 9 seconds 0 1 seconds 0 1 seconds X BACK TIME 0 59 9 seconds 0 0 66 X CUT TIME 0 59 9 seconds 0 0 65 TIME DISPLAY 24 Hour AM PM 24 Hour AM PM z DATE DISPLAY dd mm yy mm dd yy dd mm yy mm dd yy Appx Reference 1 27 Dimmer amp Patch Setup Options Setting Option Default Default Page Euro U S Ref DIMMER OUTPUT DMX 512 AMX 192 DMX DMX 7 D54 SMX Europe only SMX BAUD RATE 2400 9600 19 2k 62 5k 250k N A Europe Only 250k AMX SCALING 80 120 100 100 80 D54 SCALING 80 120 100 100 80 DEFAULT SCALE 0 200 100 100 80 DEFAULT FRAME Not Used K DEFAULT NON DIM 1 100 80 80 83 Serial RS 232 Setup Options Setting Option Default Default Page Euro U S Ref BAUD RATE 1k2 2k4 4k8 9k6 19 2k 9600 9600 DATA BITS 8 7 8 8 3 PARITY None Odd Even None None STOP BITS 1 2 1 1 3 FUNCTION Printer Terminal Ascii In Printer Printer Test Off PRINTER Ascii Epson FX IBM Pro Ascii Ascii 6 HP Laser PAPER SIZE A4 11 x 8 5 A4 11 x 8 5 6 TRIG BYTES Off Off Off n a n a z TRIG MACRO Off 0 9 Off Off 1 28 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Help Key The HELP key activates a help screen and will always over ride the
23. 2 TIME 15 RECORD RECORD 2 TIME 15 lt gt Cue 2 is recorded with a non split 15 second fade time so when cue 2 is played back all cue 2 channels will fade at the same time All the channels in the previous cue will fade down in 15 seconds unless recorded as a MOVE fade discussed overleaf Regardless of whether DOUBLE or SINGLE DIGIT format is set times are always entered in the same way Minutes as well as seconds can be entered as shown in the example formats below 1 1 second 1 5 1 5 seconds 12 12 seconds 12 5 12 5 seconds 123 1 minute 23 seconds 123 5 1 minute 23 5 seconds 1234 12 minutes 34 seconds 1234 5 12 minutes 34 5 seconds 5959 59 minutes 59 seconds Maximum entry The REC TIME key updates a cue s time settings only without affecting the recorded levels CUE 2 TIME 12 REC TIME REC TIME 2 TIME 12 lt gt This would update the Cue 2 fade times to 12 seconds 49 Types of Fade There are two types of fade these are the CROSSFADE XF and the MOVEFADE MP All cue entries are treated as Crossfades unless the cue is prefixed by which then identifies it as a Movefade CUE 1 TIME 10 RECORD Crossfade XF RECORD 1 TIME 10 lt gt CUE 1 TIME 10 RECORD Movefade MF RECORD I TIME 10 lt gt Crossfade A crossfade will fade all the levels from one cue to the levels in another cue so that the latest cue only is on stage In the example belo
24. 2 and key in the following 30 THRU 35 9 Submasters Wheel SUB In Out Function Macro Inhibitive SUB In Out 1 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 13 0 0 Z 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 14 0 0 3 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 15 0 0 4 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 18 0 0 m 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 17 0 0 SUBMASTER 30 THRU 35 9 When data is entered in this screen it is automatically recorded into the highlighted Submaster The Submaster screen incorporates some sophisticated editing features but at this stage we will only look at one of these fields IN OUT fade times 31 The house lights should be set to fade in and fade out at a particular rate Move the highlight box to the IN field in Submaster 2 Type in or wheel to 20 Move the highlight box to the OUT field Type in or wheel to 10 Submasters Inhibitive e E D Function Macro SUB In Out 32 4 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 9 e e o N o gt E CH LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF SUB 1 ORCHESTRA LIGHTS SUB 2 HOUSE LIGHTS LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL 0000000000 A M 000000DO0o0OoO pte OOoOoOoooooooco o A A D Do A ol OOOOoOooOoooooco l 10101 10101 E SO umm Soo ooo EE Droid pronta H LR p hd hd id l l hd WI l l til
25. 7 8 9 The loop figure has been achieved and now the sequence reverts to sequential operation LA zero setting in the Loop column should be regarded as infinite In the diagram above Cue 9 will always return to Cue 2 unless a positive number is inserted in the Loop column max 254 or the Link is removed By combining a Wait time with the Link and Loop facility chase effects can be achieved Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 111 1 0 0 0 0 2 XF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 XF 114 1 0 0 8 0 4 XF 111 1 0 0 0 0 5 MF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 XF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 XF 171 1 0 0 0 0 8 XF 111 1 0 0 0 0 9 MF 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 9 In the diagram above a Wait time of 1 second has been assigned to Cues 1 9 The fade times are set to 1 second the Loop has been removed but the Link remains When played back the cues will operate in a similar manner to a chase effect To stop the chase re cycling remove the link i e set it to zero Also set the Wait time to OFF to resume normal cue sequencing 59 DELETE CUE PREVIEW MENU CUE 4 1 USED 5 XREF RENUM DELETE RENUMBER CUE PREVIEW MENU CUE 4 1 USED 5 XREF RENUM DELETE B 60 By adding a loop somewhere in the Cue list varied and complex sequences are possible Deletes the cue and removes the number from the cue list Operates on the selected cue or a range of cues if THRU is used DELETE deletes selecte
26. A B 0 100 13 14 15 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 In Out 0 0 0 0 Cue 0 0 OUTPUT Console 000 000 000 001 023 045 A Memory Locked This prevents any loading or saving until the APPLICATION disk is loaded B 001 Only 1 channel is available until the APPLICATION disk is loaded C Console Your console security number that must be sent to Strand s Software Registration Centre to obtain a Password D Not Registered Reminder of your consoles status You now need to load your APPLICATION disk as shown overleaf Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Loading Application Software CHAN 1 EXER CUE 0 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE DISPLAY l EX S E ON Press Twice UTILITIES MENU PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE m ARCHIVE MENU DISK PRINT CLEAR m DISK MENU KBYTES FREE LOAD SOFT FORMAT SOFTWARE MENU OPER APPL PASSW APPLICATION SW LOAD Tlf APPLICATION SW 4444 Disk Busy y p p P oftware Installation Insert your GENIUS APPLICATION disk into the disk aperture at the side of the console label face up and follow the procedure below Repeat the procedure to load any other APPLICATION disks Press the DISPLAY key twice to gain access to the UTILITIES menu Press ARCHIVE Press DI
27. Analogue multiplex App B Connectors Pin outs 1 39 RS 232 RS 232 Serial Printer Remote amp ASCII Input 9 pin male D type Any AUTO LF dip switches must be disabled PIN 1 PIN 5 Pin Description oem ow Power GND See SS Pin 2 RX signal Pin 3 TX signal Pin 4 No connection Pins GND signal Pin 6 10V Power Pin 7 No connection Pin 8 No connection Pin 9 No connection VGA Pin Description SES Ge Pini Analog Red 0 0 7V Pin 2 Analog Green 0 0 7V Pin 3 Analog Blue 0 0 7V Pin 4 No connection Pins GND Pin6 Red GND Pin 7 Green GND Pins Blue GND Pin 9 No connection Pinio GND Pin 11 No Connection Pin 12 No connection Pin 13 Hsync TTL Pin 14 Vsync TTL Pin 15 No connection 140 Screen Format 640 x 480 pixel resolution 16 cols 80 x 34 lines TEXT MODE ONLY Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Audio input 5 pin female DIN type 180 Pin Description Pini No connection Pin2 Signal GND Pin3 Audioin L channe Pin4 No connection Pin5 Audioin R channel Designers Remote 3 6 pin female XLR Pin Description Pin 1 Screen GND Pin2 10V Pin3 Data 485 Pin4 Data 485 Pins 232 Rx Pin 232 Tx App
28. B Connectors Pin outs 1 41 Notes 1 42 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Index Keys39 A 38 FULL 38 Application Software 9 Loading 13 Archive menu Screen 99 Auto Hold 107 B Backing Up Software 16 Blackout key 69 Bump keys 71 C Clearing down memories 100 CLR 40 Cold Start 10 Combination Entries 39 Cues automatic operation 53 blind editing 56 copying 59 cross referencing 62 cue sheet 56 decimal point 48 deleting 61 editing 56 F1 F2 F3 keys 49 maximum allowed 48 modifying levels 58 recording 48 recording empty one 55 recording with time 49 renumbering 60 scrolling 57 Current Selection 41 CUT 65 Index D DELAY 54 Disk formatting 103 loading from 102 menu 102 saving to 44 DOUBLE DIGIT mode 37 E Effects changing whilst running 89 deleting 91 direction 89 effect sheet 87 loading 88 master fader 91 recording 85 running 88 stopping 89 tips for setting chases 92 updating 90 Error log 115 Error messages 118 F Fades C D fade times 113 crossfade 50 fade down 52 fade in 52 fade out 52 fade up 52 fade times 49 movefade 51 running fades together 69 Faultfinding 116 Flash C D flash 113 flash controls 75 143 G Getting Started displays and how to get to them 23 entering channels 25 key descriptions 22 playing back cues 30 recording a cue 27 running the effect 35 saving a show 36 us
29. DEFAULT gt patches dimmers 1 to 10 to channels 1 to 10 Dimmer and Patch Options Dimmer Output DMX512 AMX 192 D54 AMX Scaling 100 80 120 D54 Scaling 100 80 120 Default Scale D 200 Default Frame 2 40 Default N Dim 0 100 The Default Frame setting applies to colour scroller frames an option available in the Kaleidoscope software package For more information on how to change all these values see Menu Editing in the Software Installation chapter Patch 81 Live Preview Patches PATCH MENU LIVE 1 EDIT 1 DEFAULT SET NON i WM SET PATCH MENU LIVE 1 EDIT 1 ORDER LIVE EDIT SET PATCH MENU LIVE 1 EDIT 2 ORDER LIVE EDIT Editing Patches 82 Two sets of Patch data are held by GSX PATCH 1 and PATCH 2 either of these can be designated as a LIVE patch or a PREVIEW patch The LIVE patch when edited will have an immediate effect on the stage output whilst editing the PREVIEW patch will not affect the stage output Having these two options gives you the opportunity for instance to set up two completely different patches to suit two different shows Press SET to gain access to the SET PATCH MENU Once in the SET PATCH MENU the following options become available e ORDER Toggle action switches the screen display between dimmer order default and channel order Channel order is useful if a wide range of dimmers is patched to one channel as t
30. Dir Fade T and Step T fields You will notice that a changed setting in FX 1 for example will apply to all steps in that effect once the box is moved away from it but FX 2 and 3 remain the same Quickstart Tutorial 35 Saving a Show to To save a show you need to format a disk and insert it into the disk Disk Remarks 36 drive at the right hand side of the console This is covered in detail in the Archive Screen chapter of this manual e Although this Tutorial has deliberately jumped from screen to screen it is worth noting that in practice most keying in and setting up can be achieved with only the OUTPUT screen active The other screens are primarily used for previewing and editing e Remember to go back to the previous menu or display press the DISPLAY key e Press MACRO DISPLAY to return to the default menu Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 9 Channel Control Channel Control is used to select and control intensity channels and their respective levels Command Genius may be used in either DIRECT ACTION or COMMAND Modes LINE mode which can be selected in the SET UP screen Commands are shown typed in BOLD UPPERCASE Level Entry Level entries can be in DOUBLE DIGIT per cent or SINGLE DIGIT Formats point format This is selectable in the SET
31. F2 F3 lt 4 DEFAULT MENU DISPLAY CHAN 4 FX 1 MEMORY MENU UTILITIES MENU SYSTEM MENU CUE 1 SUB 1 A B 0 X 0 gt gt MEMORY UNLOCKED gt BUMP BUMP SAVE CUES SUBS PX PATCH MACRO ARCHI VE SETUP LOG LOCK MEMORY MENU For example the keys in the MEMORY MENU will activate screens AE ww ou for CUES SUBMASTERS and EFFECTS FX CUES SUBS FX OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY COL l JE J A comprehensive flow chart that shows the complete path to all the LCD menus and VDU screens is in the Appendix section of this manual Fl F2 F3 Pressing the MACRO DISPLAY keys always returns you to the default menu The Wheel and The wheel is used to set levels or set values Its current setting is Cursor keys displayed continually on screen by a bar graph The cursor keys above it are used to move around and change values within screens 4 d LLL gt For the purposes of this tutorial only certain menus and screens will be required and the routes to accessing these are shown overleaf Quickstart Tutorial 23 Before undertaking to Light Your First Show take time to familiarise yourself with these menus and screen accessing routes W DEFAULT MENU CHAN 1 FX 1 CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP
32. IN OUT times see Playback section for explanation on differences The Playbacks referred to in this section assume an X Playback is being used but the fade times apply equally to the IN or OUT on the A B Playback SPLIT Pressing allows the fade UP and fade DOWN times to be different TIME KEY OPTIONS CUE 2 TIME 10 15 RECORD RECORD 2 TIME 10 15 lt gt DELAY WAIT cuu Geo When played back GO button pressed channels in cue 2 moving up aee m in level will fade UP in 10 seconds and channels required to move C 3 IC A1 down in level will fade DOWN in 15 seconds 52 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 WAIT DELAY WAIT TIME KEY OPTIONS OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO eco Jl Recording Cues Level qn DOWN fade i UP fade 50 5 10 15 20 Time Execute cue 2 The WAIT time facility is a very powerful function and can be used to string together cues automatically For example Cue 1 consists of channel 1 90 Cue 2 consists of channel 2 70 The commands below will set up cues 1 and 2 so that cue 2 will automatically start following a WAIT time period CUE 1 TIME 3 WAIT 10 RECORD CUE 2 TIME 5 RECORD RECORD 1 TIME 3 WAIT 10 lt gt RECORD 2 TIME 5 lt gt Cues recorded with WAIT times mean that the following cue will
33. J BUMP KEY Both Submasters are now controlled by their respective faders however action of Submaster 2 is delayed so that houselights fade up over 20 seconds Return to the OUTPUT screen and try them out The Contents of Submaster 1 and 2 can be flashed up by pressing the white bump keys below the appropriate faders These bump keys control Subs 13 24 bottom row the same Bump keys used with the MACRO key control Subs 1 12 top row These features are detailed in the Submasters chapter Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Setting up a Basic Effect Quickstart Tutorial Effects are built up in steps each step remaining on for a specified time before changing to the next one Genius will allow up to 3 chase effects to be set up Example Set up channels 1 to 8 with a CHASE effect Go to the EFFECTS PREVIEW screen CHAN 1 Pee c3 CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE DISPLAY MEMORY MENU OUTPUT CUES SUBS FX Qi EFFECTS MENU EFFECT 1 STEP 1 DELETE 09 00 00 01 08 93 EFFECTS PREVIEW 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 87 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 0
34. P A4 Audio Input Trig Byte s OFF OFF OFF Trig Macro OFF Trig Macro OFF MIDI APPL GEN 0 Mode OFF Trig Bytes OFF OFF OFF CONS 000 Channel 1 Trig Macro OFF PASSW 888 MSC ID OFF SETUP Select item to edit The following pages show the options available in this screen for both European and U S markets K KALEIDOSCOPE function C COMMUNIQU function AUDIO INPUT and MIDI options are not used in Genius and are COMMUNIQU functions 1 26 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Console Setup Options Setting Option Default Default Page Euro U S Ref BUZZER VOLUME 0 Off 1 2 3 Max To Po LCD CONTRAST 0 100 Off Off LCD BACKLIGHT 0 100 Off Off e POWER UP MACRO Off 0 9 Off Off z WHEEL MASTERING Proportional Shaft Proportional Proportional 45 CHANNEL CONTROL Direct 2 Digits Direct 1 Digit Direct 2 Command 37 MODE Command Line Digits Line ON LEVEL 0 100 100 100 38 EFFECT TRIGGER Not Used K DMX IN Not Used C SUB FADE IN TIMES Manual Recorded Manual Manual 73 EXT SUBSSCALE Not Used Te Times Setup Options Setting Option Default Default Page Euro U S Ref FADE IN OUT 0 59 9 seconds 5 5 seconds 5 5 seconds 63 FADE UP DOWN 0 59 9 seconds 5 5seconds 5 5 seconds 63 DELAY UP DOWN 0 59 9 seconds 0
35. Release Returns the selection to its previous levels 43 SAVE Key CHAN 1 FX CUE 1 SUB BUMP BUMP SAVE e 4 OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO eco Hi Y 7 72 A Controlling Cues in Channel Control 44 The SAVE key when pressed will perform a quick save of all GSX memories the entire show to a loaded floppy disk If a show file already exists on the disk it will be renamed as a backup before the new show file is saved Once cues have been recorded see Recording Cues section they can have their channel levels controlled by Channel Control The following commands show some examples CUE 1 3 Will put all channel levels in Cue 1 to 30 of their recorded values CUE 1 wheel Grabs Cue 1 channels at their current levels and allows these levels to be changed visually 1 CUE S5 2 This will put all channels in Cue 5 to 20 of their recorded values and also put Channel 1 to 2046 regardless of whether it is in that cue or not CUE 1 wheel Grabs cue 1 channels at their recorded levels Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Proportional Vs Shaft Mastering Shaft Mastering Proportional Mastering Channel Control When using the wheel to change channel levels you have the choice of using PROPORTIONAL or SHAFT mastering The differences between the two methods is explained below The P
36. SUBMASTERS screen and move the highlight box to the Inhibit field and wheel to YES 6 Return once again to the OUTPUT screen and observe the channels now when the fader is moved Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Triggering Macros Channel levels assigned to Inhibitive Submasters have no meaning and are ignored The red boxes just serve to show which channels are mastered by the inhibitive Submasters status window Only the channels on stage have their levels displayed and these are now fully under control of the Submaster fader Inhibitive Submaster will be marked as I on the OUTPUT screen The Grand Master and Blackout have overall control of the Inhibitive Submasters Submasters to 12 may be configured to trigger any user defined macro for information on Macros see chapter 11 1 Inthe Submasters window assign the Macro number 0 9 to the Macro field of the appropriate Submaster see example below 2 Move the Submaster fader off zero to activate the macro The fader acts as a trigger only and does not control the macro in any way Submaster Examples The figure below shows the SUBMASTER and OUTPUT screen sections with the following Submaster configurations 7 TRIGGER MACRO 5 10 INHIBITIVE 11 INHIBITIVE 14 5 second FADE IN 8 second FADE OUT 15 10 second FADE IN 30 second FADE OUT Submasters SUBMASTERS UJ 0 0 0 0 T 2 3 4
37. UP screen These two options are best illustrated in the following examples where channels to 3 are each required to be set at levels of 5 55 and 90 DOUBLE DIGIT 1 05 5 2055 55 3 90 90 SINGLE DIGIT 10 05 5 2 5 5 55 3 9 90 i i In this mode the command is carried out after completing a logical Direct Action pleting a log Mode action An asterisk which is the ENTER symbol is automatically added to the entry line on the VDU Any subsequent entries will clear the entry line and start a new sequence Channel Control 37 Command Line Mode Selecting Channels amp Setting Levels Lel ON ON FULL MACRO ON FULL i MACRO ON 38 In this mode no action will take place until the ENTER lt gt key is pressed A combination of SINGLE and DOUBLE DIGIT format is used where entries keyed in as a single figure will be recognised and assumed to be in multiples of 10 The examples shown in the rest of the section are common to both command types so if you have COMMAND LINE mode selected remember to press the ENTER key Channel levels are set by using the key ON key or FULL macro to set to a fixed level or alternatively by wheel to continually adjust the level 103 Sets channel 1 at a level of 30 p wheel Continually adjusts channel 1 level The ON key is programmable to any level between 0 and 10096 The default setting is 100
38. current screen giving you a snapshot of the GSX s complete operating environment Whilst active the LED flashes 09 00 00 01 08 93 HELP 195 Free cues GM FL SINGLE DIGIT MODE Keys Result 5 50 5 5 55 05 5 5 0 5 THRU LISTS Keys Result 1 THRU 3 1 2 3 1THRU3 5 1 2 3 5 1THRU3 2 1 3 COMMAND MODE RECORD Crossfade cues RECORD CUE 1 Movefade cues RECORD CUE 1 DIRECT MODE RECORD CUE 1 RECORD CUE 1 RECORD PATCH Level dimmers Dim chan proportion Colour scrollers Dim COL chan COL frame Non dim dimmers Dim NON Chan NON Threshold DISPLAY MENUS Press DISPLAY to select OUTPUT menu MEMORY menu UTILITIES menu SYSTEM menu Press F1 F2 F3 for options Press DISPLAY to get back MEMORY Cues Subs Fx CUES Xref Renum Delete XREF lt gt SUBS Clear FX Effects Step Clear UTILITIES Patch Macro Archive PATCH Default Set NON SET Order Live Edit MACRO F1 F2 F3 ARCHIVE Disk Print Clear DISK Load Soft Format SOFT Oper Appl Passw OPER Load APPL Load PASSW Enter T Print Stop Clear Setup Log Lock Default Sync Test Loadsw Utils Select PRESET MACROS Press MACRO then Undo COL Undo COL CLR Clr command CUE Update cue DISPLAY OUTPUT menu FX Update FX LAST Last Command LOADA Update from A LOADB Update from B LOADX Update from X MACRO Cancel MACRO ON Full REC Undo REC RECTIME Undo RECTIME SUB Update Sub THRU T
39. editing functions to be performed on them Editing cues not on stage is termed preview or blind editing To access this screen follow the route shown below FX 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE OUTPUT DISPLAY MEMORY MENU X AB 0 0 HIGHLIGHT BOX Recording Cues CUES SUBS FX CUE PREVIEW MENU CUE 41 USED 5 XREF RENUM DELETE 09 00 00 01 08 93 CUE PREVIEW 195 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 50 50 80 80 80 80 7530 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Cue Sheet Wheel Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 10 10 OFF 0 0 10 10 OFF 0 0 25 25 OFF 0 0 50 50 OFF 0 0 20 20 OFF 0 0 Submasters A B Playback 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 A B in Out C 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 CUE PREVIEW Select a cue then edit an item or set channels Uf no cues have been recorded accessing the CUE PREVIEW screen will automatically record Cue 1 as a Crossfade with default fade times and no WAIT or DELAY times All channels are unused 55 Cue Sheet Selecting Cues Screen Editing 56
40. in italics 1 ON NEXT ON LAST ON 3 FULL MACRO ON 1 1 gt 50N 5 gt 10ON 1 gt 5 7 gt 90N 1 gt 5 30N CUE 1 EFULL CUE O CUE 1 CUE 1 gt 2 1 lt wheel gt NEXT lt wheel gt CUE 1 lt wheel gt 1 REMDIM Channel 1 to current ON level default is FL Channel 2 to ON level Channel 1 to ON level Channel 3 to 100 Channel 1 becomes the current selection Channels 1 5 to ON level Ditto Channels 1 5 and 7 9 to ON level Channels 1 2 4 and 5 to ON level Channels in cue 1 to their recorded levels Ditto Channels in cue 1 become the current selection HTP sum of recorded Channels in cues and 2 Channel 1 is wheeled Channel 2 is wheeled Channels in cue 1 are wheeled from current levels All Channels except are set to off 131 132 1 SOLO SOLO 1 BUMP UP F1 BUMP DOWN F2 UNDO CLR CLR Channel 1 is soloed most keys now locked out Channel is unsoloed all keys enabled Channel 1 is flashed to 100 Channel 1 is returned all keys enabled Channels before the last are restored Command line empty clear current selection Command line not empty clear last key Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 CHANNEL CONTROL Single Digit Mode 1 1 Channel 1 to 10 10 1 1 Channel 1 to 11 1 0 1 Channel 1 to 1 1 0 Channel 1 on at 0 1 Channel 1 off 1 2 Channel 1 up by 20 1 1 1 Channel down by 11 CUE 1 2 Channels i
41. one LIVE and the other PREVIEW Preview implies that any changes will not alter the output ie in the Preview Cue screen any changes will not be live on the output ie Blind When controlling more than one channel channel levels are increased or decreased by the wheel in percentage terms See Memory Lock Causes the Current Selection to remain at their selected levels and all others to go to zero When controlling more than one channel channel levels are increased or decreased by the wheel in absolute terms i e the same number of points is added to or subtracted from each channel A facility for temporarily inhibiting the levels of all channels that are not currently selected allowing the selected channels to become the current lighting state Faders allowing manual control of specific channels or groups of lighting level memories Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Abbreviations AMX D54 DMX HTP LCD LED LTP LoTP MUX MIDI MSC U S LT T VGA VDU U S LT T standard AMX 192 for the analogue multiplex transmission of dimmer levels Max 192 dimmers A Strand Lighting standard for the analogue multiplex transmission of dimmer levels Max 384 dimmers U S I T T standard DMX 512 standard for the digital multiplex transmission of dimmer levels Max 512 dimmers Highest Takes Precedence Used when referring to lighting levels whereby if a channel level is set by two or
42. send this to your agent as the error log it contains may help to isolate the fault Alternatively print the error log as soon as possible after the fault occurs PROBLEM Console appears to function but no control over lights POSSIBLE CAUSE e Dimmers not switched on e Multiplex lead is not plugged in correctly e Mux protocol is incorrect e Blackout key is active e Grand Master is at zero PROBLEM Console has no LCD or LED displays POSSIBLE CAUSE e Mains Power supply is not on e Power supply adapter plugged in incorrectly PROBLEM No monitor display Console operational POSSIBLE CAUSE e Incorrect connection to VGA port e Power supply to monitor is not on The console has no user serviceable parts and no attempt should be made to disassemble the unit for repair Contact your Strand dealer for service information 117 Error Genius has a comprehensive list of messages listed in system memory messages which appear in the LCD a typical example is shown below CODE ERROR 1b890068 ERROR ABORT CONT MESSAGE ERROR 15890068 Control Key AUDIO MIDI ABORT CONT DIAG DIAG This can often give further information about the error as in the case above which shows that the AUDIO MIDI key is the one that is stuck Sometimes pressing this key gives out information for service use ABORT CONT These keys when pressed will continue or end testing the system Errors will be logged and i
43. start fading after that WAIT time has finished In this way a timed sequence of fades can be started automatically with one press of the GO button Level F cue 1 cue 2 9B Channel 1 Channel 2 0 5 10 15 20 Time A WAIT Pag 53 DELAY TIME KEY OPTIO DELAY WAIT NS OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO 54 Up to 200 cues may be chained together See page 59 for example of automatic operation A DELAY time will allow you to start a cue with a delay which is time added to the front of a fade It can be set to affect both the fade UP and fade DOWN times CUE 1 TIME 10 DELAY 5 RECORD RECORD 1 TIME 10 DELAY 5 lt gt When played back this will fade ALL the channels in cue 1 after a 5 second delay Level F cue 1 50 10 15 20 Time o 5 pav D Execute cue 1 CUE 2 TIME 8 DELAY 5 10 RECORD RECORD 2 TIME 8 DELAY 5 10 When played back this will fade UP the channels in cue 2 in 8 seconds after a 5 second delay and fade DOWN the channels in cue 1 in 8 seconds after a 10 second delay Level F cue 1 cue 2 50 5 10 15 20 Time _ _Up DELAYs Down DELAY 2 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Cue Preview Screen CHAN 1 CUE 1 Up to now only the OUTPUT screen has been in use but once cues have been recorded accessing the CUE PREVIEW SCREEN allows a number of
44. system and become fully operational once again Upgrades a Upgrades purchased before entering a password and within the 21 day period can be loaded by following the procedure on page 13 b Upgrades purchased after you have entered a password will require additional registration and a new password to be issued before use Displays and Menus CHAN 1 FX 1 CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMPVSAVE OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY COL m C el 2 These keys access further menus 16 All console functions are controlled through various VDU screens which in turn are accessed by using the white keys situated below the LCD Navigating your way through these displays is covered in the Quickstart Tutorial chapter and a flow chart of the complete display function is in Appendix A If you have a P C available at this stage we recommend you Backup your APPLICATION and OPERATING software by first of all formatting some disks see Formatting Disks in the in the Archive chapter You can then use the DISKCOPY command on your P C to back the software up Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Output Screen The OUTPUT screen is split into various areas as shown in the CHAN 1 EXC CUE 0 SUB 1 BUMP BUMPJSAVE OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO p a
45. the fade times of all fading cues on the X playback and changes existing loaded values If no cue is fading the wheel controls any DELAY times running or if there are none any WAIT times running If no FADE DELAY or WAIT times are running wheeling the RATE key has no effect The RATE key is for real time modifications and on releasing the key changes will remain on stage but will not affect the recorded cue times on a permanent basis Adjustment range can be wheeled from 0 infinity 65 MAN TIME This key works as a toggle action and when active LED on recorded times are ignored and fade times are taken from the MAN TIMEN anual Time faders When inactive LED off recorded times STOP BACK 66 Tq are used Recorded WAIT and DELAY times are ignored On the first press LED on any fades that are running will stop STOF BACK t D d On the second press LED flashes on the last fade is REVERSED if it is still running If no fades are running then the previous cue from the CUE SHEET is cross faded onto stage with the X Back fade time that has been set in the SET UP screen Continuously pressing this key will step through cues in the CUE SHEET in reverse order using the X Back time Press GO or CUT to disable this function and restore normal sequencing LED goes out MAN TIME overrides the SETUP display Back Time Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 A B P
46. values key in the new value and three more in the SET UP menu DOWN System Options 09 00 00 01 08 93 SETUP MEMORY LOCKED GM FL Console 4 SYSTEM MENU SETUP LOG LOCK OUTPUT oO DISPLAY COL we ICA JC 5 WHEN ACTIVE PREVENTS ANY SHOW SETUP OR PATCH DATA BEING LOADED FROM DISK MEMORY LOCKED IS DISPLAYED IN THE TITLE BAR Set up Options To get to the required setting use the four directional cursor keys To change the setting move the wheel or alternatively if a setting has There are two other options accessible when in the SYSTEM menu S MEMORY UNLOCKED SYSTEM MENU ETUP LOG LOCK OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO coL c 5 CA PA DISPLAYS AN ERROR LIST SEE ERRORS FAULTFINDING CHAPTER SETUP MENU DEFAULT SYNC TEST SETUP MENU SETUP MENU DEFAULT SYNC TEST DEFAULT SYNC TEST OUTPUT UNDO OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY eco DISPLAY eco J p brca a We AO D OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO eco i cage 5 RETURNS HIGHLIGHTED SETTING NOT USED _ BACK TO ITS DEFAULT A COMMUNIQUE FUNCTION SERVICE FUNCTION CALLS UP SELF TEST MENUS To return to a previ
47. 0 10 OFF 0 0 o 0 7 XF 25 10 OFF 0 0 o 0 8 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 9 MF 20 30 OFF 0 0 0 0 A Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 3 XF 25 25 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 o 0 5 MF 20 20 OFF 0 0 o 0 6 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 D 0 7 XF 25140 OFF 0 0 o 0 8 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 9 MF 0 30 OFF 0 0 0 0 s Change fade type of cue 7 Recording Cues 57 Copying cues Cues can be copied and added to the cue list only when in this screen The diagram below shows cue 10 being recorded as a copy of cue 7 This is achieved by highlighting the cue you require to be copied and J CUE then recording it as the next cue in sequence CH 8 1 1 A CUE10RECORD RECORD 10 lt gt RECORD Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 10 10 OFF 07 0 0 0 2 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 3 XF 25 25 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 MF 20 20 OFF 0 0 0 0 6 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 7 XF 25 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 8 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 9 MF 20 30 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 CUE PREVIEW CUE 10 COPY Select m edit an item or set channels RECORD key pressed instead of RECORD COPY will appear in the command line Links and Loops Normally when cues are played back they will follow in sequential order however the Link facility allows you to change the order to suit your own requirements e g the diagram below shows two
48. 1 STEP 1 DELETE 09 00 00 01 08 93 EFFECTS PREVIEW 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Effects Sheet Wheel FX Step Type Dir Fade T Step T CHASE FWD 5 5 0 1 Submasters A B Playback Effects 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 A B In Out 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Cue EFFECT PREVIEW Select an effect memory then edit an item or set steps Effects are recorded in a similar manner to cues and are entered as a series of steps Each effect can have up to 48 steps and in the default screen above Effect 1 Step 1 1 1 is always recorded and ready to accept channel entries The highlight box must be over the FX STEP field before recording 1 ON Enters Channel 1 into step 1 levels are always at Full in this screen Recording extra steps are performed as shown in the example below only the step number is needed FX 2 RECORD RECORD FX 2 lt gt Records step 2 of effect number 1 entering FX 1 2 is not necessary Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Effects Sheet Example
49. 21 22 23 24 125 Cue Sheet Type Up Down XF HIGHLIGHT BOX Wait OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Delay Link Loop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09 00 00 01 08 93 CUE PREVIEW 195 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 O9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 9090 FLFLFL 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 3 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 5 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 09 00 00 01 08 93 CUE PREVIEW 185 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 50 50 50 9090 FL FL FL 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Cue Sheet Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop xF 5 5 OFF 0 0 XF 515 OFF 0 0 XF 5 5 OFF 0 0
50. 21 days during which you must register your system A 21 day counter appears in the top left hand corner of the screen Please complete and fax your registration card to the Software Registration Centre at Strand Lighting U K who will verify it and issue your exclusive password Registration Part of the Registration form is shown below If Fax facilities are not 8 available then please send your Registration form by Express Post to your Strand dealer FAX Strand Software Registration Centre United Kingdom 44 0 592 653499 or in case of difficulty contact your nearest Strand lighting office PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING USING BLOCK LETTERS AND BLACK INK Date of installation DAY MONTH YEAR GSX or LBX Console gt Model Shown on bottom Securi of VDU Security number mmm mm Serial number Genius Genius 25 ch on back of Application disk Kaleidoscope Sg Communique Operating s w Dind E EE version Rental Software Pack Yes disk 14 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Entering Your Password The password is numerical and will be sent to you in a format similar to the one shown below Strand Lighting Pas
51. 23 24 125 Effects Sheet Wheel FX Step Type Dir Fade T Step T 1 CHASE FWD 5 5 0 5 Y CHASE CHASE F CHASE o D CHASE CHASE CHASE CHASE Submasters AB Playback Effects 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 A B In Out Cue ooooo 0101010101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o D 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 EFFECT PREVIEW Select an effect memory then edit an item or set steps 87 Load Run Effects Zeng E L ond 1 2 3 E mi L 1 NN NM a jl J y CHASE PET i STEP SH CYCLE EE Ju FWD FLICKER y REV RANDOM BNC AUDIO MIDI covstop PNO NN NEN o JI jl m Up to three effects can be loaded at the same time and run together These effects are assigned to three Effect Playbacks by the toggle action Load Selection keys To load and automatically select an effect press key 1 2 or 3 Both LEDs will be on and indicate that the effect highlighted on the FX screen is ready to run To de select the effect press the key a second time The effect still remains loaded red LED on To start the effect s running ensure the effect playback is selected and press the GO STOP key The LED combinations in the figure below show the status of one of the Playbacks and its associated effect KEY Pm On Off a Flashing a Not Loaded Not Selected Loaded Selected Loaded No
52. 30 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Archive Selection Wheel Y SELECT FIRST LAST Patch Cue amp FX Sheet Cues 1 Submasters 1 Effects 1 Setup amp Macros Error Log PRINT amp CLEAR only Submasters A B Playback 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 A In Out Cue WHOLE SHOW li 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ARCHIVE DISPLAY Select memory group s using and keys 99 Clear Menu The Archive Selection area allows you to select which category and its associated memories you require to clear 1 Move the highlight box with the cursor buttons to the SELECT area and press the key a tick will appear key removes it Archive Selection V SELECT FIRST LAST Patch Ges amp FX Sheet ues 1 999 WHOLE SHOW Submasters 1 24 Effects 1 30 Setup amp Macros Error Log PRINT amp CLEAR only 2 Move to the FIRST field and lt wheel gt the first memory number to be cleared Move to the LAST field and lt wheel gt the last number to be cleared Archive Selection Y SELECT FIRST LAST Patch Gs amp FX Sheet ues 1 WHOLE SHOW Submasters 1 24 Effects 1 30 Setup amp Macros Error Log PRINT amp CLEAR only Press CLEAR CLEAR MENU CLEAR Cues Submasters and Effects can all be individually cleared in this way or alternatively they can be jointly selected and c
53. 4 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 50 50 80 80 80 80 7530 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Submasters PUE In Out Function Macro Inhibitive SUB In Out 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 2 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 3 0 0 LOCAL OFF 07 0 4 0 0 LOCAL OFF 07 0 5 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 SUBMASTERS WINDOW 8 0 0 LOCAL OFF 010 7 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 8 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 9 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 0 0 LOCAL OFF 0 0 SUBMASTER Select a submaster memory then edit a field or set channels Use the directional cursor keys above the wheel to move the highlight box around the screen xx E Editing in the channels window can only be achieved when the LII highlight box is over the selected Submaster number This is done by keying in new channels and levels using normal Channel Control commands such as 1 9 FULL etc The wheel has no effect here However the wheel can be used to change values in the Submasters window in a similar manner to other screens Changes made in this screen overwrite instantly with no re record warning 74 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Submaster Fields Clear SUBMASTERS MENU SUBMASTER 1 CLEAR Flashing up Submasters FLASH OFF E SOLO LATCH Ss PE M
54. 47 48 00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 DIM 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 CHN 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 DIM 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 CHN 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 DIM 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 8 amp 1 82 83 84 CHN 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 PATCH SCALING FACTOR Select patch for level Colour and Non dim channels PAGE NUMBER Patch 79 Scaling 80 The display can be scrolled by using the wheel to view channels or dimmers in other pages The page number is indicated at the bottom of the wheel column An intensity channel has a default scaling of 100 meaning that channels patched to FULL will always be at 100 maximum output Situations often occur where a group of lamps controlled by different dimmers may be required to work together on one channel to give a balanced output a blue wash in a cyclorama for instance When the fader is at 100 the output looks uneven represented in the diagram as varying dimmer output levels In order to balance up these outputs scaling is used Dimmer 1 Dimmer 2 Dimmer 3 ooch EE EE EE EE B CHANNEL LEVEL 0 100 0 80 90 DIMMER OUTPUT LEVEL To achieve this balance the scaling factor on the PATCH scree
55. 6 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Effects Sheet Wheel FX Step Type Dir Fade T Step T CHASE FWD 5 5 0 1 Submasters A B Playback Effects 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 A B In Out 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Cue EFFECT PREVIEW Select an effect memory then edit an item or set steps 1 Make sure the highlight box is in the Effects Sheet on Step 1 1 If the highlight box is not in this position move it with the cursor keys The first step is always pre recorded and only needs a channel to be entered 2 Keyin1ON This assigns channel 1 to step 1 of the first effect Channels are always at Full levels cannot be entered 33 3 Key in the following FX 2 RECORD RECORD FX 2 lt gt Records Step 2 there is no need to key in FX 1 2 10 0 Clears previous entry 2 ON This assigns channel 2 to Step 2 4 FX 3RECORD RECORD FX 3 lt gt Records Step 3 2 0 Clears previous entry 3 ON This assigns channel 3 to Step 3 When you press RECORD it in fact copies the previous cue land this is why you need to get rid of the last channel entered for this chase sequence Quicker methods of doing this are discussed in the Basic Effects chapter The Effects Sheet should look like the figure below Effects Sheet Type Dir Fade T Step T CHASE FWD 5 5 0 1 CHASE FWD 5 5 0 1 CHASE FWD 5 5 0 1
56. 9 050 FL FLFLFL7O FL FL FL FL 85 85 85 85 1 2 3 FL FL FL FL 70 4 4 1 40 40 40 50 50 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 Cue Sheet Wheel Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 25125 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 0 0 20 20 0 0 Submasters AIB Playback 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Al 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 In Out Cue CUE PREVIEW Select a cue then edit an item or set channels 61 62 Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Playbacks GSX has two playbacks e X Playback An automatic playback Cues are executed by pressing the GO key which fades in successive cues that have been pre recorded in a sequence Fade times are termed as fade UP and fade DOWN e A B Playback A manual playback Cues are executed by moving the Playback faders Fade times are termed as fade IN and fade OUT Each playback has a bank of LEDs to monitor the progress of fades IN UP OUT DOWN SEC 0 0 SEC MIN 1 1 MIN 2 5 a 40 10 oo ss i 5 MANUAL TIME FADERS UPDATE SCH UPDATE UPDATE LOAD A MAN TIME UPDATE RATETA MANTIMES OAD x E NM NEN M NEN JI J PLAYBACK FADERS A D Da c f e 10 0 10 e Gg S T CUT STOP BACK PA E 8 8 SS 4 amp E amp 6 Geer A 4 i es S k a
57. A will load Cue 10 into the A Playback CUE 20 LOAD B will load Cue 20 into the B Playback 67 A B faders These faders have to be moved every time a cue change is MAN TIME SEQ ON SEQ MAN TIME SEQ Se MAN TIME uin SEO MAN TIME D d SEO mn MAN TIME Lj 68 required The time it takes for cues to be faded IN and faded OUT on stage is dependent on which MAN TIME SEQ setting is active at the time Crossfades are always performed with both faders being moved together as one starts at 0 and the other at 10 Moving one of the faders B for instance means the fader now acts as a master level controller for the cue loaded into that store This key selects the A B Playback mode by cycling through four operating states The operating status is denoted by the LEDs as shown in the side figures e Playback with recorded time fades the loaded cues only with the times they were recorded with after the fader has been moved e Playback Sequence with recorded time plays back cues listed sequentially in the CUE SHEET with their recorded times On completion of one fade the next cue is automatically loaded into the Blind store of the Playback ready for the next fade e Playback with manual time plays back loaded cues only without any recorded times The fade times are controlled either by the time set on the MANUAL TIME faders or if this is
58. CH3 0ff CH 4 30 CH 5 Off In this case only channels 1 2 and 4 will be selected Several types of entry can be combined 1 THRU 5 15 THRU 26 9 5 This will make channels 1 to 5 and also 15 to 26 go to 50 1 THRU 5 10 25 4 5 This will make channels 1 2 3 5 10 and 25 all go to 50 Channel 4 remains at its previous level 39 NEXT LAST d SL LAST CHAN 4 FX 1 CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE CLR MACRO CLR TA macro CLR UNDO MACRO UNDO 0 A macro Invalid Key Entries 40 In Channel Control these keys operate on the last number entered This can be checked by looking at the figure currently displayed in the LCD The number can then be incremented or decremented by using these keys as shown in this sequence of examples NEXT ON would set channel 5 to ON level LAST 5 would set channel 4 to 50 LAST LAST 5 would set channel 2 to 50 The clear key CLR clears the last key entry made 1 THRU 10 24 CLR will leave the command line as 1 THRU 10 2 Pressing CLR again will leave the line above as 1 THRU 10 This clears the complete command line 1 THRU 10 24 MACRO CLR This will leave the command line showing the ENTER Symbol Restores all intensity channels to the levels they were at before the E key was last used to set levels Invalid key entries are not accepted and result in a warning m
59. CORD REC TIME g X H H NEN Ss Kg FADE_TIME Strand Lighting BUILD opge E FWD FLICKER REV RANDOM AUDIO MIDI AUDIO MIDI GO STOP T TTS E OUTPUT DISPLAY UPDATE SEQ UPDATE FLASH OFF l LOAD A MAN TIME LOAD B SOLO LATCH E ET EM IA LAST CMD RATE LAST GRAND FLASH LEVEL MASTER CUT STOP BACK oll als 00000000000 0000000000 00000000000 x LBX Panel Layout
60. Channel Control will allow overriding control of the channel levels by means of stealing channels This means that the channel can be stolen from its controlling factor e g channel fader by using Channel Control keypad input and become completely independent In order to get a good understanding of how Channel stealing works follow the example below 1 Return all faders to the zero position 2 Clear screen CUE 0 GO 3 Set channels 1 through to 10 at 50 using the faders 4 Keyin 1 THRU 5 lt wheel gt Channels 1 to 5 are now under Channel Control indicated by the red boxed figures You are now free to wheel the channels to any level Alternatively you could type in new levels Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 14 Errors Faultfinding Error log Errors Faultfinding Errors and faults fall into three groups e Electrical e Mechanical e Operational Most faults are likely to be operational and a result of keying in the wrong command Mechanical faults are usually caused by badly or incorrectly connected peripherals A number of self tests are automatically performed on power up and during normal operation Genius runs a series of self tests that check the following e Memory is O K e If any control keys are stuck e Software validation e Hardware PCB connections etc A log is kept in the system memory of all errors and anomalies found and can be displayed on the VDU Electrical p
61. Connecting the Power supply esee een 5 Connecting the Monitor 5 Connecting a PANTE eate aeea aese aaee nemen nne enne nnne enne 6 Connecting the Dimmers essere nnne 7 3 Software Installation esee 9 Operating SOftWate EE 9 Application Boftware nennen enne nennen 9 SWC hN B OD cei eer er ete tacet cid 10 Cold art iterat e Haeret e een 10 Wain Statt ie ce ned erede ette ee de eux e ete ee e Pane ede eds 10 Loading Operating Software 11 Loading Application Software 13 Registration and Password 14 ITO EDITED 14 Entering Your Password essere 15 What Happens if I Don t Register 16 Uperades coser DONEC RSS EROREROR ROREM 16 Displays and Meng 16 Output Screen ses eI ebd eee 17 SOUPS CLEC si meet te e trei vent Seb Recte e tune en eee ee EE eu ceba 18 IV Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Ment Editado ire 19 System Options nenne eene rennen enne 19 Set up Options cato po RR TRUE ARTES 19 4 Quickstart Tutorial ss 21 The Keypad Q LCD irei 12 mienne air p be Fe tc ER Feeds 22 N wgating the Displays nog ee der Hee HR 23 The Wheel and Cursor Keys 23 Lighting your first show eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeree nennen nene 25 Le e sR bates cE Beh ecko e na adden 25 Entering amp Controlling a Channel 25 Setting Up a CU 26 Recording Cues For The show 27 Playing Ee 2 ir eet Tai Ee tte 30 Using Submasters coe
62. E Strand Pie e El o g D C POWER IN REAR VIEW X x ON OFF SWITCH SR IN MONITOR VGA TEST LED AUDIO INPUT SERIAL RS232 D C POWER IN ALTERNATIVE SIDE VIEW DISK DRIVE Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Connecti ng the GSX operates from a low voltage power supply unit enclosed and Power su pply connects to the POWER INPUT socket as shown below Pin out configuration is shown in Appendix B There is also a secondary D C input socket which is made to accept a standard 24VDC power supply The secondary socket is provided in case the Strand power supply is mislaid DO NOT CONNECT MORE THAN ONE SUPPLY TO THE CONSOLE Caution D C POWER IN ne SOL COO le Bes SECONDARY D C POWER IN D C POWER SUPPLY UNIT 120 220 240V A C POWER as Appropriate Connecti ng the A standard VGA colour monitor is required to be connected to the Monitor VGA socket as shown Pin out configurations are shown in Appendix B 15 WAY HIGH DENSITY D TYPE CONNECTOR TO POWER SUPPLY 110 220 240VAC x9 OO VGA SOCKET Setting Up 5 Connecting a The following list of printer types can be used wi
63. Effects Basic Effects The RECORD function in this screen copies the previous cue hence the COPY command displayed 1 0 Puts channel at zero 2 ON Enters channel 2 in this step The Effects Sheet shows all effect memories and their options The directional cursor keys move the highlight box around and the wheel or keypad change the settings If the setting is changed for one of the steps i e FWD is changed to REV in step 1 1 as soon as the highlight box moves to another field all steps in FX 1 will update to that setting FX2 and FX3 remain unchanged Type CHASE only other effects require Kaleidoscope Direction Forward Reverse or Bounce Fade time Time taken for the WHOLE effect to fade in and out Step time Time it stays at each step An example of how to set up an 8 step chase effect is shown in the Quickstart Tutorial chapter refer to this for further information The final screen representation for that chase is shown underneath 09 00 00 01 08 93 EFFECTS PREVIEW 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 FL 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
64. GENIUS Lighting Control Software Operator s Manual M c Document No 85011 A86 ue 2 A Strand Lighting ps Apr 1994 Offices and Service Centres Asia 7th Floor Corporation Sq 8 Lam Lok St Kowloon Bay Kowloon Hong Kong Tel 852 757 3033 Fax 852 757 1767 Canada 2430 Lucknow Drive Unit15 Mississauga Ontario L5S 1V3 Canada Tel 1 905 677 7130 Fax 1 905 677 6859 France 26 Villa Des Fleurs 92400 Courbevoie Cedex France Tel 33 1 47 88 66 66 Fax 33 1 43 33 71 75 Germany Salzbergstrasse 2 38302 Wolfenbuttel Salzdahlum Germany Tel 49 5331 30080 Fax 49 5331 78883 Italy Via delle Gardenie 33 Pontina Vecchia Km 33 400 00040 Pomezia Roma Italy Tel 39 6 914 7123 Fax 39 6 914 7136 U K Grant Way Isleworth Middlesex TW7 5QD U K Tel 44 081 560 3171 Fax 44 081 568 2103 USA PO Box 9004 18111 South Santa Fe Avenue Rancho Dominguez CA90221 USA Tel 1 310 637 7500 Fax 1 310 632 5519 The material in this manual is for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice Strand Lighting assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this manual For comments and suggestions regarding corrections and or updates to this manual please contact your nearest Strand Lighting office El contenido de este manual es solamente para informaci n y est sujeto a cambios sin previo aviso Strand Lighting no asume respons
65. HRU on Solo toggle 5 Remainder dim Press MACRO with BUMP Bump 1 12 DISPLAY SHORTCUTS CUE n DISPLAY To Cue SUB n DISPLAY To Sub FX m n DISPLAY To FX HELP To cancel HELP press CLR or Aux LED This has no function at this time and is for future development Appx Reference 129 Menu Screen Flow Chart CHAN 1 FX 1 DISPLAY CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMPv SAVE MAIN MENU OUTPUT DISPLAY MENOS 201 OUTPUT A B 0 X 0 Mi CUES SUBS FX CUE PREVIEW MENU CUE 1 USED 1 XREF RENUM DELETE CUES CLEAR XREF CUE MENU CUE 1 USED 1 4 gt XREF DISPLAY UTILITIES MENU OUTPUT rq PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE PATCH MENU LIVE 1 EDIT 1 PATCH DEFAULT SET NON F2 SET PATCH MENU LIVE 1 EDIT 1 ORDER LIVE EDIT SYSTEM MENU DISPLAY MEMORY UNLOCKED DISK MENU PRINT MENU KBYTES FREE LOAD SOFT FORMAT PRINT STOP OUTPUT SETUP MENU SOFTWARE MENU SETUP OPER APPL PASSW VDU display LCD Menu DEFAULT SYNC TEST MACRO MENU ARCHIVE MENU DISK PRINT CLEAR SUBMASTERS MENU SUBS EFFECTS MENU SUBMASTER 12 EFFECT 12 STEP 12 DELETI ARCHIVE CLEAR MENU CLEAR 1 30 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Command Descriptions Appx Reference CHANNEL CONTROL General COMMAND LINE mode always requires to be entered in order to complete the command Where COMMAND LINE entries differ they are shown
66. L as this is the maximum 45 46 Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Recording Cues NA RE CORD Deel p 7 Selecting a Cue Entering Commands Direct Action Mode Command Line Mode Recording Cues This section details the recording process used with Genius and demonstrates examples of commands in both DIRECT ACTION and COMMAND LINE modes To select a cue number for recording or editing the CUE key must be pressed before the cue number is entered All commands are entered using the keypad Genius responds to two types of command DIRECT ACTION or COMMAND LINE DIRECT ACTION entries are shown typed in BOLD UPPER CASE lettering COMMAND LINE entries are shown in ITALICS UPPER CASE lettering You may select which type of command to work with using Channel Control mode in the SET UP screen In this mode as soon as enough keys are pressed to form a complete command the command is carried out and an asterisk which is the ENTER symbol is automatically added to the entry line on the VDU Any subsequent entries will clear the entry line and start a new command sequence CUE 1 TIME 10 RECORD CUE 5 1 TIME 20 RECORD In this mode no action will take place until the lt enter gt key is pressed Using the same examples as above the entries are keyed in as follows RECORD 1 TIME 10 lt gt RECORD 5 1 TIME 20 lt gt The key is shown in chevrons lt gt
67. L gives a visual representation of the current wheel level or position The COMMAND ENTRY area is where all entries are displayed once they are entered on the keypad 17 The OUTPUT screen is often referred to throughout this manual and as such also appears in Appendix A for quick reference Set up Screen This screen will show GSX LBX s default settings and can be changed to suit your own requirements Initially there is no need to alter anything in order to get the console working unless your dimmers do not receive DMX512 in which case you will have to alter the Dimmer Output setting in the Dimmer and Patch section In order to access the screen press the DISPLAY key three times and then press the key below SET UP The password is numerical and will be sent to you in a format similar to the one shown below CHAN 1 FX c SYSTEM MENU CUE SUB 1 MEMORY UNLOCKED BUMP BUMP SAVE SETUP LOG LOCK OUTPUT UNDO OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY eco DISPLAY eco CAL ET TTS c Cfor 5c 3c 3 mM MU press 3 times v press once SETUP MENU DEFAULT SYNC TEST OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY coL f d bi D i Ae 35 09 00 00 01 08 93 SETUP 200 Free cues Console Buzzer LCD Contrast LCD Backlight Power Up Macro Wheel Maste
68. LR Selects display on the VGA monitor and LCD Unmarked keys on top row used to select sub menus and other special functions associated with them This key for use with KALEIDOSCOPE Identifies next numeric entry as a fade wait or delay time Identifies next numeric entry as an effect Identifies next numeric entry as a Submaster Identifies next numeric entry as a Cue Many keys on the keypad have a secondary function pressing MACRO first will mean the next keypad entry will execute a pre programmed sequence of set commands Preset Macros are shown in Blue on the Keypad Decimal Point allows accurate time input e g 3 2 seconds or extra cues to be inserted e g Cue 3 2 Increments decrements last selected Channel Cue Sub or FX Sets all selected channels to a pre determined level Selects a continuous range of numbers e g THRU 5 is the same as entering 1 2 3 4 5 Combines or removes Channels Cues Submasters for selection Identifies the next numeric entry to be the intensity of the selected channel s The ENTER key used with COMMAND LINE and PATCH to execute commands Clears last key entered Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Navig ating the The DISPLAY key selects and cycles through four main LCD menus Di splays which all display the OUTPUT screen on the VDU Each menu contains sub menus which in the main give access to other VDU displays by means of three function keys F1
69. ROPORTIONAL method is the default setting This is a theatrical term referring to an old mechanical method of changing a group of channel levels together To see how this works change the Wheel Mastering setting in the SETUP screen to SHAFT and set channels as shown CHANNELS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEVELS 50 50 50 75 75 75 30 30 30 90 Key in 1 THRU 10 to become the CURRENT SELECTION Move the wheel so as channels to 3 are at 70 the rest of the channels will change as shown having an extra 20 added to their levels Decreasing levels will of course subtract the same number of points from each channel s level CHANNELS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEVELS 70 70 70 95 95 95 50 50 50 FL Channel 10 should in theory be at 110 but cannot go higher than full Proportional mastering means that levels are changed proportionally to their current levels i e the number of points added or subtracted from each channel depends on the level it is at Reset the SETUP screen setting to PROPORTION and change channels to the following settings CHANNELS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEVELS 50 50 50 60 60 60 60 30 30 90 Key in 1 THRU 10 Move the wheel so channels 1 to 3 are at 70 again This now represents a 40 proportional increase and all other channel levels also increase proportionally by 40 of their previous levels CHANNELS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEVELS 70 70 70 84 84 84 84 42 42 FL Channel 10 in theory should be 126 but can not go higher than F
70. SAVE Press DISPLAY key CAT Los once to get to MEMORY menu pot A IC IT i MEMORY MENU MEMORY MENU A B 0 x0 AIB 0 X 0 CUES SUBS FX CUES SUBS FX a L P rh 1 Wi b ny Tra v c wv CUE PREVIEW MENU SUBMASTERS MENU CUE 1 USED 1 SUBMASTERS 1 XREF RENUM DELETE CUE PREVIEW 24 MEMORY MENU AIB 0 X 0 CUES SUBS FX CLEAR p E 1 E v EFFECTS MENU EFFECT 1 STEP 1 SWAP INSERT DELETE SUBMASTERS EFFECTS ryt Press DISPLAY key once to return to OUTPUT screen Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Lighting your first show Cues Entering amp Controlling a Channel e Quickstart Tutorial A show plotted using Genius consists of a set of recorded cues A cue often referred to as a memory determines the following e Which luminaires are on and at what intensity levels e The fade time taken to reach those levels e Which luminaires are off or dimmed e The fade time taken to reach those levels The transition between cues is either a Crossfade XF or a Movefade MP both of these are comprehensively covered in the Recording Cues chapter and we shall just be using Crossfades in this section Genius Channel Control setting on the Setup screen defaults to DIRECT 1 DIGI
71. SK Press SOFT Press APPL Press LOAD If successful your selected application will now load and on completion the console re initialises and the screen changes to indicate the appropriate channel capacity GENIUS 125 in this case for a period of 30 seconds before returning to the default setting An unsuccessful operation will result in an error message see Errors Faultfinding chapter 13 CHAN 1 FX 1 CUE o SUB 1 BUMP BUMPiSAVE OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY COL m m DEFAULT MENU Registration and Passwords 21 DAY S LEFT OUTPUT 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Wheel X Playback Wait Cue Type Up Down Link 0 XF 0 Delay Loop Submasters 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 AB Playback A B 0 100 In Out 0 0 0 0 Cue 0 0 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 OUTPUT Console 000 000 000 001 023 045 KOREA Your system is now fully operational and will remain so for a period of
72. T These modes of operation are covered in detail in the Channel Control section and for the purposes of this Tutorial just observe the following rules e DIRECT ACTION mode users enter the commands shown in BOLD The lt gt symbols require that you follow the action within the brackets e COMMAND LINE mode users if this is different the commands are shown in ITALICS The ENTER command is always required here and is bracketed throughout the manual as a reminder Each lighting channel has a unique number which is entered using the keypad if a number is entered first GSX always recognises it as a channel entry The channel has to be assigned a level and this is achieved by using one of two methods 1 The key on the keypad 105 channel 1 is set instantly to a level of 50 1 5 lt gt 2 The wheel 1 lt wheel gt move the wheel away from you the OUTPUT display screen highlights the channel in red and the level fades up smoothly with wheel movement 25 The slider faders are Submasters and do not control individual channel levels as in some other lighting control desks Setting up a Cue This example procedure sets up a lighting state ready for recording as CUE 1 E pn mi 1 THRU 5 wheel to 75 mm m m 6070 6 0 IL 7 6 709 lt gt Entries appear in the command entry line section of the OUTPUT display Levels of channels 6
73. T UNDO DISPLAY COL LAST CMD FULL THRU ON zl 5 Z o ol zJ THRU SOLO ai E gt m A S Y E JR IS JE E y b E j Se 25 S b i D a o s L D Ed Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Reco rding User The numeric keys 0 9 on the keypad can be used in conjunction with Macros the MACRO key to store your own macros What is actually stored is a sequence of up to 32 key strokes The User Macro facility is a very useful tool and offers a means of customising the console to suit your own needs Quick editing facilities also mean that the Macros can be changed simply and effectively User Macros are recorded in the MACRO screen accessible via the route shown below CHAN 1 FX 1 1 SUB 1 BUMP SAVE DISPLAY UTILITIES MENU q PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE PRESS TWICE MACRO MENU F2 09 00 00 01 08 93 MACROS 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 Macros Wheel Simba Submast
74. UNPATCHED DIMMERS GM FL DIM 1 2 3 12 CHN 10 10 2 13 14 1 100 100 100 DIM 113 14 15 16 17 20 22 23 24 CHN 13 14 15 15 15 20 21 22 23 24 100 100 100 100 100 DIM 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 34 35 CHN 25 26 27 27 27 37 100 10096 100 100 100 100 100 1009640096 100 100 100 PATCHED NON DIMS 80 THRESHOLD LEVEL N NON DIM 84 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 10 Genius will allow Chase effects to be recorded and played back whereby each step is recorded and played back in sequence one step at atime The full range of effects with up to 30 memories are available with the Kaleidoscope package Basic Effects FX PLAYBACK 1 FX PLAYBACK 2 FX PLAYBACK 3 ACTIVE NN FX MASTER Ez 1 N 2 3 STEP TIME E E _ E pl o 3 CHASE m FADE TIME LOAD SELECTION KEYS STEP PUED CYCLE FWD FLICKER E REV RANDOM LH BNC AUDIO MIDI AO AUN UC UC GO STOP O ASNO A A DN Up to 3 effect memories may be stored in a Genius any of which may be active at any one time and run simultaneously Recording Setting up and recording effects are carried out in the EFFECTS Effects PREVIEW screen Access to this screen is shown in the figure overleaf Basic Effects 85 86 CHAN 1 Pea CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE OUTPUT DISPLAY MEMORY MENU CUES _ SUBS FX M VI EFFECTS MENU EFFECT
75. abilidad por errores o omisiones que puedan aparecer Cualquier comentario sugerencia o correcci n con respecto a este manual favor de dirijirlo a la oficina de Strand Lighting m s cercana Der Inhalt dieses Handbuches ist nur fiir Informationszwecke gedacht Aenderungen sind vorbehalten Strand Lighting uebernimmt keine Verantwortung f r Fehler oder Irrtuemer die in diesem Handbuch auftreten F r Bemerkungen und Verbesserungsvorschlaege oder Vorschlaege in Bezug auf Korrekturen und oder Aktualisierungen in diesem Handbuch moechten wir Sie bitten Kontakt mit der naechsten Strand Lighting Niederlassung aufzunehmen Le mat riel d crit dans ce manuel est pour information seulement et est sujet 4 changements sans pr avis La compagnie Strand Lighting n assume aucune responsibilit sur toute erreur ou ommission inscrite dans ce manuel Pour tous commentaires ou suggestions concernant des corrections et ou les mises jour de ce manuel veuillez s ll vous plait contacter le bureau de Strand Lighting le plus proche Manual and Software Copyright 1994 Strand Lighting Limited All rights reserved Information contained in this document may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without prior written approval of Strand Lighting Its sole purpose is to provide the user with detailed operational information for the equipment supplied The use of this document for all other purposes is specifically prohibited Certain features of the equipme
76. again will restore the field s original value Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Changing Channels and their respective levels can be modified without going Recorded Levels back to the OUTPUT display To change recorded levels the highlight box must be in the CUE field Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 3 XF 25 25 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 D 0 5 MF 20 20 OFF 0 0 0 0 6 XF 10 10 OFF 0 0 0 D 7 XF 25 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 8 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 0 0 9 MF 20 30 OFF 0 0 0 0 S CUE PREVIEW 1 THRU 1007 Selecta cue then edit an item or set channels Modify channels 1 to 10 in cue 9 When modifying levels in this mode the key must be used land not the wheel Selected channels are highlighted in green to differentiate them from the OUTPUT display This also indicates that the wheel can t be used for setting preview levels Changing By moving the highlight box around the various fields with the cursor Recorded Times Keys cues can have all their times and type of fade modified using the A wheel or keypad and Fade Times Change fade up time of cue 3 Cue Sheet Wheel Cue Type Up Defwn Wait Delay Link Loop 1 XF 110 OFF 0 0 0 0 2 XF 0 10 OFF 0 0 0 0 3 XF 25 25 OFF 0 0 0 0 4 XF 50 50 OFF 0 0 o 0 5 MF 20120 OFF 0 0 o 0 6 XF 1
77. and 7 can now be changed by using the wheel if desired 09 00 00 01 08 93 OUTPUT 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 75 75 7575 75 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 OUTPUT 6 7 9 CHANNEL CONTROL ACTIVE Channels 1 to 5 now have the levels displayed at 75 Channels 6 and 7 now have levels highlighted in red as these are currently selected 26 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Recording Cues For The show UNDO UNDO HELP REC SUB AUX RECORD REC TIME L fei dP Quickstart Tutorial CUE 2 CUE 3 CUE 4 CUE 5 To record this scene as CUE 1 key in the following command CUE 1 RECORD RECORD 1 lt gt Whilst still in the OUTPUT screen follow the procedures below to set up and record another four cues to complete the show 1 THRU 5 lt wheel to 0 gt Not required in this cue 8 THRU 10 lt wheel to FL gt CUE 2 RECORD RECORD 2 lt gt 1 THRU 3 lt wheel to 50 gt CUE 3 RECORD RECORD 3 lt gt 1 THRU 7 4 lt wheel to FL gt Puts on ch
78. annels 1 to 7 except ch 4 CUE 4 RECORD RECORD 4 lt gt 1 THRU 10 lt wheel to 0 gt 4 lt wheel to 20 gt CUE 5 RECORD RECORD 5 lt gt 27 MEMORY MENU A B 0 Xx 0 CUES SUBS FX E CUE PREVIEW MENU CUE 1 USED 5 XREF RENUM DELETE CUE PREVIEW CURSOR KEYS 28 Once all these cues have been recorded they can be viewed by going to the CUE PREVIEW screen All the cues are shown in the CUE SHEET window with type of fade XF and default fade times of 5 5 seconds UP DOWN WAIT DELAY times and the LINK and LOOP features are not used at this stage The contents of the cue are shown in the channels window depending on which cue the highlight box is over The box can be moved about by the cursor keys above the wheel and the channel window display will change accordingly Your screen should now correspond to the five figures shown in the next two pages 09 00 00 01 08 93 CUE PREVIEW 195 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 75 75 7575 75 9090 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
79. be driven in one of three directions and is selectable by using the key to toggle between them e Forwards FWD starts with the first step selected and ends with the last step and then repeats e Reverse REV starts with the last step selected and ends with the first step and then repeats e Bounce BNC starts with the first step ends with the last step then reverses 89 Fade Time Step Time STEP TIME E FADE TIME ES di Step STEP E Updating Effects ali gi e pa Jj MACRO Y 90 The FADE TIME or STEP TIME can be modified as follows Hold down the appropriate key and move the wheel When the key is held down the current value is displayed in the Effects Playback window Moving the wheel will adjust the level With the effect running the STEP key overrides the automatic stepping and allows you to manually step through the currently selected effect If the automatic sequence is particularly fast then you may not see all steps on the display A running effect that has been modified on the fly can be updated permanently when in the OUTPUT screen as follows Press MACRO on the keypad and then the appropriate Playback select key This will overwrite your existing effect memory UPDATE FX appears on the VDU command line and if you return to the EFFECTS PREVIEW screen you will see that all the chang
80. but may be changed using the SET UP screen see Appendix and Setup sections 1ON Sets channel 1 to the current ON level The FULL key sets levels at full 100 abbreviated as FL 5 THRU 20 GFULL MACRO ON Sets channels 5 to 20 at 100 Pressing the key before the FULL or ON key is not necessary but will be accepted Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 CHAN 11 IX l CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE THRU d THRU key THRU ON MACRO THRU d FA A ses Combination Entries Channel Control 1 5 9 11 0 9 Channels 1 5 9 and 11 at a level of 90 1 5 9 11 wheel Continually adjusts channels 1 5 9 and 11 The last channel number entered is always displayed in the LCD The THRU key is a quick way of entering a range of channels 1 THRU 5 isthe same as entering 1 2 3 4 5 Ranges using the THRU key can be controlled in either direction 1 THRU 12 is the same as 12 THRU 1 Channels can be removed from a selection by using the key 1 THRU 7 5 will remove channel 5 from the selected range and only channels 1 2 3 4 6 7 will be selected Where MACRO commands are used the MACRO key is always pressed first THRU ON selects channels in the thru range that actually have levels and ignores those that are not on 1 THRU ON 5 MACRO THRU For example the levels of these channels may be as follows CH 1 50 CH 2 70
81. d cue CUE 1 THRU 5 DELETE no enter key required deletes all cues from 1 to 5 including those with decimal points Use this feature with care as it renumbers a range of cues RENUM renumters the whole CUE SHEET starting at 1 including decimal point cues The renumbered cues will be 1 2 3 etc CUE 1 THRU 5 RENUM renumters in the case of the screen shown on the previous page cues 1 to 5 including the decimal point cue 4 1 CUE 200 THRU 210 RENUM will renumber that range as consecutive cues starting at 200 Cues before renumbering 200 201 201 1 201 2 207 Cues after renumbering 200 201 202 203 204 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Xref Screen Recording Cues The Cue Cross Reference screen shows an alternative display of cues in memory replacing the channel grid window with the channels for several cues at once This is used to show channel changes in each cue e Cues vertical row e Channels horizontal row Scrolling the cue sheet with the TJ keys or wheel also scrolls the XREF window F1 and F3 scroll through channels horizontally so that a cue s contents can be monitored quickly To access the screen follow the procedure shown below CUE PREVIEW MENU CUE 4 4 USED 5 XREF RENUM DELETE XREF CUE MENU e 4 1 USED 5 SCROLL LEFT SCROLL RIGHT 09 00 00 01 08 93 CUE XREF PREVIEW 195 Free cues GM FL 026 27 28 2930 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 4
82. dividual control path which is used to set or modify the level or colour of one or more luminaires Values displayed as 0 to 99 and FL FULL Level can be entered as single digit 1 10 or double digit 10 10 selectable within Set up Each lighting channel on GSX has a unique number Device fitted to luminaires that allows changing of colour filters by remote control Method of operation selectable in Set up mode whereby key sequences are entered in order to construct a grammatical instruction These instructions have to be terminated by the enter key before taking affect Channel for controlling colour scrollers A fade containing both an up fade and a down fade where all the channel levels of one lighting state are replaced by the channel levels of another A Cue is stored data for both colour and Intensity channels and also contains other data relating to the transitional fade from the previous cue Is always a blackout Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Current Selection Default Dimmer Dipless Crossfade Direct Action Down Fade Effect Fade Grand Master Gel Intensity Channel Live Macro Memory Lock Movefade The current selection is under direct Channel Control and highlighted in red on the Output screen A factory or user programmed setting A device that controls the brightness of one or more luminaires A Crossfade in which channel levels progress linearl
83. e cue sheet select cue CUE DISPLAY Go to the cue sheet at previous selection OUTPUT MACRO DISPLAY Return to main output display from any other At submasters display selection bar on a submaster No CLEARSUB F3 Clear selected submaster 1 CLEARSUB Clear submaster 1 1 gt 3 CLEARSUB Clear submasters 1 3 Appx Reference 1 37 Editing Screen 138 Fields Method Type at keypad NEXT LAST Wheel also PageUp Down CLR DEFAULT F1 Numeric field Symbolic field Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Restores the field to the value when it was selected or delete the last key typed Restores the field to its factory default setting Setup screen only Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Appendix B Connectors Pin out tables Power Connector 3 pin male AXR a Pin Description Mss P D Drain GND chassis P Positive N Negative D DMX512 OUT SMX Europe only 5 pin female XLR a Pin Description Pint Data GND Pin2 Data signal PIN Pin3 Data signal Pin4 No connection Pin5 No connection AMX192 4 pin male XLR Pin Description Pin 1 Screen Analogue UN Pin2 Clock Pin3 Analogue multiplex Pin4 Clock 3 pin female XLR Pin Description Pin 1 Screen Analogue Ov Pin2 No connection PIN 1 Pin 3
84. ection is Submasters then recorded into any specified Submaster by keying in the Submaster number and pressing the record key SUB 10 RECORD Records the output into submaster 10 RECORD SUB 10 lt gt 09 00 00 01 08 93 OUTPUT 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 80 80 7530 2651 50 50 FL FL FL 80 75303080 FL FL 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 505080 80 80 80 7530 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 X Playback Wheel Type Up Down Wait Delay Submasters A B Playback Effects 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 A Cue In Out 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 E Next OUTPUT SUB 10REC CHANNEL CONTROL ACTIVE In the figure above all channels that have a level will be recorded into Submaster 10 and not just the highlighted CURRENT SELECTION By recording an empty OUTPUT screen into a Submaster that Submaster is cleared Alternatively the bump keys can be used to select the Submaster directly SUB lt BUMP gt Records into appropriate Submaster SUB lt BUMP gt 72 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 a
85. ed as follows Refer to the MENU SCREEN FLOW CHART in Appendix A to remind you of the menu routings The Fl key then selects the PATCH screen Note these actions and refer to the procedure overleaf Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 te Ge Macros 0 CUE 200 CUT 1 DISPLAY na 2 Macros MACRO DISPLAY m l II PRESS TWICE Macros 0 CUE200 CUT 1 MACRO DISPLA 2 Macros 0 CUE 2 0 0 CUT i MACRO DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY Macros 0 CUE200 CUT IMACRO DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLA ak 2 Macros 0 CUE 200 CUT 2 MACRO DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY F1 Press MACRO 1 to start recording Press MACRO DISPLAY this ensures the macro starts at default screen Press DISPLAY key twice UTILITIES menu Press F1 PATCH screen Press MACRO 1 again The Macro is now recorded To verify this go to another screen and press MACRO 1 again the screen changes to the SET PATCH menu immediately Repeat this procedure to set up Macros for other screens you may use often F F2 F3 on the MACROS menu have no other function other than to be included as part of a macro set up 97 Triggering User User defined Macros can be set up to be
86. el the OUTPUT display screen will show the channel levels changing with wheel movement Levels previously set using the ON THRU ON or FULL keys can also be modified by the wheel in the same way Channel Control 41 Channel Level The display of channel intensities on the VDU screens use different Activity colours to identify what the channel is doing MAGENTA Increasing in level GREEN Decreasing in level BLUE No change WHITE RED BOX Under Channel Control current selection on Output display WHITE GREEN BOX Under Channel Control current selection on Cue Preview or Submaster displays WHITE Channels used on A B Playback Advanced The features covered in this section offer more advanced applications Channel of the Genius Channel Control Control Stage Output If the Channel Control has nothing selected then the complete output on stage is controlled via the wheel by simply pressing the key This I will now make a CURRENT SELECTION of all channels which have JH a level above zero on stage including running effects lt wheel gt The whole output can now be wheeled to a desired level t and this can be monitored in the OUTPUT display 42 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 SOLO MACRO SOLO VA MACRO S REMAINDER DIM MACRO REM DIM z d macro NE BUMP J Keys CHAN 1 FX CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMPL SAVE 24
87. eping recorded times if it does Records the currently selected cue Ditto Records cue 1 as a move fade Records cue 1 with up down fade times of 4s of 4 1s of 41s of 4m 12s of 41m 23s Records cue times only not Channels Cue 1 is copied to cue 2 At cue sheet with the selection bar on a cue number DELETECUE F3 CUE 2 DELETECUE CUE 1 1 gt 1 3 DELETECUE Deletes selected cue Delete cue 2 if present Delete cues 1 1 1 2 and 1 3 if present 135 UPDATING CUES 1 UPDATECUE 1 RECORD 1 RECORD UPDATE CUE 1 Channel 1 is added to cue 1 UPDATECUE RECORD RECORD UPDATECUE Same as RECORD if there is no current selection 6 gt 8 UPDATECUE RECORD 6 gt 8 RECORD UPDATECUE Channels 6 8 are added to in the current cue CUE 1 UPDATECUE 2 RECORD CUE 1 RECORD UPDATE CUE 2 Cue ones recorded Channels are added to cue 2 Un COMMAND LINE mode cues can be recorded without the word CUE if desired e g RECORD 1 TIME 4 lt gt RECORDING SUBMASTERS SUB 1 RECORD RECORD SUB 1 Records all Channel with levels in Output screen as Submaster 1 SUB BUMP Records the submaster whose bump key was pressed BUMP Bumps the Channels in the selected submaster to FL BUMP Returns the Channels to their previous levels This is a second bump press if latched or the first bump press if released 1 36 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 LCD AND DISPLAY COMMANDS CUE 1 DISPLAY Go to th
88. ers A B Playback Effects 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 In Out 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Cue MACRO Press MACRO 0 9 to start and end editing Let s set up some example User Macros Macros 95 Exam ple Macros Example Macro 0 A general channel check is required to see if any CHAN 1 CUE 21 BUMP DISPLAY SN cl FX 51 SUB 1 BUMP SAVE PRESS TWICE UTILITIES MENU ATCH macro archive DISPLAY must be pressed twice to get to the UTILITIES MENU oL TN v PATCH MENU LIVE 1 DEFAULT SET 96 EDIT 1 NON lamps are not working before a production commences record this as CUE 200 1 Return to OUTPUT screen 2 Keyin 1 THRU 125 Wheel to 30 gt 3 Keyin CUE 200 TIME 10 RECORD RECORD 200 TIME 10 lt gt 4 Go to the MACROS screen 5 Press MACRO 0 Starts recording Macro 0 6 Keyin CUE 200 GO Puts cue 200 on stage 7 Press MACRO 0 Completes recording of Macro Now anytime you are in the OUTPUT screen you can run up this macro by keying in MACRO 0 All macro setting up and editing must be done in this screen Editing is simply a matter of removing commands from the Macros window with the CLEAR key and re entering Example Macro 1 You can set a macro up to shortcut the route to frequently used screens such as the SET PATCH Menu This is slightly more complex as all setting up must be done in the MACROS screen This should be approach
89. ers are completely in the home position top as shown in the side figure 107 For the purposes of this example the C D fade times are set to zero in order to see an instantaneous response when crossfading however in practise they can be set to any value 2 Set channels 1 to 72 at FULL by using the appropriate faders to make the scene live on stage AAA AAA OA Wi c AR A AR RI CH 3 Move C D Preset Masters together to the bottom position The scene on stage remains unaffected IN our SECO OSE C D FADE TIMES C FLASH D FLASH C D PRESET MASTERS E o BF 70 1 08 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 LBX 4 Set channels 1 12 to 50 the scene on stage still does not change IEIZI ILLI DII Bb do Js JI ds d ds o d o UR EA LE JL X AS S buch LLL LLBELELLEL EA DID E 5 Move C D Preset Masters back up to the top position This Crossfades between the Blind scene and the Live scene on the C faders IN OUT SEC 0 0 SEG C D FADE TIMES C FLASH D FLASH D Ld D 10 WE o C D PRESET MASTERS
90. es will have been recorded If you are unsure of which Playback is running the effect but you know for example the effect you want to change is FX 8 then key in MACRO FX 8 RECORD RECORD MACRO FX 8 lt gt Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Deleting Effects The DELETE key erases the highlighted step or alternatively EFFECTS MENU FX 1 1 DELETE Deletes step 1 of FX 1 EFFECT 1 STEP 1 DELETE b FX11THRU2 9DELETE Deletes all steps from FX1 1 to f FX2 9 Y FX Master The FX MASTER fader will master the output levels of all channels in running effects FX MASTER 3 OS M G DON Oo a Tips for setting up Chase Effects As the RECORD function copies the previous cue when in the EFFECTS PREVIEW screen you may find it easier to set up la series of blank steps for chases Basic Effects 91 92 Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Macros Built in Macros Macros 11 The purpose of a macro is to execute a regularly used command or even a string of commands using the minimum of keys The MACRO key is used in conjunction with various other keys to execute certain commands Genius has the following macro facilities e 17 Built in Macros e 10 User configurable Macros 0 9 A lot of the Built in macros and how to access them have been covered in previous chapters but as a reminder to execute them the MACRO key must be pr
91. essage being displayed on the VDU If this happens you can do any of the following to correct the situation e Type a corrected entry e Press CLR and edit the key entry e Press MACRO CLR and delete the whole command line Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Current Channels that have been selected using numeric keys together with Selection or THRU are called the CURRENT SELECTION The CURRENT SELECTION is always highlighted with a red background on the OUTPUT display Once selected these levels can be set or modified as a group by the ON and FULL keys or the wheel The figure below shows channels 5 through 10 as the CURRENT SELECTION 09 00 00 01 08 93 OUTPUT 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 so 80 75 SO EIE AAA EZ 50 zo FL FL 80 75303080 FL FL 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 505080 80 80 80 75 30 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 X Playback Wheel Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop Submasters A B Playback 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 O9 10 11 12 A 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 In Out Cue OUTPUT CHANNEL CONTROL ACTIVE If 5 THRU 10 are adjusted by the whe
92. essed before the appropriate key Built in macro keys are identified in blue text on the console A table of the built in macros is shown below KEYPRESSES FUNCTION MACRO ON On at full MACRO CLR Clears Command Line MACRO LAST Recalls Last Command MACRO DISPLAY Go To OUTPUT Display MACRO Remainder Dim MACRO Solo Toggle MACRO THRU Selects Channels Above Zero MACRO Undo Last MACRO COL Undo Last COL MACRO REC Undo Last REC MACRO REC TIME Undo Last REC TIME MACRO CUE Updates Cue Channels MACRO LOAD A Updates A Playback Channels MACRO LOADB Updates B Playback Channels MACRO LOAD X Updates X Playback Channels MACRO SUB Updates Submasters Channels MACRO FX Updates running Effect 93 94 The figure below highlights the location of all Macro keys most being situated in the keypad area with three more on the Playback areas UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE LOADA LOAD B LOAD X al i l A B 10 0 Em 9 co 1 E 8 2 7 3 E d St sem mmm 5 8 4 6 3 E 2 8 1 9 0 3 E Wires Wire RECORD REC TIME OUTPU
93. et A Press Twice UTILITIES MENU PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE m ARCHIVE MENU DISK PRINT CLEAR i DISK MENU KBYTES FREE LOAD SOFT FORMAT SOFTWARE MENU OPER APPL PASSW m OPERATING SW LOAD Tlf LOADING SOFTWARE Are You Sure ABORT LOAD Software Installation Insert your Operating System disk into the disk aperture at the side of the console label face up and follow the procedure below Press the DISPLAY key twice to gain access to the UTILITIES menu Press ARCHIVE Press DISK Press SOFT Press OPER Press LOAD An ARE YOU SURE message appears which you must confirm by pressing LOAD again or cancel by pressing ABORT The console will now re initialise and the OUTPUT screen appear after a short period An unsuccessful operation will result in an error message see Errors Faultfinding chapter 11 CHAN 1 FX CUE 0 SUB BUMP BUMPiSAVE Sa 1 OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO DEFAULT MENU 12 The OUTPUT screen displays the following important information 009 00 01 08 93 OUTPUT MEMORY LOCKED GM FL 001 X Playback Cue Type Up Down Wait Delay Link Loop 0 XF o Submasters A B Playback 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
94. ew APPLICATION or OPERATING SYSTEM software and is covered in detail in the Software Installation chapter e FORMAT For formatting backup disks Loading Saved Pressing DISK automatically selects WHOLE SHOW as this is the Shows most common category to load in LOAD will then down load it into the console Archive Selection J SELECT FIRST LAST Patch Ae amp FX Sheet ues 1 999 WHOLE SHOW MA sSupmasters 1 24 Effects 1 30 Setup amp Macros Error Log PRINT amp CLEAR only DISK MENU E KBVIESEREE 97 To Selectively load A 1 Move the highlight box with the cursor buttons to the SELECT area s and press the key accordingly Ticks will appear key removes them 2 Move to the FIRST field and lt wheel gt the first memory number to be loaded Move to the LAST field and lt wheel gt the last number to be loaded Archive Selection Y SELECT FIRST LAST Patch EE amp FX Sheet ues 1 WHOLE SHOW Submasters 1 24 Effects 1 30 Setup amp Macros Error Log PRINT amp CLEAR only 3 Press LOAD Epgmatting Disks Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Formatting a disk will erase any data previously recorded on it unless the disk is write protected tab open in which case formatting cannot take place Format works with Memory Lock on or off but will not work if the disk is write protected tab open Caution To format a new disk 1 E
95. f possible the console will become usable Most error messages are for service use only however messages that can be rectified or acted upon are shown in the table overleaf with suitable advice Contact your dealer for further information on these or any other messages that may appear 1 18 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Errors Faultfinding ERROR MESSAGE ACTION PS 1D Stuck li Check bump key Control Fader Stuck Check control fader Control Key Stuck Check key press DIAG to find which one Bump Key Buffer Full Too many bump key changes Control Key Buffer Full Too many control key changes Fader Event Buffer Full Too many fader changes Disk Directory File Missing Try another floppy Disk File File Bad Try another floppy Header Disk Mount Disk Missing Try another floppy Hardware Brownout Check Power supply Hardware Power Fail Power failure occurred check supply Voltage Ref Battery Failure Leave powered on for 48 hours Check battery Console Memory Full No more memory Software Disk Software Disk is full Your disk is full Disk Software Disk Write Protect Write protect is on 119 Notes 1 20 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 15 Designers Remote The Designers Remote unit has a 4x16 character display and duplicates some of the the facilities of the console Y Strand Lighting Desig
96. gners Remote 121 Connecting Up cei Hen npa IRR 122 Appendix A Reference eene 125 Output Screen siia tete Oe ede ete erede tenes 125 Channel Window Colours eene 125 SETUP S Green urticaria daran delante 126 Setup Options nene eere aside ais 127 Del pS Green cene te tia sete 129 Menu Screen Flow Chart 130 Command Descrptong eene nennen 131 Editing Screen Fields esee 138 Vill Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Power Contiectorz x i pilar rodea rai ino dando 139 DMX3512 QUT oie o RECTO EUM 139 SMX Burope only e e Utere deeg 139 O O TETS 139 RS 139 RS2325 4 555 On Gb e A ae A 140 Ke EN ERA ieu IB 140 Audio putita lucida 141 Designers Remote cintas 141 it TE qat 143 User Macro Sheet Panel Layouts isiiciiniorinicaricaniiridacica ipea ope caca Dau Pull out Table of Contents Glossary Archive Auto Go Bump Key Blind Editing Channel Channel Level Channel Number Colour Scroller Command Line Colour Channel Crossfade Cue Cue 0 Transfer of recorded data to or from the console to its disc or printer Automatically starts the next Cue on completion of the current Cue A key associated with sub masters when activated will flash the contents to a level set by the level master fader Editing which does not affect the stage Output see Preview An in
97. hannel capacity using the Auto Hold feature to set up a Blind scene as in a normal 2 scene preset desk Once again this can be utilised with or without a Submaster function Channel faders always correspond numerically to the first 36 48 72 or 96 channels of the LBX system Changing operating modes during a show is not recommended as channel levels may become unpredictable 72 x 1 Scene All faders in the top three banks shown overleaf are assigned as Preset 24 Subs channels and are mastered by Preset C in the C D Masters panel Default Mode Control is manual if Preset C fade time is set to zero or alternatively a time setting takes precedence The 24 faders in the bottom bank are assigned as Submasters These faders will output and control the Submaster on a HTP level with the fader The colour of the channel levels shown on the VDU indicate which option has control of these channels 1 06 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 WHITE Fader or A B Playback control YELLOW Submaster Control IIIUIIIIIIR rrr dE dg IIInIIIIII IIIIIIIIII O an s ER BIB 10001100000 MAA Duy VV yyyyy AAA AAA AAA AA A MAA IMEEM I MPAA POOR OID fede IIIIIIIIII DAA MITA pd pd np 2 Y nun pertain I G EC VEITOPEITTM D om more an
98. hey can all be seen on one screen In dimmer order these would need to be scrolled through e LIVE Toggle action selects PATCH 1 or PATCH 2 to become the live screen The status is shown in the middle row of the LCD e EDIT Toggle action selects which PATCH screen is to be edited The status is shown in the middle row of the LCD The side figures show LIVE 1 EDIT 1 which means that PATCH 1 when edited will have changes appear live on stage LIVE 1 EDIT 2 means that PATCH 2 becomes the preview patch and will be edited blind the changes not appearing on stage Actions such as Live and Default take several seconds to complete The command line display shows a flashing cursor until the action is complete All editing in the PATCH screen is done using the keypad regardless of whether the console is configured as DIRECT ENTRY or COMMAND LINE mode All entries must be completed by the ENTER command The wheel does not function in editing mode as in other screens and is used only to scroll the PATCH screen pages Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Patching Dimmers Patching Non dims PATCH MENU LIVE 1 EDIT 1 DEFAULT SET NON W i Unpatching Patch The first figure entered when editing on this screen is always the dimmer number and because of this the key functions differently than when used with other screens 1 EPATCH 10 lt gt Assigns dimmer 1
99. ing submasters 31 wheel and cursor keys 23 GO 64 Grand master 69 Invalid key entries 40 L LBX Operating Modes 36x2 scene preset 110 48x2 scene preset 112 72x1 scene preset 106 96x1 scene preset 111 LAST 40 Links 59 LOAD A B 67 LOAD X 65 Loading shows 102 Loops 59 M Macros built in 93 power up macro 98 recording 95 triggering from Submasters 78 triggering user macros 98 user examples 96 MACRO CLR 40 MACRO CUE 52 MACRO THRU 39 MACRO 43 MACRO 43 144 MACRO THRU 39 MACRO 40 MACRO FX 90 MACRO SUB 76 MACRO ON 38 MACRO DISPLAY 36 MAN TIME 65 MAN TIME SEQ 68 mux sockets 7 N NEXT 40 Non dims 83 O ON 38 Operating Software 9 Loading Updating 11 P Password entry 15 Patch default 81 live 82 order 82 patching dimmers 83 patching non dims 83 preview patch 82 set patch menu 82 unpatching 83 Playbacks automatic X 64 manual A B 67 sequences 68 with recorded time 68 with manual time 68 Power input socket 5 Preset Masters C D 108 Printer types 6 Printing 101 Proportional mastering 45 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 R RATE 65 REC TIME 49 RECORD 48 Remote control 121 RS232 port 6 S Scaling 80 Screen colours 125 Setting up blind scenes 107 Shaft mastering 45 SHIFT key LBX 113 Single digit mode 37 SPLIT 53 Stealing Channels 114 STOP BACK 66 Submasters clearing 75 editing 75 inhibit
100. ive 76 recording 72 recording with time 73 triggering macros 77 updating 76 T THRU 39 U UNDO 40 Upgrading Software 16 V VGA port 5 W WAIT 53 Warm start 10 Index 145 User Macro Table User Macro Table IN UP QUT7 DOWN CHASE EI BUILD EI CYCLE FLICKER RANDOM AUDIO MIDI GO STOP FX MASTER e O t amp e d e STEP TIME FADE TIME AUX UNDO UNDO RECORD REC_TIME CS AUDIO MIDI E CX UPDATE SEQ UPDATE LOAD A MAN TIME LOAD B ES ES E e 0000000000 UPDATE RATE MAN TIME LOAD X ES E CUT STOP BACK ES E E T 5 I y El ME o CC FLASH OFF E EI SOLO LATCH A A FLASH LEVEL 2 e e o NR t e a e e GRAND MASTER E e e N c ZS m e e e OUTPUT DISPLAY LAST_CMD me Next Last UPDATE Coste I UPDATE UPDATE i CUE GSX PANEL LAYOUT IN UP OUT DOWN FX MASTER UNDO UNDO STEP TIME HELP REC SUB AUX RE
101. l Type Up Down Wait Fl X PLAYBACK WINDOW Submasters A B Playback Effects 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 12 A B EFFECTS 43 14 SUBMASTERS WINDOW 24 Vi A B PLAYBACK WINDOW LOADED OUTPUT COMMAND ENTRY LINE WARNINGS ERROR MESSAGES D D LEVEL COLOUR INDICATING GREEN Decrease in level Channel Window Colours BLUE No change MAGENTA Increase in level YELLOW Under Submaster control WHITE ON RED Current selection WHITE Under A B Playback control YELLOW ON RED Inhibitive submaster RED Last changed by channel control Appx Reference 1 25 Setup Screen 09 00 00 01 08 93 SETUP 200 Free cues Console Buzzer OFF ON Level 100 LCD Contrast Channel Control Mode DIRECT 1 DIGIT LCD Backlight 50 Effect Trigger AUDIO BASS BEAT Power Up Macro OFF External Subs Scale 96 100 Wheel Mastering PROPORTIONAL C D Mode 72 x 1 SCENE PRESET Times Fade In Up X Back Time Display 24HR Fade Out Down X Cut Date Display DD MM YY Delay Up Trig Time HHMM Set Time HHMM Delay Down Trig Date DDMM Set Date DDMM Wait Trig Macro OFF Set Year YYYY FX Step Dimmer and Patch Serial RS 232 Wheel Dimmer Output DMX512 AMX Scaling 100 ba uua SCH D54 Scaling 100 Parity NONE Default Scale 100 Sie PRINTER Default Frame 10 Printer ASCII OUT Default N Dim 80 Paper size
102. layback UPDATE SEQ UPDATE LOAD A MAN TIME LOADB J LH AAA HIR oO a Mo A D O wx om 3 LOADA LOAD B LOAD A LOAD B Playbacks The A B playback is a two scene dipless manual crossfader which means that if the faders are moved together a smooth and even crossfade occurs between the lighting scene loaded in the A store and that in the B Fade IN time is the time taken for the cue in A to appear fully Fade OUT time is the time taken for the cue in A to fade out completely If A and B masters are both at 10 then both cues will be Live with common channels set to the Highest level The A B playback consists of the following e LOAD A Loads selected Cue e LOAD B Loads selected Cue e MAN TIME SEQ Uses manual time faders and or enables sequence mode e AandB crossfaders Performs a Crossfade The current states are identified by the LEDs above each key The LOAD A and LOAD B keys are used to load a cue entered on the keypad directly into either the A or B Playback allowing cues to be loaded live if the appropriate fader is greater than 0 or blind if the fader is at 0 When a Cue is present on either the A or B playback the corresponding LED above the LOAD keys will be on and the loaded Cue number displayed in the LCD Entries are made in the following order lt CUE gt number LOAD A B CUE 10 LOAD
103. leared as well Beware when clearingPatch Setup amp Macros and the WHOLE SHOW as this will return the system to its default values The CLEAR function is inhibited if the Memory Lock feature is on note the screen title display 100 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Print Menu PRINT MENU PRINT Archive Screen The Archive Selection area allows you to select which category and its associated memories you require to print 1 Move the highlight box with the cursor buttons to the SELECT area and press the key accordingly repeat for other categories Ticks will appear key removes them Archive Selection SELECT FIRST LAST Patch Y Gs amp FX Sheet ues 1 999 WHOLE SHOW Mj Submasters 1 24 Effects 1 30 Setup amp Macros Error Log PRINT amp CLEAR only Move to the FIRST field and lt wheel gt the first memory number to be printed Move to the LAST field and lt wheel gt the last number to be printed Archive Selection SELECT FIRST LAST Patch Go amp FX Sheet ues 1 10 WHOLE SHOW 7 Submasters 1 Effects 1 30 Setup amp Macros Error Log PRINT amp CLEAR only 3 Press PRINT All categories can all be individually or jointly printed 101 Disk Menu The disk menu has three options e LOAD For loading in a previously saved show or selected parts of it e SOFT This is for loading in n
104. llation WINDOW OPEN Operating Software Application Software Software Installation You may bypass this Chapter if your dealer has already installed your selected system configuration Disks are of the 3 5 type and can be Double Density or High Density They should be stored and handled with care and kept away from all liquids heat and magnetic fields Observe the handling instructions given on the disk packaging Any Backup disks will require formatting before use The disk aperture is located at the right hand side of the console Two types of disk are supplied with Genius The Operating software comes pre installed from manufacture This system allows future features and operating enhancements to be easily installed as they are developed The Genius Application programmes are available in 25 channel increments up to a maximum of 125 as listed below e GENIUS 25 e GENIUS 50 e GENIUS 75 e GENIUS 100 e GENIUS 125 Your purchased application will have been despatched with the system and will require loading before the system becomes operational You may also wish to upgrade to a bigger channel capacity at a later stage and this can be achieved by installing the appropriate upgrade disk Switching on Cold Start Warm Start 10 When all connections are made the console can be switched on by the ON OFF rocker switch on the rear of the unit If the console is switched
105. ly 5 cues so the marker starts at the top for the first cue and ends at the bottom for cue 5 Quickstart Tutorial 29 Playing Back Cues UPDATE RATE MAN TIME LOAD X NEN NEN l CUT STOP BACK NEN FADE PROGRESS BAR DISPLAY 30 ll Once in this screen the cue can be modified for example move the box to the Up Down field and type in 10 for both Up and Down fades Channel levels can also be changed as in the following example Move box over CUE 3 and key in 4 5 75 4 5 75 lt gt These will be automatically recorded and added to the existing cue The wheel cannot be used to alter channel levels in the CUE PREVIEW screen The use of colour in these screens is explained in Appendix A There are two Playbacks for playing back cues e X Playback for automatic operation e A B Playback for manual operation Only the X Playback will be used here Return to the OUTPUT screen press MACRO DISPLAY Key in CUE 1 LOAD X Press GO The first cue in the CUE SHEET will start to fade up Press GO again Channels in the first cue start to fade down and those in the second cue start to fade up Repeat until all cues have been executed Fade progress is displayed on the LED bar and Playback displays Cues can be loaded and played back out of sequence if required by simply keying in CUE xx GO where xx i
106. more parts of the control the highest level takes priority Liquid Crystal Display The graphical display built in to the control panel is an LCD Light Emitting Diode Latest Takes Precedence Used when referring to control of lighting levels whereby if a channel is set by two or more control actions the latest one used takes priority Lowest Takes Precedence Used when referring to control of lighting levels whereby if a channel level is set by two or more parts of the control the lowest level takes priority Multiplex Means of transmitting dimmer level data down a single signal cable Musical Instrument Digital Interface An electrical and communications standard Midi Show Control United States Institute of Theatre Technology Video Graphics Array IBM video display standard Visual Display Unit i e monitor screen xiii XIV Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 1 Welcome to Genius About this Manual Welcome to Genius Strand s Genius software announces a new era in lighting control offering you the flexibility to choose and upgrade your console software through an integral 3 5 disk drive The Genius foundation applications offer 25 50 75 100 and 125 channel capacities all giving full professional functionality This flexibility allows you to update as and when you need to without having to buy new hardware For advanced effects and colour scroller control add Kaleidoscope
107. n cue 1 at 20 of recorded levels CUE 1 2 Channels in cue at 120 of recorded levels CUE 1 e 2 Channels in cue 1 at 80 of recorded levels 1 CUE1 9 2 Channels in cue 1 at 20 of recorded levels plus Channel 1 at 20 whether or not it is used in cue 1 Appx Reference 1 33 CHANNEL CONTROL Double Digit Mode 1 10 1 11 1 01 1 00 1 1 20 1 11 CUE 1 20 CUE 1 20 CUE 1 20 1 CUE 1 20 Channel 1 to 10 Channel 1 to 11 Channel 1 to 1 Channel 1 on at 0 Channel 1 off Channel 1 up by 20 Channel 1 down by 11 Channels in cue 1 at 20 of recorded levels Channels in cue 1 at 120 of recorded levels Channels in cue 1 at 80 of recorded levels Channels in cue 1 at 20 of recorded levels plus Channel 1 at 20 whether or not it is used in cue 1 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Appx Reference RECORDING CUES CUE 1 RECORD RECORD CUE 1 CUE RECORD RECORD CUE RECORD CUE 1 RECORD RECORD CUE 1 CUE 1 TIME 4 RECORD RECORD CUE 1 TIME 4 CUE 1 TIME 4 1 RECORD RECORD CUE 1 TIME 4 1 CUE 1 TIME 41 RECORD RECORD CUE 1 TIME 41 CUE 1 TIME 412 RECORD RECORD CUE 1 TIME 412 CUE 1 TIME 4123 RECORD RECORD CUE 1 TIME 4123 CUE 1 TIME 6 RECTIME RECTIME CUE 1 TIME 6 At cue sheet with cue 1 selected CUE 2 COPY COPY CUE 2 Records output Channels and Channels to cue 1 using default times if cue 1 does not exist or ke
108. n needs to be changed for Dimmers 1 and 3 so that all lamps appear to be the same brightness In practice this would be set by trial and error and judged by eye the graph below shows a representation of what happens to the dimmer outputs after scaling Dimmer 2 cannot go higher than its 80 output so the other two have to be scaled downwards to match up Dimmer 1 Dimmer 2 Dimmer 3 100 E ncc Geer CHANNEL LEVEL 0 80 0 80 0 30 DIMMER OUTPUT LEVEL The actual commands for setting up scaling values are shown in the Patching Dimmers section The scaling factor may be set to any level up to 200 Scaling over 100 does not mean that the output is actually doubled but will have the effect of making one of the lamps in a particular fade reach full brightness before the other Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 The diagram below shows a 5 second fade with two lamps Lamp 1 is scaled at 150 and reaches full brightness one and a half times quicker than Lamp 2 DIMMER OUTPUT 100 3 5 SECONDS Default Patch The SET UP screen defaults for DIMMER and PATCH may be edited to suit your own requirements and once entered these become the new LIVE o MEN EDIT A defaults ANOS The DEFAULT key under the LCD menu will return the screen to its original default values 1 1 all channels at 100 following any editing A THRU list can be used to default part of the patch for example 1 THRU 10 lt
109. ners Remote CUT ejo A Undo Undo STOP REC SUB RECORD REC TIME BACK v Undo DISPLAY F1 F2 F3 COL Cmd Full Thru On TIME NEXT LAST ON THRU Update Solo FX Update Rem Dim SUB 6 Update CUE MACRO Designers Remote 1 21 Connecting Up The Designers Remote comes supplied with an attached cable terminated in a 6 pin XLR male connector Also supplied is another 2m length cable for connecting to the RS232 port on the console The two cables supplied allow GSX and the remote to be integrated with the house installation system REMOTE amp CABLE PN 66041 6 PIN XLR MALE 6 PIN XLR FEMALE Kena 9 nm 90009 See Appendix B for pin out configuration 1 22 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Notes Designers Remote 1 23 Notes 1 24 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Appendix A Reference Output Screen 09 00 00 01 08 93 OUTPUT 200 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 5pm p 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 075 O 80 7530 076 77 78 79 80 81 82 83784 gU 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 X Playback Whee
110. nsure the write protect tab on the disk covers the hole write protection disabled 2 Insert disk into the disk drive label up 3 Follow the formatting procedure shown below CHAN 1 FX 1 UTILITIES MENU CUE 1 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE gt OUTPUT UNDO OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY E DISPLAY a E IT CH l I Jl l d ICAI m d SES press twice ARCHIVE MENU DISK PRINT CLEAR OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY i J Jl JI J JI SN LS DISK MENU KBYTES FREE LOAD SOFT FORMAT OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY I J Hi J o JI 17 E KBYTES FREE DISK MENU 4 444 Disk Busy gt gt Archive Screen OUTPUT DISPLAY UNDO eco tas 103 DISPLAY T J J When formatting is complete press MACRO and then DISPLAY to return to the OUTPUT screen OPERATING and APPLICATION software can be copied on la standard IBM compatible P C and it is advisable to back these up as early as possible
111. nt described in this document may form the subject of patents or patent applications Genius Kaleidoscope Communiqu are registered trademarks of Strand Lighting Limited Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Safety Information Warning LBX models are direct mains driven GSX models operate from a mains driven low voltage power Supply unit This equipment is designed and manufactured to comply with international safety standards IEC65 and is intended for use as part of a lighting control system It must not be used for other purposes where there is a safety risk to any person There are no user seviceable parts and only suitably qualified personnel should be engaged to remove covers or panels from the consoles e Avoid liquid spillage onto the console If this should occur switch off the system immediately Table of Contents Offices and Service Centres ii Safety Information cesses iii Glossaryof Terms eria cii seii criar neo atra rt dran nuin x ADDreviatiONnS cccccissiscccdesssccdecsdeendssesnsedecsdecndereiavedencwess xiii 1 Welcome to Genius eere 1 About this Mangal tegt eee e tee iecit edet s 1 Getting Help EE 2 Registering Your Software 2 MESSASES tati 2 2 Setting up the Console 3 Lengt 3 GSX Console Overview sees Eae 4
112. o be switched off immediately This is easily achieved by using a Movefade and setting channel 3 to zero with a zero time value as well Channel 3 is actually required to be ON AT ZERO To achieve this go to the CUE PREVIEW screen and type in 300 CUE 4 TIME 0 RECORD 3 0 lt gt RECORD 4 TIME 0 lt gt 51 Updating a Cue A cue can be updated by adding or modifying channels using the MACRO CUE MACRO and CUE keys L 1 1THRUSQ97 UPDATE MACRO CUE 5 RECORD Mea E ve cue I THRU 5 70 lt gt MACRO CUE 5 lt gt All channels controlled by Channel Control red are added to cue This will add channels 1 to 5 at 70 to the existing channels in cue 5 It does not affect the levels of any other channels in the cue D this cue was modified without using MACRO CUE all other channels in that cue would go to zero after an over record warning appears Time Key The following descriptions of the SPLIT WAIT DELAY Options keys are aided by graphs for easier understanding To keep these graphs simple all cues are assumed to have different channels Genius supports an X and an A B Playback Fades using the X Playback are always referred to as fade UP and fade DOWN split fades are UP DOWN fades with associated UP DOWN times On the A B Playback they are referred to as fade IN and fade OUT split fades are IN OUT fades with associated
113. on Modes the Flash Control panel is not lit FLASH us LED SOLO LATCH Unlit CH m m ole FLASH LEVEL Pressing the SHIFT key toggle action makes either C Flash or D Flash active this is indicated by the appropriate LED C FLASH C FLASH TopRow D FLASH SHIFT KEY 7 Sg aleo Ti b The BUMP keys below each fader flash up the channel to Full D FLASH Bottom Row LBX 113 Using LBX Channels with Playbacks Submasters and Channel Control Stealing a Channel 114 Faders and their respective channels operate independently but common channels i e the same ones that are controlled by the fader and are loaded in the X Playback or active Submasters will always operate on a HTP basis The option that has control is indicated by the colour of the channel levels shown in the VDU Recording the output using the REC SUB key will eliminate any contribution the manual faders make to the recorded cue When LBX channels are used with Playbacks and Submasters it is always the highest level that takes precedence Channel 1 Submaster level 50 e Channel 1 Playback level 60 e Channel 1 Fader level 45 If channel 1 levels were set as above the Playback level would take precedence as it is the highest Moving channel fader 1 would have no affect until the Playback level was exceeded and although the level can be increased it can never fall below the Playback level Using
114. on with the ON OFF switch all output levels will be zero If the power supply lead is removed or the power supply interrupted an abnormal shutdown mode is detected When power is re instated the previous output state will be restored On the back of the console the green TEST LED will be flashing this is normal and indicates that the internal processor is functioning correctly Genius memories will be preserved for at least month with GSX LBX switched off providing the internal battery is fully charged To ensure this it is recommended that consoles are left switched on for 48 hours after unpacking When first switched on the LCD menu will be as shown below displaying an Operating Software version which should be compared with the one you are supplied with on the OPERATING SOFTWARE disk OPERATING SOFTWARE VERSION GENIUS COLD STA c Strand Lighti Flash 1 2 OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY eco AM J l INITIAL MENU Uf the o s version on your supplied disk is greater then you must update your Operating System before going any further by following the Loading Operating Software procedure overleaf Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Loading Operating Software CHAN 1 FX 1 CUE 0 SUB 1 BUMP BUMP SAVE DISPLAY S
115. or assistance contact your local Strand Lighting dealer or otherwise telephone one of the Strand Lighting offices given in the front of this manual When first installed GSX and Genius are fully operational with your purchased configuration for a period of 21 days after which certain features will become inhibited During this period you must register your system with the Software Registration Centre at Strand Lighting U K A password is then issued This is then typed in via the consoles keypad making your particular system fully operational permanently This Password is exclusive to your system and is not transferrable The software packages are specific to individual consoles and it is not possible to load software disks into more than one GSX or LBX Full details of registration and password entry is covered in the Software Installation chapter A single tone beep will be heard if an entry has not been accepted on the console and an error message will appear on the VDU A two tone beep will be heard and a message displayed in the VDU where an entry is required to be confirmed or cancelled Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 2 Setting up the Console This chapter gives you an overview of GSX and tells you how to connect up to power and install ancillary equipment such as dimmers the monitor and printers Unpacking Carefully remove packaging and check the contents as listed
116. ous menu press the DISPLAY key Software Installation 19 20 Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 4 Quickstart Tutorial This section will give you sufficient information in order to get up and running very quickly and get the feel of how Genius and GSX operates It will also build up skill levels and confidence when using the more advanced features that the software offers Before undertaking this tutorial you need to read Chapters 1 and 2 and make sure all necessary connections are made to the dimmer units and subsequent luminaires which in turn are rigged and focused ready for use The only settings that may require modification are the Mux output to suit your dimmers The tutorial explains how to Quickstart Tutorial Use the keypad Find your way around screens and menus Light your first show using cues Use Submasters Set up a Basic effect 21 The Keypad amp LCD A ab A A CLR_CMD t OUTPUT UNDO DISPLAY COL f LASTGMD FULL THAU ON me Next Last ON THRU m UPDATE SOLO EX Z 8 9 a UPDATE REM_DIM SUB 4 5 6 Ch RR 22 All entries are made on the keypad using functions summarised below DISPLAY FI F2 F3 COL TIME FX SUB CUE MACRO NEXT LAST ON THRU C
117. own Fade time refers to channels that are required to fade to lower levels in that cue The RECORD key records levels and times into memory the most basic command being CUE 1 RECORD RECORD I lt gt This would record cue number 1 with the default fade times that have been programmed in the SET UP screen This key means RECORD less SUBMASTERS It may be necessary to record cues while the house or other general lighting is on and as these are often assigned to Submasters will have their levels displayed on the OUTPUT screen These levels are not of course required in a cue and using REC SUB instead of RECORD will ensure that no Submaster channel levels are recorded with the cue CUE 1 REC SUB REC SUB 1 lt gt Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Recording Cues with Time TIME KEY OPTIONS DELAY WAIT i TIME Entering Time Values RECORD TIME REC TIME di Recording Cues Genius identifies that a non default time is to be inserted when the TIME key is pressed on the keypad When activated the LED above the TIME key will flash and the LCD will change to show that F1 F2 F3 keys are now operating as DELAY WAIT and SPLIT keys These are covered later in this section Unless one of these keys is pressed first the entry will be interpreted as the fade up and fade down time entries made with a single number have the same fade up and fade down times CUE
118. please inform your Strand dealer if any item is missing GSX Console e Power Supply unit e 1 x DMX cable US only e Factory Test Summary e Safety Leaflet LBX Console e 3xPower Leads Europe U S English 1 x DMX cable US only e Factory Test Summary e Safety Leaflet Genius Software Pack e Operator Manual Binder e Genius Operator Manual e Registration Card e Operating Software disk e Application program disk Setting Up 3 GSX Console Overview VGA MONITOR p a LET SUBMASTERS 1 12 MANUAL TIME FADERS EFFECTS PLAYBACK Ta VGA Port BLACKOUT KEY The figures below show the location of all keys and input output ports on GSX For LBX overview see Chapter 13 RECORD KEYS A PITE S Sis aa a Aa A ess UN a D ma E Zoe ES dun A db Cheha z Lb UG is EN ses RU NE Ib di S A A Te LCD FLOPPY DISK CURSOR CONTROLS A GRAND MASTER KEYPAD SUBMASTERS 13 24 A BPLAYBACK xX PLAYBACK BUMP WHEEL CONTROLS MIDI AMX 192 OUT D54 OUT N THRU OUT DMX512 IN REMOTE RS485 DMX512 OUT 4 y SS y x ACC EARTH GND ME OE y K
119. re used to manually master proportionally adjust the levels of all channels recorded in that memory Each Submaster can be assigned a separate fade time The channels and levels recorded in the Submaster are retained by the console and recorded to disk as part of the show Any combination of the following may be recorded into a Submaster e Channels e Cues e Other Submasters GSX SUBMASTERS 1 12 Use BUMP keys to flash e e o e o e SUBMASTERS 13 24 Use MACRO BUMP keys to flash e mm e mm o ee t e be e e o e 8 IB B UR a ee oe BUMP KEYS GSX has a total of 24 Submasters in two banks of twelve Bump keys will flash up all the channels in a particular Submaster to a set level governed by the FLASH LEVEL fader covered later The LEDs above them indicates a Submaster is on stage Submasters 71 Submasters 1 through 12 are activated by just holding down the appropriate Bump key Submasters 13 through 24 are flashed by holding down the MACRO and appropriate Bump keys Recording Channels are input through the Channel Control This sel
120. rente ida 31 Setting up a Basic Effect 33 Running the Bffect use tetro artis lene 35 Saving a Show to Disk 36 5 Channel Controls ocioso is 37 Command Modes coooccocccononononononononononnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 37 Level Entry Formats once ette a ricas 37 Direct Action Mode 37 Command Line Mod nues csdececcestaceescebscecssosaccasdedage 38 Selecting Channels amp Setting Level 38 Combination Entries oooooocccccccncncnonennnnnnnnnonononnononnncnnnnanonononnnno 39 Invalid Key Entries ieget e tet eee s 40 Current Selection E 41 Channel Level A Cttviy n Rt e Pere 42 Advanced Channel Control 42 St ge RI UE 42 Sol ie amina 43 Remainder Dim 43 TN 43 REO 44 Controlling Cues in Channel Control 44 Proportional Vs Shaft Mastertmng 45 Shaft Mastering ose puniat 45 Proportional Mastering esee 45 Table of Contents 6 Recording CUB unan 47 Selectas a Cue eee teta tat ette ate battens ted 47 Entering Commands sese sesenta 47 Direct Action MOde en nene etes 47 Command Line Mode 47 Whatis a Cue eo tette ete ten ete teri et nts 48 Recording a Cue uini die ein debe geen 48 Recording Cues with Time nennen 49 Entering Time Values eese 49 Types of Fade etes det ies 50 Crosstadenita tego EE 50 Movetades pco esee ie eee 51 Movefade o Zero iii macia 51 Updating Cues isd nete eet ette eter re eder es 52 Time Ke
121. ring 100 DIRECT 1 DIGIT AUDIO BASS BEAT 100 OFF 100 50 OFF PROPORTIONAL ON Level Channel Control Mode Effect Trigger External Subs Scale C D Mode C D Mode used for LBX models Only Times Fade In Up Fade Out Down Delay Up Delay Down Wait FX Step X Back X Cut Trig Time HHMM Trig Date DDMM Trig Macro 24HR DD MM YY Time Display Date Display Set Time HHMM Set Date DDMM OFF Set Year YYYY Dimmer and Patch RS 232 Serial Wheel Dimmer Output AMX Scaling D54 Scaling Default Scale Default Frame Default N Dim DMX512 100 100 100 10 80 Baud Rate 9k6 Data Bits 8 Parity NONE Stop Bits 1 Function PRINTER Printer ASCII OUT Audio Input Paper size Ad OFF OFF OFF Trig Macro Trig Byte s OFF Trig Macro OFF MIDI APPL GEN CONS 000 PASSW d 125 KAL COM F1 0a 000 000 023 123 345 000 000 000 000 000 O 000 000 000 000 000 OFF OFF OFF OFF Mode OFF Channel 1 MSC ID OFF Trig Bytes Trig Macro SETUP 18 Select item to edit Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Menu Editing When first switched on the highlight box will be in the top left hand corner of the screen on the BUZZER setting Sg A list of all the various setting options are shown in Appendix A n e la Iv LEFT La ae ROT situated above the wheel to move the highlight box around numeric
122. roblems are likely to be rare and these are outside the scope of this manual however the LOG screen may contain useful information to impart to your service agent To gain access to this screen follow the diagram overleaf 115 Faults on Power Up Faults When Operational 116 SYSTEM MENU SETUP LOG LOCK 3 I Y STATUS LOG MENU CLEAR 09 00 00 01 08 93 STATUS LOG 195 Free cues Time Source Description Diagnostics STATUS LOG Select status log page using the wheel If a fault occurs when switching on it will be reported in the LCD The message displayed may tell you that a control key is stuck in which case you may be able to correct it yourself or it will refer to a technical problem Should one of these technical error messages appear switch the console off and back on again to see if this corrects the problem or else press CONT and try to use the console again If this fails try to reload your Operating Software disk see Software Installation chapter If in doubt or reloading is not successful contact your dealer or Strand Lighting at one of the locations given at the front of the manual If a fault occurs whilst the console is operational it will help your service agent if you save your show onto a newly formatted disk not your master show disk Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Trouble Shooting Errors Faultfinding If necessary you can
123. s ee RIO na 83 Example Patch Screen otn tt t aeree tergo dete roce ESSE PSY dn 84 10 Basic Effects ins Ri rie E Fir XS Eme 85 Recording ect 85 Effects Sheet 3 iO IDIPSUM 87 Example Effects 52e oon An enh ia e ls 87 Loading Running Effects nennen 88 Starting Stopping Effect 89 Changing Running Effects essere nen 89 Updating Effects ee nee tete eee pedea 90 Deletme Bffects 2 oue Sino nus REI SB 91 BX Master A EN 91 11 II AA ni 93 Built 1n Macross eo ine et P EE es rr e een Seege 93 Recording User M cios oett eerta eret o 95 Example Macros uo eee eet i Meg n ee RES 96 Triggering User M ctos cio eee re ete RR 98 Table of Contents vil 12 Archive Gcreen kk REENEN KEREN RENE nna nnn 99 Clear Menus iom ta ii 100 Print Menu soa Ar RBA 101 Disk Menu EE 102 Loading Saved Shows eese 102 Formatting Disks camita et A tec De Ger 102 WS EBX om 105 Operational Mode 106 ANDTO e WEE 107 Zero Pick up Point ahead e eio ede ends 113 C D Fad e Times ie ette eet ete dete teg 113 C D Flaslhi Modes indeed eee 113 Using with Playbacks Submasters and Channel Control 114 Stealins a Chameleon 114 14 Errors Faultfinding egesbge sgeskeeggeertgett egbdetieesbeeskeg 115 Ett lOS vara E AE EIET e EEI RE 115 Trouble shooting reete rete eder nee derent 117 Error messages oett dE ere n te obo i erg ipee 118 15 Desi
124. s the selected cue number To clear the lights up on stage and the screen 1 THRU 10 lt Wheel To Zero gt CLR or CUE 0 GO Cue 0 is always a blackout Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Using Submasters MEMORY MENU A B 0 Xx 0 CUES SUBS FX n SUBMASTERS MENU SUBMASTERS 1 CLEAR SUBMASTERS ORCHESTRA LIGHTING HOUSE LIGHTING Quickstart Tutorial The 24 faders on GSX control 24 Submasters which are stores for groups of channels with recorded levels These channel levels are proportionally controlled by their associated fader There are many uses for Submasters as you will soon discover but for now we will assign them to a couple of typical applications namely house and orchestra lighting As an example orchestra lighting will be channels 20 22 and house lights channels 30 35 From the MEMORY MENU press the key shown and go to the SUBMASTERS screen Un this screen channel levels must be keyed in using the key however the wheel is operational in all the other fields Make sure highlight box is on SUB 1 and key in the following 20 THRU 22 9 Submasters Wheel SUB In Out Function Macro Inhibit SUB In Out 1 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 13 0 0 2 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 14 0 0 3 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 15 0 0 4 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 16 0 0 5 0 0 LOCAL OFF NO 17 0 0 SUBMASTER 20 THRU 22 9 Move the highlight box to SUB
125. set to zero the fade can be controlled manually from the A B faders e Playback Sequence with manual time sequentially plays back cues listed in the CUE SHEET without their recorded times in the same way as Playback with manual time The next sequential cue is automatically loaded into the Playback s Blind store Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 The A B Playback ignores DELAY and WAIT times which lare only used on the X Playback Running Fades Together Blackout Key BLACKOUT E ll Grand Master GRAND MASTER 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 o Playbacks Playback X is fully automatic and up to 6 Move fades can be run simultaneously A B and X can be used simultaneously or independently and both work on an HTP basis with the stage output Movefades can be run together with an existing crossfade but if another crossfade is added it will always over ride all running fades The Blackout key is of the toggle type when active LED flashing the key will extinguish all lighting channels controlled by the console instantly and restore them again when pressed a second time The Grand Master has overall control of all lighting channel levels 69 70 Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 8 Submasters A Submaster is a memory where channels may be recorded and controlled locally by means of a dedicated fader Submasters a
126. sword Certificate Serial 000 000 000 001 023 045 Channels 125 Config Genius Password 009 003 022 035 024 006 000 065 003 080 054 012 Date Mon Feb 01 19 45 00 1994 CHAN 1 EXA CUE o SUB 1 BUMP BUMPJSAVE DISPLAY iN Press Twice UTILITIES MENU PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE Tlf ARCHIVE MENU D SK PRINT CLEAR y DISK MENU KBYTES FREE LOAD SOFT FORMAT SOFTWARE MENU OPER APPL PASSW TI PASSWORD ENTER d f Software Installation Press the DISPLAY key twice to gain access to the UTILITIES menu Press ARCHIVE Press DISK Press SOFT Press PASSW Carefully type in the Password on the keypad When complete press ENTER An incorrectly entered password will display an error message If this happens press CONT and you will be able to Re type the number correctly 15 What Happens if Don t Register Once accepted the reminder and registration messages on the VDU will disappear signifying that your system is now fully operational permanently After the 21 day period Recording Cues and Saving Your Show to disk become inhibited and a MEMORY LOCKED message will appear again on the top row of the screen If this occurs it is still possible for you to register the
127. t Selected k EMT SCH WM Running Selected ps Ed A rr 88 Eigs7oP Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Start Stop e You can record Effects in the OUTPUT screen but remember the channel levels are irrelevant e It is also not necessary to be in the EFFECTS PREVIEW screen in order to call up run or modify effects e Ifmore than one effect is selected then all keys on the EFFECTS Playback are inhibited and all LEDs are off except the GO STOP key This is because each selected effect could have different TIMES and DIRECTIONS assigned to them e When one effect is selected it can be manually stepped or adjusted using any of the EFFECT playback controls e Each effects LEDs flash in sync with its STEP TIME when running or fading up down e A running effect can be de selected without having to stop it first The GO STOP key always starts or stops the currently selected effect s If no effect is selected the key has no function When an effect is started or stopped the current effect fade time is used to fade the effect in or out Effects GO STOP Changing Running Effects Direction FWD REV BNC eS Basic Effects When one of the running effects is selected changes can be made on the fly by using any of the control keys mentioned below An effect can
128. th GSX via Printer connection to the RS232 port on the rear of the console e Plain ASCII not manufacturer specific e Epson FX80 e IBM Proprinter e HP Laserjet Or any printer which emulates one of these printers a 9 WAY D TYPE CONNECTOR Pin out connections are shown in Appendix B 6 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Connecting the Dimmers A variety of dimmer racks can be controlled from GSX In order to cater for these the following multiplex protocols are available on the consoles back panel e AMX192 e D54 e DMX5120UT e SMX for Europe only AMX 192 OUT 4 pin male I 9 Setting Up e 0000 RS WI AE wm DMX512 OUT 5 pin female D54 OUT 3 pin female SMX Europe Only The default protocol is DMX512 When dimmers are connected they will have a default PATCH configuration of 1 1 this means that dimmer no 1 will be controlled by channel no 1 dimmer no 100 by channel 100 etc This can be changed in the SET UP screen which is covered later in this chapter The pin connections for these outlets are shown in Appendix B Notes Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Software Insta
129. to channel 10 at the default scaling level 2 PATCH 10 PATCH 70 lt gt Assigns dimmer 2 to channel 10 at a scaling of 70 see Scaling section 3 THRU 6 PATCH 11 lt gt Assigns dimmers 3 4 5 and 6 to channel 11 at the default scaling level see page 80 Lights can be switched to Non dim which means that they will switch on and off at a threshold level This is useful for controlling effects motors There is no key on the console for entering channels as Non dims but on the PATCH menu there is an NON setting which acts as a command key 13 NON 13 lt gt Assigns dimmer 13 to channel 13 as a Non dim at the default ON OFF threshold 14 NON 14 NON 50 lt gt Assigns dimmer 14 to channel 14 as a Non dim with an ON OFF threshold of 50 15 THRU 18 NON 15 lt gt Assigns dimmers 15 16 17 and 18 to channel 15 as Non dims with the default On Off threshold Any dimmer patched to Channel 0 becomes unpatched or alternatively a dimmer can be unpatched as shown in the example below 7 THRU 9 PATCH lt gt will unpatch dimmers 7 to 9 Any dimmer that is already patched and gets re patched to a new channel will be automatically de patched from the old channel Unpatched dimmers appear as blank in the PATCH screen and cannot be controlled 83 Example Patch The commands used in this chapter can be viewed on the example Screen screen shown in the figure below PATCHED DIMMERS
130. triggered automatically in a Macros number of ways Power Up Macro This is entered in the SET UP screen by changing the OFF setting to the required macro number The macro runs whenever the unit is switched on or after a power fail situation Submaster Macro Raising the selected submaster above the zero level will trigger the entered Macro see Triggering Macros in the Submasters chapter for exact procedure The COMMUNIQUE software package also offers other ways to trigger macros by means of the following options e Audio e Midi e RS232 A blank User Macro table is located in the back of the manual for your use 98 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Archive Screen The ARCHIVE screen allows you to do the following e Copy a show or part of a show from disk e Load new software e Format new disks e Obtain printouts e Clear down existing memories Access the screen as shown below UTILITIES MENU PATCH MACRO ARCHIVE Archive Screen ARCHIVE MENU DISK PRINT CLEAR DISK MENU PRINT MENU CLEAR MENU KBYTES FREE LOAD SOFT FORMAT PRINT 09 00 00 01 08 93 ARCHIVE 195 Free cues GM FL 001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 O9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 025 026 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 050 051 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 89 70 71 72 73 74 075 50 5080 80 80 80 75
131. w CUE 1 consists of 1 2 and 3 at FULL CUE 2 consists of 3 and 4 at FULL Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 O O O E 6000 O 0 10 sec dipless crossfade e e oe gigi T 1e Ch 1 h 2 h 3 h 4 h 5 el 00 o All Crossfades on Genius are dipless which means that any channel that remains at the same level in both cues will not dip when fading from one cue to the other In the example shown channels 3 and 5 remain at the same levels throughout 50 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 Movefades Movefade to Zero Recording Cues A MOVEFADE adds lights to or subtracts lights from an existing output already on stage Following on from the Crossfade illustration CUE 2 is now on stage CUE 3 has been recorded to set 1 2 and 5 at FULL but when cue 3 appears on stage it is added to the existing output and all lights are on at FULL CUE 2 lee Ve Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 00 0 00 UL 10 sec Movefade O e E e O 9 0 d Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Up to 6 Movefades can be running simultaneously in the X Playback any channel controlled by more than one of the Movefades will follow the latest Movefade In the next cue Channel 3 is required t
132. y Options diede e ede ed pe debent deett 52 Split Jac sn tot re meti dern eet ere ees 52 Wallonie 53 Delay MC 54 Cue Preview Screen ed tee pe Hee pner 55 E Uerbeeb ee eee eet eee S 56 Selecting Ces nee bee e esee te 56 Screen Editing aget teet tenete ten tte edd 56 Changing Recorded Levels eee 57 Changing Recorded Times and Fade Times ssseeceeeerereereereeeeee 57 pg Glas E 58 Links and Loops sein shes A eeh end 58 Links Loops and Chases ssccesseecsseceeeecseeceseeesseeeesaeersneers 59 Deleting Guess io eee mee 60 Renumbering C sar 60 E 61 Te E e 63 X Playb ck He die ideae des 64 ALB Play DaCK 4e edited 67 LOAD Acusan 67 TOADB cunas tote toten e ete Odette ed at aa 67 A B T lee eebe dee demandes 67 Running Fades Together 69 Blackout Key iR eid ee aie 69 Grandi Master terea ee tete ette teet ote Cet e 69 Genius Operator s Manual Issue 2 UA 72 ELTEREN 73 Krees cso EBENE 74 O O 75 LEE 75 Flashing A og devo ORE nne 75 Updating uou nage DOM 76 Advanced Submaster use 76 Inhibitive Submasterg nennen 76 Trigcering MAOO S erret ertet e eere ge PR RE TI Submaster Examples a E a a eea EE eterni 77 CR 79 EE 80 Default Patch enne eb ue ina tre 81 Live Preview Patches iine eet pete 82 Editing Patches uut ede RU PED vp ene eet 82 Patching DHUnmets et Rte HR eO TONERS 83 Patching Non dims lali ii ii 83 Unp tchilg citie
133. y from start to finish Channels at the same level before and after the fade do not change Method of operation selectable in Set up mode whereby key sequences have an immediate affect on the output The down fade is the portion of a fade which involves only channels which are decreasing in level A repetitive sequence of lighting states that may be played back in a variety of different ways A gradual replacement of channel levels from one set of intensities to another A control that masters all the lighting channel levels irrespective of their source Colour channels are not affected by the Grand Master Coloured film used in colour scrollers or individual luminaires Channel for controlling dimmers Live implies that any changes will alter the output A macro enables a sequence of key presses to be recorded and then played back Memory Lock prevents any recorded data from being altered but does not stop normal control or playback A lighting change in which channels are added to or removed from the existing lighting state xi Non Dim Output Patch Preview Proportional Mastering Record Lock Remainder Dim Shaft Mastering Solo Submaster xii Channel that remains off until a predetermined control level is reached at which point it will turn fully on The output always refers to the actual dimmer levels Defines the relationship of dimmers to channels There are two patches

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