Moncha.NET Manual
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1. Validate settings upon exit IP address of your computer can be set in Local Area Connection Properties We have a convention of using IP address 192 168 1 22 for the computer And we recommend to set IP address of Moncha NET devices to 192 168 1 100 and more This way you prevent setting the same IP address of two devices The easiest way to find out how to change your computer IP address exactly please watch our quick tutorial at https www youtube com watch v Rp rOzRmrPO 6 Locating Moncha NET devices over Network Before vou start Moncha or Fiesta software vou have to use Search for Laser Devices tool This one is installed together with Moncha or Fiesta software File Advanced Device IP address Master Slave PRO Add device Moncha devices 0 Fiesta devices 0 Search for Showtacle devices will locate Moncha NET devices automaticallv After the program is started vou can just press Search and the software will find all connected Moncha NET or Fiesta NET devices File Advanced Device IP address Master Slave PRO Fiesta 192 168 1 164 Master Moncha 192 168 1 26 Moncha 192 168 1 37 Add device Delete device Moncha devices 2 Fiesta devices 1 Located Moncha NET and Fiesta NET devices Now vou can just press OK and the software will save the device configuration And vou can now start vour Moncha or Fiesta software In case the software hasn t found anv device vour computer2. Frames per seconds determine speed of plaving of the frames We recommend keeping it at 35 like this the animation is smooth When you set all your desired animations you can export your scenes to SD Card or to Moncha NET devices directly You can also export all animations or only one 10 ArtNET for Moncha NET ArtNET is one of the DMX over Ethernet protocol It s used bv wide range of lightning consoles Vou can find more information about the ArtNET at www artisticlicence com Controlling Moncha NET over ArtNET is verv convenient vou can use Ethernet cables to wire all the lasers and vou can upload vour scenes and shows from Moncha software remotelv over the same cables And there is another benefit controlling Moncha NET over ArtNET is verv fluent even for animations ArtNET usuallv requires IP 2 X X X or 10 X X X IP range Since Moncha NET firmware version 2 5 vou can set all 4 bvtes of IP address of the Moncha NET device But in our experience most of the ArtNET software allow vou to use almost anv IP address There are following important settings for ArtNET in Moncha NET IP address should be 2 X X X or 10 X X X for ArtNET but in our experience anv IP address will work DMX address it s the same as for DMX mode of Moncha NET DMX universe ArtNET protocol can transfer multiple Universes Vou can define Universe for everv Moncha NET device 11 Moncha NET Hardware ILDA Qut Moncha NET Main Board Co
3. There are control LEDs located on this side as well There is some image at laser output Device is in Ethernet mode Device is in DMX mode 2 2 Rear view ILI A OUT lt OUT DMX OUT There is ILDA output for laser and DMX output on the rear side of the Moncha NET device 3 Control modes Moncha works in 4 modes Ethernet mode ArtNET mode since 2 5 DMX mode Stand alone mode ee 3 1 Ethernet mode Ethernet mode is active when the Moncha NET software is connected It is highest priority mode The DMX or Stand alone mode is turned off when Moncha NET software connects to Moncha NET over Ethernet cable Moncha NET uses IP address 192 168 1 X where X is set in main menu please check Main menu section below IP address can be changed only when Moncha NET software is not connected to Moncha NET device 3 2 ArtNET mode Moncha NET can be controlled over standard ArtNET protocol since version 2 5 of the firmware It uses exactly the same DMX channels as DMX mode It s just more convenient to use Ethernet cable than DMX it allows you to run the Moncha Fiesta software to upload your animations and then control complete show over ArtNET 3 3 DMX mode and DMX channels If there s no Ethernet connected and DMX cable is connected Moncha NET works in DMX mode DMX address is set by DIP switch it uses switches 1 to 9 0 to 512 value range When Moncha NET is in DMX or ArtNET mode it receives DMX
4. ooo oonnnnnan 24 112 MDAOUT CODPneCEOL oo einen a a bestens a E ak 25 T13 DMX connector le ie ea E 25 TL DIP switch for DIP switeh Version sk i a aeta 26 LL SCONE HED sa RE D ta a 26 12 Moncha Olay 100 AN Non 27 1 Introduction Moncha NET is latest Ethernet laser show controller from Showtacle It is a perfect solution for laser show hobbyists but also for professional users who don t require high scan rate for professional graphics Moncha NET is distributed as OEM board with displav integrated into vour laser svstem or asa box version Moncha NET works in four modes e Ethernet mode Moncha NET is completely controlled by Moncha NET software e ArtNET mode Moncha NET is controlled over popular ArtNET protocol DMX mode Moncha NET is able to play preprogrammed effects and complete laser shows and you can use DMX to trigger them e Stand alone mode you can let Moncha NET play any show or effect or animation stored on SD card even without any computer or DMX controller It s perfect for advertisement purposes 2 Moncha NET Box Device 2 1 Front view There are several connectors and LED diodes on the front side Ethernet L sie 1 WE Ve sp car LN LEDs Ethernet DMX IN SD Card Moncha NET device front view DMX IN is used for DMX signal input Ethernet for LAN cable SD Card supports FAT and also FAT32 file system with maximal capacity up to 32GB
5. Control Input control connector for Moncha NET main board Safety key when shorted enables laser output from Moncha NET ILDA or External ILDA
6. Moncha will use values stored in its internal memory All values work like using DMX controller Autoplay SizeX 255 SizeY 255 PosX 128 PosXFine O PosY 128 PosYFine 0 Brightness 255 RotZ 0 RotZFine 0 Scanrate O AnimSpeed 128 Red 0 Green 0 Bluel 0 Blue2 0 FileToPlav 1 Few important details e AnimSpeed 128 is the default speed to play synchronized files e AnimSpeed 255 is 4x faster e FileToPlay if it s O or gt 255 or if it s not used and auto play uses file defined by DIP switch 8 Configure Moncha NET DMX Channels Since version 2 5 of Moncha NET firmware vou can define order and also number of used DMX channels for your Moncha NET device In the installation directory typically C Program Files x86 Moncha 4 you have MonchaUsersConfigurator exe file 4 SzeX Jotog 255 100 or 0 100 255 100 0 0 255 100 or 0 100 255 100 7 Scanrate O default 1 slowest 255 fastest 0 0 stop 128 100 255 300 10 Animation Direction 0 127 normal direction 128 255 opposite this is working only for files up to 255 E l Red 0 a 0 default i 255 m 0 default Tm 255 16 18 Size V Fine O no strobe 1 255 sets strobe speed 22 Visible points 100 points visible 127 0 points visible from the start 128 0 points visible 255 100 points visible from the end Complete list
7. channels and plays all the shows from SD card Following DMX channels are used 4 Szex 0 0 255 100 6 Brightness 0 096 255 100 __ 8 Animation O none 1 255 animation from SD card 19 Animation Speed 0 0 stop 128 100 255 300 10 Animation Direction 0 127 normal direction 128 255 opposite this is working only for files up to 255 frames 11 Red 0 default 1 096 255 100 0 default 1 0 255 100 0 default 1 096 255 10096 0 default 1 096 255 10096 Position X Fine Fine position for X Position Y Fine Fine position for Y Rotation Fine Since version 2 5 you can use extended DMX channels for Moncha NET or even define order of DMX channel functions 3 4 Stand alone mode Stand alone mode is the lowest priority mode In Stand alone mode you can play any show stored on SD card You can also adjust device drawing settings using practical menu on display for display versions Check Display and settings section 3 5 Stand alone mode for DIP switch version With DIP switch you set which show to play switches 1 8 and you start your show using DIP switch 10 Notes 1 When switch 10 is in off position stand alone is not working If DMX or Ethernet has been used Stand alone mode is disabled It s protection in case of loss of DMX or Ethernet signal 3 ltis possible to set size p
8. DMX Out 2 can be used to control optical effects mirrors gratings built inside laser system DMX Out works in a 2 ways as THRU connector when Moncha NET is controlled over DMX in And it s real OUT connector for Moncha NET software when used over Ethernet 11 4 DIP Switch for DIP switch version DIP switch is used in different context 1 Sets IP address with switches 1 8 2 Sets DMX address with switches 1 9 3 Sets show to play in Stand alone mode with switches 1 8 and enables playing in Stand alone mode with switch 10 11 5 Control LEDs They are located on the Moncha NET board or Moncha NET box but you can also use connector to mount them on your case LED Function 3 Ethernet a Power X 12 Moncha NET displav board 19 5 mm 51 849 mm 21 mm 34 mm 17 354 mm 39 mm 27 mm 18 mm t269 mottod Display board detailed dimensions ILDA Out to laser module and scanners External ILDA in Moncha NET ILDA in Safetv kev Shorted when Laser Enabled Displav board connectors Displav board technical details Required Power 24V 150mA usually connected from scanner power supply IDC26 Connector function ILDA Out connected to scanner drivers and laser module drivers External ILDA in front panel external ILDA in used for other controllers Moncha NET ILDA in Moncha NET ILDA out is connected to this connector Moncha NET
9. IP address is probablv not set Please read section Computer IP Address The software also allows vou to manuallv Add device Or in case vou don t want to use some device in the software vou can use Delete device 6 1 Setting Moncha NET IP address DMX address and ArtNET Universe remotelv Latest version of Search tool allows vou to set IP address DMX address and ArtNET universe of the Moncha NET device remotely Just click Advanced gt Set IP Moncha NET Address from menu Search for Showtacle devices IP address IP mask DMX addr DMX univ Serial Tvpe Hardware Firmware 19211168111 126 255 1255 255 0 2 0 DIP switch Slave 3 0 2 56 Assign IP to selected Assign IP to all Moncha devices count 1 Setting the Moncha NET IP DMX and Universe In the Moncha NET Devices IP Address Configurator you can define full IPv4 address IP mask DMX address and DMX universe remotely from your computer This saves a lot of work especially at huge laser show events with more than 3 lasers The tool will first find all connected Moncha NET devices Then you can set every property of each device After vou ve finished the setting just click Apply and all the devices remember the settings in their internal memory 7 Moncha NET SD card text files configuration Moncha NET allows vou to configure following settings Brightness maps using map txt file Color balance using balance txt file Color fade curves usin
10. Moncha NET User Manual Contents INE User ya as lira tieka Mu an biet 1 nona 3 2 Moncha NET Box Dee an 4 PANNI E e 4 C T 4 eM Con oo mS 5 SM zudn idt MPO REMOTO TET TET 5 B 2 AINI MOC A ose ei arena 5 3 3 DMX mode and DMX channe Sasana maz ei Sa an ana an ki 5 BA anon on si 6 3 5 Stand alone mode for DIP switch version WWW aa 6 4 Displav ane Satar 7 Ps Maa men NER A IA 7 4 2 Draw and laser ai 8 2 5 en 9 b Computer Pe nit tfa 10 6 Locating Moncha NET devices over Network ooooo Wooooo aan 11 6 1 Setting Moncha NET IP address DMX address and ArtNET Universe 12 7 Moncha NET SD card text files CONFIGUPATION ccccccesscccceseccccesececceueeceeausececeuseceseunecesseueeeseuecetseneces 13 7 1 Configure 13 7 2 COMMONS Color 14 7 Connie Color Fae ia TT 15 Zo Contipure St At osse ne ee 16 8 Configure Moncha NET DMX Channels ooooocoWoo ooo naa 17 9 Uploading animations to Moncha NET ooo oo oom menara diaago risa e deste 20 DOLUAFENET TOL MONCH MET 22 11 MObcha MET hia GW dB 23 11 1 Moncha NET Main Board technical specification
11. at If checked plaved animation or show is repeated when it ends 4 3 Advanced menu Contains following items and tools Displav Test Allows vou to displav test patterns on vour laser It s good to check if your laser is working properly Settings Priority Allows you to set if the Laser Settings should be read from Moncha Device internal memory of Moncha NET e SD card from autoplay txt file on SD card Play All Start If this is checked the device will start playing all the shows on SD card after startup This is perfect for small clubs where you just need to play some laser scenes after the laser turns on 5 Computer IP address Vour computer IP address must be set to 192 168 1 X where X is arbitrarv but different than anv of Moncha NET devices by default But if you require to use different IP address family since firmware version 2 5 this is possible i laesl Aras Anarki Aa tatir Local Area Connection Properties You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP address 192 168 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 l Default gateway Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses Preferred DNS server Alternate DNS server
12. g fades txt file eS Stand alone mode start settings using autoplay txt All the files must be stored card s root directory You can use to make notes in the files all the text behind is ignored It s easier to generate first 3 files using Moncha NET software 7 1 Configure Brightness Maps Moncha NET allows you to define up to 8 independent rectangular brightness areas They are defined in map txt file Area Left 100 Right 100 Bottom 100 0 BrightnessLeft 0 BrightnessRight 100 BrightnessTop 100 BrightnessBottom 0 Brightness 100 There can be more Area sections in the file Left Right Bottom and Top defines area size and position All 4 values are from 100 to 100 Brightness of the area can be defined in two wavs e Using Brightness setting all the area will use same brightness from 0 to 100 e Using Brightness Left Right Top or Bottom defines intensity of the image on left right top or bottom area edge E g when BrightnessBottom is O and BrightnessTop is 100 Moncha NET will fluentiv fade image from top to bottom 7 2 Configure Color Balance Use balance txt file to define color balance of the colors There are 7 colors used White Red Green Blue Magenta Cvan and Vellow and vou can define color channel levels for everv one of these colors So e g if you use RGV laser the one with red green and ultra violet 405nm lasers it is good to add a lit
13. ize To store your configuration just press Write DMX Config button This configuration is stored into Moncha NET s internal memory thus is active even if the device was turned off on 9 Uploading animations to Moncha NET You can create and upload frames to Moncha NET SD Card using Moncha NET software It is even possible to upload to more devices at once which is very practical by DMX controlled laser shows Thanks to brightness maps it is even possible to make the DMX laser show safe You can find upload scenes dialog in Tools gt Upload scenes in Moncha NET software menu Following window will be displayed Moncha NET Upload Scene ar xX 7 a Rn ai End Time Al Number of Frames 10 Frames per Second 3 E IE Choose Scene 000 Get Loop Duration Upload scenes dialog On the left side you can see animations which will be exported to SD Card You can change animation to any scene from your workspace Just select Choose Scene and you ll be able to pick any scene from workspace The remaining settings can be used to prepare your animation suitable for DMX control Start Time sets Start time of the animation End Time end of the animation Using these settings you can make your animation loop able Number of frames determines number of frames of the exported animation It is recommended to use less than 256 frames like this you ll be able to control direction of the animation using channel 10
14. memorv where it can store all Draw settings Default file IP and DMX address Vou can Load Save Reset these settings using menu commands 4 2 Draw and laser settings Laser Settings menu is applied for all 3 modes of Moncha NET Ethernet DMX and Stand alone Vou can adjust drawing settings of the laser output for stand alone mode using this Draw menu It s good to select some file to plav and adjust these settings while plaving There are following properties to set in both menus SzeX Sethorizontal size Set vertical size PosiionX Horizontal position Vertical position Rotation Rotate picture around depth axis Z it s practical when laser is placed on uneven surface In Laser Settings you can also set following properties Invert Y Invert vertical axis Red Green Blue 1 Set intensity of each of 4 color channels Blue 2 Safe card is On Allows you to turn on off safe card special for Kvant lasers Safety type You can set type of safety algorithm using this settings for Kvant lasers only In DMX Draw Settings vou can set following settings Rotation Rotate picture around depth axis Z it s practical when laser is placed on uneven surface Set scan rate for the images O default scan rate 1 1 of required scan rate 255 100 of required scan rate Animation speed Speed of plaved animation O Stop 128 100 speed 255 300 speed Allows vou to recolor whole image using one color Repe
15. nnectors 56mm 83mm 9 Moncha NET board size DMX ILDA IP Address DMX Address Autoplav show 2 Power 12V Ethernet input Power 7 Ethernet um DMX dumm Laser LEDs Moncha NET board with connectors and numbering There are following important connectors and controllers on Moncha NET board e DIP switch e Ethernet connector e output e DMX e Control LEDs 11 1 Moncha NET Main Board technical specification Required power 12V 0 5A DMX connectors IDC10 ILDA Out IDC26 Display board connector IDC20 ILDA switch 11 2 ILDA OUT connector Is used to control vour laser scanners and laser color Here is the pin description Pin Function Aoo OAY 8 RA ap iNellow yan 1 1 1 1 17 19 11 3 DMX connector There is one DMX input and one DMX output on the Moncha NET device Using DMX input you can control your Moncha NET using any DMX controller or you can use Moncha NET software to control simple DMX devices and synchronize them with laser show Here is the DMX pin description for OEM versions DIP switch or display Pin Funtin 4 GNDOut1 6 J DMXOti 8 GNDOUt2 9 DMXOU2 DMX in and also DMX out 1 should be connected to front panel connectors
16. of available Moncha NET DMX channels blue are optional e File Moncha MET Devices 1 PosX 2 Post SizeXHne 3 RotZ Sizet Fine Strobe Visible Points 15 PosXFine 16 PosYfine Size with Invert lt 100 100 White DMX Config m DMX configuration tool for Moncha NET devices In the left list you can see available Moncha NET devices connected over Ethernet You can click Search to refresh the list You can define type and order of the used DMX channels There are some additional channels to standard 17 channels used by default configuration of Moncha NET Bank it s possible to use more banks on the SD card Directory name must be 001 002 255 And you can store up to 255 files in every bank EFFOO1 EFF255 MNT This DMX channel then allows you to choose between the different banks SizeXFine SizeYFine Moncha NET uses 16bit precision for size This allows you to use size from 65535 2 bytes Strobe hardware strobe effect allows you to turn on off picture quickly 1 slowest strobe 255 fastest strobe Visible points favorite visible points transformation for lasers O full picture 127 128 no picture 255 full picture Size with Invert In this configuration tool you can now also define behavior of SizeX SizeY In case you check this the size DMX channels can do invert too O inverted maximal size x or y 127 zero size 255 normal maximal s
17. osition and all the remaining drawing settings using autoplay txt file stored on the card 4 Display and settings Basic stand alone screen contains following information Autoplay File 001 Selected file I Fu KDl Pa IL RC 1 7 Current IP Address DVX 001 Current DMX Address Up and Down to select file Right to display menu You can use up and down arrows to select file to play from SD card With right button you can display Main menu 4 1 Main menu There are following options in Main menu Laser settings Here you can define drawing size position invert and brightness for all modes Ethernet DMX or stand alone Allows you to display draw settings for Stand alone mode Size Position Play All Plays all files from SD card It s perfect for disco if you use supplied SD card with many complete laser shows Default file Sets default file which will start to play after IP Address Set IP address of the device Displav test Displavs single white beam at the laser output Load settings Loads Stand alone mode settings from internal memorv Save settings Store stand alone mode settings into device internal memorv Reset settings Reset settings to default state Displav basic information about Moncha NET device Version Run hours Serial number DMX Address Set DMX address of the device Vou can select specific settings using right button Moncha NET has internal
18. tle green color to the blue it will look more like blue White Red 255 Green 255 Bluel 255 Blue2 255 Red Red 255 Green O Blue1 0 Blue2 0 Green Red 0 Green 255 Blue1 0 Blue2 0 Blue Red 0 0 1 255 Blue2 255 Magenta Red 255 Green 0 1 255 Blue2 255 Cyan Red 0 Green 255 Bluel 255 Blue2 255 Yellow Red 255 Green 255 Bluel 0 Blue2 0 The color balance works the same as Fiesta NET software 7 3 Configure Color Fades Sometimes your laser turns on at e g 30 of the fade range and is at maximal brightness at e g 60 of the fade range Then it s good to use color fade curves to enhance color fade You can use fades txt file to solve this problem Red Point 0 0 Point 255 255 Green Point 0 0 Point 255 255 Blue1 Point 0 0 Point 255 255 Blue2 Point 0 0 Point 255 255 So to solve your 30 60 example for e g red color you would need to write Red Point 0 0 Point 1 76 Point 250 153 Point 255 255 76 s approximately 30 of 0 255 range 153 is 60 od 0 255 range 7 4 Configure startup settings Moncha NET auto plav settings file allows vou to define DMX values from DMX menu which will be applied and used at start If you need to use autoplay txt file for display versions of Moncha NET please go to Advanced menu gt Sett Priority and check SD card otherwise
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