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1. Page 34 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Cycle Button Settings The cycle button settings allow you to determine what the button will do when it is triggered within the cycle Type of action determines if the button is switched ON switched OFF or has a button dial live MODIFICATION applied Start time manually set the time at which the button is triggered Go this will pause the cycle when the button is triggered This is useful if you are controlling a pre programmed show and you want to manually skip through a cycle list as with a traditional lighting console Button Dials allows you to change the Dimmer Speed Size and Phase dials of the button Live Allows you to add and remove fixtures from the button Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 35 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming 4 Button Editor Channels Select Edit under the Button tab on the main ribbon to access the button editor You can also ctrl click the button To edit a fixture select the fixtures you wish to edit from the Fixtures panel The channels will appear in the channels window Fixtures t Free NS Channel BERERENNI TITI TH TITI TIHIENITI INTER saad CETTE IHREN F 2 JC EN EE TEE E eS E EM ee E AA 4A A A
2. 4 Fixture Profiles All of the attributes of a DMX device are saved in a special file called the Fixture Profile or SSL2 file The more accurate the fixture profile the easier it will be to program your lighting with Sunlite Suite 2 If you have an incomplete fixture profile Sunlite Suite 2 will not understand the lights you want to control and therefore make it very difficult for you to program your lighting fixtures ud ki 4 Canlibeary inmek x Language Ei birek it bed au E oooa OUI lt Q eo fe A a E ra E Ce 1 Red fe Fa G ren NI ul 1 ra ei we AGE i ele RGB Ok ie e509osQa ood vOow Ras Gas Boxe xj Ire omn db ovx El Page 14 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start There is a profile for almost every fixture on the market Fixture profiles can be created and edited with the Scan Library editor software For more details on how to make Scanlibrary profiles see the Scan Library tutorial or have a read of Words of Wisdom TIP 5 at dmxsoft com oom rasan neni SAREE Dre 4x E i Lamp type Ein sagir Ehi Ora F Vi Ta iu al EF Ter Beam angle i LEUTE DI a Pan arie Lu Im ETT EE ooa d A Ges wp m hn d m an el Be cee zu icu s fe i Red a w weh ew Kom Gm m HW n d uon d ws El Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 15 Sunlite Suite 2
3. Button SPEED function Page MOVING HEAD Qi gCrcie phasing Linea Button SPEED function Page MOVING HEAD QubibiCirck Linear 0 255 Button SPEED function Page MOVING HEAD Curve phasing Line Button SPEED function Page MOVING HEAD G Panllove Linear 0 2 Button SPEED function Page MOVING HEAD Qd TaMove Linear 0 255 To assign a color wheel or pan tilt grid Right click the color wheel or grid on the console Click the General tab Click the star on the top right Go to Others gt color mixing control command or pan tilt control command The color wheel or grid can be mapped to a button by selecting the page and button name Be sure that the dimmer property has been assigned to the appropriate channels within the button editor Alternatively you can map the component directly onto a fixture group The console can also be used to control parts of the software s graphical interface These commands can be found inside the Edit tab Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 93 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering 4 DMX Almost everything in Sunlite Suite 2 can be controlled by almost any DMX controller You can use the console editor to create an image of your own DMX controller See the console editor topic for more information The controller can then be viewed within the console window Make
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5. 5 Triggering In addition to the playback controls in the Easy Show Monitor window sequences can also be triggered from buttons in Suite 2 Create a new scene or switch and go to the button settings Select Easy Show Clicking here 1 will start Easy Show when the button is selected Open a new show here 2 Shows can be played here 3 Other commands include stopping the show and jumping between markers Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 121 Sunlite Suite 2 Vill Easy Show Button Settings Scene EasyShow open close Command Cray 3 6 Synchronization Options Easy Show has several synchronization options The Synchro dialog can be found here Statistics A synchronization device can be chosen here Audio The timeline will always be synchronized with the audio time If the audio were to skip for example if a higher priority process took place the timeline would also skip ensuring your lighting is always perfectly timed to the audio MIDI Time Code Timelines can be synchronized with MIDI Time Code MTC Ensure that a MIDI Page 122 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 Vill Easy Show interface has been connected to your computer before opening Easy Show An offset can be set if delays are experienced Other MIDI Time Code devices can be synchronized from Easy Show Sel
6. Palettes Per Fixture and Per Fixture Type Standard palettes can be created per fixture or per fixture type Palettes per fixture type can be included inside Easy Time effects however palettes per fixture cannot This is because when an EasyTime effect is built it does not ask for information about each individual fixture it simply asks for the amount of fixtures and the individual properties of the fixture type From this the effect is generated For example let s say we want to use a color palette inside a rainbow effect If we were to take a palette per fixture the color of each fixture could be different so the effect would not know which color to take to generate the rainbow Palettes per fixture type can also be useful in circumstances where the amount of fixtures changes Let s say we have 2 different fixture types with the same gobos but in a different order We could create a set of gobo palettes so we only have to click one button to access the same gobo from both fixtures If we had a palette per fixture we would have to create the palette for each individual fixture If we added more fixtures at a later date these would then have to be updated If we create the palette per fixture type then we can add as many fixtures as and when we want without the need to think about the palette Generic Palettes Generic palettes are primarily used for colors They can be applied to any fixture and also any fixture type For example if you
7. Sunlite Suite 2 SUNLITE is a trademark of Bruno Nicolaudie WINDOWS is a trademark of the MICROSOFT CORPORATION All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document 1989 2006 Nicolaudie Table of contents Before We Start 1 1 What s New to Suite 2 2 2 The Sunlite Package 10 3 Software amp Hardware Installation 13 4 Fixture Profiles 14 II Quick Start 17 1 Creating your first show 16 2 Creating your first Scene 21 3 Editing a scene with EasyStep 23 4 Editing a Scene with EasyTime 27 lll Programming 31 1 Show Structure 30 2 Creating The MASTER P
8. ArtNet If you have an Economy or First Class interface connected you can output additional universes from your computers Ethernet socket using a protocol which sends DMX over a network This protocol is called ArtNet Most of the time your fixtures won t be able to read the ArtNet protocol and you will have to convert it to DMX using an ArtNet to DMX converter These can usually convert several universes We can provide a single universe converter with our SLESA IP1 interface Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 83 eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures To set up ArtNet 1 Connect your computer to a router with an Ethernet cable 2 ArtNet works on 2 x x x IP address range so make sure your computers Ethernet adapter and the router are set on this address range The subnet mask needs to be set to 255 0 0 0 3 Connect your lighting fixture or ArtNet DMX converter to your router 4 Connect the USB DMX interface to your computer 5 Open Sunlite Suite 2 and navigate to the output hardware tab inside Software Preferences 6 De select auto detection and select ArtNet from the combo box 7 Choose a Sunlite Suite 2 universe from the left combo box and an ArtNet universe on the right 8 If you are using multiple ArtNet universes with an ArtNet DMX converter remember to match the incoming ArtNet universes with the outgoing DMX universes on your converter The following Suite2 interfaces are compatible with ArtNet Sui
9. Live Control with Groups Live Control with Groups When scenes and switches are selected all of the fixtures within the page respond to the button presses Using the group s window it is possible to have independent control of groups of fixtures Click Record then select the fixtures you wish to control As you activate the scenes and switches only the selected fixtures change When you want to once again control all your fixtures click Record Record can automatically be released after each button press by selecting the auto button When fixtures are controlled live temporary presets appear on the right Fixtures can be added or removed from these temporary presets This is done by making a new selection and pressing the or buttons To delete the temporary preset click reset To clear all live presets click the cross Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 77 eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures A selection can be temporarily saved within a button so that every time a particular button is selected it is only applied to a certain selection of fixtures regardless of what is selected within the group s window A warning symbol is displayed in the corner of the switch to note that it will only apply its preset to certain fixtures To disable this click reset Page 78 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights res
10. M Preset Tabs The Preset tabs allow for quicker modification of presets A color wheel allows you to quickly modify the color of a fixture and the X Y grid allows you to quickly change a fixtures position To use the preset tabs you must have the Dimmer or ON channel function assigned If you are editing a button on the MASTER page and are working with multiple fixtures of different types the Preset window is able to understand common channels between the fixtures For example if you are using a CMY moving head and an LED RGB panel you will be able to modify the color of both fixtures with a single color wheel Page 36 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Color mixing m E m a rene eS j LC EN EN es L A P pr E AA E AA tae lie PEN Using the Channel Window The button editor allows you to modify DMX channels in a variety of different ways Before editing your scene it is important to make sure that each DMX channel is assigned to the correct function To assign a channel function drag one of the icons from the left onto the top of a channel Hold ctrl to drag onto multiple channels at once Off Deactivates the channel On Allows manual adjustment of the channel fader Dimmer Allows manual adjustment of the channel fader The channel will fade between the set value and 0 if the button dimmer dial is moved Dimmer Min Max Allows a minimum a
11. 3 u Ee ID contro Midi not set N if D contro Midi not set NI A D contro Midi not set B DX 03 ID contra Mic mot set LUE i Assigning commands To assign a Suite 2 command to a button on the console 1 Shift Right click the desired scene 2 Select Link to Console 3 Select the desired action activate the button change the dimmer of the button etc 4 Select Click on the Console Window and select the relevant button inside the console window If you have a MIDI controller connected move the relevant fader button on your controller Do you want to remove existing command Button DIMMER function Page MOVING eU Sommer NAN One command on the controller can be used to activate a variety of different commands within the Page 92 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering software For example you could assign a dial to automatically control the speed of several movement buttons Commands can be edited by right clicking on the relevant button on the console Here we can set a minimum and maximum value to trigger the command In the example below when the input value reaches 47 the sequence will be at maximum speed Live 6 Edition 0 General 0 MIDI setup Name Infos Button SPEED function Page MOWING HEAD QeogCrce phasing Linea
12. 7 Scene Fading We can set fade times between scenes This is useful if we want to fade between two static positions or fade the dimmer The fade function must first be enabled on the master channels This can be done within the page settings Fitues E j D universe name Patch t x i E D g MOVING HEAD 1 GENERICIMOVING HEAD SSL2 I F 1 gm 1 18 1 X 0 presets t m tlle 2 Y 0 presets T S o UR E 3 pX 0 presets B P Ci e De FN 4 vY O presets E ei e 5 Cyan 0 presets M fe 4 fe 6 Magenta 0 presets T Ce Be i T Yoke 8 pw ie fe if i O Suns 3 presets t BE E Ff O 9 Zoom 1 presets E fe fe EI 10 Dimmer 3 presets rs E 11 Color 10 presets T B Li PT 4 Li 12 Gobo 10 presets EE B LJ LJ BB LI 13 RotGobo 3 presets ffi fo vil ane Sit dean E eO Li Li 15 Gobo 2 presets o EIL 8 Lj 16 RotGobo 2 3 presets B LI LI BR Lj Fade times can be added within the scene settings Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 47 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming To visualise the fade open up the Fade Scenes panel A fade can be paused replayed 1 skipped to the beginning end 2 or controlled manually 3 if manual fade is enabled within the scene settings Fade scene Page 48 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programm
13. Curve types can be selected here 1 Adjust the amplitude to stretch the wave 2 Move the wave backwards and forwards by adjusting the phase and adjust the offset to move the wave up or down 3 Change the frequency of the wave by adjusting the ratio this will speed up your pattern 4 Add phasing here 5 Remember that for phasing to work correctly the software must be told which order your fixtures are positioned For more information on phasing see the EasyTime Phasing topic Page 60 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects Ceci hm P anl IS Taai LM Let t dE dh iue Or Jud C g 4 Color The color mixing effects tool does exactly this It mixes colors together to create fantastic looking effects very quickly Select a color effect type 1 Change the speed size and number of colors here 2 To change the color simply select the color and drag around the color wheel 3 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 61 Sunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects 5 X Y This effect is to be used on any pan or tilt channels of a fixture It allows you to quickly and easily create moving patterns Click here to switch the light beam on 1 This will not be saved as part of the effect but it will allow you to see your fixtures as you adjust the position Select the shape you wish to create here 2 Alter the shape of the circle by
14. Il Quick Start Il Quick Start The Main Sunlite Suite 2 Concepts The main concepts of Sunlite Suite 2 are pages scenes and switches 1 Each fixture type has its own page 2 Each page contains scenes and switches 3 scene controls multiple channel types E g Colour AND gobo AND xy Only one scene can be activated on a page at one time 4 switch controls one channel type E g color OR gobo OR xy It is possible to have as many switches activated as you like as long as they don t affect the same channel type For example you could have a scene whereby the lights are moving and dimming up and down You can then make a red wash switch and when the switch is activated the moving scene will carry on but the lights turn red Switches are good for quick temporary changes and scenes are where you will usually store your main lighting programming 1 Creating your first show Open Sunlite Suite 2 The open the show dialog can be found from the main menu Button BE Open Save show T Lock Software preferences Print and print preview Close Click here to create a new show Page 16 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start peces an Last modificame Monday Hosermtwr 16 2009 10 36 yer 23 2009 15 16 mbe l M 200 9 45 The window panels can be re arranged by dragging and dropping To start off the only panels required are the pages a
15. T i bi idi Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 9 Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start 2 The Sunlite Package Here is a brief overview of all the software in the Sunlite package Sunlite Suite 2 This is the main piece of DMX lighting programming software Quickly and easily program complex effects with moving fixtures Trigger with audio MIDI DMX time and many other methods Copy scenes onto an SD card to be used without a computer Page 10 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start p RE m 1 En i Y e p Dunai Dol j E bris ful j IN room wir a ml t Dame cher f Br read Ed oom ToT Sa lok Coen aer SPA ial Cycle Cr Cercle Fade Fesses ans Chefs ie Tie Lire pelare 7 irer wenmdcwr 7 ght bram od 1 X i m il mani roc Y Faure Mori f io 7 General Page Zora Zoom Ei Fade Ae tie Embedded nae fee bation m re m c hu Pare AG Cordes open msn SRAN nd Contes 1 tt pe Easy View Our real time 3D visualiser allows you to pre program your show without lighting fixtures This software will show you all of your lighting effects in the same way as they would look if your actual lighting fixtures were connected to the computer This software is not required to program your show teary n F d bulira E d rs d 5 j Location
16. Text Button Horizontal Vertical Rotary Wheel Color Pan Groupof slider slider slider Tilt buttons button Transparent background True m F E x a a gre hs a F 5 BE M F fe F 3 m H 7 gm am WP WO aum uu Color a 30 50 20 x i i F Ww um gt T Je M ww QU oy i gih 2 MER 2 4 C E n I ai a 1 su We m 2d f i L 8 ra 7 9 aoi 1 10 Pa i 11 PRX E JD LE lr iX i E Poux MER Y E Grid 30 10 BE 7 117 117 Sei Mastei Custom component design We recommend that Default component designs are used where possible because these can easily be resized colored and can be sent over the network to a smartphone or tablet However in some circumstances it s useful to design a custom skin for a button fader or dial The CCD designer can be used for building custom components To create a custom component Click the Control design tab Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 125 Sunlite Suite 2 IX Other Soflware Click the New button on the ribbon bar or the Edit button to edit an existing CCD file Each CCD file can contain 1 of each component The component type can be selected from the ribbon bar The component design appears at the top and a preview of the component appears at the bottom The properties can be adjusted on the right such as image cursor position cursor image dial angle CCD Designer Behringer BCx 1 ccd Design e Bs Q
17. aim of the first chapter is to prepare you for using the software The second heading explains the foundations of the software If you are completely new to Sunlite Suite or lighting programming the first two headings should be enough to get you started There are a set of video tutorials which have been written alongside this manual you can find these at http www nicolaudie com nicolaudietv omm m Cros Gtr Caes Fogg D x be een Ceres Page IIT Fade Checklist Before starting make sure you have all the required tools You should have a package with USB DMX interface PC or laptop computer running Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 8 USB cable Software installation CD If you have an internet connection it is advisable that you visit our website at www nicolaudie com and download the latest copy of the Sunlite Suite 2 software Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 1 Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start 1 What s New to Suite 2 This chapter is for Sunlite Suite 1 users and outlines the new features in Suite 2 MC Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start The first thing you will notice is that the menus have been replaced with a ribbon bar SAT oos RO e Lock Open Save Starting show parameters Ch aa LOT Factures Cyce DMX Console Fa level _MASTER 16 1 1 All information is now saved in a shw sh
18. automatically open the dimmer iris and shutter Create a new scene make sure As you see now is selected and select OK Edit p bv HEAD Ccrrrral 2 Select fixtures to edit owitch off basic positioning here 1 Select the fixtures you wish to control here 2 Presets can be modified here 3 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 27 Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start I P uP m pe uper a 3 Assign EasyTime mode to the relevant channels Assign the EasyTime tool to the pan and tilt channels Drag the EasyTime icon here and hold cirl to select multiple channels Page 28 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start 4 Compress channels amp drag an effect Click here to compress all moving head pan and tilt channels together then drag a pan tilt effect E EasyTime 5 Editing your effect Select Automatic curve 1 Add phasing to your effect 2 Change the length of the effect 3 For more information on the effects available with Easy Time see the EasyTime effects chapters L Jd ar dE T J Ls mS OO A Pan y ALL La a FF L3 i Len pe x en 1 fees Th a v DES Li Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 29 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming lil Programming 1 Show Structure Here is a diagram of a Sunlite Suite 2 show s
19. create a generic palette with the color fire red picked from the color wheel this palette can be used on any CMY or RGB fixture to turn the color fire red If you are creating a matrix effect on a RECT you must use a generic palette This is because of the same reason that you cannot use a palette per fixture type on an standard easy time effect Rects can cross several fixture types they only know how to create colors they know nothing about the fixture types If you have a palette per fixture type with 2 colors stored on 2 different types of fixture the RECT would not know which color to take to generate the effect Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 53 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Pre Hecorded Palettes Pre Recorded palettes are put together by the software depending on which fixtures you are using 10 Followspot What is a followspot A followspot is typically a powerful spotlight which lights up a performer on a stage As the performer moves around the stage the spot will follow ensuring there is always a good light coverage over the performer so that they stand out from everything else that s happening on stage The problem with the followspot is that shadows are created around the performer and the light is not always evenly dispersed around the performer For example when the performer is a the side of the stage the light may only cover one half of their body The solution is to use 2 or mo
20. dragging the points 3 Right click to change the starting point 4 Phasing can be added here 5 my LT Lax sur 9 E aa 00 01 00 PPR Other functions Move the pattern 1 Add delete points 2 Change the interval time between each point 3 Change the direction of the pattern 4 Re arrange the fixtures order see the gradient tutorial for more information 5 Page 62 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects 6 Matrix NOTE This effect cannot be applied to a selection of fixtures This effect must be applied to a RECT For more information on this see the RECTS topic Matrix effects are similar to color mixing effects However the effects are specifically designed for a matrix of fixtures Select an effect from the list here 1 The number of colors size and speed of the effect can be modified here 2 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 63 eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects T Picture NOTE This effect cannot be applied to a selection of fixtures This effect must be applied to a RECT For more information on this see the RECTS topic Images can be inserted onto a matrix The more fixtures you have the higher the resolution and the better the image will be interpreted It is often best to use simple images without too much detail Click here 1 to insert a bitmap gif or jpg image By def
21. finely adjust the point You can change the mouse and keyboard precision by right clicking on the grid It is best to use a small iris size like in the example for an accurate calibration Once the master beam has been set move the slave beams to the same point ensuring they are all in the same quadrant of the XY grid as it s usually possible to set the same position with 2 different XY values Click the button to add a new calibration point and move the master and slave fixtures to the center top of the stage A quick way to do this is to select all fixtures and hold ctl whilst moving the point on the XY grid this way all fixtures stay close and you can perfect the calibration using the arrow keys The number of calibration points required depends on the positioning of the lighting fixtures and the size of the area you want to cover In the example below there are 9 calibrated points Generally the closer to the X axis you get the more points you ll need to calibrate Page 56 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming As you build your followspot you ll notice the followspot area will be build The highlighted area is the are in which the lighting fixtures will be synchonized The followspot toolbar functions include Record When this button is pressed all pan and tilt movements will be recorded If you want to test your followspot release this button and move the master fixture
22. selected functions Notice that a lock icon appears next to each locked function To unlock the show hold ctrl and select the lock key then enter the password Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 107 Sunlite Suite 2 VII Other Features ges ES HS Controller Page Button a pe Oe Open 5Save X Starting Pages Fixtures Cycle DMX Console Fade External show parameters level windows Forgotten the password The password is stored in the Global Show XML file This can be located by navigating to the Datalight folder in the Suite 2 root directory selecting your show folder and opening the Global XML file 2 Favourites In Sunlite Suite 2 you can set favourites A favourite is like a macro It allows you to save and recall a software state The favourites panel can be opened here 1 and a new favourite can be created here 2 e T Cycle DMX Console Fade level 1 External Iwindaws Live Edit 76 46 Favourites can be modified by selecting the Edit tab Favourites are organised by page In the example below the blue color preset can be removed from the favourite by selecting the X Page 108 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VII Other Features To update the state of a particular page select the buttons you wish to include within the favourite then select Update buttons state ul dh 5 Favorit
23. to map each button dial fader on your controller to the console in the software 1 Right click the button you want to link to your controller 2 Select the Setup tab 3 Either enter the parameters in yourself or if you are using a MIDI controller select Auto Setup MIDI and move the corresponding fader dial button on your MIDI controller EMEN ME DM MEME X Feedback contro Feedback when recieved control data Comr Modulation LSB 1 Channel 176 Status Each command and the corresponding fader can be viewed by clicking here 1 When all links are in view the console can look confusing Select solo 2 to view the selected control only Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 91 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering E E Hx u LU TP Ti i Fj CN TN a f ID contro Midi not set a uq n SA iN a 8 z Fr i I i olal E a i 2 L 3 k 5 f a rope pe ye i e ji i 5 3 1 TE x i n 7 A n i amp 1 f I I E F L ia F Ty i 1 i bi oe If E ax mA IA F 8 a d d i i
24. 06 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming If you are making a show for somebody else to use or if you are limited on screen space you can close and dock all other windows and have just the MASTER page enabled See the access privileges topic for more information 3 Creating Cycles What is a Cycle A Cycle is a cue list of scenes and switches Cycles are useful if you have a set of scenes and switches and wish to trigger these sequentially Click here 1 to create a new Cycle and click here 2 to view the Cycle panel Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 33 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Recording a Cycle To record a cycle click record select a combination of buttons then click record again when you are done The selected Switches are displayed at the top and the selected Scenes are displayed on the bottom Buttons can be moved around the timeline by clicking and dragging The button activation order can be viewed in a list by clicking here 1 Additional button presses can be recorded whilst playing a Cycle by selecting the play record button 2 A cycle can be triggered by Midi Time Code by clicking here 3 See the Midi Time Code chapter for more information The cycle will play up to the end marker To change the cycle end time drag the end marker or click here 4 to enter an end time manually Click here 5 for advanced scene settings
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26. 6 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering 8 Audio EasyTime and EasyStep sequences can be triggered by audio 1 Click here to enable audio in an EasyStep sequence 2 Click here to enable audio in an EasyTime sequence Notice that the timeline values change to music notes These can be dragged to change where the playhead will jump on each beat er EasyStep 00m00s00 00m01s00 0Om00s00 00m01s00 EasyTime Constant le Gradient MOVING HEAD 2 Sound to light selection To be able to trigger a scene with audio you must first select the sound to light detection mode Click Other Windows on the Controller tab of the ribbon bar and select Sound to light The window presents 4 options Manual Choose a manual BPM Beats Per Minute from the combo box Tap Tap out a BPM by pressing the tap button Audio Analysis Calculates a BPM from an incoming audio signal BPM by Midi Clock Detects a midi clock signal sent from high end DJ software and DJ mixers Note that you will need to select a midi device from the Software Preferences first Page 100 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering BPM by Midi clock is usually the most accurate form of BPM detection because DJ software will analyse the BPM from the audio file before it is played Audio Analyzer The Audio Analyze
27. EasyShow or the Multimedia function it is recommended to have enough spare RAM to load the largest video used in the show The 3D visualizer requires a powerful graphics card with at least 1GB graphics memory or more 2GB recommended 3 Software amp Hardware Installation You must install the software first then install the hardware second Insert the Sunlite installation CD into the CD drive of the computer Wait for the software installation to begin automatically If you ve downloaded the software from our website double click the setup icon Follow the on screen instructions to install the software The DMX interface USB drivers will be installed during the software installation When the windows driver installation dialog appears click next If a dialog appears to say that the drivers are not digitally signed select Continue Anyway Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 13 Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start Once the software installation is complete connect your interface to the USB socket The second set of drivers will be installed and a notification will be shown on the taskbar once the installation is complete Do not start the software until the driver installation is finished otherwise your device will not be detected Connect the Male 3 5 pins end of the XLR cable into the Sunlite Suite 2 DMX interface and connect the female 3 5 holes end of the XLR into your first fixture
28. Move area when zoomed in dragging in the followspot window will move the visible area Move point dragging in the followspot window will move the point Zoom in out Add point adds a new calibration point Remove point removes a calibration point Arrows moves between each calibrated point The 8rd button on the left allows you to close the shutter of a lighting fixture when it s positioned outside the calibrated area To set this up drag and drop this icon onto the shutter channel set the fader so that the shutter is open click the min checkbox at the bottom of the fader set the fader so that the shutter is off W Follow spot M Point 9 9 Once the editor has been closed and saved all slave fixtures will follow the master fixture as long as the switch is activated The switch works in Always take priority mode to override any pan tilt values on slave fixtures Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 57 Sunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects IV EasyTime Effects 1 ConstantLevel To use the EasyTime effects first make sure that you have selected the relevant fixtures and have assigned the EasyTime mode Constant Level is the most basic effect Depending which type of channel you drag the effect onto a different set of options will be available Effects MOVING HEAD 7 MOVING HEAD 8 If the constant level effect is dragged onto a pan tilt channel of a moving f
29. a Rotary Wheel Group of Zoom Zoom lider slider buttons button In Cx 27 cyz1T1 Background image Behringer BCx FADER FOND ico Cursor image Behringer BCx FADER CURSEUR icc Offset X cursor image 6 Offset Y cursor image 0 Once your console has been saved it will appear within the console selection list See the Console MIDI DMX EasyRemote topic for more information on mapping a console and assigning software commands Behringer BCF2000 td Page 126 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 IX Other Software 2 3D Visualiser To start the 3D visualizer select Easy View 3D Activate Shutter windows beam on closed 44 Palette Stand Alone Editor Auto start M RH EasyShow y ScanLibrary Organize windows in tabs i The window will appear on top of all other windows to disable this feature select view and click here Standard toolb EE Mr The fixtures in the 3D visualizer will automatically communicate with your fixtures in Sunlite Suite 2 Controlled by Sunlite Suite 2 is displayed at the bottom Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 127 Sunlite Suite 2 IX Other Software Sometimes you may have one DMX channel in Suite 2 controlling several fixtures in reality for example 1 par can channel may trigger 4 par cans In this case
30. age 31 3 Creating Cycles 33 4 Button Editor 36 5 Arranging Buttons 39 6 Button Dials 43 7 Scene Fading 47 8 Palettes 49 9 Palette Types advanced 51 10 Followspot 54 IV EasyTime Effects 59 1 ConstantLevel 58 2 Gradient 59 3 Curve 60 4 Color 61 5 X Y 62 6 Matrix 63 T Picture 64 8 Gif 64 9 Video 65 10 Text 66 11 Color Manager 67 12 EasyTime Phasing 68 V Dealing with Fixtures 74 1 Groups 73 2 Rects 75 3 Live Control with Groups 77 4 Advanced Positioning 79 5 Advanced Patching 80 6 Managing DMX interfaces and universes 83 7 Printing a Patch 84 VI External Control amp Triggering 86 1 Keyboard 85 2 Date amp Time 86 3 Console MIDI DMX EasyRemote Joystick 88 4 DMX 94 5 Joystick 95 6 Interface Ports 96 7 MIDI Time Code MTC 98 8 Audio 100 9 OLED Keypad 105 Vil Other Features 108 1 Access Privileges 107 2 Favourites 108 3 Multimedia 110 4 Stand Alone 111 Vill Easy Show 116 1 Getting Started 115 2 Creating Timelines Manually 118 3 Timeline Options 119 4 Other Options 120 5 Triggering 121 6 Synchronization Options 122 IX Other Software 125 1 Console Editor 124 2 3D Visualiser 127 3 Scan Library Editor 129 Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start Before We Start Welcome Welcome to Sunlite Suite 2 You are probably eager to get straight on with your programming and see what Suite 2 is capable of doing so we have made the first two chapters short and simple The
31. annels with the dimmer or dimmer min max property assigned Dimmer and Color mixing channels are also adjusted unless they are set to OFF Phase Takes an EasyTime sequence and starts it at a later point in the sequence for each fixture Size Takes a pan tilt effect and changes the size Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 43 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming opeed Dimmer Phase and Size dials can also be accessed under the button tab at the top of the fixture page Page dimmer and speed dials can be accessed under the page tab but be careful if you turn the page dimmer to 0 you will never have any light output MOVING HEAD E a a UE Circle phasing Page 44 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Advanced Phasing not for beginners Shift right click a switch phasing dial to view the advanced phasing menu Here we can determine how Suite 2 will phase a switch Duplicate Hename Delete Settings show faders Dimmer Show faders Sp Show faders Phasing Chow faders Size Link to MIDI controller Square root X Square X Cube X Link to keyboard Cube root X Delay the begining of seguences When no phasing is applied the example sequence here fades from red to yellow e COND t sa D a b M i eT 3333143344 lo fo le lo lo fo lo le When phasing is added the sequence st
32. arts at a later point for each fixture As the phasing dial is increased the time between each of the fixtures starting points increases Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 45 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming When linear phasing is applied the difference between each of the fixtures starting times is the same There are 4 different non linear phasing types available With non linear phasing the difference between each of the fixtures starting times changes The example below shows the outcome of a Square x phase The difference between each of the fixtures starting times gets shorter which can be used to great effect to produce a sequence which looks like an object falling for example Cube root x can often be used to create more realistic wave and rippling effects DS 3 LL Hcr When Delay the beginning of sequences is selected the phasing is linear however instead of changing the starting point of the sequence for each fixture it holds the first step of the sequence and addas a delay This is very useful for creating color sweeps Note Looping must be switched off for this type of phasing to work because the last frame of each timeline is frozen to compensate for the delay at the beginning Page 46 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming
33. ault the image will be stretched to fit the matrix Click here if you want to keep the original picture proportions 2 No Picture Ca JC 8 Gif NOTE This effect cannot be applied to a selection of fixtures This effect must be applied to a RECT For more information on this see the RECTS topic Gif animations can be inserted onto a matrix The more fixtures you have the higher the resolution and the better the image will be interoperated It is often best to use simple images without too much detail Click here 1 to insert a gif animation Click here 2 if you want to keep the original gif proportions or if you would like the gif to be stretched to fit the matrix Page 64 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects 9 Video NOTE This effect cannot be applied to a selection of fixtures This effect must be applied to a RECT For more information on this see the RECTS topic Videos can be inserted onto a matrix The more fixtures you have the higher the resolution and the better the image will be interoperated It is often best to use simple videos without too much detail Click here 1 to insert an AVI video Click here 2 if you want to keep the original video proportions or if you would like the video to be stretched to fit the matrix Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 65 eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects Note that not all AVI compre
34. but with a phasing delay Notice the wait time which has been added at the end of each block Button Phasing You can add phasing in real time by enabling the phasing dial on a scene or switch To do this shift right click the switch and select Show faders Phasing It is also possible to modify the phasing curve by shift right clicking a phasing dial and selecting an option from the phasing menu Linear The phasing will work normally with an equal offset between each fixture Square root X Square X Cube X Cube root X A different offset will be applied between each fixture creating un even gradients and effects which change speed Delay the beginning of sequences Instead of an offset being applied a delay will be applied at the beginning of the sequence This is useful if you want to apply phasing but you want all fixtures to start on the same value when the button is first pressed Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 69 Sunlite Suite 2 By default phasing will Fixture Order IV pue Effects Switch Color te Duplicate Rename ae Settings Show faders Dimmer Show faders Speed Show faders Phasing Show faders Size REN Link to console Square root X Link to keyboard Square X Cube X Cube root X Delay t the begining c of Ro be applied to the fixtures being used in EasyTime according to their DMX address It is possible to
35. create a custom fixture order This is useful if your fixtures are not positioned in DMX address order The fixture order window can be accessed either from the effect editor window or by right clicking a page and selecting Fixture Order ammuHd EC Rearrange fixture order radient type Export page OR LE n SY Link to console Auto gradient Linear Shortest Click here to load or create a new fixture order Page 70 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects New fixture orders can be created here 1 To create a fixture order click record 2 and then click the fixtures in the desired order Once your fixture order has been made the order will be shown in the list here 3 Drag the fixtures to change the order Hold ctrl and make a multi selection then click here 4 to make a group of fixtures useful for making symmetrical effects Click here 5 to add a virtual fixture useful if you have a line of lighting fixtures with a space in the middle and you want an effect to play as if there was a fixture in the space Future order Source foctures Included fatur s If you want to apply a fixture order to a button phasing dial this can be selected within the general tab of button settings Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 71 eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTim
36. ctivated Press a keybord key to setup the button trigger key Flash mode Remove keyboard key Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 85 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering 2 Date amp Time You can trigger a button by date and time Select a button and open up the button settings Select the Time tab 1 There are 3 calendar views to choose from 2 Double click to set up a time trigger General Trigger Few a ro F Button pele ue e B R n SER i Enrico ki Scenes can be triggered at sunrise and sunset A custom location can be assigned by clicking here 1 and the time of sunrise and sunset will be automatically calculated A trigger time relative to the sunrise or sunset time can be assigned here 2 For example a scene could be deactivated 4 hours after sunrise Page 86 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering Recurring events can be triggered daily weekly monthly or yearly We can set up a recurrence range between two dates For example you may want to trigger a button at sunset every Saturday over the summer Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering A trigger can be set to activate the button deactivate the button or toggle the button on and off every time th
37. e Effects Show faders Page 72 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures V Dealing with Fixtures 1 Groups Selecting Fixtures Fixtures can be arranged into groups for quick selection when controlling live and programming Fixture groups can be edited within the fixtures window 1 Fixtures can be moved by selecting here and then dragging 2 Hold ctrl to select multiple fixtures Multiple fixtures can be selected automatically by clicking here 3 By default an image of each fixture is shown with text This can be changed to the currently selected gobo or iris here 4 Moving each fixture can be time consuming when using large amounts of fixtures Click here to position your fixtures into a shape 5 A different fixture view will appear depending on the selected page To always show the fixtures included on the master page regardless of the select page click here uttons Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 73 eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures Grouping Fixtures Select the fixtures you wish to use in a group and then create a new group here 1 Right click to edit delete or rename Link to MIDI controller Link to keyboard Background To select a background for the Fixtures window right click and select Background Image Settings Images can be imported or copied from the 3D visualiser Use the fader to cha
38. e trigger is called 9 Set the button on O Set the button off 3 Console MIDI DMX EasyRemote Joystick The console is a virtual screen consisting of faders buttons dials color wheels XY grids and more The console is a virtual gateway to allow Suite 2 to be controlled from a variety of devices such as a MIDI controller DMX controller Joystick or smartphone tablet running EasyRemote You can load a pre made console or use the console editor to create an image of your own MIDI or DMX controller You can also design a customized layout to be used with a touch screen or the EasyRemote iPhone iPad Android app See the console editor topic for more information on designing your own console Page 88 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering If you are using MIDI the software first needs to be told which MIDI port to read from This can be set within the Software Preferences MIDI setup MiDlinput MIDI QUT MIDI TIME CODE IN MIDI TIME CODE Ou MIDI device l Recerve from all MIDI devices Output hardware g MIDI setup fs Video To use the console with a DMX controller make sure a DMX input universe has been assigned within the interface settings If you want to control the console from an iPhone iPad or Android device download the EasyRemote app from the Apple App Store o
39. ect Enable MIDI output and select the desired MIDI output device 2 a 2 s a E Ta m E 1A E ka E hs Ras A A m FA 4 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 123 Sunlite Suite 2 IX Other Software IX Other Software 1 Console Editor With the console editor you can create a virtual screen to be controlled via a touchscreen or an iPhone iPad Android device using the EasyRemote app You can also use the console editor to create a graphical representation of your MIDI or DMX controller with moving faders dials and buttons These can then be linked to almost all software features See the Console topic for more information on loading and mapping a pre made console The console editor can be opened from the External Windows menu Dimmer full V Dimmer closed ternal Activate Shutter MWST eam on closed Palette Dimmer Stand Alone Editor Easy View 3L Auto start EasyShow Le ScanLibrary me Conso le editor Dem Organize windows in tabs To add a component select the component from the ribbon and click in the desired place on the console A list of available components will appear Click Default to insert a component without a skin Default components are best for EasyRemote consoles because the component skin is stored within the smartphone tablet app therefore the load times are much qu
40. erved eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures 4 Advanced Positioning Advanced Positioning Sunlite Suite 2 offers many different ways to position your fixtures Here are 16 moving heads Click the wand to open the fixture positioning wizard Select the matrix icon on the right to open the matrix editor Change the matrix dimensions here and click Advanced Positioning to re order your fixtures within the matrix Change the position of a fixture in a matrix simply by dragging the fixture It is also possible to change the order in which our fixtures are laid out for example right to left or top to bottom Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 79 eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures I le ete j ele 1 ALII D TITTTITTT ALLEE D EB EL TED DLE T TSE T41 1 111 AT Il TTITIT IT ALLEE D LEE TED DU E SE lose foe ee le ee Imagine that you have a single fixture which consists of 4RGB devices positioned on a 2 x 2 matrix 12 DMX addresses In some cases you may want to treat these 4 fixtures as 1 fixture In this case you can set up a primary matrix Select the primary matrix dimensions and drag the fixture positions if necessary 5 Advanced Patching Advanced Patching Sunlite Suite 2 has many advanced patching capabilities These can be found on the patch tab within the page settings window The patch of a channel can be modified by clicking in the patch area Page 80 Copyrig
41. es Reset all buttons state Send page dimmer send page speed wy af m LT Favourites can also store window positions this can be done by selecting Update Value on the Send Windows Positioning parameter n Favorites send windows positionning datas Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 109 Sunlite Suite 2 VII Other Features 3 Multimedia Sunlite Suite 2 is capable of playing audio and video files if encoded correctly To insert an audio or video file select a button open the button settings and select the Video tab Insert the media file here 1 Here 2 we can test our video and adjust the start and end markers Switch between video and sound here 3 and loop your video here Drag here 4 to zoom in out of the timeline vf Multimedia ene 8 M Stop when other multimedia start If you wish to output the video out of a secondary monitor this can be set up within the general settings You may need to restart the software before some of these settings are applied Page 110 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VII Other Features Starting parameters M Close multimedia when rendering finished Ful screen Video window allways shown ae Secondary 1680x1050 Mf ESC switch fulls screen mode window 4 Stand Alone You can save SCENES and SWITCHES into the stand alone me
42. ets can be modified here 2 a T L a LLL gt n 5 Ta x z r E Lu i d arem c mn mn Nell PE zr Ft m 2 3 4 0 Q P B 10 IL 12 13 14 1 18 17 18 LL LEES DI ED ud 3 3 d 3 1 e um vll AIL NE NE SEREEEEE Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start 3 Assign EasyStep mode to the relevant channels Each channels mode can be set here All channels are set to off by default To make a simple movement pattern assign the EasyStep tool to the pan and tilt channels Drag the EasyStep icon here and hold ctrl to select multiple channels EEE Pr CEUX EU ES 4 Adjust fixtures In addition to the preset tab you can also adjust your fixtures using the faders tab Move the X and Y faders to position the fixtures Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 25 Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start 5 Create a new step and preview Once the parameters have been adjusted click here 1 to create a new step Move the X and Y faders to the second position EasyStep sequences can be previewed by clicking here 2 6 Add fade wait times Fade and wait times can be added by double clicking a step or by clicking the clock icon Page 26 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start 4 Editing a Scene with EasyTime 1 Turn your lamps on Click the open beam button to
43. faded here 2 The time between each step can also be changed here 3 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 67 eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects 12 EasyTime Phasing Effect Phasing Phasing is a powerful feature which allows you to take an effect and apply it to different lighting fixtures at different times It can be used to create random looking effects movement and gradient sweeps chases symmetrical effects and much more Phasing works by offsetting or delaying an effect on each fixture The phasing can be set between 0 and 100 of the length of a block The image on the left shows a gradient effect from blue white blue The image in the center shows the same effect but with 2 phasing The image on the right shows the effect with 25 phasin meaning that it is pushes 25 backwards on each fixture Page 68 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects Phasing Delay EasyTime also allows you to phase between 2 effect blocks This is called Phasing Delay This type of phasing works slightly differently from the effect phasing Instead of applying an offset it will add a pause at the end of each block This is useful if you want to add phasing to a sequence which doesn t loop for example when making gradient or movement sweeps In the example below the left image contains 2 constant level blocks with a fade The image on the right shows the same sequence
44. fied time when the volume level is below the 96 specified By default if the volume drops below 4 for over 0 5 seconds the Audio analyzer will stop sending beats If there is a lot noise on the audio input it is advisable to increase this level Durations Average 2 00 RH s BPM 10 005 s Normalization 5 00 rz 5 when volume level is below 50 00 Stop detection 0 50 H 5 when volume level is below 4 00 rz Da Pulse Detection In addition to triggering a scene by the music BPM you can also trigger with the pulse of the music Unlike BPM which provides a consistent beat pulse detection allows you to jump between steps each time a peak of an audio signal reaches a threshold set automatically inside the audio analyzer Click here to activate pulse detection on an Easy Step sequence al EasyStep Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 103 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering Bargraph Detection The Bargraph allows you to filter a band of audio and link this to an Easy Time timeline This allows you to create many interesting effects based on the level of audio within a designated frequency band To set this up Click the Bargraph tab Set the Gain signal level Attack time time taken to respond to an increasing audio level and Release time time taken to respond to a decreasing audio level frequency and width Add remove and rename frequency bands by clicking the small white arr
45. g you to quickly and easily drag and drop an effect BARU Ta SI wuupl DER Pan tit effect 121 Pan tilt effec m1 ouite 2 integrates a palette function so templates can be made for common presets such as position Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 7 Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start then be applied to many scenes pr Cape Berges Gerber Sr data Ger cher Ceo by mamie Fees B Deua eo The Cycle window now contains a timeline view EE mI iN Tm Dimmer Dimmer Gobo Gobo Coler 22 RVA Page 8 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start A brand new stand alone editor allows you to write directly to the internal memory or SD card without the need for saving and importing your scene buttons into Easy Stand Alone Advanced live control from the fixtures window It is now possible to have a group of fixtures listen to a particular button then add and remove fixtures from the group at any time ety Piotr ete 908 2028 D z omm 1 Ce Este mis Vade rss Ure aie p TOE ipi CuemLer Lo Bas perdit ES e met CES Bun HB usn ome CUS Ces LL ES ECC HEA oe a EET Cama Were haar Bar
46. giving a similar view as the button editor in Sunlite Suite 1 fa Channels Wii sx MG HEAD 2 I0 11 12 FT x LS LLL ML V4 Page 38 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Dragging a fixture on top of another will copy all editor data including dimmer EasyTime and EasyStep Fixtures x Ctrl Group Fixtures 5 Arranging Buttons Buttons can be arranged in a variety of different ways Ctrl right click and drag a button to manually change its position Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 39 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Custom layers Custom layers can be created here General Click here to create a new zone for your layer then simply drag your parameters into the relevant zone Click the settings button if you want to embed a color mixing wheel or XY grid inside the zone Burtons abe m Gs oo MJ P a m L p zt mie Page 40 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Compression Common switches can be compressed into one button For example all the gobo switches are grouped into one switch button like the example shown below To create a compression make sure the Scenes or Switches you want to compress are named with a common prefix In the example below we have 4 scenes which start with the prefix Effect Co
47. hining away from the room Li E F E T Pisa aa a a be ES ganire nel Ena vAl y to tps Si es pees or nse you dl Ger nde oo niet Te Pe TH D EE TUI n OESTE EDT co Onur cong Ey sc or ART EOS Tine CC m cr yen add eges Sots 5c CREW Core ord oe Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 19 Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start Step 4 The software will now create pre programmed switches for many of the common presets of the fixture XN AXI XII XI a al X p k A all 4 i Step 5 The software can also create a variety of pre programmed effects Cercle Gephace de 5 Mrs PW Center Oe Cercle dephase de 5 PT al Curve RUE oe ee A Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Step 6 Il Quick Start You have now created your first page Click here to open the 3D visualiser and see what has been generated d 7 Favorites Show the Shutter light beam closed D Palette mv Stand Alone Editor m f IE 1 B General Srl Se a Auto start Audio Auto start EasyShow 2 Creating your first Scene Notice that all of your pre programmed buttons have a red strip across the top This means that the button is a SWITCH button A SWITCH button usually controls just one property For example here a
48. ht 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures Fixtures Click here to set up a new patch Dimmer The output channel and universe can be set on the left and the minimum and maximum amplitude can be set to scale channel values down Setting the minimum to 255 and the maximum to 0 will invert the channel This can be useful when using unusual fixtures whereby the dimmer is at 100 when the channel is at 0 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 81 eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures Output I TL TTA OX mn UNI ROM gem vM P amp _ Dem JL M M Ek j mm Hv _ i BH ral E I eae 2 bl x Un i wu nn ee ny t rui ua mau quet ey ad T Telani 1s LE z LI Si ML MILLE i watt r EE TEE It is possible to limit the highest pan and tilt value of a fixture This is useful if you have a fixture in the corner of a room and you don t want the fixture to point at the wall It can also be used to calibrate a fixtures moving sequences if not programmed with palettes The pan tilt dialog can be opened by clicking here 1 Select your fixtures then adjust the size of the square on the right Use the target to move the fixtures around the room notice a red line is drawn to help you resize the square You can view your fixtures graphically by deselecting Li
49. icker Components can be moved by dragging be sure that the lock option is disabled in the top right of the ribbon To re size an object drag one of the 8 squares Holding alt and dragging will change the size of the component zone whilst maintaining the size of the component image Each component zone can contain an image and some text The properties of the selected component appear on the right These include Page 124 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 IX Other Software Position Size Group Components can be added to a Group or Bank A Group of buttons object can then be assigned to the group This allows for different controls to be mapped to the component depending on the selected group button Zone Draw Here you can set the size of the image the control design used ccd file and the position and alignment of the image within the zone Text properties Each zone can contain an image and some text here you can set the default text color font and alignment within the zone Button Default button behavior can be set here such as Flash mode the button is released when you release it with the mouse and MIDI velocity information Data This is where MIDI and DMX mappings are made For iPhone iPad Android users EasyRemote mappings are made automatically Mew Open Save Save as z Console Editor EasyRemote2 Control design amp Ce T ww Q select Image
50. ing New palette groups can be created here Palettes can be applied to scenes within the button editor Drag the palette onto the desired channel and hold ctrl to select multiple channels Palettes can also be dragged directly onto a fixture an EasyStep step or an EasyTime constant level block For information on how to use a palette inside a dynamic effect see the advanced palettes topic Page 50 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming m ler wil vasa os Er Da CO A 08 ela ign Inermal mode input window window lwindow window window window Control 9 Palette Types advanced The previous topic describes how to create a palette and assign it to a scene This topic will explain the various palette types Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 51 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Standard and Generic Palettes There are two types of palette a STANDARD palette and a GENERIC palette The standard palette saves a DMX value for example DMX 251 on the gobo channel A generic palette saves a presets property for example dimmer 5096 or Zoom 20 degrees Standard palettes are useful if you want to send the same DMX value to all selected fixtures or call a particular preset such as Gobo Holes Generic presets are useful if you need to save a variable length preset such as dimmer iris focus or zoom amongst different type
51. ing 8 Palettes Palettes are very powerful when programming lighting Imagine you are on a tour and you get to a different venue and realize you need to move your drums 2 meters backwards you now have to change each of your scenes This can be time consuming With Sunlite Suite 2 we can set up Palettes These can be useful if you need to update a set of scenes at once New Palettes can be created here If you want to create a preset palette such as a gobo or a color wheel color select New Palette per fixture If you want to create a palette with a variable preset such as pan tilt a color mixing color a dimmer iris or zoom preset you will need to select New Generic Palette Per Fixture See the next topic for more information on the different palette types Palette Duplicate Rename Delete Auto fd HEI New palette per fixture type New palette per fixture Pre record palette Use the global effects panel to adjust your fixtures or right click and select a preset below not available when using Generic Palettes Hold shift to assign the same preset to all selected fixtures 7 Chr pisker Color by manufacturers Postion Beam Divers 9 T NM s orange 302 7 N O Yelow Y52 87 Iris oom E J 36 To delete the preset from the pallet click the cross Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 49 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programm
52. ixture the position can be modified by dragging on the X Y grid or by choosing a palette if one has been created If an effect is dragged onto a gobo iris or dimmer channel you can select from one of the channel Page 58 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects presets ul J LE inal 2 Gradient The gradient effect works in the same way as the static effect however it allows you fade between DMX values colors positions Start and end colors can be changed by selecting here 1 Colors can be added by double clicking inside the gradient E RES c MS Ele _ Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 59 eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects The gradient type can be changed Auto gradient Automatically fades between the blocks before and after the effect Linear 1 Fades between 2 points on the color wheel there will be a dip in the brightness as the marker passes through the center of the wheel Shortest 2 Fades around the color wheel in the shortest direction Longest 3 Fades around the color wheel in the longest direction This is useful when creating rainbow effects all around the color wheel by setting the start and end colors as the same 3 Curve With the curves effect basic mathematical forumlas can be used to adjust a channel In this example the red color level is being adjusted with a sinus wave
53. lite Suite 2 Ill Programming 2 Creating The MASTER Page What is the MASTER Page The MASTER page is a combination of all the other pages in your show It allows you to create Scenes owitches and Cycles which contain programming for more than one fixture type The MASTER page is usually your main live view where you will add your final programming o gt MASTER Multimedia Programming the MASTER page In the image below we have a page for some moving heads and a page for some scanners Select a variety of switches on both pages then Click here 1 to attach both pages to the MASTER page Buttons on the MASTER page are created in the same way as on any fixture page If you create a button and select the As You See Now option all currently activated buttons in all pages will be saved as long as the page is attached to the MASTER page Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 31 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming iur MOVING HEAD LAS A Loos 1 6 mice Scenes can be modified very quickly To modify a parameter ctrl right click and drag a switch from a fixture page to the MASTER page button you wish to modify and select copy In the example below we are changing the moving head gobo CE Gobo Stars Do you want to duplicate the button Gobo Stars or copy the content of Gobo Stars inside Scene Page 32 Copyright 20
54. mory of your interface so they can be played without a computer It is advisable that you back up some of your SCENES into the interface in case of a computer crash The Stand Alone editor can be accessed here A Dm B c Untitled SESA PROMECormaght c Micclaudie 1939 20099 eb site elade e Editor Live Calendar Stand Alone level GD DE OU 0000 d Address Global area Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 tj D C Lex NIB Pr F El s wr S DC Ah Mane 000 OK Al Mane Ok Oe A Mane Ok a avail color SELECT B pre Lo WP WE u on Robe COH ICE Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 111 Sunlite Suite 2 VII Other Features The memory of several interfaces can be written simultaneously click here 1 to add an interface Lu LA a New Edit Delete S EX x F Each interface has 5 areas New areas can be created here 1 Pages can be assigned to an area by clicking here 2 New stand alone scenes can be created here 3 00 g MASTER MAC 250 V1 M4 MAC 250 V1 M4 i Creating a stand alone scene A stand alone scene can contain a combination of SCENE and SWITCH buttons Click here 1 to insert a new button Drag the scene from the scenes panel and onto one of the 99 scene spaces Make sure the correct area is selected Page 112 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved S
55. must reach 4096 to be marked as a peak Decreasing the sensibility will allow for more peaks to be detected and setting a higher sensibility will detect less peaks but will generally be more reliable Highly compressed music requires a lower sensibility J Electro Name 44 Hardcore Hedra J Hip Hop 44 House BPM 44 Reggaeton E Jd Techno min 101 max 162 C4 44 Trance Filter none low low pass band pass high rs Uu o x high pass ze D o TR Add W Gray Always send beats Page 102 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering Advanced Settings Durations Average Sets the length of the larger sample window to claculate the average volume level BPM How long to wait before outputting a different BPM Normalization If the audio input is very quiet the Audio Analyzer will turn up the volume level after the amount of time set For example the default value is set to 5 seconds therefore the volume level will be analyzed over a 5 second period If the highest level over this period is 5096 then the input level will be multiplied by 2 Normalization 96 Sets the threshold for when to normalize By default this value is set to 5096 so if the average volume is above 50 it will not be normalized Stop detection If Always send beats is not checked the Audio Analyzer will stop sending beats to the control software after the speci
56. nd master panels o ea Aj m j 4 E e T umm ful Fans futt My cii rete s q Cem vend 9 LIES 3 E ree pen is Pace Pe fers um Tee ET gs E maed sp tas de reg E si dr MALE General Poder CHI es ee Each different model of fixture generally has its own page New pages can be created here Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 17 Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start Step 1 Select your fixture from the left Fixtures are ordered by manufacturer In the example above we are creating a page for our imaginary moving head which can be found in the Generic folder Step 2 The software needs to know how many fixtures are being used and the starting DMX address In the example below we have 8 moving heads starting at address 1 Page 18 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start o 2 4 5 IMOVINGHEAD 1 14 i5 je 17 18 f 20 21 22 23 24 2MOVENGHEADO 1 32 3 34 34 ei 29 30 40 41 XMMWENGHEADU 300 S zo gaas se er sa su ol OWING MADS 67 G8 69 70 71 7272 T4 75 76 77 78 MMOVIRGHEAD 4 5 88 07 Pb 9 colon ot 92 94 05 06 I MOWVINGIHEND 5 102 104 205 108 107 108 409 110 111 112 112 114 1 MOVING HERDOO 121 122 125 124 125 IRENI 025 128 120 131 132 MOVING HEAD 7 140 141 bz TA 744 1465 LS 147 148 140 150 151 152 153 54 155 156 157 LES 159 180 161 162 183 164 164 188 187 188 169 170 171 172 173 174 174 178 177 178 170 180 161
57. nd maximum value to be set The channel will fade between the minimum and maximum values if the button dimmer dial is moved Select the Min checkbox at the bottom of the fader to set the minimum value Easy Time Allows the channel to be edited using the Easy Time tool Easy Step Fade Allows the channel to be edited using the Easy Step tool Easy Step Cut Allows the channel to be edited using the Easy Step tool but ignores any fade commands This is useful for a gobo or shutter channel To jump to a particular function right click here 1 and select the function To jump to a particular preset eg gobo holes color red shutter closed right click here 2 and select the preset Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 37 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Double click the white number to manually type the DMX value or a tapes glo ull 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 7 LLL Eee EN 1 1 Select the All tab to see the channels of all your fixtures You can number your fixtures by index channel address or universe number by right clicking at the top of the window Right click one of the white numbers to toggle between DMX value and value Double click on one of the white numbers to manually enter a DMX or value tip when using the All channels tab docking the window at the bottom of the button editor will allow you to see more DMX channel faders
58. ne settings Trigger tab If you are addressing the ports in binary be sure to select Address 8 for Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 97 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering example instead of Port 8 You can also set up a port trigger from the previous next buttons mounted on the interface Button 7 MIDI Time Code MTC MIDI Time Code MTC is a type of MIDI message created for synchronization purposes You can use Midi Time Code to synchronize a Cycle with an external device such as a CD player 3rd party video and sound software or a SMPTE generator To use MIDI time code you first need to make sure you have a MIDI interface connected to your computer Go to the general settings and select the MIDI setup tab Select the device you wish to receive the Time Code from or send the Time Code to Page 98 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 General phe d ve Hardware VI External Control amp Triggering Once you have your MIDI Time Code device connected select the IN button to begin receiving the Time Code signal To send Time Code to another device whilst the Cycle is playing select the OUT button MOVING HEAD Cycle IN BOUTS EFT Lili ere Eee enn Js Lye Va iet UO Ef Lt Agh ht EN _ Fi O L ED RP LATE ER GRATUIT E ERE E TNR TOY Lus u au VOD A PETIT un Ln Copyright 200
59. nge the size of the background image GE 22 on om B s Page 74 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures 2 Rects RECTS are an extremely powerful tool in Sunlite Suite 2 and very simple to use Using EasyTime we can apply an effect to a selection of fixtures or to a RECT A rect is a virtual zone where a sequence can be played You can for instance play several sequences on the same LED matrix at different positions using several rects Rects can be created on the Groups Rect tab within the fixtures window of the button editor 8 ety a Group To apply an effect onto a RECT Drag the RECT onto the timeline to create a new track You can now drag your effects onto the timeline in the usual way Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 75 eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures 4 E can aa Page 76 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures Rect Layers Additional layers can be added to a rect timeline by right clicking and selecting Add new timeline The opacity of a layer can be modified by right clicking the layer and selecting opacity In addition to changing the opacity a mask can be added to the area for example perhaps you would like all the black areas of a layer to be transparent Use the fader on the right to adjust the sensitivity of the transparency 3
60. of the Easy Show communication in the bottom left corner of the window m O i Dimmer full Q Dimmer closed Activate Shutter beam on closed Palette Stand Alone Editor Easy View GD Auto start J Scantibrary Organize windows in tabs Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 115 Sunlite Suite 2 Vill Easy Show To add a button to Easy Show simply ctrl right click and drag the button from the Sunlite Suite 2 window to the clip bin inside the Easy Show window Language 7 Document LEE Re RES Mew Open Save Save Options a4 T Otters Mediatype Ou Ji 4T qs UA i a ep ST me E C1 mal Zz al wu h a A new track is automatically set up for the page The scene can now be dragged onto the new track Notice that the track is split into two sections The top section is for SCENES and CYCLES and the bottom section is for SWITCHES If you need to have more than one Switch activated at a time click here 1 to create a new Switch timeline Page 116 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Vill Easy Show sr Gobo Abstract Scene Bi Ebr a d To automatically create a track for each page of your
61. ow and hide multimedia tracks here 5 If you need to move more than one scene at a time click the block selection tool here 1 All scenes on a particular track can be selected or all the scenes in the whole sequence 2 Zoom in and out of the timeline here 3 RER 2 BEES DEA n1 73 Om00s00 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 119 Sunlite Suite 2 VIII Easy Show 4 Other Options Zoom Preview This window allows you to easily navigate around the timeline Undo This window contains a list of our recent actions making it very simple to go back if a mistake has been made Infos This area shows information on the currently selected block Click here 1 to enable the dimmer and speed functions Once the dimmer and speed functions are enabled click here 1 to edit To change the brightness of the lighting throughout the scene draw a line here 2 Additional points can be created by clicking on the line and deleted by selecting and dragging away from the track Page 120 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Vill Easy Show A TT Marker points can be added to a timeline These can be used to stop playback If Jump in playback mode is selected playback will continue when the marker is reached Jump in playback mode If you are using video you can view it in full screen by hitting F1
62. ow at the top of the band BPW Ba rgraph e 1 Frequency To assign a Bargraph band to an Easy Time timeline click the eggtimer checkbox to toggle between Time and Bargraph mode and right click the checkbox to chose the frequency band you would like the timeline to respond to Page 104 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering u OC ER LHL oC 1500 9 OLED Keypad The main problem with keyboard and MIDI triggering is that unless you have your keyboard fully labeled it is easy to forget which keys you have assigned to which scenes without searching the screen for your keyboard assignment kh as 2 D LA E There are now several OLED keyboards on the market which can be used with Sunlite Suite 2 Art Lebedev produce a variety of OLED input devices including the Optimus Maximus Mini Three and Aux Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 105 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering Page 106 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VII Other Features VII Other Features 1 Access Privileges Various parts of the software can be locked and password protected The access privileges can be set within the Lock tab of the Software Preferences Click here 1 to set a new password General m Hardware Pages Click the lock key to lock the
63. ow file Suite 1 show files ssh can be imported rt ge i 8 X General Page INT Fade Show on hard drive b mi x infos Last modification as The page panels have been re designed to be more ergonomic and to save space Buttons can now be Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 3 Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start re arranged manually by cirl right clicking and dragging farce fatri Carya PDO Foie E duo Li m BE ad EU Gears Page INIT Fede il c E dB New button compression types such as pop up toolboxes help save screen space NEN NN L wae E NH NS jl Grant Page INIT Fede ao Shift clicking a button brings up a small toolbox where button functions can be modified Page 4 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start Faders have been changed to rotary dials These dials save space and allow a higher definition They can be adjusted just as easily as faders by selecting the dial and moving the mouse up and down Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start Direct access to easy show functions is now possible without having to rename buttons Command
64. oystick You can control a pan and tilt grid with a Joystick This is set up using the Console Create a console with an XY grid or load up an existing console such as 10 buttons color Pan Tilt or EasyRemote 2 Pair the console with an XY zone or with a group of lighting fixtures see the console topic or more information Right click the grid and click the Console Setup tab The following options are available Pan Set the Joystick options for the Pan property of the XY grid Tilt Set the Joystick options for the Tilt property of the XY grid Enable Allow the joystick to control the grid Joystick index If you have several joysticks created you can choose which joystick to use with the selected grid Axe or rotation type Choose which joystick property you want to use to control the Pan or Tilt of the grid The options listed here depend on the joystick connected Normally it s best to use the X movement for the Pan and the Y movement for the Tilt Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 95 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering Button to activate function A joystick button can be selected which must be held down for to activate the control Direction button to activate function If the joystick has a direction button this can be chosen to activate the control Values If a direction button is chosen to activate the control choose which direction the button must be set MAL Cont
65. pyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 41 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming General Effect 4 Button compression types can be modified within the page settings Create a new compression here and enter the compression prefix in our case this is Effect Dutton type WC Page 42 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Several different compression types can be created External window icon a dialog pops up with the button icons External window list a dialog pops up with a list of the buttons External window color mixing list a dialog pops up with a list of the buttons and a color mixing wheel External window color mixing icon a dialog pops up with the buttons icons and a color mixing wheel External window X Y list a dialog pops up with a list of the buttons and an X Y grid External window X Y icon a dialog pops up with the buttons icons and an X Y grid C3 External window icon C9 External window list External window color mixing list External window color mixing icon O External window X Y list External window X Y icon 9 Icon 6 Button Dials The dimmer speed size and phase of a button can be changed by shift right clicking a button and selecting Show Fades from the menu or by shift clicking on the button and selecting one of the dials Speed Changes the speed of an EasyTime or EasyStep sequence Dimmer Fades any ch
66. r Google Play make sure the smartphone tablet is connected to the same WiFi network as the computer running ouite 2 start the app if the connection is successful and you have a console loaded in the software you will see Suite 2 appear in the menu Easy Remote uses UDP port 4003 If you have a firewall be sure that this port is not blocked Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 89 Sunlite Suite 2 Refresh 92 158 1 104 4003 Mapping MIDI controls to the console VI External Control amp Triggering Right click here 1 to create a new console preset then right click here 2 to load your controller If your controller is not listed you will need to build your own console with the console editor or map your controls to a similar console 2 Peer b mi Delete LE Rename Li Console Lhe En Gt _ Pare Ba me bere UN Behringer BCF2000 Behringer BCFZ000 txt Behringer BCR2000 MAUDIO oxygena v2 mains There are no tems to Hovation amp Siation show Hevatians z5 E HovationX5tationz5 mow amp mom UC33 Uc33 s EasyRemote consoles are automatically mapped however with a MIDI or DMX console you will need to Page 90 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering set up the mapping Many of the pre built consoles are mapped however in some circumstances you will need
67. r is a tool which detects the Beats Per Minute BPM of a piece of music The input device can be selected from the selection box in the top left and the analyzer will manage the rest Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 101 Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering Advanced Settings Filters and Presets To access the adanvanced settings select the Options checkbox The following settings are available Presets All settings can be saved into a preset To save a preset select Add Name enter a name for the selected preset the default presets cannot be renamed BPM Set the minimum and maximum BPM to be detected Filter Tell the Audio Analyzer to only analyze certain frequences For example to just listen to the bass frequencies add a low pass filter of 150Hz or less Always send beats The Audio Analyzer will carry on sending the BPM even when there the music Stops The Audio Analyzer calculates the BPM by detecting peaks in the audio The peak is calculated by taking a small sample of the incoming audio signal a few milliseconds calculating the average volume level and comparing this to the average volume level across a larger sample a few seconds Sensibility The sensibility determines how many times higher the small sample level must be then the larger sample level to be marked as a peak For example if the sensibility set to 2 and the average volume is 2096 then the incoming signal
68. rath 2 cogi Objects Mp rotures D Layers TES a TT 3 sane Sac 6 A Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 11 Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start Easy Show Available with all first class products this software is ideal to synchronise lighting effects with audio and video Similar to audio editing software Easy Show includes timelines where you can drag drop expand and scroll your lighting effects along with Audio and Video timelines Language 57 Hess Open ave Save Opi kl Scan Library Editor Create your own profiles or modify existing profiles for lighting fixtures Many effects are included colour gobo gobo rotation prism etc e Jj 23 ki ere py Eran Test cel 2o 1t Language 4 Urbes bre Teal eel ah x EN i i i Tih anglo 220 LiDra ry edit Pan perd i a Tih speed DU s UD o0a Fede 1 G ha Gy Shutter J Fan i Tilt 1H i Prewvts wu 1 Fristoti wi XY o XY a 47 6Ceenazo QocoasQmoe V re I Miel re m Ow ex ibo d ATTE Eaj ER BAL ES Connon tH CRE Page 12 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 I Before We Start Computer Requirements A modern PC with XP Vista 7 or 8 A dual core processor A screen resolution of at least 1280x768 a higher resolution of 1680x1050 or more is recommended 1GB RAM minimum For
69. re 10 gobo switches These are compressed together to save space Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 21 Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start A collection of SWITCHES can be saved into a SCENE A new SCENE can be created here Controller Page New When As you see now is selected everything you see will be saved into the SCENE g i MOVING HEAD 1 144 Ld hd T Lil ra Tun v TE a VAT 37 A m m IM tn memes EE ee You can change the settings of a SCENE here Page 22 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start Controller I gt i d Mew New Scene Switch Cycle New Double clicking a SCENE or SWTICH will deactivate all other SWITCHES 3 Editing a scene with EasyStep 1 Turn your lamps on SCENES and SWITCHES can be edited using the EasyStep tool or the EasyTime tool In this chapter we will create a simple movement using the EasyStep tool Click the beam open icon to automatically activate the shutter iris and dimmer channels Create a new scene make sure As you see now is selected and select OK Edit Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 23 Sunlite Suite 2 Il Quick Start p MOWING HEAD MTG HEAD 2 Select fixtures to edit Select the fixtures you wish to control here 1 Pres
70. re followspots Using multiple spots on the performer can look great however this requires multiple operators Using the XY grid you can position a selection of lighting fixtures so that the beam points in the same place by holding ctl and moving one of the points the others will follow relatively This works well in a small area however the beams quickly become out of sync Page 54 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming P3d 35 46 TT TTT TT mengol TTT TT The Suite 2 Followspot The followspot tool allows you to calibrate a set of points on the stage Once the points have been calibrated all slave fixtures will perfectly follow the master feature To set up the followspot create a switch and call it Followspot Click OK and Edit and open the followspot tool Drag the M onto the master fixture and the S onto the slave fixtures Click record to begin calibrating the points Editor Switch Followspot Page MOVING HEAD gt Preset I Position 16 Bit intensity Color Gobo Beam Effect ed E0syTine TEEN re Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 55 Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Calibrating the points Move the master beam to the corner of the area you want to calibrate This can be done using the faders or the XY grid Use the arrows on the keyboard to
71. rol Preset 1 zd Live 0 Edition 0 General 1 Console setup E Data Joystick E Pan Enable True x Joystick index Joystick 1 Axe or rotation type X331 Movement ss Button for activate function Button 1 Direction button for activate function Hot assigned T Values Direction button 0 E Tilt Enable True Joystick index Joystick 1 Axe or rotation type X31 Movement r Button for actiwate function Not assigned 7 Direction button for activate function Not assigned hdi values Direction button 0 I Show all group index 6 Interface Ports All Suite2 interfaces have 8 dry contact ports at the rear Page 96 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering This socket is HE10 interface port socket You can insert an 8 button touch pad into this socket This works by bridging each of the 8 trigger pins with the ground pin You can connect up to 255 buttons by combining the 8 ports in binary For example if ports 1 2 and 3 are connected to the ground pin this will trigger address 7 One way of combining the ports from a dry contact switch would be to insert a diode between the switch and the ports A generic purpose diode for small signals can be used such as the 1n4148 Pat Pers Perd Pers Par Peat Perf 4 a E 5 6 1 Once the port connections have been set up They can be assigned to trigger a scene within the sce
72. s of fixtures If the fixture profile has been set up correctly this is very useful for matching up properties between lighting fixtures For example imagine you have 2 moving heads with a different zoom range You can quickly set the zoom to 20 degrees and Suite 2 will translate this to the appropriate DMX value so that both the beams look the same Generic Palette Example Imagine we want to use some Martin Mac700 s and Mac 2000 s The range of their iris sizes are different In this case we create a generic palette with 5096 value and Sunlite Suite 2 will output whatever DMX value is 50 of the iris size The DMX value 100 will be sent to the Mac700 and the value 107 will be sent to the Mac2000 Mac 00 Mac2000 255 Page 52 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Ill Programming Generic Palette Example 2 Imagine that you want to create some dimmer palettes Dimmer palettes can be useful as the light output can look different depending on the size of the venue and the other lights you are using Let s say you want to set 7596 intensity however some of your fixtures have inverted dimmers In this case you just need to create a generic palette for the dimmer and set the intensity to 5096 It won t matter which brand of fixture you insert what channel or range the dimmer is whether it is inverted or not Suite 2 will send the corresponding DMX value to make sure the brightness of the light is 7596
73. sed Palette Stand Alone Editor Easy View 3D Auto start EasyShow Organize windows in tabs m BOSE A gs FNA ie Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 129
74. show and to fill the bins with all your lighting buttons click here Ctrl N Open cti o Who Save Ctrl S wh Save as Create automatically the timelines Generate a cycle Insert a show Quit Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 117 eunlite Suite 2 Vill Easy Show 2 Creating Timelines Manually To create a timeline manually you first need to create a bin The bin is where you store your lighting scenes videos or audio files Each bin corresponds to a track You can have as many bins as you like for your multimedia files but you can only have one bin for each page of fixtures To create a bin click here 1 To import multimedia files to your new bin or to import a button to a new page bin click import 2 You can import multimedia files or lighting effects from Suite 2 into a bin Lu E 1 PARIS THE SCO Aa nine Page 118 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VIII Easy Show 3 Timeline Options As seen in the previous topic the timeline is where sequences are built Clicking here 1 will hide the track from Suite 2 Tracks can be expanded here 2 for automating the speed and dimmer functions see the next topic for more information on how to do this Click here 3 to lock a track This will prevent you from accidently moving the contents Extra tracks can be added here 4 if you wish to have more than one switch activated at a time Sh
75. ssion formats can be read by the software so your video may need to be converted using media encoding software 10 Text NOTE This effect cannot be applied to a selection of fixtures This effect must be applied to a RECT For more information on this see the RECTS topic You can insert text onto your matrix with the text tool Enter your text here 1 and click the T icon to modify the font 2 Click play to view your text 3 Change the position of your text by adjusting the vertical and horizontal offset properties 4 f you wish to have scrolling text choose your direction here 5 You can change the scrolling speed here 6 Change the text and background colors here 7 Page 66 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 IV EasyTime Effects 11 Color Manager NOTE This effect cannot be applied to a selection of fixtures This effect must be applied to a RECT For more information on this see the RECTS topic The color manager allows you to easily draw an effect onto a matrix An effect can be drawn onto a matrix by selecting a colour wheel and clicking the pencil tool The color manager tools works in a similar way to your standard painting software package with the ability to fill draw lines draw squares and insert images Images can be moved around the matrix here 1 Several images can be saved if you wish to create an animation Steps can be created here 1 Steps can be
76. st View This dialog can also be an effective way to check if the lights are positioned correctly within the fixtures window by checking the Solo radio button Fixtures Page 82 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved eunlite Suite 2 V Dealing with Fixtures 6 Managing DMX interfaces and universes Sunlite Suite 2 supports multiple universes and interfaces The universes and interfaces can be modified within the output tab of the starting parameters The software is set to automatically select your interfaces by default Uncheck auto detection to set this up manually Products can be selected here 1 Some interfaces have 3 universes Each universe in the software can be patched to one of the interface outputs or the DMX output universe can be swapped with a DMX input universe so the show can be triggered from a DMX desk 2 If you have a Sunlite Suite 2 First Class interface connected you can also output out of a variety of other products including the Sunlite Easy Stand Alone IP interface the Sunlite STICK or through an art net protocol interface using the ethernet socket on your computer You can change the order of your interfaces by dragging You can delete an interface by dragging off the screen Auto detection Output univers1 22 4 LL Output univers 2 Hard detection order Qutput univers 3 a a Auto detection Output universi Output unrvers 2 Mot define
77. sure you have a DMX input set up within the Software Preferences see the Multiple Universes topic for more information Once you have created your console each control must be mapped to a control on the console To do this right click on a console control then select the DMX input universe and channel Feedback control True Feedback when recieved control data False Command 33 Modulation LSB Channel 1 Channel Status 176 Status Universe assigned Channel Not assigned Once the DMX controller is mapped to the Console you can map the controllers faders dials and buttons to almost any software feature See the Console topic for more information Page 94 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering Direct DMX Input Patch A DMX input channel can also be directly assigned to a fixture channel within the button editor Click here 1 to open the DMX input panel then drag the desired DMX input channel over to the fixture channel L3 17 35 15 1 35 1 34 1 E 1 35 1 Pe LA Ail mw I ae CPR Id LaL Ln Lad di db MR di B d di Lag oo 4d Ad AE Loud df AS dul FL LE 2 5 amp 1 54 RE Ee Ef RIS Era PRO LEE ERA FRA Euj Ef Eu Pag EX E AL LE La Ls La li inl dB ldi lulu i Ld EPA Bl OA RE Dr ld Hid t LAGE Lu Lol lui ub Lon 5 4 AGE Ce 30 5 J
78. te2 EC 2 universes Suite2 FC 4 universes Suite2 FC 40 universes Be sure to add your Suite2 interface to the list even if it s not being used otherwise the software doesn t open the device and the ArtNet universes are not unlocked T Printing a Patch You can print a list of all the fixtures used in your show their positions and DMX addresses This can be useful when setting DMX addresses on the fixtures and can also be sent to clients or equipment hire companies Button De mm as Software preferences cures Cycle DMX Console Fade Favorites P wm Open Save show Lock Console Print setup inside the button ELENO 8 JEU T Page 84 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 VI External Control amp Triggering VI External Control amp Triggering 1 Keyboard Buttons can be triggered from the computer keyboard To assign a keyboard trigger shift right click a button and select Link to Keyboard Duplicate Rename Delete Settings Show faders Dimmer Show faders Speed show faders Phasing Link to MIDI controller Link to keyboard Hit the key you wish to use as a trigger Click here 1 to set the trigger as a Flash Trigger When you press the key the button will be activated and when you release the key the button will be dea
79. tructure Notice that each button is saved as a separate file Therefore you only need to manually save what is made within the button editor everything else is saved automatically This also makes it very easy to copy page folders and button files between different shows Clicking the save button in the open save show dialog will compress all these files into one single show file allowing you to easily create a backup or use the show on a different computer DataLight P alette detor lay Editortay 4 Stand Alonebarbad Lay Editeillurmamne ln StandAloneEditost alendar lay Editorfedturesl ayout lay layout lay GeneratedProg arl global ml Shaw obal She x rl GroupRectom Sand loi arl J StandAloneE ditor lay StandAlomebditaost alendar lay gcox D NER Ex MASTER n MER layout la Dom mime Chenier Intenoty sce ODIQBCenter sce 1 Color Undef range 7 5ce page pda INIT Cinch phasing sce Gobo 7 dBearmColorsce EB gn EP mele phasing sce Color Undef ra nage Erre CEE Loe T EO wlesce Kobe ZAflabet sce DGC Ciach sce I Color Undef range 5 sce Ene ROUE PE Curve phasng sce Gobo 7 Burstl sce CS Curve phasingsce I Color White sc Gom ure sce bobo z Glarciasce GolCuresce I Color Yellow Y52 sce COgEghtsce M Gobo 2 Opensce QsBSEght sce Dirnmer Intenisity sce abgbPanMevesce Gobo FaintiMi sce REP Pankart sce Gobo Cone sce LESE TH Mere sce I Gobo Dottircleb sce Page 30 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sun
80. unlite Suite 2 VII Other Features Once your stand alone scene has been dragged onto the interface other scene settings such as looping and port triggering can be edited by selecting here 1 The interfaces have an internal clock and calendar so the scenes can be triggered by date and time The date and time triggers can be assigned within the calendar tab Select the scene from the left and drag it over to the calendar Timing can be modified by double clicking Note the time triggers created within the button settings are not applied in stand alone mode Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 113 Sunlite Suite 2 VII Other Features Once the stand alone scenes have been created and assigned the memory can be written here 1 1 Write the Write the show Read the interface memory on computer interface s memory Read Write memory Page 114 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 Vill Easy Show Vill Easy Show Easy Show is included within the Sunlite first class package It allows you to synchronize your Sunlite buttons with audio and video Programming is performed using timelines like many popular audio and video editing software packages Easy Show is quick and simple Adding lighting scenes is as easy as dragging and dropping from Sunlite Suite and dropping into Easy Show 1 Getting Started Easy Show can be opened by clicking here Check the status
81. you will need to patch these extra fixtures within the Visualiser e uohre CEE i662 L3 imported library pins L3 varied Lg abstract L3 ac lighting MOVING HEAD 1 Lg aede Lg acme Lj active color systems 132 YX3 134 1381 135 180 1 143 144 as 148 145 150 181 182 gj actor mate Ca advanced lighting sys 12 UM Ue 18 D 171 172 17 178 177 x 5 158 197 153 7 208 29 aldabra MAC 250 V1 M4 1 ipa 123 102 303 104 H io Uu 2 dix 15 228 NT TEE iia 1220 1 ix Ca alkalte Ca alide light CA american dj 1478 5510 50 5 For more information on how to use Easy View see the Magic 3D Easy View topics Page 128 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite Suite 2 IX Other Software 3 Scan Library Editor Scan Library allows you to create your own fixture profile to use with Suite 2 Before creating your own fixture profile check that it has not already been created by another user see the SSL forums by logging into your account at www nicolaudie com If you are editing a fixture that is already in use by Suite 2 you will need to restart Suite 2 before your changes take effect If you want to regenerate the pre programmed buttons after modifying a profile you will need to re patch the fixtures The path window can be accessed from the page settings dialog Click here to open the Scan Library Editor ul Dimmer full Activate Shutter beam on closed i Dimmer clo

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