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1. SABRE f EU F TEZ 1 Take 5 4 pureke 5 y You can see the new toolbar appear above the buttons on the selected page The three faders on this toolbar will control whatever button is selected a SELECTED button is not necessarily the same as an ACTIVATED button you can SELECT without ACTIVATE by left clicking with the mouse You can also add either the SPEED or DIMMER fader but not SIZE to each button Select the button Page 52 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire then go to Button menu Button Settings Select the Dimmer Speed tab and select which fader you want to show in that particular button Button Settings Dimmer 100 200 D eee _ General 3 Trigger a Time o Dimmer Speed We Show a fader into the button O Show no fader Ce Show the Dimmer fader Show the Speed fader Draw the fader on the bottom Settings Dimmer Proportional Hitman Maximum O Offset 2 C Offset DMX Ce Use the minimum and maximum levels of each channel Force this function to work on all channels Settings Speed Force this function to work on all channels Cancel The Speed function If you want to increase or decrease the speed of a sequence Easy Time or Easy Step in real time you must use the SPEED function This feature allows you to modif
2. 2 Easy Show C est l outil id al pour synchroniser vos projecteurs avec du son ou de la vid o A la mani re des logiciels d dition de vid o ou de son Easy Show utilise des timelines o vous pouvez glisser vos effets lumi res ainsi que vos fichiers multimedia Page 14 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue C s it s 7 7 ul a F a 7 s 4 pe m 7 a a a u E 7 SH or 4 Conmunication Meee M Easy Stand Alone Cet outil permet de cr er des effets lumi res puis de les t l charger dans la m moire autonome de votre interface Le nombre de pas disponibles d pend de la quantit de projecteurs canaux DMX utilis s dans votre show Vous pourrez ensuite utiliser l horloge interne de l interface pour d clencher votre show ou bien utiliser le connecteur I O Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 15 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue EERE 4 Nemo F 2 ew Scere 2 i E 2 rew Scere 7 E4 New Scere 14 E 5 New Scere 5 216 New Scere 45 E7 New Scere 7 Ea New Scere 141 2 9 rew Scere 491 E 20 New Scere 130 E 21 rer Scere 10 1 z 3 4 s 7 4 3 100 11 129 13 ta 15 16 17 14 nm Scanlibrary Editor Cr ez vos propre librairies de projecteurs grace cet outil tous les effets sont dis
3. Boost Emo Chauvet Eurolite Cindy Light Eurotech OAC Lighting clay Paky ev Acme coef Exce lighting Active Color Systems Coemar Fal Actor Mate Color Kinetics Fe Advanced Lighting Sys Contest Fine Art Dts Fly Dragon Elation Pro Flying CElektralite Funky Eliminator Lighting Futurelight Elte Starway Geni Files of type Scan Library ssl Cl Open as read only Une fois votre projecteur s lectionn vous devrez sp cifier l adresse DMX de votre premier appareil puis leur quantit Enter the DMX starting address the number of fixtures and the moving shortcut keys Then click on NEXT to continue Starting DMX address Number of fixtures Matrix 7 DMX universe Universe 1 USB DMX 1 a Shortcuts q qwerty intemational v Type Head i Number of channels 18 Resolution 16 bits 4 DMX channels Note The shortcut keys allow you to move each fixture using the mouse Page 20 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation Cet cran permet aussi de s lectionner l univers DMX utiliser dans le cas o vous utilisez plusieurs lignes DMX avec votre logiciel New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 3 9 You have just selected the type of fiture the starting address and decided on the number of fixtures you wish to use By initialiging the channels with the presets as defined in the library we are now able
4. Page speed Page freeze Page send DMs Page send 30 Page manual fade Page enable Fade Page select Page select previouss Page select nexts Button dimmer Button speed Button size Button activate Button selecte Button select previous Button select next Button edit Button save close edition Fade play Fade go back Fade go next Fade progress Fade speed Switch windows Previous Preset Next Preset Preset select These are not new functions and are explained in numerous chapters throughout this manual You can control functions like SPEED DIMMER or SIZE of your effects You can also select pages or buttons freeze the outputs assign the DMX outputs to one or several faders of your controller in order to have a general master fader for example Do not forget to save your modifications This is not done Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 75 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es automatically Quick method This is method is really faster and enables to setup 80 of the available features Link to MIDI controller Waiting For a MIDI command Click on console Imagine now you want to assign a scene or a switch to a button of the MIDI controller a blackout button for instance Use the shift click function hold the shift key and click with the right button of the mouse on the switch and select Button activation from the Link to Midi Controller option This will open t
5. Sunlite 2006 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 Table of contents I Bienvenue 1 1 Installation du logiciel et de l interface 2 2 Show de d monstration 7 3 Ajout de vos projecteurs 11 4 Pr sentation du package 13 Il Pour d buter en programmation 19 1 Ajout de vos projecteurs 18 2 Pages et boutons 24 3 Boutons pr programm s 26 4 Cr ation de boutons avec la fonction COMME L
6. You may choose between two diferent kinds of pages i Create a new page with Scanlibrary wizard nh x Y RAVE TETT Create a blank page Page 18 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation 2 boutons sont disponibles Le premier Cr e une nouvelle page avec l assistant ScanLibrary ouvre la librairie de projecteurs Le second Cr e une nouvelle page vierge ajoute une nouvelle page vierge avec une nombre donn de canaux DMX New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 1 9 Welcome to the Scanlibrary wizard This wizard builds a new page using your moving lights and creates preprogrammed buttons Click on Explore and choose a moving light definition file Then click on NEXT to continue Cancel The premier bouton Parcourir vous permet de chercher votre projecteur dans la librairie install e sur votre ordinateur avec le logiciel Le second bouton est un lien vers la librairie en ligne Nous vous recommandons de parcourir la librairie du logiciel dans un premier temps la majorit des appareils sont disponibles Le troisi me bouton ouvre l diteur ScanLibrary cet outil permet de modifier ou cr er un nouveau projecteur Vous trouverez plus d informations sur la cr ation de nouveaux projecteurs dans le manuel de l diteur ScanLibrary Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 19 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation
7. No A5 JT Ai aT Ss M 4 Boxi Ports3 4 Goto the previous scene PGUP key I No j 4 Al T 4 l f3 Boxi Ports2 4 5 Pause the current cycle T No T 5 T al Ts M4 Ecx1 Ports3 4 I 6 Play the current cycle IT No Tr 6 Tal u I 5 Boxi Ports4 7 Stop the current cycle T No i 7 Al 3 7 7 6 Box PortsS 8 Not used TT Ce Tal B F Box1 Ports Page dimmer No F 9 Tal F 9 F 8 Boxi Ports Page dimmer No F 10 lal Fi 9 Box Ports Page dimmer F No CO 11 Tal T 11 j 10 Box2 Next Page speed mi 12 Tal i2 ieee ne re ar Fe 12 Box2 Ports1 7 Page speed I No 13 Tal 13 E Page speed No ESE Fal 14 eee j 14 Box2 Ports3 15 Box2 Ports4 16 Box2 Portss 17 Box2 Ports6 18 Box2 Ports 19 Box2 Ports 20 Box3 Next 21 Box3 Previous 22 Box3 Portsi lt Juil _JONLY IF this option is selected all settings will work only with the cycle named SYNCHRO Note If the ONLY option is selected all settings will work on the cycle called SYNCHRO You can find more informations about the connection of DMX interfaces by reading the hardware manual This option may not be available with your version of the sofware Page 82 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 4 6 Analyse Audio The Audio Analysis program allows to read and analyze a sound data through a sound card or straight through computer files CD WAV files Tempo and BPM
8. Barre d outil Live Page Active ou d sactive le dessin des Page Barre d outil Live Page projecteurs dans Easy View Dessine les projecteurs dans Easy Autorise un fondu manuel Page Barre d outil Live Page F10 Fondu manuel F SPEED master Live button toolbar SPEED master Live button toolbar Page 106 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 outon D truire Param tres Bouton Param tres Bouton Editer Suppression d un raccourci VI Annexes Affectation d un raccourci MIDI si Affectation d un raccourci PORT si Ctrl Port oe Affectation d un raccourci DMX si Ctrl DMX ee D placer un bouton si fonction Shift right click autoris e dans la barre d outils bouton SPEED bouton s lectionn Live button toolbar SPEED bouton s lectionn Live button toolbar DIMMER bouton s lectionn Live button toolbar DIMMER bouton s lectionn l Live button toolbar Affiche un menu d roulant sur un Button Shift right click bouton Editeur Ctrl Note MIDI DIMMER master Live button toolbar DIMMER master Live button toolbar I FONCTIONS MENUS EQUIVALENTS RACCOURCIS Fermer et sauver CLAVIER Fermer sans sauver AQ Afficher les niveaux des circuits en Ctrl D valeurs DMX Afficher les niveaux des circuits en Ctrl P Pas d affichage des niveaux Po Ctrl N D
9. ETAT ACTUEL 29 5 Enregistrement de Cycles 32 6 Raccourcis claviers 34 Ill Programmation interm diaire 37 1 Cr ation de boutons avec Easy Step 36 2 Cr ation de boutons avecs les onctions On Off et DIMMER 38 3 Utilisation des groupes 41 4 La fen tre X Y 47 5 Utilisation de la page MASTER 50 6 Modification de la VITESSE de la TAILLE de vos effets 52 IV Programmation avanc es 57 1 Pr sentation 56 2 L Editeur 56 2 1 Easy Time 56 2 1 1 Utilisation d Easy Time 56 2 1 2 How to use Easy Time for movement 58 2 1 3 Outils et options 61 2 2 Color Manager 62 2 3 Copier coller et Phasing 64 3 Fondu entre scenes 66 4 D clenchements externes 70 4 1 MIDI Easy Console 71 4 1 1 EasyConsole what is it 71 4 1 2 First setup your controller on screen 72 4 1 3 How to use EasyConsole 73 4 2 MIDI Midi Time Code MTC 77 4 3 DMX 78 4 4 Horloge et calendrier 79 4 5 Contacts secs 81 4 6 Analyse Audio 83 5 Page param tres 85 V Param tres g n raux 96 1 Param tres de d marrage 95 2 Organisation des fen tres 96 3 Backup Support technique 98 VI Annexes 100 1 DMX512 brief description 99 2 Accessories 102 3 IP Ethernet configuration 103 4 Probl mes et r solutions 104 5 R capitulatif des commandes 106 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue Bienvenue Pr face Merci de l int r t que vous portez a nos logiciels Notre manuel est divis en plusieurs chapitre
10. Head Button size General cee General Default 0 Channels 4 ii Auto button size and font A view Font CHA Buttons Compression Extern action and trigg a Synchro 3 Trigger end O ar a Icon gt Sp cial setting M Group Options Compression The Compression section allows you to create or modify the groups of buttons within your page Notice how all COLOR GOBO PRISM icons are grouped together in your pages When you create a new Compression group all buttons whose name starts with those same letters as the name of the group will be linked together For example COLOR RED COLOR BLUE COLOR YELLOW COLOR WHITE can all be compressed under the group named COLOR You cannot group Scenes Switches and Cycles together so you must define what type of button the compression group will work with Finally you can set the Compression type Page 88 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Prefix of compression Synchro The Synchro section allows you to synchronize your Cycle buttons within the page in a number of different ways Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 89 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Page Settings Demo Moving Head General chen General Channels _ AUDIO A cycle in pause mode is started when an Audio signal is
11. La diff rence principale comme vu dans le pr c dent chapitre est que l appel d une sc ne relache automatiquement celle en train d tre jou e alors que plusieurs switchs peuvent tre jou s en m me temps Continuez utiliser les boutons pr programm s pour cr er autant de nouveaux effets que vous souhaitez N oubliez pas que plus vous utiliserez le logiciel plus vous vous familiariserez avec ses Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 31 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation diff rentes options 5 Enregistrement de Cycles Une fois vos sc nes et switchs cr s vous souhaiterez certainement les enchainer de mani re automatique sous forme de s quence Vous devrez donc utiliser les CYCLES Un cycle est un enchainement de boutons sc nes switchs ou m me cycles Pour cr er un nouveau cycle allez Menu bouton Nouveau cycle Un nouveau bouton Cycle apparait alors sur votre cran cliquez dessus et l cran suivant sera alors visible au dessous de la liste de pages A Sunlite 2006 Copyright c Nicolaudie 1989 2006 Controler Page Button Windows Language 7 Meee TS TERE En Play St of O OlmOCs00 Cycle 1 AT e A eel MNT NY Button Relative time Ont Before fade in Fade in Scene 1 00m Uls 24 On Scene 2 00m Ms 12 On Switch 1 000m Ols 74 On Switch 1 000m Ols 75 OT Scene 3 00m Ols 00 On Switch 2 0m 05s 08 On Switch 2 000m Ols 47 Off Pour
12. Luckily for us the Sunlite software and most controllers includes profiles for these lighting fixtures These profiles contain all the DMX values and channel information required to have full control of the lighting fixture Typically all you will need to do is set the DMX addresses right and the controller will make everything else easy some controllers are easier to use and learn than others but that is the overall idea When a lighting fixture is manufactured a DMX chart is provided in the user s manual This DMX chart contains all the information that controller manufacturers need to create these profiles Most controllers include only the most popular fixtures in their particular market We can proudly say that Sunlite and our OEM partners are the only controllers with over 2 000 different profiles from manufacturers from all around the world so no matter where you purchased your lighting equipment chances are we will have profiles for it which will allow you to control them without a problem 4 Sunlite Importance Summarizing most lighting fixtures and their controllers communicate using a protocol called DMX 512 for a very detailed description of DMX history and technical specs please visit www dmx512 online com Important about DMX and lighting fixtures 1 Lighting fixtures use 1 separate channel to control every function they can perform one channel to control colors another for gobos another for dimmer another for sh
13. Page allows you to create new scenes that include lighting effects from all pages and all fixtures For example if you have two pages in your controller 1 SCANNER and 1 MOVING HEAD and you select the CIRCLE movement scene in each then you click on the Master page and create a new scene the AS YOU SEE NOW option will include both of these effects from both of these pages sct New Scene _MASTER 2 513 886 Enter the name of the button Scene i Choose how you would like the new button O Empty Equal to INIT As you see now Include the current scene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches Demo Moving Head Circle 1 Demo Scanner Cirde 1 Indude the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page _ Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page Page 50 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire 2 Drag and drop into Master buttons It is easy to edit a Master scene switch after it has been created All you need to do is left click on a button within the conventional fixture pages and drag it into the Master button Select Add to the button to replace its properties with those included in the dragged button Display KEYBOARD activation M Move to this page Copy to this page 3 Playback page If you are installing a
14. bouton correspondant une effet pour l activer Cliquez nouveau dessus pour le d sactiver E me nommer b gt Step 4 Comme l tat actuel des circuits Une fois votre combinaison de boutons d finie vous souhaiterez certainement la sauver Pour cela vous devez cr er un nouveau bouton et y sauver la combinaison Menu bouton Nouvelle sc ne Page 30 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation sal New Scene _MASTER E 2 702 775 Enter the name of the button scene 1 Choose how vou would like the new button Empty Equal to INIT 6 As you see now Indude the current scene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches A F Cirde 1 Take 2 Gobo 2 4BeamColo Take 1 Take 4 I Take 3 Indude the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization E Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page Vous pouvez sp cifier un nom pour votre bouton dans le casier en haut Il est tr s important de s lectionner l option comme l tat actuel celle ci permettant de sauvegarder votre combinaison de boutons Ne vous pr occupez pas des autres options pour l instant Elles seront d crites plus tard Pour termienr cliquez sur OK pour cr er le bouton Note Vous pouvez cr er un nouveau switch la place d une sc ne
15. can select and move the Fixtures but no buttons will g be affected DISABLE MODE a w ALL ALL a OFF Om hota tat hr 2 L FE i i Sie J Fixtures FE Pages There is no limit to the number of groups that can be created in each page Even when this simple example includes only 4 fixtures you can imagine the potential of the grouping tool when using a larger number of fixtures It is possible to assign shortcut keys F1 through F12 on your keyboard to any of these groups All you need to do is right click on the group name to access this feature To trigger a group you need to select the appropriate page and click SHIFT F1 on your keyboard for example Using groups Individual fixture control The Fixtures Group tools allow you to control fixtures individually or using the groups you just created By default this tools will be disabled green arrow above first button on the toolbar There are 3 different modes to use this group individual control fuction LIVE SAVE and SELECT By default group individual control will be disabled automatically after every action To allow continuous group individual control click on Return to Disabled mode last button of the toolbar to unselect it Page 44 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire LIVE mode To use this mode select the second button of the toolbar remember that by default LIVE will be disa
16. can thus be picked out Bass medium and treble filters are made available in the SOUND TO LIGHT tab Audio analysis i When Audio Analysis program operates as background task the following icon appears on the Windows toolbar Sg 12 By double clicking this icon you may open the complete window so as to modify parameters included in BPM and SOUND TO LIGHT tabs Let us have a closer look at both of these features BPM Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 83 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Audio analysis E o Ed x al Sound to light BPM P Pulse Analysis ee Manual Learning Hearn t F4 Sound to Light The following window appears on screen Page 84 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Filters Settings Low pass High pats Band pass Frequency 1 Frequency 2 The three filters may be personalized independently 5 Page parametres The PAGE SETTINGS window contains all global options for each page It is important to understand the different options available Simple options like buttons size and font can be customized and advanced otions as well patch compression buttons arrangement triggering channels and fixture options etc General Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 85 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es In the General
17. creates keys which are only active while the keys are physically being pressed the moment you release your finger from the keyboard they will automatically become inactive only works with Switches not Scenes Try this FLASH key option with the Strobe effect for example A useful shortcut to assign keyboard triggering 1 Activate the button by clicking on it with your mouse 2 Simultaneously press the CTRL key and the letter key that you want to use Note A key is defined as any character on your keyboard i e q and Q are different so are 3 and etc This allows you to have around 90 hotkeys from your keyboard You will see that a small blue letter the one you pressed on your keyboard will appear inside the button Every time you press this key that button will be activated and inactivated if it is a Switch If you assign the same letter on the same button twice the shortcut letter inside the button will turn green which represents FLASH keys explained above Page 34 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation You can only use a key once within each page but you can use the same key on multiple pages This allows you to trigger effects simultaneously across all your lighting fixtures i e try the red color or the closed shutter etc across multiple pages The Master page makes this simultaneous control much easier and will be explained i
18. on all fixtures If you want to save group information in a button you will need to use the SAVE and SELECT modes Imagine now you want to have your assign the cyan color button exclusively to the 1st group Mo1 Mo3 and the red color button exclusively to the second Mo2 Mod 0 Turn light beams ON CENTER or any movement switch 1 Select the SAVE option 3rd button and unselect Return to disable last button 2 Select the Mo1 Mo3 group 3 Activate the Color Cyan button on the page 4 Click on Invert selection to the left of ALL OFF or select unselect manually Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 45 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire 5 Activate the Color Red button on the page 6 Disable SAVE 1st button of the toolbar If you look closely at your 2 color buttons red and cyan you will see a small S flag inside This means that a group or individual fixture was assigned and saved into the button which will not be disabled even when the SAVE mode is no longer active If you wish to reset your preprogrammed buttons back to normal you need to redo the SAVE procedure except this time you need to select ALL fixtures before you assign them to the button Using the SELECT mode explained below allows you to reset groups in your preprogrammed buttons also Remember that unless you change them preprogrammed buttons work on all fixtures within the page SELECT mo
19. placement dans les circuits vers DROITE fl che RE D placement dans les circuits vers GAUCHE fl che ES a PE circuit R glage de plusieurs circuits de Shift click m me type ex Pan Shutter Cycles Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 107 Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes MENUS EQUIVALENTS RACCOURCIS PAAVER Page Up Enregistrement des temps FIN interm diaires en LIVE si cycle en lecture S lection de l enregistrement BAS fl che suivant si cycle en STOP S lection de l enregistrement HAUT fl che pr c dent si cycle en STOP Page 108 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved
20. present To use this function do not forget to set the starting parameter AUDIO to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox A MN view S _ TIME CODE IN A cyde can be synchronised by the MIDI TIME CODE input To use this function do not forget to set the starting parameter MIDI IN to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox CHE Buttons Compression _ TIME CODE OUT The Time code of the current cycle is sent to the MIDI out MIDI TIME CODE 25 frames To use this function do not forget to set the starting parameter MIDI OUT to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox Extern action and trigg Ne C war Automatically activates the PAUSE function when a cyde is started yncnro 3 Trigger Advanced Sp cial setting M Group Options Trigger Keep in mind that these features act on he current page only and can be assigned differently in other pages Some specific features can be triggered either by the computer mouse shortcut keys DMX input channels For instance it is possible to start a cycle stop it go to the next scene this is a very important feature for theatre applications There is always the possibility to play pause stop a cycle with a simple action and makes it very powerful and easy to use For example if we wanted to play the selected cycle with the SPACE bar we would have to select 6 Play the current cycle feature and activate the Key control before selecting the SPACE bar from the p
21. screen that would trigger the lighting effect if the real lighting fixture was connected to the computer COLOR ROTGOBRO 2 a Vightbeam ON OS 6027 cons h F X Y With the X Y buttons you can define a fixed position for the light beam of any scanner or moving head There will be one X Y button for each fixture in the page so that each can be controlled individually The X Y buttons control only the pan and tilt channels and not the dimmer iris etc that are necessary to have a visible light beam For this reason we recommend you use any preprogrammed Movement button in particular CENTER to have a visible beam first and then move your fixtures to their position Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 27 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation RGB If your lighting fixture has RGB or CMY capability there will be a Color Wheel button that will allow you to select the color displayed by the fixtures and the intensity of the light beam As we explained earlier you can press different buttons simultaneously For example you can select the Circle movement then add a Blue color then add a Star gobo then add a Prism effect then add Gobo Rotation then fix a couple fixtures in a defined position and so on Page 28 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation 4 Cr ation de boutons
22. situated on the left side of the window We want to make a fade between 2 positions so we must enable the FADE function on Pan amp Tilt channels for all our fixtures Please note that the function is already enable on Pan amp Tilt channels nhowever this is good to see how to do it Now it is time to create our 2 scenes In the previous chapter we saw how to create a scene As you see now we will use the same function and create the scenes using the TAKE buttons New Scene New Switch New Cycle Duplicate Rename Delete B Settings Alt P Edit Ctrit click Alt E Print setup Print Print preview Button Settings Scene 1 Trigger Time ae Dimmer Speed s Scene sui 4 gt M Fade Time before Fade In on Eae 000 00 00 Time of Fade In my a 00 05 00 sl Time before Fade Out ami ca caa 0000 00 00 ER Time of Fade Out ren Ni 000 05 00 oof veal ts Cancel Page 68 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Once the Fade function has been selected we can setup the fade times Please keep in mind that the channels can have their levels increasing Fade In or decreasing Fade Out Time before fade In Time between the call of the scene and the beginning of the Fade In Time of Fade In Fade In time Time before fade Out Time between the call of the scene and the beginn
23. to actually test your fixtures for the first time Do you see 7 The lamps lit The light beam shutters open The Pan Tit channels at half level 50 Regardez vos projecteurs ou l cran du logiciel de visualisation Vous devriez voir les faisceaux s allumer de couleur blanche a la position 50 pan et tilt dans le cas de projecteurs de type lyre ou scanner Si vous rencontrez des difficult s veuillez v rifier les param tres suivants 1 Etes vous certain d avoir s lectionn le bon projecteur version mode 2 Veuillez v rifier l adresse DMX de vos appareils 3 L allumage de la lampe se fait de mani re manuelle sur le projecteur 4 lly a un preset LAMP ON dans ce cas activez le Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 21 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 4 9 In some applications you may have to set a limit to the highest Pans Tit amplitude being used Co you wish to limit the highest Pans Tit amplitude for your fixtures 7 Please note that the following settings and adjustments will apply to the whole page and that you will be able to modify them later thus allowing you to change configurations without having to re program all the scenes e g during a touring show Cet cran permet de limiter les amplitudes PAN et TILT de vos appareils Veuillez ne modifier ces param tres que si l utilisation du logi
24. 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 a 203 204 205 206 207 Fe com EE NE EM SERE OFF F3 FA FA FA EA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA You can change the properties for each channel manually if you want Simply select any of the buttons on the bottom left 2 EasySteps 1 ON OFF 1 Dimmer and then click at the top of each Page 36 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire channel For the moment it is best if you leave all channels as EasyStep channels When you create an EasyStep sequence you can go through your steps for each channel in one of two ways with or without fade Light beam movement might look better fading in between positions but gobo rotation might look better as a step change in between the two To do this you must use the EasyStep with fade function on Pan Tilt channels and EasyStep without fade function on the gobo channels for example To change these properties use the two EasyStep buttons at the bottom left where the top ramp like button represents WITH FADE and the second step like button WITHOUT FADE Trrrrrrerrre Each corner in the picture represents the X Y position in each step These can be moved individually with the mouse Steps with fade in between show dotted lines in between the corners in the shape area Steps can be selected by clicking on the corresponding point white area or directly from the step list at the top To set the FADE
25. All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire buttons Note Riu iT Gone Page Dome Sean a 7 i x EE ais BA chan me M Face D M Sourciotghe MB Lan Control JL Ce Pe es Ste Tha Ears Sieg cack alena is CS np rag eran F P mcm Lis _ Tham aps can fede or nod batman sach d them Ta use fhe eck you e feat soi fes apene imion fade o rolad han bk tio do he ciris sa 3 Utilisation des groupes Fixture grouping is one of the most powerful tools within our control software As you may have noticed our preprogrammed buttons movement color gobo effect etc operate on all fixtures within a page If you want to have independent control of your lighting fixtures assign each a different color for example you will find our Fixture Group tools very helpful This function is not available in the software s BEGINNER mode To change to EXPERT mode simply go to Controller menu Expert mode Once you are in Expert Mode go to Windows menu Reset positions Reset to tabs Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 41 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire Fixtures You can select and move the Fixtures but no buttons will be affected gt amp DISABLE MODE A a ALL ALL OFF OM 5 hd pr i agp r k F i F i J Fixtures La Pages Fixture positions The sofwar
26. CR2000_small Behringer_BCR2000_small_10presets UC33 UC33_s Lili TERT lila gt phils gt rit MIRE TAN RARE bydetil HII habitat TON elittlil RUE RER tiell jijiji iLi HNI panies miia DII mii ren et wey ten TOLL wiin TELLE 7 8 a w a USD MO CONTRO EA Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 73 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Assigning the MIDI controller to the software is very simple Each button or fader must be assigned independently There are two ways to assign to assign a button the regular and the quick method Regular method MIDI Command Presets PRESET 1 LS Param tres MIDI Text info Command Circuit Status Auto setup MIDI Commands setup Press shift and add a new command to create a as you see now effect Prees Ctrl to do this only on current page Command Infos Page 74 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Once this window is opened and if the Auto setup MIDI option is activated turn on the corresponding fader or button on your controller and it will be automatically assigned Repeat the operation for all controls Do not forget to save the configuration by clicking with the right button of the mouse on the title bar and selecting Save from the menu General output Page out Page dimmer
27. Crayon et pot de peinture pour remplir un ou plusieurs pixels avec une couleur Ligne Rectangle cercle pour dessiner une ligne un rectangle ou un cercle Pipette pour s lectionner le couleur d un pixel Copier Coller pour copier ou coller un pixel Ins rer une image pour dessiner une image BMP JPG avec vos appareils Page 62 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Vous devez utiliser la palette de couleur pour changer la couleur du pixel s lectionn Vous pouvez aussi entrer les valeurs RGB manuellement Editeur de texte L diteur de texte permet d crire un texte sur une matrice d appareils Vous pouvez cr er aussi bien du texte statique qu en mouvement choisir la couleur de fond la police Cliquez sur le bouton T pour lancer la fen tre suivante Scrolling text MY TEST Font Choose the Font Font System Bold Location Horizontal offset Vertical offset Movements Coming From right TAPE ig Ici vous devez entrer votre texte ansi que choisir une police te une couleur Vous pouvez sp cifier la couleur du texte et celle du fond Il est aussi possible de d placer votre texte verticalement et horizontalement a l aide des contr les Offset horizontal et Offset vertical Ensuite si vous souhaitez animer votre texte vous devez s lectionner le type d animation partir de la liste situ e dans la zone Mouvem
28. Installation des drivers USB Si vous avez achet votre package avec une interface USB DMX vous allez devoir en installer les pilotes Le logiciel peut tre utilis sans son interface USB mais uniquement en mode de d monstration Vous ne pourrez donc pas contr ler vos appareils Page 4 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue Hardware Update Wizard Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard This wizard helps you install software for E USB Device If your hardware came with an installation CD SE or floppy disk insert it now What do vou want the wizard to do O Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Si le cdrom d installation est dans le lecteur de votre ordinateur Windows trouvera le driver et l installera Le driver n est pas num riquement sign cela n engendre en aucun cas un probl me d incompatibilit Vous pouvez donc continuer l installation Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Intelligent Usb Dms Interface has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for so
29. K Now you have 2 scenes Position Drums and Position Keyboard each represented as a button inside the Master page The next step in this example is to compress both scenes together Page menu Settings Select COMPRESSION from the menu on the left Click on the NEW button to create a new group Name it POSITION Change Button type to SCENE Change Compressionn type to TAKE Click OK NO oR WD Page 48 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire Position Drums X Y Settings You can access X Y settings by right clicking on the white area These settings include locking pan X or tilt Y allowing better control of your fixture and a resolution control Changing the resolution of the X Y window will allow you to move your fixtures beams larger or smaller distances with the same movement of your mouse very useful for fine tuning positions for instance Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 49 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire 5 Utilisation de la page MASTER The MASTER page allows you to bring fixtures from different pages together You can record scenes using fixtures from multiple pages You can add scenes and switches coming from different pages 1 As you see now global In the same way you can create new scenes within each page using the AS YOU SEE NOW option the Master
30. Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page Selecting any of these options will assign that particular property to every channel of fixtures for that particular button Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 39 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire POPEATER ENC i F HE HE If neither Dimmer nor EasyStep functions are selected the channels will have the OFF property by default If a channel is OFF the final output for this channel will not be affected by this particular scene switch For example a COLOR switch has all of its channels in OFF except for the COLOR channel which is assigned a DIMMER property and a particular value DIMMER channels are fixed values within the scene switch For example if you have an EasyStep scene where the light beam fades in between positions and all gobos and colors are kept the same throughout the scene you can assign these color and gobo channels the DIMMER property and set the constant value for this scene This dimmer value will automatically be the same for all steps in the EasyStep scene ON channels are just like 100 DIMMER channels However we must emphasize that a 0 dimmer IS NOT the same as an OFF channel An OFF channel does not affect the channel in question whereas a 0 DIMMER assigns this value to the channel which would replace any values coming from different Page 40 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie
31. V Fade Tes Time before Fade In 000 00 00 fits Viiv v A Trigger Time of Fade In 000 05 00 S lt s VIIVIVY amp Time Time before Fade Out 000 00 00 Ali Custom RER Time of Fade Out 000 05 00 eere Viiv Button Dimmer Speed sce Scene S lectionnez Sc ne dans le menu dernier choix possible et sp cifiez ensuite les temps de fondu et d attente pour votre sc ne dans la fen tre ci dessous Seules les sc nes peuvent effectuer des fondus cela n est en aucun cas possible avec des switchs Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 33 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation 6 Raccourcis claviers Les boutons de vos pages peuvent tre d clench s partir des touches de votre clavier Vous pouvez assigner n importe quelle touche de votre clavier aux boutons de vos pages Pour cela allez Menu boutons Param tres Button Settings Cycle 2 Trigger Trigger key General Trigger key q C Flash mode Trigger _ DMx input Channel Note Trigger Midi notes amp Time _ Input ports C Active only when the page is displayed gt Button C Active only when the page is selected eve Cyde A some versions may not be able to run this function Select the Trigger option on the left then tick the Trigger key box on the top and assign whatever letter you want Flash mode
32. XP reconnect your interface to any USB port a different one if possible Windows will tell you whether the hardware found is new or already installed in your computer If it is new the NEW HARDWARE WIZARD window will appear Insert the installation CD in your computer and select Automatic Search if you do not have the installation CD go to the Support Downloads section in our website Click Continue Anyway when Windows asks you about verification After this Windows should tell you that your device is ready to be used Restart the Sunlite software Page 104 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes and check communication previous step 4 Double check interface drivers If during the installation of the drivers when asked about Windows verification and compatibility you selected Stop installation instead of Continue anyway the drivers will not be installed correctly To check if the drivers were installed correctly you should go into Windows Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager You will see a list that includes all USB devices If the interface is connected and the drivers are installed correctly the name of the device will be Intelligent Usb Dmx Interface If on the contrary you read Unknown device with a yellow exclamation point next to it the drivers are not installed correctly To fix this Uninstall unknown device Disconnect USB interface w
33. ait a couple seconds and reconnect The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear just follow the instructions previous step Make sure you select Continue anyway when asked about Windows verification and compatibility 5 Test on a different computer If nothing seems to work please try testing on a different PC before contacting your retailer to get an exchange Typically you should only ask for an exchange if No LEDs turn on even when you have moved the power switch in the back of the interface Only the yellow LED turns on The drivers seem to be installed correctly but the interface software does not work and the Device Manager name for the USB device is SUIDI OUT instead of Intelligent Usb Dmx Interface Scenes Switches do not work If you find problems using your scene and switch buttons check for the following common solutions 1 Deactivate all buttons Double click on the INIT scene in each page all buttons should be deactivated Then start using your buttons from zero and find which button brings the problem at hand 2 Disable LIVE mode If you are using the LIVE mode in the FIXTURES GROUP tool to control fixtures individually within each page you will not be able to deactivate switches This could seem like the actual Switches are not working All you need to do is make sure the LIVE mode feature is disabled then everything will be back to normal 3 AUTO DMX output window At the bottom of your screen
34. and WAIT times for each step use the number boxes at the top minutes seconds 1 100 The top box controls fade and the bottom one wait times Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 37 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire Fade time CS Ca al i O00 00 00 aa lt p mi A oooozoo 4 4 Wait time Other available functions on the EasyStep rack are copy cut paste and insert step The PLAY button allows you to preview your scene You can choose to make your scene loop or not Finally you can convert your EasyStep scene into an EasyTime sequence advantages of EasyTime will be explained in the Advanced Programming section Cut the selected step Pla Convert to an New NM EasyTime sequence EE E Fl Make the scene Assign the function Copy the selected step Paste the step loop to ali channels 2 Cr ation de boutons avecs les onctions On Off et DIMMER When you create new Scenes or Switches you are given the option to Link the Dimmer or EasyStep function to all channels of the page Page 38 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Programmation interm diaire Enter the name of the button scene 2 Choose how vou would like the new button Equal to INIT As you see now RS ce at Nude 0i Tales Ha Induae th settings coming from the I fa Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Le
35. avec la fonction COMME L ETAT ACTUEL Pr sentation Ce chapitre d crit la cr ation d une sc ne avec la page de DEMO moving heads Si vos appareils sont connect s au logiciel vous pouvez utiliser les boutons pr programm s pour les contr ler Step 1 Ouverture des faisceaux La premi re chose faire est l ouverture des faisceaux de vos projecteurs Cela peut tre fait de diverses mani res Cependant ici nous utiliserons le bouton Centre Cela aura pour cons quence l ouverture des faisceaux de couleur blanche et la mise 50 des canaux PAN et TILT faisceau centr de vos appareils sans gobo Il devrait s agir de la position de d part pour la cr ation de vos premi res sc nes Demo Moving Hp lt Zoom Zoom Step 2 Positionnement des faisceaux Avec la fen tre X Y vous pouvez ajuster la position des faisceaux de vos projecteurs La page contient un bouton pour chaque appareil Cliquez simplement sur le bouton de votre choix et d placez ensuite la croix rouge l int rieur de la zone de d placement et ainsi de suite pour les autres appareils Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 29 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation Step 3 Ajout d effets Une fois les positions de vos appareils programm es vous pourrez ajouter autant d effets que disponibles sur vos appareils gobo couleur prisme Il suffit de cliquer sur le
36. bled after every action unless you click and unselect the last button Return to disabled Back to our 4 Moving Head example imagine you want to have you 1st group Mo Mo3 in cyan and Mo2 Mod in red 0 Turn the light beam ON click on CENTER or any movement button 1 Select the LIVE option 2nd button and release the Return to disabled option last button 2 Select the Moi Mo3 group 3 Activate the Color Cyan button on your normal fixture page if you have the 3D visualizer open you will notice how ONLY fixtures 1 and 3 change color 4 Click on the Invert selection button to the left of ALL OFF This action will unselect the first gruop and automatically select the second 5 Activate the Color Red button on the page 6 Disable group individual control 1st button on the toolbar to return everything to normal 7 Save a new scene switch AS YOU SEE NOW Colors red 301 ar E ea LIVE mode is the most versatile function in this toolbar Most of the time you will be working with preprogrammed buttons and LIVE then creating scenes switches AS YOU SEE NOW During LIVE performances when on the fly control is required the LIVE button will become very useful SAVE mode As you probably realized LIVE mode modifies button properties momentarily The group individual fixture information is not saved within the button so that once LIVE mode is disabled for example all preprogrammed buttons will work
37. ciel vous est famili re Il sera toujours possible de modifier ces param tres a partir de la fen tre Page param tres du logiciel voir plus loin dans le manuel New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 6 9 To make immediate use of your fixtures the wizard helps you create pre programmed buttons Scenes coming from the ShapeLibrary Switches with help from the presets as defined in the fixture library Do you wish to have pre programmed buttons Page 22 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation L cran suivant demande si vous souhaitez ajouter les boutons pr programm s a votre page mouvements couleurs gobos etc Nous vous recommandons de r pondre OUI a cette question New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 7 9 You may now select the relevant pre programmed scenes and adjust the moving area for the fixtures Show speed fader speed Moving Area T T Customize area Pre programmed Scenes Light beam z Center Pan Move 1 Music BPM Elipse Spire Circle 1 Tit Move 1 Music Pulse Heart Star Trangle Step 1 Live Control PStar16 Start Square Line 1 Color mix EP targ Maximum Curve 1 Eight Spiral4 Ici vous pouvez s lectionner les mouvements pr programm s ajouter a la nouvelle page Ces mouvements seront cr s sous forme de switchs par d faut mais vous pouvez les av
38. communicate with your interface you need to manually set your computer s IP address to 192 168 1 xx where xx is any number other than 20 You cannot have both devices interface and computer with the exact same IP address but both need to be within the same subnet 192 168 1 xx To configure your computer to work with our Ethernet interface 1 Connect your IP Ethernet interface to your computer and to its power supply 9 12V DC 2 Change your computer s IP address to match the interface s subnet mask Start from Window s Control Panel then Network Connections Double click on the Local Area Network connection then click on TCP IP then Properties Change from Automatic to Use the following IP address and type IP 192 168 1 xx xx is any number larger than 10 different from 20 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Leave all other fields blank then click OK Wait a few moments while the connection is reset between the interface and computer Close the Local Area Network properties window 3 Start the Sunlite software Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 103 Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes Once the software is open go to the menu then About A circular popup with the logo will be shown with a white box underneath In this box you should read something like this Sunlite 2006 June 13 2006 Release date 1 SLESA IP interface description in red letters If you cannot read the int
39. crease or decrease the size of a movement Imagine a scene with a simple tilt movement If you want to reduce the amplitude of the movement without editing your scene you must use the SIZE function from the Toolbar All you need to do is move the fader on the toolbar while the scene is running You will be able to see the changes in real time on your fixtures Page Dimmer and Speed You can also use the DIMMER and SPEED functions as global parameters for the entire page Page menu Display Live toolbar page Make sure that you keep track of the changes you make using this toolbar The Live toolbar for the page has priority over all the buttons inside the page Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 55 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es IV Programmation avanc es 1 Pr sentation This chapter introduces all advanced features of the sofware the editor screen the fade function the external triggering These parts of the sofware require to understand the difference betweeen a scene and a switch to create and edit a new button to record a cycle to arrange the user Screen 2 L Editeur 2 1 Easy Time 2 1 1 Utilisation d Easy Time Easy Time is an advanced tool which must be used to program movements circle curve If you want to simply create steps it is easier to use Easy Step Easy Time is a tool which enables you to control channels in time Each channel is programmed
40. d Page 11 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue Vous devrez parcourir la librairie afin de trouver votre projecteur Les projecteurs sont class s par fabricant Notes qu un dossier _varied contient les projecteurs de petits fabricants ou non r pertori s Le dossier generic contient lui des appareils g n riques du type PAR RGB etc C Emo Chauvet Eurolite Cindy Light CDEurotech clay Paky CE CACoef CDExce lighting Active Color Systems DCoemar Fal Actor Mate Color Kinetics FB Advanced Lighting Sys Contest Fine Art Dts Fly Dragon Elation Pro Flying CElektralite Funky Eliminator Lighting Futurelight Elte StarWay Geni My Documents a Fies of ype Cl Open as read only Une fois votre appareil s lectionn vous devrez sp cifier l adresse DMX du premier projecteur ansi que le nombre d appreils Page 12 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 2 9 Enter the DMX starting address the number of factures and the moving shortcut keys Then click on NEXT to continue Starting DMX address 1 End DMXaddress 18 Number of fixtures 1 DMXuniverse Universe 1 USB DMX 1 Keyboard mode Shortcuts 9 qwerty intemational Type Head Number of channels 18 Resolution 16 bits 4 DMX channels Note The shortcut keys allow you to move each fiture using the mouse Ensuite cliquez
41. d buter l enregistrement d un cycle vous devez 1 Cliquez sur le bouton Cycle 2 Cliquez sur les boutons sc nes switchs ou cycles que vous souhaitez enchainer dans l ordre Page 32 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation souhait 3 Une fois termin cliquez sur le bouton PLAY afin de tester votre cycle et s lectionnez OUI pour enregistrer les modifications Vous d marrez la lecture du cycle en cliquant sur PLAY ou en cliquant sur le bouton cycle dans votre page Vous devez arr ter la lecture si vous souhaitze modifier les temps de chaque pas Cliques ensuite sur le bouton TIME avec 2 18 dessus La fonction GO permet de passer le cycle en d filement manuel a l aide des touches PgDn et PgUp de votre clavier Si vous souhaitez supprimer un pas de votre cycle arretez la lecture s lectionnez le pas et cliquez sur le bouton COUPER ciseaux de la barre d outils Si vous souhaitez ajouter une sc ne ou un switch cliquez sur le bouton ENREGISTRE bouton rouge et cliquez ensuite sur le ou les boutons ins rer L option BOUCLE fl che circulaire permet de sp cifier si votre cylce doit boucler ou s arreter lorsque sa lecture est termin e Note Pour ajouter des temps de fondu vos sc nes vous devez les s lectionner dans votre page et aller au menu Page Param tres T Button Settings Scene 3 G General Es General
42. de The SELECT mode works in a very similar way as the SAVE mode except backwards In SAVE we first selected the group then we selected in what button we wanted it assigned In SELECT mode we first choose the button and then we assign a group to it This tool is very useful when you have a large number of fixtures and complicated groups because you can see the groups assigned to each button without the risk of losing them SELECT is also very useful during live performances if you want to change the group information inside a button without activating that button 0 Turn the light beam ON CENTER or any movement switch 1 Select the SELECT option 4th button and unselect Return to disable last button 2 Select the Color Cyan button pressing SHIFT click this method will select the button but will not activate it 3 We can see that the Mo1 Mo3 group is selected from the previous example 4 Add the selection of the Mo2 Mo4 group 5 Select the Color Red button using SHIFT click button selected but not activated 6 Add the selection of the Mo1 Mo3 group 7 Disable the SELECT function 1st button of the toolbar Page 46 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire 4 La fen tre X Y The X Y buttons referred to as TAKE in previous versions of our software allow mouse control of the PAN TILT channels in each fixture within a page Th
43. devices see Console section in Advanced Programming Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 91 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Page Activated a A Not assigned Page Dimmer a 3 Not assigned Page Speed E a Not assigned Page Freeze a ray Not assigned Button Select next a Ay Not assigned Button Activated 9 ee E 3 Not assigned Advanced Groups The Groups section allows you to see a table with all your fixture groups within the page and their assigned shortcut keys You can modify or add groups from this window by right clicking on it Page 92 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Here you can create new groups by dicking with the right button on the area below Then you will be able to use your group within the user and editor screens Group1 Snits Group2snit F2 M Group A ur Options Finally the Options section provides a couple more properties that can be modified within each page Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 93 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Xj Note shift click select a button without trigger it ctr click edit a button without trigger it Page 94 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 V Param tres g n raux V Param
44. e allows you to arrange the icons fixtures in any way ideally representing the same layout you have on stage Simply left click and hold on a selected fixture orange while moving it to its new position You can arrange them for example like the circle shown below Page 42 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire Projecteurs ous pouvez s lectionner et d placer les projecteurs mais aucun bouton se sera affect MODE INACTIF ALL ALL OFF OH H T T 1 CR UE Le SE Ee aae ES a 4 at i J Lis NS eee ae aia ds al SE Le at I I i Lia i DI ea Im M et tt if J Projecteurs pu Pages Creating groups This tool allows you to create groups of fixtures stage left stage right house lights etc Going back to our example with 4 moving heads arranged in a circle imagine now that we want to create 2 groups Moi Mo3 and Mo2 Mod Click on the icons to select unselect until you reach your desired group also you could first click on the ALL OFF button to unselect all fixtures and then select only Moi and Mo3 Once these are selected click on the New group button red arrow in picture below and enter any name you want in this case Moi Mo3 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 43 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire You
45. ection Programmation interm diaire du manuel Page 24 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation Pages name 2 3 Ole MASTER T Daea E E wis Demo Color changer Ey Sy 2 85 26 0 SUD fe Demo LE D g 2 G 300 374 SOO i Demo Moving Head g 2 D 190 261 nue Demo Scanner 62010 2 LU 6 amp t Demo traditional li yy a 10 189 BUDO Ne vous inqui tez pas du nombre d options disponibles dans cette fen tre pour l instant Elles seront pr sent es plus loin dans ce manuel et ne sont pas n cessaires a la compr hension du logiciel Boutons Il existe 3 types de boutons Sc nes boutons jaunes Switchs boutons rouges Cycles boutons bleus Sc nes Une sc ne peut tre statique ou dynamique mouvement Le logiciel cr des sc nes pr programm es qui vous permettent d utiliser vos projecteurs sans avoir programmer Nous verrons plus tard comment cr er une sc ne Lorsque vous appelez une sc ne la sc ne qui tait en train d tre jou e est rel ch e Switchs Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 25 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation Plusieurs switchs peuvent tre actifs simultan ment Vous devez cliquer une seconde fois sur un switch pour le rel cher moins qu il soit programm avec un temps limit Les switchs sont g n ralement utilis s pour change
46. ed scenes and switches M amp cirde 1 Take 2 Gobo 2 4BeamColo Take 1 Take 4 Take 3 Indude the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page Nous conseillons de cr er quelques scenes comme cela afin de vous familiariser avec la fonction Une fois que vous vous sentez capable d avancer vous allez pouvoir ajouter vos propres appareils dans le logiciel et parcourir les fonctionnalit s plus avanc es du logiciel Page 10 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue 3 Ajout de vos projecteurs Si votre interface est connect e au logiciel et que vous ne souhaitez pas attendre pour tester vos appareils nous allons voir maintenant comment les ins rer dans le logiciel Menu page Nouvelle page Welcome to the New Page wizard You may choose between two diferent kinds of pages Create a new page with Scaniibrary wizard S lectionnez Cr e une page avec l assistant ScanLibrary New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 1 9 Welcome to the Scanlibrary wizard This wizard builds a new page using your moving lights and creates preprogrammed buttons Click on Explore and choose a moving light definition file Then click on NEXT to continue 3 Explore Scanlibrary editor Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserve
47. ents Le curseur de la zone TAPE permet de changer la vitesse de l animation Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 63 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 2 3 Copier coller et Phasing This feature is available with EasyTime and EasyStep racks let us see now how to use it With this new tool you can quickly copy and paste a sequence to one or several fixtures When your sequence is ready to be pasted to the other fixtures you must click on the Copy button below the EasyTime or EasyStep button and then select the channels you want to copy like we did before The following window appear Copy Paste Simple C Advanced Fixtures 14345 7 10 11415 4 20 21 FT Fi FL Bimmer IT E Call this window only if you copy paste by clicking with right button Cancel pi By default Simple is selected That means that the sequence will be pasted to the selected fixture If you want to paste the same sequence to more than one fixture you have to select Advanced and then select the fixtures Three options are available All means that the sequence is pasted to all same fixtures Selected group means that the sequence is pasted only to the fixture of the selected group Specified fixtures below you can select the fixtures one by one Page 64 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es The phasing tool all
48. erface description in red letters please go to the Troubleshooting section If you do that means there is good communication between the software and the interface you are done 4 Probl mes et r solutions Software and or interface do not work 1 Check the USB interface Connect the interface to the computer You should see 3 LEDs turn on green yellow and red Green should be blinking slowly Yellow should be completely on Red should be blinking fast If non of the LEDs are on check the back of the interface there is a small switch that turns power ON OFF If only the yellow LED is on then your interface is broken please contact your retailer to have it replaced 2 Check software interface communication Connect the interface to the computer BEFORE you start Sunlite After you open the software the green LED should start blinking fast If you go to the menu then About a circular popup will appear with our logo in it Underneath you will see a white box with the software name and release date If there is good communication between the software and the interface you should see a description of your interface in red letters inside this box as well If the green LED is not blinking fast or you do not see the red letter description there is no communication between the software and the interface You probably did not install the drivers correctly 3 Check the interface drivers If you are using Windows
49. ese are very useful when you want to control a single fixture while a movement sequence is running or also to create scenes with static positions There is one X Y button for each fixture in the page Static position 1 Turn the light beam ON CENTER or any movement switch 2 Press the X Y switch corresponding to the fixture you want to control 3 Move the red arrow to the desired position notice that the light beam follows this movement 4 Repeat for all of your fixtures 5 Save a new scene switch AS YOU SEE NOW You may have noticed that if you double click on the X Y button for a fixture your position will be lost The reason is that once the X Y button is unselected the position information is lost If you want to retrieve that position information you need to press Alt on your keyboard while clicking on the unselected X Y button for each fixture Retrieving positions 1 Start a movement switch CIRCLE TILT etc 2 Press the X Y switch for fixture 1 for example and move it to a desired fixed position while the rest of the fixtures continue their preprogrammed movement 3 Click on the X Y switch for fixture 1 to unselect it allowing fixture 1 to continue the preprogrammed movement 4 Press Alt on your keyboard while clicking on the X Y switch for fixture 1 notice how pressing Alt makes the light beam go back to the position assigned previously Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 47 Su
50. files Save all the files Custom B This window allows to save all the software Folders in a ZIP file Please note that the Light data Folder contains only the pages and Buttons and allows to create a small ZIP file There is also the possibility to send an email to the technical support by clicking on Email from the menu or to post a message on our Internet forum at www nicolaudie com forum Page 98 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes VI Annexes 1 DMX512 brief description 1 The need for a standard About 20 years ago most lighting and console manufacturers had their own proprietary communication protocols During installations it was necessary to use all lighting fixtures from the same manufacturer of course with their own controller board If you wanted to use lighting fixtures from different manufacturers even simple dimmers each group required their own lighting desk It is clear that a standard form of communication between controllers and the fixtures was necessary By the time you are done reading this section you will understand how DMX works and why the lighting world uses this standard communication protocol For a more technical and detailed description please visit www dmx512 online com 2 Understanding DMX To understand the DMX512 communication protocol commonly referred to as DMX we will use the Cable TV analogy Imagine a si
51. for On or Dimmer modes Just click EasyTime mode to pilot all the channels required in EasyTime mode click and drag leds Now just scroll the time sheet to time indication To set value just move the fader The value will be displayed in the cell concerned i e at the channel column concerned You must move the cursor to the line corresponding on the total expected time for your scene before to setup your channels with EasyTime function For example for a 10s scene we move the cursor yellow line to the 00m10s00 line and then we affect EasyTime function on selected channels In case there are blank cells in between the latest time programmed and current time you will be prompted to answer the following questions Prolong previous value up to current time Gradually move from previous value to new value Assign new value from latest cell programmed onwards gee Not vectorial Line Steps Music pulse Music BPM Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 57 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 2 1 2 How to use Easy Time for movement If you use moving lights this software contains extremely quick basic functions to create sophisticated vectorial motion effects Click here with the right button to automatically generate motion Fr a 100 101 102 103 1 ee A circle will then automatically appear and EasyTime will display green cells including X Y values as referential
52. from one point to another Shape property MAI Play Type Time Size Advanced C Notvectorial C Steps Music impulsion Music tempo Cancel NB A channel operated by a vectorial movement in EasyTime can be identified by green cells whereas red cells indicate that the channel is in non vectorial mode In one button each fixture can only be assigned one type of vectorial movement curve line or positions However channels can be converted into non vectorial mode then any cells can be modified Page 60 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 2 1 3 Outils et options EasyTime Fade function The Fade function makes it possible to create a fade effect in between 2 cells by computing intermediate values It can only be used with cells in Not vectorial mode red cells To use the Fade function first select a block of vertical cells then click on Fade function You will then have an alternative linear fade in between the 1st and last cell intermediate cells are totally re computed fragmented fade in between each cell intermediate cells are taken into account this process re computes as many intermediate fades as necessary to adjust to the number of lines NB A fade can apply to several channels in one go Just select cells from several columns EasyTime Play function The Play button can be u
53. ftware that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 5 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue Et voil N oubliez pas que le logiciel d tecte l interface lors de son d marrage Vous devez donc veiller connecter votre interface avant de le lancer Dans le cas contraire il n y aurait aucune communication entre le logiciel et l interface et donc avec vos appareils Hardware Update Wizard Completing the Hardware Update Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Intelligent Usb Dms Interface OUT Click Finish to close the wizard lt Back 3 Utilisation d une interface IP Si vous avez achet un package avec une interface IP veuillez vous r ferer aux Annexes pour plus d informations Page 6 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue 2 Show de d monstration Dans cette section nous supposons que vous ayez install le locigiel en mode d butant ainsi que les pages de DEMO Dans le cas contraire votre logiciel disposera de plus de fonctionnalit s que celles d crites ici mais les informations g n rales restent identiques Votre cran doit ressembler celui ci Demo Mowing Head gong AE A Le logiciel propose 1 bouton pour chaque fonction de vos appareils Il y a donc 1 bouton par couleur gobo macro etc Copyright 2006 Nic
54. ge 71 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 4 1 2 First setup your controller on screen The first thing you want to do is draw your MIDI controller on your screen which will simplify its use within the software To make this work a simple white square with faders and buttons can be enough However you can make the screen representation of your controller closer to reality by pasting pictures of it The EasyConsole tool allows you to do that You will be able to draw your controller and then use it with Sunlite 2006 in just a few minutes If File Edition View Language 13 mm D Editeur de console h Pointer Button I Group box Picture control Q Horizontal slider control amp Vertical slider control B CONTAOL gt FADER eS Rotary control tt Lu Lt bit x E Console properties CA width 523 EE o A ee Height 488 b S PS EM RS SJE Color L 255 255 255 SE z2 SIE e Preset F2 ta set PRESET 1 xl LEE CE LOUE CIRE IE LE I EE ies UN ATEN HU ut tits USMO CONTROLLER Preset F2 to setup Defining the background and adding images It is very easy to create an accurate screen controller following a picture of an actual MIDI board The associated picture must be located in the CSL directory of the installation folder in BMP format The Bitmap section
55. he following window 4 options are available On Off the switch is called when the MIDI command is sent V gt Level specify the minimum MIDI command level to call the switch Level specify the minimum MIDI command level to call the switch V level Link to MIDI controller Mode action Levell gt v gt 2Ley iv vI Y Waiting For a MIDI command Click on console Cancel Page 76 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 4 2 MIDI Midi Time Code MTC MIDI TIME CODE input is useful to synchronize a cycle with an incoming MIDI TIME CODE signal In this case the software is said to be Slave and the external system Master The signal can be generated by a CD DVD player an SMPTE generator a 3rd party software sound video laser For such use make sure your computer is equipped with a MIDI card usually included in sound card or a USB MIDI interface to activate MIDI IN function in the Audio Midi section of the Starting parameters from the Controller menu to activate TIME CODE IN in Synchro section of Page Settings window Once all the settings are over it will be possible to synchronize with MIDI TIME CODE input all the cycles in the corresponding page one at a time A small button MTC IN appears in the Cycle windows to disable enable the function as shown in the picture below N B Incoming MIDI TIME CODE can a
56. hold the button pressed while moving the window The sofware shows a blue area that represents the actual position and size of the window Page 96 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 V Param tres g n raux Contr leur Page Bouton Fen tre Langue sat nuk ER ea Oe aay Pages x Demo Moving Head name 2 5 amp ls le 2 Sey TE l Affiche les appels CLAVIER MASTER ee ee 08 75 bus Demo Color cha lye pron 7707 Om Demo L E D gt ae 200 Oe Te iE fary rth eo EE E Pa m X ges uve Pages T Affiche les appels CLAVIER Aakash Abeer 2 sil lt S D gt MASTER ue Cycle Demo Scanner er Demo traditional lighting Demo L E D g Demo Moving Head E Demo Color changer To software helps to find the correct position with the following tool Moving the mouse on it enales to create to create a new tab or split the screen vertically or horizontally The icon in the centre creates the tab and the other 4 icons split the window Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 97 Sunlite 2006 V Param tres g n raux 3 Backup Support technique If you ever experience any difficulties with the sofware there is the possibility to send a complte backup to our technical support Select full backup from the menu and it opens the following window Full backup Save all the
57. hting fixture to channel 21 then my fixture s DMX address is 21 Both expressions are common in the lighting world Example Imagine we have a DMX dimmer that controls a simple light bulb This dimmer is set to DMX address 21 so the lighting fixture will only receive the information from channel 21 and ignore the rest We have a controller that sends a signal through a DMX cable and this cable goes into a decoder the DMX dimmer that receives the signal So if the controller sends the turn on information on channel 21 the dimmer will turn on the light bulb Conventional lighting fixtures simple dimmers require 1 channel of information only However intelligent lighting fixtures require more than 1 channel to work For example if have a lighting fixture that requires 5 channels of information and its DMX address is 21 again address is the first channel used by the fixture then this fixture will use channels 21 22 23 24 25 The decoder knows that the fixture needs 5 channels of information so it will decode 5 channels only and ignore the rest The controller knows the fixture uses 5 channels also so it will send 5 channels of information Example Imagine you have a very simple robotic moving head that uses 5 channels 1 pan 2 tilt 3 color wheel 4 gobo wheel 5 dimmer You set your moving head to address 21 and you tell the controller that you have this particular moving head on address 21 The controller then k
58. i s Main menu STORY Sunlite 2006 7 Apr 2006 Sunlite 2004 15 Mar 2006 Easy Stand Alone 7 Apr 2006 Magic 3D Easy View 7 Apr 2006 Tools el Install the software SETUP EXE A baled E 200 pal S lectionnez la langue d installation et acceptez le contrat de licence une nouvelle fois Choisissez un dossier d installation c SL2006 par d faut L cran suivant proposera d installer ou non le show de DEMO si vous tes un utilisateur d butant nous vous conseillons son installation Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clearthe components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue M Demo pages Current selection requires at least 121 2 MB of disk space English _ lt Back __ Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 3 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue Pour terminer l assistant d installation demande si vous souhaitez utiliser le logiciel en mode d butant Une nouvelle fois si vous tes d butants nous recommendons de s lectionner cette option Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing then click Next Additional icons Create a desktop icon Do you want to start in beginner mode Et voila Il est maintenant temps de lancer le logiciel 2
59. ight garlands a ceiling or a solo on the drums Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 61 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 2 2 Color Manager L outil Color Manager est simplement un diteur de couleurs pour projecteurs RGB or CMY Il permet de cr er aussi bien des sc nes statiques que dynamiques tr s facilement Imaginez que vous souhaitiez afficher une image ou du texte sur un mur de LEDs Color Manager est l outil id al pour y parvenir Pour ouvrir Color Manager cliquez sur un canal RGB ou CMY de vos projecteurs avec le bouton droit de la souris Plusieurs fonctions sont disponibles voyons maintenant comment les utiliser Color Manager Pisel s s lectionn s R 0 G 0 B 0 Assistant TE C Affiche l identification des projecteurs Les fonctions de base Toutes les fonctions de bases sont situ es dans la zone Outils Vous pourrez utiliser les principales fonctions disponibles dans un diteur d images et affecter une couleur vos projecteurs de mani re tr s simple et rapide Chaque projecteur est repr sent par un carr dans la zone blanche situ e sur la gauche de la fen tre Vous pouvez afficher le nom de chaque projecteur en cliquant sur Affiche l identification des projecteurs Voici les outils disponibles S lectionne un pixel et s lectionne une zone le premier permet de s lectionner les projecteurs un par un et le second plusieurs simultan ment
60. independently EasyTime has been designed for maximum ease and convenience when programming Scenes and Switches Easy Time is similar to an Excel sheet displaying all the values of each channel in time Channels are shown on a horizontal axis and elapsing time on a vertical axis This grid is called the time sheet Therefore Time sheet therefore globally represents the progress made by all the channels on a specific page from the corresponding Scene or Switch activation onwards OmOQO0s00 OmO1ls00 ones nf o HAL Omd2 00 165 J255 j 30 OmO3 e00 Nnntenn Page 56 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Each line refers to a specific moment since the button was activated To activate a period of time i e to be able to visualize what will happen at some point just move yellow edit line to appropriate time cell Each column in a time sheet represents a channel As soon as a Scene or a Switch has been activated the time sheet associated with this button will be read from line 000 00 00 to the final line containing information To program a time sheet with fade effects you may program all cells in sequence but to make things easier this software includes very efficient tools such as Fade or Cut Copy Insert modes Now alittle training Things will go smoothly once the channel has been set in EasyTime mode as was done
61. ing of the Fade Out Time of Fade Out Fade Out time Here we can leave the default settings which are 5 seconds for the Fade In Out times and no time before Fade In Out We can click on OK when it is finished and our first scene is now ready to be used Let us create the 2nd one and call it Scene 2 To do so we release all the buttons in our page double click on INIT and we call the Scene 1 Then we use the TAKE buttons to setup a different position for each fixture and we save the scene with the As you see now function Now we just have to setup the Fade times as we did with the 1st one and we are ready to fade from our Scene 1 to our Scene 2 ree 6 When a fade is running the following window appears and shows you the FADE IN left red and the FADE OUT right blue This window allows to make a break to increase the speed of the fade to jump to the end of the fade or to go back to the beginning Please note that you can make this window visible or not by clicking on Fade from the Windows menu Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 69 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es i d LP E 02505 2505 02505 Please keep in mind that the FADE function is not available on channels which have been programmed with the ON OFF mode This is very useful to make some channels fading or not in a scene Imagine you want to fade from one position to another one with your fixtures bu
62. le some feature of the software or not and to protect them with a password For instance this can be used in a club to have le light jockey only use the program without deleting or programming anything Several levels are available but you can also select the custom level and specify which are the available functions Beginner mode The sofware can be run in 2 modes advanced and beginner In this section sofware restrictions can be setup for the beginner mode Many options windows management menus or functions buttons editing cycle recording can be disable for the beginner mode Audio Midi Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 95 Sunlite 2006 V Param tres g n raux To use the audio audio analysis and midi triggering Easy Console MTC several options must be selected in this section The 1st option enables to read the audio signal from the sound card the 2nd one enables to read MIDI informations and the last one to send MIDI informations to another device Pages priority Here we can setup the priority level between the MASTER page and the sub pages There are 3 levels LTP the last action takes the priority MASTER the MASTER page has always the priority Sub pages the sub pages always have the priority Color settings Here we can define the colors for the buttons scenes switches cycles Follow spot The follow spot function enables to create a follow spot with moving head
63. lso be activated while creating a cycle Timing will then be automatically computed on MIDI TIME CODE Cycle Stap MTC IN GOmO0s00 show 4 ag Button Relative time On Before fadein Fade in Color Rainbow OO G5 O Dimmer Intensity O00rn 22 O Color Blue O00rmn 08s O Color yellow 000m 08 O Color Greene 000m 08s O Color Orange 000m 05 O Color white 000m OSs O Shutter Str Strob 000m 10s O Shutter Str Strob 000m 10s 00 Dimmer Intensity O00rn 02s O Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 77 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 4 3 DMX Several functions can be triggered by DMX input channels on the user screen You can start a button scene switch or cycle control the SPEED and DIMMER faders Buttons triggering Button Settings My Scene General D Trigger Time 2e Dimmer Speed sce Scene 4 Trigger Trigger key Trigger key Trigger Available only in First Class DMS input Flash mode Input ports Channel Midi notes Active only when the page is displayed Active only when the page is selected Faders control Page 78 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Page Settings Demo traditional lighting Em General 4 Channels ER Buttons Synchro 3 Trigger Options M Group ces A Available only in First Class Name Sy
64. mplistic cable TV system with only 4 relevant parts a TV station b cable c decoder d TV set The TV station broadcasts a signal that travels through a cable network until it reaches a decoder The decoder receives information on hundreds of channels but only displays on the TV set the information in this case video and audio from that single channel that we select The TV set ignores the information from any channel that is not selected It only displays the information from the channel selected in the decoder DMX can be related to this cable TV system where a the TV station is the controller Sunlite b the cable is a DMX cable c the cable decoder is the DMX decoder which usually is inside each lighting fixture d the TV set is the lighting fixture In DMX the number of channels that are broadcasted is always 512 Maybe some of them will be empty or unused but they are still broadcasted because it is a necessary component of the standard So the controller sends out a signal 512 channels of information which travels through a DMX cable until it reaches the decoder inside the lighting fixture In the same way you set the channel you want to Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 99 Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes watch on your TV in a lighting fixture you set the channel that you want your fixture to display the information for This is known as the DMX address In other words if set my lig
65. n the following chapter Note Touchscreens MIDI devices DMX wings and IO keypads can also trigger any button within the Sunlite software as you can see inside the Button Settings window These will be explained further in Chapter 4 Advanced Programming Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 35 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire lll Programmation interm diaire The following chapter presents you with intermediate level tools to continue creating lighting scenes 1 Cr ation de boutons avec Easy Step The EasyStep rack tab inside the BUTTON EDITOR allows you to create simple scenes based on steps where you can set fade and wait times between each Create a New scene or New switch from the Button menu and then select the Link the EasyStep function to all channels of the page This will convert all channels into EasyStep channels so every step in your scene could include effects from any or all channels EE Sound to light E Live Control TD Follow spot Z DMX input Midi S EasyStep E 1 EasyTime editor i Chaser B Sequencer T X Fader sr A eee PE L 00500 02s00 Step an The EasyStep rack allows to a 0000000 x x x create simple steps scenes v v v These steps can fade or not a between each of them To use the ee la a ae lack you must select the 0000200 appropriate function fade or not M Total time 02500 190 191 192 193
66. nchro Key Hs input Midi Channels a Note F1 Start the cycle named SYNC Pic D 2 Re start the current cycle Nc 3 Goto the next scene PGDN Ni 4 Goto the previous scene PC EN 5 Pause the current cycle D 6 Play the current cycle 7 Stop the current cycle D 8 Not used IV Page dimmer Page dimmer Page dimmer l Page speed Page speed D Page speed _b gt bb rp AAAs ee AAA SSSI RSR BEARERS PEPEPEPE gt Clony 1fthis option is selected all settings will work onl cycle named SYNCHRO Now you can modify the dimmer of your page in real time with your external DMX controller This option may not be available with your version of the sofware 4 4 Horloge et calendrier The sofware can be triggered by Time PC clock and calendar This feature is available only in First Class version and is very useful for architectural lighting You must open the following window to setup time triggering Button menu then Settings The button you want to trigger must be selected before to open this window Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 79 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Button Settings Scene 1 General Wy Trigger a Time al Dimmer Speed sce Scene 4 able M Available only in First Class Time al onoo S Appointed time From OHO Repea
67. nd programming the software for somebody else to use and you wish to avoid possible problems erasing scenes etc you can leave your customers with a simple PLAYBACK PAGE CT te Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 51 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire The easiest way to leave this PLAYBACK PAGE is to simply close all windows within the software controller except the Master Page of course by clicking the X on the titlebar for each window After this you want to lock all windows to prevent users from closing your Master page as well Go to Windows menu Reset positions Lock docked windows 6 Modification de la VITESSE de la TAILLE de vos effets As you probably realized already some buttons on your screen have faders or sliders on them These faders control one of three different properties in each button SPEED DIMMER and SIZE It is also possible to show faders that control these same properties for all buttons within a page Page menu Display Live toolbar Button Button My Scene 6 40ER INIT il Focus PRISM hee aa pte ene Es Le Sp Ze ay z i b KA ractS ract4 Ph ROTGOBO FD PE FRERES EU EE DESERT EE PES one so OO rank gt L L Scene 2 Chaser SHUTTER al L L L L 1 L L 1 1 _ 1 light beam ON 26660666 mr SOROA L J J L 1 J J J 1 J F gt a m l 3 CCEE sccm Bess p dPimmer intensity
68. nlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire Example The following example will show you how to create two fixed position scenes within the Master page using the Demo Moving Head page and 3D Demo stage Your first scene will have all light beams pointed to the drum set while the second to the music keyboard on the stage Furthermore these scenes will be compressed together allowing for easier organization and editing of the positions Creating the drums position 1 Click on the Center scene to open the light beams 2 Select the X Y button previously known as TAKE for the first fixture and move the red arrow until the light beam is pointed at the drum set 3 Repeat the procedure for the 3 remaining moving heads 4 Click anywhere on the Master page to select it 5 Create a new scene AS YOU SEE NOW 6 Make sure all 4 X Y buttons and the Center scene are selected 7 Rename the scene Position Drums then click OK Creating the keyboard position 1 Click on the Center scene to open the light beams 2 Select the X Y button previously known as TAKE for the first fixture and move the red arrow until the light beam is pointed at the music keyboard 3 Repeat the procedure for the 3 remaining moving heads 4 Click anywhere on the Master page to select it 5 Create a new scene AS YOU SEE NOW 6 Make sure all 4 X Y buttons and the Center scene are selected 7 Rename the scene Position Keyboard then click O
69. nows that channel 23 corresponds to color wheel for example If you want to change the color of the light beam you tell the controller what color you want the controller automatically sends this information through channel 23 and the lighting fixture reacts accordingly Typically intelligent lighting fixtures use 1 channel Sometimes more for every function they can perform color gobo prism dimmer etc Some robotic moving heads use over 20 channels some simple scanners only 4 channels etc 3 The protocol So far we ve been referring to information traveling through DMX cables from the controller into the fixture s decoder This information is nothing but a number between 0 and 255 This number is called the DMX value for a particular channel Then the DMX signal is nothing but a series of DMX values along 512 DMX channels Example Back to our 5 channel simple robotic moving head channel 3 controls the color wheel which has 25 different color combinations The color displayed will depend on the DMX value on channel 3 as it is being sent by the controller as follows Page 100 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes 0 10 White 11 20 Red 21 30 Purple 241 255 whatever color So if the lighting fixture receives a DMX value of 25 for Channel 3 it will display the Purple color If that DMX value changes to 15 it will automatically change to Red and so on
70. of the Properties window allows you to select an image from this CSL folder which you can use as a background to create an accurate representation of your MIDI controller If you wish to add an image to your controller select the Picture control tool and insert a new picture Then you will be able to resize this picture change its position or even replace it using the Properties window Defining the controls buttons faders Page 72 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es There are 4 types of controls available horizontal and vertical sliders rotating and regular buttons These controls are available from the Toolbox window Select the desired control from the toolbox and then click on your project to insert a new control Using the Properties window you can for example move resize or change the background image You can also write labels on any control to clearly see its function within the Sunlite 2006 software Defining the presets 4 1 3 How to use EasyConsole First of all make sure that the MIDI function is enabled in the starting parameters window Open the window from the Controller menu and go the the Audio Midi tab to activate the function 4 Console Save Behringer_BCF2000_big Behringer_BCF2000_big_10presets Behringer_BCF2000_small Behringer_BCF2000_small_10presets Behringer_BCR2000_big Behringer_BCR2000_big_10presets Behringer_B
71. oir sous forme de sc nes Il est possible de modifier la zone de d placement de vos appareils sur votre sc ne pour ces effets Il vous est ainsi possible de les adapter parfaitement l environnement dans lequel ils voluent et ainsi avoir une programmation utile en quelques clics Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 23 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 8 9 You can choose to create pre programmed switches from presets as defined in the ficture4ibrary Ech 4 Iris 3 3 ial 1 2 0 127 brisLinear ch 9 Zoom 1 1 E 128 191 frisPulsOp had ch 10 Dimmer 3 3 E23 192 255 lrisPulsCl Bach 11 Color 10 10 Wich 12 Gobo 10 10 _ ich 13 RotGobo 3 3 ach 14 Shutter 4 4 ich 15 Gobo 2 9 9 Ech 16 RotGobo 2 3 ch 17 Prisme 4 4 is ak 10 Dat Damme P El fm ES TT Il n y a pas de limite au nombre de pages Nous recommandons de cr er une page pour chaque type d appareil Veuillez vous assurer de ne pas adresser des appareils diff rents aux m mes adresses DMX 2 Pages et boutons Pages Une PAGE correspond a un groupe d appareils du m me type fabricant et mod le Il n y a pas de limite au nombre de projecteurs dans une page Une pager permet de contr ler tous les appareils de mani re simple et efficace Ceci peuvent aussi tre contr l s individuellement gr ce aux groupes voir la s
72. olaudie All rights reserved Page 7 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue En fonction des appareils que vous utilisez le logiciel proposer aussi des boutons avec des s quences pr programm es dans notre cas la page DEMO MOVING HEAD contient des boutons avec des mouvements g n riques comme cercles courbes etc ee Le 1 Comme vous pouvez le voir sur l cran du logiciel3D a chaque fois que vous appuyez sur un bouton Page 8 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue de l cran vos projecteurs r pondent a la commande Camera View Options Language ae ee ee ae PAT T ee CR TA pie dpe ell ah ea ee N oubliez pas que le logiciel de visualisation repr sente exactement ce que vos appareils devraient r aliser s ils taient connect s votre interface Continuez appuyer sur les boutons et utiliser diverses combinaisons Si vous souhaitez tout recommencer double cliquez simplement sur le bouton INIT Si vous trouvez un effet que vous souhaiteriez enregistrer vous pouvez le sauver en allant Menu bouton Nouvelle sc ne Comme l tat actuel des circuits OK Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 9 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue _ MASTER Enter the name of the button Scene 1 Choose how you would like the new button Empty Equal to INIT As you see now Indude the current scene INIT Indudes the activat
73. ows to easily create a wave with your scanners or a rainbow effect with your CMY colour changers Basically this new tool allows to copy some channels from a fixture to the other one However there is an advanced option which helps you to add a delay between each fixture for the selected sequence How to create a wave or a rainbow effect FSET m00s00 ESS sss mO0is00 mO02s00 100 vu 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 65 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Once we have made this we can copy the PAN amp TILT channels and paste to one fixture The Copy Paste window appears and we must select Advanced to access the phasing function After having selected Phasing only with EasyTime or EasyStep channels you must specify the type of phasing Manual means you have to specify the delay manually with the cursor Other options are pre programmed delays taking the number of fixtures into account 3 Fondu entre scenes It is possible to fade from one scene to another one For instance this is really useful to go from one position to another one very slowly to open close the dimmer of your lights A few things need to be checked before to start programming our 2 scenes First of all the FADE function must be allowed on the channels we want to use To do so we open the Page Settings window from the menu and we go to the Channels tab see belo
74. paper clip could do the trick if you wanted www designnotes com www allelectronics com Relay boards The IO ports can be closed manually using keypads and switches or remotely using relays The advantage of using relays is that you can have any human interface with the Sunlite software working in the background Some of these relays can be activated via InfraRed remote controls for instance www rentron com www dataprobe com www quasarelectronics com MIDI controllers The Sunlite software can work with ANY MIDI device Here is a list of the most popular Evolution UC 33 Behringer BCF2000 You can search online for these names and compare pricing and features Page 102 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes DMX Boards The Sunlite software can take input commands from DMX boards Any button on the Sunlite screen can be triggered through DMX and also any fader can be linked to a DMX fader on a board The following sites will give you an idea of where to start looking www proformance net DMX Dimmer Packs Conventional lighting can be controlled through DMX if these fixtures are connected to what are known as Dimmer Packs There are many manufacturers out there www proformance net 3 IP Ethernet configuration Our Ethernet interfaces come with a factory IP address 192 168 1 20 An IP address is a number that is unique to any particular device within a network In order to
75. points Properties Automatic Circle Automatic Pokygqan Automatic Random points Automatic Lines Automatic Curve Es OmO00 00 BAF OmO1ls00 127 0 255 1319 OmnO2 s00 EE 00 1270 Om03 00 EE 642 00 By default a circle is drawn from 4 points To move any of these several methods can be used Adjust the X Y channels with one of the faders Yet this method is not very convenient Press the shortcut key while moving the mouse Click on the point and move it with the mouse Page 58 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es As you can see moving a point is carried out in real time on the fixture C OmO0s00 oies 0 208 olas _0n0l 00 27 O 2660113 On02 00 nt3 00 To add or delete a point several methods can be used Select the cells corresponding to the referential point 2 or 4 cells if the fixture has micro steps then use Cut Copy or Insert from toolbar Click right on the point and select Cut Copy or Insert from menu Copy Faste Insert Properties Automatic Circle Automatic Polygon Automatic Random points Automatic Lines Automatic Curve Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 59 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es There are 3 different types of vectorial movements Curve e g a Circle Line e g a triangle Positions going straight away
76. ponibles couleur gobo priseme etc Page 16 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue 7 MOVING HEAD SS ScanL wary 2006 Fle Windows Opto Langue as 6B om ca on DE rus BO Preset lee and nave CEE E aa En Bere E Ten Bite ETE is 1e EME NE Of EE E i E 3 1 AP AA AAPA PA AAAI EE EE MAX Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 17 Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation Il Pour d buter en programmation Overview Une fois le chapitre Bienvenue lu vous devriez avoir une bonne id e de ce que vous allez pouvoir r aliser avec le logiciel Il est maintenant temps de cr er les effets que vous avez dans la t te Ce chapitre explore les fonctions disponibles lors de l ajout de nouveaux projecteurs avec l assistant Nouvelle page Nous verrons ensuite les boutons pr programm s et l utilisation de la fonction Comme l tat actuel des circuits et terminerons avec les raccourcis claviers pour le d clenchement de votre show 1 Ajout de vos projecteurs Le logiciel Sunlite inclut une librairie de plus de 2000 projecteurs dans la plupart des cas vos appareils seront inclus dans la librairie Les appareils sont regroup s par pages dans le logiciel Pour ajouter des appareils allez Menu page Nouvelle page Create a new page Welcome to the New Page wizard
77. r de couleur de gobo allumer une lampe Cycles Un cycle est en fait une cue list permettant d enchainer des sc nes des switchs ou encore d autres cycles Un cycle peut tre utilis pour synchroniser un fichier son WAV MP3 avec des effets lumi re Vous pouvez cr er de nouveaux boutons sc nes switchs partir du menu Bouton du logiciel Ces fonctions seront d crites plus tard dans ce manuel 3 Boutons pr programm s Utilisation des boutons pr programm s A chaque cr ation d une nouvelle page de projecteurs et suivant leur type lyres LED s PAR s etc le logiciel ajoutera des boutons pr programm s qui aideront a la cr ation de vos effets Boutons de mouvement These are generic to all moving heads and scanners These include the CENTER switch which is a fixed position at 50 pan and tilt Movement buttons include both the position and dimmer iris shutter lamp information necessary to display a white open gobo light source wach D Oe ee es Page 26 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Il Pour d buter en programmation Color gobos effects etc Depending on the features of individual lighting fixtures there will be a button that will correspond to every function that a lighting fixture can perform You can visualize most of these in the 3D window The ones that you cannot visualize like macros for example still have a button on the
78. rtcuts here you can set the same shortcut for different fixtures as well as invert the mouse s X and Y inside the Button Editor 5 X Y you can invert the pan tilt channels for each fixture symmetric movement and you can also limit the maximum pan tilt prevent light from hitting walls people etc 6 Change address change the patch for a fixture s starting address 7 Update the library profile of the selected fixture Page Settings Demo Moving Head con 22 le 8 amer moving head d B apa ALY 2 ES hee General moving head ssl Test 2 3 PAGE g 208 225 Mo2 lt z gt moving head Intelligent lighting ed Channels 226 243 Mo3 lt e gt moving head 8 244 261 Mo4 lt r gt moving head Prefix Mol View CE Buttons E Enable FADE function Compression o E Enable SPEED function Po E Enable DIMMER function Extern action and trigg Channel patch 190 a Synchro 3 Trigger Advanced nie y P Sp cial setting N M Group 189 Options A gt s Pe Buttons The Button section allows you to define the font and size of the buttons on your page This is very useful if you need larger buttons because you have a very small screen because you are using a touchscreen monitor etc Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 87 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Page Settings Demo Moving
79. s dont voici la liste 1 Bienvenue Guide de d marrage Pr sentation 2 Programmation de base 3 Programmation interm diaire 4 Programmation avanc e 5 Param tres globaux 6 Annexes Ce manuel pr sente les bases du contr le d clairage suivies par les fonctionnalit s plus avanc es de nos logiciels Nous recommandons aux utilisateurs d butants de lire ce manuel dans son in gralit Les utilisateurs familiers avec le logiciel pourront se contenter des parties interm diaire et avanc es Ce premier chapitre est un aper u g n ral de notre logiciel essentiel si vous tes impatient comme chacun de nous Nous d buterons par l installation du logiciel et des drivers de l interface avant de jouer avec le show de DEMO pour nous familiariser avec le logiciel Ensuite nous verrons comment ajouter des projecteurs au cas o vous ne pourriez attendre Le second chapitre pr sente les fonctions de programmation de base du logiciel A la fin de ce chapitre vous devriez tre capable de programmer un show de qualit Les troisi me et quatri me chapitres d crivent des fonctionnalit s plus avanc es du logiciel pas forc mment compexes Ces connaissances vous permettront de cr er n importe quel show avec vos appareils Le quatri me chapitre d crit rapidement les logiciels et outils disponibles dans le package tels que the logiciel de visualisation 3D Easy View l diteur de librairie ScanLibrary l outil de synchroni
80. s or scanners A master must be selected and the slaves will follow the same point while it is moving The sofware must learn the stahe dimension and the fixtures positions for this function This is possible by recording points on the stage The more points you record the more efficient is the follow spot Here we can define how many points have to be recorded the default value is 25 5 5 Reset 3D Reset SLMM 2 Organisation des fen tres The sofware offers the possibility to split the screen in several windows pages outputs cycles groups Every user can customize the positions and make it easier to use or understand It is possible to display or not some windows to change their positions tabs splitted or to resize them One important thing is the Reset positions function Windows menu that enables to get back to default positions if you can not find a window any more Two options are available reset to default or to tab positions There is also the possibility to lock the screen We recommend to use this function to avoid unattended bad actions Let us see how to arrange the windows and customize the screen Tabs positionning enables to save place on the screen It allows to have a quick access to several windows and have them displayed in a larger size than if the screen was splitted The picture below shows how to modify the position of a window Moving a window requires to click on the title bar of the window and
81. sation multim dia Easy Show et enfin le logiciel Easy Stand Alone pour les applications n cessitant un fonctionnement en autonome de l interface Le cinqui me chapitre montre les param tres de d marrage du logiciel les diverses options d affichage ainsi que les fonctionnalit s de backup et les r f rences du support technique Pour terminer les annexes incluent une br ve desciption des protocoles DMX et MIDI une liste d accessoires disponibles ainsi qu un guide de d pannage Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 1 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue 1 Installation du logiciel et de l interface 1 Installation du logiciel Que vous poss diez un CD d installation ou un programme d installation issu du t l chargement la premi re chose faire est d installer le logiciel Ins rez le CD d installation dans votre ordinateur si vous avez t l charg le logiciel vous pouvez passer au paragraphe suivant Une fois l cran d installation ouvert s lectionnez votre langue et cliquez sur SUIVANT WWWAanicolaudie com Welcome to the new Sunlite CDROM Select your language then click on Next E English computerized lighting controller D gt x Ensuite acceptez l accord de licence et lancez l installation en cliquant sur l icone d installation du logiciel Page 2 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue Sunlite suite 2006 sa
82. section you can basically do 2 things 1 Change the DMX Universe for your page which means shift the addressing by increments of 512 channels 2 Add a Background Image to the Fixture Group window this will allow you to take a picture of your real stage and then place the icons for each fixture over the picture in the appropriate place Page Settings Demo Moving Head General 5 Page name Demo Moving Head A General 4 Channels Shortcut None w A Channels View a Firstchannel 190 Last channel 261 CEE Buttons F Compression i Patch to DMX outputs R All channels have a straight patch Extern action and trigg Synchro First DMX output 702 Last DMX output 773 3 Trigger Advanced Universe mode Universe 2 USB DMX 2 x Choose here the DMX universe for this page Sp cial setting Group Background image for the Fixtures Groups window Options Show this page in Master Beginner Mode Channels The Channels section allows you to change the properties of individual fixtures using the buttons on the top Starting from the left 1 Insert fixture you can insert a new fixture into a page that has already been created Page 86 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 2 Delete fixture 3 Set shortcuts these shortcuts allow you to quickly access the channels for each fixture inside the Button Editor 4 Advanced sho
83. sed at any time to visualize or stop programming in process When you edit a button after clicking it the Play mode is necessarily active since the button itself is active When editing a pre selected button without any prior shift click the Play mode is necessarily inactive since the button itself is inactive NB It is essential to stop the Play mode to modify the EasyTime time sheet EasyTime Loop function If Loop mode is activated a time sheet will be played over and over again If Loop mode is off it will just be played once and each channel will remain unchanged and set on the latest value specified in the time sheet NB If EasyTime programming time is the same for all the channels they all end up in the same line then the loops will be identically recurrent if at some point in the time sheet two channels have a similar value then two hours and a few minutes or seconds later they will have this value again simultaneously channels are always synchronized If EasyTime programming time is different for all the channels not all of them end up in the same line then they will not recur simultaneously each channel will work independently each channel behaves as if it had its own loop and stands totally de synchronized This function is extremely powerful if de synchronized channels are used you will get seemingly random combinations which are ideal if you wish to brightly illuminate l
84. simplement sur SUIVANT a toutes les tapes nous verrons plus tard leur fonction Et voil Vous avez maintenant vos 2 pages DEMO MOVING HEAD et celle de vos projecteurs Supposant que vos projecteurs sont adress s correctement tout ce qui est visible sur l cran du logiciel 3D devrait tre effectu par vos appareils Si vous rencontrez des probl mes et pensez avoir bien param tr rendez vous la section d pannage avant d entrer en contact avec notre service technique Continuez donc lire ce manuel afin de vous familiariser avec des fonctionnalit s de plus en plus avanc es et ainsi profiter des nombreuses possibilit s offertes par le logiciel 4 Pr sentation du package Le chapitre suivant pr sente un aper u du package Sunlite Le but tant de vous pr senter rapidement les nombreux potentiels du logiciel Easy View Notre logiciel de visualisation 3D montre vos projecteurs tels qu ils seraient s ils taient connect s votre ordinateur C est l id al pour pr parer votre show la maison ou au bureau Vous pouvez cr er votre propre sc ne ajouter des objets des textures Il est aussi possible d enregistrer une vid o de votre sc ne en action prendre des photos ou encore imprimer des plans de feu en 2D Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 13 Sunlite 2006 I Bienvenue r TT AT ES SE AV AN TATAN AT 9 F TEL Ay Aik eu es NN AE ART CW RE PAL wai 7 AVAN te i I
85. t you want to change the gobo without fading in the same scene The gobo channel must be programmed with the ON OFF mode or the FADE function Page Settings window must be disable on this channel 4 D clenchements externes Page 70 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 4 1 MIDI Easy Console 4 1 1 EasyConsole what is it EasyConsole is a new powerful tool for LIVE control It allows users to connect any MIDI controller to the software and assign numerous features to it It is possible to control the speed or size of a sequence jump from page to page select a particular button freeze all DMX channels and many others Once your show has been programmed with the software it is very easy to assign it to the MIDI controller s faders and buttons This is an incredibly powerful tool that will both save users time and allow a more precise control during Live applications The following image is an example of a MIDI controller with rotating buttons and faders all of which can be perfectly assigned to work with our software Console B CONTRAOL b FACE aCE2000 fili 1111 BIR bial LI iii rte LLLI hadith kerri ji wW ie bbuil iel WU LU a ype yy IN itil TT Mmtilul UUNS EEE pry yt i 6 7 8 USD MO CONTROLL EA r DS s een Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Pa
86. ting time slot to Unsettled time Sunset al M a Al A Repetition OHO1 Ra Date Everyday One day O Settings First of all we must click on Enable to modifiy the settings Several options are available to trigger a button scene switch or cycle Appointed time Select what time you want to start your button Repeating time slot Imagine you want to start the same sequence every 30 minutes from 10 am to 3 pm You must setup 10H00 in the From box then 15H00 in the to box and finally OH30 in the Repetition box Unsettled time Sunset Imagine you want to start a cycle every day following the sunset You must use this option to do so First select the Date1 first day and the Date2 last day Imagine you want to start your sequence at 15H00 the first day and at 21H00 the last day you must setup 15H00 in the Time1 box and 21H00 in the Time2 box The software will calculate the time for every day Do not forget to specify UP or DOWN UP means that the triggering time will increase every day until the Time2 DOWN means it will decrease Page 80 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es 4 5 Contacts secs A 10 pin connector is available on the USB DMxX interface and makes possible to send 8 different contacts to the software The reference of the connector is HE 10 male You don t need to send any power to the connec
87. tor You only have to create a contact between the pin 2 ground and the other 8 pins please note that the pin 10 is not used Several things can be triggered by ports Buttons triggering Button Settings General Ta Trigger 3 Time mej Cycle Trigger Trigger key Trigger key Trigger Available only in First Class C OMY input Input parks 3 PORTI vif C Flash mode 1 MEXT 2 PREVIOUS 5 Midi notes 3 Boxi PORTI 4 PORTE PORTS Cl Active only when the pdg PORT4 Active only when the p i eae q PORT 10 Boxl PORTS Pr 11 Box NEXT OK Cancel le Boxe PREVIOU Cycles triggering It is possible to trigger the playback function of the cycles in a page To do that we must open the Page Settings window and go to the Trigger tab Several options are available play and stop the current cycle jump to previous and next steps Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 81 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Page Settings Demo Moving Head Ea General 4 Channels BG Buttons Synchro ms Trigger Options M Group E Compression A Available only in First Class F Name Key DMXinpu Midi Midi Pots I 1 Start the cycle named SYNCHRO T No ri 1 Tal i T 2 Boxi Portsi 7 2 Re start the current cycle F No G2 Mat 2 sb M 3 Go to the next scene PGDN key
88. tres g n raux 1 Param tres de d marrage The software has several global parameters ethernet audio midi outputs that are loaded at startup These settings can be modified by the user with the Starting parameters window To open it go to the Controller menu and select Starting parameters 3 sections are available Hardware Options and Other Here is a description of the different settings available Outputs The sofware can control up to 50 universes simultaneously depending on the version This section enables to patch these universes to the outputs USB DMX interface IP_DMX or ethernet Every universe has to be linked to a single output If you wnat to control your lights 2048 channels with the Art Net protocol you should have to specify universe 1 on PC Ethernet 1 output universe 2 on PC Ethernet 2 and so on DMX inputs It is possible to connect any DMX controller to the software depening on the version to control some features like SPEED DIMMER to start buttons or to record a sequence 10 universes can be linked to the sofware and must be patched in this section Ethernet network The SLNETWORK feature enables to control DMX interfaces that are connecte to another computer in the same network This function must be enabled in this section by selecting the Activate Network facility option There is also the possibility to setup the IP address of the slave computer Protections It is possible to enab
89. ull down menu as shown in the picture above Page 90 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es Demo Color changer x er al h A some versions may not be able to run this function T General P use Name Synchro Key DMX input Midi Channels MidiNote eh Channels 1 Start the cycle named SYNCHRO no Lam Ta El gt Bo D 2 Re start the current cycle No 2 la Ne 3 Bo 3 Goto the next scene PGDN key No i 3 Fa O3 4 Bo I 4 Goto the previous scene PGUP key Cno D4 la lr 4 5 Bo 5 Pause the current cycle No Os Ma ls 6 Be I 6 Play the current cycle No C FA Oe 7 Bo ti mem Buttons 7 Stop the current cycle No 7 A C7 at Compression 8 Not used No ETB Fa les Page dimmer No O9 Ma is Page dimmer Mj Cgo ame fl Fito A Page dimmer E EET CA Di Extern action and trigg A T Page speed T D 12 Fa M12 Page speed O D 13 Fa 13 2 Synchro Page speed CO C 14 Fa M14 Tor Page size 5 Dis Da Mis 3 gg Page size C M 16 Da 16 Advanced Page size a DO 17 Fa 17 Sp cial setting is M Group JONLY If this option is selected all settings will wor cle named SYNCHRO oe Ports infos Advanced The Advanced section allows you to assign MIDI commands to a different properties within the page Notice that the 2006 software allows right clicking from the controller page and do a simple LINK TO MIDI
90. utter etc 2 You can use a maximum of 512 channels for every DMX line 3 There is a value from 0 to 255 assigned to every DMX channel Important about Sunlite and lighting fixtures 1 When you tell your Sunlite controller what kind of lighting fixtures you are using Sunlite will know exactly how your fixtures work and what DMX distribution they have 2 This allows Sunlite to show preprogrammed buttons on the screen corresponding to every function that the lighting fixture can perform 1 button for white color a different button for red 1 button for every gobo for every macro etc 3 To begin programming lighting effects using Sunlite all you need to do is click on preprogrammed buttons 4 Because of its visual interface and simplicity to program thousands of users worldwide have chosen Sunlite as their preferred lighting controller Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 101 Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes 2 Accessories The following is a list of accessories that can be used along with our software and interfaces It is not a comprehensive list but it should give you a good idea of where to start looking IO Ports and Power Supplies Jameco USA 112547CH Multicolor Ribbon Cable 32491CH Socket Connector 252793CH Power Adapter Keypads Search online for 8 key common or 12 key common You can use any custom built switch given that you only need to make simple contact closures even a
91. w Page 66 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es New Page Open archive Save archive Alt N Alt O Duplicate Rename Delete Regenerate pre programmed buttons Page Settings 2 lt a gt SP1ux 7 3 lt a gt SP1Y 4 lt a gt SP1uY 7 5 SP1Color 6 SP1Gobol 7 SP1RotGobo 8 SP1Gobo2 9 SP1Shutter 10 SP1Dimmert 11 SP1Focus 12 SP1Prism 13 SP1Special 14 SP1Movement 15 SP1Speed 16 SP Laser 17 32 SP2 lt 2 gt SPOT 575 5 D 204 2e OS CE OS AS OS CAS AS CAS OS CS CS CE SPOT 575 Arrange buttons gt Live toolbar Page gt Display gt Print gt Print preview Display the page Intelligent lighting SPOT 575 SSL Channel name Ca Ble p Enable FADE function fe M Ennes Crfanction 7 Enable DIMMER function Channel patch 1 1 1 1 1 10 80 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 40 60 BR 33 AN GP SPNT 576 6 M 1 gt PU Straight patch o Straight patch with min max settings 7 Channel patched to lower output B Channel patched to upper output es Channels patched to several outputs fe Channel not patched to output Cancel Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 67 Sunlite 2006 IV Programmation avanc es All the channels of our page are listed in the list
92. y the speed property without editing the button Even when the fader position is saved for each button none of these changes are saved inside the original program You should see a SPEED fader in preprogrammed buttons that control movement color wheel rotation gobo rotation strobe etc The Dimmer function This function allows you to modify easily the DMX level of certain channels in real time You should see Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 53 Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire a DIMMER fader on preprogrammed buttons like Dimmer Zoom Iris Focus etc These faders allow you to modify the DMX values for those particular channels without using the button Editor You can also use this function with conventional lighting PAR etc Such a button would allow to modify the beam intensity in real time for one or any group of fixtures included in the button Example Imagine you want to create a switch that controls dimmer levels from 100 to 200 DMX values with a fader First create a new switch Button New Switch and call it Dimmer 100 200 Make sure you create an EMPTY switch and that you DO NOT link all channels to Dimmer or EasyStep Then edit this button by clicking on Edit from the Button menu Once inside the Editor you can assign the Dimmer function purple button on the bottom left hand corner to any or all the channels within the page If you assign the Dimmer propert
93. y using the mouse s left click you will see a full Dimmer with maximum 100 and minimum 0 255 0DMX If you right click to assign the Dimmer however you can define the minimum and maximum levels for that channel Set the minimum and maximum levels to 100 and 200 DMX respectively then close the Editor and save changes You now have a button that can control a dimmer between DMX values 100 to 200 You can use the Toolbar Dimmer fader to change this value if you want Page 54 Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Sunlite 2006 Ill Programmation interm diaire You can also add a small fader to the button To do this select your new button nnd go to Button menu Button Settings Dimmer Speed tab Then select Show the Dimmer fader Draw the fader on the button Use the minimum and maximum levels of each channel There you go now you have a button with a fader that controls the DMX output between 100 and 200 for a particular channel only You can verify the DMX signal from the OUTPUTS window black area at the bottom of the controller Setting minimum and maximum dimmer levels is necessary for example when using a channel controlling a shutter e g Blackout from 0 to 99 Dimmer from 100 to 200 and Strobe from 201 to 255 This way you can have several faders within the same channel each controlling a particular fragment of the whole DMX range The Size function This function allows you to in
94. you can see the DMX output for the controller You can force a channel to have a particular output from this window apart from the signal coming from your scenes and switches If your buttons don t seem to work make sure all channels have the AUTO property assigned right click at the base of the channel to change this property Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 105 Sunlite 2006 VI Annexes cannot find my pages If some of your page windows disappeared from your screen simply go to Windows menu Reset Positions Reset to tabs You can also read Windows Positioning under the General Settings chapter for more information Fixtures going crazy 1 DMX addresses Make sure the addresses for your lighting fixtures are the same as those defined within the software controller You can check the addresses in the controller from the PAGE menu then SETTINGS then CHANNELS 2 Fixture profiles libraries Sometimes fixtures have different modes that increase the number of channels or swap them around Make sure you are using the right profile for your fixtures 3 DMX cable If you are still having problems try using a different cable make sure it is a good one 5 R capitulatif des commandes R gie Ouvrir une archive Page Ouvrir archive Sauver une archive Page Sauver archive Gel des circuits Page Barre d outil Live Page F12 R glage rapide du niveau des Page

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