Quick start v1
WORKING IN AN UPDATED MANUAL FOR R08
New R06/R07 & R08 features and changes are not reflected in the following manual
INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS
App start with an standard schema designed to acomodate in a low res display...
If you encounter problems on start... try to "Clear data" on Android Settings > Applications > Manage Application... and Restart App
Initial configuration will be loaded and all data will be cleared (exept "fixtures_libs" folder and its content) * see below.
In fact, this method is a secure method to start app from zero if something happend during periodical updates or if something corrupt settings files.
Ok, push Menu > Set and choice your visual schema. (in example for an HTC Desire... 18/11/3/21)
Schema is number of elements that your device can acomodate in the screen.
Also, in this page, set Broadcast address (that can be a Broadcast address or a Single IP of your Art-net Network or Art-net Device)
then set Sub-Net and Universe to broadcast.
At this point, note that Broadcasting is not allways enabled on all Routers or Access Point... if this is the case, you must cange your Router settings or simply unicast to your Art-net Node
Eventually Check "Screen Always ON" if you want leave screen always ON.
Push Apply... App will restarted and you will see the new schema
This App save all changes in order to recuperate it if you leave the application and return to it.
Is recomended that you save a Cleaned Instance of the App to recall it when you need to start by zero. (settings parameter will be remain).
To do this.
Menu > File > Write: Default, or Initial data, or wherever you want... > then Save
LET'S GO
By Default, all 512 channels works as HTP priority.
Only if you Patch one Fixture, you will work with some parameters as LTP and 16bits resolution on certains parameters.
PATCHING
Patching is not necessarily if you are only controlling conventional lights.
Patching is only required If you are using one or more complex fixture/s.
Press Menu > Patch > Lib
Know about libs ... here
Choice your fixture
When Lib are correctly loaded, Mode/s will be showed on next field
Choice correctly mode for your fixture
Set start dmx address
Set number of fixtures of that type that you are trying to patch
Set ID (at moment, just to identify fixture)
Press "Patch it"*
App will automatic increase dmx address and ID
*this process can take some time in some devices depend of the fixture, number of fixtures and complexity of the patch.
On finish; all fixtures will be showed on Patched Fixtures combo-box
You can unpatch fixture by fixture or unpatch all fixtures but, at moment (R05), no editing is possible.
So if you want to change something in patch you must to unpatch first.
Patch order is important, because this order is the same that will be showed on fixture control window.
BASES
The Filosophy of this App is that all can be accessible with just two or three clicks
For this purpose 5 tabs (Programmer, Submasters, Cuelists, PlayBack Overrays and Keyboard) are permanently visible in order to quickly call diferent parts of the show
Fixture Control is accessible whereever you are and is accesible Clicking on App icon. Also Grand-Master and clear button is always visible.
Some elements has double functionality when you touch or when you touch & hold
Priority Output is like this:
1st - Programer
2nd - PB Overray Buttons
3th - Subs & Cuelist (Mix with them when htp. So biggest value take output AND LTP Priority on Submaster when value is greatest then 0)
Fixtures control windows acts directly to Programmer so is in the 1st priority output.
Keyboard acts directly to programmer too
Common Elements
- Icon App:
When touch Fixture Control appear
When Touch&Hold Node Mode Start (see below)
- Grand Master:
Gm is always visible throught all the TABS and reacts for all HTP parameters but no reacts for LTP and for PB Overray Buttons
Grand Master Affects HTP on the output level, but no when you are recording values, so you can set GM at 0% and program it in a pseudo BLIND mode.
- CLEAR Button
When touch all parameters in the programmer will be cleared.
When Touch&Hold to clear PlayBack Overray output
Prog (Programmer)
Where you can play directly with channels...
Programmer take preference over PB Ov ,Subs & Cuelist so any value here highest than 0 will overray the output...
You can move around all 512 dmx channels thru differents pages and set all required channels.
- Simple or Complex selection
First button on Prog TAB
On Simple Select Mode, just set faders one by one
On Multi-Select Mode, you can set multiple faders at once setting just the first one...
Ideally to manage led panels or fixtures groups.
On touch change betwen Simple to Multi-Select Mode
When Touch&Hold Multi-Select Config dialog appears
Multi-Select Config
On "Every": Set Channels that you want to jump (channels by fixture)
On "By": Set number of times that you want repeat the selection (number of fixtures)
On example 3x5 ( 5 RGB Fixtures (3 channels each one))
TIP: In order to accurate value, touch Channel and adjust it with the TrackPad where avalaible
Submasters.
Group of channels with their values that reacts as HTP priority.
To record Set all desired clannels on Programmer Touch REC Button... Touch CLEAR.... Move Submaster
To Delete... Clear the Programmer (CLEAR)... Touch REC Button (The idea is that if you record nothing Mem will be deleted)
To Edit....Optionally Clear the Programmer.... Touch and HOLD REC Button (content of submaster will be loaded on the programmer)... Edit Parameters on Channels (Programmer)... Touch REC... Then CLEAR
You can tag your submaster via Touch&Hold on submaster number
Rec Buttons change to Flash when you go from Rec to Play Mode through Menu option ( Play | Rec )
Cuelists
Each cuelists is divided in tree rows
1st row is Play Row where you can set htp levels and Play or pause cues
2nd row is Edit Row where you can Create new cue for cuelist, Insert, update and delete
3th ros is Time and cuelists sets
There are few concepts that is important to understand:
Active cue = is the cue that is actually showed , it's showed on 1st row fader and controlled by cuelist fader
Next cue = is the cue that we can edit before Play, it's showed under Play Button and is the cue that receive all changes (Update, delete, time and cue name change)
Cue create
Set all desired parameters on programmer*, select "New" on desired cuelist and touch ">>".
cue will be created as CUE X and showed on "Next cue" zone
*In cuelist channels can be Zero value so you can include a Blackout in cueList (Tracking must be unchecked, of course)
Cue Play-Pause
Select the desired CUE that you want to Play
Set the desired Time (by default 3sec) this time will be recorded for this cue for future use
Touch Play button
Cue will be showed on 1st Row
Optionally you can Pause it touching Play again
Clear Cue (Leave cuelist output empty)
Touch & Hold PLAY button
Active cue will be cleared
Load Cue to programmer
Select cue that you want to load on programmer (Showed on "Next Cue")
Touch & Hold Cue on 2nd ROW
Rename Cue
Select cue that you want to rename (Showed on "Next Cue")
Touch & Hold Cuelist number
BUTTON ">>"
This button is an action executor and affect to "Next cue"
There are 4 possible actions
NEW = Create new Cue (Will be added on last position)
UPDATE = Will Update "Next Cue"
INSERT = Create new Cue and Insert BEFORE "Next cue"
DELETE = Delete "Next cue"
TRACKING
When enabled (by default) "Next cue" will be added to cuelist output without changing values that are not included on "Next cue"... All parameters will follow cuelist until one of them change with value greatest than zero
When disabled all parameters included on "Active cue" will be changed to "Next cue" values
AUTO LOOP
Auto-play all cuelist until auto loop will be uncheked or Play-pause will be pressed
Individual cue time will be overrided to commond time
When auto loop is playing time can be adjusted for all the cuelist
TIME + -
Increase o decrease "cue next" IN time and "Active cue" OUT time or change loop time in fractions of 0.2sec ...
PlayBacks Overray buttons
Can be two types (Single or Switchable)
- Single (Soft Grey): When Touched; Parameters will put (with predefined Time IN) on the output bus until other PB Button override it or Touch&Hold Clear will be pressed
- Switchable (Grey or Yellow): Same as Single but you can switch off it to a predefined Level with a predefined Time OUT.
Recording, Editing, Deleting and Setting Play-Backs
- Recording:
Set programmer > Touch Rec Button > Touch PB to record > Clear Programmer
- Deleting:
Clear Programmer > Record Nothing on PB
- Editing:
Eventually clear Programmer > Touch & Hold Rec Button > Touch PB that you want to LOAD on programmer > Modify programmer > Re-Record PB (or no)
Setting Play-Backs:
Touch&Hold a PB Button.
Write a name for your PB Button and choice if you want it as Single or Switchable
When Single only Name and Fade IN are Avalaible
Just choice Fade IN time in Seconds (no point is necessarely, 0 sec by default (INSTANT))
Use + and - as a easy way to increment or reduce second by second
When Switchable all options are avalaible
Choice Fade IN & Fade OUT (Of course can be differents values)
Use + and - as a easy way to increment or reduce second by second
Eventually choice min value in % as value when you switch Off the PB instead of 0.
If Min Value is 0 All parameters will be out to previous values.
f.example
On a shutter parameter(ch25) where 100% is strobo, 10% is open and 0% is close.
-Rec a PB button with ch25 at full
-Make it as a Switchable > FadeIN 0sec > FadeOUT 0sec > Min Value at 10%
-Switch PB ON and OFF in order to activate or deactivate Strobo without close Shutter
TIP: In order to accurate value, touch Min Value and adjust it with the TrackPad where avalaible
Keyboard
Act as an standard Light-Desk Keyboard in Avab RPN Mode so First...number... then CH ( 1 ch 10 Thru 100 LEVEL)
*I know that not all the people feel fine with RPN mode (for me is more cleaned and more faster)... I'm opened to change it if people request it
Orders will be placeds on Channels tab (programmer) and some orders affect directly to Channels state...
For example "All 50@" : will affect all active channels on programmer... setting their parameters at 50%
In the same way "+%" and "-%" : will add or substract 5% to all active channels on the programmer.
Also you can write more complex orders from keyboard using "THRU" , "+" and "-"
"CE" Will clear last parameter
"C" Will clear all the line
When an order is admited, It will be placed on Repeat Log in order to recuperate it when you need it (Log will be cleared on next reboot).
TIP: In order to set values as 0-255 values instead of % , touch and hold "@"
exsmple: "All 245" then touch&hold "@" will set all active channels at 245
FIXTURE CONTROL WINDOW
Accessible touching Icon app near GrandMaster
All parameters changed from here will be placed on the programmer
You must have something correctly patched in order to play with it
On first row:
You can see all your patched fixtures sorted by patch order
you can select one by one or simply touch&hold first fixture and then select last fixture
Parameters will change depends of selected fixture and allways will show the Last selected fixture parameters
All selected fixtures reacts as relative parameters value exept for dimmer value that is Absolute
On second row:
Add button :
this button will add new selected group on the select list
Touch & Hold for Delete a group
Select:
List of selected fixtures... "ALL" and "main fixtures groups" are protected... and created by default. Others are user groups that can be created or deleted.
Touch & hold "Select" combo to Unselect All fixtures
Macro:
List of fixture macros (provided by Libraries)
On third row:
Fine : to fine adjust fixture parameters
Fan : To easily change parameters symmetrically... better if you try it... this function must be tuned in future releases but now is perfectly functionally
Home : to easily set fixture on start point
Clear : to clear selected fixtures
Touch&hold to clear ALL fixtures selected or unselected
Dimmer and virtuals encoders
Here you need to know how encoders work
Touch & slide (without release) over encoder surface to increase or decrease value (UP or LEFT to increase value, DOWN or Right to decrease).
More distance from center of the encoder means more speed increase or decrease depend of the direccion....
If you slide your finger to center of the encoder speed decrease.
Also, Touch & Hold on parameter name to easily clear this parameter
OTHERS
DMX Test
As the name say this is to quick test DMX channels at predefined level.
Touch "+" button to start test on DMX Channel 1
Test allways start at +-80% in order to take care of the lamps, but can be changed during test.
If you want to Jump to a determinate dmx channel, > Touch Ready > Write channel > Touch "..."
DMX Test act directly on Programmer.
Play | Rec
As name say, Switch between Play or Rec Mode : On Play mode PB Rec button will be disabled , Submasters Rec buttons will be changed to Flash Buttons and Action & ">>" cue buttons will be disabled.
Node Mode
Start when Touch&Hold icon app near grandmaster.
In Node Mode no output is possible, App sets as a node and capture all dmx packets on the Net that is sended to actual universe and sub-net... captures will be reflexed on the programmer and can be recorded following normal method.
Be sure that your main controller are sending dmx packets to your device*.
*Some HTC devices are not allowed to receive broadcast (see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8407 ) so ArtpollReply is never sended because Artpoll never arrive. In this case, Unicast to your Device from Controller.