Quick start v1

WORKING IN AN UPDATED MANUAL FOR R08

Manual v1 R07/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.

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.

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

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.