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grandMA2 User Manual
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Introduction
About this manual
System requirements grandMA2 onPC
Installation of grandMA2 onPC
Help from MA technical support
Safety Information
Symbols used
Intended use
Dangers caused by electric current
General safety instructions
Device Overview
grandMA2 console
grandMA2 replay unit (RPU)
grandMA2 fader wing
MA onPC command wing
MA onPC fader wing
System Overview
Standalone systems
Network systems
What is the replay unit (RPU)
What is the network processing unit (NPU)
What is the MA video processing unit (VPU)
What is the network dimmer processor (NDP)
What is MA 3D
What are the MA nodes
Parameters vs. DMX channels
Parameter expansion
Big systems
Media systems and CITP
First Steps
Unpack the device
Check scope of delivery
Position the device
Connect power
Connect desk lamps
Connect external screens
Connect USB mouse and USB keyboad
Connect DMX
Connect sound
Connect SMPTE (LTC)
Connect Ethernet
Connect analog remote control
Connect grandMA2 fader wing
Setup your PC
Turn on the console the first time
Keys & Buttons on the Console
Key overview
>>> [GoFastForward]
<<< [GoFastBack]
. [Dot]
Align
Assign
At
Backg [Background]
Backup
Blind
Bt Pg +
Bt Pg -
B.O. [Blackout]
Channel
Ch Pg +
Ch Pg -
Clear
Copy
Cue
Del [Delete]
Down
Edit
Effect
[Encoder]
Esc
Exec [Executor]
Executor Buttons
Fd Pg +
Fd Pg -
Fix
Fixture
Freeze
Full
Go + [small]
Go + [large]
Go - [small]
Go - [large]
Goto
Group
Help
Highlt [Highlight]
If
Keyboard
Learn
List
MA
Macro
[Minus] -
Mouse
Move
Next
[Numeric]
Off
On
Oops
Page
Pause [small]
Pause [large]
Please
[Plus] +
Preset
Prev [Previous]
Prvw [Preview]
Select
Sequ [Sequence]
Set
Setup
Solo
Store
Temp
Thru
Time
Top
Tools
Up
Update
User 1
User 2
View
U1 - U4
V1 - V10
X1 - X20
Workspace
User interface
Screen layout
User-defined area
Command line
X-Key labels
View buttons
Master section
Time control
Encoder bar
Preset control bar
Encoder toolbar
Encoder settings
Command wing bar
Command section
Mini executor bar
Work with views
Touch gestures
Calculator
Info
Oops and undo
Colors
System
Marker
Cue
Text indicators and symbols
Icons
Keyboard shortcuts
Turn on or turn off the keyboard shortcuts
Edit keyboard shortcuts
Add or delete keyboard shortcuts
Export or import keyboard shortcuts
Windows in General
Create and manage basic windows
Clear the screen or delete windows
Command Syntax and Keywords
General syntax rules
Helping keywords
Object keywords
Function keywords
All keywords
Special characters
<<< [GoFastBack]
>>> [GoFastForward]
- [Minus]
+ [Plus]
AddUserVar
AddVar
Agenda
Alert
Align
AlignFaderModules
All
AllButtonExecutors
AllChaseExecutors
AllFaderExecutors
AllRows
AllSequExecutors
And
Appearance
Asterisk *
Assign
At
At @
Attribute
AutoCreate
Backup
Black
Blackout
BlackScreen
Blind
BlindEdit
Block
ButtonPage
Call
Camera
ChangeDest
Channel
ChannelFader
ChannelLink
ChannelPage
Chat
CircularCopy
Clear
ClearActive
ClearAll
ClearSelection
Clone
CmdDelay
CmdHelp
Copy
CrashLogCopy
CrashLogDelete
CrashLogList
Crossfade
CrossfadeA
CrossfadeB
Cue
Cut
Default
DefGoBack
DefGoForward
DefGoPause
Delay
Delete
DeleteShow
DisconnectStation
Dmx
Dollar $
DmxUniverse
Dot .
DoubleRate
DoubleSpeed
Down
DropControl
Edit
Effect
EffectAttack
EffectBPM
EffectDecay
EffectDelay
EffectFade
EffectForm
EffectHigh
EffectHZ
EffectID
EffectLow
EffectPhase
EffectSec
EffectSpeedGroup
EffectWidth
Empty
EndIf
EndSession
Escape
ExecButton1
ExecButton2
ExecButton3
Executor
Exit
Export
Extract
Fade
FadePath
Fader
FaderPage
Feature
Filter
Fix
Fixture
FixtureType
Flash
FlashGo
FlashOn
Flip
Form
Freeze
Full
FullHighlight
Gel
Go
GoBack
Goto
Group
HalfRate
HalfSpeed
Help
Highlight
IdentifyFaderModule
If
IfActive
IfOutput
IfProg
Image
Import
Info
Insert
Interleave
Invert
InviteStation
Item3D
JoinSession
Kill
Label
Layer
Layout
Learn
LeaveSession
List
ListEffectLibrary
ListFaderModules
ListLibrary
ListMacroLibrary
ListOops
ListOwner
ListPluginLibrary
ListShows
ListUpdate
ListUserVar
ListVar
Load
LoadNext
LoadPrev
LoadShow
Locate
Lock
Login
Logout
Lua
Macro
ManualXFade
Mask
Master
MasterFade
MAtricks
MAtricksBlocks
MAtricksFilter
MAtricksGroups
MAtricksInterleave
MAtricksReset
MAtricksWings
MediaServer
Menu
Message
Messages
MidiControl
MidiNote
MidiProgram
Model
Move
Move3D
NetworkInfo
NetworkNodeInfo
NetworkNodeUpdate
NetworkSpeedTest
NewShow
Next
NextRow
Normal
Off
On
Oops
Or
OutDelay
OutFade
Page
Parentheses ( )
Park
Part
Paste
Pause
Plugin
PMArea
Preset
PresetType
Preview
PreviewEdit
PreviewExecutor
Previous
PrevRow
Profile
Protocol
PSR
PSRList
PSRPrepare
Quotation marks " "
Rate
Rate1
RdmAutomatch
RdmAutopatch
RdmFixtureType
RdmInfo
RdmList
RdmSetParameter
RdmSetpatch
RdmUnmatch
Reboot
Record
Release
ReloadPlugins
Remote
RemoteCommand
Remove
RemoveIndividuals
Replace
ResetDmxSelection
ResetGuid
Restart
Root
Rotate3D
SaveShow
Screen
Search
SearchResult
Select
SelectDrive
Selection
SelFix
Semicolon ;
Sequence
SetHostname
SetIP
SetNetworkSpeed
Setup
SetUserVar
SetVar
ShuffleSelection
ShuffleValues
Shutdown
SnapPercent
Slash /
Solo
SpecialMaster
Square brackets [ ]
Speed
StepFade
StepInFade
StepOutFade
Stomp
Store
StoreLook
Surface
Swop
SwopGo
SwopOn
SyncEffects
TakeControl
Telnet
Temp
TempFader
Thru
Timecode
TimecodeSlot
Timer
ToFull
Toggle
Tools
Top
ToZero
Unblock
Unlock
Unpark
Up
Update
UpdateFirmware
UpdateSoftware
UpdateThumbnails
User
UserProfile
Value
Version
View
ViewButton
ViewPage
WebRemoteProgOnly
With
World
Zero
Work with lists
Object list
Selection list
Executor list
Attribute list
Station list
Using the Backup Menu
New show
Load show
Save show
Save show as...
Delete shows
Using a USB stick
Setting up a file server
Partial show read
ASCII show read
grandMA2 to grandMA3 show file converter
Single User and Multi User Systems
The difference between a single user and a multi user system
Create user profiles and users
User settings
Login
Networking
What is networking
Set the IP address in the console
Set the IP address in the onPC
Using DHCP in MA devices
Session control
How to create a session
Protecting the session and station
Adding devices to the session
How to end or leave a session
Session collision
Getting DMX in and out of the system
Setting up DMX ports on MA devices
Network DMX protocols
What affects my DMX output?
Using CITP
Streaming CITP
Thumbnail exchange
PosiStageNet (PSN)
FTP connection to console and NPU
Patching, DMX, and Fixture Setup
What are channels & fixtures
Attributes
DMX break
What is 3D and stage setup
Adding fixtures to the show
Delete fixtures from the show
Working with layers
Multipatching
Live patching
DMX sheet
DMX testing
DMX and parameter lists
Universe pool
Stage view
Virtual 3D cameras
Position fixtures in the 3D stage
Auto calibrate fixture positions
Basic Fixture Types
What are attributes, features & preset types
ColorMix vs. MixColor
Different fixture types
Conventional
LED
Mirror
Moving lights
Media server
Virtual fixtures
Operate Fixtures
Channel sheet
Fixture sheet
Sheet options
Tools
Layer mask
Display
Title buttons
Assign executor
Mask (local)
Layers in sheets
Channel sheet and fixture sheet
Sequence content and sequence tracking sheet
What is the programmer
Encoder grouping
Using the color picker
Using the shaper dialog
Using the smart view
Edit a channel or fixture
Pools in General
Manage pool objects
Adjust pool options
Call modes
Groups
Create groups
Auto create groups
Using groups when programming
Choose copy method
Change specific group colors
Group masters
Presets
What are special modes
Preset pools
Preset pool "Dynamic"
Create presets
Preset pool options
Create preset reference
Auto create presets
Auto create additional presets
Embedded presets
Edit presets
Update presets
Delete presets
Cues and Sequences
What are cues and sequences
Looking at the cue sequence
Store cues
Store options and defaults
Cue timings
Renumber cues
Delete cues
Playing back cues
Looking at the cue content
Update cues
What is tracking
What is MIB
Sequence mini executor
Commands in cues
Executors
What are executors
Executors on the screens
Assign a function
Looking at the active executors
Common executor options
Advanced Sequence Functionality
Using different view sets in the sheets
Working with MIB
Using cue modes
Cue zero
Sequence info window
Looping cues
Cue path
Advanced Executor Functionality
Executor pages
Channel pages
Executor options
Masters window
Special masters
Default masters
Grand masters
Speed masters
Rate masters
Playback masters
Clone
Clone in user interface
Examples
Clone presets
Search and Replace
Search
Replace
Image Pool
Import images and videos
Image limitations & guidelines for symbols
Supported file formats
Delete images and videos
Layouts
Create a layout
Layout pool options
Edit layout
Layout view options
Worlds, Filters and Masks
What are worlds
Create worlds
Auto create worlds
Use worlds when programming
What are filters
Create filters
Use filters when programming
Use temporary filters
What are masks
Create masks
Use masks in the sheets
Apply worlds or filters to executors and sequences
MAtricks
MAtricks toolbar
MAtricks pool
MAtricks interleave
MAtricks blocks
MAtricks wings
MAtricks groups
Chasers
Create a chaser
Chaser settings
Chaser mini executor
Effects
Use predefined effects
Use template and selective effects
Create an effect in the programmer
Create an effect that uses presets
Create effect forms
Pool options
Effects in a cue
Assign effect to executor
Live edit an effect
Running effects
Update effects
Delete effects
Bitmap Fixture
Import bitmap fixture
Apply bitmap fixture in the layout
Control bitmap fixture
Edit bitmap fixture
Example
Priorities for bitmap effects
Disable bitmap for fixtures
XYZ
XYZ vs. pan/tilt
XYZ and pan/tilt in cues and sequences
Use stage markers
Link objects to stage markers in MA 3D
Remote Controlling the System
Remote input
MIDI show control (MSC)
Web remote
Telnet remote
Decimal – hex table
Timecode
What is timecode and timecode shows
Record a timecode show
Edit a timecode show
Playing back a timecode show
Organize the show with multiple timecode shows
Timer
Timer pool
Timer pool options
Agenda
What is agenda
Create an appointment in the agenda
Macros
What are macros
Manually create a macro
Use variables
Create pop-ups
Conditional expressions
Macro timing
Record a macro
Edit a macro
Command line interaction
Assign a macro to a key
Example macros
Plugins
What is Lua
Edit plugins
Partial Show Read
What is partial show read (PSR)
How to do a PSR
RDM
Turn RDM on
Match RDM devices
Auto patch RDM devices
Work with RDM parameters
Work with RDM sensors
Configure RDM notifications
Use the RDM sheet
Unmatch RDM devices
Splitters and mergers that support RDM
Turn RDM off
RDM specific keywords
DMX Profiles
Other System Tools
Message center
Help
Clock
Sound input window
VPU pixel mapper view
Network dimmer
Views
Errors
Readout
Edit properties of a rack
Edit a module
Desk status
Performance window
System monitor
Export and Import
Export by using command line
Export by using user interface
Import by using command line
Import by using user interface
Import predefined objects
Update the Software
Update via setup
Format a USB stick for Linux
Update or factory reset via boot menu
Restart from Linux
Advanced Fixture Types
Anatomy of a fixture type
Module manager
Instance manager
Wheel manager
Attribute & Encoder Grouping
grandMA2 onPC Details
Control the MA NDPs
Add the MA NDPs
Configure the MA NDPs
Delete the MA NDPs
Control the MA Network Switch
Add MA Network Switch
Change IP address
Enable DHCP client
Change hostname
Change switch ID
Configure ports
Edit groups
Edit presets
Edit LAGs
Mirror ports
Work with the switch configuration
Disable SNMP
Change password
Update firmware
Reset to factory defaults
Delete MA Network Switch
Control the MA xPort Nodes
Add the MA xPort Nodes
Configure the MA xPort Nodes in the console
Configure the MA xPort Nodes in a browser
Configure the MA xPort Nodes as splitters or mergers
Delete the MA xPort Nodes
Console Settings
Adjust the intensity of desk lights
Change screen options
Local settings
Wing & monitor setup
Date & Time
Shut Down the System
Error Messages
Technical Data
Glossary
grandMA3 Mode2
Mode2
Screen Layout
Screen 1
Screen 2
Screen 3
External screens
Command screens
Letterbox screens
grandMA3 Settings
Version Specification
Change Modes
grandMA2 Quick Start Guide
Welcome
01 Create a New Show
02 Patch Dimmers
03 Use Screens and Windows
04 Control Dimmers or Channels
05 Working with Groups
06 Store the First Cue
07 Create More Cues
08 Edit a Sequence
09 Add Moving Lights
10 Fixture Sheet
11 Control Fixtures
12 Preset Pool
13 Making Presets
14 A Second Sequence
grandMA2 Quick Manual onPC solutions
Intended Use
Safety
Support
Transport
Limitations
Quick Start
Maintenance
Disposal
Technical Data
Conformity
MA 3D
Help from MA technical support
Symbols used
Introduction
Install and Uninstall
System Requirements
Installation
Uninstall MA 3D
First Steps
Hardware connection
Start MA 3D
Create a Session
Data Management
Master/Slave
Coordinate system
Program Surface
Menu Bar
Menu Bar - File Menu
Settings
Edit
Functions
Tools
View
Help
Tool Bar
Main Windows
Stage View
Mouse + Keyboard Actions
Arrangement of Objects (Align Objects)
Duplicate (copy 3D Objects)
3D Objects
Assets (Information Window)
Properties
Media Database
Materials
Video Player
Moving Paths
Sessions
Status Bar
Windows Layout
Fixture Types
3D Modeling and Import
Workflow
3D Modeling Principles
Creation of a 3D Model
Creation of a 3D Fixture Model
Import 3D Model to MA 3D
Assigning of 3D Models to Fixture Types
Checklist for 3D Modeling
Automated import
Parameters
Axes
Rotation Axes
Linear Axes
Beam of Light (Cone)
Keyboard Shortcuts
MA 3D FAQ
MA VPU
Introduction
Help from MA technical support
System requirements
For your Safety
Functions and Features
Transition from grandMA video to MA VPU
Teaser Mode
Comparison VPU plus / VPU basic / VPU light
Main Features
Installation and Maintenance
Startup
Software update
Service Packs
Update of Fixture Types
Backup
Handling backups with the VPU
Start Acronis on VPUs with serial Numbers up to # 86 on
Start Acronis on VPUs with serial Numbers from # 87
Restoring an image with Acronis
Storing an image with Acronis
Backup the VPU content after shipment
Access VPU via Network
Version of grandMA desk or grandMA onPC (off-line)
IP Addresses
IP Address of the PC
Art-Net IP Address
EDID Manager
CITP / MSEX Protocol
Communication with the grandMA Desk Series
Connection with the grandMA desk
Connection with the grandMA onPC (off-line) software
Connection States
Data Management
Master slave
Principle function diagram
Layer Properties
Layer Reference
Virtual Outputs
Virtual Output: Configuration of a TripleHead2Go Digital Port
Predefined Constellation
Several MA VPU applications in one grandMA show
Quickstart with grandMA2
Program surface
Internal Touch-Screen VPU plus
Internal Screen VPU light
Menu Bar
File...
View...
Render...
Help...
Toolbar
Status Bar
Preview
Multi Preview
Content Editor
Content: Image Pool (I-Pool)
Content: Text Ticker
Content: Eff1 Type...Eff4 Type
Content: 3D Objects
Content: Mask
Warper
Warper Fullscreen View
Warper Basic Operation
Warping
File Browser
Features Attributes and Functions
Order of Effect Execution
Softedging
Keystoning
Pixel Mapper
VPU - Pixel Mapper Graphical View
Pixel Mapper Toolbar
Pixel Mapper Editor
VPU - Pixel Mapper Grid View
Console - VPU Pixel Mapper View
Creation of customized 3D Objects
Content Specifications
Rovi Total CodeStudio for converting your content into MPEG2
Hap Content Converter
Warnings
Keyboard Shortcuts
FAQ and Troubleshooting
Supplement MA Lighting
Intended use
Data
Symbols and warning labels
LIMITATIONS
Transport
General Safety Instructions
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Electric shock warning on the rear of the grandMA
Safety and Environment
Quickstart Connect VPU plus
Quickstart Connect VPU light
Switching the apparatus On/Off
Maintenance
Conformity
Release Notes
Version 3.9
Version 3.8
Version 3.7
Version 3.6
Version 3.5
Version 3.4
Version 3.3
Version 3.2
Version 3.1
Version 3.0
Version 2.9
Version 2.8
Version 2.7
Version 2.6
Version 2.5
Version 2.4
Version 2.3
Version 2.2
Version 2.1
Version 2.0
Version 1.X
Version 3.9
RDM specific keywords
Here is a list with links to all specific RDM keywords:
RdmAutomatch
RdmAutopatch
RdmFixtureType
RdmInfo
RdmList
RdmSetParameter
RdmSetpatch
RdmUnmatch
