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1. te Impression Top 1 de Impression Top 2 de Impres Low 1 te Impres Low 2 a amp Grand Master By W DI mii wei es H eg Sum ih _ 8 SE ii SE S wm bli _ ki n er EI e ea w n e e Ei n e nf df Fixture Selection Playback faders P3 Handson Manual 2 INSTALLING DRIVERS This chapter provides step by step instructions for installing the USB driver for the CueCable interface 2 2 Hanpson on Mac OS or Linux mon Gaecable Just connect the CueCable to a free USB port on your Apple or Linux computer Mac OS and Linux do not require a specific driver for the CueCable 2 1 HANDSON on WINDOWS Handson comes with drivers for both 64 bit and ve Handson Setup 32 bit versions of Windows XP Vista and 7 The IA veame tothe Mandesn setup drivers are bundled with the application and Hanpson Wizard copied to your computer by our installer tool Please use this tool for installing the drivers and This wizard will guide you through the installation of Handson It is recommended that you close all other applications ignore any N ew H ardware Found popup dialogs AF before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system Files without having to reboot your from Windows computer Click Next to continue The installer will automatically detect whether your Windows system is 642. The fastest way to create cuelists is to do it in the Main view Special buttons like RECORD LOAD and DELETE are provided to make this process intuitive Programmer When recording cues you first have to create a lighting scene which will be then stored in the cue The Programming window is the place where you create the scene First you select a fixture the programming window will update to show you the capabilities of that fixtures and enables you to set the different parameters e g set a dimmer level pick a colour or gobo You can now also deselect the fixture and select a new one the values will be kept in the programming window s memory Clear Any values that reside in the programming windows memory have priority For example you might have a cuelist running that sets a certain dimmer to 50 but if the programming window contains a dimmer level of 10 for that particular fixture then this dimmer will be set 10 Therefor it is important to clear the programmer once you re finished recording cues Press the CLEAR button once for clearing all values for the currently selected fixtures and press it twice for clearing all values even for fixtures currently not selected Remove attributes To remove an attribute from the Programmer memory to make sure that it will not be recorded ina Cue press the DELETE button and click the Attribute or Attribute page in the Programmer to knock it out Fine Adjustments Some fixtures suppor
3. Therefore these parts will also feature the reserved ranges S Dimmer Iris M Focus The Dimmer Iris Focus and Zoom have Control and Control LSB ranges that can be added When setting the Control range for the Iris part please make sure that the minimal value represents an open aperture and the maximum value represents iris closed p 38 Handson Manual Frost Frost has two modes of operation some fixtures use the Control LSB ranges while others only have an on off option for the frost function ColourMix The ColourMix part can hold the RGB CMY White and Amber ranges To quickly add RGB to the fixture you can use the ADD RGB button ColourFix When a fixture has a wheel with fixed colours you can use the ColourFix to define the slots in the colour wheel You would need to add slots for each colour position Up to three ColourFix parts are supported by the Builder Select a slot and click CHANGE Now you can pick the appropriate colour from the list of colour libraries Quite a few fixtures feature split colours a position on the wheel where two halves of a colour are visibile e g Clay Paky Power Spot 575 The Builder supports up to 4 different colours per slot Next to adding slots you can also add ranges for scroll random and several function ranges These function ranges are explained on page 41 To change the range of a colour select the range and click change You can ei
4. Manual 15 2 DMX DIAGRAM In the DMX diagram you can see what channels are being used and which are not You are also able to see if there is any DMX overlap this would mean that there is an error Legend Green represents empty spaces in a DMX channel Blue represents used space in a DMX channel Red represents an overlap p 32 Handson Manual 15 3 MANAGING PERSONALITIES Although you cannot edit Factory Manufacturers directly you can copy them to your User Manufacturers and then change them from here BULDER Bag ewe Ae z i Duplicate Factory Manufacturers If you would like to add a new model to a Factory Manufacturer you have to copy the manufacturer to the User Manufacturers To do so select the Factory Manufacturer and click on the gt gt Since the manufacturer is now in the User Manufacturers you are able to change and add models Duplicate Factory Models It is also possible to add a Factory Model to your User Manufacturers Select the User Manufacturer that you would like to use and then select the Factory Model that you would like to copy Press the gt gt next to the models section to copy the Factory Model to the User Models Now you are able to change the existing model without having to create a new one from scratch Creating anew manufacturer To add anew manufacturer to your personality library click on the ADD button next to the User Manufacturer section This
5. SN playback 1 i j d w S TU atensity grand master beackout kn hy D p24 Handson Manual Behringer BCF 2000 The Behringer BCF 2000 is supported Plug amp Play However for optimal use we ve included a Sysex file that can either be found in the Program Files Clay Paky Handson Sysex folder on Windows systems The Sysex file can be uploaded to the BCF 2000 using one of the following free tools Midi OX for Windows http www midiox com SyEx Librarian for Mac OS X http www snoize com SysExLibrarian After sending the Sysex file to the BCF 2000 please notice that the received preset is in a temporary memory If you switch off the BCF 2000 the preset will be lost When you ve received the preset on the BCF 2000 press STORE use the PRESET buttons to choose a preset number for storing the preset and press STORE again The preset will be saved in the BCF 2000 select speed B select attack oe a go release flash a e 1 e e nn bank select GB emp ap kd K Ki intensity man global fog P 25 Handson Manual Livid Instruments Ohm64 The Livid Instruments Ohm64 is supported Plug amp Play scbect playback glabal playback butions fader bank releas fag global d stenta ileal Binder artack record en speed iney intera Mash flash tempat tempo conten tempo break D 26 Handson Manual No
6. click EDIT Insert Use Insert to add an attribute to the cue Delete Use Delete to remove an attribute from the cue The attribute s column will still show until it is removed from every cue Change Select one or multiple values and click Change to change the value 7 5 WIZARD The wizard can automatically create typical cuelists that might have taken quite a while to program if done by hand To use the generated cuelist it still has to be assigned to a playback fader or button See page 11 for instructions Chase The wizard can create a chase over multiple fixtures You can select any of Jir 100 the attributes that is supported by the o CS MMT fixtures you have selected The wizard lt pcus also offers different orders in which the chase can run e g Forward Reverse Zig Zag Synchronous or Random LOW WALIE Test Sequence The wizard can make you a cuelist that contains a sequence of steps for testing fixtures Based on the personality file of the selected fixture it will generate cues for each attribute the fixture features It is advised to create one test sequence per type of fixture K LE P Im P in P 19 Handson Manual 8 STACKLISTS Stacks can be used to combine multiple cuelists into one effect You could use it on the fly to start multiple cuelists in sync or you can program a stacklist and assign it to a playback HANDS ON A ini Lis Vedi T WW A Se
7. need it urgently and you re outside office hours Or perhaps you don t have a manual available so you would need to create a file through trial and error testing it on the physical fixture For any of these cases we supply an editor for creating the personalities yourself the Personality Builder It is an external tool for creating and modifying the personality files used by Handson The Builder is supplied free of charge for all Handson users and can be downloaded from http www claypaky it For a detailed description of this editor please read from page 31 p 30 Handson Manual 15 PERSONALITY BUILDER The Personality Builder is a software program that you can use to create or modify the personality files used by Handson It is available on Mac and Windows and you can download it free of charge from http www claypaky it This chapter will describe the Personality Builder software by guiding you through the software This text is written for Builder version 1 01 6 15 1 OVERVIEW The software is built in two sections the Factory section and the User section Within the factory section nothing can be changed these are the default personality files as supplied by Clay Paky The user section contains all the User Manufacturers which can be modified with the Personality Builder Factory manufacturers User manufacturers Case Va fm n F Aa Illustration 6 Main view in Builder P 31 Handson
8. will add a manufacturer named Manufacturero1 To rename select this and click the RENAME P 33 Handson Manual button Creating anew model Select a User Manufacturer and click on the ADD button next to the User Models section to adda new model To rename the model click RENAME and enter the new name of this fixture Saving the personality file When you have finished editing a personality you can press the save button next to the User Manufacturers section this will save the manufacturer to your disc When a manufacturers name has a in front of it it means that it has been modified and that it needs to be saved P 34 Hancson Manual 15 4 Mont PROPERTIES In the main overview select the model that you want to edit and click PROPERTIES an deo wk UTC RA Ze gt P This dialog allows you to enter the following properties Alias The Alias field defines a default name when patching this model in Handson If you leave this field blank it will use the name of the model instead Angle Pan Maximum pan movement when the light is not a moving light you do not need to change this Angle Tilt Maximum tilt movement when the light is not a moving light you do not need to change this Matrix Width Width of a matrix by setting the width Handson will calculate the height of the matrix according to the number of sub fixtures Matrix Mapping If the model has multiple subs and is us
9. B FIXTURES Handson uses the concept of sub fixtures This means that some fixtures consist of multiple sub fixtures like a 10 channel dimmer rack is in our terms just one fixtures with 10 sub fixtures This also works for LED fixtures with multiple segments pixels In this manner the maximum of 48 will not be reached that quickly you can add 48 x 10 480 dimmer channels The reason behind the concept of sub fixtures is that it makes patching easier you only add the physical fixtures to your patch and you don t have to worry about setting starting addresses per dimmer channel or worse per LED segment WI Handson Manual 7 CUELISTS A lighting scene is stored in a Cue and cues are stored in Cuelists Each cuelist can contain one or more cues You can create multiple cuelists that each control a part of your show or you can create one single cuelist that addresses all your lights You can either create and change cues in the main view or use the CUE menu This chapter discusses both approaches 7 1 TRACKING Cuelist based lighting controllers can be either tracking or non tracking Handson is a tracking console Tracking means that in a cuelist only changes need recording If a light has the same value in two consecutive cues you don t need to store the second value instead you make sure the second contains no value so the first value remains unchanged through those cues 7 2 CREATING CUELISTS IN THE MAIN VIEW
10. HANDS ON MANUAL master CEN HANDS ON oo selection zE OD CELA SS ES wnnnngne Handson Manual Handson Manual Written for Handson 1 03 24 January 2011 2011 Clay Paky 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 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 Due to the dynamic nature of product design the information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Revisions of this information or new editions may be issued to incorporate such changes 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 The Graphics Interchange Format c is the Copyright property of CompuServe Incorpo
11. ORD and click on the PLAY button of the cuelist where the cue you want to edit is active A window will popup asking you what to do Choose MERGE to merge the active information in the Programmer with the cue Remove values or fixtures from a cue To remove values or fixtures from a cue we re going to load the complete cue into the programmer make the changes and store the programmer back into the cue by replacing the old information Make sure the cue is active by activating the cuelist and stepping to the cue you want to edit using the PLAY button Load the cue into the Programmer by pressing LOAD and clicking on the PLAY button of the cuelist All information in the current cue is now loaded into the Programmer To remove a fixture from the Programmer select the fixture and press CLEAR in the Programmer once To remove one or more attributes select the fixtures press DELETE and click on the attribute or the attribute page this action will delete the attribute or the complete attribute page from the programmer To store the Programmer back into the cue press RECORD and click the PLAY button of the cuelist where the cue you want to edit is active In the pop up window choose REPLACE to replace the cue with the information in the Programmer D 16 Handson Manual 7 3 MopirvinG A CUELIST VIA THE MENU Next to working in the Main view you can also edit cuelists via the CUE menu Although you can create a new cueli
12. ables you to change preferences and view various settings SEI D B LC B GENERAL This tab enables you to choose a language and a screen resolution Handson is updated regularly to provide you with improved features bug fixes and new or improved personality files To check for updates click CHECK NOW To have Handson check automatically at startup only once a day you should enable the CHECK FOR PROGRAM UPDATES check box The CHECK FOR DATA UPDATES check box enables Handson to automatically update its data fles like personalities languages and midi maps N B This feature is not yet operational in software version 1 03 18 The COLOUR MIX HTP check box sets the HTP or LTP mode for the Colourmix RGB attribute When enabled the highest RGB Colour Mix value out of all active cuelists will be outputted The highest colour is white RGB 255 255 255 When disabled the most recently changed value for RGB Colour Mix will be outputted LTP HARDWARE In the hardware tab you can check that the CueCable is properly connected You can also enable Art Net a protocol to send DMX data over the network Art Net is a very useful protocol to connect Handson to third party visualizers e g WYSIWYG or Capture Polar The Art Net protocol supports up to 256 universes whilst Handson only supports 1 universe so the ARTNET UNIVERSE field allows you to select on which ArtNet universe Handson will broadcast its one and only universe The
13. bals pause break break ctrl S stack backspace release INS record ctrl L load DEL delete Tab tempo tap left right selection left right Patch menu INS add DEL delete F2 rename Enter address F3 props Group menu Ins add group member Del remove group member F2 rename Tab switch focus Stack menu Ins add Del remove F2 rename Enter edit Cue menu Ins add Del remove F2 rename Enter edit W wizard Play menu Tab switch buttons faders Enter assign Del clear B bundle S swap P 23 Handson Manual 12 MIDI ControLLers MAPPINGS Handson supports various MIDI control surfaces The buttons and faders on those controllers are assigned to features in the Handson User interface in a pre defined midi map The following diagrams illustrate those assignments Generic Midi map Next to the hardware specific midi maps Handson also offers a generic midi map in which all the software functions that can be controlled through MIDI are assigned to Note or Control Change message This midi map is intended for use with external MIDI software like sequencers or DAWS Clay Paky MIDIcon The Clay Paky MIDIcon is supported Plug amp Play a Ss playback button oz SS K 4 LA hank playback fader HG bank Gs F Era jo back bt d LB oe A ene Ee Stan Daun flash Ta j J I ki E DESIO 7 fan l L j j Ki d I Il a Gi 2 E gt l l e FA Sa En il
14. bit or 32 bit and select the appropriate drivers If you have already installed the driver before and you would just like to install an update for the Handson application then you can skip installing en the drivers again Installing under 64 bit Follow the instruction in the installer wizard During the BE installation of the driver Windows might prompt you several Would you like to Install this device sofware times to confirm if you would like to install the driver from berte ERE Jungo this is the name of the vendor of this specific driver Please confirm that you would like to install this driver herpa buten Zem hengo LTD grati JL ersat You Souls only rectal arten soft ie fer publishers go Tiust Hees can ee pe ep der elf DA Handson Manual Installing under 32 bit Please make sure your CueCable is connected to the computer for installing the 32 bit driver and follow the instructions on your screen Verifying the driver ie Handson Setup Installing 32 bit Drivers Please read the instructions and connect the CueCable You are about to install the 32 bit Windows drivers Please connect the Cuecable and click Next to install the drivers Run Handson and check in the OPTIONS gt HARDWARE that the CueCable is detected PCB version LE Firmware Version LEM Enable artnet Artnet universe DMX Monitor Remote D Handson Manual 3 OPTIONS The Options menu en
15. d extreme Macro Use the Macro part for controlling interna programs or macros You can add On for each Macro gt 40 Handson Manual Frame Some fixtures have DMX controlled shutter blades sometimes also called framing use the Frame part to control this function For example the Martin MAC 2000 Performance features framing Custom When a function is not defined in one of the above parts you can use a Custom When defining a Custom you can choose a name for the Custom which will be displayed under the fader in Handson Tip Please keep in mind that the space is limited when choosing a name for a Custom we recommend 4 characters For example ANIM for Animation Wheel You can add up to 8 custom parts P Parked Parked can be used to permanently keep a channel in a specific value For example some fixtures have a control by DMX setting that needs to be a value in order to control the fixture over DMX You can set this by creating a Parked with a fixed value A fixed value can be created by setting the same value for the minimum and the maximum Functions When you are making a model that requires a channel to be at a specific value EEE for a specific function you can use the Function attribute are de Function Manual For example if you need to define a gobo scroll with channel 6 and you need channel 5 to be at a specific value to be able to use
16. default value is 0 Please take into account that the Art Net feature is only enabled while a CueCable is connected D6 Handson Manual DMX Monitor This tab shows you the DMX values that are currently sent out MIDI Handson supports various MIDI control surfaces it allows you to control Handson user interface UI through the buttons and faders on the MIDI controller The software ships with a list of predefined Midi maps A midi map file describes the MIDI controller and how its features buttons faders etc are mapped to the Handson UI To set up Handson for use with your MIDI controller select the appropriate INPUT DEVICE and optionally an OUTPUT DEVICE The output device is used by Handson to provide feedback to MIDI controller s LEDs and motorized faders Then select the MAP that corresponds to your MIDI controller Please take into account that the MIDI controller needs to be connected to the computer before Handson starts up Handson only scans for MIDI devices at start up After that you would need to use the REFRESH button to scan again Please refer to page 24 for diagrams describing the layout of various Midi maps REMOTE The Remote feature allows you to view the patch including addresses and dip switch settings per fixture in real time from your browser enabled mobile device It also allows you to trigger the playback buttons remotely To connect your device to this web based featu
17. ed for matrix control then here you can fill in the order in which the subs are layed out Class The Class of a model is set to Automatic by default Handson determines what type of fixture it is and shows the relating icon You can override this by manually selecting a class P 35 Manual 15 5 Epitinc Mopers In the main overview select the model that you want to edit and click Edit an Bice D a AAC Builder PERSONALITY CA BUILDER GJ Add SUBS Add PARTS Add Remove Modes Please create modes if the fixture has multiple modes in which it can operate When you need to add multiple modes you can define the parts that all modes have in common in the Main mode For example the Clay Paky Mini Scan HP3 this model has two modes an 8 bit mode and a 16 bit mode Please take a look at the picture below x A Ga EA SUR 7 9 36 Handson Manual Subs Some fixtures use subs to control a part of the whole fixture a dimmer for example has multiple Subs Each Sub can have its own part and can be individually selected and programmed in Handson For example the Clay Paky Cyber Pak this fixture has 4 different subs which all have their own dimmer Parts To start adding Parts to your model click ADD on the parts section A list with all the available parts will come up select the part that you would like to add and click OK P 37 Handson Man
18. ee e eee 880 Gees soe eee Heese Heee Heese Part N LED Par I enpe FN EDP om 8 1 USING STACKS LIVE To trigger multiple playbacks at the same time during live operating press the STACK button and click on the PLAY buttons of the playbacks you want to trigger at the same time As soon as you press STACK again the selected playbacks will trigger simultaneously 8 2 RECORDING STACKLISTS If you want to repeatedly trigger the same playbacks recording to a stack in a stacklist comes in handy Press the STACK button Click on the PLAY buttons of the playbacks you want to trigger at the same time and press RECORD Now click on the PLAY button of an empty playback fader or button A new stacklist will be created containing the new stack You can record multiple stacks on the same playback fader or button 8 3 EDIT A STACKLIST To edit a stacklist go to the Stack menu or double click on the Playback Indicator above the playback button or playback fader where the stacklist is recorded The Stacklist has several properties you can change Loop This check box controls whether the stacklist will release after running the last stack or whether it will go back to the first stack and keep looping until it is released manually Label You can give each stack a label for your own reference Condition Similar to making cues you can set conditions for each stack Although for stacks only Halt and Follow are supported Delay A d
19. elay time can be set between triggering the stack and when the cuelists will become active p 20 Handson Manual 9 GLOBALS On the main screen of Handson you ll notice 3 GLOBALS for FOG STROBE and EEE BLINDER These buttons can be instantly used without programming individual EI cuelists When patching fixtures the software automatically recognizes strobes and fog generators and allocates them directly Fog All fog machines in the configuration will be activated for as long as you keep the button pressed TIP Would you like to use the FOG global only for a selection of fog machines Create a group rename it fog and add the fog machines of your choice to that group to have them responding to the FOG global Strobe All strobes in the configuration will strobe while keeping the button pressed TIP Need more strobe power Create a group rename it strobe and add fixtures to that group Don t forget to add the strobes manually to the strobe group too Blinder All fixtures in the group blinder will flash at 100 intensity as long as the button is pressed Because Handson doesn t know to which dimmer channels the blinders have been connected to you have to create a group with the name blinder and include the dimmer channels or fixtures you wish to use p 21 Handson Manual 10 TEMPO CONTROL All Cuelists with property CHASE enabled are synced to the Tempo You can find the co
20. eleased by the release all command a release all is performed when the RELEASE button is pressed for over one second The background feature is useful for cuelists controlling fixtures that should not be turned off during a show e g work lights backstage Fader Start With Fader start enabled the playback will automatically be triggered when the corresponding fader is being moved up or the flash button is pressed The playback will also be released as soon as the fader is back at the bottom or when the flash button is released p 12 Handson Manual Bundle You bundle playbacks together so they work mutually exclusive i e only one playback is active at the same time Whenever you start a playback it will automatically release any other playback in the same bundle You can set up up to 20 different i bundles Bundles come in handy if you have a couple of playbacks controlling cuelists for the same fixtures especially if those cuelists contain HTP attributes like dimmer Sub masters When you attach a Group to a playback button the playback button allows you to quickly select the fixtures in that group When attached to a playback fader the PLAY button of the playback fader acts as the selection button and the fader becomes a live intensity fader for the group Banksafe Some cuelists or sub masters you will need to change so frequently that you would like to access them from each bank In the PLAY m
21. enu you can achieve this quickly by selecting the playback s cell in the table and clicking BANKSAFE gt 13 Handson Manual 6 Groups The Group menu enables you to create groups with fixtures and or sub fixtures This makes selection of groups or sub fixtures easy and when assigned to a playback allows you to use sub masters per group see page 11 for more information on playbacks CW i te Tops C La WW WW ees amp a o E n 2 LE eee eee eee CATTER CANT LED Pa x ueDP om 6 1 CREATING A GROUP Add a group with the ADD button on the left Select the newly created group and add fixtures to it by clicking on the ADD button on the right The following dialog will pop up Select fixtures in the FIXTURES or SUBS list Click gt gt to add the selected fixtures to the group You can also create a group directly in the main view by recording your current fixture selection to a playback the group is then automatically assigned to this playback To achieve this execute the following steps 1 Makesure the programmer is cleared press CLEAR twice 2 Select fixtures Press RECORD 4 Press the GO button of an empty playback 6 2 Auto cLass amp AUTO MODEL The software can automatically create groups for you Click AUTO CLASS in the GROUP menu and the software will automatically create groups per fixture type Click AUTO MODEL and the software creates groups per model 6 3 Su
22. erence P 17 Handson Manual Condition The condition specifies when the cue will be triggered There are 3 possible Conditions Halt The cue will be triggered when you press the GO button Follow The cue will be triggered as soon as the previous cue has finished fading Wait The cue will be triggered autocratically after the previous cue has been triggered Cue Timing To explain the different timings in combination with the Cue Condition see the following diagram Condition Follow Condition Wait 8 Ta 100 CUE 1 CUE 1 INTENSITY INTENSITY Es Gi Z GC i Ea LUE 2 F a la WW CUE 2 Wait INTENSITY INTENSITY Gi E Delay Delay l i dn I I Fade in Fade in TPTr1 Fade aut Fade out Delay The delay time in seconds is the time between the cue being triggered and the cue actually starting to fade Fade In The Fade In time in seconds is the fade time for all dimmers fading in dimmer values going UP in the cue and all other fading attributes e g colour mix position Fade Out The Fade Out time in seconds is the fade time for all dimmers fading out dimmer values going DOWN in the cue Click and drag to select multiple properties for multiple cues e g fade in for multiple cues or delay amp fade in for multiple cues p18 Handson Manual Edit The values in a cue can also be edited in the Cue Editor Select a Cue and
23. his can be set in the Time section of the Lamp part If the fixtures manual indicates the value has to be set for at least 3 seconds then you can just enter a time of 3 Handson automatically adds an extra second Reset The fixture reset can be defined in the Reset part This part only has an On property that you can set Most fixtures require the reset to be pressed for an amount of time If the fixtures manual indicates the value has to be set for at least 3 seconds then you can just enter a time of 3 Handson automatically adds an extra second Fog When you are creating a personality file for a fog machine or hazer you can use the fog attribute When using the Fog attribute the global Fog button will be activated within Handson If the fog generator also has a control channel for operating the fan then we recommend using a custom part for this feature Customs are described further in this chapter LAD The LAD Laser Aiming Device control can be switched On by defining an On value The High End Systems Technobeam has a LAD Stand Alone This can be used if a fixture has a stand alone or sound activated mode This attribute functions as a switch you can set an On value en Display This is used to switch off the display of your fixture during a show O Barrel The barrel can have two controls defined Rotate CW and Rotate CCW Two examples of fixtures with a barrel Martin Destroyer or a Martin Wizar
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25. ixture Properties window This window allows you to enable INVERT PAN INVERT TILT and SWAP PAN TILT in case the fixture is a moving light If the fixture has RGB colour mixing but no DMX channel for intensity you can enable VIRTUAL DIMMER This option will give the fixture dimmer capability separate from the RGB control D 10 Handson Manual 5 PLAYBACKS Playbacks are an important element in a cuelist based lighting controller like Handson Cuelists are not activated directly instead they are assigned to a playback The playback allows the user to start give the playback a Go and stop release the playback the cuelist as well as controlling other parameters like intensity speed attack etc Playbacks can also contain stacklists and groups on oocncoce n te Se te te A ee fei ki kd Fee e a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Illustration 2 Playback Faders Illustration 3 Playback Buttons There are two types of playbacks playback faders and playback buttons They work in a similar way the difference is that a playback button does not feature the intensity fader and the flash button Therefor the playback button takes up less space in the Handson user interface Playback buttons are more suitable for controlling cuelists that have fixed value attributes like fixed colours gobo prism and shutter On the other hand playback faders are better suited for controlling cuelists containing level value attributes like dim
26. layback Buttons Trigger in real time the 8x 10 playback buttons P 29 Handson Manual 14 PERSONALITY FILES Most fixtures differ in the way how they are controlled by DMX Handson reads personality files sometimes referred to as profiles to determine a fixture s DMX traits When you patch a fixture you need to choose your fixture from a list of supported personalities as described on page 9 This chapter describes how to obtain additional personality files in case your fixture is not yet present in our list 14 1 GENERIC Some types of fixtures typical have identical DMX traits These common fixtures e g Dimmers fog generators RGB LED fixtures are represented in the Generic collection in our library 14 2 REQUEST NEW PERSONALITIES Clay Paky provides a free of charge service for creating personality files on request Please send the request to service claypaky it and include a link to the user manual or DMX chart of your fixture When you receive the file from Clay Paky it needs to be copied into the following location before starting up Handson Windows XP C Documents and Settings username My Documents Clay Paky Common Factory Windows Vista C Users username Documents Clay Paky Common Factory Mac OS X Users username Clay Paky Common Factory Ubuntu Linux home username Clay Paky Common Factory 14 3 CREATE YOUR OWN Sometimes it is better to create your own personality file maybe you
27. mer RGB colour iris strobe etc Assignment You can assign a playback in three ways Firstly you open the PLAY menu select a cell corresponding to playback and press the ASSIGN button The dialog that will pop up guides you through selecting a cuelist stacklist or group to assign to this playback The PLAY menu also enables you to Copy Paste and SWAP assignments mei 53 HANDS ON ooo e A A 3 Se i te nia rt b Zz P S See e 2 2e amp 888 2 eee ee eee ee C LEO Pa v tet d LED Pa CART Domp Rm 2 D Di D R 2 e A A D es sn F p11 Handson Manual Alternatively you can double click on the indicator just above a playback to bring up the Playback Settings view Pressing the ASSIGN button in this dialog will bring up the assignment dialog Finally you can also assign by creating a new cuelist stacklist or group in main view this implicitly assigns the new cuelist stacklist or group to a playback Please refer to the Cuelist Stacklist or Group chapter for an explanation on how this is done em Soa MIT ca EE H ie LS Indicator The small rectangle above the playbacks are called indicators they provide some basic feedback on the contents of the playback Attack level Speed level Intensity level At Cue 1 out of 5 Background If a playback is set to background then it will start running automatically at the software s startup Also it will not be r
28. n e mail AII personality files that you have created can be found in Windows XP C Documents and Settings username My Documents Clay Paky Common User Windows Vista c Users username Documents Clay Paky Common User Mac OS X Users username Clay Paky Common User Ubuntu Linux home username Clay Paky Common User Selecting in Handson When you have made your own personality ul a sa file and saved it to disk you can restart cun E moor n Handson to find your new file at the very bottom of the Manufacturers list in Patch menu s ADD dialog MANUFACT search X Laser All User Manufacturers will begin with the prefix User nonno BEBaB p 42 Handson Manual NOTES P 43 Handson Manual INDEX VGH De NE NA PE AOA 38 E 5 GA Deense sandra 4 PAD OUR E 8 ASS 10 E RR RE OR IRR 35 tee TE 6 ASSISNMenE iii 11 PAULO Clisi 14 Auto model oon 14 BACK ET OUI D 12 DAR ci 8 Banks Ale 13 ee 40 BER 2000 smubsiurissatwareorsesiuercsuetesiesrsabunds 25 BERNE Cacca 25 BEOS PRA RAR TATA 21 Beds iii 22 Ee Wes es cee RO RE E 31 BURC rta 13 EE Ee 17 clay PAIK En 24 Cella 15 COLOUR MIX NR 6 Beete E A T E A 39 Coloni M E 39 COMGIT OM ie asessacacevcarercinensanenedevssensionsaes 18 CUI CAC ignari 4 Ee 15 Collane 41 Delay EEE 18 DIE siate 38 MO VE A0 DMA MODO gegen petra 7 CIV EE 4 PEG iaia ai 18 Fade Ollie 18 Fader Stalla 12 ECH RT d listini Eliana 16 FOCUS asini 38 FO n
29. ntrols for the Tempo on the bottom left of the Handson window Using the TEMPO button below the tempo display you can tap to the music to change the tempo in Handson You can also click the tempo display and drag up tempo UP or to the right tempo DOWN Illustration 4 Manual Break mode Click the BREAK button below the tempo display to pause all chases Click again to continue all chases MIDI Clock When the MIDI Input device you ve selected in the MIDI Options see chapter MIDI Controllers sends out MIDI Clock messages the Tempo will be automatically locked to the MIDI Clock tempo This allows exact tempo matching when controlling Handson from sequencer software for example at a concert In order for the tempo to be controlled by the MIDI Clock the display should be set to midi mode Press the TEMPO button for more than one second to switch to midi mode Press the TEMPO again to switch back to manual mode Illustration 5 MIDI mode Handson Manual 11 Hor keys Depending the current view menu or dialog the most used mouse operations are also assigned to the keyboard s keys Using these hot keys can speed up your tasks significantly Below is a summary of the major views in Handson Main view F1 F8 playback button go Foto playback button bank down up 1 8 playback fader go Q 1 playback fader flash Page down up playback fader bank down up Home Page 1 24 End Page 25 48 glo
30. out these fixtures are running ina different mode or are even a completely different fixture when on location the REPLACE tool can help you Select the fixtures you would like to replace by clicking or dragging in the Patch view and click REPLACE This will open the CHANGE FIXTURE dialog which is similar to the ADD FIXTURE dialog Choose another mode for the same model or choose even another model Rename To give your fixtures a more clear name select 1 or multiple fixtures and press RENAME Type a new name for the fixture and click OK or press lt ENTER gt If you ve renamed multiple fixtures Handson will automatically add 01 02 03 etc to the name you have entered P9 Handson Manual Address Handson automatically sets the DMX address when adding fixtures to the patch by finding the first available DMX channel in your configuration However if you want to change the address select 1 or multiple fixtures and click ADDRESS Enter the new address and click OK If you had multiple fixtures selected Handson will set the entered address for the first selected fixture and will automatically have the next selected fixtures follow the previous ones For 5 8 E example if you select 4 8 channel dimmers in i the patch click ADDRESS and enter 101 This will result in addresses 101 109 117 and 125 for the selected dimmers Properties Selecting a fixture and clicking on the PROPERTIES button will pop up the F
31. rated GIF sm is a Service Mark property of CompuServe Incorporated p1 Handson Manual Welcome to the Handson user s manual this document describes the Handson software and the basics of lighting programming Table of Contents COS A 3 DIAS Cale Re 4 SO DONS FR EEA 6 ARC FR A O 9 ER SE e el 11 ROOD A 14 Fe GUS WS EE 15 SE IA EE E EA 20 dee CE 21 10 TEMPS CONO ei ni 22 O EA 23 12 NUDI CONTOS MAP PINS Ss 24 Ee ie e 29 tene he gn 30 EE EE 31 Kleng 43 ft SR IE 44 p2 Handson Manual 1 OVERVIEW Handson is a DMX 512 lighting controller for intelligent lights LED dimmers lasers and various other effects The program is platform independent and available on Mac OS X Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu Linux The software is shipped with a USB to DMX adapter cable Key to the design of Handson is its intuitive graphical user interface it is specially designed to reduce the amount of time required to learn how to operate the software FEATURES e MacOSX Windows 7 Vista XP amp Ubuntu e 64 playback faders 64 buttons e Industry standard cuelist system e Shape generator e Plug amp Play MIDI controller mapping e iPhone remote e 100 touch screen compatible e Multi language e 512 channels DMX512 Art Net e 2100 Personality files e 48 Fixtures 10 sub fixtures per fixture e 32 bit and 64 bit hardware drivers e Unlimited cuelists and groups e Editor for Personality files USER INTERFACE Globals
32. re you would need to make sure that the checkbox is enabled and then type in your browser the exact address as displayed in the BROWSE TO field Handson takes the IP address currently assigned to the computer s network interface You cannot change this address in Handson that would need to be done in the computer s network settings Please do take into account that Handson uses the first available network interface if you have multiple e g wired network and WIFI there is no way of choosing which interface Handson uses This means that sometimes you would need to disable one interface to force Handson to use the preferred interface Please refer to page 29 for step by step instructions for setting up this feature with an iPhone P7 Handson Manual Disk The Disk tab allows you to load and save show files A show file contains all information about the patch playback assignments cuelists etc You don t need to save your show file as Handson will check for changes every few seconds and automatically save the file if needed By saving manually and choosing a name for the show file you can manage different lighting projects or create backup versions The show files are stored in XML format at the following locations Windows XP C Documents and Settings username My Documents Clay Paky Handson Windows Vista c Users username Documents Clay Paky Handson Mac OS X Users username Clay Paky Handson Ubun
33. st in the CUE menu the menu is more setup for modifying cuelists once created in the Main view To change an existing cuelist open the CUE menu Select a Cuelist and click EDIT to open the Cuelist editor Here you can edit the properties of the CUELIST and the individual cues The following properties can be set for the cuelist Chase When CHASE is enabled the cuelist will no longer follow the cues timings and conditions The cuelist will be played back as a chase The cross fade can be changed using the ATTAK slider The speed of the chase is linked to the main Chase tempo which can be found at the bottom left of the Handson window All cuelists set to CHASE will run synchronous to this tempo In the Cuelist Editor you can also specify a tempo divider for the chase 1 1 Chase will step further on every beat of the main chase tempo HANDS ON re sns se ses Tero KEN LX W LED Ce Y LEDI E n B elt F 1 2 Chase will step further once in every 2 beats of the main chase tempo 1 4 Chase will step further once in every 4 beats of the main chase tempo Etc Speed Speed controls the playback speed of the cuelist 50 reflects normal playback speed with the programmed timing per cue Changing the playback speed will scale the timing for all cues in the cuelist 7 4 MopiFvin A CUE VIA THE MENU The following properties can be set per cue Label The label is the name of the cue for your ref
34. t 16 bit values for controlling their attributes To make small changes to a value in order to take use of very fine 16 bit control you can use the CTRL key in combination with the mouse P15 Handson Manual wheel to fine tune a fader s value Flip A moving light of the yoke type not a scanner is by using its fork and head able to reach a certain position through two different pan tilt configurations When the programmer is containing position values for one or more fixtures you can use the FLIP button to reach exactly the same position by using the opposite pan tilt values Record a cue Once you ve built up a scene in the programming window you can transfer the values to a new cue by following the next steps Press the RECORD button Press the GO button of an empty playback This will create a new cuelist with one cue that contains the scene from the programmer The cuelist is automatically assigned to the playback You can repeat this process to add new cues to the cuelist Edit a Cue To edit the cue first make sure the cue is outputted by activating the cuelist and stepping to the cue you want to edit using the PLAY button Select the fixtures you want to change and change the attributes in the Programmer You can also add other attributes by changing the attributes for the selected fixtures Other fixtures can also be added Select them and change the values you would like to store in the cue Press REC
35. ther set the range by typing or by using the up down controls The fastest way however is to type the minimum value press enter and type the maximum value press enter again to close the dialog When you change the channel number of a colour slot all colour slots will automatically get the same channel Gobo Please add a Gobo part for each gobo wheel in the fixture up to three gobo parts are supported Then add a slot for each gobo on the wheel including open gobo and set its range You can pick an image for each gobo if you don t know the actual gobo patterns then it is best to stick with the numbered images Je ln n E Je d w i E T c n li Functions like shake rotation and index are sometimes controlled by another DMX channel in this case add a range e g shake to the part as well Other times shake and rotation are set on the same DMX channel as the gobo selection in this case set an extra range per slot be in g a Fun F A Fun e Fun Fui P 39 Handson Manual UI Prism Add a prism part if your fixture has a wheel with prisms Prisms are identified by their number of facets The most typical prism has three facets select a one facet prism for open or no prism Lamp To strike the lamp via DMX you can use the Lamp control You can define an On and an Off range for the lamp Some fixtures require the lamp on off control to hold for a specific amount of time T
36. this scroll you can create a new Function Scroll and give it the settings that are needed on channel 5 Function Sero Function Random Function Rotation GW All you need to do now is create the scroll as usual eN When you are using the scroll Handson makes sure that channel 5 is set correctly before applying the scroll to your fixture Function Shake Function Scr Rotation GW For example the gobo wheel of a High End Systems Studio Spot 575 CMY see picture below Function Ser otation COW fe F GC GHN DEFAULT SHAKE ROT CW Function Manual 9 cr Functio ian CW 4 Funeti on GEW Function Sera Funcet andom Scroll Random 2 F fe ge E C SS ek Rotate CW 041 Handson Manual 15 6 Usinc PERSONALITIES Once created you can start using your new personality file yourself or share it with others lan Border Uploading to Clay Paky 000 050 Cs Please consider sending us your work after you have tested your personality file This way we can include your personality in the factory library for the next release We appreciate your help making this personality library the largest and most reliable in our industry You can send your models to us using the Send button in the main overview Sending per e mail If you would like to send a personality file to a customer or other user you can add the personality file as an attachment to a
37. tu Linux home username Clay Paky Handson By copying the show flle you can easily transfer your show between different computers or even Operating Systems ABOUT This tab displays the software s version number 08 Handson Manual 4 PATCH The PATCH view allows you to setup the DMX fixtures which are connected to Handson HOM cA geen midi joy HANDS ON ooo La Li Bd r im l a N WW IIS sa B DI a B Add Click ADD to open the Add Fixture dialog Browse the manufacturers list and choose the MANUFACTURER of the first fixture you would like to add To quickly find a manufacturer start typing the name of the manufacturer you re looking for on your keyboard While typing the list will jump to the correct manufacturer in the list Browse the MODELS for the selected manufacturer and choose one by clicking it To quickly find a model in a long list click on the model list and start typing the name of the model you re looking for If you would like to choose a fixture that is not present in these lists then please refer to page 30 to see how to obtain new personality files pi CR WR te Remove To remove one or more fixtures from the patch select them in the Patch view by clicking or dragging and click REMOVE To remove all fixtures click REMOVE and keep the button pressed for at least 1 second Replace If you have pre programmed a show with your fixtures and find
38. ual Position Add a position part if a fixture features pan amp tilt movement Select the element from the AVAILABLE list and click on the gt gt button Once included in the list on the right you can change the CHANNEL Once the element is added to the personality file you can change the CHANNEL and the RANGE values of the element MSB LSB The acronyms MSB Most Significant Byte and LSB Least Significant Byte are frequently used when creating new personality files MSB Controls the 8 bit operations of the fixture sometimes referred to as Coarse LSB Controls the 16 bit operations of the fixture 16 bit is used for the fine adjustments It can only be used if the fixture supports 16 bit sometimes referred to as Fine When a fixture supports 16 bit controls you have to define both MSB and LSB Shutter In the shutter part you can add a shutter closed and three different strobe functions AVAILABLE C Closed Sa Linear If no function is set by Handson so no Closed shutter Strobe Linear etc then the channel is set to its idle value You do not need to define an idle value in the Builder Handson will automatically choose a value that is not used for anything else Please note that you can use the RESERVED range to prevent Random Handson from using certain values as idle den Gutse Several other parts use idle values as well when not activated like Reset Lamp Display etc
39. vation Launchpad The Novation Launchpad is supported Plug amp Play t 11 f eit eeh r emmmer leton TITTI KS a EN E DR IU IG E e TE pr jam nan an an dh novation playback buttons select bank p 27 Handson Manual Korg nanoKontrol The Korg nanoKontrol is supported Plug amp Play chear selection bank kurk ipod m Va E global glabal global fash gos mha immensity toy strobe blinder tap D 28 Handson Manual 13 IPHONE REMOTE This chapter explains step by step how to set up your iPhone to use the Remote function as described on page 7 Connect the iPhone to Handson via WIFI Computer running Handsen iPhone running Handson i Web pp Step 1 Wu Make sure the computer running Handson and your iPhone are connected via WIFI for example via a simple WIFI router as displayed ee een ed EE WIFI Reuter Enable the Handson Remote Step 2 In Handson go to Options gt Remote and turn on ENABLE BEE REMOTE CONTROL Am re a ES Step 3 On your iPhone browse to the address displayed in Handson Browse to the Handson Remote on the iPhone a T Mobile 15 11 58 ci 192 168 1 20 8888 BROWSE TO Handson Options gt Remote fo atx MAME o oo LS iPhone Safari webbrowser Step 4 Finished Use the Handson iPhone Remote Basa E ia n BEER F Patch View the DMX patch P
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