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1. Then just add the channels for the moving lights that you wanted to be controlled by console 1 1 THRU 10 Youd then go down to group 998 2 and just add the channels you wanted controlled by console 2 1 THRU LAST 21 THRU 30 At the moment when you switch back to Live you ll find that any console can still control any channel But now go to the Show Setup screen and turn Channel Partitioning ON Now console 1 can control channels 1 thru 10 but not 21 thru 30 Conversely console 2 can control channels 21 thru 30 but not 1 thru 10 Console Programming Tips Partitioning This applies in every part of the console live and all of the preview displays More importantly it also applies when you use the RECORD RECORD SUB or UPDATE commands only the channels you re allowed to control will be stored when you use any of these commands So if both users turn all their lights off then put them at 50 on console 1 1 THRU 10 5 on console 2 21 THRU 30 5 but then only console 1 records a new cue 2 on console 1 CUE 2 RECORD now if you look at cue 2 in preview you will see that it only contains channels 1 thru 10 at 50 21 thru 30 will either be at O or will be tracking through from the previous cue depending on whether you have the console in TRACKING OFF or TRACKING mode Now console 1 adjusts Its levels on console 1 1 THRU 10 9 Then console 2 records2. Strand e News Spring 2006 Andrew Lloyd Webber s The PHANTOM of the OPERA www strandlighting com Phantom of the Opera Broadway s Longest Running Show by Bobby Harrell Andrew Lloyd Webber s The PHANTOM This was symbolized that night during the curtain call as a dancer in a skintight cat suit appeared on OF ine stage at the Majestic Theatre and placed a rose in the hand of the Phantom while the orchestra played 1D ER A the theme from Cats And the show shows no sign of slowing down SJ A It was a very different world technologically 18 years ago when the show started The console was a Strand Light Palette Full Speed Full Backup console that was built by Four Star specifically compacted to fit the booth at the Majestic and had a second floppy drive added At that time the show was stored on multiple floppies and they had to load a new floppy not just at intermission but during the first act There was a specific moment where they found time to load the second disk There was even enough time to load again if the first load didn t take The production electrician Bobby Joe Fehribach says that at one time the show even had a 5 disk floppy changer The original Light Palette had a capacity of 500 channels and 8 submasters with 50 overrange capability How far we have come in the world of theatrical lighting control ii E ite aie n petit eo 5 L iji Ea Lisas r x a nal Rial i WINI Pe
3. THRU 10 3 Then on console 2 playback 2 run cue 2 CUE 2 GOx2 now console 2 s lights 21 thru 30 go to 50 while 1 thru 10 stay at 30 This means that each user can now go to any cue adjust their lights and store the changes Into any cue using record or update without affecting anything the other user is doing And because Channel Partitioning and Playback Partitioning can be switched on and off independently of each other you can also vary how you work according to circumstance For example during rehearsals you might want each user to have to press their own Go button when a cue Is called so they can delay the go if they re still working on the cue But during previews you might want one operator to run the show so that everything Starts at the same time but each user to fix their own lights so turn playback partitioning off go back to a single playback and have one person run the show but leave channel partitioning on so each user can only alter their channels Then once the show is done turn channel partitioning off take the second console away and one person can run and edit the entire show You can always bring the second console back later if more complex plotting Is required again Console Programming Tips Partitioning Other Tricks Having two programmers working on a show can be useful but having each limited to a specitic set of lights can be wasteful For example if user 1 has finished his work
4. 4 and type 1 THRU LAST 1 THRU LAST GROUP 998 2 Now go back to Show Setup and turn Channel Partitioning to On and Playback Partitioning to X1 X2 this means that there are two playbacks across an entire multi console system regardless of how many consoles there are The other alternative User means that each console has two independent playbacks The setting you choose will depend on how you want to work in a two console system the advantage of choosing X1 X2 is that each user can see which cue the other is in on their own console s playback LCD display and if needbe can run the other user s cues from their console On a bigger system you need to use User so that each user can have their own playback In Show Setup you ll also have to tell the console that you want to use two playbacks go up to Playbacks and set it to either Dual LTP or Dual HTP doesn t matter which since each is being used for a completely separate set of channels Console Programming Tips Partitioning Now go back to live Change the level of the channels on console 1 1 THRU 10 1 to set those channels to 10 on console 2 21 THRU 30 7 to set those channels to 70 Cue 2 still has all of the channels recorded at 50 So now on console 1 playback 1 run cue 2 CUE 2 GOx1 those lights 1 thru 10 go to 50 The other lights stay at 70 Change the level of those lights again 1
5. attributes Below you see the filters set here Filter 1 is for Position and filters out all but 3 Pan and 4 Tilt The filters appear on the soft keys when the ATT key is pressed These filters are used for programming preset focus groups Typical syntax for recording channels 1 thru 6 s position information to group 101 would be 1 THRU 6 RECORD GROUP 101 ATT Position TEXT DC ENTER The Strand 520i was a fantastic tool to control the variety of moving fixtures as well as the digital media used in the show Tom Hull EE LMU Press Ctrl Alt to exit grab 4 50PA 307 06 atcpagc lib RHPS O16 hALLWhl hAL A hALLY BAUER hALURULZ etnies hat L Rol 4 Ate pages al i pressing amp holding the middle trackball e amp selecting the page soll hes channel control Ind soft ke 5b can be quickly accessed on the console by see fixture itbh for complete Attribute List F A a oe a I FIILPositiony 37 4 TF 1Coloar 7 11 gt 16 F3 Gobo i FH Focus b F51 Shutter J 68 gt 79 Fol Shape 41 gt 99 E l Fe iFilter 1 NOTES x Use trackball lu muve cursur Lhen ed ilicUuT eCOPY 3P STE 4 text LINE LINE LINE JAVE 6LOAD FILE FILEr ATC Page Attribute Filters COCO NOTES TEEN The second section is the display order Here you can list the attributes numerically that ard S meen Rene will display in the order that makes sense to you Under D1 Display 1 just text in the att
6. configure your second console as a Remote console see the user manual for details of how to do this as it varies depending on whether your console has the Server software installed or not connect It to the Main console via Ethernet and switch both on After they started up you should find that you can select and control any channel on either console the last person to select the channel being the person who has control You ll also notice that channels selected by the Main console turn red as you re probably used to channels selected by the Remote console appear green to indicate that they ve been selected by a Remote console On either console you now need to edit some of the Special groups that live at the end of the console s group list type GROUP 998 1 GROUP DISPLAY Group Display being the Group button at the top of the console rather than the one next to the numeric keypad This will show group 998 1 on screen this will either be called Partition if you re looking at It in an off line editor or single console or Partition ConsoleName if you have multiple consoles connected together There are then four more groups 998 2 998 5 called Partition 2 Partition 5 or Partition plus a console name in multi console systems These groups control which channel is controlled by which console when Channel Partitioning is turned on So in the case above in group 998 1 you d remove all of the channels 1 THRU LAST
7. preset focus groups The tablet connects through the serial port on the desk Go to the SETUP screen to configure Under the Console area pick the tablet size used a Wacom Intous2 12x12 so set the macro tablet to be INTOUS A4 OS next set the resolution of the button size use LOW resolution because the macros are about the same size as the console buttons Make sure the Net Node is LOCAL and the portis setto 4 the proper serial port COM1 or COM2 Then go to Macro Display With soe core your AutoCAD drawing on the tablet just press the macro button that you 2 2 want to program the macro will be automatically created Just type the sire mayan syntax for the macro and press MACRO MACRO to finish or better yet just press the next macro button that you want to program with the pen ARa onsen and continue Strand has the macro tablet layouts for you to start with so some are even in Word for easier editing Go to Strand s website for the ZOOM templates 30 40 ZOOM ZOOM US HO www strandlighting com ZOOM ZOOM Happy Programming 70 FARA Tr LV IV Z 90 Alpha Alpha ZOOM Z that they line up with the tablet properly Some are in AutoCAD form and av2 Rays 10 20 CMY Lift F Scrolls k 2 N a LS NG rai ZERON MNO a H 1 J e Z E HOME CLEAR 0 Kiji 08 7 qep 1G 7p we 5p 14 Gap 5 Automated Luminaire Tablet Layout created with AutoCAD SLD EC21 C21 Sinewave Reference Sit
8. In Tracking off set your channels to be the same as in the previous cue in blind 1 THRU LAST CUE LAST Console Programming Tips Partitioning Playback Partitioning Channel partitioning only solves half of the problem however In the scenario above cue 2 now contains all of the channels at 50 but 1 thru 10 are at 90 in live At the moment If either user runs cue 2 all of the channels 1 30 will go to 50 since they will go to the level plotted in cue 2 If user 1 had been working on a different cue he or she would now understandably be quite grumpy since their lights would have gone to a different level before theyd had a chance to record their new look Playback partitioning allows you to control this It allows you to define which channels can be controlled by which playback In Group Preview scroll down to groups 999 3 and 999 4 called X Playback 1 and X Playback 2 In this case we re going to want user 1 to use playback 1 and user 2 to use playback 2 so effectively we want to make group 999 3 the same as group 998 1 and group 999 4 the same as group 998 2 To do this on either console turn channel partitioning off since channel partitioning applies everywhere with it turned on one console won t be able to control the other s channels when setting these groups in GROUP PREVIEW go to group 999 3 and type 1 THRU LAST 1 THRU LAST GROUP 998 1 then go to group 999
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10. al technology my student programmer could pick up and retain the information quickly and efficiently This show was a large undertaking with lots of visual and digital media coming together The Strand desk took all of that information and gave us a fantastic outcome We used 3 layers of control for this Layer 1 controlled all slides videos and the live camera feed layer 2 was a duplicate for cross fading abilities while layer 3 displayed a mask that shaped the projection screen by rounding off the corners The mask layer was always on where the other layers would only be on when the projectors needed to display content It was setup as a moving light of 40 attributes where each layer was a different moving light channel We also setup 2 ATC encoder maps to assign the often used attributes to the encoders as well as included those attributes in the D1 and D2 display orders After that its cueing just like a moving light Pan and tilt for position set the right folder and Tile to display the proper image even set the correct Playmode so that the video can play audio that went from the Audio Out on the Mac to the audio desk Macro Tablet The macro tablet enabled me to communicate easily and quickly with the student master electrician programmer Chris Mears We structured the tablet with the fixtures a focus map gobo palettes color palettes and any shortcuts that we needed All the macro table does Is reference
11. channel can only be in one Partition group at a time ie you can t have a channel that you can control using more than one console when Channel Partitioning is on However you can have channels in one or more Display groups and in one or more Playback groups It is therefore possible to have a channel that will playback regardless of which playback is used which is usually not useful and is usually a result of the group being set up Incorrectly if you run cues on one playback and the wrong lights change level this is the first thing to check Also beware that it s possible to have a light not be in any Partition Display or Playback group which means that you may not be able to control it see it or have it follow the levels of any cues This can lead to a situation where you have a rogue light on that you can t see on the screen and stays on regardless of what cues you run though cue O overrides partitioning and should turn It off Finally you can split lights with multiple attributes across different channel or playback partition groups so you could have one person controlling the intensity of a light and the other person its colour Usually this is not something youd do deliberately but if you don t have control of some of a light s attributes check they they re all in the right Partition group Console Programming Tips Partitioning Partitioning and the Single Console Usually if it s just you and a single console y
12. cue 2 on console 2 CUE 2 RECORD RECORD User 2 has to press record twice to confirm because cue 2 does already exist this time But if you now look at cue 2 In preview on either console you will see that only console 2 s channels were recorded 21 thru 30 are now in the cue at 50 but 1 thru 10 are still at 50 despite the fact that they re currently at 90 live This means that either user can change levels and record cues independently of the other user But and this is an important difference to other consoles that have multiple cuelists both users are actually recording to the same cue cue 2 In the case above but are only storing their channels into that cue This means that If one user changes fade wait or delay time or the text on a cue it will affect the other user too This is usually a good thing if the lighting designer changes cue 2 to five seconds they probably want it to change for all of the lights if users want to make their lights happen in different times they can use parts to achieve that and It s usually a good thing to lay out some ground rules about which user uses which part numbers early on in plotting the show Beware of deleting cues since you will delete the whole cue the other person s lights as well as yours to work around this in tracking mode just remove all of your channels from the cue in blind 1 THRU LAST partitioning will ensure that only your channels are removed
13. e ie Phantom s first console The Light Palette In 1995 the show decided to upgrade components of the lighting system This included upgrading their scrollers and their console but they didn t change the dimmers or the interface With the d Light Palette being retired they chose the Light Palette 90 Now they had a capacity of 1536 J ee channels 1536 dimmers an average of 600 memories per show no more multiple floppies age OOP i 8 timed or manual playbacks up to 128 simultaneous fades DMX protocol programmable g er x poe macros up to 999 effects a notepad display for messages and reminders function keys full proportional dimmer patching with up to 64 userdefinable dimmer names remote monitor capability uo to 2 handheld remotes and an off line editor t N The Strand Light Palette 90 in the booth at the Majestic Theatre in New York The interface from the console to the dimmers is a sample and hold card that converts AMX to 0 10VDC For dimmers there are 3 96 way Dilor 2 4kw racks 1 tall box custom Strand CD80 rack and a smaller 8 x 12k dimmer rack They use 3 universes of DMX which include wireless dimming and a non dim relay rack The electrician that has been on the show all these years is Alan Lampel He says appreciate how the language of the console is consistent with all LP consoles It s a simple machine with rock solid connections that can service after 11 years of non stop perfo
14. ers and 250 conventional fixtures with Strand CD80 dimmer racks Control was on a Strand 520i console with a Wacom 12 x 12 macro tablet for moving light programming an iPaq wireless focus remote and xConnect software for remote video Console Setup First the fixture library MORE Notes Display Load File Fixture Library Console syntax is represented with Display Keys and Soft Keys When using multiple types of fixtures often adjust the fixtures from the library to make them more compatible with each other For example if the VL1000 gobo wheel is assigned to attribute 9 RGobo and the VL2201 s gobo wheel is assigned to attribute 8 Gobo change the VL1000s attribute to match the other fixture This allows me to configure the desk to only worry about one attribute 8 for the gobo wheel of two different fixtures then follow this logic throughout for any additional attributes that co exist on multiple fixtures Anyone needing to know how to edit the fixture library should view the tutorial on automated luminaires that is on the Strand website at www strandlighting com Go to Support and Tutorials Once the fixture library was set and the fixtures were patched moved on to the ATC Page This is where attribute filters display order and encoder assignments are made MORE Notes Display Load File ATC Page The first section is the attribute filters Attribute filters allow you to filter out all but the assigned
15. es as of 24 March 2006 EC21 Sinewave Amsterdam Concert Hall The Netherlands 36 channels to be installed 2006 Birmingham Town Hall UK x 2 racks 24 channels to be installed 2006 EC21 Non Sinewave St David Hall Cardiff UK x 2 racks Exeter University UK x 2 racks Devonshire Park Theatre UK x 2 racks Czech TV Prague Czech Republic x 2 racks TV Centre Moscow Russia x 2 racks Kuwait TV Kuwait x 2 racks 2 x NOB studios The Netherlands x 4 Racks 2 x ITN Television Studios UK x12 racks Courtyard Theatre for Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford UK x 6 racks Gradsky Culture Centre Moscow Russia x 2 racks Tschechisches Fernsehen 1 rack 30 dimmers 3kW reporting Studio 1 Almaty Kasachstan 2 racks 76 dimmers 3kVW 20 dimmers 5kW Bad F ssing 2 racks 10 dimmers 5kVV RCD 38 dimmers 3kVV RCD to be installed 2006 Stadttheater Schaffhausen 2 racks 75 dimmers 3kW RCD 24 dimmers 5kW RCD to be installed 2006 C21 Sinewave Dongguan Arts Center Dongguan China 70 dimmers out of 24 racks Not installed yet Toronto Opera House Toronto Canada 16 racks all Sinewave Nashville Symphony Hall Nashville TN 6 racks all Sinewave to be installed 2006 Marcus Center Madison WI 36 dimmers in 7 racks to be installed 2006 San Francisco Conservatory of Music USA 1 rack all Sinewave Installs in May 2006 CBC Toronto Radio Studio Canada 2 racks all Sinewave to be installed 2006 SLD Sinewave George
16. g products please visit our website EC21 www strandlighting com Console Programming Tips Spring 2006 by Rob Halliday 9 o92009 8 s eas PPE E i Partitioning One of the arguably underused strengths of the 500 series consoles is their ability to connect together into multi user multi console systems that allow many operators to share the programming of complex shows dividing up the work between them l series consoles can support up to five users one main console plus up to four additional consoles connected to it The main console does all of the work outputs the data to the lights and actually stores the show the other consoles are remote control surfaces for the main console Why would you want to do this Well imagine working on a big show for programming speed you might want to have one person dealing with the conventional lights and a second dealing with the a m pos rere as f LLEELLLEETUETTEFETE kkkhkbhhkhhhkkhbkkkhh Ekk Be Be Be Be Be De Be ee De Be ee eee se eeeeeeee naga HT I E SEEERREEES Gee iidcususcateenereeen inndas EP kek ek a ae bi cs as Wh moving lights You could of course just use two separate consoles But then you d have to run two completely separate sets of control cables would have to manage saving the show from two places would have to provide backup for two consoles and once the show was running would still have two conso
17. gned and equipped a further two facility studios for the rapidly growing complex x The studios use an extruded aluminum track system allowing movement of production lighting instruments to cover any position in the studio Unlike conventional matrix grids this gives considerable increased flexibility and allows full positioning from the floor without the need to move sets or scenery said Roger Davies PBDS Senior Systems Engineer Vic Gibbs Broadcast Lenine Systems To match existing systems Strand LD24 Digital Dimmer Racks plus a 300 Series Lighting Control desk are included The latter control panels are fitted in special frames to allow the master panel to be recessed within the desk shelf and the Fader Panel to be recessed into the wall A comprehensive DMX lighting data distribution system Is fitted with all signals being routed via the Central Apparatus Room for production flexibility BLS no site solder panels are used enabling very fast and reliable termination of Cat5 cabling Studio lighting is a mixture of BAMBINO tungsten studio spotlights Iris cyclorama Lights and fluorescent softlights All luminaires have been fitted with BLS Lamp Tags for easy circuit identification The majority of lights are pole operated as is the suspension system and the cyclorama cloth carriages Thus changes can be made swiftly from the floor without disturbing sets scenery or talent Pacecead T conccle The two new PBDS studios are al
18. ing full tracking backup plus two 520i control consoles will be the remote control of the lighting system The theatre will be linked up by fibre optics and there are 53 x SN110 network nodes distributing DMX within the theatre According to Eric Kwan the Strand Lighting Project Manager Although the project has just kicked off we have already put in a lot of preparation over the past few months and we all look forward to the completion date at the end of August in 2006 The Rocky Horror Puppet Show by Bobby Harrell h a Tt X ep Richard O Brien s fe a oe an a 3 FY a What do you get when you cross Muppets giant puppets and the musical that has the largest cult following at the midnight movies You get Collin County Community College s production of The Rocky Horror Puppet Show Yes puppet show Now this is no ordinary puppet show The Muppet style puppets were the hecklers a roll traditionally filled by the movie going audience while certain characters took on an other worldly feel by incorporating body parts as puppets The director Brad Baker says Rocky Horror is at its essence the story of young innocents who enter a demented world and emerged changed by the experience We chose to extend the world of transvestitism to a world that featured transvestite puppets hand operated cloth puppets stick puppets marionettes rag puppets and large scale Bun Raku puppets Rocky hi
19. les and so would either need two operators or some way of linking them together so that one triggered the other With the multi user Strand system all of the show management saving archiving would take place from the main console one backup console would backup the entire system and once youd finished plotting youd just re configure the main console to single user operation and one person could run the entire show Of course this would be less than useful if all of the consoles had to work on the same cue or the same lights at the same time This is where Partitioning comes in dividing up who s allowed to control which part of the rig and then which lights get affected when cues are played back Strand consoles do this division in two separate ways both of which are found under the REPORT ADV SETUP gt SHOW SETUP setup screen Channel Partitioning and Playback Partitioning Console Programming Tips Partitioning Channel Partitioning Channel Partitioning allows you to decide who ie which console in a multi console system is allowed to have control of which channels On a one console system you would normally leave this turned off to ensure that you could control every light in the rig But in the example above you might want Console 1 to be able to control just channels 1 to 10 the moving lights while Console 2 could just control channels 21 30 the conventional lights In the first instance you would
20. mself was an 11 foot tall puppet that was controlled by 5 puppeteers In addition to that there were several life sized marionettes that were controlled by puppeteers from catwalks above the stage for additional onlookers and chorus members Faculty designer Craig Erickson usually designs the set and lighting for most shows This time he asked me to light the show and teach the process of designing a musical on their Strand 5201 console while was there This would function as a very detailed master class over 2 weeks of production Here s what Craig had to say about the desk The 520 with its user friendly syntax and macro capabilities made the programming and cueing process for Rocky Horror fast and efficient and provided us with many creative options One of the things that really made this board fast was the ability for our operator to configure many aspects of the console in a way that made sense to him Craig is talking about the flexible and editable ATC Page We needed to setup the console to talk about that but first here is the equipment available for the production Shop Order The house equipment inventory that they have is quite impressive 12 VL1000T5S 3 VL2201 Spots 2 VL2412 Washes 1 Catalyst Media Pro Server 8 Advanced Lighting Live LED 100 fixtures 4 GAM SX4 Gobo Changers 2 GAM Twin Spin 2s 2 GAM Film FX loops 1 GAM Scene Machine 14 Wybron Forerunner Scrollers 2 Strong Super Troop
21. nd welcomes an enormous range of visitors from student productions and amateur performances by local groups to touring shows concerts and lectures On its opening in 1969 the theatre was equipped by Strand Lighting the company celebrating its Involvement with the delightful advertisement shown here Much of the equipment supplied then including the now classic Patt 23 and Patt 263 and 264 profile spotlights and Patt 123 223 and 243 fresnels is still in use today carefully maintained through the years by the theatre s crew The theatre s original Strand dimmers also remain in use And until comparatively recently control was through the original Strand SP60 three preset manual lighting console located in a control room at the rear of the auditorium This console offered two groups common across all three presets with all faders being the beautifully engineered and delightful to use quadrant faders Constructed to the highest standards the SP60 provided reliable service until well into the 90s and still hasn t left the building the theatre s crew can t bear to part with It and it is currently on show in the foyer Eventually though demands tor computerised memory control led the theatre to purchase a Strand LBX75 console after a number of computerised lighting controllers promised as final year projects from theatre enthusiast computer science students came to nothing As part of last year s refurbishments and upgrades the Gulbe
22. nkian has now moved to the latest generation of Strand control a 250 channel Strand 520i complete with WYSIWYG dongle for any visitors requiring that facility Though quite a step up from the LBX the 520i proved familiar enough for the theatre s crew to start using It straight away and all were looking forward to making use of the extra facilities it offered European Exhibitions Open Days amp Events AFIAL Madrid Spain Spanish dealer Sadilsa displayed a full range of Strand Lighting products at the AFIAL exhibition in f Madrid in February h git PA aln 2 oy gt eS a Y f al o lt poet a ey Open Day at the Vienna Opera House hosted by LDDE New dealer in Austria LDDE hosted a very well attended Open Day at the Vienna Opera House in February Visitors were invited to see the new range of Strand dimmers including EC21 Wallrack 3pack and 6pack LDDE lighting ideas wwwidde com GY oo i a TA First Wallrack Installation by John Anderton White Light North The Bradford Girls Grammar School came to White Light with a request to upgrade their hall lighting within a certain budget and with heavy time restraints on the availability of the hall Their main concern was safety as one of the girls had received a shock from the main isolator and rcd board After a time spent on spreadsheets weighing up the pros and cons of differing dimmers we all decided that the LD24 wa
23. on a cue but user 2 is still busy with the lighting designer user 1 might want to help perhaps by diving in to preview to sort out when user 2 s scrollers are setting themselves Which Channel Partitioning set to On user 1 can t do this they re not allowed to touch user 2 s channels anywhere But Channel partitioning can also be set to Live This means that in live users can t alter each others channels as before and record and update only act on a user s own channels as before But in any of the preview displays each user can control any channel This means that you end up with two users collaborating on one large system when required rather than just two users working on two smaller systems and can be invaluable The special Display groups which govern which channels appear on your channel screen can also be useful in multi user setups since you can decide whether you just want to see your lights want to see your lights and the lights controlled by other users So you can see what they re up to or some combination thereof Groups 994 1 994 5 are called Display 1 5 or Display plus the names of the consoles in your system if they are connected and as with the Partition groups a channel that is in Display 2 will appear on console 2 s screen though to make this happen you ll have to go to SETUP and set Channel Formatting to Display Group Things to Note There are a couple of things to note Firstly a
24. ou should make sure that both Channel Partitioning and Playback partitioning are turned off In the worst case if Channel Partitioning was on but all of the channels were assigned to Partition 2 youd wonder why you couldn t turn any lights on However you don t necessarily need a real console to have remote users with Strand s xConnect dongle you can turn your Mac or PC into a remote console which can log in as any of the users 1 5 partitioning works with users logged in like this Just as It does with real consoles channel partitioning can be useful here perhaps to allow a designer using xConnect to view and label cues but not to accidentally change any plotted levels Like many features of the 500 series consoles Channel and Playback partitioning especially when combined with a multi user setup are immensely powerful and Incredibly useful tools But as with all powerful things they can be a little risky if you use them without quite understanding what they do or use them by accident If someone else has left them turned on If you don t need these facilities make sure they re turned off If you do play before you get into the lighting session for your show Corporate Staff News Exhibitions amp Events New Dealers in Europe Visit the Strand Lighting booth at exhibitions around the world and see what s new FINLAND HUNGARY OY LAFOY Ltd Zaj Discotechnika Kft ABTT London Veneentekjantie 18 1066 Budapest
25. rioutes in the order that you want to display For example 1 3 4 2 11 gt 13 This will 1 394 2 11 gt 13 5 gt 10 14 gt 126 set the order for 1 intensity 3 pan 4 tilt 2 color wheel 11 gt 13 cyan magenta and 511t6en1 l yellow After that just type 5 gt 126 5 is the first attribute not specified while 126 is the last available attribute Once here just press Save File The software will do the math for you and fix the entry line Now go to the LIVE screen In fact press LIVE twice to _ retresh 52 Color 1 3 S3 1KGobo l J AE y the moving light screen and you ll see your new attribute order Press LAST SCREEN to rsspui2ie f B go back to Bea See 7 z a the ATC Page and continue fine tuning your preferred order That s all there is to it STIiBlades TAB E J 4 a ae You ll notice there is a setup for D2 This is display 2 and It s for the second user This was S811 Bladec LAR my xConnect setup This means that the designer can have a different display order than See ome wiley CCRT AOS Beste WNE GUD the programmer Just set it up any way you want and use xConnect in Login mode not FILE FILE Monitor mode ATC Page Display Order and Encoder Assignments The last section in the ATC Page is the encoder assignment Each two line grouping is an ATC map that assigns the attributes listed to the console s devises There are 7 entries of numerical data that correspond
26. rmance Many companies of the show have come and gone but both Broadway and the current road company are on LP90s Another touring company ran 8 years on the LP90 while the San Francisco company ran on the Light Palette 2 By today s standards the show Is rather small with only 200 cues and 15 effects but that doesn t stop it from being on top of Broadway with no end in sight Here s wishing them another 18 years National Grand Theatre in Beijing choose Strand EC21 by Thomas Chan Strand Lighting Asia has won the contract to supply the dimmer and control system for the Drama Theatre of the National Grand Theatre in Beijing The National Grand Theatre designed by French architect Paul Andrea will be built directly next to the Great Hall of the People and about 500 metres from central Beijing s Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City aata iaaa ne i coe Peau Sr eas i et an The 165 000sqm facility will feature Saati sy PMR vores ae a titanium and glass dome set in the w SENA centre of a lake and will include a 2 416 seat opera hall a concert hall aem e SS _ anda with 2 017 seats and a 1 040 seat Estimated aa DEEE USD 345 million T theatre Visitors will enter through a tunnel under the lake which will be surrounded with gardens and trees a Strand will supply 11 EC21 dimmer racks with a total of 661 dimmer modules of different types including 20 3kW dual sinewave modules Two 550i control consoles runn
27. s the way forward Imagine our surprise and delight when Mr David Cusworth of Strand Lighting places his call with John Anderton of White Light to announce that White Light will not be using LD24 s but will be the first people ever to receive the new Strand Wallracks Price compatibility with the LD24 was important but more so was the new streamlined look more features such as dmx merge with offset for houselights using Accent controls the 8 contact closures for presets Ethernet and USB ports curves min and max levels per channel and even a panic input for cleaners or emergency systems to cut in RCD s are an easy fitted option Easy install wiring a nice cable duct top to bottom and a clever removable panel on the top to make the trunking interface easy White Light gives this rack the thumbs up even our Service Department says Its not bad White Light North Ltd Corporation Street Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire HX6 200 UK Tel 44 0 1422 839651 Fax 44 01422 839773 WHITE LIGHT PBDS Studio Installation by Broadcast Lighting Systems Ltd by Vic Gibbs Broadcast Lighting Systems BLS TV lighting studio design specialists have completed two more 50 sq m Studios for PBDS in West London PBDS rent out the studios and provides play out for a number of satellite channels l map BLS designed and installed the lighting and suspension system for the original 120 sq m studio in 2002 4 oti A have have now desi
28. so fitted with Broadcast Lighting Systems new PLC based Hi Power LED On Air light systems controlled from the galleries and linked into the building alarm system These units also interlock house lights and a number of other functions Broadcast Lighting Systems 8 Old School Road Tel 44 0 1895 811393 Hillingdon Fax 44 0 1895 811395 Middlesex UB8 3WE Email broadcastlight aol com UK Wallrack 24 x 2 5kW and Wallrack 6 x 5kW Digital Dimmers Continuing the high level of new dimming product introductions Strand Lighting is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Wallrack Digital Dimmer range Defining the new Standard in permanent installation dimming for small medium entertainment and architectural venues the Wallrack is available in two sizes 24 x 2 5kW and 6 x kW versions and with a host of features to suit every application stand Wallrack Wallrack is convection cooled no fans and yet extremely compact great for distributed dimming schemes or just to get a lot of dimmers into a small space In fact Wallracks occupy half the wall Space of the hugely successful LD90 LD24 range that they replace without compromising on features Wallracks are provided with plug in control processors stylish easy to use and very easy to service Ihe Wallracks feature dual DMX inputs allowing simultaneous DMX control combinations from a production lighting console and architectural panels in the same system Strand s inexpensi
29. ter installation Versions include 15A CEE17 Schuko French and terminal versions Dealers report that initial stocks are already flying off the shelves and the dimmers are a perfect complement to Strand s popular 100 series desk 12 24 channels and 200 series desk 12 24 and 24 48 channels i j ae E it TEP ee ee i jf a Ton DD REEE a seeneajf zo aie _ Fer JL New Dimming Range Easy Look Up Table Here is an table to help you identity the equivalent new dimmer to our previous models Product Version Replaced with Version Act 6 Digital Opack 75420 Hardwired 75301 Opack hardwired 75421 Dual 15A socket 7502 6pack dual 15A 75422 Dual schuko socket 75303 6pack dual Schuko 75423 Dual CEE17 socket 75304 6pack dual CEE17 75424 Dual French socket 75305 Opack dual French 64311 6 channel fader panel 61313 12 channel 100 series lighting desk LD90 Wallrack 74102 24x2 5kw SP 75356 Wallrack 24x2 5kw ND 74103 12 x 5Kw SP 75957 Wallrack 6x5kw ND two required 74104 24x2 5kw SP with ND terminals 75356 Wallrack 24x2 5kw ND 74105 24x2 5kw ND breakers 75356 Wallrack 24x2 5kw ND 74106 12x bkw DP 75357 Wallrack 6x5kw ND two required 74108 24x 2 5kw Delta DP Consult Strand Outlook and SWC with LD90 Consult Strand LD24 Wallrack 74112 24x2 5Kw SP 75356 Wallrack 24x2 5kw ND 74115 24x2 5Kw ND 75356 Wallrack 24x2 5kw ND SLD96 Aare ane EC21 Consult Strand for Quotations for For technical date sheets on our dimmin
30. to the 6 hardware items on the desk The first attribute 1 Intensity is assigned to the intensity wheel the second and third attributes 3 Pan and 4 Tilt to the trackball then the next 4 attributes are assigned to the encoder wheels from top white to bottom ourple Just edit and change the attribute number assignment as well as the labeling as you need always start with ATC Maps 51 thru 56 These will show up on the softkeys when the center teal key Is pressed and held Just hold it down and then select the proper softkey Any ATC Maps that you don t need just delete Strand 520i with a Wacom Macro Tablet for programming Catalyst Programming Integrating Catalyst into this show was a snap The director Brad Baker wanted slides and videos shown on screens left and right of the proscenium arch as well as a live camera feed showing the Narrator who was portrayed as our current president George W Bush sitting in the oval office Tom Hull staff assistant technical director configured Catalyst for the show and said The Strand 520i was a fantastic tool to control the variety of moving fixtures as well as the digital media used in the show We controlled the Catalyst system via the Strand desk and it helped make programming the Catalyst a breeze In an educational environment it is helpful to have tools that students can quickly pick up and work with In using a Wacom macro tablet wireless remotes and digit
31. town University Washington DC 30 dimmers out of 8 racks Fairfield Performing Arts Center Fairfield OH 20 dimmers out 3 racks Newton Auditorium Denver CO 80 dimmers out of 9 racks Gulbenkian Theatre Sticks With Strand by Rob Halliday Further information about the Gulbenkian Theatre can be found at www kent ac uk gulbenkian The Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury England has stuck with Strand Lighting in choosing what is only the theatre s third lighting control system in Its thirty seven year history Part of the campus of the University of Kent the Gulbenkian first opened its doors in 1969 Then as now the theatre offered 343 seats arranged on three sides of a deeply thrust stage with a fixed lighting grid at about 5 6m and two lighting bridges over the auditorium that followed the line of the stage edge To the mild frustration of all who would use the building over the next thirty years the stage offered a wing on stage left but nothing on stage right apart from a door through to the bar followed by a quick sprint around the outside of the building if a crossover to stage left was required Building work in late 2005 has finally corrected this while also expanding and refurbishing the foyers Now run by Dee Ashworth lighting designer and for many years its Technical Director and Technical Manager Pam Hardiman along with technicians Shaun Weager and Adam Webb the Gulbenkian is funded by the University and the Arts Council a
32. ve Accent DMX based architectural control panels are the perfect complement but a Strand Outlook interface will also be released shortly for use with more complex architectural systems i il Fl l I LF BAAR AIA A J J q J J J J j J J J J Architectural Control a Ga Accent DMX Programmable Preset Architectural Lighting Control Stations and Remote 6pack and 3pack Digital Dimmers Now Shipping Strand Lighting is pleased to announce the launch of the new 6pack and Spack digital dimming products Perfect for portable rack and wall mounting applications these handy 4U high 19 packs are DMX controlled convection cooled and equipped with neutral disconnect DIN circuit breakers as standard Wall mount plates single phase link bar and a cable gland are included in the package as standard Ideal for use In small to medium size Installations such as schools colleges and small stages they are also perfect for rental applications and for portable use The 6pack and 3pack dimmer family will prove cost effective and flexible with a wide range of features and socket options to suit all users t LE 3 4 LE LE The simple control interface enables users to set DMX address minimum maximum levels and dimmer curves channel by channel Full LED displays are complemented by a built in DMX 512 terminator switch as well The sliding electronics tray gives easy service access even af
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