SmartSoft v2.0.0 User Manual
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1. 10 Chapter 2 11 Playback Tab 12 PON S P 12 Live Tab ML only 15 Page VAD sacr acus ardore dor dud aos rs d eee ETE E E he a 16 Edit 17 otack Seq Edit Tab 18 xcii om Sad ore bo anh Acard hare oe Su oo eee ee aah ow oe aes 20 DMX Outputs 22 TaD PT 23 Effects Edit Tab SmartFade ML only 25 Groups Tab SmartFade ML 26 Palettes Tab SmartFade ML only 27 SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Introduction Congratulations on your download of the SmartSoft lighting software SmartSoft provides a graphical user interface to all consoles in the SmartFade family and an offline editing tool This chapter contains the following sections e Using this Manual 2 e Help from ETC Technical Services 3 e Installation Procedures 4 Introduction 1 Using this Manual Congratulations on your download of the SmartSoft software This manual will hopefully get you up and running in no time The functionality of SmartFade consoles is described in the manuals of these consoles This manua2. 16 Mem LON 17 e Stack Seq Edit Tab 18 e Effects Edit Tab SmartFade ML only 25 e Groups Tab SmartFade ML only 26 e Palettes Tab SmartFade ML only 27 e Patch FAG P 20 e DMX Outputs Tab 22 System Tab 23 Playback This screen is the primary user interface when running a show You can see output levels the current selection set and its names the fader positions and the master status Click on a button to change mode click on a text area to edit a name SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 1296 SmartFadeML Zones The playback tab consists of the following zones 1 Output mimic zone 2 Faders zone 3 GM Solo and IND zone 4 Stack zone 5 Device zone ML only SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual 1 Output mimic zone The top zone displays the levels of intensities with a status bar and a percentage Each channel can have a text label with three lines of six characters a 40 54 Amber Front 2 Faders zone The bottom zone displays the selected fader mode and level status of the faders Fader knobs are displayed as transparent for unmatched faders and solid for matched faders The bar graph shows the position of the virtual fader Far 64 Amber Front Change fade
3. SMARTSOF T User Manual Version 2 0 Copyright 2008 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc AIT Rights reserved Product information and specifications subject to change Part Number 7219M1220 2 0 0 Rev A Released November 2008 Emphasis Expression9 Insight Imagine Focus M Express Unison Obsession 1 SmartPack SmartFade ETCNet2 EDMX Source Four Revolution Sensor and WYSILink are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Electronic Theatre Controls Inc in the United States and other countries Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries All other trademarks both marked and not marked are the property of their respective owners Table of Contents Introduction 1 Using this 2 IP UOTIS 3 205 deri anne as ae ar ten io a 2 Text Conventions 2 Help from ETC Technical Services 3 Installation Procedures 4 Install SmartSoft 4 With or without a console 5 Chapter 1 General Functionality 7 General Information 8 Status Bar amp Tabs 9 Console 5
4. The palette number displayed with the title tab bar operates a drop down list allowing selection of any palette Palette LL Palette 01 Stage OPEN ALL FCE 02 Front Orange Frost Mac300 FCB 03 People Yellow FC 04 Wall Yellowgreen 05 Green C 06 Aqua OF Cyan C 08 Light Blue 09 Blue C um mae unum een Tm When palette number is selected all palettes Focus Color and Beam are shown Parameter icons are displayed if that parameter exists on a device e Click on names and values to edit press DELETE to remove a selected value The palette name is edited shown to the right of the palette title e Values of zero are shown 0 e Unrecorded values are blank 27 28 SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual L 27 1 24 25 LOADED SHOW 9 COLOR 25 27 CONSOLE INDICATORS 4 CONSOLE SIMULATOR 10 MEMORY nn 16 CONSOLE SYMBOL 10 Mn 24 CONTACT ETC TECHNICAL SERVICES 3 MIDI SHOW CONTROL 24 CROSSFADER DIRECTION 24 D EINE 10 DEFAULT TIMES 24 OPENING amp SAVING SHOW
5. 23 DEVICE INFORMATION 15 OVERLAPPING CELLS 21 DEVICE PARAMETER 21 DEVICE START CHANNEL 21 p DEV E NAI Be ORME een 27 5 24 20 DMX OUTPUT 5 24 E S SEQUENCE 16 25 SETTINGS nn 24 Si MM nn 24 25 cp EL CE SHUTDOWN in 5 SWAP PANITILT on 24 F See 27 T TECHNICAL 3 G TEXT CONVENTIONS 2 COUR CEREREM 26 FORMATTING 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 22 H HELP DOCUMENTATION g U UNPATCHED 21 USER 24 I SIE TERRE 4 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 4 W INTENSITY CHANNELS 20 WEBSITE nn 3 INVERT OR SWAP PAN TILT 24 WITH OR WITHOUT A CONSOLE 4 30 SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Corporate Headquarters m 3031 Pleasant View Road Box 620979 Middleton Wisconsin 53562 0979 USA m Tel 608 831 4116 m Fax 608 836 1736 London UK Unit 26 28 Victoria Industrial Estate Victoria Road London W3 600 UK m Tel 44 0 20 8896 1000 m Fax 44 0 20 8896 2000 Rome IT m Via Ennio Quirino Visconti 11 00193 Rome Italy m Tel 39
6. in level Button mode LATCH BUMP Affected by GM YES 21 22 Outputs Tab This tab is a mimic of all levels being output on the available universes of DMX512 It is mainly intended for troubleshooting No values may be altered on screen SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 1296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFadeML SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual A System Tab This tab is for opening amp saving or erasing show files It also contains general settings for your system SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 1296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFadeML If a console is connected the same show will be loaded to the console Make sure you have saved your data before loading or connecting A show that is opened from the console can be saved in the PC from here CAUTION Always make sure you have saved your data before using NEW or OPEN commands since they will delete the current data in memory 23 Settings See the SmartFade console manual for more elaborate explanations of these settings Erase Erase part of your show Language Choose screen language for SmartSoft Console Indicators Set intensities in the console hardware Crossfader oet crossfader direction DMX Output oet DMX output speed MIDI MIDI and MIDI Show Control settings Default Times Set default times for fades and palettes User mode Select a user mode Pan Tilt Modify SmartFade ML only Invert or swap pan tilt for individual devices Sm
7. 06 32 111 683 m Fax 44 0 20 8752 8486 Holzkirchen DE Ohmstrasse 3 83607 Holzkirchen Germany m Tel 49 80 24 47 00 0 m Fax 49 80 24 47 00 3 00 Hong Kong m Rm 1801 18 F Tower 1 Phase 1 Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road Kowloon Bay Kowloon Hong Kong m Tel 852 2799 1220 m Fax 852 2799 9325 Service Americas service etcconnect com m UK service etceurope com m DE techserv hoki etcconnect com m Asia service etcasia com Web www etcconnect com m Copyright 2008 ETC Rights Reserved m Product information and specifications subject to change 7219 1220 2 0 0 m Rev A m Released 11 2008
8. chapter gives you the general information you need to get started This chapter contains the following sections e 11 8 Status amp Tabs 9 e Console Simulator 10 General Functionality General Information SmartSoft is an on line and off line viewer and editor for SmartFade and SmartFade ML consoles When used on it s own it allows you to simulate any of the SmartFade consoles When used with a real console SmartSoft provides live views into the stored data and offers facilities to add text labels for show items and see the positions of fader levels to simplify level matching and ensure seamless operation omartSoft is compatible with PCs running the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems SmartSoft is also available for Mac OS X systems Unlike a simple add on video display SmartSoft provides powerful tools for drag and drop editing file management and integration with visualization software It is recommended that you have a display resolution of at least 1280 x 768 however 1280 x 1024 or greater is the optimum resolution for running SmartSoft SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual otatus Bar amp Tabs The top of all screens is a Status Bar with some general information and selection of the tabs This is all there is to navigating SmartSoft Click on a tab to select it Sm
9. Programs gt ETC gt SmartSoft gt Console updates gt Downloader Downloader should detect console and then ask for file Select the file SMRTFDFML SRC for SmartFade ML or SMRTFADE SRC For SmartFades and press Download Mac Save the SRC files onto an SD card There is no USB software downloader for Mac At the end of the self test the console will load the file from the SD card When code is loaded and the console has re started open the SmartSoft program It should detect the console and open the correct version of SmartSoft After a short time it should report the console as Online on the top of the screen SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual With or without a console SmartSoft will check if there is a console connected to your computer through USB when the program is started If there is no console connected SmartSoft will start up as an offline editor allowing you to choose console from a popup Select console type LL ond ul LJ SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFade ML Check Far software updates wu SmartSoh SmartFade and SmartFade ML are registered trade marks of ETC Inc Copyright ETS 2007 If you want to connect a console you need to restart SmartSoft If a console is connected the same show will be loaded into SmartSoft and it will run as part of the console application Introduction 5 SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Chapter 1 General Functionality This
10. a sequence to select it for viewing The faders are 21 24 13 24 in ML since sequences only exist on these faders The Stack Sequence number on the title bar operates a drop down list to select a sequence for editing Click on names and values to edit seq Stack edit Page 01 Start here Page 18 SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual 1 Content management zone This zone shows the content of the selected Stack Sequence Double click to edit memories channel steps cannot be edited here see the console manual for this e Right click over a step to get an insert delete popup Ni i Insert sequence step PR d Insert step Channel Delete step Memory 01 01 v e Direct cue Point cue Tr 0 Insert Cancel e Click on a step and drag to move to a new position between two other steps You will get a popup where you can choose to insert as a whole number or a point cue Whole number Point cue E Note When you move insert or delete a whole numbered step in the Stack all following steps will be automatically renumbered 19 20 Patch Tab This tab is for viewing editing the patch SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 1296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFadeML All patching is performed by dragging between the top section and slots in one of the universes e Hover the mouse over any cell to see the patch for that item e Drag any item to un patch bin to the right to un patch it Intens
11. artSoft SHOWML13 ASC ATTU 1 Software name 2 Name of loaded show file 3 Toggle Console Simulator see below 4 Open Help documentation folder 5 Exit SmartSoft 6 Currently selected tab AND subselection drop down menu Shape effects Linear effects Color effects 7 Tabs see next chapter Text formatting All objects can have a text added in SmartSoft Groups Pages Mems etc In tabs where this applies you can select how many lines of text are displayed with the following symbols General Functionality 9 Console Simulator Included is a console simulator allowing the software to be operated as if a real console were attached The simulator may be used for training and practice and to see the results of shows built or edited off line To launch this console click on the console symbol in the status bar at the top SmartFade 1248 1296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFadeML To change iftime or parameter data is displayed over the faders of SmartFadeML in MEM mode click on the clock IFCBFx symbol at the top of the screen SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Chapter 2 abs All of the functions in SmartSoft are accessed from the different tabs shown in the Status Bar This chapter contains the following sections Playback 12 Live Tab ML only 15 e Page
12. artSoft v2 0 User Manual Effects Edit Tab SmartFade ML only This tab is for editing the content of any shape linear or color effect 8 SmartSoft SHOWMLO1 ASC Effects SELECT Shape Effects Name Speed Depth Aspect Rotation SELECT Linear Effects Speed Depth SELECT Color Effects Name Speed Chroma Base Range 5 tyl e There are 11 Effect slots of each kind The Effect Name on the title bar operates a drop down list to select shape linear or color effects for editing e Click on names and values to edit e Click in the first row in each of the three effect types shape linear color to get a drop down for selecting a specific effect SELECT shape Effects E Square infinity V Lissajou ES Clover Aspect Flower ex Triangle Harmonics Mame speed Depth Rotation Tabs 25 26 Groups Tab SmartFade ML only This tab is for editing the content of any group SmartSoft SHOWML13 ASC Groups DEVICE 1 2 3 4 GROUP 4 e Click on names to edit e Double click on a device to toggle it on off in the corresponding group SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Palettes Tab SmartFade ML only Tabs This tab is for viewing editing the content of any focus color or beam palette F1 Zmarl3o0fl SHOWMLIS ASC rn m Palerme l r lt x 4 io 11 iz 130 14 FOCUS PALETTE COLOR PALETTE PALETTE
13. e screen Sequences Active sequences are shown in bright yellow inactive in dim yellow Double click on a sequence number outside the name area to jump to the seq edit screen for that sequence 16 SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Mem Edit Tab This is a tab for editing the content of any memory It is identical in layout to the live tab however it displays only data recorded into the selected memory Channels or devices without a level for intensity and or parameters have no information recorded in that memory SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 1296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFadeML ER FE EL S The memory number Page and Fader on the title bar operates a drop down list to select a memory for editing To the right of the number is the Mem name and time e Click on names and values to edit Press DELETE to remove a selected value e Multiple cells may be selected by holding CTRL Double click to set a value Editing one of a multiple selection sets the same value in each e Right click on a palette type or a selected value to open a Palette List ML only Strabe BEAM Strat Ell Shutter Frost Bl Tabs 17 otack Seq Edit Tab This tab is for editing the content of any sequence or the Stack The top left section is identical to the Cue List Zone of the Playback Tab SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 1296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFadeML The right half is identical to the Page Tab you can double click on
14. elow Emergency service is available from all ETC offices outside of normal business hours When calling for help please have the following information handy e Console model and serial number located back panel e Dimmer manufacturer and installation type e Other components in your system Unison other consoles etc Americas Asia Electronic Theatre Controls Inc Technical Services Department 3031 Pleasant View Road Middleton WI 53562 800 775 4382 USA toll free 1 608 831 4116 service etcconnect com ETC Asia Ltd Technical Services Department Room 1801 18 F Tower 1 Phase 1 Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road Kowloon Bay Kowloon Hong Kong 852 2799 1220 service etcasia com Introduction United Kingdom Electronic Theatre Controls Ltd Technical Services Department 26 28 Victoria Industrial Estate Victoria Road London W3 6UU England 44 0 20 8896 1000 service etceurope com Germany Electronic Theatre Controls GmbH Technical Services Department Ohmstrasse 3 83607 Holzkirchen Germany 49 80 24 47 00 0 techserv hoki etcconnect com Installation Procedures Install SmartSoft omartSoft is compatible with PCs running the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems SmartSoft is also available for Mac OS X systems e Download the software from www etcconnect com e Install in your computer make sure you install the PC drivers see below e Ensure your console is ru
15. ity Channels Click on the intensity level and drag a channel to a DMX cell or click and drag a DMX cell to a channel There is no UNDO for this Devices ML only Drag a device channel to a DMX starting address and drop to get a popup with all devices in the library Choose the manufacturer of the device to see all the devices available from that manufacturer Click to select your device type To move a device click on it s head and drag to a new position If a device runs off the end of the universe it may not be patched to that position Overlap is allowed as it may be desirable in some cases If a device overlaps another device s patch the overlapping cells are shown in red If your device is not included in the device library you may build your own definition of that device Please consult the SmartFade ML user manual for instructions on building user defined devices SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Color codes DMX values are color coded according to what they are connected to Unpatched Black with white text Device parameter Tan with white text Device start channel Light grey with black text Intensity Green with white text Overlapping cells Red with black text Independents Click on and Independent level and drag to a DMX cell or click and drag a DMX cell to an Independent level There is no UNDO for this Click and edit values to set levels and set bump and GM modes IND IND Hause Smoke Light
16. l covers the functionality of this software in general These are the manual conventions Instructions Instructions are written next to an image of the software display There are numbers in frames or arrows indicating areas and a list of available functions in that area smarsot 1 Playback I Example 1 Output Mimic zone Text Conventions e Buttons in the SmartFade family of consoles when described in text are indicated with bold capital letters followed by the word button Like STACK button e References to other parts of the manual are indicated in italics When viewing this manual electronically click on the reference to jump to that section of the manual Note Notes are helpful hints and information that is supplemental to the main text CAUTION A Caution statement indicates situations where there may be undefined or unwanted consequences of an action possible data loss or equipment problems Please E mail comments about this manual to TechComm etcconnect com 2 SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Help from ETC Technical Services If you are having difficulties your most convenient resources are the references given in this user manual To search more widely try the ETC Web site at www etcconnect com You can ask other users for advice on the ETC forums at www etcconnect com community If none of these resources is sufficient contact ETC Technical Services directly at one of the offices identified b
17. nning the latest software version see below Install PC drivers A SmartSoft installation has a revised driver file for the PC without this the console will report as Unrecognized USB device Once the software is installed and the console s have been upgraded you must update the driver as follows 1 Start gt Settings gt Control panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device manager A list will display of the PCs hardware this should include a yellow question mark other devices 2 Press on the sign next to this to open the sub list which says USB High Speed Pipe 3 Right click on USB High Speed Pipe and select Update Driver 4 The Wizard opens to search for the driver on the Internet select No not this time Next Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced gt Next 5 Browse to C Program Files ETC SmartSoft Drivers gt Next f asked select Continue anyway Now the console should connect to SmartSoft Updating the console A compatible version of console software is included with the SmartSoft download but this version may not be the most recent version of console software Please check the ETC Web site for software updates Hold the menu button and press ON until the display enters the self test mode Press Enter until the memory test is complete At end of mem test turn dial to Update Software YES and press OK PC Start the downloader on the PC Start gt
18. pears Next to each LTP parameter is an icon These are displayed if the parameter exists on that device Next to each icon is the value This screen is a viewer for intensities and palette references Palette references are displayed as F1 24 C1 24 or B1 24 e parameters may be directly edited by clicking on the parameter value as if you have selected the parameter on the console e Right click on a palette type or a selected value to open a Palette List COLOR Aqua BEAM Frost ac 300 Cyan 66 Shutter Magenta Lh select Yellow L Gobo rotate Color hill CZ made Zoom Edge Frost User Lser 5 15 Page These all memories and sequences as recorded into the 12 pages Memories displayed in red and sequences in yellow You can set edit names for each Page memory and sequence Click on names to edit SmartFade 1248 SmartFade 1296 SmartFade 2496 SmartFadeML The current page is highlighted on the left Memories Active memories are shown in bright red inactive in dim red e Double click on a memory number outside the name area to jump to the appropriate mem edit screen e n SmartFade consoles Mems are allowed to exist under sequences It is not allowed in SmartFade ML Use the Sm Ms buttons in the title bar to reveal or hide them e n SmartFade ML you can change if time or parameter data is displayed click on the clock IFCBFx symbol at the top of th
19. r mode by clicking on the MEM or 1 24 25 48 1 48 49 96 buttons SmartFadeML only e To change the fader page in MEMS mode click on PAGE next to the MEMS button e To change if time or parameter data is displayed over each fader in MEMS mode click on the clock IFCBFx symbol at the top of the screen 3 GM SOLO and IND zone Displays the GM and SOLO status and the Independents with labels IND IND FIF House Smoke Lights BUMPS 14 Cue list zone Displays the Stack and Timeline of the current Stack Step e Click on a step time in the Stack to edit Rernaining time Device zone ML only Displays the state and mode of the device palette effect selects and the buttons to select mode Device Rewo Plac 00 Placsod Macaig Fight 5 5 5 Palette Greer Aqua ar igh lue Fink Greg SmartSoft v2 0 User Manual Live Tab ML only These are the values on the live output post patch This tab is only available in SmartFadeML to show both output levels and device parameters SmartFadeML The screen has the same Output Mimic Zone as the Playback tab in the top half In addition to this there is information about the parameters of each device right under the intensity of that device Device Information Focus Color and Beam parameters are displayed If more device parameter rows are present than can be fitted on screen a vertical scroll bar ap
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