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1. PC DMX Lighting Control System User Manual Emerge laa Hobit Pre MAPIA Wiio eee Le te a T key Biak Pb lemar F i t ry _ F E z T E EE resan Oe Te TET O e E 7 m s F ae il ECTE ti ate none fa aim y F Tn cob mn b a Dr g araia Ph ar g j TIB i eee TA a a z je wow Rees eR 280 2 OS 4au aa aaa Pa F GE LES SoS a s a Ce pee a bat i I f i Io fiedthee krm re ustes druk CERTIFIED USB wwwW ElationLighting com Table of contents Welcome to Compu Live 1 1 Installing software interface 2 2 Demo shows 7 3 Adding your first fixture 11 4 Compu Live Overview 14 Il Basic programming 19 1 Adding your own fixtures 18 2 Pages and Buttons 25 3 Preprogrammed buttons 26 4 Example create your first scene 29 5 Record Cycles cue lists shows 32 6 Keyboard triggering hotkeys 34 Ill Intermediate programming 37 1 EasyStep scenes 36 2 Channel properties On Off Dimmer 38 3 Group Individual control of fixtures 41 4 The X Y window pan tilt 47 5 Using the MASTER page 50 6 Controlling Speed Size of your scenes 52 IV Advanced programming 57 1 Overview 56 2 The Editor 56 2 1 Easy Time 56 2 1 1 How to use Easy Time 56 2 1 2 How to use Easy Time for movement 58 2 1 3 Tools and options 61 2 2 Color Manager 62 2 3 Copy Past
2. gt Learning The following window appears on screen Page 84 IV Advanced programming Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Filters Settings Low pate High pass Band pass Frequency Frequency 2 mn L E i i The three filters may be personalized independently 5 Page settings The PAGE SETTINGS window contains all global options for each page It is important to understand the different options available Simple options like buttons size and font can be customized and advanced otions as well patch compression buttons arrangement triggering channels and fixture options etc General In the General section you can basically do 2 things 1 Change the DMX Universe for your page which means shift the addressing by increments of 512 channels 2 Add a Background Image to the Fixture Group window this will allow you to take a picture of your real stage and then place the icons for each fixture over the picture in the appropriate place Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 85 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Page Settings Demo Moving Head General x Page name Demo Moving Head cnet General 4 Channels Shortcut None lv A Pa Channels View a First channe 190 Last channe 26 1 sits Buttons Compression l Patch to DMX outputs ma All
3. Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Quick method This is method is really faster and enables to setup 80 of the available features Imagine now you want to assign a scene or a switch to a button of the MIDI controller a blackout button for instance Use the shift click function hold the shift key and click with the right button of the mouse on the switch and select Button activation from the Link to Midi Controller option This will open the following window 4 options are available On Off the switch is called when the MIDI command is sent V gt Level specify the minimum MIDI command level to call the switch Level specify the minimum MIDI command level to call the switch V level1 Cink to MID controller Mode action Levell a gt 2Lev 54 v1 We Waiting For a MIDI command Page 76 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 4 2 MIDI Midi Time Code MTC MIDI TIME CODE input is useful to synchronize a cycle with an incoming MIDI TIME CODE signal In this case the software is said to be Slave and the external system Master The signal can be generated by a CD DVD player an SMPTE generator a 3rd party software sound video laser For such use make sure your computer is equipped with a MIDI card usually included in sound card or a USB MIDI interface to activate MIDI IN function in the Audio Midi section of the
4. Color settings Here we can define the colors for the buttons scenes switches cycles Follow spot The follow spot function enables to create a follow spot with moving heads or scanners A master must be selected and the slaves will follow the same point while it is moving The sofware must learn the stahe dimension and the fixtures positions for this function This is possible by recording points on the stage The more points you record the more efficient is the follow spot Here we can define how many points have to be recorded the default value is 25 5 5 Reset 3D Reset SLMM 2 Windows management The sofware offers the possibility to split the screen in several windows pages outputs cycles groups Every user can customize the positions and make it easier to use or understand It is possible to display or not some windows to change their positions tabs splitted or to resize them One important thing is the Reset positions function Windows menu that enables to get back to default positions if you can not find a window any more Two options are available reset to default or to tab positions There is also the possibility to lock the screen We recommend to use this function to avoid unattended bad actions Let us see how to arrange the windows and customize the screen Tabs positionning enables to save place on the screen It allows to have a quick access to several windows and have them displayed in a larger si
5. Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 2 2 Color Manager The Color Manager tool is basically a colour editor for RGB or CMY fixtures It allows to create either static or dynamic colour sequences very easily Imagine you want to load a bitmap or simply write a text on your matrix of LEDs Color Manager will help you to make it in a few seconds To open Color Manager click with the right button of your mouse on a color mixing channel in the editor screen Several functions are available let us see know how to use them Color Manager Transparence Pixels s lectionn lz Assistant T Affiche l identification des projecteurs Basic tools The basic tools are situated in the Tools area of the window You can find the main functions available in a bitmap designer and select a color for each fixture very quickly Each fixture is represented by a square on the left side You can display the name of each of them by clicking on Display fixtures identification Several tools are available Select pixel and Select area the first one allows to select fixtures one by one the second allows to select several fixtures simultaneously Pen and Paint bucket to paint one or several pixels with the selected colour Line Rectangle Circle to draw a line a rectangle or a circle Pipette to pick a color from the fixtures area Page 62 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live
6. C Music impulsion C Musictempo Cancel NB A channel operated by a vectorial movement in EasyTime can be identified by green cells whereas red cells indicate that the channel is in non vectorial mode In one button each fixture can only be assigned one type of vectorial movement curve line or positions However channels can be converted into non vectorial mode then any cells can be modified Page 60 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 2 1 3 Tools and options EasyTime Fade function The Fade function makes it possible to create a fade effect in between 2 cells by computing intermediate values It can only be used with cells in Not vectorial mode red cells To use the Fade function first select a block of vertical cells then click on Fade function You will then have an alternative linear fade in between the 1st and last cell intermediate cells are totally re computed fragmented fade in between each cell intermediate cells are taken into account this process re computes as many intermediate fades as necessary to adjust to the number of lines NB A fade can apply to several channels in one go Just select cells from several columns EasyTime Play function The Play button can be used at any time to visualize or stop programming in process When you edit a button after clicking it the Play mode is ne
7. aL Annuler Page 74 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Once this window is opened and if the Auto setup MIDI option is activated turn on the corresponding fader or button on your controller and it will be automatically assigned Repeat the operation for all controls Do not forget to save the configuration by clicking with the right button of the mouse on the title bar and selecting Save from the menu General output Page out Page dimmer Page speed Page freeze Page send DMs Page send 3D Page manual Fade Page enable Fade Page select Page select previouss Page select nexts Button dimmer Button speed Button size Button activate Button selecte Button select previous Button select next Button edit Button sawe close edition Fade play Fade go back Fade go next Fade progress Fade speed Switch windows Previous Preset Next Preset Preset select These are not new functions and are explained in numerous chapters throughout this manual You can control functions like SPEED DIMMER or SIZE of your effects You can also select pages or buttons freeze the outputs assign the DMX outputs to one or several faders of your controller in order to have a general master fader for example Do not forget to save your modifications This is not done automatically Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 75
8. d Copyright 2006 Nicolaudie All rights reserved Page 71 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 4 1 2 First setup your controller on screen The first thing you want to do is draw your MIDI controller on your screen which will simplify its use within the software To make this work a simple white square with faders and buttons can be enough However you can make the screen representation of your controller closer to reality by pasting pictures of it The EasyConsole tool allows you to do that You will be able to draw your controller and then use it with Compu Live 2006 in just a few minutes y _ x File Edition View Language MIA T DP 5 FT i a ad 1 k Pointer O Button Ae State test Group box Picture contral Qe Horizontal sider control 4 Vertical slider control ay Rotary control HPLC De DEC diet paga gueyel PEO EEL aD iali ak bata lalata a TENU ATN ba lil Mitala IE Cunsole properties ak Ten HERLEI ys ilill ae Wiima EEE ee Pe balal PULTIT UA TTEN mel HEEL ee dled ae a ELA T PPTL ETTA B n pm width 523 Height 430 Color _ 255 255 255 Preset F2 to set PRESET 1 MAN TTT T i tighe j1 TETE iii all at I Leite i aT Mjini mii Preset F2 to setup Defining the background and adding images It is very easy
9. 2006 IV Advanced programming Copy Paste to copy or paste pixels Load an image to draw an image BMP JPG with your fixtures You must use the colour picker to change the colour of the selected pixel s You can also enter the RGB values manually Text wizard The text wizard allows to write easily a text on your matrix You can make either static or scrolling text choose the font the background color You must click on the T button Wizard area to open the following window Scrolling text Text MY TEXT Font Choose the Font Font System Bold Location Horizontal offset Vertical offset Movements Coming From right TAPE Cancel Here we must enter our text and then choose a font and a colour You can specify a colour for the text and for the background It is also possible to move your text vertically and or horizontally with the Horizontal offset and Vertical offset cursors Then if you want your text not to be static you must select the type of movement from the list situated in the Movements area The cursor in the TAPE area makes it possible to change the speed of the scrolling Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 63 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 2 3 Copy Paste and Phasing This feature is available with EasyTime and EasyStep racks let us see now how to us
10. By default a circle is drawn from 4 points To move any of these several methods can be used Adjust the X Y channels with one of the faders Yet this method is not very convenient Press the shortcut key while moving the mouse Click on the point and move it with the mouse As you can see moving a point is carried out in real time on the fixture Page 58 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Omn00s00 Om l OnOes00 OmU3s00 To add or delete a point several methods can be used Select the cells corresponding to the referential point 2 or 4 cells if the fixture has micro steps then use Cut Copy or Insert from toolbar Click right on the point and select Cut Copy or Insert from menu n m n n n g 4 l E a a Loopy Faste Insert am a a M Properties Automatic Circle Automatic Pokygoan Automatic Random points Automatic Lines Automatic lure There are 3 different types of vectorial movements Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 59 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Curve e g a Circle Line e g a triangle Positions going straight away from one point to another ohape property MAJI Play Type Time Size Advanced C Not vectorial Vectorial Curve C Line C Steps
11. Not assigned g Sna Button Activated B Trigger H sy Not assigned Advanced Extern action and trigg Bitton Dimmer buttons compression E oS Not assigned Special setting i i Button Speed Grou t j E Not assigned ge Opti igre Button Size b m Page 90 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Groups The Groups section allows you to see a table with all your fixture groups within the page and their assigned shortcut keys You can modify or add groups from this window by right clicking on it Page Settings Demo Moving Head Here you can create new groups by clicking with the right button on the area below General Then you will be able to use your group within the user and editor screens General H Channels LEELEE Grouptsnitert ks coupe snr T ste Buttons Compression Extern action and trigg E Synchro O Trigger Advanced Special setting Options Options Finally the Options section provides a couple more properties that can be modified within each page Page Settings Demo Moving Head General Only the mouse select the buttons General 4 Channels Disable buttons drag drop WA view Em Buttons Compression Extern action and trigg Mote shitt click select a button without tigger it ctr click edit a button without tigger it E
12. Starting parameters from the Controller menu to activate TIME CODE IN in Synchro section of Page Settings window Once all the settings are over it will be possible to synchronize with MIDI TIME CODE input all the cycles in the corresponding page one at a time A small button MTC IN appears in the Cycle windows to disable enable the function as shown in the picture below N B Incoming MIDI TIME CODE can also be activated while creating a cycle Timing will then be automatically computed on MIDI TIME CODE Cycle x Play Qj Stopi MTC IN O0m0000 show IM Button Relative time On Before fadern Fade in Color Rainbow niim OE Bia Dimmer Intensity odim 222 OO On Color Blue 000m Oes OO On Color Yellow 000r Ces 00 Or Color Green 000m es 00 On Color Orange 00m 05s 00 On Color White 000m 09 00 On Shutter Str Strab OO0rn 10s 00 On Shutter Str Strab 000m 10s 00 Dimmer Intensity 00 m Us OO Ltt Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 77 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 4 3 DMX Several functions can be triggered by DMX input channels on the user screen You can start a button scene switch or cycle control the SPEED and DIMMER faders Buttons triggering Button Settings My Scene S 5 General O Trigger EG Time m Dimmer f Speed te Scene 4 Trigger Trigger key Trigger key Trigger Available only in Firs
13. Synchro B Trigger Advanced Special setting ty Group Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 91 Compu Live 2006 V General settings V General settings 1 Starting parameters The software has several global parameters ethernet audio midi outputs that are loaded at startup These settings can be modified by the user with the Starting parameters window To open it go to the Controller menu and select Starting parameters 3 sections are available Hardware Options and Other Here is a description of the different settings available Outputs The sofware can control up to 50 universes simultaneously depending on the version This section enables to patch these universes to the outputs USB DMX interface IP_DMX or ethernet Every universe has to be linked to a single output If you wnat to control your lights 2048 channels with the Art Net protocol you should have to specify universe 1 on PC Ethernet 1 output universe 2 on PC Ethernet 2 and so on DMX inputs It is possible to connect any DMX controller to the software depening on the version to control some features like SPEED DIMMER to start buttons or to record a sequence 10 universes can be linked to the sofware and must be patched in this section Ethernet network The SLNETWORK feature enables to control DMX interfaces that are connecte to another computer in the same network This function must be enabled in this
14. X Y button for each fixture in the page Static position 1 Turn the light beam ON CENTER or any movement switch 2 Press the X Y switch corresponding to the fixture you want to control 3 Move the red arrow to the desired position notice that the light beam follows this movement 4 Repeat for all of your fixtures 5 Save a new scene switch AS YOU SEE NOW You may have noticed that if you double click on the X Y button for a fixture your position will be lost The reason is that once the X Y button is unselected the position information is lost If you want to retrieve that position information you need to press Alt on your keyboard while clicking on the unselected X Y button for each fixture Retrieving positions 1 Start a movement switch CIRCLE TILT etc 2 Press the X Y switch for fixture 1 for example and move it to a desired fixed position while the rest of the fixtures continue their preprogrammed movement 3 Click on the X Y switch for fixture 1 to unselect it allowing fixture 1 to continue the preprogrammed movement 4 Press Alt on your keyboard while clicking on the X Y switch for fixture 1 notice how pressing Alt makes the light beam go back to the position assigned previously Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 47 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Example The following example will show you how to create two fixed position scenes within the Master pag
15. channels hawe a straight patch Extern action and trigg E synchro First OMX output 702 Last DMX output 773 O Trigger r as 2 f x Advanced Universe mode Universe 2 USB DMX 7 Choose here the DMX universe for this page Special setting fy Group zal Background image for the Fixtures Groups window Options Pee Show this page in Master Beginner Mode Channels The Channels section allows you to change the properties of individual fixtures using the buttons on the top Starting from the left 1 Insert fixture you can insert a new fixture into a page that has already been created 2 Delete fixture 3 Set shortcuts these shortcuts allow you to quickly access the channels for each fixture inside the Button Editor 4 Advanced shortcuts here you can set the same shortcut for different fixtures as well as invert the mouse s X and Y inside the Button Editor 5 X Y you can invert the pan tilt channels for each fixture Symmetric movement and you can also limit the maximum pan tilt prevent light from hitting walls people etc 6 Change address change the patch for a fixture s starting address 7 Update the library profile of the selected fixture Page 86 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Page Settings Demo Moving Head General Show patch C Show Fade Dimmer General PAGE Gel 208 225 Mo2 lt z gt m
16. existing Switch buttons Keep pressing preprogrammed buttons and create as many scenes as you want Remember the more you practice the faster you will learn the easier it will be to create elaborate lighting shows 5 Record Cycles cue lists shows Once you have many Scenes and Switches saved as buttons on your screen you will probably want to reproduce them sequentially CYCLES will help you do this A Compu Live Cycle is a cue list of Scenes and Switches in time To create a new Cycle go to Button menu New Cycle A new Cycle button will appear on your screen Click on it and the following window will appear from behind the Pages List Page 32 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming E Sunlite 2006 Copyright c Nicolaudie 1989 2006 Controller Page Button Windows Language EDIT Stopi 00m0000 Cycle 1 ina Woe 4 5 Sel E Ff Button Relative time On Of Before fade in Scene 000m Uls 24 On Scene 000m 01s 12 On Switch 1 000m Uts 24 On Cycle Play Switch 1 000m Ols 75 Ott Scene 3 000m Ols 00 On Switch 2 000m 05s 08 On Switch 2 000m Ols 47 Ott jij y ha Pages as Cyde To begin recording Scenes and Switches into your empty Cycle all you need to do is 1 Click on the Cycle button 2 Start clicking on the Scene and Switch buttons in the order you want them to be played 3 When you are done click
17. section by selecting the Activate Network facility option There is also the possibility to setup the IP address of the slave computer Protections It is possible to enable some feature of the software or not and to protect them with a password For instance this can be used in a club to have le light jockey only use the program without deleting or programming anything Several levels are available but you can also select the custom level and specify which are the available functions Beginner mode The sofware can be run in 2 modes advanced and beginner In this section sofware restrictions can be setup for the beginner mode Many options windows management menus or functions buttons editing cycle recording can be disable for the beginner mode Audio Midi To use the audio audio analysis and midi triggering Easy Console MTC several options must be Page 92 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 V General settings selected in this section The 1st option enables to read the audio signal from the sound card the 2nd one enables to read MIDI informations and the last one to send MIDI informations to another device Pages priority Here we can setup the priority level between the MASTER page and the sub pages There are 3 levels LTP the last action takes the priority MASTER the MASTER page has always the priority Sub pages the sub pages always have the priority
18. should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Demo pages Curent selection requires at least 121 2 ME of disk space Errglitt Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 3 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live Finally the setup wizard will ask if you want to start the software in BEGINNER MODE Again if you area beginner user we recommend you click YES on the beginner mode option i3 Setup Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perfon while installing then click Next Additional icons Create a desktop icon Do you want to start in beginner mode Nes You are done Now it is time to start playing with our software 2 Installing USB drivers lf you purchased a Compu Live package and received a USB to DMX interface you will need to install the drivers for it You can use the full software without the interface but you will need this USB DMX device if you want to control real lighting fixtures Page 4 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live Hardware Update Wizard Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard This wizard helps you metall software for E US6 Device If pour har
19. the PLAY button inside the Cycle editor window and click on YES when asked if you wish to save the Cycle Clicking Play will start running the cycle scrolling through your buttons If you wish to change the timing between each Scene or Switch first click on STOP and then click on the TIME button with 2 18 written on it right underneath the Cycle clock The GO option inside the TIME window allows you to scroll through the cycle using your keyboard s PgDn and PgUp keys lf you want to delete a step within your Cycle click Stop and then use the CUT tool scissors If you want to add a Scene or Switch click on the RECORD button red circle underneath PLAY and then click on PLAY to end the recording process and preview your Cycle The LOOP option circular arrow on the right end of the window allows you to select whether you want your cue list of scenes and switches to repeat itself or simply run once and remain in its final state Note To add FADE times to your Scenes you must double click on the Scene button first then go into Button menu Settings Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 33 Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming Button Settings Scene 3 General S22 General Fade Trigger Time before Fade In 000 00 0G mn Trigger Time of Fade In 000 0500 gS Time Time before Fade Out 000 00 00 Custom Time of Fade Out o00 05 00 Button a Dimmer Speed een
20. the problem at hand amp nbsp 2 Disable LIVE mode lf you are using the LIVE mode in the FIXTURES GROUP tool to control fixtures individually within each page you amp nbsp will not be able to deactivate switches This could seem like the actual Switches are not working All you need to do is make sure the LIVE mode feature is disabled then everything will be back to normal amp nbsp 3 amp nbsp AUTO DMX amp nbsp output window At the bottom of your screen you can see the amp nbsp DMX output for the controller You can force a channel to have a particular output from this window apart from the signal coming from amp nbsp your scenes and switches If your amp nbsp buttons don t seem to work make sure all channels have the AUTO property assigned amp nbsp right click amp nbsp at the base of the channel to change this property cannot find my pages If some of your page windows disappeared from your screen simply go to Windows menu Reset Positions Reset to tabs You can also read Windows Positioning under the General Settings chapter for more information Fixtures going crazy 1 DMX addresses Make sure the addresses for your lighting fixtures are the same as those defined within the software controller You can check the addresses in the controller from the PAGE menu then SETTINGS then CHANNELS amp nbsp 2 Fixture profiles libraries Sometimes fixtures have different modes that increase the number of channels
21. the starting parameter MIDI OUT to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox Extern action and trigg nore WATT Automatically activates the PAUSE function when a cycle is started ynichra a Trigger Advanced Special setting fy Group Options Trigger Keep in mind that these features act on he current page only and can be assigned differently in other pages some specific features can be triggered either by the computer mouse shortcut keys DMX input channels For instance it is possible to start a cycle stop it go to the next scene this is a very important feature for theatre applications There is always the possibility to play pause stop a cycle with a simple action and makes it very powerful and easy to use For example if we wanted to play the selected cycle with the SPACE bar we would have to select 6 Play the current cycle feature and activate the Key control before selecting the SPACE bar from the pull down menu as shown in the picture above Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 89 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Page Settings Dema Color changer x m General E A Chi some versions may not be able to run this Function iP General gt ae Name Synchro Key DMs input Midi Channels Midi Note F dl Channels T Start the cycle named S MCHRO Eno Ty Pall T
22. to create an accurate screen controller following a picture of an actual MIDI board The associated picture must be located in the CSL directory of the installation folder in BMP format The Bitmap section of the Properties window allows you to select an image from this CSL folder which you can use as a background to create an accurate representation of your MIDI controller If you wish to add an image to your controller select the Picture control tool and insert a new picture Then you will be able to resize this picture change its position or even replace it using the Properties window Defining the controls buttons faders Page 72 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming There are 4 types of controls available horizontal and vertical sliders rotating and regular buttons These controls are available from the Toolbox window Select the desired control from the toolbox and then click on your project to insert a new control Using the Properties window you can for example move resize or change the background image You can also write labels on any control to clearly see its function within the Compu Live 2006 software Defining the presets 4 1 3 How to use EasyConsole First of all make sure that the MIDI function is enabled in the starting parameters window Open the window from the Controller menu and go the the Audio Midi tab to activate the f
23. 1 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 E BE ee gt i a 5 MA beeen eco ac F T nih or Hhil Hh1 H ih y gare rT i AIL LELEL L PIALAL lae n C mi i oe a a P i os Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 65 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Once we have made this we can copy the PAN amp TILT channels and paste to one fixture The Copy Paste window appears and we must select Advanced to access the phasing function After having selected Phasing only with EasyTime or EasyStep channels you must specify the type of phasing Manual means you have to specify the delay manually with the cursor Other options are pre programmed delays taking the number of fixtures into account 3 Fade between scenes It is possible to fade from one scene to another one For instance this is really useful to go from one position to another one very slowly to open close the dimmer of your lights A few things need to be checked before to start programming our 2 scenes First of all the FADE function must be allowed on the channels we want to use To do so we open the Page Settings window from the menu and we go to the Channels tab see below Page 66 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming New Page lth s Open archive Save archive Ale Duplicate Rename if Delete Regenerate pr
24. 12 for a very detailed description of DMX history and technical specs please visit www dmx512 online com Important about DMX and lighting fixtures 1 Lighting fixtures use 1 separate channel to control every function they can perform one channel to control colors another for gobos another for dimmer another for shutter etc 2 You can use a maximum of 512 channels for every DMX line 3 There is a value from O to 255 assigned to every DMX channel Important about Compu Live and lighting fixtures 1 When you tell your Compu Live controller what kind of lighting fixtures you are using Compu Live will know exactly how your fixtures work and what DMX distribution they have 2 This allows Compu Live to show preprogrammed buttons on the screen corresponding to every function that the lighting fixture can perform 1 button for white color a different button for red 1 button for every gobo for every macro etc 3 To begin programming lighting effects using Compu Live all you need to do is click on preprogrammed buttons 4 Because of its visual interface and simplicity to program thousands of users worldwide have chosen Compu Live as their preferred lighting controller Page 98 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix 2 Accessories The following is a list of accessories that can be used along with our software and interfaces It is not a comprehensive list but it should give
25. 7 Bowl I 2 Re start the current cycle L Mo 7 2 Al i Mapei C 3 Go to the next scene PGDN key Ne i i M l T 4 Bok 4 Goto the previous scene PGUP key C C l a 5 Box 5 Pause the current cycle 5 l li E E ij i 6 Play the current cycle g Tall g 7 Butt fae 7 Stop the current cycle C7 Tall 7 BBa Compression 8 Not used Ta a All i FA Sen Page dimmer C ou pi l C g EN E Le Ea I Page dimmer ACh SEA ee S eo i gt FA Page dimmer at E T l rh 14 Bo Extern action and trigg C Page speed wT jz M li Ma G iS pih Page speed Tt Tall 4 Meg E3 Fynchro I Page speed IE 14 al 14 17 Br Bi ys aot C Fage size a5 M ll us E oe T 19 Page size if All i oer Advanced Page size i M l Fi F 20 En i Sp cial setting A Kam pan EA dA Group JONLY IF this option is selected all settings will worp cle named SYNCHRO Options gt ni Advanced The Advanced section allows you to assign MIDI commands to a amp nbsp different amp nbsp properties within the page Notice that the 2006 software allows right clicking from the controller page and do a simple LINK TO MIDI devices see Console section in Advanced Programming cnet General ES 33 ee ed Channels Page Dimmer E 33 Not assigned Page i pesses atin ES aS Not assigned Emmy Buttons Page Freeze Compression E ad Not assigned E oS
26. 85 You can choose to create pre programmed switches from presets as defined in the tieturesibrary Bich 4 tis 3 9 la A ENA trisLinear ch9 Zoom 1 1 EJ 129 191 lrisPulsOp kch 10 Dimmer 3 3 Ed 192 255 lisPulsCt ch 11 Color 10 10 Mich 12 Gobo 10 10 Ml ch 13 RotGabo 3 7 och 14 Shutter 4 4 Wich 15 Gobo 2 9 9 ch 16 RotGobo 2 3 ch 17 Prisme 4 4 Taal ak 10 OntDanenn a ail binanin is There is no limit to the number of pages that you can add We recommend you to add all your lighting fixtures from the same type within the same page and that you do not repeat DMX addresses across different pages Page 24 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming 2 Pages and Buttons Pages Within the Compu Live software a PAGE corresponds to a group of lighting fixtures of the same type manufacturer and model You can have any number of fixtures within each page and also you can have any number of pages The power behind these PAGES is to control fixtures together simultaneously which allows for very easy programming Fixtures can also be controlled independently if you want as explained in Chapter 4 Intermediate Programming MASTER m2 mm 513 886 Demo Color changer F ae rc g 2 G 85 96 i gt Demo L E D fas F F o JEES 2 amp 300 374 Demo Moving Head F T fad 2 G5 190 261 Demo Scan
27. ably have an idea of what type of lighting fixtures you want to control The Compu Live Suite includes a library of about 2 000 profiles from lighting manufacturers from around the world most likely your lighting fixtures are included Fixtures are grouped inside the Compu Live software into Pages Thus to add your own fixtures go to Page menu New page Create a new page Eg Welcome to the New Page wizard oe You may choose between two diferent kinds of pages Create a blank page Page 18 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming You can see two buttons The first Create a new page with Scanlibrary wizard opens our profile library The second Create a blank page adds an empty page of DMX channels in the software configuration for these blank pages is described in later chapters New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 1 9 Welcome to the Scanlibrary wizard This wizard builds a new page using your moving lights and creates preprogrammed buttons Click on Explore and choose a moving light definition file Then click on NEXT to continue Scanlibrary editor Cancel The first Explore button allows you to search the library of profiles installed in your computer along with the software The second Explore button is a link to our online library We recommend you look for your profiles within your computer first and if you can t
28. ame Shift click Adjust several similar type of channels to the same value e g Pan Shutter Visualize right hand part of the RIGHT pointer channel list Cycles FEATURES EQUIVALENT MENUS SHORTCUTS GO forward GO backward Page Up Saving relative time in LIVE mode if END cycle in PLAY mode Select previous recording if cycle in STOP mode UP pointer Bee Bo Select next recording if cycle in DOWN pointer STOP mode Page 104 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved
29. annel you want to watch on your TV in a lighting fixture you set the channel that you want your fixture to display the information for This is known as the DMX address Page 96 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix In other words if set my lighting fixture to channel 21 then my fixture s DMX address is 21 Both expressions are common in the lighting world Example Imagine we have a DMX dimmer that controls a simple light bulb This dimmer is set to DMX address 21 so the lighting fixture will only receive the information from channel 21 and ignore the rest We have a controller that sends a signal through a DMX cable and this cable goes into a decoder the DMX dimmer that receives the signal So if the controller sends the turn on information on channel 21 the dimmer will turn on the light bulb Conventional lighting fixtures simple dimmers require 1 channel of information only However intelligent lighting fixtures require more than 1 channel to work For example if have a lighting fixture that requires 5 channels of information and its DMX address is 21 again address is the first channel used by the fixture then this fixture will use channels 21 22 23 24 25 The decoder knows that the fixture needs 5 channels of information so it will decode 5 channels only and ignore the rest The controller knows the fixture uses 5 channels also so it will send 5 channels o
30. be compressed under the group named COLOR amp nbsp You cannot group Scenes Switches and Cycles together so you must define what type of button the compression group will work with Finally you can set the Compression type Page Settings Demo Moving Head General T General EE i Channels BA view men Buttons hi v Enable S Compression Button type Compression type i ij Extern action and trigg Scene cA List Switch Icon See O Cyde O Color mixing a Trigger Take Advanced Special setting d Group Options Synchro The Synchro section allows you to synchronize your Cycle buttons within the page in a number of different ways Page 88 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 7 r a 7 Page Settings Demo Moving Head General x cnet General i Channels AUDIO A cycle in pause mode is started when an Audio signal is present To use this function do not forget to set the starting parameter AUDIO to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox View _ TIME CODE IN A cyde can be synchronised by the MIDI TIME CODE input To use this function do not forget to set the starting parameter MIDI IN to YES in the starting parameters Toolbox aen Buttons Compression TIME CODE GUT The Time code of the current cycle is sent to the MIDI out MIDI TIME CODE 25 frames To use this function do not forget to set
31. can see the new toolbar appear above the buttons on the selected page The three faders on this toolbar will control whatever button is selected a SELECTED button is not necessarily the same as an ACTIVATED button you can SELECT without ACTIVATE by left clicking with the mouse You can also add either the SPEED or DIMMER fader but not SIZE to each button Select the button then go to Page 52 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Button menu Button Settings Select the Dimmer Speed tab and select which fader you want to show in that particular button Button Settings Dimmer 100 200 General me Trigger Il Show a fader into the button O Show no fader C Show the Dimmer fader O Show the Speed fader Draw the Fader on the bottom Settings Dimmer C Proportional O Offset amp C Offset DM Use the minimum and masimum levels of each channel Minimum td asimum _ Force this function to work on all channels Setting Speed _ Force this function to work on all channels The Speed function If you want to increase or decrease the speed of a sequence Easy Time or Easy Step in real time you must use the SPEED function This feature allows you to modify the speed property without editing the button Even when the fader position is saved for each button none of these changes are saved inside the origi
32. cessarily active since the button itself is active When editing a pre selected button without any prior shift click the Play mode is necessarily inactive since the button itself is inactive NB It is essential to stop the Play mode to modify the EasyTime time sheet EasyTime Loop function If Loop mode is activated a time sheet will be played over and over again If Loop mode is off it will just be played once and each channel will remain unchanged and set on the latest value specified in the time sheet NB If EasyTime programming time is the same for all the channels they all end up in the same line then the loops will be identically recurrent if at some point in the time sheet two channels have a similar value then two hours and a few minutes or seconds later they will have this value again simultaneously channels are always synchronized If EasyTime programming time is different for all the channels not all of them end up in the same line then they will not recur simultaneously each channel will work independently each channel behaves as if it had its own loop and stands totally de synchronized This function is extremely powerful if de synchronized channels are used you will get seemingly random combinations which are ideal if you wish to brightly illuminate light garlands a ceiling or a solo on the drums Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 61
33. dware came with an installation CD ld or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do 3 Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue O0 o o IMI ee Windows will find the driver and will tell you the device is not validated and will ask if you wish to continue Although Microsoft does not have a numberical registry for this driver there is no risk of incompatibility Click Continue Anyway Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Inteligent Usb Cms Intertace has not passed Windows Loga testing to very its compatibility with Windows sP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the corect operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that pou stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing _ Continue An ya Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 5 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live You are done But remember Compu Live detects the USB interface when the software starts This means that you must have the USB interface connected to your computer before you open Compu Live Otherwise there will be no communication between the software and the interface Hardware Update Wizard Completing the Hardwa
34. e using the Demo Moving Head page and 3D Demo stage Your first scene will have all light beams pointed to the drum set while the second to the music keyboard on the stage Furthermore these scenes will be compressed together allowing for easier organization and editing of the positions Creating the drums position 1 Click on the Center scene to open the light beams 2 Select the X Y button previously known as TAKE for the first fixture and move the red arrow until the light beam is pointed at the drum set 3 Repeat the procedure for the 3 remaining moving heads 4 Click anywhere on the Master page to select it 5 Create a new scene AS YOU SEE NOW 6 Make sure all 4 X Y buttons and the Center scene are selected 7 Rename the scene Position Drums then click OK Creating the keyboard position 1 Click on the Center scene to open the light beams 2 Select the X Y button previously known as TAKE for the first fixture and move the red arrow until the light beam is pointed at the music keyboard 3 Repeat the procedure for the 3 remaining moving heads 4 Click anywhere on the Master page to select it 5 Create a new scene AS YOU SEE NOW 6 Make sure all 4 X Y buttons and the Center scene are selected 7 Rename the scene Position Keyboard then click OK Now you have 2 scenes Position Drums and Position Keyboard each represented as a button inside the Master page The next step in this example is to co
35. e and Phasing 64 3 Fade between scenes 66 4 External trigerring 70 4 1 MIDI Easy Console 71 4 1 1 EasyConsole what is it 71 4 1 2 First setup your controller on screen 72 4 1 3 How to use EasyConsole 73 4 2 MIDI Midi Time Code MTC 77 4 3 DMX 78 4 4 Clock and Calendar 79 4 5 Contact closure 81 4 6 Audio Analysis 83 5 Page settings 85 1 Starting parameters 2 Windows management 3 Backup Technical support V General settings 93 92 1 DMX512 brief description 2 Accessories VI Appendix 97 96 3 IP Ethernet configuration 100 4 Troubleshooting 101 103 5 Commands summary Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live Welcome to Compu Live Prologue Thank you for your interest in the Compu Live control software Our User Manual is divided into the following chapters 1 Welcome to Compu Live Quick start guide Overview 2 Basic Programming 3 Intermediate Programming 4 Advanced Programming 5 General Settings Appendices In this manual the most elemental concepts of lighting control are presented early on followed by increasingly more complicated software tools and functions as the manual progresses Though our software is designed to be simple to use and intuitive to learn we strongly recommend beginner users to read this manual consecutively starting from the first chapters and so on Intermediate and advanced programmers will usually skip through sections without a problem Thi
36. e it With this new tool you can quickly copy and paste a sequence to one or several fixtures When your sequence is ready to be pasted to the other fixtures you must click on the Copy button below the EasyTime or EasyStep button and then select the channels you want to copy like we did before The following window appear Copy Waste Simple O Advanced Fixtures 14345 74 104114 135 4 204 21 Channels reo Te nerf By default Simple is selected That means that the sequence will be pasted to the selected fixture If you want to paste the same sequence to more than one fixture you have to select Advanced and then select the fixtures Three options are available All means that the sequence is pasted to all Same fixtures Selected group means that the sequence is pasted only to the fixture of the selected group Specified fixtures below you can select the fixtures one by one The phasing tool allows to easily create a wave with your scanners or a rainbow effect with your CMY Page 64 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming colour changers Basically this new tool allows to copy some channels from a fixture to the other one However there is an advanced option which helps you to add a delay between each fixture for the selected sequence How to create a wave or a rainbow effect mi0 IEE mi Seno mO2s00 100 10
37. e programmed buttons Merge Settings Arrange biter F l Live toolbar Page Display F Print F Print preview b Ej Display the page SPOT 575 1 16 SP1 a2 SPOT 575 55 ry 1 sa SPT zap gPip Jta SPT 4 as SP pry 5 SP1 Color 6 SP1Gobo1 SP1RatGobo 8 SP1Gobo2 9 SP1S5hutter 10 SFP1Dimmert 11 SP1 Focus 12 SP1Frism 13 SPTSpecial 14 SPI Movement 13 SPT Speed 16 SP 1Lager q7 32 OPS lt 2 gt SPOT 575 5 FI AA GPI ey SPOT ara a8 amp Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Intelligent lighting SPOT Seo sal Channel name Enable DIMMER function Channel patch 1 ee 4 d Straight patch q 1710780 M Straight patch with min mas settings 1 0 ae Channel patched to lower output T 2 es Channel patched to upper output 1 0 7 40 60 Te Channels patched to several outputs J a Channel not patched to output Cancel Page 67 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming All the channels of our page are listed in the list situated on the left side of the window We want to make a fade between 2 positions so we must enable the FADE function on Pan amp Tilt channels for all our fixtures Please note that the function is already enable on Pan amp Tilt channels nowever this is good to see how to do it Now it is time to create our 2 scenes In the previous chapter we saw how to create a sce
38. e visualization h s Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page We recommend you create a few scenes like this so that you get somewhat familiar with the controls Once you feel comfortable with the preprogrammed controls in the Demo Moving Head page you will be ready to add your own fixtures and learn more advanced programming techniques We still recommend however that you read this manual consecutively and advise beginner users against jumping in between chapters at this point Page 10 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live 3 Adding your first fixture If you already have an interface connected to the software and you cannot wait to test these movements and effects on your own lighting fixtures or if you want to preview how your own fixtures would work this is how you can add them to the Compu Live software Page menu New page Create a new page Welcome to the New Page wizard You may choose between two diferent kinds of pages Create a new page with Scanlibrary wizard Select Create a new page with Scanlibrary wizard Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 11 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live New page ewi th Scanlibrary wizard Step 1 9 Welcome to the Scanlibrary wizard This wizard builds a new page using your movi
39. ery day Do not forget to specify UP or DOWN UP means that the triggering time will increase every day until the Page 80 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Time2 DOWN means it will decrease 4 5 Contact closure A 10 pin connector is available on the USB DMxX interface and makes possible to send 8 different contacts to the software The reference of the connector is HE 10 male You don t need to send any power to the connector You only have to create a contact between the pin 2 ground and the other 8 pins please note that the pin 10 is not used Several things can be triggered by ports Buttons triggering Button Settings Cycle 1 sas eneral TA Trigger FE Time eve Cycle Trigger Trigger key Trigger key Trigger Available only in First Class DM input Flac Input ports E Boxi PORTI Eo 2 Flash mode Boxi NEXT a 2 Boxi PREVIOUS Midi notes J Box PORT eh trie 4 Boxl PORT 5 Boxi PORTS JActive only when the pag Boxi PORTA Active only when the pdi cine Fik E m z SS 3 Boxi PORT Cancel l 10 Boxi PORTS ll Box WEAT l2 Box PREVIOU Cycles triggering It is possible to trigger the playback function of the cycles in a page To do that we must open the Page Settings window and go to the Trigger tab Several opt
40. ery useful for architectural lighting You must open the following window to setup time triggering Button menu then Settings The button you want to trigger must be selected before to open this window Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 79 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Button Settings General Th Trigger Eg Time ates Dimmer Speed sce Scene able Available only in First Class Time C Appointed time C Repeating time slot 7 Unsettled time Sunset Repetition lt gt lt gt lt gt Al we Eai j Al j Date Everyday One day CY Settings First of all we must click on Enable to modifiy the settings Several options are available to trigger a button scene switch or cycle Appointed time Select what time you want to start your button Repeating time slot Imagine you want to start the same sequence every 30 minutes from 10 am to 3 pm You must setup 10H00 in the From box then 15H00 in the to box and finally OH30 in the Repetition box Unsettled time Sunset Imagine you want to start a cycle every day following the sunset You must use this option to do so First select the Datei first day and the Date2 last day Imagine you want to start your sequence at 15H00 the first day and at 21H00 the last day you must setup 15H00 in the Time1 box and 21H00 in the Time2 box The software will calculate the time for ev
41. f information Example Imagine you have a very simple robotic moving head that uses 5 channels 1 pan 2 tilt 3 color wheel 4 gobo wheel 5 dimmer You set your moving head to address 21 and you tell the controller that you have this particular moving head on address 21 The controller then knows that channel 23 corresponds to color wheel for example If you want to change the color of the light beam you tell the controller what color you want the controller automatically sends this information through channel 23 and the lighting fixture reacts accordingly Typically intelligent lighting fixtures use 1 channel Sometimes more for every function they can perform color gobo prism dimmer etc Some robotic moving heads use over 20 channels some simple scanners only 4 channels etc 3 The protocol So far we ve been referring to information traveling through DMX cables from the controller into the fixture s decoder This information is nothing but a number between 0 and 255 This number is called the DMX value for a particular channel Then the DMX signal is nothing but a series of DMX values along 512 DMX channels Example Back to our 5 channel simple robotic moving head channel 3 controls the color wheel which has 25 different color combinations The color displayed will depend on the DMX value on channel 3 as it is being sent by the controller as follows 0 10 White 11 20 Red 21 30 Purple Cop
42. find them then go online The third button opens the Scanlibrary Editor This is an aditional software tool that allows you to construct or modify your own profiles Please read the Scanlibrary Editor manual for more information on how to create personalized profiles Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 19 Compu Live 2006 Look in My Recent Documents My Computer Note If you cannot find your fixture s profile in the library please refer to the Scanlibrary Editor manual Once you find your fixture inside your manufacturer s folder you will need to set a starting DMX address S Scan Library ona nye ETIETIC _ varied gt Abstract AC Lighting Ame Active Color Systems 4 Actor Mate 3 Advanced Lighting Sys gt Alkalite 3 American DJ I Anolis Antari Ayrton File name Files of type Boost Chauvet G Cindy Light 3 Clay Paky 4 Coef C Coemar Color Kinetics 3 Contest Dts Elation Pro yElektralite Eliminator Lighting Elite StarWay Emo Eurolite _Eurotech yeEVL J Exce lighting Fal FBL Fine Art arly Dragon Flying Funky 3 Futurelight Geni Open as read only Il Basic programming GLP 4 Griw hen High HOE Hui Hy L Icon Eiso I is Jb i GJE sS Ea and the number of fixtures that fit this profile If you are unfamiliar with the term starting DMX address
43. group Mo1 Mog in cyan and Mo2 Mo4 in red O Turn the light beam ON click on CENTER or any movement button 1 Select the LIVE option 2nd button and release the Return to disabled option last button 2 Select the Moi Mo3 group 3 Activate the Color Cyan button on your normal fixture page if you have the 3D visualizer open you will notice how ONLY fixtures 1 and 3 change color 4 Click on the Invert selection button to the left of ALL OFF This action will unselect the first gruop and automatically select the second 5 Activate the Color Red button on the page 6 Disable group individual control 1st button on the toolbar to return everything to normal 7 Save a new scene switch AS YOU SEE NOW Colors red 301 LIVE mode is the most versatile function in this toolbar Most of the time you will be working with preprogrammed buttons and LIVE then creating scenes switches AS YOU SEE NOW During LIVE performances when on the fly control is required the LIVE button will become very useful SAVE mode As you probably realized LIVE mode modifies button properties momentarily The group individual fixture information is not saved within the button so that once LIVE mode is disabled for example all preprogrammed buttons will work on all fixtures lf you want to save group information in a button you will need to use the SAVE and SELECT modes Imagine now you want to have your assign the cyan color butt
44. he DEMO MOVING HEAD page contains buttons with movements that are generic to all moving heads and scanners like circles random curves etc As you can see on the 3D visualizer window every time you press a button on your screen the moving heads respond to that command Page 8 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live stage Camera View Zaris Language v iir TANAN aes S m TANTAN rane mo Pere ee ia he z Keep in mind that the 3D window is a real time visualizer This means that if you had those 4 moving heads connected to your computer they would be doing that exact same thing you are seeing on the screen Keep pressing any combination of buttons play around If you want to reset everything double click on the yellow INIT button If you find a look or effect that you like you can save it by going to Button menu New Scene As you see now OK Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 9 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live _MASTER T 4 oP 2 r id f E r F nl Enter the name of the button Scene t Choose how you would like the new button Empty Equal to INIT AS you See now Indude the current scene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches F Cirde 1 Take 2 Gobo 2 4BeamColo Take i Take 4 E Take 3 _ Indude the manual settings coming from the channel pag
45. he button by clicking on it with your mouse 2 Simultaneously press the CTRL key and the letter key that you want to use Note A key is defined as any character on your keyboard i e q and Q are different so are 3 and etc This allows you to have around 90 hotkeys from your keyboard You will see that a small blue letter the one you pressed on your keyboard will appear inside the button Every time you press this key that button will be activated and inactivated if it is a Switch If you assign the same letter on the same button twice the shortcut letter inside the button will turn green which represents FLASH keys explained above You can only use a key once within each page but you can use the same key on multiple pages This allows you to trigger effects simultaneously across all your lighting fixtures i e try the red color or the closed shutter etc across multiple pages The Master page makes this simultaneous control much easier and will be explained in the following chapter Note Touchscreens MIDI devices DMX wings and IO keypads can also trigger any button within the Compu Live software as you can see inside the Button Settings window These will be explained further in Chapter 4 Advanced Programming Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 35 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming lil Intermediate programming The following chapter presents you w
46. heer Ta o te eck you yo ee ty Tiel ae Te ene tae ee or ee ae a ee as fe 5 Ham IRETE m nimis 3 Group Individual control of fixtures Fixture grouping is one of the most powerful tools within our control software As you may have noticed our preprogrammed buttons movement color gobo effect etc operate on all fixtures within a page If you want to have independent control of your lighting fixtures assign each a different color for example you will find our Fixture Group tools very helpful This function is not available in the software s BEGINNER mode To change to EXPERT mode simply go to Controller menu Expert mode Once you are in Expert Mode go to Windows menu Reset positions Reset to tabs Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 41 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Fixtures x You can select and move the fixturets but no buttons will be affected i DISABLE MODE aa 8 N Fixture positions The sofware allows you to arrange the icons fixtures in any way ideally representing the same layout you have on stage Simply left click and hold on a selected fixture orange while moving it to its new position You can arrange them for example like the circle shown below Page 42 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Projecteurs x vous pouvez s lectionner et d place
47. igned In SELECT mode we first choose the button and then we assign a group to it This tool is very useful when you have a large number of fixtures and complicated groups because you can see the groups assigned to each button without the risk of losing them SELECT is also very useful during live performances if you want to change the group information inside a button without activating that button O Turn the light beam ON CENTER or any movement switch 1 Select the SELECT option 4th button and unselect Return to disable last button 2 Select the Color Cyan button pressing SHIFT click this method will select the button but will not activate it 3 We can see that the Moi Mo3 group is selected from the previous example 4 Add the selection of the Mo2 Mo4 group 5 Select the Color Red button using SHIFT click button selected but not activated 6 Add the selection of the Mo1 Mo3 group 7 Disable the SELECT function 1st button of the toolbar Page 46 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming 4 The X Y window pan tilt The X Y buttons referred to as TAKE in previous versions of our software allow mouse control of the PAN TILT channels in each fixture within a page These are very useful when you want to control a single fixture while a movement sequence is running or also to create scenes with static positions There is one
48. ing guide Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 1 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live 1 Installing software interface 1 Installing the software Whether you are holding an installation CD in your hands or you downloaded the software from the internet the first thing you want to do is install our Compu Live software Insert the installation CD in your computer if you downloaded the software from the internet you can skip this paragraph Once the installation screen is open select your language and click NEXT Compu Live JEtamion Welcome to the new Compu Live CDROM Select your language then click on Next j peT o z P ai F OLTE TTT Waal i a N tl bred PRR STH simple Editing Interface T then accept the license agreement and finally click on the INSTALL icon for Compu Live 2006 Page 2 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live Compu Live Main menu Ei arnon Compu Live 2006 23 Jul 2006 Easy Stand Alone 3 JuL2006 Magic 3D Easy View 32 Jul 2006 Tools Select the Setup language and accept the license agreement again Choose your installation folder default is C SL2006 The next screen will ask if you want to install the software with or without DEMO PAGES If you are a beginner user we recommend you install WITH demo pages Which components
49. ions are available play and stop the current cycle jump to previous and next steps Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 81 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Pape Settings Demo Moving Head x EI General vd Channels BuT Buttons EJ Synchro Ta Trigger 5 Options fm Group 4 Compression A Available only in First Class Name Key Dhipa Midi Midi Parts 71 Start the cycle named SYNCHRO ae i Ca COU Tainas 2 Re start the current cycle Ho z Tall We a Bost Purse Il 3 Go bo the next scene PGDN key Tie aS al Ea a e aoi Ports3 4 Goto the previous scene PGUP key Me 4 Tall 4 fS Boxi Ports F lS Pause the current cycle ais 5 Tall ha Baxi Portes 7 F 6 Play the current cycle Tio A Tall mg 5 Boxi Ports4 7 Stop the current cycle F Ho RE all 7 16 Box Ports5 8 Not used me 4 all W Box Ports E Fage dimmer A fi rT ag E All E Y N o Boxi Ports E Page dimmer Wa F gt ip al Min M 3 Boxi Portse Fage dimmer F No maii M ll ri po 10 Box2 Next I Pace speed ie r i Mal m 11 Boxe Previous m h 12 Boxe Ports Page speed I N BEE M ll r E SA A AA Page speed To 14 Tall 14 fie wee 14 Box Portss 15 Box2 Ports4 16 Boxes Portss 1 Boxe Ports6 16 Box Ports 19 Box Ports m 20 Box Neck z1 Box3 Previous 22 Box3 Portsi JONLY JF this option is selected all
50. ith intermediate level tools to continue creating lighting scenes 1 EasyStep scenes The EasyStep rack tab inside the BUTTON EDITOR allows you to create simple scenes based on steps where you can set fade and wait times between each Create a New scene or New switch from the Button menu and then select the Link the EasyStep function to all channels of the page This will convert all channels into EasyStep channels so every step in your scene could include effects from any or all channels VEH Base Iie Ue M CB Soundtalight QM LiveContol Follow spot E Mx input GA Mi EasyStep me EasyTime editor FM Chaer Sequencer M x Fader Aa Bele me 1 O0s00 02200 Step The Easyotep rack allows to A 00000 00 Ciete simple steps scenes z 7 iji These steps can fade or not 1 between each of them To use the sansa la a ow hack you must select the 000 02 00 appropriate function fade or not Total time 02200 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 703 204 205 Ub 207 Se hohe bP 8 oh AnNAEnNnnN ___Fan ara aA ial al You can change the properties for each channel manually if you want Simply select any of the buttons on the bottom left 2 EasySteps 1 ON OFF 1 Dimmer and then click at the top of each channel For the moment it is best if you leave all channels as EasyStep channels Page 36 Copyright 2006 Elation Profes
51. k Class V DMs input 100 C Flash mode Input ports Channel Mote Midi notes Active only when the page is displayed Active only when the page is selected E E E U M Iam m M U oo Faders control Page 78 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Pape Salttinps Damo traditional tetrtine x El General 4 Channels mmm Buttons Synchro a Trigger JE Options AM Group By ad AN Available only in First Class Name Synchro Key DM input Midi Channels Midi Note i Start the cycle named S NCI T No F 4 i Er 2 Re start the current cycle fn rz Tal RE 3 Goto the next scene PGDN D Ho 3 BEN 4 Goto the previous scene PE D No E 5 Pause the current cycle 6 Play the current cycle 7 Stop the current cycle 8 Not used M Page dimmer Page dimmer Page dimmer Page speed Page speed Page speed qIATAAAA9919919191 BLEU S L E AA R iG i la CVV ETE Fd JOMLY IF this option is selected all settings will work onl Now you can modify the dimmer of your page in real time with your external DMX controller This option may not be available with your version of the sofware 4 4 Clock and Calendar The sofware can be triggered by Time PC clock and calendar This feature is available only in Pro version and is v
52. l pages and all fixtures For example if you have two pages in your controller 1 SCANNER and 1 MOVING HEAD and you select the CIRCLE movement scene in each then you click on the Master page and create a new scene the AS YOU SEE NOW option will include both of these effects from both of these pages sce New Scene _MASTER ai 5 515 886 Enter the name of the button Scene 1 Choose how you would like the new button O Empty C Equal to INIT As YOU See now Indude the currentscene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches a u F Demo Moving Head Cirde 1 E Demo Scanner Cirde 1 E a _ Indude the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization h i Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page Page 50 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 III Intermediate programming 2 Drag and drop into Master buttons It is easy to edit a Master scene switch after it has been created All you need to do is left click on a button within the conventional fixture pages and drag it into the Master button Select Add to the button to replace its properties with those included in the dragged button E m O OOO OO OO O O O O O O O o o a Move to this page Copy to this page 3 Playback page If you are installing and prog
53. l tool for LIVE control It allows users to connect any MIDI controller to the software and assign numerous features to it It is possible to control the speed or size of a Sequence jump from page to page select a particular button freeze all DMX channels and many others Once your show has been programmed with the software it is very easy to assign it to the MIDI controller s faders and buttons This is an incredibly powerful tool that will both save users time and allow a more precise control during Live applications The following image is an example of a MIDI controller with rotating buttons and faders all of which can be perfectly assigned to work with our software l Console B CONTROL rane F AP eS a a TETUR ilitirhi etal ul A i A a x a ms a s ea idil THOU php agp Obi Tt dateletel Peppy Ltda Atalet ia 1 peaa i si dada dutaletel CERTUNI ada hitele EEANN TUUN oli i baled LI H TUI pel tail IHT iiil PHT m Hib G ATE W LEE Ei nj H J a i eS eS Miu rriek LU AEI T P B EN ATTA As ae TEU bee baa a DE ES mem E fitilit IF Li EE EA j TOLC LE E a Miah el ahrs hullt PN EE T j peog MECEL E TT ae TTT Le PPEP Pye enya yas A E 1 ee ee oe El 1 ee a x
54. ly every few seconds a Cycle can include these 2 scenes and define the timing in between You can create new Scenes Switches and Cycles from the Button menu on the top Simple instructions to create Scenes Switches and Cycles follow in upcoming sections 3 Preprogrammed buttons Using preprogrammed buttons Every time you create a new page for a group of lighting fixtures depending on the type of fixtures moving heads scanners LEDs conventionals etc there will be preprogrammed buttons on the screen that will help you create lighting effects Movement buttons These are generic to all moving heads and scanners These include the CENTER switch which is a fixed position at 50 pan and tilt Movement buttons include both the position and dimmer iris shutter lamp information necessary to display a white open gobo light source Page 26 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 II Basic programming Color gobos effects etc Depending on the features of individual lighting fixtures there will be a button that will correspond to every function that a lighting fixture can perform You can visualize most of these in the 3D window The ones that you cannot visualize like macros for example still have a button on the screen that would trigger the lighting effect if the real lighting fixture was connected to the computer Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reser
55. mpress both scenes together Page menu Settings Select COMPRESSION from the menu on the left Click on the NEW button to create a new group Name it POSITION Change Button type to SCENE Change Compressionn type to TAKE Click OK NO of OND Page 48 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Position Drums X Y Settings You can access X Y settings by right clicking on the white area These settings include locking pan X or tilt Y allowing better control of your fixture and a resolution control Changing the resolution of the X Y window will allow you to move your fixtures beams larger or smaller distances with the same movement of your mouse very useful for fine tuning positions for instance Take settings l S Lock xY Lock Cock Y Resolution lt am ja GK Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 49 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming 5 Using the MASTER page The MASTER page allows you to bring fixtures from different pages together You can record scenes using fixtures from multiple pages You can add scenes and switches coming from different pages 1 AS you see now global In the same way you can create new scenes within each page using the AS YOU SEE NOW option the Master Page allows you to create new scenes that include lighting effects from al
56. n on white color to 50 pan and tilt if available If your fixtures fail this check then 1 You selected the wrong profile some fixtures have different modes You should go back and find the appropriate profile 2 You addressed your fixtures differently than the software Compu Live addresses similar fixtures consecutively Figure out if it is better to re address fixtures in the software or the real world 3 The fixtures lamp is not ON in which case continue with the setup process there will be a DMX command to turn it ON within the Compu Live page New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 4 9 In some applications you may have to set a limit to the highest Fan Tit amplitude being used Do you wish to limit the highest Pan Tit amplitude for your fixtures 7 Please note that the following settings and adjustments will apply to the whole page and that you will be able to modify them later thus allowing you to change configurations without having to re program all the scenes e g during a touring show This screen allows you to limit the maximum Pan and Tilt in your moving heads and scanners the wizard will skip this step if your fixtures do not have these properties Setting limits to pan and tilt channels can be useful but we recommend you get familiarized with other controller tools first and then decide if setting limits for the fixtures is what you need to create your lighting effects If it is you can always change the
57. nal lighting can be controlled through DMX if these fixtures are connected to what are known as Dimmer Packs There are many manufacturers out there www proformance net amp nbsp 3 IP Ethernet configuration Our Ethernet interfaces come with a factory IP address 192 168 1 20 An IP address is a number that is unique to any particular device within a network In order to communicate with your interface you need to manually set your computer s IP address to 192 168 1 xx where xx is any number other than 20 You cannot have both devices interface and computer with the exact same IP address but both need to be within the same subnet 192 168 1 xx To configure your computer to work with our Ethernet interface 1 Connect your IP Ethernet interface to your computer and to its power supply 9 12V DC 2 Change your computer s IP address to match the interface s subnet mask Start from Window s Control Panel then Network Connections Double click on the Local Area Network connection then click on TCP IP then Properties Change from Automatic to Use the following IP address and type IP 192 168 1 xx xx is any number larger than 10 different from 20 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Leave all other fields blank then click OK Wait a few moments while the connection is reset between the interface and computer Close the Local Area Network properties window 3 Start the Compu Live software Once the software is o
58. nal program You should see a SPEED fader in preprogrammed buttons that control movement color wheel rotation gobo rotation strobe etc The Dimmer function This function allows you to modify easily the DMX level of certain channels in real time You should see a Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 53 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming DIMMER fader on preprogrammed buttons like Dimmer Zoom Iris Focus etc These faders allow you to modify the DMX values for those particular channels without using the button Editor You can also use this function with conventional lighting PAR etc Such a button would allow to modify the beam intensity in real time for one or any group of fixtures included in the button Example Imagine you want to create a switch that controls dimmer levels from 100 to 200 DMX values with a fader First create a new switch Button New Switch and call it Dimmer 100 200 Make sure you create an EMPTY switch and that you DO NOT link all channels to Dimmer or EasyStep Then edit this button by clicking on Edit from the Button menu Once inside the Editor you can assign the Dimmer function purple button on the bottom left hand corner to any or all the channels within the page If you assign the Dimmer property using the mouse s left click you will see a full Dimmer with maximum 100 and minimum 0 255 ODMxX If you right click to assign the Dimme
59. nd we call the Scene 1 Then we use the TAKE buttons to setup a different position for each fixture and we save the scene with the As you see now function Now we just have to setup the Fade times as we did with the 1st one and we are ready to fade from our Scene 1 to our Scene 2 When a fade is running the following window appears and shows you the FADE IN left red and the FADE OUT right blue This window allows to make a break to increase the speed of the fade to jump to the end of the fade or to go back to the beginning Please note that you can make this window visible or not by clicking on Fade from the Windows menu Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 69 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Please keep in mind that the FADE function is not available on channels which have been programmed with the ON OFF mode This is very useful to make some channels fading or not in a scene Imagine you want to fade from one position to another one with your fixtures but you want to change the gobo without fading in the same scene The gobo channel must be programmed with the ON OFF mode or the FADE function Page Settings window must be disable on this channel 4 External trigerring Page 70 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 4 1 MIDI Easy Console 4 1 1 EasyConsole what is it EasyConsole is a new powerfu
60. ne As you see now we will use the same function and create the scenes using the TAKE buttons ace New Scene m Mew Switch cwe New Cycle Duplicate Rename i Delete Al D E Settings Alt P TE Edit CtrH click Alt E Pe Print setup E Print preview utton settings E Scene te Ta Trigger RE Time parmi Dimmer Speed SE Scene ma 4 H I Fade Time before Fade In Pond ong ee 000 00 00 oo Time of Fade In 00 05 00 ajele eri k Time before Fade Out nod o0 00 S ii ell Time of Fade Gut 00005 00 sje lil nea Page 68 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Once the Fade function has been selected we can setup the fade times Please keep in mind that the channels can have their levels increasing Fade In or decreasing Fade Out Time before fade In Time between the call of the scene and the beginning of the Fade In Time of Fade In Fade In time Time before fade Out Time between the call of the scene and the beginning of the Fade Out Time of Fade Out Fade Out time Here we can leave the default settings which are 5 seconds for the Fade In Out times and no time before Fade In Out We can click on OK when it is finished and our first scene is now ready to be used Let us create the 2nd one and call it Scene 2 To do so we release all the buttons in our page double click on INIT a
61. ne You can choose to make your scene loop or not Finally you can convert your EasyStep scene into an EasyTime sequence advantages of EasyTime will be explained in the Advanced Programming section Cut the selected step Play Convert to an New step Easy Time sequence L A Make the scene Assien the function Copy the selected step Paste the step toop EAE BE 2 Channel properties On Off Dimmer When you create new Scenes or Switches you are given the option to Link the Dimmer or EasyStep function to all channels of the page Page 38 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 III Intermediate programming Enter the name of the button Scene a Choose how you would like the new button Empty Equal to INIT C AS you See now i ei j f m pa j F C Mar ta bet re ri m d oom in oo mm im ee nmn ira f j a Fal imj rj 35 TEn E ma oy z z Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page OK Edit Selecting any of these options will assign that particular property to every channel of fixtures for that particular button Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 39 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming l J B F f z re Er mi bl l rer oE n a If nei
62. ner m g 134 ls d f Demo traditional li eE g ED a Do not worry about the options available within this window for the moment as they will be explained later in the manual and are not necessary to understand the basics of the software Buttons There are 3 different types of buttons each with their own properties Scenes yellow buttons Switches red buttons Cycles blue buttons Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 25 Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming be ee EE ee Scenes A Compu Live SCENE is a button that typically recalls a combination of functions and effects sometimes known as a cue or look it can be movement with colors gobos prisms etc There can be 1 and only 1 Scene selected at a time inside each Page This means that every new Scene that you activate will release the previous scene Switches A Compu Live SWITCH is a button that typically recalls a single function or effect i e 1 movement or 1 color or 1 color combination etc As long as 2 switches don t affect the same property DMX channel you can have as many switches activated as you want For instance if you add a gobo switch to a movement switch both can be activated simultaneously Cycles A Compu Live CYCLE is a button that sequentially recalls cue lists of Scenes and Switches For instance if you create Scene 1 and Scene 2 and you want them to alternate continuous
63. ng world uses this standard communication protocol For a more technical and detailed description please visit www dmx512 online com 2 Understanding DMX To understand the DMX512 communication protocol commonly referred to as DMX we will use the Cable TV analogy Imagine a simplistic cable TV system with only 4 relevant parts a TV station b cable c decoder d TV set The TV station broadcasts a signal that travels through a cable network until it reaches a decoder The decoder receives information on hundreds of channels but only displays on the TV set the information in this case video and audio from that single channel that we select The TV set ignores the information from any channel that is not selected It only displays the information from the channel selected in the decoder DMX can be related to this cable TV system where a the TV station is the controller Compu Live b the cable is a DMX cable c the cable decoder is the DMX decoder which usually is inside each lighting fixture d the TV set is the lighting fixture In DMX the number of channels that are broadcasted is always 512 Maybe some of them will be empty or unused but they are still broadcasted because it is a necessary component of the standard So the controller sends out a signal 512 channels of information which travels through a DMX cable until it reaches the decoder inside the lighting fixture In the same way you set the ch
64. ng lights and creates preprogrammed buttons Click on Explore and choose a moving light definition file Then click on NEXT to continue You will be able to browse through the profile library in your computer Search for your manufacturer s folder and then your particular fixture notice there is a VARIED folder where fixtures from small manufacturers are included Look in B Scan Library v amp E Boost Ema Geni iL varied i Chauvet 2 Eurolite GLP My Recent 3 Abstract Sy cindy Light Eurotech 3 Griv Documents QAC Lighting Clay Paky EV hen C Acme coef C Exce lighting High E Active Color Systems C Coemar Fal HGF edhi Actor Mate Color Kinetics I FEL Hui 2 Advanced Lighting Sys Ci Contest Fine Art Hy L Alkalite Dts Fly Dragon Icon 3 American DJ Elation Pro Flying iSo E Anolis C Elektralite Funky I is Antari Eliminator Lighting 3 Futurelight Jb lig Ayrton Elite StarWay Geni B 5 yi E EJ My Documents My Computer File name fd Open Files of type Scan Library ssl i My Network Open as read only Page 12 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live After you find your lighting fixture in the manufacturer folders you will need to set the starting DMX address and number of fixtures if you do not Know the meaning of sta
65. nstalled correctly the name of the device will be Intelligent Usb Dmx Interface If on the contrary you read Unknown device with a yellow exclamation point next to it the drivers are not installed correctly To fix this Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 101 Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix Uninstall unknown device Disconnect USB interface wait a couple seconds and reconnect The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear just follow the instructions previous step Make sure you select Continue anyway when asked about Windows verification and compatibility amp nbsp 5 Test on a different computer lf nothing seems to work please try testing on a different PC before contacting your retailer to get an exchange Typically you should only ask for an exchange if No LEDs turn on even when you have moved the power switch in the back of the interface Only the yellow LED turns on The drivers seem to be installed correctly but the interface software does not work and the Device Manager name for the USB device is SUIDI OUT instead of Intelligent Usb Dmx Interface Scenes Switches do not work If you find problems using your scene and switch buttons check for the following common solutions amp nbsp 1 Deactivate all buttons Double click on the INIT scene in each page all buttons should be amp nbsp deactivated Then start using your buttons from zero and find which button brings
66. nterface Depending on the number of lighting fixtures that you re using you can have hundreds even thousands of scenes recorded in our small electronic interface Trigger lighting shows at scheduled times using the interface s internal clock and calendar Activate lighting scenes using simple IO contact closures Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 15 Welcome to Compu Live Sed m q ee lo LEI Compu Live 2006 l i il eee EEEE HEL SERRE ee REE ETRAMTTAE color tis a es aoe iia i esky Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Preview your profiles using our 3D visualizer etc prism r Create your own profiles or modify existing profiles for lighting fixtures All effects are included Scanlibrary Edito gobo gobo rotation Page 16 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live id WVR HEAD S52 Scanlrary 2006 z ETE Fe hiiia pbn LFE F Oe a8 2B l nie Mee GOT e Pree Ees etal E pep Tie and char rene Fan f 3 L mj i o a Pai 1 d Ti p 7 Be T Tele i igi seit ag fil pe Se ee ee ee ee pes PL eee i el oh Boe Iriel creas Li Dog Sail imc edar Coie ial 4 a g Earm Boom fe 556 Toona D MIRE DieZwole fda Seder Soom l oo 10 haj ms Fa ET Inkaneity D JWL Detenli iSae
67. oc Taiki Bac s d _ 11 a e T white Tt gt U5 Definir Sobor ioar ra 3 Gk Moats EA eaa ee ee j 3 oF i i A TEER y i Z oe Tn i sita aiee doko a fe 14 rg Inak D li Damant Joko iniaiscion 3 z jd a pute oo i i i 5 ws Fy ete wee eo Ipk D F in Getaole Jerie La w 5 a k od 4 j r 16 a mr T ae Inchon T LP Daan Ioro intwmaticna j wai lf p im O Ei LE Spar D gt 5a m ll a u in iua i eal TEfLoece J e DI Deen ae el F ni ii ji i lanji lanja E E siil E elt 2b RI aD BD Dg i3 EME F Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 17 Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming ll Basic programming Overview After reading our Welcome chapter you might have a good idea of what you would like to accomplish with our Compu Live controller Now it is time to learn how to create all those lighting scenes you have in your mind already This chapter explores the options available when adding your own fixtures through our New Page Wizard Then we focus on available preprogrammed buttons for all intelligent lighting We look deeper into the New Scene As you see now option Finally this chapter explores the triggering of lighting scenes from your computer s keyboard 1 Adding your own fixtures Whether you purchased the electronic interface already or simply downloaded the free software from the internet you prob
68. on exclusively to the 1st group Mo1 Mo3 and the red color button exclusively to the second Mo2 Mo4 O Turn light beams ON CENTER or any movement switch 1 Select the SAVE option 8rd button and unselect Return to disable last button 2 Select the Moi Mo3 group 3 Activate the Color Cyan button on the page 4 Click on Invert selection to the left of ALL OFF or select unselect manually 5 Activate the Color Red button on the page Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 45 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming 6 Disable SAVE 1st button of the toolbar If you look closely at your 2 color buttons red and cyan you will see a small S flag inside This means that a group or individual fixture was assigned and saved into the button which will not be disabled even when the SAVE mode is no longer active lf you wish to reset your preprogrammed buttons back to normal you need to redo the SAVE procedure except this time you need to select ALL fixtures before you assign them to the button Using the SELECT mode explained below allows you to reset groups in your preprogrammed buttons also Remember that unless you change them preprogrammed buttons work on all fixtures within the page SELECT mode The SELECT mode works in a very similar way as the SAVE mode except backwards In SAVE we first selected the group then we selected in what button we wanted it ass
69. or swap them around Make sure you are using the right profile for your fixtures 3 DMX cable If you are still having problems try using a different cable make sure it is a good one Page 102 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix 5 Commands summary User s screen Creating a new page Page New page Freeze channel Page Live Page toolbar F12 Short channel level setting Page Live Page toolbar Set F11 Enable a manual fading Page Live Page toolbar Manual F10 perenne adie Activate or de activate fixtures 3D Page Live Page toolbar Show F9 representation 8D software fixtures in the 3D software in MasterSPEEDreset Master DIMMER reset a e Seectbton J o o o Sheik OoOO Delete button Button Delete Delete shortcut Oo Ctrl De Implement new shortcut po Cirle Assign a MIDI shortcut display MIDI Ctrl Note MIDI Assign a PORT shortcut display Ctrl Port Assign a DMX shortcut display Ctrl DMX Move a button if enabled on Shift right click DIMMER of selected button Live button toolbar Display a scroll menu Shift right click Editor screen FEATURES EQUIVALENT MENUS SHORTCUTS Close and save AS Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 103 Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix Visualize left hand part of the channels list Display preset list LEFT pointer Right click on channel n
70. ou will probably want to save that look To do this you must create a new button on your screen that will return your saved lighting scene Button menu New Scene MASTER J 702 773 Enter the name of the button Choose how you would like the new button O Empty Equal to INIT As you see now Include the current scene INIT Indudes the activated scenes and switches Cirde 1 Take 2 Gobo 2 4BeamColo Take 1 Take 4 Take 3 _ Indude the manual settings coming from the channel page visualization Link the Dimmer function to all the channels of the page Link the EasyStep function to all the channels of the page Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 31 Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming Button menu is the pull down menu at the top of the main Compu Live screen You can set the name of the button at the top It is important to select the As you see now option which allows you to include all or any of the buttons that you activated already Leave the options at the end of the window as they are These will be explained in detail in later sections of the manual Finally click OK to create your new button Note You can create a New Switch instead of a New Scene if you want The only difference will be as explained on the previous section that during playback a Scene button will replace any other Scene buttons while generally Switch buttons will add to other
71. oving head es Channels Intelligent lighting 226 245 Mo3 lt e gt moving head moving head ssl 244 261 Mo4 lt r gt moving head Prefix T E Enable FADE function i Enable SPEED function o E Enable DIMMER function m TOE Aa Extern action and trigg Channel patch 190 E Synchro a Trigger Advanced Special setting fy Group Options Buttons The Button section allows you to define the font and size of the buttons on your page This is very useful if you need larger buttons because you have a very small screen because you are using a touchscreen monitor etc Page Settings Demo Moving Head Eg Button size General F General if ee Genera Default Channels ed Auto button size and font Extern action and trigg E Synchro me Trigger Advanced Special setting ty Group Options Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 87 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Compression The Compression section allows you to create or modify the groups of buttons within your page Notice how all COLOR GOBO PRISM icons are grouped together in your pages When you create a new Compression group all buttons whose name starts with those same letters as the name of the group will be linked together For example COLOR RED COLOR BLUE COLOR YELLOW COLOR WHITE can all
72. pen go to the menu then About A circular popup with the logo will be shown with a white box underneath In this box you should read something like this Page 100 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix Compu Live June 13 2006 Release date 1 SLESA IP interface description in red letters If you cannot read the interface description in red letters please go to the Troubleshooting section If you do that means there is good communication between the software and the interface you are done 4 Troubleshooting Software and or interface do not work 1 Check the USB interface Connect the interface to the computer You should see 3 LEDs turn on green yellow and red Green should be blinking slowly Yellow should be completely on Red should be blinking fast If non of the LEDs are on check the back of the interface there is a small switch that turns power ON OFF If only the yellow LED is on then your interface is broken please contact your retailer to have it replaced 2 Check software interface communication Connect the interface to the computer BEFORE you start Compu Live After you open the software the green LED should start blinking fast If you go to the menu then About a circular popup will appear with our logo in it Underneath you will see a white box with the software name and release date If there is good communication between the soft
73. please read our DMX Review appendix Page 20 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 2 9 Enter the DMA starting address the number of fixtures and the moving shortcut keys Then click on NEXT to continue Starting DMX address End DMA address 18 Number of fixtures 1 Matrix _ DMX universe Universe 1 USB DMA H1 Keyboard mode Shortcuts q qwerty intemational Type Head 7 Number of channels 18 Resolution 16 bits 4 DMA channels Note The shortcut keys allow you to move each fiture using the mouse In this screen you can also set the DMX universe you want your fixtures to work with in case you have more than 1 DMX outputs New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 3 9 You have just selected the type of fiture the starting address and decided on the number of fixtures you wish to use By initialising the channels with the presets as defined in the library we are now able to actually test your fictures for the first time Do you see 7 The lamps iit The light beam shutters open The Fan Tit channels at half level 50 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 21 Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming Look at your lighting fixtures whether the real ones or the ones inside the 3D visualizer You should see all of them tur
74. r however you can define the minimum and maximum levels for that channel Same be RR es aoa Set the minimum and maximum levels to 100 and 200 DMX respectively then close the Editor and save changes You now have a button that can control a dimmer between DMX values 100 to 200 You can use the Toolbar Dimmer fader to change this value if you want You can also add a small fader to the button To do this select your new button nnd go to Button menu Page 54 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Button Settings Dimmer Speed tab Then select Show the Dimmer fader Draw the fader on the button Use the minimum and maximum levels of each channel There you go now you have a button with a fader that controls the DMX output between 100 and 200 fora particular channel only You can verify the DMX signal from the OUTPUTS window black area at the bottom of the controller setting minimum and maximum dimmer levels is necessary for example when using a channel controlling a shutter e g Blackout from 0 to 99 Dimmer from 100 to 200 and Strobe from 201 to 255 This way you can have several faders within the same channel each controlling a particular fragment of the whole DMX range The Size function This function allows you to increase or decrease the size of a movement Imagine a scene with a simple tilt movement If you want to reduce the amplit
75. r les projecteurs mais a g z ha aucun bouton se sera affect MODE INACTIF ALL ALL rT OFF ON tat i s m eee ots ii l l eA pi ee ii ee ee j iei T 7 ji Ei m Ma ea M E e E i cpm pm i E _ CTE icles isle aoe CMa O lemme lied Projecteurs 4 4 Pages Creating groups This tool allows you to create groups of fixtures stage left stage right house lights etc Going back to our example with 4 moving heads arranged in a circle imagine now that we want to create 2 groups Mo1 Mos and Mo2 Mo4 Click on the icons to select unselect until you reach your desired group also you could first click on the ALL OFF button to unselect all fixtures and then select only Mot and Mo3 Once these are selected click on the New group button red arrow in picture below and enter any name you want in this case Mo1 Mo3 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 43 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Fixtures You can select and move the Fixturets but mo buttons will be affected DISABLE MODE ALL ALL IEn S St StS a P rF a g 1 Mot Mos JE z E ee ee ee ae N de lea S a Ei EE E EE E E E E S Dene j i a g i a a M a H Fixtures fu Page
76. ramming the software for somebody else to use and you wish to avoid possible problems erasing scenes etc you can leave your customers with a simple PLAYBACK PAGE T Conr 06 Coceyri ic rid ggr C a TLI Be 1 het e ar Ei Ht Pat Scene k i Pa Ezi A Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 51 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming The easiest way to leave this PLAYBACK PAGE is to simply close all windows within the software controller except the Master Page of course by clicking the X on the titlebar for each window After this you want to lock all windows to prevent users from closing your Master page as well Go to Windows menu Reset positions Lock docked windows 6 Controlling Speed Size of your scenes As you probably realized already some buttons on your screen have faders or sliders on them These faders control one of three different properties in each button SPEED DIMMER and SIZE It is also possible to show faders that control these same properties for all buttons within a page Page menu Display Live toolbar Button SROTS75 Button My Scene ah tii Abstr ete Abstr E rats pack a le Peo es eee ee ee nata on j a Scene 1 d 2 scene 2 Uo Ahaeser m i al l I i ei beam aM shuter Chaser You
77. re Update Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Inteligent Usb Orms Intertace OUT Click Finish to close the wizard 3 Using IP Ethernet interfaces lf you purchased a Compu Live package with an IP Ethernet interface please refer to the Appendices for instructions Page 6 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live 2 Demo shows For this section we assume you installed the software in BEGINNER MODE and that you enabled the installation of DEMO PAGES If you did not you will see many options on your screen apart from the ones described here but the information will still be valid Your screen should look like this DE Oe TAR ammit D B ee D po Dema Mis ang Hai i E 3 fel IH LT a i MAS IE p E Ti Deme Hering Head ige p mee Aa 7 aj k i ren 5 T il f Pa r p a Des ie a tat i i ie ae es T i i a me E The Compu Live software will display 1 button for every function that the lighting fixture can perform There will be 1 button on the screen for every color gobo macro prism effect etc Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 7 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live Depending on the type of intelligent lighting that you re using there will also be preprogrammed buttons with generic effects in this case t
78. reprogrammed buttons for your own fixtures Step 1 Turn lamps ON The first thing you want to do is turn ON your lighting fixtures This can be done in a number of ways However the most convenient at this moment is to click on the Center button This will make the lamps to turn ON move Pan and Tilt to 50 light beam straight out from the base with Open Gobo and Open Color white This should be your starting position for most simple scenes Note Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 29 Compu Live 2006 II Basic programming Demo Moving H INIT Step 2 Adjust beam positions Using the X Y buttons you can adjust the position of any of the beams coming from your fixtures There will be 1 button for each fixture Simply click on one button then move the red arrow inside the white area then click on the next button move the red arrow and so on Step 3 Adding effects Once you have your positions adjusted you should as many effects to your lighting scene as you want colors gobos prism etc Feel free to use as many of the preprogrammed buttons available Notice that you can activate effects by clicking on them once and deactivate them if you click on them a second time Page 30 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 II Basic programming Step 4 Save AS YOU SEE NOW Once you find a combination of buttons that you like y
79. rofessional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 V General settings 3 Backup Technical support If you ever experience any difficulties with the sofware there is the possibility to send a complte backup to our technical support Select full backup from the menu and it opens the following window This window allows to save all the software Folders in a ZIP File Please note that the Light data Folder contains only the pages and buttons and allows to create a small ZIF File There is also the possibility to send an email to the technical support by clicking on Email from the menu or to post a message on our Internet forum at www elationlighting com forum Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 95 Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix VI Appendix 1 DMX512 brief description 1 The need for a standard About 20 years ago most lighting and console manufacturers had their own proprietary communication protocols During installations it was necessary to use all lighting fixtures from the same manufacturer of course with their own controller board If you wanted to use lighting fixtures from different manufacturers even simple dimmers each group required their own lighting desk It is clear that a standard form of communication between controllers and the fixtures was necessary By the time you are done reading this section you will understand how DMX works and why the lighti
80. rting DMX address please read Appendix A DMX Review before you continue New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 2 9 Enter the DMA starting address the number of fixtures and the moving shortcut keys Then click on NEXT to continue Starting DMX address End DMX address 12 Number of fixtures 1 Matrix _ ee a s DMX universe Universe 1 USB DMX 1 lt ee M M aU a Keyboard mode ar oT Shortcuts q qwerty tintemational w i Type Head Number of channels 18 Resolution 16 bits 4 DMX channels Note The shortcut keys allow you to move each fiture using the mouse Then simply click NEXT to all the options that the wizard presents not important at the moment but will be explained in detail in later sections in the manual You re done Now you have 2 pages the DEMO MOVING HEAD and your MANUFACTURER FIXTURE Assuming your lighting fixtures are connected and addressed correctly everything shown in the 3D visualizer should be simultaneously happening with your real lighting fixtures If you think you have everything setup correctly and are still having problems please refer to Appendix D Troubleshooting There you go Keep reading the manual to learn how to program more elaborate lighting scenes shows effects Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 13 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live 4 Compu Live Overview The follo
81. s There is no limit to the number of groups that can be created in each page Even when this simple example includes only 4 fixtures you can imagine the potential of the grouping tool when using a larger number of fixtures It is possible to assign shortcut keys F1 through F12 on your keyboard to any of these groups All you need to do is right click on the group name to access this feature To trigger a group you need to select the appropriate page and click SHIFT F1 on your keyboard for example Using groups Individual fixture control The Fixtures Group tools allow you to control fixtures individually or using the groups you just created By default this tools will be disabled green arrow above first button on the toolbar There are 3 different modes to use this group individual control fuction LIVE SAVE and SELECT By default group individual control will be disabled automatically after every action To allow continuous group individual control click on Return to Disabled mode last button of the toolbar to unselect it Page 44 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming LIVE mode To use this mode select the second button of the toolbar remember that by default LIVE will be disabled after every action unless you click and unselect the last button Return to disabled Back to our 4 Moving Head example imagine you want to have you 1st
82. s 3p sce Scene Select Scene the last item on the left In this window you can set the fading times for your scenes only Scenes are allowed to have Fade In Out times not Switches 6 Keyboard triggering hotkeys Buttons on the screen can be triggered using your computer s keyboard along with your mouse You can assign any button on the screen to any key on your keyboard To do this you need to go into Button Settings Page 34 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming m 1E an FA Button Settings Cycle 7 Trigger Trigger key i wh General Trigger key q _ Flash mode S22 General Trigger DMX input wh Tagger Channel Note im Trigger Midi notes gS Time Input ports 2 Button rs Active only when the page is displayed _ Active only when the page is selected F Cy Cycle some versions may not be able to run this function Select the Trigger option on the left then tick the Trigger key box on the top and assign whatever letter you want Flash mode creates keys which are only active while the keys are physically being pressed the moment you release your finger from the keyboard they will automatically become inactive only works with Switches not Scenes Try this FLASH key option with the Strobe effect for example A useful shortcut to assign keyboard triggering 1 Activate t
83. s first chapter gives users a quick overall look at our software essential if you are impatient like most of us We will walk you through the installation process for the software and the interface drivers Then we will play around with our preprogrammed DEMO shows At the end of this chapter we will quickly show you how to add your own fixtures into the software just in case you cannot wait to test your own lighting fixtures The second chapter will show you the most elemental programming tools within the software By the end of this chapter you should be able to program a decent looking show very quickly The third and the fourth chapter describe more advanced not necessarily complicated software tools This knowledge along with a little practice will allow you to create almost any lighting scene effect your fixtures can handle The fourth chapter briefly describes peripheral software tools in the Compu Live Suite package such as the 3D visualizer Easy View a profile library editor Scanlibrary a music video lighting timeline synchronization tool Easy Show and downloading scenes shows into the internal memory of the electronic interface Easy Stand Alone The fifth chapter include several starting parameters the user should be familiar with options for the windows management and Backup Technical support Finally you will find appendices that include a DMX512 review MIDI review list of available accessories and a troubleshoot
84. s similar to an Excel sheet displaying all the values of each channel in time Channels are shown on a horizontal axis and elapsing time on a vertical axis This grid is called the time sheet Therefore Time sheet therefore globally represents the progress made by all the channels on a specific page from the corresponding Scene or Switch activation onwards omoos00 oe Omn01s00 Dm02s00 Each line refers to a specific moment since the button was activated To activate a period of time i e to be able to visualize what will happen at some point just move yellow Page 56 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming edit line to appropriate time cell Each column in a time sheet represents a channel As soon as a Scene or a Switch has been activated the time sheet associated with this button will be read from line 000 00 00 to the final line containing information To program a time sheet with fade effects you may program all cells in Sequence but to make things easier this software includes very efficient tools such as Fade or Cut Copy Insert modes Now a little training Things will go smoothly once the channel has been set in EasyTime mode as was done for On or Dimmer modes Just click EasyTime mode to pilot all the channels required in EasyTime mode click and drag leds Now just scroll the time sheet to time indication To
85. se limits from the Page Properties window described later in the manual Page 22 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming New page with Scanlibrary wizard Step 6 9 To make immediate use of your fidtures the wizard helps you create pre programmed buttons Scenes coming from the ShapeLibrary Switches with help from the presets as defined in the fiture library Do you wish to have pre programmed buttons The next screen asks which preprogrammed movements you want to include for moving heads and scanners only Again we recommend you include all movements default selection You may now select the relevant pre programmed scenes and adjust the moving area for the fixtures Show speed fader Speed Moving Area kA Lustomi _ Customize area Pre programmed Scenes e Light beam 2 Same S07 at E Ia Center Pan Move 1 Music BPM Ellipse Spire ica Circle 1 Tit Move 1 Music Pulse Heart Star a Trangle Step 1 Live Control F Start Stari e Square Line 1 Color mix P Stare ic Maximum Curve 1 2 Eight Spiral4 ran i O Scene Switch Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 23 Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming Do not worry about all other options on the screen once you learn the concepts of the software these will be obvious Wen pace with Scantibrary wizard tap
86. set value just move the fader The value will be displayed in the cell concerned i e at the channel column concerned You must move the cursor to the line corresponding on the total expected time for your scene before to setup your channels with EasyTime function For example for a 10s scene we move the cursor yellow line to the 00m10s00 line and then we affect EasyTime function on selected channels In case there are blank cells in between the latest time programmed and current time you will be prompted to answer the following questions Prolong previous value up to current time Gradually move from previous value to new value Assign new value from latest cell programmed onwards Mot vectorial Line steps Music pulse Music BPM Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 57 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 2 1 2 How to use Easy Time for movement If you use moving lights this software contains extremely quick basic functions to create sophisticated vectorial motion effects Omoisoo Omis Omo3so0 Click here with the right button to automatically generate motion Froperties Automatic Girele Automatic Falgon Automatic Random points s Automatic Lines 103 Ue Automatic Curve O J 100 101 1 A circle will then automatically appear and EasyTime will display green cells including X Y values as referential points
87. settings wil work only with the cycle named SYNCHRO advanced Co Note If the ONLY option is selected all settings will work on the cycle called SYNCHRO You can find more informations about the connection of DMX interfaces by reading the hardware manual This option may not be available with your version of the sofware Page 82 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming 4 6 Audio Analysis The Audio Analysis program allows to read and analyze a sound data through a sound card or straight through computer files CD WAV files Tempo and BPM can thus be picked out Bass medium and treble filters are made available in the SOUND TO LIGHT tab Audio analysis i i f F E O O E E O SS _ _ _ x f z r 5 T f f i x When Audio Analysis program operates as background task the following icon appears on the Windows toolbar 326 2e By double clicking this icon you may open the complete window so as to modify parameters included in BPM and SOUND TO LIGHT tabs Let us have a closer look at both of these features BPM Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 83 Compu Live 2006 Sound to Light Audio analysis a Sound to light T BPM BPM Pulse a Analysis _ _ Los C Manual
88. sional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming When you create an EasyStep sequence you can go through your steps for each channel in one of two ways with or without fade Light beam movement might look better fading in between positions but gobo rotation might look better as a step change in between the two To do this you must use the EasyStep with fade function on Pan Tilt channels and EasyStep without fade function on the gobo channels for example To change these properties use the two EasyStep buttons at the bottom left where the top ramp like button represents WITH FADE and the second step like button WITHOUT FADE Each corner in the picture represents the X Y position in each step These can be moved individually with the mouse Steps with fade in between show dotted lines in between the corners in the shape area Steps can be selected by clicking on the corresponding point white area or directly from the step list at the top To set the FADE and WAIT times for each step use the number boxes at the top minutes seconds 1 100 The top box controls fade and the bottom one wait times Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 37 Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming ia 000 0000 p pooo A a oy Wait time Other available functions on the EasyStep rack are copy cut paste and insert step The PLAY button allows you to preview your sce
89. ther Dimmer nor EasyStep functions are selected the channels will have the OFF property by default lf a channel is OFF the final output for this channel will not be affected by this particular scene switch For example a COLOR switch has all of its channels in OFF except for the COLOR channel which is assigned a DIMMER property and a particular value DIMMER channels are fixed values within the scene switch For example if you have an EasyStep scene where the light beam fades in between positions and all gobos and colors are kept the same throughout the scene you can assign these color and gobo channels the DIMMER property and set the constant value for this scene This dimmer value will automatically be the same for all steps in the EasyStep scene ON channels are just like 100 DIMMER channels However we must emphasize that a 0 dimmer IS NOT the same as an OFF channel An OFF channel does not affect the channel in question whereas a 0 DIMMER assigns this value to the channel which would replace any values coming from different buttons Page 40 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Ill Intermediate programming Note ne ee a lt a Filia miw E eki some Seine i uma Rv 0 Foco am P ei 1 el FRM e IT m J THE nf ohare f _ Thee Ea See eck ice i E e E ran r Mai Fem Stop nen al rs alli m minmir moir LT Thee dep cer bede or no bahri ach c
90. ude of the movement without editing your scene you must use the SIZE function from the Toolbar All you need to do is move the fader on the toolbar while the scene is running You will be able to see the changes in real time on your fixtures Page Dimmer and Speed You can also use the DIMMER and SPEED functions as global parameters for the entire page Page menu Display Live toolbar page Make sure that you keep track of the changes you make using this toolbar The Live toolbar for the page has priority over all the buttons inside the page Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 55 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming IV Advanced programming 1 Overview This chapter introduces all advanced features of the sofware the editor screen the fade function the external triggering These parts of the sofware require to understand the difference betweeen a scene and a switch to create and edit a new button to record a cycle to arrange the user screen 2 The Editor 2 1 Easy Time 2 1 1 How to use Easy Time Easy Time is an advanced tool which must be used to program movements circle curve If you want to simply create steps it is easier to use Easy Step Easy Time is a tool which enables you to control channels in time Each channel is programmed independently EasyTime has been designed for maximum ease and convenience when programming Scenes and Switches Easy Time i
91. unction Behringer BCF 2000_ big Behringer BCF Z000_ big 10presets Behringer BCF2000_ small Behringer BCF2000 small lOpresets Behringer BCRZO00_ big Behringer BCR2000_big 10presets Behringer _BCR2000_small Behringer BCRZO00_ small 1Opresets COUTAOL a U aa Ao We Sa e anne 7 e a a o il i j tgi ey Vida halid TESLUI Hn MaA a ditaliti PLE a dilated 14 0 l Li dali LIL htaili FERUJHH T i Li dy ilad bya l i TE Peery li i li lil ili a P TALDE bebe ly i blibidal j HITTA m DESLIE a HP idi a Teen diii UTEN l Puida higepny JEPE CON hy Mida WATIT l i THBP i Wiii i IIN i to WH i TEENA i avi Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 73 Compu Live 2006 IV Advanced programming Assigning the MIDI controller to the software is very simple Each button or fader must be assigned independently There are two ways to assign to assign a button the regular and the quick method Regular method x MIDI Command Presets PRESET 1 x Faram tres MIDI Text info Command nEn Purposes m Circuit Status Auto setup MIDI Commands setup Press shift and add a new command to create a as you see now effect Prees Ctrl to do this only on current page Command Infos
92. ved Page 27 Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming COLOR With the X Y buttons you can define a fixed position for the light beam of any scanner or moving head There will be one X Y button for each fixture in the page so that each can be controlled individually The X Y buttons control only the pan and tilt channels and not the dimmer iris etc that are necessary to have a visible light beam For this reason we recommend you use any preprogrammed Movement button in particular CENTER to have a visible beam first and then move your fixtures to their position Tae l Page 28 Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Compu Live 2006 Il Basic programming RGB If your lighting fixture has RGB or CMY capability there will be a Color Wheel button that will allow you to select the color displayed by the fixtures and the intensity of the light beam As we explained earlier you can press different buttons simultaneously For example you can select the Circle movement then add a Blue color then add a Star gobo then add a Prism effect then add Gobo Rotation then fix a couple fixtures in a defined position and so on 4 Example create your first scene Overview This section provides a step by step example to create a simple lighting scene with the DEMO moving heads If you have some kind of scanner or moving head already connected to your Compu Live controller you can use the p
93. ware and the interface you should see a description of your interface in red letters inside this box as well If the green LED is not blinking fast or you do not see the red letter description there is no communication between the software and the interface You probably did not install the drivers correctly 3 Check the interface drivers If you are using Windows XP reconnect your interface to any USB port a different one if possible Windows will tell you whether the hardware found is new or already installed in your computer If it is new the NEW HARDWARE WIZARD window will appear Insert the installation CD in your computer and select Automatic Search if you do not have the installation CD go to the Support Downloads section in our website Click Continue Anyway when Windows asks you about verification After this Windows should tell you that your device is ready to be used Restart the Compu Live software and check communication previous step amp nbsp 4 Double check interface drivers If during the installation of the drivers when asked about Windows verification and compatibility you selected Stop installation instead of Continue anyway the drivers will not be installed correctly To check if the drivers were installed correctly you should go into Windows Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager You will see a list that includes all USB devices If the interface is connected and the drivers are i
94. wing chapter will provide an Overview of the entire Compu Live Suite package The main goal of this chapter is to give you a better idea of Compu Live s full potential Easy View Our real time 3D visualizer which will show you all of your lighting effects on your computer screen in the same way they would look if your actual lighting fixtures were connected to the computer Ideal to pre program without lighting fixtures Create your own stages adding objects and textures making them as realistic as you want Record videos of your lighting shows or take still pictures Print 2D views from your stage including all your fixtures trussing furniture etc IAM kai ingos e on Sage Coa Aea ne Ww ANA WAN TAWAN AVANT v daw oo uN ES ee a FA r m wi PAR te mee T mg Vi Tj Hae AY F A li we errs T en a Fi gt ANAS TARN ad eS ee a i a i pi a a Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 14 Compu Live 2006 Welcome to Compu Live Easy Show Ideal to synchronize lighting effects with audio and video Similar to audio editing software Easy Show includes timelines where you can drag drop expand scroll your lighting effects along with Audio and Video timelines j Mews Wf Easy Stand Alone Create your lighting scenes then download them to the memory of the i
95. you a good idea of where to start looking IO Ports and Power Supplies Jameco USA 112547CH Multicolor Ribbon Cable 32491CH Socket Connector 252793CH Power Adapter Keypads Search online for 8 key common or 12 key common You can use any custom built switch given that you only need to make simple contact closures even a paper clip could do the trick if you wanted www designnotes com www allelectronics com Relay boards The IO ports can be closed manually using keypads and switches or remotely using relays The advantage of using relays is that you can have any human interface with the Compu Live software working in the background Some of these relays can be activated via InfraRed remote controls for instance www rentron com www dataprobe com www quasarelectronics com MIDI controllers The Compu Live software can work with ANY MIDI device Here is a list of the most popular Evolution UC 33 Behringer BCF2000 You can search online for these names and compare pricing and features Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 99 Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix DMX Boards The Compu Live software can take input commands from DMX boards Any button on the Compu Live screen can be triggered through DMX and also any fader can be linked to a DMX fader on a board The following sites will give you an idea of where to start looking www proformance net DMX Dimmer Packs Conventio
96. yright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 97 Compu Live 2006 VI Appendix 241 255 whatever color So if the lighting fixture receives a DMX value of 25 for Channel 3 it will display the Purple color If that DMX value changes to 15 it will automatically change to Red and so on Luckily for us the Compu Live software and most controllers includes profiles for these lighting fixtures These profiles contain all the DMX values and channel information required to have full control of the lighting fixture Typically all you will need to do is set the DMX addresses right and the controller will make everything else easy Some controllers are easier to use and learn than others but that is the overall idea When a lighting fixture is manufactured a DMX chart is provided in the user s manual This DMX chart contains all the information that controller manufacturers need to create these profiles Most controllers include only the most popular fixtures in their particular market We can proudly say that Compu Live and our OEM partners are the only controllers with over 2 000 different profiles from manufacturers from all around the world so no matter where you purchased your lighting equipment chances are we will have profiles for it which will allow you to control them without a problem 4 Compu Live Importance Summarizing most lighting fixtures and their controllers communicate using a protocol called DMX 5
97. ze than if the screen was splitted The picture below shows how to modify the position of a window Moving a window requires to click on the title bar of the window and hold the button pressed while moving the window The sofware shows a blue area that represents the actual position and size of the window Copyright 2006 Elation Professional All rights reserved Page 93 Compu Live 2006 V General settings Contr leur Page Bouton Fen tre Langue LB AT LEL Ag Pages x Bie Moving Head name eS l ae Tal i st i E a He MASTER 2 e P LATES 52 OUG Demo Color cha oe 6705 07 Inem Demo L E D ae P 62O gt 9200 Cae Demo Moving H a a r eS i o gt 2 19 TG ereus i Paces r E a ey reg Pi i A 4 at a Ti a W a f T 1 b lis G SS E lma a knn pr ae E al 4 a En ba t i a ee Affiche les appels CLAVIER i iz E oe OA s 7 qop W l W Ge MASTER ny Cycle ET Demo Scanner rt Demo traditional lighting 2 Demo L E D g Demo Moving Head Bebe Demo Color changer To software helps to find the correct position with the following tool Moving the mouse on it enales to create to create a new tab or split the screen vertically or horizontally The icon in the centre creates the tab and the other 4 icons split the window Page 94 Copyright 2006 Elation P

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