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MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL USER MANUAL

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2. MIDI SYSTEMS AND CONTROL Francis Rumsey Ed FOCAL PRESS T CNICAS DE INTERFACES MIDI MUSICA Y ORDENADORES PERSONALES G Perotti Ed GRUPO EDITORIAL JACKSON RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR DMX512 A GUIDE FOR USERS AND INSTALLERS Adam Bennette Ed PLASA And same Internet sits ESTA Entertainment Services and Technology Association www esta org PLASA Professional Lighting and Sound Association www plasa org EIA Electronic Industries Alliance www ela org SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Wwww smpte org MIDI MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION www midi org www lt light com 78 78 LL PIRENE www lt light com Because your successes are ours www It light com Specifications can be changed without previous notice
3. gt NOTAS CONTROLLERS cisci drei 75 VELOCITY lt gt LEVEL ame eae 75 BIBLIOGRAPHY den 77 www lt light com PIRENE M 3 78 PIRENE GENERAL PIRENE is a multifunction peripheral that it permits us to configure its input output ports with the objective of to obtain several functionalities Alls and each one of the configurations functionalities are available in the equipment and the user chooses the configuration to operate only one in accordance with the desired use Among these functionalities there are e The capacity of to combine in 2 DMX output lines the 2 DMX control lines of a Main console with the 2 DMX control lines of the Backup console It is a merger 2 to 2 of DMX lines with control of line fault and control of level mixture e The capacity of to combine the DMX control line of a conventional lighting console with the DMX control line of a moving light console to obtain only 1 DMX output line With control of line fault and control of level mixture e The capacity of to create a DMX Patch of 1024 input dimmers to 1024 output dimmers 1024 1024 This Patch has help functions for edition and it includes regulation curves and edition of limit level for each output dimmer e The capacity of to integrate DMX systems of control amp regulation and AVAB systems of control amp regulation since PIRENE permits us to convert simultaneously a DMX signal to AVAB
4. Fade time 441 Wait time The values of these times be seen in the menu line TIMES 3 GO Example 3 seconds for the fade time and infinite for the wait time To edit these values e Select TIMES In the display 003 0V GO On e Press ENTER The edition cursor appears in the first data cell Use the right left arrows to select the desired digit Use the up down arrows to edit the selected digit e When the edition is ended press ENTER to exit of the edition mode e Press EXIT to retum to the previous menu Notes about the edition The fade time is between 0 1 and 999 9 seconds The wait time is between 0 1 and 999 9 seconds To edit here a GOG value enter in this cells the value 0 0 This value shows us that the wait time is infinite and each new crossfade must be started pressing F2 GO The last cell permits us to deactivate or activate the programmed wait times in the sequence memories without the necessity of to delete their values At On the wait times are actives and at Of f the wait times are deactivated When the wait times are deactivated in the TIME menu you can see TIMES V3 Configuration for the external control by default deactivated EXTERN Off Inside EXTERN you can find SOURCE Off Including the external control modes for the inner sequence execution The modes are OFF Default The external control is deactivated RS232 Control from RS232 co
5. Level 0 255 Level 0 255 4 00 F 00 00 FF Note To transmit a level of 01 hex will be necessary to send this value to times Example Transmit by RS232 the dimmer 1 at A9 hex the dimmer 2 at 01 amp the dimmer 3 at FF hex 01 44 00 A9 01 01 FF Conversion table for Level Format 0 100 0 255 bin 00 FF hex 0000 0000 1111 1111 bits 010 0 0000 0000 00000 0011 1111 0111 1111 1011 1111 1111 1111 www lt light com PIRENE M 39 78 PIRENE as MTC SMPTE CONVERTER This configuration permits us to convert MTC to SMPTE and at the same time SMPTE to MTC To configure PIRENE as MTC SMPTE 1l Access to the menus list 2 Select PIRENE 3 Select and accept MTC lt gt SMPTE The MTC SMPTE converter shows us its active ports and connection in its main page Mtc lt gt Smpte MIDI IN gt SMPTE OUT SMPTE IN gt MIDI OUT The MTC input signal must be connected to MIDI IN This signal is converted to SMPTE that is available in the SMPTE OUT connector The SMPTE input signal must be connected to SMPTE IN connector and it is translated to MTC output signal that is available in the MIDI OUT connector No other connector is active Both conversion directions operate at the same time Use example Integrate in a system where a SMPTE generator controls all elements a new element that only can be synchronised with MTC signal SVPTE MTC CO
6. MIDImSC MIDInOTES 001 002 003 Command byte order Command NOTE order Byte value in hexadecimal These MIDI note number 0 128 values are read when the complete These values are read when the command is received complete command is received Use left right ARROWS to see the rest of bytes or notes of the command IMPORTANT Don t forget to store configuration amp data of PIRENE in the DISK menu The show of a BACK SEQ if it uses 99 memories only will be possible to store 1 show in the DISK menu Any previous show must be deleted with the objective to store this new show More information about DISK in DATA MANAGEMENT DISK MENU page 67 www lt light com PIRENE M 67 78 DATA MANAGEMENT DISK MENU All the parameters of SETUP and the corresponding configuration can be stored in the inner memory of PIRENE as a data file Each stored file can be loaded at any moment to restore all the SETUP data and its corresponding configuration These data files always remain stored in the inner memory inclusively if a Reset is done To manage this data files there is the DISK menu To select DISK menu from the main pages Press ENTER to access to the menus list TEST SETUP SETUP Press up down ARROWS to select DISK DISK And press ENTER to active the DISK options PIRENE Patch Dmx The DISK options are LOAD Accesses to the data files list in the inner memory to load a data file e Press EN
7. of the outputs OUT and OUT2 In short the information of any input direction can be obtained in the desired output direction s To configure PIRENE as PATCH DMX 1 Access to the menus list 2 Select the PIRENE menu 3 Select and accept the PACTH DMX option The PACTH DMX has 1024 input dimmers and 1024 output dimmers The main page shows us the available connections The input lines are connected to ports IN1 and IN2 the output lines are accessible in the ports and OUT2 The input connected to IN1 always is accessible in THRUI The input connected to IN2 always is accessible in THRU2 THRUI and THRU 2 are used to link others equipments to the signals in INI and IN2 No other connector is active in the PATCH DMX Use example A A soft Patch for a theatre with 1024 circuits used with the objective of reorder the circuits in accordance with their pipe positions no with their powers and dimmer connections dimmer 12ch x 3Kw dmx 001 012 DMX 1 512 CONSOLE 513 1024 6chx6 Kw dmx 013 018 MAIN CONSOLE 1 2 3 CHANNEL NUMBERS FROM THE CONSOLE 1 13 2 CHANNELS NUMBERS FROM THE PATCH www lt light com PIRENE M 19 78 THE SETUP PARAMETERS AND PATCH EDITION Inside SETUP menu the patch associations are edited To access to the SETUP menu From the main page Press ENTER to access to the menus list Select SETUP The options in SETUP are PACTH PA
8. to restore the system www lt light com PIRENE M 9 78 NAVIGATING FOR THE PIRENE MENUS The menus and information appear in the Display pages The next keys are dedicated for their control ENTER ENTER To access to the menus list from the information pages and to activate the selected menu option Also is used to open the edition mode of a numeric data and to accept this edition To access to activate to edit are functions of ENTER To return to the previous page to quid of the menus list and to quit of an edition without accept it To return to quid are functions of EXIT From the generic information pages also it is possible to access to the menus list pressing this key ARROWS ro move the menus list pages and the information pages to select with the cursor the desired menu option and to edit numeric data To move to page to select to edit are functions of these ARROWS The information pages are the main pages of the Display When the unit is turned on its Display shows us these information pages To move them use the ARROWS From here the information pages to access to the menus list press ENTER or press EXIT About the menus list and as general rules In the first line of the Display always fixed you can find the title of the active page Menu and a flag with the selected option and the available options 44 4 The options list appears below this fi
9. when this output is deactivated It is similar to press newly F5 OUTI 0A RESET The RESET external command permits to initiate the inner sequence It is the same that press F3 SELECT memory 00 ENTER GO OFF The GO OFF external command permits to activate a crossfade in reverse direction It is the same that press F6 BACK Example A STOP command for all the connected lighting equipments SYS EXC MSC FORMAT COMMAND F07F CUE The memory number CUE is the memory number CUE only is needed in the LOAD command and optionally in the GO command This command indicates the associated memory number in our case these values can be from 00 to 99 This parameter can use from 2 to 5 bytes For example if you want to send the memory number 43 it is possible to do using any of these formats 43 43 0 043 or 043 0 To send the memory number it is needed to send the ASCII value of each digit the ASCII value is obtained adding a 3 to the numeric digit The decimal point is always 2E www lt light com 64 78 PIRENE Following with the example you can send the data of memory 43 using one of the next formats 43 34 33 2 bytes 43 0 34 33 2E 30 4 bytes 043 30 34 33 3 bytes 0430 3034332E30 5 bytes Example A LOAD memory 25 command for all the connected lighting equipments SYS EXC FROMAT COMMAND F0 7F 32 35 END It s the end of the command This uses 1 byte F7
10. 1 010 1 e The returned Time is copied as Time if both fade times had the deflt deflt same value uc M Ld Note The edition of Timey doesn t affect to the Time Time Edit the associated Time ENTER deflt e Select the desired wait time cell using the cursors leflt Press ENTER The edition cursor appears inside the cell my With the right left ARROWS select the desired digit With the up down ARROWS edit the selected digit e Repeat the 2 previous steps to edit the time completely e Press ENTER to close the time edition deflt e If Time is edited with the value 000 0 this time is showed as GO In these GO cases will be necessary start the next crossfade pressing F1 GO Time Copy the wait time from a previous memory FA INSERT 010 1 e Select the desired wait time cell using the cursors deflt Press F4 INSERT to copy the wait time value from the previous memory TER SS 010 1 010 1 Time Return to the default time F6 DELETE 010 1 e Selectthe desired wait time cell using the cursors 010 1 Press F6 DELETEto return to the default wait time D rcu 010 1 deflt The sequence memories always are executed in numerical order from the memory 00 to the last memory To break this order will be necessary to program a jump When a memory has a programmed jump in the crossfade this is replaced with the memory programmed in the jump and no with the next numerical memory Example in the memory 02 has a p
11. and always is needed In the MSC standard some command can have more associated data In our case these additional data are no read MIDI NOTES COMMANDS MIDInOTES If the external control unit is a multimedia PC or a MIDI keyboard you can use this commands set based only in MIDI notes to control the BACK SEQ In these cases it is necessary to configure 3 parameters EXTRN MIDInOTES The source EXTRN MIDI Channel The communication MIDI channel 4 1 a 16 EXTRN MIDI Note And the first MIDI note to use 0 103 This commands set is developed by LT for the BACK SEQ All commands based in MIDI notes can be configured using 24 consecutives notes by default from NO to N23 These 24 notes can be placed in other bank for example it is possible to use the notes bank from N60 to N83 for this only is needed to configure EXTRN MIDI Note 60 There is equivalence between MIDI notes and a basic numeric keyboard This equivalence is used to edit the commands The table shows us this equivalence for 2 notes banks NO N23 amp N60 N83 N0 N23 The structure and command set always using MIDI notes is START COMMAND CU END data are showed using the notes bank NO N23 START The command begins always with the note N22 ID Receiver ID identifies the equipment that must execute the command In our case this value must be the same that the LINK Id of the BACK SEQ that will execute t
12. clock The SMPTE generator is a PIRENE If we want to execute this show one day at 7 o clock we can edit an OFFSET of 2 hours 02 00 00 00 In this way the SMPTE output will be 07 00 00 00 clock value 02 00 00 00 offset 09 00 00 00 absolute time code By default the OFFSET value is 00 00 00 00 no offset To edit it e Select OFFSET e Press ENTER to activate the edition cursor Bl Use ARROWS to edit the data left right to select digit and up down to edit it Press ENTER to accept or EXIT to quit Press EXIT to return to the SETUP options The format OFFSET is hh mm ss ff hour minute second frame www lt light com 44 78 LL PIRENE FROM TO PANEL LANG LINK Id SOURCE INNER By default the inner counter INNER generates a time code FROM 00 00 00 00 to 23 59 59 29 It is possible to edit the FROM value to limit the counter For example if FROM is edited to 00 00 50 00 the inner counter generates the time code starting in the second 50 In short it counts FROM 00 00 50 00 to 23 59 59 29 To edit the starting value e Select FROM e Press ENTER to activate the edition cursor B Use ARROWS to edit the data left right to select digit and up down to edit it Press ENTER to accept or EXIT to quit e Press EXIT to return to the SETUP options The FROM format is hh mm ss ff hour minute second frame SOURCE INNER By default the inner counter INNER genera
13. each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B PIRENED LINK The second LINK command permits us to edit the response mode of this unit in the net mode In this case only the ALONE mode is available no editable ALONE This unit operates in independent mode to the net Note The net functionality is not implement yet AUTOMATIC CONTROL When the unit is turned off An inner relay connects the signal in INI with OUTI www lt light com PIRENE M 37 78 USER CONTROL The information pages show us among others the status of the input and output ports The user using the F1 F6 keys can deactivate any active port at any moment From the first information page use the left right ARROWS to access to the others information pages Page 1 Connections Page 2 Status Page 3 F1 F6 Functions Dmx lt gt Rs232 VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 INl dmx gt RS232 out 512 gt RS232 512 IN1 RS2320 RS232 in gt OUT1 dmx RS232 512 gt OUT1 512 RS232i OUT1 Status Page This page shows us the status of active ports Each input shows the received channels number IN1 and RS232 and each output shows the transmitted channels number RS232 and OUTI If in any of these ports its signal is not correct the port is marked with an asterisk Dmx lt gt Rs232 IN1 512 gt RS232 512 RS232 gt OUT1 512 Control and check of inputs and outputs T
14. generator is in PLAY status its LED is at on F2 is PAUSE When the generator is in PAUSE status its LED is at on F3 is AUTOP When the generator is in AUTOP status its LED is at on F4 is STOP When the generator is in STOP status its LED is at on About these functions F1 PLAY Starts the counter from its current value to the value edited in the TO option 23 59 59 29 by default When the counter arrives to this last value is stopped STOP status When the unit is turned off in PLAY status after when the unit is turned on again it remains in PLAY status and it starts the count from the value edited in the FROM option F2 PAUSE Stops the counter in its current value To quit of this status you can choose e Press PLAY to continue the count in PLAY status Press AUTOP to continue the count in AUTOPLAY status e Press STOP to reset the counter to value edited in FROM 00 00 00 00 by default F3 AUTOP Starts the counter from its current value to the value edited in the TO option 23 59 59 29 by default When the counter arrives the last value jumps to the FROM value and follows the count When the unit is turned off in AUTOP status after when the unit is turned on again it remains in AUTOP status and it starts the count from the value edited in the FROM option www lt light com PIRENE 47 78 F4 STOP Stops the counter The counter is initiated to the value edited in FROM 00 00 00 00 by default To q
15. input signal must be connected to IN1 port The first 128 channels of this signal are converted to MIDI signal that is available in the MIDI OUT port The MIDI input signal must be connected to MIDI IN port This MIDI signal is converted to DMX output signal that is available in the OUTI port is always connected to THRU1 Use the THRU 1 output to link others DMX equipments to the signal A copy of MIDI IN is available in MIDI THRU to link others MIDI equipment with this signal Note MIDI THRU is an active port that doesn t operate when the PIRENE is turned off No other connector is active If only one conversion direction is required for example DMX gt MIDI it is enough to connect the DMX input to INI and to take the MIDI output from MIDI OUT Use example A Integrate the lighting control in a MIDI sequencer In this example the MIDI sequencer is a multimedia PC DMX MIDI CONVERTER MIDI gt DMX MIDI DMX LIGHTING CONSOLE EDITION www lt light com PIRENE M 29 78 THE SETUP PARAMETERS The DMX MIDI converter is configured from its SETUP menu To access to SETUP From the main page Press ENTER to access to the menus list Select SETUP The SETUP options are MIDI Channel MIDI Mode DIR PANEL LANG Selects 1 of the 16 channels of the MIDI protocol to set the communication Both transmitter and receiver must be configured the same MIDI channel of comm
16. is manual the fader is controlling it During a crossfade in progress or during a wait time is in progress it is possible to pause this process To pause the current crossfade press F4 PAUSE A paused crossfade can be reactivated pressing F2 GO or pressing F6 BACK The GO amp BACK functions can be pressed at any moment and as many times as will be necessary If GO or BACK is pressed before the current crossfade ends the new crossfade starts This is named multi fade GO from the current sequence output to the next memory This situation is marked with near the current memory Change of mode from BACK to SEQ This change is done of working in backup mode the DMX input faults or the user press F1 If BACK menu is at AUTO when the system detects the change of mode Emits an acoustic signal to indicate us mode change The current scene output copy of DMX IN begins its crossfade with the next memory This crossfade is controlled by the times of the next memory The functions F2 F4 amp F6 are activated Line 2 Mode Line 3 Current scene Line 4 Next memory When this first crossfade ended the DMX input is totally out scene If BACK menu is at MAN when the system detects the change of mode Emits an acoustic signal to indicate us mode change www It light com PIRENE 61 78 current scene output copy of DMX IN is maintained with the last correct information e The funct
17. is transmitted as audio signal It is used to synchronise multimedia equipments The SMPTE code has several formats and several resolutions MITC Midi Time Code It has information similar to the SMPTE protocol In short we can say MTC is a translation of the SMPTE code in MIDI format PIRENE has 1 SMPTE input and 1 SMPTE output The MTC is transmitted and received using the MIDI port Others protocols LINK It is a serial control protocol created by LT and this protocol permits us to connect several PIRENES in a net and it is possible to include a personal computer in this net for a centralized control software update etc PIRENE has 1 input LINK port and 1 output LINK port More information about these protocols is available in the bibliographic references at the end of this manual page 77 www lt light com PIRENE LB 5 78 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CONNECTIONS Interfaces Alphanumeric display of 20 characters x 4 lines for menus information and help 2 function keys and 4 cursor keys used to select menus and data edition 1 lineal fader 6 programmable keys F1 F6 to control of inputs outputs and in accordance to each configuration to control of specific functions 6 LED s one by programmable key to information of inputs outputs status and in accordance to each configuration to information about the specific functions status 2 LED s bi colour as additional support to the display informati
18. keys can deactivate any active port at any moment From the first information page use the left right ARROWS to access to the others information pages Pagel Connections Page2 Status Page3 F1 F6 Functions Dmx Midi VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 dmx gt MIDI OUT 1 512 gt MIDI OUT IN1 MIDIou MIDI IN gt OUT1 dmx MIDI IN gt OUT1 512 MIDIin OUT1 Status Page In case of the DMX ports the stage page shows the numbers of received channels input and the number of transmitted channels output An asterisk can appear when the DMX input is in fault In case of the MIDI port input and output no additional information is showed Observe that the MIDI protocol can have no activity for long time Dmx Midi IN1 MIDI OUT MIDI IN gt OUT1 512 www lt light com 34 78 PIRENE Control and check of inputs IN1 and IN2 and outputs OUT1 and OUT2 The F1 F2 and F5 F6 keys shows us the status of its associated port and permits us deactivate activate this port The correspondence between keys and ports is showed in the Page 3 Dmx Midi VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 MIDIou MIDIin OUT1 F1 activates deactivates the INI port Its LED shows the INI status F2 activates deactivates the MIDIin port Its LED shows the MIDI IN status The LED of F1 and F2 e Off The input is deactivated Press its key again to activate this input e The input is active but no data is been received used onl
19. output of a Main console and its Backup console MERGER DMX BACKUP CONSOLE MAIN CONSOLE www lt light com 12 78 Ld PIRENE B Merge the DMX output of 2 consoles working in parallel MERGER DMX n ID 200 CH dmx 201 400 CONSOLE B CONSOLE A THE SETUP PARAMETERS The user parameters are in the SETUP menu To access to the SETUP menu From the main pages Press ENTER to access to the menus list Select and accept SETUP option Inside SETUP menu there are the next options parameters OUT1 Permits to select the combination mode used to obtain the OUTI signal The available combination modes are MIXER and SWITCH The active mode appears in the option line OUT1 Mixer Press ENTER to change it OUT2 Permits to select the combination mode used to obtain the OUT2 signal The available combination modes are MIXER and SWITCH The active mode appears in the option line OUT2 Switch Press ENTER to change it MODE Permits to select the behaviour of the MERGER when one or several input lines fault Working in AUTO mode the unit alerts us and takes control of the combinations to avoid that the wrong inputs contribute in the outputs Working in MANUAL mode mode by default the unit alerts us but the user has the control of the combinations PANEL Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys and of the Fader See USER C
20. the MERGER in a net according to the configured mode of LINK is MODE ALONE SLAVE MASTER BEHAVIOUR The MERGER operates independently in the same way that when it is not connected to the net Id the unit is in SLAVE mode the user cannot use the fader to control the combinations The fader of the MASTER MERGER connected to the net takes the control of its combinations The menus are actives and can be modified but the MERGER mode MANUAL or AUTO will be not applied to this unit Its mode is the mode configured in the MASTER As slave unit this unit communicates to the net any fault of its inputs If the unit is in MASTER mode the user can to control this unit at the same time that he is controlling the rest of the slave units connected to the net Its menus are actives can be modified and its MERGER mode MANUAL or AUTO is the mode of all the slave units connected in this net The MASTER merger checks the status of all the slave units and its status If any unit in the net has problems with one or more inputs the MASTER takes the needed decisions to control the combinations and communicates these decisions to the salve units All units in the net respond at the same time adjusting their control in the same way that the MASTER www lt light com 18 78 LL PIRENE PIRENE as PATCH DMX The PATCH configuration permits us to associate freely any dimmers in the inputs amp IN2 to any dimmer or dimmers
21. 40 It is used to control fluorescence ON OFF or NON DIM No dimming curve The output level jumps from 0 to 100 It is used to HMI lamps PARK This curve maintains its output at 100 always including if the input level is 0 It is used in backstage AUTOMATIC CONTROL When the unit is turned off An inner relay connects the signal in INI with OUTI to avoid signal loss in this output An inner relay connects the signal in IN2 with OUT2 to avoid signal loss in this output www lt light com PIRENE M 23 78 USER CONTROL The information pages show us among others the status of the input and output ports The user using the F1 F6 keys can deactivate any active port at any moment From the first information page use the left right ARROWS to access to the others information pages Pagel Connections Page2 Status Page3 F1 F6 Functions Patch Dmx VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 NOUT1 IN1 512 OUT1 512 IN1 OUT1 IN2 OUT2 IN2 512 OUT2 512 IN2 OUT2 Status Page This page shows us the status of active ports Each input shows the received channels number IN1 IN2 and each output shows the transmitted channels number OUT1 OUT2 If in any of these ports its signal is not correct the port is marked with an asterisk Patch Dmx 1 512 OUT1 512 IN2 OUT2 512 Control and check of inputs IN1 IN2 and outputs OUT1 OUT2 The F1 F2 and F5 F6 keys shows us the status of its associated port and permi
22. 43 78 THE SETUP PARAMETERS All adjust parameters of the gt SMPTE MTC generator are inside SETUP menu To access to SETUP From the main page Press ENTER to access to the menus list Select SETUP The SETUP parameters are SOURCE CLOCK OFFSET Select the source for the time code generation This source can be the PIRENE clock in real time CLOCK or a free inner counter INNER In accordance with the selected SOURCE inside SETUP the next options can be CLOCK and OFFSET for SOURCE CLOCK FROM and TO for SOURCE INNER SOURCE CLOCK To set the current hour in the real time clock This time is the time used for the time code generation for SMPTE and MTC signal To edit the clock value e Select CLOCK e Press ENTER to activate the edition cursor e Use ARROWS to edit the data left right to select digit and up down to edit it e Press ENTER to accept or press EXIT to quit e Press EXIT to return to the SETUP options The format CLOCK is hh mm ss ff dd mm aa hour minute second frame day month year This CLOCK is the same that the TEST HARD CLOCK see page 70 SOURCE CLOCK Permits us to add an OFFSET value to the clock value In this way the absolute value of the time code is the clock value plus the offset value The OFFSET objective is generates any time code value without to change the clock value CLOCK Suppose that a show with SMPTE control is executed every day at 9 o
23. Line 3 Current memory scene DMX IN 01 5 01 99 04 If the system is in BACK mode its output is the own DMX input OUTI IN1 Current working mode BACK For Backup mode SEQ For Sequencer mode In BACK mode Line 3 Current Scene DMX IN appears to indicate us that this is our scene output Line 4 Next memory is showed here This memory by default is the first sequence memory The next memory can be selected using F3 SELECT command The next memory is ready to fade up scene when the system toggles to SEQ mode when DMX input faults or the user forces this change pressing F1 IN1 In BACK mode the functions of sequence control are not actives only F3 SELECT can be used In SEQ mode Line 3 Current memory is showed here Line 4 Next memory is showed here The data about the current memory amp the next memory for a static and ended crossfade are Mm Text Time Jp Line 3 Current memory 01 sTEPO1 7 99 Line 4 Next memory 04 STEPO4 99 20 The number of the current memory 01 and the number of the next memory 04 The associated text of each memory STEPO1 amp 5 04 The fade times of the next crossfade When the crossfade is ended and static these times appear with their corresponding symbols N amp In this example in the next crossfade the memory 01 fades at 096 in 4 99 seconds at the same time that the memory 04 fades at 100 in 8 99 seconds Only for the
24. NEL LANG LINK 1d LINK Mode To edit the associations table Patch between the inputs IN1 IN2 and the outputs OUTI OUT2 If the values of the patch table are values by default this option appears as PACTH 1 1 Lif Cul Press ENTER to edit the Patch table See below Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys See USER CONTROL page 23 Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano Press ENTER to change it The first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a net this number takes a value from 0 to 9 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B PIRENE D The second LINK command permits us to edit the response mode of this unit in the net In this case only the ALONE mode is available no editable ALONE This unit operates in independent mode to the net Note The net functionality is not implement yet www lt light com 20 78 The edition command of the PATCH option EDIT Permits us To edit any association between input dimmers and output dimmers To assign to limit level to any output dimmer To assign a respons
25. NVERTER AN alu IN OJI MID SIC NA EN GENERATOR www lt light com 40 78 LL PIRENE THE SETUP PARAMETERS Only the general parameters are inside the SETUP menu since this converter doesn t need special adjusts To access to the SETUP menu Menu From the main page TEST Press ENTER to access to the menus list SETUP Select SETUP DISK The general parameters are PANEL Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys See bellow USER CONTROL LANG Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano Press ENTER to change it LINK first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a net Id this number takes a value from 0 to 9 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B PIRENE PIRENED LINK The second LINK command permits us to edit the response mode of this unit in the net mode In this case only the ALONE mode is available no editable ALONE This unit operates in independent mode to the net Note The net functionality is not implement yet USER CONTROL The information pages show us among others the status of the inpu
26. ONTROL page 14 www lt light com LANG LINK Id LINK mode PIRENE 13 78 Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano Press ENTER to change it The first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a net this number takes a value from 0 to 9 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B PIRENED The second LINK command permits to set the response mode of unit in the net The available modes are ALONE The MERGER operates in independent mode to the net by default MASTER The MERGER operates as master of all the SLAVE MERGERS connected SLAVE The MERGER operates controlled by the MASTER MERGER connected in its net See BEHAVIOUR OF THE MERGERS IN THE NET page 16 The mixture modes for the options OUT1 and OUT2 MIXER SWITCH Is a mixture mode thought to combine DMX line with conventional channels information HTP lines where for a same channel the highest level takes preference In this mode the 2 input lines are combined channel by channel to obtain the output scene These input lines are combined in the same way that 2 active masters Example The input has
27. PIRENE www lt light com MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL MERGER PATCH CONVERTER GENERATOR BACKUP USER MANUAL Version 1 1 PIRENE 1 78 INDEX PIREN E cisnienie M ioiii 3 GENERA Per 3 PROTOCOLS ot dancin 9I 4 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CONNECTIONS eee 5 IB Muere 6 DMX AVAB PORTS 550 ni tere pi RR ER bie te EE itte beber tr 6 MIDI POR co E 7 RS232 PORT ea teach e e PERCHE IE c Ye 7 SMPTE POR T5 iate tiit treten ies patre Hera eri 7 SHIP UA E E dee 8 RESET PROCEDURE s 8 NAVIGATING FOR THE PIRENE 9 THE CONFIGURATION OPERATION MODE nmm 10 PIRENE as MERGER DMX aeui nhu Iu QD ro NE E EVE TRES BR ena RS le Fu RP eua Cdp 11 THE SETUP PARAMETERS 12 AUTOMATIC CONTROL UE 14 USER INR Mag ince ganda 14 BEHAVIOUR OF THE MERGERS IN THE NET en 16 PIRENE as PATCH DMX scccesiscusasscesesssucdestsacsenaaceedecassticessssuxedeoabansapussuxcseusssueses 18 THE SETUP PARAMETERS AND PATCH EDITION 19 EDITING THE PATCH O
28. RAE b EE OUI Der Pract 20 AUTOMATIC CUNSTROL tto rer eer beds 22 USER CONTROL ere ree 23 PIRENE as DMX gt CONVERTER 2 4 een 24 THE SETUP PARAMETERS 25 AUTOMATIC CUNTRGONL etna a iota beens 26 USER CONTROL Tr 26 PIRENE as DMX lt MIDI CONVERTER eese eese ense 4 0 enne 28 29 THE CONVERSION MODES E E E E EEA EXE PRSE EXER 30 AUTOMATIC CONTROL eesosa uL a E E EER 33 USER CONTROL R ER tee 33 2 78 L3 PIRENE PIRENE as DMX lt gt RS232 1 4 0 4 440 4 eee ento 35 THE SETUP PARAMETERS aaa anki asa aie 36 AUTOMATIC 36 USER CONTRO Losser reeniri 37 THE R9737 PROTOCOL tico aen arn ntis NIC RS MM D pue 38 PIRENE as MTC lt gt SMPTE CONVERTER 1 4 44424 4 40 39 THE SETUP PARAMETERS ke pe pa Y SR 40 USER CONTROL cessen 40 PIRENE as amp SMPTE GENERATOR 2 0 4 1 0
29. SELECT memory 00 ENTER The GO OFF external command permits to activate a crossfade in reverse direction It is the same that press F6 BACK Example The STOP command for the equipments with ID 0 START COMMAND N23 CUE The memory number The CUE value is needed for the LOAD command and optionally for the GO command In CUE is the memory number in our system from 00 to 99 This number always uses 2 notes The memory number is configured with the corresponding notes to the numeric data Examples The cue 43 15 4 The cue 03 15 NO www lt light com 66 78 Example The LOAD memory 25 command for the equipments with ID 0 START COMMAND N22 N2 5 N23 END The command ends always with the note N23 Remember that the used notes are in accordance with the notes bank selected For example if the system is configured to work with the notes N60 N83 the LOAD memory 25 command for the equipments with ID 0 will be START COMMAND N82 N60 N75 N62 N65 N83 THE EXTERNAL COMMANDS TEST EXT IN BACK SEQ has a test to read the received external commands Select the TEST menu e Select its EXT IN option In the display page if the external control is at OFF RS232 or MIDImSC you can see EXT IN 001 002 003 004 FO 7F 7 02 If the external control is at MIDInOTES you can see EXT IN 001 002 003 004 82 60 75 62 Where Line Status RS232
30. TER to access to the stored data files list Use the ARROWS to select the data file that you going to load e Press ENTER to load it NOTE When a data file is loaded its SETUP parameters and its configuration operation mode and restored completely Example If a data file of a Patch Dmx is loaded from a Merge Dmx after the load PIRENE is configured as Patch Dmx and the Patch ports are actives REC Accesses to the data files list in the inner memory to store a new data file e Press ENTER to access to the stored data files list Use the ARROWS to select the position REC NEW always at the end of the list where a new file can be stored e Press ENTER to store it And accesses to the data files list in the inner memory to overwrite a stored data file Press ENTER to access to the stored data files list Use the ARROWS to select the desired data file that you going to overwrite Press ENTER to overwrite it The system requests confirmation press ENTER again to confirm DEL Accesses to the data files list in the inner memory to delete a data file e Press ENTER to access to the stored data files list Use the ARROWS to select the desired data file that you going to delete e Press ENTER to delete it The system requests confirmation press ENTER again to confirm www lt light com 68 78 TEXT Accesses to the data files list in the inner memory to edit a name of a data file e Press ENTER to ac
31. WS to select the previous next column in the same memory Cells contents by column Working mode flag and position of memories In line 1 the working mode appears as S s If the current mode is Sequencer and the sequence output is in scene b If the current mode is Backup and the DMX input is in scene Columns a 1 amp 5 In the rest of the lines a position flag associated to memory in the line appears as If the memory number is smaller than the number of the next memory If the memory is the next memory in the sequence playback If the memory number is grater than the number of the next memory The memory number for the data of this line This number can be showed as 00 Memory 0 First memory in the list Mm Memory Each time that a new memory is stored the system assigns it a number The memories always are ordered numerically When a memory is Columns deleted or inserted all affected memories are renumbered to maintain the 2 amp 6 numerical order Option to store a new memory at the end of the list This option appears always at the end of the list except when the list is full The associated text to the memory The memory text has a maximum of 8 alphanumeric characters The memory 0 by default has the assigned the text BALCKOUT This text can be edited at any time Fade in time associated to the memory From 0 1 to 999 9 seconds Here you can see Deflt Ifthe memory has the de
32. all pages Show name At the beginning the show name is a copy of the index number but when this name is edited from the DISK TEXT option the show name has up to 16 alphanumeric characters to distinguish it easily Configuration Is the PIRENE configuration operation mode which is stored in the data file Size The data file size in bytes b Version Is the PIRENE software version that was used to store the data file Data and time with format dd mm yy and hh mm ss www lt light com TEST PIRENE M 69 78 From the TEST option you can check any active port in the current configuration and also you can check its software version and any hardware element To access to the TEST options from the main pages TEST SETUP e Press ENTER to access to the menus list e Select TEST Press ENTER to access to the TEST options The first TEST options depend of the active configuration and permit to exam the buffers of the active ports in this configuration The last TEST options are generals for all the configurations In accordance with each configuration the first TEST options are OPTIONS INFORMATION PATCH DMX DMX lt gt AVAB DMX lt gt MIDI DMX lt gt RS232 BACK SEQ MTC lt gt SMPTE gt SMPTE MTC IN1 dmx IN2 dmx IN3 dmx IN4 dmx OUT1 dmx OUT2 dmx IN1 dmx IN2 dmx OUT1 dmx OUT2 dmx IN1 dmx IN2 avab OUT1 dmx OUT2 avab IN1 dmx MIDI IN OUT1 dmx MIDI OUT IN1
33. and MIDI OUT To start this test press ENTER again After a self test the system shows the status of the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT To check the RS232 port press ENTER Interconnect the pins 2 amp 3 of the RS232 connector To start this test press ENTER again After a self test the system shows the status of the RS232 port RXT amp TXT To check the SMPTE ports input amp output press ENTER With a good SMPTE cable interconnect the ports SMPTE IN and SMPTE OUT To start this test press ENTER again After a self test the system shows the status of the SMPTE IN and SMPTE OUT www lt light com 72 78 LL PIRENE SOFTWARE UPGRADING PIRENE can be upgrading with any available software version You can download these software versions from www It light com support or from your LT distributor To update the software it is needed e A personal computer The PIRENEUPDT EXE soft version application Where ftf is a numeric reference of the soft version number The connection cable between the PC and PIRENE provided by LT The code of this connection cable is RJ 45 PIN3 gt PIN5 PINS gt PIN1 To update PIRENE follow the next steps Form your PC execute the application PIRENEUPDT EXE Connect the previous cable from COM1 or COM2 of your PC to the RJ 45 connector of PIRENE LINK IN e Inside the application select the serial port which the cable has been connected COM1 or 2 from Port
34. button e To move the fader click on it and drag the fader up to the desired position e To quit the application click on the bitmap of the main switcher NOTES This emulator is a tool with didactical purpose and it doesn t take control of the ports of your PC The emulator doesn t take control of the real clock of your PC for this reason some PIRENE configurations s pecially gt SMPTE MTC can operate in a no correct mode For the BACK SEQ configuration the emulator simulates that the DMX input is always active It is possible to use the DISK menu to store load data files These simulated files are stored in one true file that is created for this application with the objective to simulate the inner memory of PIRENE www lt light com 74 78 LL PIRENE MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT PIRENE doesn t need internal adjusts for its correct operation PIRENE hasn t inner elements that can be replaced by the user External cleaning Disconnected the unit of the main power Wash the external surfaces using a gentle cloth moistened in water Internal cleaning Disconnected the unit of the main power Remove the PIRENE upper cover and wash the inner surfaces including the electronic circuits using a small vacuum or a clean paintbrush Internal cleaning period 1 time each 2 year recommended If the unit operates in dirty environments smoke confetti this period must be 1 time per year Change of
35. cer mode EXT This flag appears if the external control is activated in any of its formats AUTO MAN This flag shows the selected mode inside the BACK menu AUTO or MANUAL Page 3 F1 F6 functions Functions for the sequence control and the input output control Back Seq VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 SELECT OUT1 GO PAUSE BACK Input output control functions F1 INI it permits us to activate deactivate the INI Its LED shows the INI status F5 OUTI it permits us to activate deactivate the OUTI Its LED shows the OUTI status The F1 LED can be e Off The input IN1 is deactivated by the user Press this key again to restore this input e No data are received in this input e Blinking Correct data are received in this input The F5 LED can be e Off The output OUTI is deactivated by the user Press this key again to restore this output e Blinking The output is transmitting data The objective of these functions is to have an easy tool to check lines Moreover F1 permits us to force the mode change from Backup to Sequencer or vive versus it avoiding the necessity of disconnect physically the input signal in INI www It light com PIRENE M 53 78 Sequence control functions active in Sequencer mode F2 GO it starts a new crossfade to the next memory in the sequence F4 PAUSE it stops the current crossfade F6 BACK it starts or follows a crossfade in inverted direction to the
36. cess to the stored data files list Use the ARROWS to select the desired data file that you going to name Press ENTER to name it When ENTER is pressed the edition cursor appears B Use the left right ARROWS to select the character and use the up down ARROWS to edit the selected character Press ENTER to accept the edition or press EXIT to quit FORMAT Formats the inner memory to delete all the stored data files Press ENTER to format the inner memory All the stored data files are deleted The system requests confirmation press ENTER again to confirm The data files has 4 pages Disk Load 1 2 1 4 Disk Load 1 2 24 Disk Load 1 2 3 4 Disk Load 1 2 4 4 65412 b 65412 b 65412 b 65412 b 0101 01 Dmx vV1 00 01 44 b 06 09 02 01 gt 17 04 59 02 text for show 02 gt Smpte Mtc 1 00 02 54 b 30 09 02 02 09 10 23 In the general information of these pages first lines you can see The number of the selected data file and the number of the total files 142 The number of the active page and the number of the total pages 1 4 The free space of the inner memory 65412 b free The information about one data file appears in one line but in 4 pages Use the left right ARROWS to select the desired page Looking over these 4 pages you can see Index number 01 02 03 etc this number appears in
37. channel 5 at 100 channel 8 at 50 the rest at 0 The ING input has channel 5 at 90 channel 8 at 75 46 the rest at 0 After the MIXER combination the OUTI output has channel 5 at 100 channel 8 at 75 and the rest of the channels at 0 Is a mixture mode thought to operate with DMX lines with moving light information LTP lines In this way the 2 input lines are checked but only the information of one input line is used to obtain the output www lt light com 14 78 Ll PIRENE AUTOMATIC CONTROL The MERGER has the next automatic controls as response to certain status When the MERGER is turned off An inner relay will connect the IN1 input with the OUTI output An inner relay will connect the IN2 input with the OUT2 output Example In case of that the MERGER is been used to mix the lines of a main console and a backup console when the MERGER is turned off the lines of the main console in IN1 and IN2 will be connected to the MERGER outputs When some DMX input faults The MERGER informs to the user of this fault of one or more input lines And if the MERGER is configured as AUTO will take control about the combination to avoid that the line or lines under fault affects to the output line Example If the IN1 or IN2 line of the main console faults the MERGER will control the combination to obtain that the OUT1 and OUT 2 outputs are composed only by the information of the IN3 and IN4 inputs lines
38. d fader press ENTER To test one key press it Its name must appear in the Display To test the fader move it Its read value 0 to 255 must appear in the Display To start and end the INPUTS test press ENTER To check LEDs acoustic signal beep and Display press ENTER The name of the element under test appears in the Display and if itis a LED blinks if is the beep sounds and if is the Display shows a black page To select the desired element press left right ARROWS To start and end the OUTPUTS test press ENTER To check the ports OUT1 and IN2 press ENTER With a good DMX cable interconnect the ports OUTI and IN2 To start this test press ENTER again After a self test the system shows the status of these ports To check the ports OUT2 and INI press ENTER With a good DMX cable interconnect the ports OUT2 and INI To start this test press ENTER again After a self test the system shows the status of these ports To check the ports OUT2 and IN3 press ENTER With a good DMX cable interconnect the ports OUT2 and IN3 To start this test press ENTER again After a self test the system shows the status of these ports To check the ports OUT2 and IN4 press ENTER With a good DMX cable interconnect the ports OUT2 and INA To start this test press ENTER again After a self test the system shows the status of these ports To check the MIDI port press ENTER With a good MIDI cable interconnect the ports MIDI IN
39. desired AVAB line AVAB1 dimmers 1 256 or AVAB2 dimmers 257 512 for the conversion since an AVAB line has a maximum of 256 dimmers and a DMX line has 512 dimmers The DMX gt AVAB converter when DIR 1 256 is selected translates The dimmers 1 to 256 of the DMX input to the AVAB output The dimmers of the AVAB input to the dimmer 1 to 256 of the DMX output the rest of the dimmers of this DMX output are at 0 The DMX gt AVAB converter when DIR 257 512 is selected translates The dimmers 257 a 512 of the DMX input to the AVAB output The dimmers of the AVAB input to the dimmer 257 512 of the DMX output the rest of the dimmers of this DMX output are at 0 Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys See USER CONTROL page 26 Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano Press ENTER to change it www lt light com 26 78 PIRENE LINK first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a net Id this number takes a value from 0 to 9 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B PIRENE LINK The second LINK command permits us to edit the response mod
40. dia control and multimedia synch Lighting protocols DMX 512 Accepted protocol as standard in the lighting sector by the USITT This protocol transmits information about 512 elements channels using 1 EIA485 serial line This protocol is used in most the lighting equipments AVAB This protocol was created by the AVAB Company This protocol transmits information about 256 elements channels using 1 485 serial line This protocol is used in some AVAB lighting equipments PIRENE has 3 input ports and 1 output port for DMX signal plus 1 input port and 1 output port both configurable for DMX or AVAB signal In short PIRENE has 4 input ports and 2 output ports Multimedia control protocols RS232 It is a protocol serial and bi directional for data transmission Mainly is used in personal computers programmable automata and multimedia equipment sound video light motor control MIDE It is a serial protocol at the beginning only for musical instruments and equipments and nowadays used and integrated in most multimedia equipments A MIDI port permits to transmit 128 notes and 128 controllers for 1 MIDI channels in addition to others functions and commands In 1 line there are 16 MIDI channels PIRENE has complete MIDI port IN THRU OUT and 1 RS232 bi directional port Multimedia Synch protocols SMPTE It is a time code or synch signal and this signal is based in a clock hours minutes seconds frames and
41. dmx RS232 in OUT1 dmx RS232 0ut IN1 dmx OUT1 dmx EXT IN MTC IN SMPTE IN MTC OUT SMPTE OUT MTC OUT SMPTE OUT To check any of these ports press ENTER The display shows us a information page with this format MIDI IN ENABLED 001 002 003 004 005 00 00 00 50 75 128Chs Where MIDI IN is the name of the port that is been examined 128 Chsisthe channels number in the line ENABLED indicates the status of the line 001 005 are the numbers of the 5 first channels The associated level appears under each channel number in 96 In case of the MIDI ports 001 005 are the numbers of the 5 first notes and controllers In short the level under 001 number is the information about the NOTE 0 and about the Controller 0 To exam the next channels press left right ARROWS Press EXIT to return to the TEST options El test EX T IN es particular del equipo BACK SEQ y se explica enla p gina 66 To check any of these ports with time code information press ENTER The display shows us a information page with this format gt gt 00 00 00 00 or 00 00 00 00 indicates active port and indicates deactivated port Press EXIT to return to the TEST options www lt light com 70 78 LL PIRENE The last TEST options generals are VERSION HARD It is the number of the software version burned in PIRENE VERSION 1 00 This number can be seen in the own option in the example 1 00 Pr
42. e curve to any output dimmer DEFAULT Returns to the values of the Patch by default The relation between input dimmers and output dimmers is 1 1 example in 1 to out 1 in 2 to out 2 etc The output dimmers are not limited LiF they are at 100 maximum level The output dimmers have assigned the lineal curve or curve 1 Cul Press ENTER to execute this command The flags of these by default if proceed appear in the own EDIT command EDIT 1 1 Lif Cul EDITING THE PATCH Select the option EDIT 1 1 Lif Cul and press ENTER to access to the edition table of the Patch DiOut DiIn Lim Cur 001 1 001 1 100 1 002 1 002 1 100 1 Each table line has information about an output dimmer The output dimmer number heads the line 4 columns compose the table DiOut Output dimmer number from 1 1 to 512 1 for the 512 dimmers of OUTI and from 1 2 to 512 2 for the 512 dimmers of OUT2 These cells are not editable Can be used to search the entered output dimmer number Input dimmer number from 1 1 to 512 1 for the 512 dimmers of IN1 and from 1 2 to 512 2 for the 512 dimmers of IN2 that it is associated to DiOut Lim It is the maximum level or limit from 0 to 100 thatDiOut will arrive in its output ur It is the response curve for DiOut Each time that you select the EDIT command during a few seconds and before to access to the patch table an informative page appears in the display This i
43. e of this unit in the net Mode this case only the ALONE mode is available no editable ALONE This unit operates in independent mode to the net Note The net functionality is not implement yet AUTOMATIC CONTROL When the unit is turned off An inner relay connects the signal in INI with OUTI An inner relay connects the signal in IN2 with OUT2 USER CONTROL The information pages show us among others the status of the input and output ports The user using the F1 F6 keys can deactivate any active port at any moment From the first information page use the left right ARROWS to access to the others information pages Pagel Connections Page2 Status Page3 F1 F6 Functions Dmx lt gt Avab Dmx lt gt Avab VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 dmx gt OUT2 avab IN1 512 gt OUT2 256 IN1 OUT1 IN2 avab gt OUT1 dmx IN2 256 gt OUT1 512 IN2 OUT2 Status Page This page shows us the status of active ports Each input shows the received channels number IN1 IN2 and each output shows the transmitted channels number OUT 1 OUT2 If in any of these ports its signal is not correct the port is marked with an asterisk Dmx lt gt Avab IN1 512 gt OUT2 256 IN2 gt OUT1 512 www lt light com PIRENE M 27 78 Control and check of inputs IN1 IN2 and outputs OUT1 OUT2 The F1 F2 and F5 F6 keys shows us the status of its associated port and permits us deactivate activate this port The correspondence betwe
44. en keys and ports is showed in the Page 3 Dmx lt gt Avab VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 OUT1 IN2 OUT2 F1 activates deactivates the INI port Its LED shows the INI status F2 activates deactivates the IN2 port Its LED shows the IN2 status The LED of F1 and F2 e Off The input is deactivated Press its key again to activate this input e The input is active but no data is been received e Blinking The input is activated and data is been received F5 activates deactivates the OUTI port Its LED shows the OUTI status F6 activates deactivates the OUT2 port Its LED shows the OUT2 status The LED of F5 and F6 e Off The output is deactivated Press its key again to activate this output e Blinking The output is active and is transmitting data The objective of these functions is mainly have an easy ports control www lt light com 28 78 PIRENE PIRENE as DMX MIDI CONVERTER This operation mode configuration permits to do conversions between the DMX and MIDI protocols To configure PIRENE as DMX gt MIDI 1 Access to the menus list 2 Select PIRENE 3 Select and accept DMX lt gt MIDI The DMX MIDI converter permits us to convert a DMX input signal to MIDI output signal and at the same time a MIDI input signal to DMX output signal Its main page shows us the active ports and available connections Dmx Midi IN1 dmx gt MIDI OUT MIDI IN gt OUT1 dmx The DMX
45. er connector is active If only one conversion direction is required for example DMX gt RS232 it is enough to connect the DMX input to and to take the RS232 output from RS232 connector TX Use example A Control the show lighting from a PC DMX lt gt Rs232 CONVERTER RACK DIMMERS OTHER LIGHTING FOR EDITION 2 STORING PROCESS OFLIGHTING DATA gt PLAYBACK PROCESS OF LIGHTING DATA www lt light com 36 78 THE SETUP PARAMETERS The DMX RS232 converter converts the 512 DMX channels to RS232 protocol with the same precision and vice versus For this reason this converter doesn t need adjust In its SETUP menu only contents the general options To access to the SETUP From the main page Press ENTER to access to the menus list Select SETUP The next general options are in SETUP PANEL Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys See USER CONTROL page 37 LANG Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano Press ENTER to change it LINK first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a net Id this number takes a value from 0 to 9 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net
46. ess ENTER to see the same information in this format LT COPYRIGHT 1992 2002 PIRENE 1 00 Any hardware element can be checked here Press ENTER to access to the HARD options See below ABOUT THE HARDWARE TEST The TEST HARD has options to check all the PIRENE ports actives or not and to check the inner memory the clock the external keys the LEDs the Display etc In short it is possible to check any hardware element NOTA The TEST HARD affects to the normal use of PIRENE Run this TEST HARD when the system isn t operating The HARD options are MEMORY CLOCK To check the inner memory press ENTER After a self test procedure of the inner data memory the system shows us the status memory This test doesn t affect to the stored data in the inner memory To check and edit date amp time press ENTER The date amp time values are showed in the Display Their format hh mm ss dd mm yy hour minute s econd day month year To edit the date amp the time e Press ENTER again to active the edition cursor Bl Use the left right ARROWS to move the cursor to the desired digit Use the up down ARROWS to edit the selected digit Press ENTER to accept the edited data or press EXIT to quit e Press EXIT to return to the HARD options list www lt light com INPUTS OUTPUTS OUT1 gt IN2 OUT2 gt IN1 OUT2 gt IN3 OUT2 gt IN4 MIDI RS232 SMPTE PIRENE M 71 78 To check keys an
47. ey again to activate this input e The input is active but no data is been received e Blinking The input is activated and data is been received F5 activates deactivates the SMPTE output port Its LED shows the status of the signal F6 activates deactivates the MIDI OUT MTC port Its LED shows the status of the signal The LED of F5 and F6 e Off The output is deactivated Press its key again to activate this output e Blinking The output is active and is transmitting data The objective of these functions is mainly have an easy ports control www lt light com 42 78 LL PIRENE PIRENE as MTC amp SMPTE GENERATOR This operational mode permits to PIRENE generates MTC and SMPTE codes in base of its internal clock To configure PIRENE as gt MTC SMPTE 1 Access to the menus list 2 Select PIRENE 3 Select and accept gt MTC SMPTE The gt MTC SMPTE generator shows its active ports and connections in its main page gt MIDI OUT gt SMPTE OUT The generated SMPTE is available in the SMPTE OUT connector The generated MTC is available in the MIDI OUT connector No other port is active Both formats have the same time information The time code is based in the PIRENE inner clock Use example Control several units in a show multimedia where some units have MTC control and other units have SMPTE control gt MIC GENERATOR CLOCK 01 03 45 18 www lt light com PIRENE M
48. f the MIDI output In accordance with the DIR option this conversion will be DMX IN MIDI OUT CONTROLLER LEVEL For the direction MIDI DMX the converter has the next modes SEQUENCER FLASH Used with MIDI sequencers It is the used mode to convert MIDI input from a sequencer specially if the MIDI track was obtained from this same converter in direction DMX MIDI Its conversion rules MIDI gt DMX are Controller 0 127 Level 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 Level 0 100 Note ON 0 127 Velocity 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 Level 0 100906 Note OFF 0 127 Channel 1 128 at 096 The MIDI controllers permit us to fade The MIDI notes permit us to flash Used with MIDI keyboards Its conversion rules are Note ON 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 at 100 Note OFF 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 at 0 In short each time that a note is played its corresponding channel is flashed at 100 When this note stops its channel is at 0 www lt light com 32 78 FLASH VEL SWITCH SWITCH VEL HOLD HOLD VEL MODULATOR Used with MIDI keyboards Its conversion rules are Note ON 0 127 Velocity 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 Level 0 100 Note OFF 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 at 0 Each time that a note is played its corresponding channel is flashed at the level marked for its velocity pressure When this note stops its channel is at 0 Used with MIDI keyboards Its conversi
49. fault fade time it programmed in TIMES menu The value of this time if it has been edited by the user Fade out time associated to the memory From 0 1 to 999 9 seconds You can see Deflt Ifthe memory has the default fade time it programmed in TIMES menu The value of this time if it has been edited by the user www lt light com PIRENE M 55 78 Wait time associated to the memory From 0 1 to 999 9 sec or infinite You can see Deflt Ifthe memory has the default wait time it programmed in TIMES menu The value of this time if it has been edited by the user GO If this time has been edited as infinite In this case press GO F2 will be needed to start the next crossfade The jump associated to the memory In this jump any memory number can be specified as the next memory in the sequence playback By default these cells appear empty indicating that the next memory in the list will be the next memory in numerical order The programming of the jump is a way to break the order numerical of playback for the memories The memories can be stored modified or deleted at any moment Mm Storing new memories except memory 00 F2 REC 00 e Connect the DMX signal from a lighting control to INI BACK mode must be Nw active e Inthe lighting control get ready the scene that will stored in the memory Note that this scene is active in the OUTI connector of PIRENE 00 e Select using the curso
50. ft ARROWS e To edit the selected digit press up down ARROWS e accept the edited data press ENTER EXIT to quid without accept it e Repeat this procedure as many times as will be necessary Displacement If the value of any DiOut cell is modified when this edition is accepted the cursor is moved to the line of this entered output dimmer observe that it is not a true edition About the limit levels Lim Its value is the maximum value that the level of its output dimmer will arrive Bu default this value is at 100 no limited Use example A same control channel controls an array of lamps and all lamps are similar If one of these lamps is blown and is restored with a new lamp it is possible that this new lamp gives a better efficiency To equalize this new lamp with the old lamps we can use the limit function In this example will be enough limit the dimmer of the new lamp at 95 orientating value Remember Don t use this type of functions to connect lowest voltage lamps to the voltage specified in the dimmer www lt light com 22 78 LL PIRENE About the response curves Cur It is the response curve associated to the output dimmer There are 5 curves available Lineal response curve The level input is not modified Square Fast response curve It gives highest control for input levels from 60 to 100 Invert Square Slow response curve It gives highest control for the input levels from 0 to
51. has 3DMX inputs XLR 5 male connectors labelled as IN 1 IN 3 and IN 4 e DMX AVAB input in accordance with the configuration XLR 5 male connector labelled as IN 2 e DMXoutput XLR 5 female connector labelled as OUT 1 e DMX AVAB output in accordance with the configuration XLR 5 female connector labelled as OUT 2 e 2 outputs copy of IN 1 amp IN 2 inputs XLR 5 female connectors labelled as THRU 1 and THRU 2 Used to link others equipments to the signals of IN 1 and IN 2 IN 2 THRU 2 OUT 2 OV DATA DATA NC NC HOV DATA NE N C When PIRENE is switched on The IN 1 input always is in THRU 1 The IN 2 input always is in THRU 2 When PIRENE is switched off The IN 1 input always is in THRU 1 amp OUT 1 The IN 2 input always is in THRU 2 amp OUT 2 a Always use cable for RS484 data transfer with 120 ohms of impedance and low capacitance The cable must be formed at least for 1 twisted par and shield In this cable the Data and Data signals must be in the same twisted par and the OV lead at least must be connected to the shield Never use audio cables Maximum length cable recommended 500m long Maximum loads receivers DMX in one line 32 Use splitters DMX buffers to avoid problems of load or length www It light com PIRENE M 7 78 MIDI PORT A complete and standard MIDI port is available with standard MiniDin 5 180 female con
52. he F1 F2 and F5 F6 keys shows us the status of its associated port and permits us deactivate activate this port The correspondence between keys and ports is showed in the Page 3 Dmx lt gt Rs232 VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 RS2320 RS232i OUT1 F1 activates deactivates the INI port Its LED shows the INI status F2 activates deactivates the RS232in port Its LED shows the status of the RS232 signal received RX The LED of F1 and F2 e Off The input is deactivated Press its key again to activate this input e The input is active but no data is been received e Blinking The input is activated and data is been received F5 activates deactivates the RS232out port Its LED shows the status of the RS232 signal transmitted TX F6 activates deactivates the OUTI port Its LED shows the OUTI status The LED of F5 and F6 e Off The output is deactivated Press its key again to activate this output e Blinking The output is active and is transmitting data The objective of these functions is mainly have an easy ports control www lt light com 38 78 THE RS232 PROTOCOL The Rs232 protocol used by PIRENE in this configuration it is defined by the next parameters The RS232 frame is similar to the DMX frame The format of the RS232 frame and its code in bytes bytes are in hexadecimal Frame DMX Start Code Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel N max 512 Start Type 0 Level 0 255
53. he command This note is the corresponding note to the number from to www It light com PIRENE M 65 78 Don t send this NOTE for the messages that are for all equipments Example A command only for the equipments with ID 0 START COMMAND COMMAND The system has the same basic commands that for RS232 or MSC but here each command is identified by one note Note Command N11 The GO external command permits to start a new crossfade it is the same that to press F2 GO Optionally this command can have an associated CUE In this case the response will be as to press F3 SELECT memory selection ENTER F2 GO The STOP external command permits to pause a crossfade in progress it is the same that to press FA PAUSE The RESUME external command permits to reactivate a paused crossfade it is the same that to press F2 GO but only when the current crossfade is in PAUSE Nothing happens in other cases The LOAD external command permits to select the next memory always has a associated CUE memory number and is the same that press F3 SELECT memory selection ENTER The ALL OFF external command permits to deactivate the system output and it is similar to press F5 0UT1 The RESTORE external command permits to activate the system output when this output is deactivated It is similar to press newly F5 OUTI The RESET external command permits to initiate the inner sequence It is the same that press F3
54. he net In this case only the ALONE mode is available no editable ALONE This unit operates in independent mode to the net Note The net functionality is not implement yet AUTOMATIC CONTROL When the unit is turned off An inner relay connects INI with OUTI When INI has a correct DMX signal the system works in Backup mode OUTI is a copy of INI and it is possible to store memories When INI has not a correct DMX signal the system works in Sequencer mode OUTI is the output of the inner sequence www lt light com 52 78 Ll PIRENE USER CONTROL The user has special functions for activate or deactivate the input and output lines INI and OUTI and to control the sequence playback These functions are accessible in the F1 F6 keys 3 pages compose the main screen To access to the desired page use the right left ARROWS Pagel Connections Page 2 Status Page 3 F1 F6 functions Back Seq Back Seq BACK EXT AUTO VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 512 gt 1 512 DMX IN IN1 SELECT OUT1 01 STEPO1 99 GO PAUSE BACK Page 1 Connections The input IN1 and output show us the channels number received and transmitted or a asterisk in the case of fault signal Page 2 Status Back Seq DMX IN 01 STEPO1 99 In the second line BACK EXT AUTO you can see the next status flags BACK SEQ This flag appears as BACK for Backup mode or as SEQ for Sequen
55. he objects that contain liquid as for example glasses they will not have to be located on the equipment Connect the power cable to PIRENE Make sure that the power cable has wired ground To start up the unit the first time Press and hold down pressed the key and at the same time turn on the power switch to the position I Now release the key e After to start the unit is enough turn on the power switch to the position I After a few second the current configuration information appears n the PIRENE display The unit is running Please read this user manual Thanks you for choose LT RESET PROCEDURE The Reset procedure helps us to get an initiated status for all PIRENE parameters knew status After a Reset in PIRENE e The current configuration is maintained operation mode e The data of the DISK are maintained e The active data in accordance with the operation mode or configuration are initiated with its values by default in concrete all the parameters of its SETUP menu as conversion modes the patch the language etc To execute a Reset e Turn off the unit switch in position e Press and hold down pressed the key e Turn on the unit switch inl position e After a few seconds release the key Warning A strong electrostatic discharge as the caused by a storm lighting can provoke inconsistence in the unit operation in this case will be necessary to execute a Reset procedure
56. igured asa PATCH DMX Press ENTER to active the new configuration PIRENE requests confirmation Confirm pressing ENTER again To quid without accept press EXIT The system executes a Reset After a few seconds the information pages of the new configuration appear in the Display Now PATCH DMX is the active configuration In short to configure PIRENE as a PATCH DMX 1 2 3 Access to the menus list Select PIRENE Select and accept PACTH DMX www lt light com PIRENE 0 11 78 PIRENE as MERGER DMX This configuration permits to PIRENE merges 4 DMX input lines 2 to 2 in 2 DMX output lines Used to merge the DMX outputs of 2 lighting consoles one working as main console and other working as backup console Also is used to merge the DMX output of 2 consoles working in parallel To configure PIRENE as MEGER DMX 1 Access to the menus list 2 Select PIRENE 3 Select and accept MERGER DMX In the main pages you can see a small connection schematic Merger Dmx IN1 IN3 gt OUT1 IN2 IN4 gt OUT2 The input signals connected to IN1 and ING once merged are available in OUTI The input signals connected to IN2 and IN4 once merged are available in OUT2 INI signal is always available in THRUI IN2 signal is always available in THRU2 THRUI and THRU 2 are used to link other DMX equipments with the IN1 and IN2 signals respectively No other port is active Use examples A Merge the DMX
57. ing a jump to the desired memory number Jp To edit the sequence select in SETUP the SEQ menu and inside this the option EDIT Edition Functions Temporal Data 1 Data 2 Edit Functions s Mm Text s Mm Time Time Jp 1 2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 00 00 deflt deflt Nw Nw REC INSERT DELETE The first page is temporal it appears when EDIT is selected and after a few seconds disappears In this temporal page you can see the new functions for the keys F1 F6 functions available while that the EDIT menu is opened this function change affects only to the key not to its LED If you want to see this page again it is needed to exit of the EDIT menu pressing EXIT and to enter again in this menu pressing ENTER again The sequence edition table is showed in the next 2 pages Cells divided in lines and 9 columns compose this table The first line is always visible This line shows us the label of each column The rest of the lines have the information about 1 memory each one www lt light com 54 78 PIRENE The contents of each column are Column number Mm Time Time Jp Line 2 memory A deflt deflt deflt Line 3 memory B 01 deflt deflt deflt Line 4 memory C Nw The cells in grey field are no editables The cursors mark the active cell To active the desired cell mover the cursor using the ARROWS e Up down ARROWS to select the previous next memory in the list Left right ARRO
58. ions F2 F4 amp F6 are activated e The system waits a user GO or external GO to begins its crossfade with the next memory This crossfade is controlled by the times of the next memory In the status line the character is replaced by the character to indicate us this waiting e The user must press GO or move the fader ee 99 Line 2 Mode Line 3 Current scene DMX IN Line 4 Next memory 04 STEPO4 When this first crossfade ended the DMX input is totally out scene Change of mode form SEQ to BACK This change is done when working in sequencer mode the DMX input is restored or the user press F1 If BACK menu is at AUTO when the system detects the change of mode e Emits an acoustic signal to indicate us mode change The DMX input is inserted as next scene e The current scene output from the inner sequence output begins its crossfade with the next scene the DMX input This crossfade is done approximately in 2 seconds in fact in done during 50 frames of the DMX input e functions F2 F4 amp F6 are deactivated Line 2 Mode Line 3 Current scene 04 STEPO4 6912 04 5 04 Line 4 Next memory 20 STEP20 15 DMX IN When this first crossfade ended the DMX input is totally in scene If BACK menu is at MAN when the system detects the change of mode Emits an acoustic signal to indicate us mode change The functions F4 amp F6 are deactivated e If acrossfade is in pr
59. line 4 the jump associated to this memory 20 In SEQ mode all functions of sequence control are actives Following with the previous example if F2 GO is pressed or the frontal fader is moved the crossfade between the memories 01 amp 04 begins www lt light com 60 78 1 IfF2 GO is pressed the crossfade begins controlled by the fade times of the memory 04 During the crossfade in progress Mm Text Time Jp Line 3 Current memory 01 STEPO1 87 Line 4 Next memory 04 STEPO4 87 20 Dynamically you can see The remaining time for that the current memory fades out from 100 to 0 The remaining time for that the next memory fades in from 0 to 100 When this crossfade ends the memory 04 will be the current memory and the next memory will be the memory 20 programmed in the jump of the memory 04 Mm Text Time Jp Line 3 Current memory 04 STEPO4 12 Line 4 Next memory 20 STEP20 15 If the memory 04 has a wait time programmed this time is computed now at the end of this wait time the next crossfade will be executed automatically 2 If the frontal fader is moved the fader movement controls the crossfade times At the end of a manual crossfade a programmed wait time will be not computed The frontal fader LEDs The LED at ON marks the direction of the fader movement to end the crossfade If the LED is ON inred the crossfade control is automatic If the LED is ON in green the crossfade control
60. lt light com 76 78 LL PIRENE Conversion table from MIDI to DMX used in the modes FLASH VEL SWITCH VEL HOLD VEL and MODULATOR S S tA nm Q2 e a Fr i 86 Hos 85 Hio 95 Hi 9 His w Hii o This table is the answer to the difficulty to obtain with a MIDI keyboard a VELOCITY 6 ora VELOCITY 115 vj tee i S EE E 36 ero a oc 40 ai a2 D NER 44 45 46 4 E n 49 50 isi 33 st 55 56 ee 8 cc G 63 16 65 7 6 k 786 7 80 8 169 822 10 84 4 2 O 85 173 ps6 94 87 75 88 16 89 176 90 7 O 8 O 2 79 955 0 O 4 O 95 9 N ON B GQ bo ele The DMX lt gt MIDI converter operates only with the next MIDI commands NOTA ON NOTA OFF and CONTROLLER It uses RUNING STATUS for the input and output with the objective to improvement the effective transmission speed It filters the rest of MIDI commands including Timing clock Start Continue Stop Active Sensing and System Reset Although these messages continue been actives in the MIDI THRU connector www lt light com PIRENE M 77 78 BIBLIOGRAPHY Some books TIMECODE A USER S GUIDE John Ratcliff Ed FOCAL PRESS
61. mands are the more used The RS232 port for external commands must be configured as EXTERN MIDImSC This set of external commands is a standard of the MIDI protocol this set permits to a central unit controls the different show parts video audio lighting THE COMMANDS SET MSC amp RS232 Commands structure and commands basic set are the same for MSC amp RS232 SYSEXC MSC FORMAT COMMAND F0 7F Data in hexadecimal format SYS EXC System Exclusive Start of a command of exclusive system This is formed by 2 bytes F0 F7 These 2 bytes are always needed ID Identification Device ID identifies the equipment that must execute the command In our case this value must be the same that the LINK Id of the BACK SEQ that will execute the command This parameter uses 1 byte and this byte can have the next values 00 09 selects the equipment with Id 00 09 for example 05 selects the equipment with ID 05 selects the equipments connected Example The next command is a command for all connected equipments SYSEXC MSC FORMAT COMMAND F0 7F MSC MIDI SHOW CONTROL Indicates that the exclusive system command is a MSC command This parameter uses 1 byte and this byte is always 02 Remember that the structure used is of MSC commands but that the RS232 command uses this same structure FORMAT Indicates the equipments type that they must execute the command This parameter
62. mmands using the RS232 port MIDImSC Control from MSC commands using the MIDI port MIDInOTES Control from MIDI Notes using the MIDI port MIDI Channel 1 Ifthe SOURCE is MIDInOTES setup here the MIDI communication channel 1 16 e Press ENTER to edit this parameter www lt light com PANEL LANG LINK Id LINK mode PIRENE LJ 51 78 MIDI Note 0 If the SOURCE is MIDInOTES setup here the first MIDI NOTE that you wish for use in the commands e Press ENTER to edit this parameter The commands of external control according to the modes are explained in page 61 Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys See USER CONTROL page 52 Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano e Press ENTER to change it The first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a net this number takes a value from 0 to 9 This Id number moreover is used to identify each BACK SEQ in the control external commands More in page 61 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B D The second LINK command permits us to edit the response mode of this unit in t
63. mx gt OUT2 avab IN2 avab gt OUT1 dmx The DMX input signal must be connected to the INI port By default the firsts 256 DMX channels are translated to AVAB signal This AVAB signal is available in the output port OUT2 The AVAB input signal must be connected to the IN2 port The AVAB signal is translated to DMX signal by default in the first 256 channels and is available in the output port OUTI The signal is always connected to the THRUI in this case DMX output port The IN2 is always connected to the THRU2 in this case AVAB output port THRUI and THRU 2 are used to link other DMX equipments with the IN1 and IN2 signals respectively No other port is active If only one conversion direction is necessary for example DMX gt AVAB itis enough to connect the DMX signal to IN1 and to obtain the AVAB signal in OUT2 Use examples A Integrate a moving lights with DMX control in our AVAB system console and dimmers DMX AVAB CONVERTER AVAB DMX AVAB CONSOLE www t light com PIRENE M 25 78 B Integrate AVAB dimmers with our DMX system console and dimmers DMX lt gt AVAB CONVERTER AVAB lt DMX T DMX CONSOLE THE SETUP PARAMETERS The DMX lt gt AVAB converter is configured from its SETUP menu To access to SETUP From its main page Press ENTER to access to the menus list Select SETUP The SETUP options are DIR PANEL LANG Permits us to select the
64. n MANUAL or AUTO can be seen in this menu BACK manual When in Backup mode the DMX input faults BACK SEQ toggles to Sequencer mode and the inner sequence is activated If this option is AUTO the scene output last DMX input received will be replaced by the selected memory of the inner sequence automatically If this option is MANUAL the scene output is maintained last DMX input received until the user forces its replacement with the selected memory of the inner sequence When in Sequencer mode the DMX input is restored BACK SEQ toggles to Backup mode and the inner sequence is deactivated If this option is AUTO the scene output from the inner sequence will be replaced by the DMX input automatically If this option is MANUAL the scene output from the inner sequence is maintained until the user forces its replacement with the DMX input If the mode change is produced during a crossfade this crossfade will be completed www lt light com 50 78 SEQ TIMES EXTERN Permits us to edit EDIT or to eliminate DELETE the inner sequence In both SEQ and EDIT menu you can see the total number of stored memories in the inner sequence EDIT 1 Items The DELETE command permits us to delete totally the sequence This command needs confirmation See THE SEQUENCE EDITION page 53 Permits to set the default times for the memories The default times are edited in seconds and they are
65. nectors labelled as MIDI PORT IN THRU and OUT MIDI PORT OUT THRU j Always use homologated MIDI cables with a maximum of 15 meters long RS232 PORT Bi directional port input and output with a SubD 9 male connector labelled as RS232 ORT 3 o 9 85232 NC TXT NC NC NC NC NC RXT is the receiving data signal input TXT is the transfer data signal output p Always use RS232 data transmission cable The recommendable maximum length is 10 meters long SMPTE PORTS They are mono audio ports with 2 JACK female and stereo connectors labelled as SMPTE IN and SMPTE OUT SMPTE IN Common NC Signal 1 2 2 5 Vpp SMPTEOUT Common 0 Signal 1 2 Vpp The correspondence of pines with its air JACK male and stereo is 3 D Always use an audio shielded cable www lt light com 8 78 LL PIRENE START UP e Take out the unit of its transport packet Inside you can find The own unit this user manual and the guarantee sheet If you note any anomalies stroke humidity don t try start up the equipment and follow the usual procedure for this type of questions e Place the unit in a plane surface suitable to operate or fix it in a 19 standard rack Observe that the ventilation holes are free Warning The equipment should not be exposed to drip or splashes furthermore t
66. nformative page shows us the available edition functions for F1 F2 and F5 F6 These functions only are actives in the edition process of the patch table Edit Functions VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 COPY COPY 1 www lt light com PIRENE LB 21 78 Function What happen when this key is pressed COPY Copies in the selected cell the data of the previous line of the same cell Moves the cursor to the next line Exception If a DiOut cell is selected this function copies all data of the precedent line DiIn Lim and Cur COPY 1 Copies in the selected cell the Di In of the previous line but incremented in 1 unit Moves the cursor to the next line This function only operates when the selected cellis DiOut or DiIn Searches the same data that the selected data Example if an input dimmer is selected DiIn when F5 is pressed the cursor is moved to the next output dimmer that it has associated this DiIn Searches all output dimmers DiOut one by one that they have some value edited no default Each time that you press F6 the cursor is moved to the next edited output dimmer About the patch table Use the ARROWS to select the data to edit the selected data is marked with the symbols and press ENTER to activate the edition cursor or press any function key F to execute it If the edition cursoris activated showed as a blinking B e move the cursor amongst the digits of one data press right le
67. of the backup console If the IN3 or IN4 line of the backup console faults the MERGER will control the combination to obtain that the OUT1 and OUT 2 outputs are composed only by the information of the IN1 and IN2 inputs lines of the main console The change is done in a fade of 2 second USER CONTROL The user can control the combination of the inputs in the OUT1 and OUT2 outputs The user can inhibit any input line and any output line at any moment The information pages the fader the F1 F6 keys more all PIRENE LEDs are used for these functions From the first information page Page 1 use the left right ARROWS to access to rest of the information pages Page 1 Connections Page 2 Outputs Levels Page 3 F1 F6 functions Merger Dmx VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 IN3 gt OUT1 IN1 FF IN3 FF OUT1 IN1 IN3 OUT1 IN2 IN4 gt OUT2 IN2 FF IN4 00 gt OUT2 IN2 IN4 OUT2 Control of the combination in the OUT1 and OUT2 outputs The combination level in the inputs to obtain OUT1 and OUT2 depends of the fader position and of the selected mode for each output MIX or SWITCH In Page2 you can see The current fader position in the example at 50 IN1 FF IN3 FF gt OUT1 IN2 FF IN4 FF gt OUT2 For each output th amp combination level of each one of its inputs In the example all inputs providing the 10096 10096 FF to the output A asterisk appears when its associated input faults and this asterisk disappear
68. ogress this crossfade will end in a normal way When the crossfade is ended the DMX input is inserted as next scene The system waits a user GO to begin its crossfade with the next scene the DMX input In the status line the character is replaced by the character to indicate us this waiting The user must press GO In this moment the F2 function is deactivated too e This crossfade takes about 2 seconds 66 0 Note If the user doesn t want to return to BACK mode he must be press F1 Line 2 Mode Line 3 Current scene 04 STEPO4 04 5 04 Line 4 Next memory DMX IN DMX IN When this first crossfade ended the DMX input is totally in scene THE EXTERNAL CONTROL COMMANDS The sequence can be controlled using external commands These commands can be RS232 commands RS232 IN port MSC commands MIDI SHOW CONTROL MIDI IN port MIDI commands based in MIDI notes MIDI IN port www lt light com 62 78 To active any of the external commands configure inside of SETUP the EXTERN menu RS232 amp MSC COMMANDS The system uses the same command structure for the MSC commands and the RS232 commands Both commands sets are the same the difference is only the used port and signal type The used MSC commands are a standard of control and synchronization in our case the basic set of MSC EXTERN RS232 When the external control unit is a PC or programmable automata the RS232 external com
69. on 1 LED bi colour for status information about the PIRENE electronic General menus TEST menu to check The status of each input and each output that it is used in the current configuration The operability of alls the PIRENE ports the alls its keys LEDs the frontal fader The number of the software version Etc SETUP menu to select and edit all the user parameters of each one ofthe configurations DISK menu to store and load alls the data of the current configuration in the data inner memory as a small hard disk PIRENE menu to select and activate the desired configuration The operability and use of the PIRENE ports depend of this configuration as well as the content of the SETUP menu Hardware Characteristics High speed microprocessor HD64F2633 Program memory 256 Kb Inner data memory 128 Kb Software upgrading by the serial LINK port Electrical Characteristics 230V 50 60Hz 150mA Protection 2 fuses of 1A F type Power filter General power bi pole switch to turn the phase and neutral The inner power supply is universal and switched Always use power cable with ground www lt light com 6 78 LL PIRENE LINK PORT It is the unique port placed in the frontal panel is used to connect in a net several PIRENES or and a personal computer e RJ45 as input port LINK IN e 1 RJ45 as output port LINK OUT PORT 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 DMX AVAB PORTS PIRENE
70. on rules are Note ON 0 127 gt If the channel at 0 Channel 1 128 at 100 If the channel at 100 Channel 1 128 at 0 Each time that a note is played its corresponding channel is flashed at 100 This channel only returns at 0 when this note is played again Used with MIDI keyboards Its conversion rules are Note ON 0 127 Velocity 0 127 gt If the channel at 0 Channel 1 128 Level 0 100 Of the channel has level Channel 1 128 at 046 Each time that a note is played its corresponding channel is flashed with a level marked for its velocity pressure This channel only returns at 096 when this note is played again Used with MIDI keyboards Its conversion rules are Note ON 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 at 100 and any active channels since 1 second ago at 0 Each time that a note is played its corresponding channel is flashed at 100 After 1 second any other played note deactivates this channel Used with MIDI keyboards Its conversion rules are Note ON 0 127 Velocity 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 Level 0 100906 and any active channels since 1 second ago at 0 Each time that a note is played its corresponding channel is flashed at the level marked for its velocity pressure After 1 second any other played note deactivates this channel Used with MIDI keyboards Its conversion rules are Note ON 0 127 Velocity 0 127 gt Channel 1 128 Level 0 100 Each note is as
71. onnector is not connected in OUT1 we have the scene output of the inner sequence THRU 1 output port always has a copy of the signal of INI THRUI is used to link other DMX units to the IN1 input line Also it is possible to have actives with objective of external control the RS232 IN port and the MIDI IN THRU port No other connector is active Use examples A Universal Backup controlled from a MIDI sequencer Inner Sequence 99 memories BACK SEQ Backup MILDI optional MIDI SEQUENCER MAIN CONSOLE www lt light com PIRENE M 49 78 B Autonomous Sequencer controlled from a PC BACK SEQ Sequencer 99 aS optional THE SETUP PARAMETERS By default in the BACK SEQ configuration PIRENE works always as Backup Only when the DMX input is in fault its working mode toggle from Backup to Sequencer Is in Sequencer mode when we can playback its inner sequence A DMX input is needed to can store the inner sequence memories The contents of these memories cannot be modified manually The configuration parameters edition and the sequence edition is done inside the SETUP menu To select the SETUP menu Menu From the main display TEST Press ENTER to select the menus list SETUP Select SETUP DISK Inside the SETUP menu you can find the next options BACK Setthe behavior in the working mode changes from Backup to Sequencer and vice versus The selected optio
72. option in Options menu e In PIRENE Press at the same time the keys lt and gt and turn on the unit while these keys are pressed e The PIRENE display shows us UPDT e Inthe PC application execute the Send command in the File menu to start the upgrading procedure The transmission commences e During the transmission The ON LED of PIRENE must lit in red e Incase of fault in the upgrading procedure this ON LED blinks inred And the upgrading procedure can be repeated from the beginning e At the end of the upgrading procedure if all is correct this ON LED must lit in green e Turn off PIRENE and disconnect the upgrading cable e Turn on PIRENE and check it PIRENE is ready www lt light com PIRENE 73 78 WINDOWS EMULATOR The PIRENE Windows emulator is a copy of PIRENE in way of informatics application The emulator permits us to familiarize oneself with the PIRENE use easily from a PC The PIRENE emulator can be downloaded from www lt light com it is available in the zipped file WPIRENE HHI zip To install it unzip the file WPIRENE zip in a new folder after execute double click the application WPIRENE EXE In both names of these files is the soft version number In the PC monitor you can see Em e 0122456 0 Id E IDEE E E l m PIRENE HO I light com Inside the application PIRENE emulator To press one key click on it with the mouse left
73. previous memory Sequence control function actives in Sequencer amp Backup mode F3 SELECT it permits to select the desired next memory in the sequence See SEQUENCE PLAYBACK page 58 THE SEQUENCE EDITION The inner sequence can be a maximum of 100 memories The fixed memory 0 and the free memories 1 99 The memory 0 is a blackout memory it always is and cannot be modified This memory is labeled as BLACKOUT Basic concepts about this sequence e The memories are always ordered numerically e sequence is executed with consecutives crossfades Each new crossfade is done from the memory in scene the next memory in the list e A crossfade is a double fade for which the memory in scene is replaced by the next memory in the list The scene fades from 100 to 0 and the next scene fades from 0 to 100 The fade times used in the crossfade are the times programmed in the next memory next memory fades up scene in its Time at the same time that the scene memory fades down scene in the Timev e When this crossfade reaches its end the next memory is the scene memory All is ready for a new crossfade If corresponding its Time will be computed before to start the new crossfade automatically If this time is at GO value or the wait times are deactivated the user have to start the new crossfade pressing F1 GO e tis possible to break the numerical order for the sequence playback programm
74. r The F2 F3 F4 amp F6 functions are showed in the main page 3 3 Back Seq VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 SELECT OUT1 GO PAUSE BACK The functions are SELECT Accesses to the memories list with the objective to select a memory as next memory To select the desired memory as next memory e Press F3 e Using the up down ARROWS select the desired memory e Press ENTER to accept it as next memory This function is active always LED F3 at ON Each time that this key is pressed a crossfade to the next memory is started This function only is active in SEQ mode LED F2 at ON This function is inactive in BACK mode LED F2 at OFF The crossfade also can be executed manually moving the frontal fader from an end to the other end Each time that this key is pressed the crossfade in progress is stopped This function only is active in SEQ mode LED F4 at ON This function is inactive in BACK mode LED F4 at OFF www lt light com PIRENE M 59 78 Each time that this key is pressed the crossfade in progress inverts its direction or a crossfade to the previous memory is started This function only is active in SEQ mode LED F6 at ON This function is inactive in BACK mode LED F6 at OFF In the main page 2 3 the system shows us the status of the current scene output Appears if the external controlis active EXTRN 2 3 The mode of the BACK menu BACK EXT AUTO
75. rogrammed jump to the memory 04 In this case after the memory 02 does its crossfade with the memory 04 Jp Edition of the associated jump ENTER gt i e Select the desired jump cell using the cursors ixi e Press ENTER The edition cursor appears inside the cell With the right left ARROWS select the desired digit With the up down ARROWS edit the selected digit e Repeat the 2 previous steps to edit the memory number completely e Press ENTER to close the number edition Note The memory number entered must be a memory number stored www lt light com 58 78 LL PIRENE Jp Delete the associated jump F6 DELETE 23 e Select the desired jump cell using the cursors E Press F6 DELETEand the jump is delete empty To delete the complete sequence select inside SETUP the SEQ menu and inside this the DELETE option Press ENTER the system requests us confirmation Confirm pressing ENTER again to delete the complete sequence only the memory 00 is in the list SEQUENCE PLAYBACK The sequence playback is active when the system is working in Sequencer mode SEQ In this mode the scene output of the system is the output of the inner sequence The BACK SEQ works in Sequencer mode automatically when the system doesn t detect a correct DMX input INI or when the user forces this pressing F1 131 to deactivate this DMX input signal The sequence playback is controlled using F2 F3 F4 F6 and the frontal fade
76. rs e Press F6 DELETE Note that the text cell now is empty When a memory is stored it has assigned the default times times edited inside the TIMES menu At any moment these times can be edited Time Timev Edit the fade times of a memory ENTER deflt deflt Select the desired fade time cell using the cursors lt deflt 6 Press ENTER The edition cursor appears inside the cell aa a aa al With the right left ARROWS select the desired digit With the up down ARROWS edit the selected digit e Repeat the 2 previous steps to edit the time completely e Press ENTER to close the time edition _ deflt deflt The edited Time is copied as TimeY if both fade times had the 010 1 010 1 same value Note The edition of Time doesn t affect to the Time www lt light com PIRENE M 57 78 Times Timev Copy the fade times from a previous memory F4 INSERT 010 1 010 1 Select the desired fade time cell using the cursors deflt deflt Press F4 INSERT to copy the value of the selected time of the xx M Cd previous memory in the selected time cell 010 1 010 1 e The inserted Time is copied as Timew if both fade times had the 010 1 010 1 same value c cr CES Note The edition of Time doesn t affect to the Time Time Return to the default time F6 DELETE 010 1 010 1 e Select the desired fade time cell using the cursors 010 1 010 1 Press F6 DELETEto return to the default value 010
77. rs the Nw cell Nw e Press F2 REC to store this scene in the new memory 00 e The new stored memory appears in the list 01 The cursor is moved to the Nw 01 cell and the system is ready to store other memory Nw e In the lighting control get ready other scene e Press F2 REC to store this scene in the new memory 00 e The new stored memory appears in the list 02 The cursor is moved to the Nw 01 cell and the system is ready to store other memory 02 e Repeat this process as many times as memories you want to store Nw Mm Deleting memories except memory 00 F6 DELETE 00 e Move the cursor to select the memory number cell that you want to delete 01 For example the memory number 01 02 Press F6 DELETE to delete the selected memory Nw 00 e The old memory 01 has been deleted But the memories of the list are renumbered 01 to maintain the numerical order The previous memory 02 now is the memory 01 Nw e Repeat this process as many times as memories you want to delete Mm Inserting a new memory between 2 stored memories F4 INSERT 00 insert a new memory between the memories 01 amp 02 select with the cursor the 01 cell of the memory 02 02 BACK mode must be active Nw e In the lighting control get ready the desired scene e Press FA INSERT to store a new memory between the previous memories 01 and 02 www lt light com 56 78 LL PIRENE 00 e Note that the memories in
78. rst line Each option uses a complete line and its name is written in capital letter Some options have additional information which appears in small letter and shows the current value of the option The selected option is marked between the cursor symbols example PIRENE Merge Dmx www lt light com 10 78 Ll PIRENE THE CONFIGURATION OPERATION MODE The active configuration is maintained active until the user changes it for a new configuration inclusively if PIRENE is turned off or a Reset is executed The user can change the active configuration at any moment The first step to operate with PIRENE is to activate the desired configuration For this Merger Dmx IN1 IN2 IN3 IN4 4 4 PIRENE Merger Dmx MERGER DMX PATCH DMX 2 8 MERGER DMX PATCH DMX DMX lt gt AVAB Configure PIRENE as PATCH DMX ENTER confirm Turn on PIRENE The information pages of the active configuration appear in the Display In this example a MERGER DMX Access to the menus list pressing ENTER Select the PIRENE option using the ARROWS The active configuration is showed in the option line in the example Merger Dmx Press ENTER to access to the options list of configuration inside the PIRENE option The active configuration is marked with a asterisk Scroll the options list using the ARROWS until to select the desired configuration In the example PIRENE is conf
79. s when its associated line is restored www lt light com PIRENE M 15 78 The combination is adjusted in both outputs moving the fader and according to the modes MODES FADER LEVELS OF THE INPUTS FADER AND ITS LEDS 0 FF IN3 00 gt OUT1 U OUTI SWITCH OUT2 SWITCH OUTI SWITCH The first LED is associated with the main inputs IN1 and IN2 and the second LED is associated with the back inputs IN3 and INA www lt light com 16 78 Ll PIRENE In this way according to the LED colour there are the next statuses COLOUR LEDI IN3 The associated input provides level to scene IN2 The associated input provides level to scene INI IN2 The associated inputs provide level to scene INI IN2 No associated inputs provide level to scene Control and check of the active ports INT IN2 IN3 IN4 OUT1 and OUT2 The F1 F6 keys and their LEDs permit us to inhibit any of these ports and to know their status Each key is associated with one port The correspondence between ports and keys is showed in the Page 3 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN3 OUT1 INA OUT2 F1 to activate deactivate the input in INI The F1 LED shows the INI status F2 to activate deactivate the input in 132 The F2 LED shows the IN2 status to activate deactivate the input in IN3 The F3 LED shows the ING status to activate deactivate the input IN4 The LED shows the IN4 sta
80. signal and a AVAB signal to DMX signal e The capacity of to integrate in a PC or programmable automata the lighting control using its RS232 port PIRENE converts the RS232 output of the PC to DMX signal and simultaneously a DMX signal to RS232 signal with the objective of to capture this information in the PC e The capacity of to control in a sequencer MIDI or a MIDI keyboard the lighting entirely or partially PIRENE translates the MIDI signal to DMX signal and simultaneously translates any DMX signal to MIDI signal It is possible to select the MIDI channel and to select the DMX directions in use There are several conversion modes e The capacity of to synchronize several multimedia units ones with SMPTE control and others with MTC control PIRENE translates simultaneously the SMPTE signal to MTC signal and the MTC signal to SMPTE signal e The capacity to generate a time code that simultaneously it is accessible in the SMPTE output and in the MTC output This time code can be controlled from the current date and hour of PIRENE or from an inner counter controlled by the user PIRENEcan work as a Universal Backup storing 99 memories with fade times and wait times it has playback control from the own unit or externally using RS232 commands or MSC or MIDI notes Also PIRENE can work as a Sequencer www lt light com 4 78 El PIRENE PROTOCOLS PIRENE operates with several protocols for lighting multime
81. sociated with a light channel Each time that a note is played its corresponding channel is activated at the level marked for its velocity pressure To deactivate this channel is needed to play its note weakly The DM X channel number depends of the DIR option See CONVERSION TABLES page 75 www lt light com PIRENE M 33 78 Important The DMX amp MIDI protocols have different speed of data transmission and DMX is most quick protocol For this it is recommended don t use MIDI polyphony of more of 30 notes controllers In other words don t use more than 30 lighting channels at the same time The MIDI protocol has smaller resolution than the DMX protocol In short MIDI works with levels or velocities from 0 to 127 and DMX works with levels from 0 to 255 This difference is a loss of resolution This loss is not important for conventional lighting but can be a trouble in the moving lighting Some MIDI equipments have special functions pre programmed for the MIDI controllers from 120 to 127 To use these MIDI controllers please observe their use in the MIDI equipments to avoid behaviour undesired The MIDI equipments number the 128 notes controllers from 0 to 127 or from 1 to 128 AUTOMATIC CONTROL When the unit is turned off An inner relay connects the signal in INI with OUTI USER CONTROL The information pages show us among others the status of the input and output ports The user using the F1 F6
82. t and output ports The user using the F1 F6 keys can deactivate any active port at any moment From the first information page use the left right ARROWS to access to the others information pages Page 1 Connections Page 2 amp 3 Conversions status Page 4 F1 F6 Func Mtc lt gt Smpte 2 4 Mtc lt gt Smpte MTC gt SMPTE SMPTE gt MTC VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 MIDI IN gt SMPTE OUT 00 00 00 12 SMPTE 00 00 03 23 MIDIin SMPTEO SMPTE IN gt MIDI OUT SMPTE 00 00 00 12 MTC 00 00 03 23 SMPTEi MIDIou www lt light com PIRENE LB 41 78 Status Pages The Page 2 shows the status of the clocks of MTC and SMPTE in the direction MTC gt SMPTE The Page 3 shows the status of the clocks of SMPTE and in the direction SMPTE In both pages The flag appears when the clock is stopped or inhibited The flag gt appears when the clock is active Control and check of the inputs and outputs The F1 F2 and F5 F6 keys shows us the status of its associated port and permits us deactivate activate this port The correspondence between keys and ports is showed in the Page 4 Mtc lt gt Smpte VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 MIDIin SMPTEi MIDIou F1 activates deactivates the MIDI IN MTC port Its LED shows the status of the signal F2 activates deactivates the SMPTE input port Its LED shows the status of the signal The LED of F1 and F2 e Off The input is deactivated Press its k
83. t com 30 78 LINK The first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a Id net this number takes a value from 0 to 9 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B PIRENE C PIRENE D LINK The second LINK command permits us to edit the response mode of this unit in the mode net In this case only the ALONE mode is available no editable ALONE This unit operates in independent mode to the net Note The net functionality is not implement yet THE CONVERSION MODES For the direction DMX gt MIDI the converter has the next modes SEQUENCER channels levels of the DMX input are converted in controllers levels of the MIDI output In accordance with the DIR option this conversion will be DMX IN MIDI OUT CHANN CONTROLLER www lt light com FLASH SWITCH HOLD FLASH VEL SWITCH VEL HOLD VEL MODULATOR PIRENE 0 31 78 The channels levels of the DMX input are converted in notes of the MIDI output all notes are sending at the same velocity value Each time that the channel goes beyond its 696 the corresponding note is sending at 10046 velocity 127 In accordance with the DIR option this conversion will be DMX IN MIDI OUT DIR CHANN LEVEL CONTROLLER LEVEL 1 0 The channels levels of the DMX input are converted in notes velocity o
84. tes time code from 00 00 00 00 TO 23 59 59 29 It is possible to edit the TO value to limit the counter For example if TO is edited to 00 00 50 00 the inner counter generates the time code ending in the second 50 In short it counts from 00 00 00 00 TO 00 00 50 00 To edit the ending value e Select TO Press ENTER to activate the edition cursor B Use ARROWS to edit the data left right to select digit and up down to edit it Press ENTER to accept or EXIT to quit Press EXIT to return to the SETUP options The TO format is hh mm ss ff hour minute second frame Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys See USER CONTROL page 45 Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano Press ENTER to change it The first LINK command permits to set the Identification Number of this unit in a net this numb er takes a value from 0 to 9 10 PIRENES can be connected in one net In one net each unit must have a unique Id number The net connection is done with the LINK port PIRENE A PIRENE B PIRENE PIRENED www lt light com PIRENE M 45 78 LINK The second LINK command permits us to edit the response mode of this unit in the net mode In this case only the ALONE mode is available no editable ALONE This
85. the external protection fuses PIRENE uses 2 fuses type F of 1A 250V The fuses are placed in the fuses drawer of the IEC power connector in the rear of the unit To change them e Disconnected the unit of the main power Open the fuses dra wer pulling in its rim with a small screwdriver Remove out the old fuses and replace them with new fuses Close the fuses drawer Change of the inner protection fuse PIRENE use fuse type F of 4A 250V This fuse is placed in the inner power supply To change this fuse Disconnected the unit of the main power e Remove the PIRENE upper cover e Take out the old fuse and replace it with a new fuse e Place the PIRENE upper cover Technical Support Points Madrid Spain C Matilde Hern ndez 31 3 C Edificio JAEN 28019 Madrid 91 472 06 66 Zaragoza Spain Pol Ind Malpica Alfind n C Los Almendros 61 50171 La Puebla de Alfind n Zaragoza 976 10 89 59 Besides the technical support offered by the LT distributors About them you can find an actualised list in http www lt light com www It light com PIRENE M 75 78 CONVERSION TABLES CANALES DMX NOTAS CONTROLLERS MIDI DIR 257 384 DIR 1 128 1 to 128 DIR 129 256 DMX DIR 385 512 385 to 512 VELOCITY LEVEL Conversion table all mo des of DMX to MIDI and mode SEQUENCER of MIDI to DMX D Tooo ee 5 eo as 5 4 45 9 4 m www
86. the list are renumbered to maintain the order The new 01 stored memory is now the memory 02 and the previous memory 02 is now the 02 memory 03 03 Nw Mm Modifying a stored memory F2 REC 00 e modify the contents of the memory 02 select with the cursor the cell of its 01 memory number 02 e BACK mode must be active In the lighting control get ready the desired scene ol e Press F2 REC to modify the memory 02 with a new scene Note Each time that a no permitted operation is done as delete the memory 00 etc PIRENE emits a warning acoustical signal This signal indicates that the operation cannot be done When a memory is stored it is possible to edit its associated text TEXT Edit the associated text of a memory ENTER BLACKOUT Select the desired text cell using the cursors e Press ENTER The edition cursor appears inside the cell 727770777 With the right left ARROWS select the desired character With the up down ARROWS edit the selected character e Repeat the 2 previous steps to edit the text completely e Press ENTER to close the text edition TEXT Copy the associated text from the previous memory F4 INSERT BLACKOUT e Select the desired text cell using the cursors BLACKOUT Press F4 INSERT Note that the text of the previous memory has been GEI copied After this text can be edited again TEXT Delete the associated text F6 DELETE BLACKOUT e Select the desired text cell using the curso
87. ts us deactivate activate this port The correspondence between keys and ports is showed in the Page 3 VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 IN1 OUT1 IN2 OUT2 F1 activates deactivates the INI port Its LED shows the INI status F2 activates deactivates the IN2 port Its LED shows the IN2 status The LED of F1 and F2 e Off The input is deactivated Press its key again to activate this input e The input is active but no data is been received e Blinking The input is activated and data is been received F5 activates deactivates the OUT1 port Its LED shows the OUTI status F6 activates deactivates the OUT2 port Its LED shows the OUT2 status The LED of F5 and F6 e Off The output is deactivated Press its key again to activate this output e Blinking The output is active and is transmitting data The objective of these functions is mainly have an easy ports control www lt light com 24 78 PIRENE PIRENE as DMX AVAB CONVERTER This operation mode configuration permits us to translate DMX signal to AVAB signal and vice versus To configure PIRENE as DMX AVAB 1 Access to the menus list 2 Select PIRENE 3 Select and accept DMX lt gt AVAB The DMX lt gt AVAB converter translate a DMX input signal to an AVAB output signal and at the same time an AVAB input signal to a DMX output signal Its main page shows us the available connections its active ports Dmx lt gt Avab IN1 d
88. tus The LEDs of F1 to F4 have the next status e Off Its input is deactivated by the user Activate it pressing its key again e On Its input is active but the input isn t receiving data e Blinking Its input is active and the input is receiving data F5 to activate deactivate the output in The F5 LED shows the OUT status F6 to activate deactivate the output in OUT2 The F6 LED shows the OUT2 status The LEDs of F5 and F6 have the next status e Off Its output is deactivated by the user Activate it pressing its key again e Blinking The output is active and transmitting data The objective of these functions is mainly have an easy ports control BEHAVIOUR OF THE MERGERS IN THE NET It is possible to increase the power of the system more inputs amp outputs lines connecting several PIRENES in a net and centralising the control in only one of them In short the next systems are available MERGERS in BACK the NET MAIN INPUTS INPUTS OUTPUTS eee eee eee 12 2 5 1 4 1 3 3 10 maxi www lt light com PIRENE 17 78 The MERGERS MIXERS are connected using the LINK port according to the next diagram MIXER A MIXER B MIXER C MIXER D In the previous example the MERGERS A B C y D are connected in the net each one must be its Id and this Id must be unique 0 9 Any MERGER of this net can be configured as MASTER of the system The behaviour of
89. uit of this status you can choose e Press PLAY to initiate the count in PLAY status e Press AUTOP to initiate the count in AUTOPLAY status F5 F6 permit us to inhibit any of the outputs and their associated LEDs show us the status F5 activates deactivates the SMPTE output port Its LED shows the status of the signal F6 activates deactivates the MIDI OUT MTC port Its LED shows the status of the signal The LED of F5 and F6 e Off output is deactivated Press its key again to activate this output e Blinking The output is active and is transmitting data The objective of these functions is mainly have an easy ports control www lt light com 48 78 LL PIRENE PIRENE as BACKUP amp SEQUENCER The BACK SEQ configuration permits to store a sequence of 99 memories with fade and wait times with the objective of to playback the sequence when the DMX input is in fault or this DMX input isn t connected working as Universal Backup or Sequencer The playback control is done in the same unit or externally using external commands Rs232 MSC or MIDI Notes To configure PIRENE as BACK SEQ 1 Access to the menus list 2 Select PIRENE 3 Select and accept BACK SEQ The BACK SEQ configuration in the main page shows its active ports and status Back Seq IN1 512 gt OUT1 512 The DMX input signal must be connected to IN1 These DMX channels are available in OUT 1 connector If the input signal INI c
90. unication The selected MIDI channel appears in the option MIDI Channel 01 If needed press ENTER to edit the MIDI channel number e Press ENTER again to activate the edition cursor B e Press left right ARROWS to select the digit e Press up down ARROWS edit the selected digit e Press ENTER to accept it EXIT to quit without accept it Permits to select a specific mode for the conversion MIDI gt DMX and the conversion DMX gt MIDI The selected mode is showed in the command MIDI Sequencer If needed press ENTER to select a new conversion mode See below Permits to select a basic directions set Since the MIDI protocol has a maximum of 128 Notes Controllers these can be associated with one of the next blocks of DMX channels 1 128 127 256 257 384 385 512 Example If the converter has selected the optionDIR 129 256 Converts the dimmers 129 256 of the DMX input to the 128 notes controllers of the MIDI output Converts the notes controllers of the MIDI input to the dimmers 129 256 of the DMX output and the rest of the dimmers are at 0 Permits to enable ENABLED or to disable DISABLED the operability of the F1 F6 keys See USER CONTROL page 33 Permits to select the language used in messages of help and information The available languages are CASTELLANO ENGLISH and FRANCASIE The selected language appears in the option line LANG Castellano Press ENTER to change it www lt ligh
91. unit operates in independent mode to the net Note The net functionality is not implement yet Important PIRENE generates SMPTE and MTC protocols in accordance with the 30 frames standard In short their resolution is 1 30 second USER CONTROL The user has option to inhibit any of the output signal and option to kwon their status In case of operate with SOURCE INNER also the user has options to control the time code generation These options are available in the F1 F6 keys and their associated LEDs From the first main page access to the other main pages pressing left right ARROWS Page 1 Connections Page 2 Status Page 3 F1 F6 functions gt Mtc Smpte CLOCK 15 00 15 23 VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 gt MIDI OUT SMPTE gt gt 15 00 15 23 gt SMPTE OUT gt gt 15 00 15 23 MIDIou Status Page The time code values for SMPTE and MTC outputs appear in the Page 2 dynamically The value of the time source its type and status also appear in this page and this time source has the next options Es CLOCK 15 00 15 23 The value of the real time clock for SOURCE CLOCK PLAY 15 00 15 23 The inner counter value for SOURCE INNER PLAY status AUTOP 15 00 15 23 The inner counter value for SOURCE INNER AUTO PLAY status PAUSE 15 00 15 23 The inner counter value for SOURCE INNER PAUSE status STOP 15 00 15 23 The inner counter value for SOURCE INNER STOP status The time code values for SMPTE and MTC o
92. uses 1 byte For our system lighting system only 2 types are implemented 01 when the command is for lighting equipments 7F when the command is for all connected equipments lighting sound video www lt light com PIRENE M 63 78 Example The next command is a command for all connected lighting equipments SYS EXC MSC FORMAT COMMAND F07F COMMAND This is the own command and it uses 1 byte Some commands can have a CUE associated Our system has the next basic commands Byte mmand Behavior value name 01 The GO external command permits to start a new crossfade it is the same that to press F2 GO Cue Optionally this command can have an associated CUE In this case the response will be as to press F3 SELECT memory selection ENTER F2 GO STOP The STOP external command permits to pause a crossfade in progress it is the same that to press FA PAUSE 03 RESUME The RESUME external command permits to reactivate a paused crossfade it is the same that to press F2 GO but only when the current crossfade is in PAUSE Nothing happens in other cases 05 LOAD The LOAD external command permits to select the next memory always has a associated CUE memory number and is the same that press Cue F3 SELECT memory selection ENTER ALL OFF The ALL OFF external command permits to deactivate the system output and it is similar to press F5 0UT1 RESTORE The RESTORE external command permits to activate the system output
93. utputs appear as SMPTE 15 00 15 23 MTC 15 00 15 23 Where gt gt indicates that the output is active in the previous example the SMPTE output and where indicates that the output is deactivated in the previous example the MTC output The format of these values is hh mm ss ff hour minute second and frame Control and check of the outputs in SOURCE CLOCK mode F5 F6 permit us to inhibit any of the outputs and their associated LEDs show us the status The correspondence between keys and outputs is showed in the Page 3 www lt light com 46 78 LL PIRENE gt Mtc Smpte VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 MIDIou F1 F4 have no function associated Their LEDs must be at off F5 activates deactivates the SMPTE output port Its LED shows the status of the signal F6 activates deactivates the MIDI OUT MTC port Its LED shows the status of the signal The LED of F5 and F6 e Off output is deactivated Press its key again to activate this output e Blinking The output is active and is transmitting data Control and check for SOURCE INNER mode F1 to F4 are functions to control the status of the time code generator only for SOURCE INNER The status of the time code generator affects directly to the SMPTE amp MTC outputs The correspondence between functions and key appears in Page 3 gt Mtc Smpte VF1 F2 VF3 F4 VF5 F6 PLAY AUTOP 5 PAUSE STOP MIDIou F1 is PLAY When the
94. y for DMX input e Blinking The input is activated and data is been received F5 activates deactivates the MIDIout port Its LED shows the MIDI OUT status F6 activates deactivates the OUTI port Its LED shows the OUTI status The LED of F5 and F6 e Off The output is deactivated Press its key again to activate this output e Blinking The output is active and is transmitting data The objective of these functions is mainly have an easy ports control www lt light com PIRENE 35 78 PIRENE as DMX lt gt RS232 CONVERTER The DMX lt gt RS232 converter permits us to convert a DMX signal to RS232 signal and at the same time a RS232 signal to DMX signal To configure PIRENE as DMX lt gt RS232 converter 1 Access to the menus list 2 Select PIRENE 3 Select and acceptDMX lt gt RS232 The available ports and connectors appear in the main page of the DMX lt gt RS232 converter Dmx lt gt Rs232 IN1 dmx gt RS232 out RS232 in gt OUT1 dmx The DMX input signal must be connected to INI The DMX channels are translated to RS232 signal and this signal is available in the RS232 connector TX pin The RS232 input signal must be connected to RS232 RX pin The RS232 channels are translated to DMX channels and this signal is available in the OUTI connector THRUI output port always has a copy of the signal of INI THRUI is used to link other DMX units to the INI input line No oth

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