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Vista User Guide, Version 1.11a

1. 0 2s Y Bi 8 10s 1 a Summarise Features xj Hie y y o o e 10 fixtures 4 fixtures SLT NEE no Removing Markers To remove one or more markers from the timeline select the step that contains them then choose the Remove markers option from the Tools menu also available by right clicking in the timeline Converting Markers to Steps Markers created in an empty step can be converted to steps This feature is useful if you want to listen to an audio track and set up step markers corresponding to particular moments in the track To do this 1 Open a new clip and either insert an audio track or set the end of step marker to the duration or a little longer of the audio track 2 Play the clip and simultaneously start the audio if it s not in the clip 3 Press Alt M on the keyboard whenever you want to insert a marker 4 When you ve finished placing markers select the markers to steps option on the Tools menu Vista converts all markers to steps and renumbers the steps Learn timing You can programme a Clip then use the learn timing window to adjust the index points automatically based on your actions This is useful if you want to fine tune step timing to an audio or video track To use Learn timing 1 Open the Clip you want to use Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 83 Learn timing Working with clips 2 Select the Learn timing optio
2. 63 Pair Sweeps 5 AMEER Green End 25 Step Inve j RED 25 5Tep 1 Y9WWWY To expand a Playback move the cursor to the right side of the label area When the pointer changes to a split bar click and drag to the right You can expand a Playback before or after a Clip has been assigned but you can only expand into an area that is not occupied by another component Configuring the playback buttons and faders Normal split and expanded playbacks have their buttons and faders set up with the default configuration To see how the buttons and faders are configured press the Help key on T series consoles or the F1 key on a PC Vista displays the button and fader functions on the LCDs and in the Console window wy Clip Actions SEN EnA EE saeth Pagel I Buton D 2 E Button i T E Button Navy Fader Button Button Fader Button Button Button Button Button Button You can assign different actions to these buttons and faders to suit your requirements or playback style To assign an action 1 Click the Console button to display the Console screen 2 Click on the Clip Actions heading in the left hand pane Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware Configuring the console for Playback 3 Click on the required button or fader action and drag it on top of the button or fader you want to use for that function Some buttons and faders must be used togethe
3. All Fixtures Of This Type Selected Fixtures In Selection Order In Existing Order OK Cancel In the Starting From field enter the new ID number If you are re numbering multiple fixtures Vista assigns this number to the first fixture in the sequence If you want the change to apply to all the fixtures of this type in the current universe instead of just the fixtures you selected click the All Fixtures of this type button If you want to renumber the fixtures in the order in which you selected them choose the In Selection order button this can be useful if you want to match the fixture numbers to a specific design layout Click OK to renumber the fixtures Adding fixtures with the same ID Often with fixtures such as dimmers you need to multi patch or add extra copies of the same fixture at different DMX addresses To do this 1 16 In the Patch window select the fixture you want to add to Choose the Multiple patch option from the Edit menu this command is also available from the pen pop up menu Vista displays the Multi patch window Al Multi Patch Enter number of additional locations to patch new patch parts will appear in fixture pool z Enter the number of extra locations to patch Vista creates the extra fixtures in the Fixture pool with the same ID as the original Drag the extra fixtures to the required DMX channel Vista User Guide Version 1 11a P
4. Contents Welcome EO the WIS UG iccutass funaclied ciate bid a a a a oere 1 Wh hatis different about the Vista ois ccos crcaccoveseisueanteateane taeteseutacareetedcencssuauadiatgnaube meena eceusesenauss 1 What things are the same as On other CONSOIES ceccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeseaaeeeeseeeeeesaneeees 1 ADOUL ING generc Tixture Mode lescriussisni nede E teen attetadss 1 Need More information srrnreciiredan eiorinn ee OE AEE E E 2 GEInNg Started oaee EE N O E E 3 SEWN UDNE CONSO usa T ede ee eae ah a de el 3 1 1 Gall OT aA Oc nema senate MRE E ernie teterts Manet E AANE A et Pere Sone emt eee 3 Creating and IOAGING SHOWS esiesecnsesecesuiapaccbenenncwsincatibuautenssseuuedatantedaceeesstacduskennteshGesnedsewetnemaess 5 Paeening VOUT TIO ceresna E a N O R 8 Adding fixtures to the patch oriveckiiesctudceecocSaeredatabae cans senlecRrdcisuvdebebdelBsceesaadoaadesedaunedyieeseeddeeteneaete 9 CnangiNgUNIVErS E Souri aa a a a a tetas 14 Re arranging fixtures on the patch Pane ll cccccsscccseeeceeeeceseeeceeeeceueeseaeesseeeesseeesseeessaeeess 14 Weal XUE YPE Saruna i a E G E E 17 SEWN XU POPE CS eane EEE ESR NEE EREE 19 GOnTONNO TNE TTI OS a tsetse a E OA 21 Viewing the patch in different WAYS fees srccd secowadasast ceucendvacchins ork svectesecheaswiesseleaadeesadedasaceivetensxs 22 GIOMIP GIANG S ancestor nan cede ssi E N a 24 Configuring external Ethernet amp USB to DMX interfaces cccccess
5. The settings you ve applied to these fixtures on the palettes e g intensity colour and position control the fixtures themselves The timeline simply tells those fixtures to accept those commands and the event bar represents the length of time it will take those fixtures to get to the desired state Once the fixtures get to that state they will stay like that until they receive another command telling them to do something else e g switch off Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips About the timeline In short by placing the event bars where you want them on the timeline you re giving commands to those fixtures that tell them how long a parameter will take to fade in The parameter is determined by the palettes the timeline only controls when the fade starts and ends Using the summary views You can view the details of the fixtures in the clip in several ways e summarised by feature i e intensity position and colour e summarised by fixture type e all events e filtered events Intensity Position Colour etc You choose these views from the Summary View drop down menu in the top left corner of the screen You can also switch between the minimised maximized setting of each summary view using the and buttons beside the drop down menu Summary by feature This view shows a set of fixtures by their three attributes EE lt T cip ER Futures Sep Took View al f ale eje sj Fis
6. If the front panel requires cleaning wipe with a mild detergent on a damp soft cloth The CD drive mechanism battery in the T4 T2 console only is mechanical and should always be treated with care Never allow the entry of fluids into the slot DO NOT spray liquids onto the front panel DO NOT use solvents for cleaning the front panel Warning Do not allow the entry of liquids of any sort into the console chassis The T4 T2 CPU tray should be periodically cleaned to ensure dust does not build up near the fans Battery replacement The Vista T4 T2 console has an internal battery that is used to maintain system BIOS settings The battery should last approximately 5 years from the date the battery was made If the console reports BIOS check errors please return the console to an authorised agent for battery replacement 192 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 6 Technical information Installation Installation Vista consoles and control surfaces must be installed in a location that allows adequate ventilation around the rear of the product There must be at least 150mm of free space around the rear and sides of the console when in use Failure to allow adequate ventilation may result in premature shutdown of the console An external UPS may be connected if mains blackouts are anticipated T4 T2 Shut down Always use the correct procedure to shut the console down Select Shutdown from the console menu
7. Monitoring what Is going on When you click the Screens button on the toolbar and select the Output option Vista displays the Output window in icon view aj Ef eae e oat im es eure J ii B BEBEBBEEBEEEEEE mm E IEE ia Em ES ES ES a2 zs Ue FECWOUBTEEeecnee La POO OE DUES NANO sr esc hia Oona m HOE telefe You use this screen to display the state of fixtures that are active that is fixtures that have one or more parameters that are being controlled by the playbacks The window is split vertically with multi parameter fixtures displayed in the top pane and conventional fixtures i e dimmers only being shown in the lower pane Tip To close the Output window click the small X box in the top right corner of the screen s title bar You can also resize this window by clicking on the bottom right corner and dragging to a suitable size If you have external monitors attached you can move the Output window to one of the by clicking on the title bar blue area and dragging Use the touchpad to move the cursor to the external screens Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 147 Using the Output window Monitoring what is going on The Output window includes a drop down menu that displays the Output information by icon text or source The Output window set to Text view is shown below The text view shows the actual values of the
8. Importing and exporting patch information To save time you can import and export patch information from comma separated value csv files Exporting the patch To export a patch to a csv file choose the Export Patch option from the edit menu Vista displays the Save As window so you can name the file and choose a directory for it Importing the patch You can also import a csv file containing your patch information The easiest way to do this is to create a spreadsheet laid out as follows and save it as a csv file using the Save as function Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Configuring external Ethernet amp USB to DMX interfaces ID Univ Adrs_ Fixture Type Fixture Name 1 1 1 Vari lite_2000E Wash Vari lite_2000E Wash 1 2 1 16 Vari lite_2000E Wash Vari lite_2000E Wash 2 3 1 31 Vari lite_2000E Wash Vari lite_2000E Wash 3 13 1 401 GenericDimmer GenericDimmer 1 T9 1332 GenericDimmer GenericDimmer 1 14 1 402 GenericDimmer GenericDimmer 2 15 1 403 GenericDimmer GenericDimmer 3 25 21 VL5 Mode3 VL5 Mode3 1 26 2 11 3 2 VL5 Mode3 VL5 Mode3 2 39 O2 Not Sure In this example the spreadsheet has a header row which is optional but shown here for explanation The columns are laid out like this e anID 1 which determines the fixture s unique ID e a Universe DMX address number 1 1 that sets the Universe and DMX start address for this fixture e a Fixture Type lt Vari lite_2000E Wash gt th
9. One touch mode j2 2 10 50 The Components Window does this If this check box is ticked the numeric keypad changes mode This mode is useful for quickly activating different presets in different times Each time you press a number it replaces the previous value This way you can press 5 then a preset to activate it over 5 secs Then 2 followed by another preset to activate it over 2 secs and so on Two new buttons 10 and 50 are enabled in this mode Designed for use in one touch mode Halves the time i e 1 2 gives a 0 5 second fade time Designed for use in one touch mode Doubles the time i e 6 2 gives a 12 second fade time Designed for use in one touch mode Adds 10 secs to the time i e 1 10 10gives an 21 second fade time Designed for use in one touch mode Adds 50 secs to the time i e 1 50 gives an 51 second fade time Changing the Components window Mode The Components window has two modes In apply mode clicking on a component will activate it In Edit Organise mode clicking will only select the component you can then select an option such as rename delete etc To change mode click on either the Edit Organise or Apply button Components window tools At the bottom of Components window on the left hand there are 7 button that act on the component you select This button New Edit Activate Update Rename Delete Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Cre
10. This is one of the fundamental SmartFX controls and affects how much each fixture overlaps the next when executing the effect e Overlap 0 Each fixture executes the effect sequentially e Overlap 100 Each fixture executes the effect simultaneously This control works in conjunction with Spread to achieve synchronized chases amp wave effects see below SmartFX dynamically calculate a waveform offset value for each fixture depending upon this control e Spread 0 all fixtures have a uniform offset e Spread 100 each fixture has a unique offset ranging from 0 to 100 e Normally this control would be left at 100 if the Overlap control is anything except 100 otherwise there will be periods where all fixtures will appear to be at rest See below for a simple SmartFX tutorial using Overlap amp Spread 103 Using effects 104 This option Blocking Rate Multiplier Working with clips does this This control affects how the set of fixtures is grouped together Normally this would be left at 1 to indicate that each fixture is calculated individually This control either represents a fixed number of fixtures that are ganged together or it represents a proportion of the total fixtures for the block size For example e when set to 2 pairs of fixtures are ganged together whatever the total number of fixtures used e when set to 25 the total number of fixtures is divide
11. ra im 1 E j 1 EZ Ti i 5 ma Maf T Er A ee l Ta T ea a i i il i i F 2 SS es E Waters Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Adding fixtures to the patch This is where you set up all the fixtures in your rig You tell the Vista which DMxX channels each fixture is assigned to and in which universe and can set a range of parameters to control how each fixture operates Adding fixtures to the patch The Fixture Type box in the top left corner of the screen gives you a few ways to add fixtures to the patch You can e choose a fixture from the All fixtures list which lists them in alphabetical order e choose a fixture from the By manufacturer list which lists them by manufacturer and then in alphabetical order e choose a fixture from the Pre release list which includes fixtures that have recently been added to the Vista library but that are not fully tested Be sure to check that any fixture you use from this list performs as required before you use it on a show e choose a fixture from the Recent list which lists the last 10 fixtures types that you ve patched Choosing a fixture from the complete list To add a fixture from the complete list click the symbol beside All fixtures in the Fixture Type box Vista displays the complete list of fixtures available Fixture q ype IG Mac250 Modes IG Mac200 Mode 1G Maca00 Modet i a
12. Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Using the touchpad Like all pointing devices the touchpad may take a short time to get used to However you will soon find that using this device is natural and intuitive Simply glide your finger across the surface of the pad to move the cursor and tap your finger to click It s easy Click To click lightly and quickly tap the surface of the pad once Or press the left button once To double click double tap on the pad or click the left button twice oh ONCE OR TWICE T Remember the touchpad responds best to a very firm crisp tap Right Click To right click for submenus tap the tap zone in the upper right corner of the touchpad or click the right button once Drag To drag draw or highlight double tap rapidly and hold your finger down on the second tap then glide to move You may also hold the left button as you glide your finger lt TAP AND DRAG Glide Extend To drag further than the pad surface lift and reposition your finger after reaching the textured edge GlideExtend will virtually eliminate the edge of the pad while you drag In other words if you are dragging an item and you hit the textured edge GlideExtend will hold the drag for three seconds while you reposition to complete the drag To shut off GlideExtend earlier than three seconds simply tap or click a button Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 183 Working with the grip pen Appendix
13. Click and drag on the attribute window or roll any of the encoder sets on the console to fan the selected fixtures Creating presets 50 Presets are the building blocks that you use to create clips They represent common sets of attributes that you know you re going to want to use over and over again such as a particular position e g on the drummer You use the Components button on each of the palettes to create preset values for the main fixture attributes of intensity position colour gobo and beam This is a useful way to create pre defined values that you can assign quickly to any number of fixtures without having to adjust the settings individually for each one Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Creating presets To create a preset 1 Set the values on the palette the way you want them 2 Click the component button on that palette al Vista displays the Components window 3 You re recording either a single value or the same value for all active fixtures Do you want to record the preset against all fixtures all fixtures of the active types or just the active fixtures m Select Record Action Affected Items Q All Fixtures ll fixtures of active types 9 Only active fixtures _ Exclude unselected fixtures 4 Enter a name for the preset in the Name box 5 Use the filter bar as described below to select or deselect the features you want t
14. Maximize Windows Sticky Windows Strike macro minimum interval Serial port disabled This option does this Enable Pen tip button Switches on or off the button on the pen that n a in PC version you use to display the right click pop up menu Auto save interval Sets the number of seconds that will pass between each automatic save of your current show For instance if you set this to 60 Vista will do an auto save every sixty seconds If you set this to zero Vista does not do automatic saves Auto save prompt Sets whether or not Vista displays a prompt asking you if you want to do an automatic save If this is off Vista automatically saves in the background at the interval specified in the Auto save interval field Audio Volume Sets the Audio output level n a in PC version Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting preferences This option Maximise windows Sticky windows Strike Macro Minimum interval Release all on page change Serial Port Screensaver wait time n a on PC version Vista User Guide Version 1 11a User preferences does this Sets the behaviour of the overlay windows Output DMX etc With maximise set to on the windows open full screen Sets the behaviour of the buttons located above the tablet when they are used to open the Components DMX and Output windows If Off you have to hold the down to keep the window open if Or the bu
15. Skip Fwd Skip Back Jump Go split Jump p back Select Edit Release Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 123 Playbacks with faders Using the console hardware Playbacks with faders These controls are designed to be used when you need to be able to control the intensity of a clip during playback They consist of e aSelect button normally used to select the playback e adisplay used to display the name of the clip or other component that s being controlled e aGo button normally used to play the the clip or other component e a fader used to control the intensity of a clip e a flash button normally used to momentarily flash the intensity of a clip to full Playbacks without faders These controls are designed for simple control of a clip or other component They consist of e aChoose button normally used to select the playback e adisplay used to display the name of the clip or other component that s being controlled e aGo button normally used to play the clip or other component Page controls Each playback module consists of 5 playbacks Clips and other components can be assigned to these controls as pages To change pages e press the Page Up button to advance to the next page number e press the Page Down button to go back to the previous page number 124 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware The Super Playbacks controls The Super Playbacks controls These cont
16. and press a max or min button it will toggle on for 2 seconds When working on a PC this allows you to then press the associated button to set a mid value Assigning fixtures to groups If you have a big rig the last thing you want to do is manipulate dozens of individual fixtures To make it easy to control all the fixtures in your rig you can assign them to groups A group can consist of any number of any type of fixtures it s entirely up to you what you put in a group Some typical groups might be all the fixtures of one type all the fixtures on the back truss or all the fixtures you re using on one particular part of the stage Creating groups When you are first creating groups it s easier to be in a layout that shows the Groups panel at the bottom of the screen If you re seeing the Quick Picker instead of the Groups panel at the bottom of the screen right click in the Fixture pane and select Layout Properties then in the Fixture Layouts window select the Groups option for the bottom view To create a group 1 Select the fixtures you want in the group EREIZ aS a on o E eS en 5 as a von vised vane vane venir woes said BASEL UUUUOSSSOSOSOSOS SR ias 10 paw Sei Delete 2 Click the Add Group button on the left hand side of the Group panel S Vista opens the Create New Group window Create new Group Name Rie ox Cancel _ Cancel Vista User
17. 01 2007 4 t1 4 a extracts vst VST File 29 11 2006 TWTW TW lt gt 6 folders and 29 files with 1873238 bytes Host Status Files can now be transferred to and from the Vista by dragging them between the Vista remote site window and the PC local site window Tip If the console is not booting properly it maybe possible to copy files using this method Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 177 VNC password Appendix 3 Using VNC on T series consoles Appendix 3 Using VNC on T series consoles VNC password The default password for VNC connections is password You can change this in the Network tab of the User preferences window For details see Network preferences on page 156 Starting VNC To start the VNC server on a Vista T4 or T2 1 Restart the console while holding down the first two function buttons above the tablet LCD 2 Vista will automatically start the VNC server From V1 10 there is no confirmation required 3 Vista is now running the VNC server Connecting to Vista using your Windows PC The following procedure is for the VNC Viewer application from Real VNC http www realvnc com download html Other VNC clients for windows work in a similar way 1 Check that the Vista and your PC are on the same subnet LE if the Vista s IP is 192 168 0 68 your PC should be 192 168 0 xxx where xxx is 1 254 but not 68 2 Start the VNC client 178 Vista User
18. 11a Working with clips Working with steps Modify Steps Specify new name duration and or step action to be applied to the selected steps Any fields left blank will be unchanged Name ee Duration Action s OI e In the Start time field enter the time at which you want the step to start You can enter times in hours minutes and seconds or as decimal units If you are using Timecode the start time can be entered as hours minutes seconds and frames Use a semi colon between units I E to enter 1 second and 12 frames 0 0 1 12 Select the action for steps that will become shorter if the changes are not rippled forward This option does this Retain timing If a step is made shorter events in the step are not changed Events may then be longer than the step i e span the next step Truncate events If a step is made shorter events in the step are shortened if necessary to fit into the step Keep scale If a step is made shorter all events are scaled accordingly Tick the Ripple forward box if you want the changes to flow through to following steps When the box is ticked if a step is made longer all steps to the right of it will be moved accordingly Click OK to complete the changes Moving and copying steps to another Clip Often you ll have an effect in one of more steps of a clip that you d like to use in another clip You can do this using the navigator pane step list view To switc
19. 175 Hl Path Port Cast Software Ltd User Pret 2 0 som on eS a fm fe Connected Universes Internal DM 51l2 OF Vista Internal DMasli2 OF Vista Internal DMasl2 OF Vista Internal DMaSli2 OF Tip L ArtMet Broadcasting You use this screen to connect external Ethernet DMX interface boxes see Configuring external Ethernet DMX interfaces Page 25 for details If you aren t using any external DMX boxes you don t need to adjust any of these settings just click Close to display the Patch screen You can also display the Connect Universes screen at any time while on the Patch screen by pressing the Connect Universes button on the toolbar at the top of the screen When you close the Universe Setup screen Vista displays the Patch screen x View Edt Contre OS Prevou Phea PHa i Connect Urivene cy x ke o p Deve z Universe W fierten 2 ferrea A Mrenea d Linnerese 5 Lineverse E Uneverse 7 Unmerse E1 a4 a oS 1 i oa gE ae Ba Bas i Bs ss i 7 J 7 j i i j i j i j q q 7 ooo oS ol le et el el el el To mee la pi 3 ier we 7 r m a E E T 1 oe 7 a 7a oS e g m 7 Mi Sie Be af a 1 j i Ee 7i r 4 A n g T Sanl 4 H es fe 3 Be lt eeePrebEEEPEPBREEREE rreBbERE 7 EE Eare ESET ES papou ETE ES p TEA Ba Ei BE is ti sr as EBs i Eni a T E s r j 3 1 i i By oo gt t 7 7E pE E EF
20. 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Scroll To scroll place your finger down the right edge of the touchpad and glide up or down This feature requires third party software on Macintosh systems see Macintosh advanced features section for USB version of Easy Cat Working with the grip pen Tip This information is kindly provided by Wacom the pen tablet manufacturer As you work with the pen tablet you can rest your hand lightly on the display screen just as if it were a drawing board or sheet of paper Hold the Grip Pen as you would a pencil Make sure the side switch is in a convenient location where you can press it with your thumb or forefinger but won t accidentally press it while drawing Eraser 4 DuoSwitch side switch 3 switch am Tin The Grip Pen should never be stored in a container where it will rest on its tip or eraser When the pen is not in use place your pen in the pen holder or lay it flat on your desk Tip switch Pen Tip 184 The pen is activated as soon as it enters proximity about 5 mm 0 2 in above the Interactive Pen Display screen This allows you to position the screen cursor or use the DuoSwitch without touching the pen tip to the display screen When pressure is applied to the pen tip the tip switch is turned on and the pen simulates a mouse button click Eraser To use the eraser hold the Grip Pen upside down When the eraser is within proximity of the active area the ta
21. Clip Go button on the console or click the Go button in the window 6 Continue to press the Go button again whenever you want the next step to start Vista displays the learned start times at the bottom of the window 84 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Inserting a Mark step 7 Ifthe new step times are correct click OK Vista adjusts the step markers Tip You can also add a marker at the playhead position using the keyboard shortcut Alt M Inserting a Mark step Sometimes you will want fixtures to move to a position change to a colour add a gobo or get set up in some other way while their intensities are at zero You could do this by programming the necessary events but you can also do it quickly using the Insert Mark Step option on the Tools menu in the Programmer window When you create Mark step events your original programming is not altered in any way Instead special events are created that duplicate the programmed events Because of this if you change the original programming the associated mark events are automatically updated to match Tip If you delete an event that has an associated mark event the mark event is not automatically deleted Instead it becomes associated with the next event of that type To use this option switch to the Summarise by Fixture view select the fixtures you want to mark and choose the Insert Mark Step option Vista displays this screen y M
22. Contents iV Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Welcome to the Vista What is different about the Vista Welcome to the Vista Welcome to the User Guide for the Jands Vista lighting console This guide is intended to give you the information you need to get your Vista up and running as quickly as possible Note that this guide will be regularly updated as enhancements are made to the Vista A current version of the manual is available at www jandsvista com What is different about the Vista You ll have noticed that the Vista is a bit different to most other consoles you ve used Instead of a keypad it uses a pen instead of relying on you entering hundreds of key combinations the Vista lets you do everything visually instead of representing your show as numbers the Vista represents it as events happening over time If you ve seen any of the digital editing software packages for sound and video that are available these days the most different aspect of the Vista the timeline will be instantly familiar to you If not don t worry once you start using it you ll pick it up very quickly The Vista is different but that s what makes it so much easier to use Once you ve read this guide you ll have enough of an idea of how this console works to create your first lightshow What things are the same as on other consoles Apart from the pen and the timeline concept the Vista contains all the basic elements of live lighting tha
23. Fixture Type box If you want to assign a specific set of unique ID numbers to this group of fixtures click in the Number from field and set the unique ID number e g lt 20 gt you want for the first fixture in the group If you don t set this Vista assigns the next valid number Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Adding fixtures to the patch Adding fixtures to the patch Patching your rig 5 Inthe Copies field enter the number of instances of this type of fixture you want to add 6 Click the Treat as a single fixture checkbox if you want all copies to be patched as one fixture Use this option for example when patching multiple dimmers as a single fixture 7 Inthe DMX Universe field Vista automatically displays the number of the currently selected universe If you want to add these fixtures to another universe enter the universe number 8 Inthe DMX Start address field set the number of the DMX channel where you want this group of fixtures to start If you ve already added any fixtures to this universe Vista displays the next channel number in sequence 9 Inthe Spacing field Vista displays the number of channels each instance of the fixture you ve selected will take up If you want to leave empty channels between each fixture you can increase this number For example if a fixture normally uses twelve channels and you increase this number to 14 Vista leaves a gap of two channels between each fixture in the gro
24. General Specifications T4 T2 S3 Ingress IP20 protection Maximum 40C Ambient Temperature Cooling Three speed controlled Fans Convection CPU 2 8GHz 533MHz Pentium 4 A8MHz ARM7 RAM 512Mbyte expandable to 228 kB 1024Mbyte Hard Drive 40GB ATA100 shock N A mounted Internal Tablet Wacom PL550 graphics tablet N A 1024x768 pixels External Two x 1024x768 pixel each N A monitors SMPTE input 0 1Vpp min 1 2Vpp max 1 30 10X normal Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 193 General Specifications Appendix 6 Technical information Inputs amp Outputs Description Pin Outs DMX 512 1 4 5 pin Female AXR Ethernet RJ 45 100BaseT SMPTE 3 pin Female AXR Audio MIDI In 5 pin Female DIN MIDI 5 pin Female DIN Thru Out COM RS232 9 pin D 9 Trigger In 6 5mm Jack Socket Tip Sleeve Trigger Out 6 5mm Jack Socket Tip Sleeve Pr OET T T Function Shield Data Data Data DMX 4 only Data DMX 4 only Transmit Transmit Receive Unused Unused Receive Unused Unused Shield LTC LTC NC Shield NC RX RXD NC Shield NC TX TXD DCD RXD TXD DTR Gnd DSR RTS CTS RI Trigger In Ground Trigger Out Ground 194 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 6 Technical information General Specifications Description Function Video 1 15 pin High Video 2 Density D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 USB Type A 1 Audio Mic 3 5mm Jack socke
25. Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 3 Using VNC on T series consoles Connecting to Vista using your Mac 3 Inthe Connections Details window click the Options button then the Misc tab VNC Viewer Options X Colour amp Encoding Inputs Misc Load Save Shared connection do not disconnect other viewers Full screen mode Render cursor locally V Allow dynamic desktop resizing Only use protocol version 3 3 Beep when requested to by the server Offer to automatically reconnect 4 Tick the box marked Shared Connection do not disconnect other viewers Click OK to close the options window 5 Inthe Connections Details window enter the Vista IP i e 192 168 0 65 6 Click OK to open the login window 7 Enter your password and click OK leave the username blank You should now be able to control the Vista Connecting to Vista using your Mac The following procedure is for the Mac VNCViewer v2 01 http homepage mac com kedoin VNC VNCViewer index html Other VNC clients work in a similar way 1 Check that the Vista and your Mac are on the same subnet LE if the Vista s IP is 192 168 0 68 your PC should be 192 168 0 xxx where xxx is 1 254 but not 68 2 Start the VNC client Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 179 Connecting to Vista using your Mac Appendix 3 Using VNC on T series consoles 3 Inthe Open Display window tick the box marked Allow shared deskto
26. Guide Version 1 11a 49 Fanning Setting up your fixtures 3 Type a name for the Group and click OK or press Enter If you don t want to name the Group right away you can accept the suggested name and rename it later There are two mode buttons on the left side of the Group pane In Apply mode when you click this group icon Vista automatically selects all the fixtures in it You can then assign attributes to all the fixtures in that group using the palettes You use the Edit mode when organizing groups as described below You can create as many groups as you want and you can also create any number of groups of groups Organising groups Fanning At the top of the Group panel there is a tab called All Groups that contains all the groups you have created To add another tab right click in the area to the right of the existing tab and choose the Add tab option This creates a new tab along the top of the Group panel To rename the tab click on it and enter a title In Edit mode you can drag and drop groups from the All groups tab to other tabs so you can arrange your groups in a meaningful way You can also drag groups into different columns or positions To fan a selection of fixtures 1 Select the fixtures in the Programmer Fixture window 2 Select the palette whose attribute you want to fan e g colour position 3 Hold down the yellow modifier button on the console Ctrl key on the PC version 4
27. Home gt ga Park 164 Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference does this Displays the Renumber window so you can change a fixture s ID number or set the starting number of a group of selected fixtures Displays the Multiple patch window for adding fixtures with the same ID Displays the Export patch window Displays the Import patch window does this Strikes the selected fixtures Douses the selected fixtures Resets the selected fixtures to their default settings Sends the selected fixtures to their home position Parks the selected fixtures so they won t move from their current position Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference Programmer screen menus Programmer screen menus Clip Live menu Live New blank Clip Export to new Clip Ce Open Clip Ce Open Clip blind Ryl Clear Clear selected fixtures Ctrl Del Close all clips Update Relocate tracks Store Live CtrltReturn a Store Clip Store Clip As Ctrl 5 Ctrl Shifk 5 Store All Close Programmer This option New blank clip Export to new clip from Live tab only Open Clip Open Clip Blind Close Close all clips Clear Live only Clear selected fixtures Update Relocate tracks Store Live Shift Enter Store Clip Store Clip As Ctrl Shift S Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Creates a new clip opening the timeline window Ex
28. Miniblac Wash 2 MP YOO Zoom O Sims 3 Choose the type of fixture you want from the list Note that you can type the first letter of the fixture s name on the keyboard to jump to that place in the list e g pressing the letter A takes you to the Acrobat 250 FE at the top of the list 18 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Setting fixture properties Deleting fixtures You can delete fixtures from the patch panel at any time To do this select the fixtures you want to delete and either press the Delete key or choose Edit Delete Setting fixture properties Once you ve added the fixtures to the patch panel and placed them where you want them you can set a number of properties for each fixture using the Properties box To view and set the properties for one or more fixtures use the pen to select the fixtures you want on the patch panel Vista displays the details of those fixtures in the Properties box Patch Properties Fixture Name Var lite_2000 Spot 1 Intensity Preheat fo Ea Limit 100 Orientation _ Invert Pan _ Invert Tilt _ Swap Pan Tilt Advanced Channels Tip If you select multiple types of fixture Vista displays the details of the first type you selected If the Patch box is currently displayed press the Properties tab to display the Properties box This box has four sections that show you various properties of the fixtures you ve selecte
29. Patch screen This icon D A Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Toolbars does this Decreases the magnification level of the timeline window increasing the number of steps visible and decreasing the level of detail Opens the autozoom sub menu so you can set the timeline to automatically zoom to either Whole step fits the step in the window or Active part of step shows all events in the step but excludes blank space at the start or end Turns on the snap function so that events will automatically snap to the timeline grid Displays the Grid interval window so you can define the width of the timeline grid in milliseconds Sets the start point zero seconds of the timeline to either the start of the selected step selected clip or to the cursor point Shows or hides the Audio bar on the timeline To move the audio bar along the timeline hold the yellow modifier Ctrl while dragging it does this Ignites the lamp s in the selected fixture s Switches the lamp s in the selected fixtures off Resets the selected fixtures to their factory default settings This is useful if a fixture has a control problem and you need to get it back to normal Puts the fixture back to its home position 171 Toolbars Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference This icon does this p Parks the fixture permanently in whatever setting it s currently in This is useful for providing permanent
30. S series consoles backup options will depend on the computer being used T Series To copy shows onto CD or an external storage device 1 Puta blank CD into the CD drive or connect the device to the USB port 2 Choose the Export option from the Show menu 3 Choose either the CD or USB option from the pop up menu to display the Save As window 4 Name the file choose a directory on the CD or storage device and hit the Save button S Series To copy shows onto CD or an external storage device 1 Choose the Export option from the Show menu 2 Select the show file to copy Vista automatically selects the show you are working on 3 Name the file choose a directory on the computer or storage device and hit the Save button 4 If your computer includes a CD burner and software you can burn this file to a CD Deleting shows To delete a show choose the Load option from the Vista menu then right click on the show name and choose Delete from the popup menu Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 7 Creating and loading shows Patching your rig Patching your rig Once you ve got everything connected to the console you can patch all the fixtures the way you want them using Patch screen When you click the Patch button on the toolbar for the first time Vista displays the Connect Universes screen Connect Universes casa EERRRRHHI Universes ae H m Capture v2 Lew Light 182 166 0
31. Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 3 Switching on Getting started Once it finishes loading the program Vista displays the main screen Cre De ee ed oe E This screen is a blank canvas waiting for you to create a new show To get started you use the buttons on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen This button VISTA Patch Console Pro grammer Playback Control Components Screens DMX Output does this displays the Vista menu where you can load and save shows set user preferences import and export shows and close down or restart the console displays the Patch window so you can configure your DMX settings displays the Console hardware simulation window displays the Programmer window in either Live or Clip edit mode The two icons select the programmer mode as follows displays the Programmer Timeline view which is only available if you re editing a clip If you re in Live mode click the Store button or choose Save from the File menu to enable this mode displays the Fixtures window so you can set up your lights and make selections for Live control or Programming When you have one or more clips running this button displays the Playback control window so you can see them all at a glance You can also use this window to control playback Once you ve saved some Groups Presets clips etc this button displays the Components window where you can select modify duplicate and or
32. Wac 00 Gobo Scroll Mode Bree y Mac5SO0 Gobo Scroll Mode4 ree bd Scroll down the list until you find the fixture you want Choosing a fixture by manufacturer If you click By manufacturer instead Vista displays the list of manufacturers 1 Click the symbol beside the name of the manufacturer you want to display the list of fixtures they offer 2 Scroll down the list until you find the fixture you want Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 9 Adding fixtures to the patch Patching your rig 10 Adding the fixture to the patch panel Once you ve selected the fixture you want there are three ways to add it to the patch panel e you can drag and drop one fixture at a time onto a specific DMX location on the panel or e you can use the Patch tab to place multiple copes of the fixture onto the patch panel or e you can use the on screen keypad to place multiple copes of the fixture onto the patch panel Dragging and dropping individual fixtures To patch fixtures one at a time just click on the name of the fixture in the Fixture type box and drag the fixture over to the spot on the patch panel where you want it When you drop the fixture Vista fills the required number of DMX channels with that fixture s details This example shows a Martin Mac550 fixture that uses 21 DMX channels dropped onto channel 164 I view Edit Control ELE P Next v Highlight A ia T A P Table
33. Whole Fixtures does this Click this checkbox to undo any changes in the following step Not available if storing to the last step Select this button to only store information coming from the programmer Select this button to store just the changes that have been made in the programmer Select this button to store all information from both the programmer and any active playbacks Select this button to store all parameters even if they have not been modified in the programmer 8 Select the Clear stored data checkbox if you want to clear any stored information from the Live programmer Store or Store amp Edit When you are ready to store there are two options You can either e click Store to save changes to the Clip e click Store amp Edit to save changes to the Clip and switch to the timeline view of that clip to make further changes The Clip will be set to Free mode and the playhead will be at 0 Tick the Lock options checkbox to remember the settings in the Fixture and Options section Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Working with steps Tip When merging information from the Store Live dialogue Vista uses the step active region the time from the start of the first event in the step to the end of the last event as the default time Working with steps Events on the timeline are contained within a step and each clip can have any number of steps The steps o
34. afo Grats Uarach Tam biok L gt Y LDR Oa fg CO JES Se G S a a Caran we Oe 1 d ila cal st a Lf n amme teams fo PPS Pr Pe w iti aa IEEE pa e S Fie TO MO E pA ETI J SS ki 2 Hat 3 fe eK A e ee gt an aes ry 3 Cn e Jel mea ao S Lro j Ti s sj s sim s Co ooo os Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 59 About the timeline Working with clips By default the view shows each bar minimised To expand each attribute and see the details click the symbol beside the attribute name e g colour Vista displays the details of that attribute HZY HES 42 Y Ful A HS HGS Sao W Pul A HS Ve MGS SoM Pu a PHEW HES 5383 V Ful A Summary by fixture type The fixture type view shows the same information but sorted by fixture rather than attribute eta 60 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips About the timeline All Events The All Events view shows all the details of each fixture Live Cl 1 BB a i Al Ewerds i This view is useful when you want to know exactly what you have in your clip but it shows so much information that you will usually have to use the scroll bar on the right hand side of the window to view it all Filtering the All Events view As well as displaying All Events you can also choose to filter out different classes of information on the t
35. attributes 160 fade path setting 71 Fade in time 160 fanning 50 favourites adding fixtures to 14 feature summarise by 59 filters choosing 61 creating custom filters 62 deleting 62 Fixture 19 Fixture Id 19 fixture library changing 162 Fixture Name 19 Fixture Type 19 fixtures adding to groups 49 adding to the patch panel 10 arranging fixtures in a layout 30 checking that your fixtures are working 36 choosing 9 choosing by manufacturer 9 cloning 24 controlling 21 defining favourites 14 deleting 19 dousing 22 Fixtures screen 29 hiding and unhiding fixtures 32 import patch from CSV 24 parking 22 patching 9 properties 19 putting into the pool 17 198 rearranging on the patch panel 14 renaming 15 renumbering 16 resetting 22 selecting 150 selecting subsets 109 sending to home 22 setting up your fixtures 29 short names 15 sorting 109 111 striking 22 summarise by 60 swapping 18 swapping types 17 with same ID 16 Flash level 160 focus 42 fonts changing 120 framing 45 Free 31 frost 42 FTP connecting via 176 function keys assigning 121 G eanging 110 clips to synchronise playback 114 gels manufacturer 40 general tab 135 generic fixture model 1 Go on fader up 160 gobo 43 dual 44 setting 42 grabbing clips 92 Grid 32 grouping groups 50 53 146 groups adding fixtures to 49 creating 49 53 grouping 50 53 14
36. being recorded and which are not You can click on any of the icons to either include it or exclude it Excluded parameters are greyed and have a cross though the icon For more information about presets and filters see Creating presets on Page 50 If you are applying a preset that includes more than one parameter type you can use the filter bar to filter out any parameters you don t want to use For example you might have a Preset that includes Intensity Position and Colour but you only want to use the Colour part In this case you would click on all the filter bar icons except Colour before selecting the preset When you are applying presets from the Components window you can also set a time for the Preset to fade in For example you might be working in the Live programmer tab and want to fade some lights into a colour or position over several seconds To do you use the Fade time For Presets panel Fade Time For Presets Fade Time For et bp I AAA EEL mena mEnE Aee Je JIJ j oJ o fso Dey l ee One touch mode M One touch mode This button does this 0 9 amp The numeric and decimal point keypad buttons i e press 2 5 for a time of 2 5 seconds gt Moves the time to the selector column You can store a list of favourite times this way Clr Clears the entry box Del Deletes the last number entered 144 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Organising and selecting Components This button
37. do this L To create a new step select the New Step button to merge to an existing step select the Merge button select the Replace radio button if you want to replace the contents of a step If you are creating a new step you can either type a number in the Step Number box or click before or after any step in the step list to set the insert location If you are Merging or Replacing you can either type a number in the Step Number box or click on any step in the step list to choose that step This option does this All Programmed Fixtures Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Select the fixtures to include when storing For a new step enter the step name duration and end of step action Stores to all fixtures that have had settings changed in the programmer 73 Storing from the Live tab to another Clip 74 This option Selected Fixtures All Fixtures Relevant fixtures only Working with clips does this Stores to the fixtures that are selected in the Live tab Selects all patched fixtures Tick this checkbox to exclude any fixtures that are not already in the Clip 6 Select the parameters to store using the filter bar Click on any of the Intensity Position Colour Gobo Beam or Miscellaneous icons to mask or un mask that parameter 7 Select the tracking and store options This option Don t track forward step only Programmer state Changes only Active state
38. e three encoders This button Chase on off Chs Fwd Chase Bak Chase Bnc Chase Rnd Playback Load does this Turns chase mode on or off for the clip currently on the super playback Changes the chase mode to run forwards If the clip is already chasing forward pressing the button will turn chase mode off Changes the chase mode to run backwards If the clip is already chasing backward pressing the button will turn chase mode off Changes the chase mode to bounce i e run from first to last step then last to first step If the clip is already bouncing pressing the button will turn chase mode off Changes the chase mode to random If the clip is already in random pressing the button will turn chase mode off Press to toggle the controls between Playback and Programmer mode When Playback mode is selected the label changes to be dark text on a white background Press Load and then any button on the playback to load that Clip to the Super playback controls If no button is pressed within 10 seconds the Load button is cancelled Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware The Super Playbacks controls This button does this Release Releases the clip Fixtures return to the previous settings or to their defaults Rate Press to enable the middle encoder for playback rate control Shuttle Press to enable the middle encoder for manual control of playback Move the encoder clock
39. each of your universes and to check that they are working correctly Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 25 26 Configuring external Ethernet amp USB to DMX interfaces Patching your rig Tip If you re only using four Vista s internal universes you don t need to use this screen Connecting USB amp Ethernet DMX interfaces and ArtNet compatible devices The Output Devices box on this screen lists all the USB DMX Ethernet DMX connection boxes and ArtNet compatible devices attached and visible to the Connect Universes x Universes Output Devices Repol Product Manufacturer IP address Protocol vo Busy Nety Fea Jands Internal OK q e Ether Lynx rtisctic Licence 2 44 88 Ok 4 EERRHRRHI r CE port DMxS12 injout T 5 i i CEport2 DMx512 infout Tx A pe port3 DMX512 out Tx A CEport 4 DMx512 out Tx 9 PathPort 10 4 DMX Node Pathway Connectivity 10 0 0 101 xDmx Broadcast OK 11 i DMX Node Pathway Connectivity 10 0 0 102 xDmx Broadcast OK 12 Vista Jands 127 0 0 1 xDmx Broadcast OK 13 Wysiwyg Cast Software Ltd User Pref OK 14 Usb Dmx Port 15 i CE A3001crr Jands Usb gt Dmx OF 16 er A In this example you can see four entries one is the Vista logo representing the internal universe connection the others are Ether Lynx Art net Pathport and USBDMxX port which are the external interface boxes attached via Ethernet and USB Tip If you can t see a device that y
40. end of the clip insert a blank step before the selected step copy the selected steps paste the copied steps modify the step name duration and end of step action renumber steps set the step start time delete the steps Modifying step name duration and end of step action To change step name duration and end of step action of one or more steps L Select the step with the pen or mouse Shift click or ctrl click to extend the selection Right click to open the pop up menu and select the Modify step option Vista displays the Modify steps window A Modify Steps Specify new name duration and or step action to be applied to the selected steps Any fields left blank will be unchanged Name A Duration Actiorn o EE In the Name field enter a new name for the step Leave this field blank if you want to leave the name as it is In the Duration field enter a new time for the step i e 1 5s or 1m2s Leave this field blank if you want to leave the step duration as it is In the Action field select the end of step action from the dropdown menu Leave this field blank if you want to leave the action as it is Click OK to complete the changes Modifying the step start time To change step start time 1 2 Select the step with the pen or mouse Right click to open the pop up menu and select the Set Step Start time option Vista displays the Start time window Vista User Guide Version 1
41. first step name Vista User Guide Version 1 11a The Playback Control Window This column Active HTP Active HTP On Playback Priority SMPTE Audio Release Time Inhibited Notes Control and Monitor Playback indicates Shows if the Clip is playing or has been played Shows the HTP Intensity property setting Shows the Active HTP property setting The intensity of an active HTP clip activates as soon as the playback fader is moved above 0 Shows if the Clip is on a playback control Shows the priority of the clip Shows if the clip is set to be triggered by timecode Shows if the clip has any audio files assigned Shows the clip s release time Shows if a Clip has been inhibited made blind This column is for notes and comments To add a note click first click to select the clip then click again on the notes cell You can sort the clip list by clicking on any of the column headings For example to show all the clips that are on playback controls at the top of the list click on On Playback Click the column heading again to reverse the order You can resize columns by clicking between the headings and dragging the column to suit To show or hide columns right click in the Clip pane and select Show Hide fields from the popup menu Step pane The right column shows the steps in the clip selected in the left column and is divided into five columns that show step de
42. fixtures return to their previous settings Turns the selected clip off so that fixtures return to the settings defined by the previous event 119 Control and Monitor Playback The Playback Control Window 120 Editing in the Playback control window There are two ways you change step names times and end of step actions from within the Playback control window You can e double click on the Step Name Time At End setting or Notes field and edit the field directly e right click on the Step Name Time At End setting or Notes field and select the Edit field of selected step s option from the popup window To edit a field directly 1 Double click on the Step Name Time At End setting or Notes field 2 Enter anew name time etc 3 Press the Enter key To use the Edit field window 1 Select one or more steps You can select a range of steps by using the shift or control key 2 Right click in the field that you want to change Vista opens the Edit field window 3 Enter anew name time etc 4 Click the OK button Customising the Playback control window You can change the colours and fonts used in either pane of the playback control window to suit different conditions Changing colours 1 Right click anywhere in the clip or step pane and select Change colours from the popup menu 2 Select Choose main background colour or Choose other background colour from the popup submenu to ope
43. it converts to show the date On T series consoles you can set the date and time by clicking on the time to open the Set time and date window On PC systems the operating system software sets the date and time 162 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference Patch screen menus Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference Patch screen menus View menu This menu has one option Short Names Selecting this displays the abbreviated versions of the fixture names Select it again to display the full names Edit menu Edit Undo Ctrlt z Reda Ctrl Delete Del Unpatch Copy Chrl 0 Paste Ctrl Rename Renumber Multi patch Export patch Import patch Edit Fixture types This option does this Undo Ctrl Z Cancels your last action Redo Ctrl Y Repeats your last action Delete Del Deletes the selected fixtures Unpatch Unpatches the selected fixture and moves it to the fixture pool Copy Ctrl C Copies the selected fixtures Paste Ctrl V Not used Rename Displays the Rename window so you can give the selected fixture a name Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 163 Patch screen menus This option Renumber Multi patch Export patch Import patch Control menu wiew Edit Control Fixture Type Al Fixtures 1 By Maruti 5 hee Favourites a s p This option E 3 Strike cx Douse wy Reset gt a
44. names in the Clips pane to apply the changes to one or more clip rather than to the presets 6 To make the changes to all Fixtures in the Clip or Preset click the Programmed fixtures checkbox in the Filter pane To make the changes to just the selected fixtures click Selected fixtures checkbox 7 You can use the parameter filter icons to select or de select the features you want to include in the preset Intensity Position Colour Gobo Beam and Misc For more information about the parameter filter bar refer to Creating presets on page 50 8 When you ve defined how you want to apply your changes click the OK button to return to the Programmer screen New fixtures To add new fixtures or information click the Store button beside the Clip name in the Clips pane Vista opens the Store Live windows where you can choose the step to change and options to store step only etc See Storing from the Live tab to another Clip on page 72 When you Store the changes to the clip and close the Store Live window Vista closes the update window 94 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Using the keypad in the programmer window Using the keypad in the programmer window In some situations it is convenient to select fixtures and set intensities using a keypad To use the Vista keypad choose the Control panels gt Show virtual keypad from the View menu Y Programmer Keypad abs Hardware Keypad You
45. on 2 off i e 3 amp 4 then 7 amp 8 12 amp 13 If you click it a third time it selects 4 on 4 off i e 5 8 then 13 16 and so on Reverts the subset to the original selection all the fixtures you chose in the Fixture window In this field you can define how many are selected and how many are not The first number is the number of fixtures in the selection and the second is the number that are skipped For instance if you set this to 1 2 Vista selects fixture 1 de selects 2 amp 3 selects fixture 4 skips 5 amp 6 selects 7 skips 8 amp 9 selects 10 and so on i e a setting of 1 2 selects fixtures 1 4 7 and 10 while a setting of 3 4 selects fixtures 1 2 amp 3 skips 4 5 6 and 7 and selects 8 9 and 10 and so on Groups a number of fixtures together so that any action you take applies to them as a group rather than individual fixtures For example it determines the number of fixtures selected when you use the other subset buttons For instance with Ganging set to 2 every time you click Next it selects pairs of fixtures It also affects the way changes you make on the timeline apply to the fixtures any change made to ganged fixtures applies to the whole gang not just one fixture This is useful to do things like make fixtures come on in pairs This button inverts whatever you have selected For instance if you have a custom selection of 5 2 it selects 2 5 if you have odd fixtures selected it selects e
46. parameters If a parameter is set to a preset value the name of the preset will be displayed rather than the value The Output window set to Source view is shown below EF TEETE EL on LM ee EEL wG The Source view shows the source of control for each of the parameters For example if a fixture s colour settings have come from a clip named Rainbow that name will be displayed in the Colour column for that fixture Using the Output window The Output window provides some additional options that let you fine tune the display and help identify particular fixtures Tracking iew OF Sont Current Selection Lock J View gt Rate mel ke 1 Lil artha Li Programmer Scroll down the list until you find the fixture you want 148 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Monitoring what is going on Using the Output window Sorting the Fixture List If you click on the Sort Current Selection button fixtures that are selected in the Programmer Fixture window move to the top of the list If you click in the Lock checkbox the sort order will be retained Setting the rate You use the Rate slider to adjust how frequently the Output view updates Move the slider to the left to slow the update rate and to the right to increase the update rate On large shows with many fixtures and clips the Output window can use considerable system resources if set to the fastest refresh rate Chosen clip To
47. see what s being controlled by a particular playback fader press the Choose button The Output window then displays any information coming from that clip in green The Output window then displays any information coming from the programmer in Blue Context Menu If you right click in an active cell on the tracking view window Vista displays a pop up menu Tracking iew Sort Current Selection Lock _ View Icons Select Edit Release Select Chooses the playback that is currently controlling this feature Edit Opens the clip that is currently controlling this feature in the Programmer Release Releases the playback that is currently controlling this feature Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 149 Using the DMX Window Monitoring what is going on Selecting fixtures If you click in the ID or name cell of a fixture in the tracking view window Vista selects that fixture or adds it to the existing selection Using the DMX Window When you first click the Screens button on the toolbar and select the DMX option Vista displays the DMX Output window Men Noms L Foma Pocenape 2 Fawon Cl Universe 1 Universe 2 Universe 3 Universe 4 Universe 5 Universe 6 Universe 7 Universe 8 Cenna E oa You use this screen to display the output values of each and every DMX channel The main window is divided into cells representing the 512 channels available
48. universes 14 Channels 20 chase tab 136 checking that your fixtures are working 36 clip assigning audio to 113 block step 87 creating 65 ganging to synchronise playback 114 grabbing 92 modify steps 77 moving around in 62 moving events around 66 moving tracks between 113 playback control window 116 playing 62 preferences 159 progress indicator 63 78 properties 135 selection handles 67 timeline and 56 using commands within 90 view step list 77 Clip pane 116 clips 56 cloning fixtures 24 CMY 41 colour changing 120 setting 39 colour wheel 41 commands Vista User Guide Version 1 11a within clips 90 components assigning to controls 129 organising 143 Components window 143 connecting to the console via FTP 176 console configuration changing 161 configuring the console 47 124 128 layout 121 modifier keys 123 output grabbing 92 pages 139 snapshots 139 contrast setting for desklights and LCDs 161 Control menu 164 controls effects 102 converting markers to steps 83 copying the swing start or end setting 99 using drag and drop to copy steps 80 creating a show 5 clips 65 extracts 88 eroups 49 53 presets 50 Crossfade HSV fast 157 customising preferences 153 the Playback control window 120 D date and time 162 Deactivate on flash 159 Default colour mechanism 157 Default Crossfade Time 160 Default end of step action 160 default setti
49. yellow marker Displays the Paste Special window so you can choose which attributes of the event you copied to paste Removes the selected event from the timeline Selects every event on the timeline Selects every event that has similar characteristics e g start and end points Displays the Properties window so you can make adjustments to the selected clip that override the system preferences see Clip preferences Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference Fixtures menu Fixtures Select Al ee Clear Selection Space Ro Invert Selection Previous Selection Wea oeleCnon Previous Fixture Next Fixture Select Active 4 Filter ii Create Group RY Update Group Programmer screen menus These options are duplicates of the icons on the toolbar See Programmer screen toolbar Step menu lt Prey Step Ctrl Left Next Step Ctrl Right Insert Step Delete Step Ctrl D split at Cursor Split at Playheac Clear Contents FRenumber steps This option Prev Step Ctrl Left Next Step Ctrl Right Insert step Delete step Ctrl D Split at cursor Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Jumps to the start of the previous step on the timeline Jumps to the start of the next step on the timeline Inserts a step at the point marked by the yellow diamond markers Deletes the selected step Splits the
50. you are in time within a clip The buttons on the left work just like the controls on a CD or DVD player This button does this Jumps to the start of the timeline Steps backwards to the previous Step on the timeline Pauses playback Starts playback of the clip Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips About the timeline This button does this Steps forwards to the next Step on the timeline Jumps to the end of the timeline Cuts the DMX output so that you can make changes on the console without triggering any fixtures on the stage In Blind mode the fixture icons don t show the changes you make ata With Auto selected the Clip automatically goes blind when you select any tab other than the Clip tab With the Free button selected you can make changes to an event anywhere on the timeline without playback automatically jumping to that position l This mode is automatically selected if you open and Ral edit a Clip that is currently active being played back and is useful if you want to make changes to something that is about to be played back In free mode the fixture icons don t show the changes you make In normal mode the programmer output follows event selections So if you open a Clip and click on an event in step 2 you ll see the Green playhead line Mormal jump to that point and the lights will change accordingly This is the normal mode while programmin
51. 1 11a Patching your rig In our example above the fixture is called Mac550 basic 1 lt 1 gt This title consists of three components Patching multiple fixtures with the Patch box Adding fixtures one at a time could be very time consuming so if you re working with a big rig the faster way to patch your fixtures is with the a name Mac550 basic which you can change if you want to using the Edit Rename option also available in the pen pop up menu a type ID number 1 that Vista assigns automatically This number identifies this fixture of this particular type a unique ID number lt 1 gt that Vista also assigns automatically This number identifies the fixture uniquely within the whole system across all the universes i e no two fixtures will ever have the same unique ID number Patch box You use this feature to add multiple instances of a fixture at once To do this L 2 Select the fixture you want from the All fixtures or By manufacturer lists in the Fixture Type box If not already selected click the Patch tab to display the Patch box Patch Properties Name gauto FisturerUnit Humber 0 fr Copies Address DMs Universe a DMX Start Address i a Spacing 14 Create in fiture pool a Keypad Patch If you want to give the fixture a name type it in the Name field If you leave this blank Vista gives the fixture the name used in the
52. 163 Programmer screen menus 165 Session menu 165 Step menu 167 Tools menu 168 View menu 163 170 menu reference 163 merging effects 100 modifier keys 123 modifying effects 100 monitoring 147 199 Index monitoring active clips 116 monitors resetting windows 162 move or copy steps 79 moving events around 66 fixtures around the patch panel 14 tracks to another clip 113 N Name 32 159 names renaming fixtures 15 short fixture names 15 O Offset 21 organising components 143 Orientation 20 output DMX Window 150 using the the output window 148 output window chosen clip 148 context menu 149 rate 148 sorting the Fixture List 148 outputs amp inputs 194 P Page controls 124 pages 139 palettes 35 common features of the palettes 35 park fixtures 22 password protecting shows 6 patch importing a CSV file to 24 viewing in different ways 22 patch panel adding the fixture to the patch panel 10 moving fixtures around 14 rearranging fixtures on 14 patch screen 21 menus 163 toolbar 171 patching 200 adding fixtures to the patch panel 10 adding fixtures to the rig 9 by manufacturer 9 complete fixture list 9 patching your rig 8 pen 183 calibrating 162 Pen tablet module 121 percentage intensity 39 playback assigning components to controls 129 status indication 133 playback buttons assigning functions 130 group masters 137 Playba
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54. 360 degree and an Offset of 45 would move 135 degrees in one direction and 225 degrees in the opposite direction Since this might produce unexpected results with effects and other programming it s possible to set Symmetrical On but this will limit the fixture s movement In this example it would mean the fixture would only move 135 degrees in each direction from the Home position The Patch screen has five buttons at the top that give you control over whatever fixtures are currently selected on the Patch panel S e SD pl Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 21 Viewing the patch in different ways Patching your rig Note that only some fixture types support these functions refer to the user guide for your fixture types This button does this EF Strike Ignites the lamps in the selected fixtures EWG Doue Switches off the lamps in the selected fixtures off Resets the selected fixtures to their factory default Reset settings This is useful if a fixture has a control problem and you need to get it back to normal Puts the fixture back to its home position Home Parks the fixture permanently in whatever setting it s currently in Useful for providing permanent 7 pa Park lighting for backstage and so on Once you ve parked a fixture it will ignore any further instructions Tip These five commands are also available through the Control menu and by right clicking on the fixture icons in the Programm
55. 445 CO_4 lt 145 gt CC_5 lt 301 gt red_1 lt 30 red_ lt 303 gt red_3 lt 304 gt red_4 lt 305 gt red_5 lt 341 gt amber_ s34 amber lt 34 amber_3 lt 344 gt amber_4 lt 345 gt amber_5 lt 101 gt spot_1 lt 102 gt spot_2 lt 104 gt spot_4 lt 105 gt spot_5 lt 141 gt CC_1 lt 142 gt CC_2 lt 144 gt CC_4 lt 145 gt CC_5 lt 301 gt red_1 lt 302 gt red_ lt 303 gt red_3 lt 304 gt red_4 lt 305 gt red_5 lt 341 gt amber_1 342s amber lt 343 gt amber_3 lt 344 gt amber_4 lt 345 gt amber_5 To sort fixtures in a particular order select the fixtures in the order you want in the left hand pane of the window then click OK Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 111 Selecting and sorting fixtures in the timeline Working with clips Saving and re applying sort configurations When you ve set up a sort order that you like you can save it so you can apply it to other groups of fixtures Saving sort methods To save a sort method 1 Click in the Presets name field Selection Controls Bais Sort Presets Reset All 1 Qld T Add m Next j Pe 3 Name 2 Selection k R TTE Mirror Custom In Qut kas 3 Random Re Shuffle Re Shuffle _ReShuftle Invert Custom Set set Ganging Miror Selected Fixtures J Descending 2 Enter a name for the sort method 3 Click the Add button to add it to the list of sorting methods To delete a saved s
56. 5 Are Mode3 1 L5 Arc Mode3 2 L5 Arc Mode3 3 YL5 Are Mode3 4 V L5 Are Mode3 5 L5 Arc Mode3 6 V L5 Arc Mode3 7 L5 Are Mode3 8 L5 Arc Mode3 9 L5 Arc Mode3 10 L5 Arc Mode3 11 L5 Are Mode3 12 Remove ct gt Ade Reorder 3 Click the New button to display the Add New Effect window 4 Click the Stored Canned FX tab Vista displays the list of available stored canned effects W SmartFxX Add New Effect Settings Presets Canned Fx Selected fixtures Features The first few letters of each effect title tells you which parameters are in this effect e g I Intensity P Position C Colour etc 96 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Using effects To apply an effect click on the effect you want and click the OK button Vista displays the Smart Effects window showing the effect you ve chosen To add a second effect that is synchronized with the first one click the Settings tab to display the SmartFX Control Panel Ammplhatn fim Ren ESTE fo nyt Ereman A owe UES Ordna Orona _Aenas owo on oa pina pie E g ES f Pae mait TTY a warina UA BA A GA T M Paay Hepe BE T Haw Maige Stove aramng add Saen Eitel Siop Ertecis Click the Add button choose another effect and click OK Vista adds this effect to the list in the Settings Parameters box To adjust the parameters of an effect click on it in the Sett
57. 6 H hardware 121 Hide Inapplicable Events 158 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a hiding fixtures 32 history 114 home setting a fixture to 22 Horizontal Spacing 32 HSV 40 HTP Intensity 159 hue 40 IDs 32 importing shows 6 Inhibit Inapplicable Events 158 inputs amp outputs 194 inserting a Mark step 85 installation 193 installing software updates 175 intensity palette 37 setting 37 Intensity 20 Invert pan 20 Invert tilt 20 IP Address 156 IP Gateway 156 IP Net mask 156 iris 42 J jump using the keyboard 127 K keypad in the programmer 95 L labels adding to the layout window 33 34 language setting 162 layout adding labels 33 34 arranging fixtures in 30 bottom pane of 33 different views 30 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Index layout view arranging 33 bottom pane display 33 deleting 33 duplicating 33 layout window adding labels to 33 34 LCDs screensaver 162 learn timing adjusting step markers 83 learning actions 91 Lee swatchbook 40 library changing the fixture library 162 Limit 20 list view 23 loading existing shows 5 Lock 32 M Maintain state 160 managing steps in the Step list view 77 manufacturer choosing a fixture by 9 gels 40 mark step inserting 85 markers adding to the timeline 82 convert to steps 83 removing 83 Maximise windows 155 menu Control menu 164 Edit menu 163 166 Patch screen menus
58. Measured in pixels Sets the amount of vertical space or padding between fixture icons and the grid Measured in pixels Sets the number of divisions within each cell of the main grid Icons will snap to main or subdivision grid lines Sets the zoom level of icons for this layout 10 150 Displays the Fixture name type and number below the icon Displays the Fixture unique ID below the icon Click this button to restore the icon settings to their default values Hiding and un hiding fixtures You can hide any fixtures or fixture types in a layout This removes them from the display but not from the patch Click the symbol beside the All Fixtures heading in the Visible Fixtures column to show all the Fixtures types that you ve patched Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Arranging fixtures in a layout 2 To hide all Fixtures of a type un tick the checkbox beside that fixture type or click the symbol beside a fixture type to show all the individual Fixtures of that type 3 To hide individual Fixtures of a type un tick the checkbox beside the fixture s you want to hide To reveal unhide hidden fixtures tick the checkbox beside the fixtures you want to reveal Duplicating deleting arranging and activating layout views To duplicate a layout view choose the Layout name from the list and click the Duplicate button To Delete a layout view choose the Layout name form th
59. Sweeps Step 1 Inactive Not HTP Not Active Not On Play Normal Not Sy TheBall Step 2 6 Active Not HTP Not Active On Playback Normal Not Sy t Touch Step 5 Active Not HTP Wot Active On Playback Normal Not Sy t Wave Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy Playback Control x Clip Name Current Step Active HTP On Playback Priority Smpte DEMO Smpte 0 0 1 0 Amber Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy m Blue Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy Position 20 93 of 36 93 163 remaining step 22 of 28 a E PFYPYFPFYFYYYPYYFYYYFYFYYPFYFYYYFYF YYYY YYY C Show Active Clips Only Follow Clips On Select yf Follow Clips On Go Follow Steps yf Dragable Playhead om E JL 6002000 l JL m This screen lists all the clips that are playing and gives you a handy point from which to control and edit them The window is made up of two panes that can be resized by clicking on the vertical dividing line and dragging the divider to the left or right Clip pane The left side of the screen displays a list of all Clips and can display up to twelve columns that show playback status and some clip properties This column indicates Clip Name The name of the Clip Active clips are shown in Blue text Current Step Shows the current Step name and number Clips that have not been run show the
60. The Vista Think visually work visually User guide Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Copyright amp disclaimer ce Cc This product is approved for use in Europe and Australia New Zealand and conforms to the following standards e European Norms Australian New Zealand Standards e EN55103 1 AS NZS 4251 1 e EN55103 2 AS NZS 4252 1 e EN60950 AS NZS60950 Conformance has been achieved for intended usage in environment E1 Residential To ensure continued compliance with EMC Directive 89 336 and the Australian Radio communications Act 1992 use only high quality data cables with continuous shield and connectors with conductive back shells Examples of such cables are DMX Belden 8102 100 Aluminium foil screen 65 Copper braid TIP This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not properly installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the us
61. View 4 Table View Table View Universe 1 universe 2 Universe 3 universe 4 Universe 5 Universe 6 Universe 7 Universe 8 a ES Mac500 Mode2 ii Mac500 Mode4 l TR Mac600 Mode 2 Patch Properties Name lt auto gt Fixture Unit Number Poe Pus MN AILA ma Si MN Co we oe J S AS S MN FSA R a wt a Y Copies TTS ag as G o oS DJ G J Treat as a single fixture Address DMX Universe DMX Start Address ar a D M b 4p DE bp a z f ET E Se OA O o Spacing _ Create in fixture pool prefs pe pr e e peje foxpro fpf 2 o lt ee 7 LAJI x t oe Bote mice isl Soa j Ja Pach Programmer en z Playback Control Screens v Workspace 1 Release All Once you ve dropped a fixture onto the patch panel you can move it around to any channel by clicking on it and dragging it to a new location Vista represents the fixture as a dark blue bar with a black border and two numbers after the name The bar covers as many DMX channels as the fixture needs and some fixtures will take up more channels than others The dark blue colour shows that this fixture is currently selected If you click anywhere else in the patch panel Vista de selects the fixture and changes the colour to light blue to show that it s no longer selected Vista User Guide Version
62. Vista provides a method to make changes to a step only some consoles refer to this as making changes cue only To do this 1 Edit aclip and make the changes 2 Inthe timeline select the events they will normally be highlighted already 3 Click on the Untrack button on the toolbar or select the Un track events step only option from the Tools menu Vista inserts events in the following step to set the lights back to the state they were in before the change If there were no events of that type originally Vista inserts release events instead Trimming unwanted events If you want to get rid of all but a few events in a step Vista provides a quick method 1 Select just the events you want to keep 2 Click on the Trim button on the toolbar or select the Trim option from the Tools menu Vista deletes all but the selected events Blocking a step Vista is a tracking console which means that only changed information is stored in any step and that any information in a step tracks forward until it is replaced by a new event or cleared Sometimes it s useful to block a step so that any changes that are subsequently made to previous steps will not affect the final look of the chosen step To do this 1 Select the step you want to keep exactly as it is You can select the step by clicking on the end of step diamond or by using the previous next step icons 2 Click on the Block button on the t
63. X intensity and position values The Raw DMxX tab gives you fine control of all of the intensity and position attributes but remember that any settings you make here are not recorded by the generic fixture model so if you change the fixture you ll also have to re program all these details Intensity Click the Percent button to set the sliders to a percentage or the Raw DMX button to set the sliders to adjust actual DMX values from 1 to 255 Setting colour The Colour palette provides four tabs so you can choose the way you want to set your colours e HSV hue and saturation values e Lee manufacturer gels swatchbook e CMY Cyan Magenta Yellow or Red Green Blue sliders e Colour wheel for fixtures that have colour wheels Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 39 Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Setting up your fixtures 40 The Colour Palette also has a Preferred mode drop down list at the bottom that contains three options e Automatic when you pick a colour for a fixture that has both a colour wheel and a colour mixer Vista uses the Colour Wheel for the Lee and Wheel Tabs and uses the Colour Mixer for the HSV and CMY tabs e Prefer Fixed select this when you want the HSV and CMY tabs to use the colour wheel this may result in a near match colour e Prefer Mixer select this when you want the Lee and Wheel tabs to use the Colour Mixer Hue and Saturation values The HSV tab provides a col
64. Zoom 50 12 VL2202_1 1 Var lite_2200 Series Gobo 0 13 YL2202_1 1 Varrlite_2200 Series Gobo 0 VL2202_1 1 Var lite_2200 Series Control 0 YL2202_2 2 Vari ite_2200 Series Intensity 0 16 L2202_2 2 Varilite_2200 Series Pan 55 YL2202_2 2 Vartlite_2200 Series PanFine 93 L2202_2 2 Vartlite_2200 Series Tilt 20 19 vL2202 2 2 Variite_2200 Series TiltFine 32 L2202_2 2 Var lite_2200 Series Gabo 76 YL2202_2 2 Vartlite_2200 Series Colour 0 L2202_2 2 Martlite_2200 Series Iris 15 23 VL2202_2 2 Vartlite_2200 Series Focus 49 24 V L2202_2 2 Vari lite_2200 Series Strobe 0 YL2202_2 2 Varidite_2200 Series Zoom 50 26 V L2202 2 2 Var lite_2200 Series Gobo 0 27 vL2202_2 2 Vari ite_2200 Series Gobo 0 28 vL2202 2 2 Vari ite_2200 Series Control 0 L2202_3 3 Vartlite_2200 Series Intensity 0 30 VL2202_3 3 Yari ite_2200 Series Pan 58 L2202_3 3 Vartlite_2200 Series PanFine 33 2 32 VL2202_3 3 Var lite_2200 Series Tilt 20 Ico Coo The detailed view displays each channel on a separate line In this view you can see the Fixture Name ID Type Parameter Type and value DMX window features The DMX Output window provides some additional options so you can fine tune the display View Normal Format Fixed width Ofo Unrverse 1 Universe 2 Universe 3 Universe 4 Universe 5 Universe 6 Universe 7 Universe 8 View View options are detailed
65. a Ce ane Renane Ei Golo fi es oe i oo In this example we clicked the Components icon on the Colour palette so Vista has filtered out all the other attributes The masks that are on show as crossed out icons below the buttons in the top left of the screen If you want to include other attributes in this extract click the relevant mask buttons to switch the masks off 3 4 Click the New button Vista stores the extract with a default name Right click on the new extract icon and choose the Rename option from the pop up menu Type a meaningful name for the extract Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Creating and applying extracts Applying extracts To apply an extract 1 Select one or more fixtures in the Programmer Fixture window 2 Click the Components button on the relevant palette 3 Click on the Extracts button in the Components window 4 Find the extract you want and click on it to select it 5 Set the mask buttons so that the attributes you want are applied Any attribute that is masked even if it is part of the extract will not be applied 6 Click the Close button Arranging extracts You ll probably end up with a lot of extracts of all different kinds fairly quickly The All tab always show every extract you ve created whatever type it is To enable you to find the one you want easily Vista automatically sorts your extracts into a number of separate tab
66. ab Framing The Framing tab is specifically for fixtures that have beam shaping frames so you can shutter off parts of the beam To set the positions you want the frames to be in on the selected fixtures click and drag each frame to the position you want as shown in this example You can also set the rotation angle of the shape or continuously rotate the whole shape using the slider Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 45 Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Setting up your fixtures 46 Choose the method you want to use to control the framing from the drop down menus at the bottom of the slider The options are e Index choose by moving the slider to rotate the framing shutters to the preferred angle e Spin set the whole shutter assembly to rotate Raw DMX The Raw DMX tab gives you control of the gobo settings either as percentage CMY values or as actual DMX values from 1 to 255 Remember that any settings you make here are not recorded by the generic fixture model so if you change the fixture you ll also have to re program all these details Using transparent raw parameters The Vista s generic fixture model provides many benefits including the ability to swap fixtures without having to re programme A consequence of this is that parameters are always stored in logical groups position colour gobo beam etc and it is not possible to sto
67. above Normal or Detailed Format The format optional allows you to display output levels as either a Percentage 0 100 or as an 8 bit value between 0 and 255 Fixed Width If this box is not ticked the Output window will automatically resize as the window is resized For example if the window is made smaller fewer cells will be displayed across the screen If the box is ticked the window will always display the specified number of cells across the screen and it may be necessary to use the horizontal scroll bar to see all the cells Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 151 Using the DMX Window Monitoring what is going on Width The value in this box sets the number of cells that displayed across the screen You can either type a number in this box or use the small up and down arrows to adjust the value 152 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting preferences Using SMPTE timecode Setting preferences Using SMPTE timecode If you are going to be running the Vista in conjunction with a device that generates SMPTE timecode you can simulate the timecode so you can get your show running in time without needing the actual timecode from the other device To set up the timecode 1 Choose the SMPTE timecode panel option from the Show menu Vista displays the timecode panel window 1 SMPTE Time Code Panel Eg Freewheeling Time 1 2 Time Code Reset v4 Enable Simulator Simulator Controls Frame Rate Cp 24 S
68. ages This action type does this Scale Fader Increases the intensity of fixtures in the group When a Scale fader is pushed up while a clip is being played the intensity of fixtures in that group will be increased Select Button When the Programmer window is open used to select all fixtures in the group When a eroup is selected the Led in the Select button will be red Pages Each Playback Group can be paged independently of the others allowing for a wide variety of console configurations To change pages press the Up or Down arrow buttons located to the right of each playback group On the console screen you can also select a page from the popup page selector The Page Up and Down buttons work in three ways e press quickly to change the page immediately e press and hold for less than two seconds to display the current page number without changing it e press and hold for more than two seconds to scroll the number Locking a playback to prevent changing Playbacks can be Locked to prevent whatever is assigned to that location being changed when a new page or snapshot is selected Components can be locked or unlocked in the Console window To do this right click on LCD in the Console window and choose the appropriate command from the popup menu Snapshots Snapshots allow you to store and recall the exact state of the console s output buttons faders and other controls They can be used to quickl
69. agged it right to step the events over 2 seconds This has offset the end fade time so the first fixture takes the original time of 400 milliseconds to fade in and the last fixture takes the full 2 seconds m Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 O ummarse Feature Tirte sity Full _ Intensity Fu 5 fixtures In the next example we ve selected the middle handle on the lower edge of the selection and dragged it right to step the events over 2 seconds offsetting start and end fade times while retaining the 400 millisecond fade duration Live Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 See ummarnse Feature 28 gt Intensity Full Intensity Full i 5 fixtures N gt 1 Step Halt IN If we now open up the Position event summary bar we can select and skew the position events too completely separately from the intensity events Live Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 o e e Summarise Feature Intensity Full Position P 55 T 39 Position PE 4 T 48 Position P 72 T 58 L 1 Step Halt This is an easy way to create the same effects over more than one parameter intensity and position for example as you can change both simultaneously Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Creating clips Starting with intensity and position events at a fade time of 400 milliseconds we drag the middle handle on the lower edge to the right Liv
70. also Right Click the preset in the Quick Picker and select Update from the popup menu 4 Vista displays the Preset Record Update options Tip Youcanalso update Presets when you Update a clip that s being played back See Update Presets and Clips during playback on page 93 52 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Creating presets Editing presets You can use the Programmer to add remove or change information stored in a preset There are two ways to open a preset for editing e inthe Components window you can select the Preset and click on the Edit button e inthe Components window you can select the Preset Quick Picker and select Edit from the pen pop up right click Once the Preset is open in the Programmer you can make changes in the same way as you do when editing a Clip e select fixtures in the Fixture Chooser window and add remove or change settings using the palettes or encoders or e select fixtures or Event bars in the Timeline window add remove or change settings using the palettes or encoders To save changes to a Preset choose the Save Clip option from the Clip menu Tip When you are editing a Preset you can switch between the Fixture view and Timeline view by either clicking on the Programmer button icons or selecting Timeline or Fixture chooser from the View menu The Highlight and Lowlight presets There are two special presets Highlight and Lowlight that set the behavio
71. any clips currently playing see Grabbing Aligns the start points of the selected events Aligns the end points of the selected events Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference This option Chain Insert marker Remove markers Associate UntTrack events step only Trim unselected events Block state of current step Unblock Clip Markers to Steps Learn Timing Highlight Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Programmer screen menus does this If you have several events selected this option joins the beginning of the second to the end of the first and so on so they play in sequence Insert a marker on he timeline Removes any markers in the selected area of the timeline If you select multiple events of any kind this option combines them all into one so you can make large scale changes to the timeline on multiple events Undo the effect of the selected events in the following step Equivalent to Cue only Delete all events that are not selected in the current step Copy all tracked information to the current step Removes any redundant programming from the clip Converts makers in an empty step to steps Opens the Learn Timing window so you can set step start times by pressing the Go button at the required time Opens the Highlight window so that you can set or modify the Highlight preset 169 Programmer screen menus 170 View men
72. ark step Name mark step duration msi 500 Adjust existing step durations Don t change step durations Shorten step preceeding mark step O Shorten step following mark step O Set preceeding step as afollow on if Set mark step as a follow on 2 Place mark info into preceeding step All events can be marked in previous step _ Set mark events to snap at start aT Cee This screen shows the options available you use it to set the way Vista stores the Mark Step events Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 85 Inserting a Mark step Working with clips 86 You can either insert a new step to accommodate the mark events or if it s possible you can put the mark events in the previous step This option does this Filter bar Use the filter bar to select or deselect the features you want to mark You cannot filter when moving a step this is to prevent accidental loss of programming Insert a mark step Inserts a new step before the current step Name Sets the name for the new step that will be created Step Duration Sets the duration for the new step Adjust existing step If you insert a new mark step this option durations allows you to subtract time from the step before or after the new step This way the overall length of the clip will not be changed by the addition of the mark step With these buttons you can e leave the step lengths unchanged e shorten the next step by the
73. assword Enabling the serial port The computer or other device sending the trigger commands and the Vista must have their serial ports set to match each other To set the Vista serial port select User preferences from the Vista menu and click on the General tab A User Preferences Auto save interyval zecs Auto save prompt Maximize Windows Sticky Windows Strike macro minimum interval Serial port disabled Cancel The serial port setting must be entered without spaces as follows Data bits parity stop bits rate baud For example 8N1 9600 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit 9600 baud By default the serial port preferences are set to disabled Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 181 Command Syntax Appendix 4 Using serial communication to control clips Command Syntax All commands should be sent to the Vista as single lines of text in the form command clipname enter without the quotes 182 Examples Notes The supported commands are go rego pause release load go clip 1 rego clip 24 pause MyVerySpecialClip release clip37 load showname vst Make sure that there is an end of line character return or enter at the end of each command Commands and clip names are not case sensitive Spaces before or after commands and clipnames do not affect the behaviour Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Using the touchpad
74. at sets the type of fixture that will be patched e a Fixture Name lt Vari lite_2000E Wash 1 gt that sets the fixture name this is optional For two part fixtures i e fixtures with an external dimmer that is patched separately you need to include both parts of the patch included in the Universe Address column The format for the two parts is Control Intensity In the example above Fixture ID 25 is a Varilite VL5 with the control part patched to Universe 2 Channel 1 and the Intensity part patched to Universe 3 channel 1 The ID Universe DMX Address information and Fixture Type must be in the csv file If you don t specify a valid Vista Fixture name Vista prompts you to choose the correct fixture name from a list when you import the file If you don t specify a Fixture name Vista uses a default name Configuring external Ethernet amp USB to DMX interfaces Vista consoles provide four internal 512 channel DMX outputs or universes You can add up to twelve more by connecting your own external ArtNet or PathPort boxes to the Ethernet port You can also add DMxX outputs to a console or to the Vista App running on a PC using the Vista USB DMxX interface boxes To configure these connections press the Connect Universes button on the Patch screen toolbar This screen shows any nodes connected via Ethernet or USB to the console or PC and the connection details of the universe You use it to set up the DMX connections for
75. atching your rig Swapping fixture types Swapping fixture types One of the best features of the Vista is the ability to swap fixtures after you ve patched them and programmed them to clips This is particularly useful if you have to exchange one fixture for another e g because of a breakage because you can do so without having to re program anything Vista automatically adapts to the change To swap fixtures you must first put them into the pool Putting fixtures into the pool To do this you drag and drop the fixtures you want to swap from the patch panel into the white area at the bottom of the patch panel known as the pool x yew E Control T Pievio SE Nast TP Hiig FY Corret Uriwetves cea oe i P Table View ere y Cl fuineverie 2 liveries 3 niverse 4 a SC E Al Pees By Mariachi keee eee ee e e e oe EE an REPRE EPEE Ere ree Marii Moder ieir i Es RES Minit Was h Mmd x Wash Mode2 23 lt 9 gt a jm T init eh J ERT ka dh M tad MiniMac Wash Mada2 27 lt 3 EE MiniMai Wash Mode 28 lt 14 gt i uu Tip You can also put a fixture in the pool by choosing the Unpatch option from the pen pop up menu The pool is also a handy place to store fixtures that you re going to want later but don t need right now When you need them you can just drop them back into the patch panel without having to select them all over again from the Fixture type lists Vista Us
76. ates a new component of the selected type Applies to presets and Extracts only Opens the selected component for editing Applies to clips presets and extracts Allows you to activate a component in the Organise mode Updates the selected component Applies to clips presets Allows you to rename a component Allows you to delete a component 145 The Components Window Organising and selecting Components 146 This button does this Duplicate Allows you to create a copy of a component with a new name Organising Components At the top of the Components window there is at least one tab marked All and there may be others depending on what component type is selected For example if Presets is selected there are several tabs entitled Intensity Position Colour etc The All tab always contains all the components of the chosen type that you have created These tabs allow you to organize components into sets To add another tab right click in the area to the right of the existing tab and choose the Add tab option This creates a new tab along the top of the Components window To rename the tab click on it and enter a title In Organise Edit mode you can drag and drop components from the All tab to other tabs so you can arrange your components in a meaningful way You can also drag items into different columns or positions Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Monitoring what is going on The Components Window
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78. blet reports the pen coordinates and the pressure applied to the eraser The eraser is not implemented in Version 1 of the Vista software Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Using a pen DuoSwitch The DuoSwitch can be used to perform the same click and double click functions as the tip switch Toggle the DuoSwitch in either direction to activate the upper or lower button functions Tip If you do not care to use the side switch you can remove if by following the directions in Removing and installing the Duo Switch Using a pen Pointing and Selecting Move the Grip Pen above the pen tablet display screen to position the screen cursor The cursor jumps to the location where you place the pen absolute positioning Press the pen tip on the display screen to make a selection Clicking Tap the display screen once with the pen tip or touch the pen to the display screen with enough pressure to generate a mouse click Double Clicking Press the upper side switch or quickly tap the display screen twice in the same place with the pen tip Double clicking is easier when the pen is perpendicular to the tablet screen Dragging Select an object then slide the pen tip across the display screen to move the object Erasing Erasing is not currently supported in the Vista system Working with the Pen tablet As you work with the pen tablet you can rest your hand lightly on the display scr
79. bo Wheels tab provides a direct control method for fixtures that have up to four gobo wheels You can use this tab to make gobo selections by their position on the wheel Choose the method you want to use to control the gobos from the drop down menus at the bottom of each slider The options are Open sets the gobo wheel to the open position Frame set the frame number of the gobo on the fixture s gobo wheel position 1 is usually open Index choose by moving the slider to rotate the gobo wheel to the preferred gobo position Spin set the gobo wheel to rotate through its frames Gobo set the gobo by choosing from the images shown in wheel order If you choose the Spin option Vista sets the slider to halfway representing zero Increasing the slider to a positive value starts the gobo wheel spinning in the direction from frame 1 upwards The further you push the slider the faster it spins Dragging the slider down starts the gobo wheel spinning backwards from its highest frame number to its lowest Again the further you drag the slider the faster the gobo wheel spins 44 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Rotation lt gt The Rotation tab controls the angle or rotation of rotating gobos You can set these values by Index or Rotation The Rotation slider works in the same way as on the Spin slider on the Gobo Wheels t
80. box at the top of the console window You can delete a console by clicking on the Delete button at the top of the console window Calibrating the Pen console only Sometimes you may have to re calibrate the pen To begin calibration choose the Calibrate Pen option from the Vista menu and follow the on screen prompts Using the screensaver Vista includes a screensaver that also turns off the backlighting on the small blue LCDs To start the screensaver manually choose the Start Screensaver option from the Vista menu You can set the screensaver delay time in the User Preferences General tab Using another language Vista includes a number of alternate languages To change language choose the Change language option from the Vista menu Change the Fixture Library Vista allows you to save alternate versions of the fixture library For example you can save a library that only includes the fixtures you have patched To change library choose the Change library option from the Vista menu External window utility Occasionally shows may appear to lose windows that were on external monitors To reset these windows choose the Recover External Windows option from the Vista menu The windows will be relocated to the main tablet LCD where you can close or move them as required Date and time Vista displays the time in the title bar of the Patch Console Programmer and Components windows If you move your cursor over the time
81. can use the keyboard number keys or a separate keypad when the on screen keypad is showing The Num lock key should be on and in addition to the number keys the following special keys are available This button does this Thru At F Full Backspace lt Backspace Clear Selecting fixtures with the virtual keypad Use the keypad to select Fixture by their ID number s For example e 1 5 410 Enter selects fixtures 1 5 and 10 e 1 gt 10 4 gt 6 Enter selects fixtures 1 2 3 7 8 9 and 10 Selecting fixtures and setting levels with the virtual keypad You can also set levels with the keypad For example e 1 gt 10 50 Enter selects fixtures 1 through 10 and sets them to 50 e 1 gt 10 Full selects fixtures 1 through 10 and sets them to 100 e 1 gt 1 Enter selects all fixtures and sets them to 10 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 95 Using effects Working with clips Using effects There are several ways to use effects You can e apply asingle stored canned effect e swing between two of your presets e create your own effects from scratch e modify existing effects Applying a single stored canned effect To apply an effect 1 Inthe Programmer Fixture window select the fixtures you want 2 Click the SmartFX button on the toolbar Vista displays the SmartFX window SmartFX Control Panel Active Effects Fixtures Settings x Current step scope only Step mIn effect Selected YL
82. ccur in sequence along the timeline and the end of each step is marked with a diamond shape as shown in this example The diamond marker represents the end of the step and determines what happens when playback reaches this point Vista displays green diamonds marking the end points of each step in the progress bar at the bottom of the screen so you can quickly see the main points of your clip Tip Normally a step marker can only be moved to the right to lengthen the step This does not change the length of any events in the step You can use the coloured modifier buttons to change this action as follows Holding this modifier when does this moving a Step marker Yellow Ctrl Moves events to the left and right of the Step marker with the marker Green Alt Gives you free control of the Step marker Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 75 Working with steps Working with clips Setting the end of step instructions Each step lasts for a duration defined by the start point of the first event in it and the end point of the last event In this example we can see a label on the timeline Sweeps 1 Follow Live LaNeige DRG eere oer Summarise Features v O G E M MO 0 fixtures 10 fixtures 10 fixtures 10 fixtures G ftures 1 Preset 2 Sweeps 1 Follow Follow 5 fixtures 5 fixtures Each step needs an instruction telling it what to do w
83. ch event starts and finishes and how long it will take to reach its end point x ie P gaa jim afaj oaa T Bick Ly p Yo e e eat E a EAE E A i aa aiin Op BE Pictures ap Toi is EG BEC o E E ajea tag hal To adjust the start or end point of an event select the event and drag it along the timeline to the left or right Note that the grid has an automatic snap to feature that makes it easy to align start and end points To change the duration of an event select the black square on the right hand end and drag it left to shorten the event or right to lengthen it Note that in the example shown above three separate attributes of the event have different timings e the Intensity event starts at Os and is complete at 2 2s e the Position event starts at Os and is complete by 1 2s e the Iris event starts at 0 2s and is complete at 2 2s the modifiers to move events and step markers Normally you can only move events within the bounds of the step they are in see Working with steps on Page 75 To move an event across a Step marker hold down the Green modifier key Alt on a PC If you drag an event across the last step of a clip Vista automatically creates a new last step to accommodate the event You can also reduce or increase the size of a step and scale all events within it by holding the Yellow modifier Ctrl on a PC while moving the Step marker Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working wi
84. ck Control Window 116 Playback mode 160 Playback rate 160 playbacks expanding 130 standard and split modes 129 with faders 124 without faders 124 playbacks updating 52 pool putting fixtures into the pool 17 position setting 37 38 power 3 Power 192 Prefer Fixed 40 Prefer Mixer 40 preferences clip 159 editor 156 157 general 154 setting 153 154 preferred mode 40 Preheat 20 presets availability 54 presets creating 50 labels 54 quick picker 54 presets swinging between 97 presets updating 93 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Preview Fixtures 158 Priority 159 prism 42 programmer storing to a clip 72 Programmer priority 157 Programmer screen menus 165 Programmer screen toolbar 172 programmer using the keypad 95 progress indicator 63 78 properties fixtures 19 setting clip properties 135 Q Quick Picker 54 R raw beams and gobos 46 colour 42 setting raw intensity and position values 39 setting transparent 46 reinstall software 175 Release Fade out time 160 Release all 5 Release when overriden 160 Release all on page change 155 remote control 178 removing markers 83 renaming fixtures 15 renumbering fixtures 16 resetting windows on external monitors 162 rest fixtures 22 Restore Defaults 32 reviewing effects 101 RGB 41 right click using the LR button 123 rotation 45 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Index S
85. d Fixture Name The name you entered or Vista assigned to this fixture when you dropped it onto to the patch panel You can edit this here if you want to Type This field is only active when the selected fixture is in the pool at the bottom of the patch panel You use it to change the type of fixture without having to remove it see Swapping a fixture type Id The unique system wide ID number assigned to this fixture when you dropped it onto the patch panel You can change this number here if you want to but note that Vista won t allow you to use a number that s already assigned to another fixture Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 19 Setting fixture properties Patching your rig Intensity Preheat A percentage value that sets the voltage the fixture lamp will sit at until you switch it on This is useful for lamps such as Par 64s that take time to switch on from a cold start Limit A percentage value that determines the maximum intensity the fixture will ever reach This is useful if you want to prolong lamp life or prevent fixtures from ever reaching full intensity Orientation Invert pan Selecting this checkbox reverses the sweep of the pan for this fixture This is useful when you re coordinating the sweep directions of fixtures hung in different directions Invert tilt Selecting this checkbox reverses the sweep of the tilt for this fixture This is useful when you re coordinating the sweep directions of fixtures hung
86. d this window also shows the application version number in use when the show was last saved Setting Desklight amp LCD Contrast settings There are settings for the Desklight s intensity and the Intensity and Contrast on the small blue LCDs To set these preferences choose the Desklights and Contrast option from the Vista menu Vista displays the Desklights and Contrast window Desk Lamps Jave Cancel Drag the sliders to set the required Intensity and Contrast Changing the console configuration Vista automatically detects the console type and any wings you have connected when the programme starts up You can also change the console configuration manually if you are working offline or want to add a virtual console To do this select the Change console configuration option from the Vista menu Vista displays the console configuration window Add new T2 Add new T4 Add new 53 Add new E2A Add new E2B Add new M1 Add new Virtual Programmer Add new S1 Tip You can also display the Console configuration window at any time by right clicking in the Console window Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 161 Calibrating the Pen console only Setting preferences Select the console type that you want to add New consoles appear in the console window If you are using multiple consoles only one Grand master can be active You can set which console has the Grand Master by checking the GM enable check
87. d associated LCD and buttons on the Vista consoles you can make more exact adjustments than the on screen palettes During programming you can use them to adjust setting for Intensity Position Colour Gobo and Miscellaneous parameters Programmer intensity The overall intensity from the Programmer is controlled by the fader located on the left side below the encoder wheels Programmer mode If the controls are not already in Programming mode press the button labelled Playback to toggle the controls from Playback to programmer mode 262 299 9 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 47 The Programmer hardware controls This button I P Col Gobo Beam Min Max Encoders lt Left arrow gt Right arrow Setting up your fixtures does this Press this button to put the encoders and lower 6 buttons in Intensity plus Position mode Pressing it again cycles the controls through any available parameters or alternate modes Angular position and Strobe amp Shutter Hold the red modifier or the shift key and click to cycle the controls in reverse Press this button to put the encoders and lower 6 buttons in Colour mode HSV Pressing it again cycles the controls through any available parameters or alternate modes CMY RGB Frame Index and Colour swatch Hold the red modifier or the shift key and click to cycle the controls in reverse Press this button to put the encoders and lower 6 button
88. d into 4 groups each block is 25 of the total count for a set of 12 fixtures then they d be ganged in threes To maintain synchronization between the parameters of a modulated effect instead of specifying independent Rate values you can scale each parameters rate as a multiple of the base rate If you need slower rates then set the base rate to lower value e g 1 2 or 1 4 of required rate then set each parameter s rate multiplier accordingly Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Using effects This option does this There are six basic waveshapes available that can be combined with the Polarity and Phase offset controls to achieve many different waveforms Waveshape The six basic waveshapes are e Sinusoidal Use a Phase offset of 0 to get an actual sine wave or a Phase offset of 25 to achieve a cosine wave e Kamp The output value linearly ramps up to the end value then snaps back down to the start value e Pyramid The output value linearly ramps from the start value to the end value and back down to the start value e Ramp remain Similar to Ramp but the output value remains at the end value until the waveshape restarts i e only effective for non overlapped SmartFX e Rhomboid This is a special case waveshape that involves a couple of extra waveshape controls Mark space ratio and Slope explained below e Ballyhoo This is an extra special waveshape that is dedicate
89. d to the production of ballyhoo position effects It is designed to achieve a pseudo random movement on two parameters while similarly ensuring that at least one of the parameters moves by a significant degree since purely random waveforms can easily move between two very similar values and not appear to move Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 105 SmartFX Quick start tutorials Working with clips There are two common controls that affect all waveshapes This option Polarity Phase Offset does this Affects whether the resultant waveform is normal or inverted e g a normal Ramp would ramp up amp an inverted Ramp would ramp down This in effect rolls the waveshape within its own window e g a 0 Phase offset for a sinsusoidal waveshape would start and end at the midpoint while a 25 Phase offset would have the sinusoid start amp end at the high point The following two controls only affect the Rhomboid waveshape and can vary it between a rhombus a square and a pyramid This option Mark Space Rhomboid waveshape only Slope Rhomboid waveshape only does this This controls how much of the waveshape is spent on high versus off low Useful for strobe chases to affect the duration of each flash This controls the slope between the off and on levels A slope of 0 results in a snap change between low amp high and a slope of 100 results in a linear change Note that the du
90. dd these fixtures to another universe enter the universe number 3 If not already selected click the Keypad button to display the on screen keypad Programmer Keypad X 4 Use the keypad to type the Fixture Unit number s and the DMX channel where you want this group of fixtures to start For example e 1Thru 5 20 patches the current fixture type as unit numbers 1 2 3 4 5 starting at DMX channel 20 on the current universe e 1Thru 10 3 Thru 7 200 patches the current type as unit numbers 1 2 8 9 10 starting at DMX channel 200 on the current universe e 100 101 113 125 patches the current type as unit 100 to DMX channels 113 125 and 200 on the current universe Hardware Keypad When the on screen keypad is open you can also use the console or PC keyboard or a separate keypad to enter patch information The Num lock key should be on and in addition to the 1 9 decimal point and Enter keys you can use the following keys Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 13 Changing universes Patching your rig This button does this Thru At F Full Backspace lt Backspace Clear The Recent fixtures list V1 10 Vista keeps track of the last 10 fixtures that you ve patched and stores these entries in the Recent folder This list is stored with the Vista application and does not transfer with your show file Changing universes Each universe can only handle a certain nu
91. dow and add remove or change settings using the palettes or encoders select fixtures or Event bars in the Timeline window add remove or change settings using the palettes or encoders To save changes to an extract choose the Save Clip option from the Clip menu When you are editing an extract you can switch between the Fixture view and Timeline view by either clicking on the Programmer button icons or selecting Timeline or Fixture chooser from the View menu Using commands within clips Commands let you use a Clip to control the playback of one or more other clips 90 To insert commands within a clip L 2 Open a clip in the programmer and choose the Insert Commands option from the Tools menu Vista opens the Insert Command window R insert command 2 f x Parameter NYA Label Description skip forward skip backward Release Flash Inhibit Rate nee Pela ttl Wi Expand existing step pee reset inser Bone Timecode enable aaa Select the command to insert from the Action column This option does this Go Back Halt Acts on the clip as if you had pressed the Assert Skip Fwd corresponding button on the playback controls Skip Back for that clip Release Flash Equivalent to pressing the flash button on a clip s playback controls You must also enter either on to flash or off to flash in the Parameter box Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Using com
92. e Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 at 7 o e summarise Feature Position F 64 T Position P 72 T Position P 80 T Position P 100 a es 9 1 Step Halt This creates the following effect Live Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 es e e Summarise Feature Sana erst Fat _ Position P 55 T Position P 64 T Postion P 80 T 4 The Intensity and Position events have the same offset start and fade times as well as duration in one easy action If we wanted that same effect but over 1 second and not 2 seconds we d select the middle handle on the right hand side and drag it to the left until its duration is 1 second Live Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 O O ummarse Feature ey Er Fintensit intensi 7 Position Position _ Positior OE 1 Step Halt Using the selection handles in this way you can utterly transform the attributes of the selected events with just a few quick strokes of the pen You can also adjust any of the intensity colour and beam attributes at any time while adjusting the timeline events Making precise timing adjustments If you want to set the start and end times and durations of events to a precise point on the timeline you can either zoom right in and line them up visually or enter the actual time values Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 69 Crea
93. e details of the connection in the Connected Universes box It also greys out the number of the universe you ve connected to in the Universes list You can check this connection at any time by clicking the Re Poll button This example shows a Vista with an Artistic Licence Ether Lynx Hub with one port connected a PathPort device with one port connected and a USB DMX device with one ports connected Connect Universes x Universes Universe Output Devices E NISTA Jands Internal Nety Re poll ee E Ether Lynx rtisctic Licence 2 4 4 88 Ok TUTTI e DMS mutT CE port 2 DMX512 infout Tx pe port3 DMX512 out Tx b CE port 4 DMxS12 out Tx PathPort GH DMX Node Pathway Connectivity 10 0 0 101 xDmx Broadcast OK DMX Node Pathway Connectivity 10 0 0 102 xDmx Broadcast OK Evista Jands 127 0 0 1 xDmx Broadcast OK Wysiwyg Cast Software Ltd User Pref OK 14 Usb Dmx Port Vista Internal 0 UsbDmx Internal USB OK a ENA sta internal oo DMS 2 O cK 3 3 Vista Internal DMx512 OK 4 4 Vista Internal DMX512 OK 5 1 Ether Lynx 2 4 4 88 DMX512 Ok 8 8 239 255 237 1 PathPort xDmx OK L rtNet Broadcasting Note that in this example universes 1 to 4 have been left as Vista internal universes and the external boxes have been connected to universes 5 8 and 10 Disconnecting an interface box Tip To disconnect an interface box 1 Click on the title of the interface box in the ArtNe
94. e the target clip capturing and inserting the commands at the relevant positions within the command clip Blind If a clip is in Blind mode all commands in the clip will be ignored in the programmer Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 91 Grabbing the console output Working with clips Grabbing the console output Sometimes you ll want to capture whatever output the console is producing at a given moment and bring it into a clip This is called grabbing and it s particularly useful as a way of building a Clip from a look you ve built on stage To grab the console output at any time when one or more clips are playing 1 Openanew Clip or a Clip you want to add to 2 Inthe Fixtures view select the fixtures you want to grab If you don t select any fixtures the Vista assumes and selects All fixtures 3 Switch to the Timeline view and click the Grab icon on the toolbar Aa Grab 4 Choose the Grab Active or Grab Full option from the pop up menu Grab Active grabs whatever attributes are playing right now e g intensity colour and pastes them into the timeline as a new event Grab Full captures the full state of the fixtures e g if there is No colour event a Colour White event will be created If you ve made any changes to the events since you loaded the clips Vista grabs these changes too Selecting events by attribute 92 If you want to select all the events that have a similar attribute e g all the ins
95. e View menu Here s an example of the Patch screen showing the full length names Universe 1 Universe 2 Universe 3 Universe 4 Universe 5 Universe 6 Universe 7 Univel GoldenScan_HPE 1 lt 22 gt Mac2000Performance 16bit 1 lt 23 gt Vari lite_2000 SRo 11 Eat EU lite_ lel See 11 skar GScanHPE 1 lt 22 gt Mac2000P 16bit 1 lt 23 gt VL20008 11 lt 24 gt ven A ce If you have short names selected and want to display the full length names select the Short Names option from the View menu again to restore the full names Renaming fixtures To rename one or more fixtures select them with the pen and choose the Rename option from the Edit menu This command is also available from the pen pop up menu in both the Patch and Programmer fixture view windows Choosing the Rename option displays the Rename fixtures window E Rename fixture s Enter the name you want to give the selected fixtures and click OK Vista renames all the fixtures you had selected Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 15 Re arranging fixtures on the patch panel Patching your rig Renumbering fixtures To change the unique system wide ID number e g lt 12 gt of one or more fixtures L Select the fixtures with the pen Choose the Renumber option from the Edit menu this command is also available from the pen pop up menu Vista displays the Renumber fixtures window Y Renumber Fixt 24 Starting from 21
96. e a Gol Le Clee K tana E F l FR Fe iim ia janm era pi E E a i y et His This screen is where you create the events that make up the components of your lightshow Tip Once you are editing a Clip you can switch between the Fixture view and Timeline view by either clicking on the Programmer button icons or selecting Timeline or Fixture chooser from the View menu Clip tabs When you first open the Programmer you ll see the Live tab and a mini tab above the timeline window If you export to a clip or open a blank clip Vista adds a new tab labelled with the clip name Click on the tab for the Clip you want to work on When you select a Clip tab any fixture settings coming from the Live tab are turned off made blind This way it s easier to see what s in a Clip without settings from the Live tab being combined and shown on stage If you prefer not to turn off the Live tab output automatically select the User Preferences option from the Vista menu and set the Programmer Auto Blind Live tab preference to Off You can also turn on the Live tab output while you working on a Clip by clicking on the L icon beside the Update icon To close a Clip tab choose Close Clip from the Clip menu or click the close icon X on the clip tab The clip tab popup menu You can open close and blind clips using the tab popup window To do this right click on the clip tab and the action you wan
97. e list and click the Delete button To arrange the order that layouts appear in the list choose the Layout name from the list and click the Up Down Top or Bottom button To activate a layout view click the Layout View selector on the toolbar and select the layout name you want to display Selecting what to display in the Bottom pane of a layout The Fixture Layout window is divided into a Top and Bottom pane To set what Vista displays in the bottom pane select the Groups or Quick Picker checkbox This option does this Groups Vista displays Fixture Groups in the bottom pane This is the default setting Quick Picker With this setting selected Vista divides the lower pane into columns that you can set to display Groups Presets and other components To adjust the amount of space allocated to each pane click on the divider bar and drag it up or down Adding labels to the layout window You can add text boxes to the fixture window to help identify different fixture types or areas To do this 4 Right click in the fixture window and select Add annotation from the popup menu Vista opens the Add annotation window 5 Type a label and click the OK button Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 33 Arranging fixtures in a layout Setting up your fixtures To move an annotation click on the text and drag it to a new location To edit or delete an annotation by right clicking on the text and selecting an option from t
98. e pen tablet display may damage the display screen or other components CAUTION Do not put heavy articles on the Interactive Pen Display or push against it with a strong force this may damage the display screen or bend the stand CAUTION If the pen tip becomes sharp or angular it may damage the coating on the display screen Please replace the pen tip if necessary CAUTION Do not use any organic solvent e g alcohol or even mild detergent to clean the display screen Use of these cleaners can damage the coating on the screen Please note that damage of this kind is not covered by the manufacturer s warranty To clean the display screen use an anti static cloth or a slightly damp cloth When cleaning apply only a fixture amount of pressure to the display screen and do not make the surface wet To clean the pen tablet casing or Grip Pen use a soft cloth with mild detergent such as dish washing liquid diluted with water Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 191 Power Appendix 6 Technical information Appendix 6 Technical information Power Power Requirements Consumption 100VAC to 240VAC 10 50 60 Hz Inrush Current 90A 230VAC 30A 230VAC 30A 230VAC Power Connector IEC 3 pin Service amp Maintenance With care Vista products will require little or no maintenance However the internal battery in the T4 T2 console only will need to be replaced on a regular basis see the following section
99. e press of a button rather than having to choose the option from a menu or icon Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 121 Function keys 122 Using the console hardware Examples of functions that you might find useful to assign to a function key include save show release all active clips clear programmer store the programmer clip To assign a function to one of the function keys 1 Click the Console button to display the Console screen The function keys are at the top of the Console screen Click on the Softkey Actions heading in the left hand pane Click on the required function and drag it on top of the button you want to use for that function A tooltip will show what function you have assigned to the button Now when you press that hardware button Vista takes whatever action you ve assigned to that key The following actions are available This action Blank Button Clear Programmer Close window Disable SMPTE synchronization Extracts Browser Fixture Chooser Help Highlight fixtures Jump Move to next display Next window does this The button has no action Clears the current tab of the Programmer You will prompted to save any unsaved changes Closes the current window Toggles timecode on or off Clips will not respond to timecode when disabled Opens the Components window with Extracts selected Opens the Programmer window in the Fixture view Disp
100. e steps in its step list Tip When you drag and drop steps this way the default action is to maintain the state of the source steps For example you might copy from a clip that has position in step 1 intensity in step 2 and colour in step 3 If you select and drag step 3 Vista pastes intensity position and colour the state of step 3 to the destination step Likewise Vista will discard any redundant state information at the destination For example if the source step had intensity information that was already the same in the destination clip it would be discarded Tip You can also open the Copy Move step options window by holding down the Control key when dropping the steps For more information see below Using the popup menu to move or copy steps To do this 1 Select one or more steps as described above 2 Right click in the step list and select copy from the popup menu 3 Click in the location you want to move or copy to 4 Right click to open the popup menu 80 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Working with steps Copy Move Step Options 3 Move steps Fistures fe All programmed fistures C3 Selected fixtures C All fixtures This option Copy Steps Move Steps All Programmed Fixtures Selected Fixtures All Fixtures Parameter Filter Don t track forward step only Events only Maintain state Active state Whole Fixtures Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Op
101. easing the length of the focus box 100 zooms to the normal scale about 2 seconds visible Ei zooms to fit the selected objects A Zooms to the Active region of the current step This region shows all event in the step but excludes blank areas at the start or end of the step Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Tip Creating clips This icon does this H zooms to fit the entire clip in the window On the View menu you can also choose Fit to step which re sizes the screen to the width of the current step Creating clips You can create any number of clips each of which can consist of any number of individual lighting events You can then combine these clips and play them interactively to produce your overall lightshow For instance you might create a clip that includes a peel off from the edges of the stage with all the fixtures changing colour as they peel and ending up focused on the centre of the stage The whole thing might take five seconds from start to finish You d achieve this by creating a series of events each of which handles one element of the overall effect When you trigger this clip from the console the Vista plays through all of the events in the sequence you ve arranged them in on the timeline If you decide that part of the peel goes too quickly you can go straight into the timeline and extend the time allocated to that event All aspects of the clip can be changed adj
102. ected option press the button to increase a selected item value and press the button to decrease it The basic process for working with the OSD is as follows 1 Press the Menu button to open the OSD main menu 2 Use the or buttons to select an option When the option you want to adjust is highlighted press the Enter button The current settings and adjustment sub menu for that option will appear 3 Use the or buttons to adjust the option settings 4 When you have made your changes press the Enter button to save To exit press the Menu button All settings are automatically saved when the OSD menu closes If you make changes to the display appearance and cannot return to the original settings use the Reset Recall option to return The pen tablet to its original factory defaults Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Using a pen When you open the On Screen Display OSD the following menu options are displayed O Contrast Sasot to Indra or deceme image contrast Phase WGA only Select bo reduces or eliminats horizontal dishortion lines To automatically adjust use the Reset option c Horizontal Center VGA only Select to move the screen image left or right lo automatically adjust use the Reset option e3 Menu Position Select to move the OSD menu around the display screen Color Provides settings for 9300 6500 and 2000 Kelv
103. ed group 3 Delete Group View Al aj Displays the list of available views 174 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 2 Installing new software Software Clean Install Appendix 2 Installing new software Software Clean Install Tip Before you perform a clean install from CD you should back up all your show data the contents of the data directory as it will be completely erased during the installation process To do this you can either manually export each show to a CD or USB memory device using the Vista gt Export menu or use FTP to remotely transfer your files from the console The procedure for using FTP is described below To completely reinstall the operating system and all files on the hard drive 1 Backup any required show data from the hard drive 2 Insert an Installation CD into the consoles CD ROM drive Leave the armrest open 3 Shutdown console 4 Restart console Console will boot from the CD 5 Follow the installer prompts to perform a clean install using the touchpad only Installation takes approximately 10 minutes 6 When prompted click OK to finish Leave the armrest open at this stage and remove the CD when it is ejected The console will shutdown by itself 7 Restart the console CD ROM will close It will start normally and automatically run the new software version This procedure completely reinstalls the operating system and all files on the hard drive which takes approxima
104. een just as if it were a drawing board or sheet of paper Because the drawing surface will be a little higher than a normal desk consider adjusting the height of you desk or chair to assure comfortable use of the device When working with the pen tablet maintain a good posture at all times and change your position if you feel any discomfort due to your work position or the weight of the tablet The Interactive Pen Display should be positioned so you can view it comfortably with a minimum of eyestrain Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 185 Using a pen 186 Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Here are some other points to keep in mind e Take short breaks between tasks to stretch and relax your muscles e Use a gentle grip when working with the pen e Alternate tasks throughout the day e Minimize awkward postures and repetitive movements that cause discomfort Working with On Screen Display Settings The pen tablet display is equipped with an On Screen Display function The OSD function enables you to adjust and optimize a variety of display settings at the touch of a button The OSD controls are located above the tablet Menu button Select buttons Enter button pens or closes Gioensorcloses Activates or de actvates the GSU menu the GSU menu the selected option Selection buttons Tip Use these buttons to select an option that can then be activated when you press the Enter button After activating a sel
105. een surface clean Dust and dirt particles can stick to the pen and cause wear to the display screen surface Regular cleaning will help prolong the life of your LCD screen surface and pen Keep Cintiq and the Grip Pen in a clean dry place and avoid extremes in temperature Room temperature is best Cintiq and the Grip Pen are not made to come apart except where specifically indicated for removal and replacement of the pen s DuoSwitch Taking apart the product will void your warranty Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 187 Removing and installing the Duo Switch Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Caution If the pen tip becomes sharp or angular it may damage the coating on the display screen Please replace the pen tip if necessary Cleaning the Pen Tablet To clean the Grip Pen use a soft cloth and mild detergent such as dishwashing liquid diluted with water Do not use paint thinner benzine alcohol or other solvents To clean the display screen use an anti static cloth or a slightly damp cloth When cleaning apply only a fixture amount of pressure to the display screen and do not make the surface wet Do not use detergent to clean the display screen this may damage the coating on the screen Please note that damage of this kind is not covered by the manufacturer s warranty Replacing the Pen Tip The pen tip will wear with normal use When the pen tip gets too short you can replace it with one of the extra t
106. eesseaeeeeesaeeeeeas 161 Calibrating the Pen GOnsole ON y ciateseccocsserdcereeiai i acnckde een iee teased eateries 162 WSIMGINE SCrECNSAVEN sates cderesicaceeiciee oe al A a a 162 WSING AMONG HAN OUAG Clo ceedcteangntsccaceeveet a dado acbec dad ceewsid sant euatintdiea ieee e a A 162 Grange the Fixture LIDPany scscsacccssoctesaciira chica ien n E 162 EXE Pal WIMGOW CIN eisa iaiten cnn nanad terat tenet ternal wgnet nnd noda ait atnenenaaneent 162 AUS GUNG TNT inane cece acetate a i a E ch ae lc ae 162 i Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Contents Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference sssssrrrrrrsrssssssssrerererrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr gt 163 FUG TS GHC IA FN UG seattle tad ee AE kal acai ee anna ceded cette tein 163 Programmer Screen MoNUS caiivsntccdated ccbontaseadtsanidenebivaems nel E E E 165 TOODI sanse O A ee ee noe eer eee eo 171 Appendix 2 Installing NEW software sssssssrrrrrrrsrrssssessrerererrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre 175 DOM Ware Gla S tall cscatiarssasactesindarteadcenist E asst in E E satel cols tee T 175 IMSTAIIING Software Updates srs eiis tec cede oes EEE EEE 175 Gonnecting to the Console Via FTP careieni 176 Appendix 3 Using VNC on T series CONSOIES sssssssssssssssssrererererrrrrrrrrrr 178 VNO DASSWO neni secrets descciatagtaestondansce nails adebsecieidesiatatense ac agarecauabraaes 178 SNO VNO a Mek een ne ee ne certer cee eee se ern ecient ner Cerrar rer eee eee 178 Connecting to Vista using your Window
107. el area corresponding to the console s LCD windows japshotrecord enable Pagel Pern Tip You can assign any combination of components to the playback controls Clips Groups Presets Extract Effects Favourites and Snapshots Splitting playback controls When a component is assigned to a playback it uses all the controls that are available the Go and Choose button plus the fader and flash button if available but you can split a playback set to increase the number of components that can be placed on a page To do this move the cursor to the top of the white label area When the pointer changes to a split bar click and drag down Faust aan rou race aun 3 Par Red Par Blu Par AmiChrma 1 i Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset gers IP B P B F B F B F B Playbacks with faders can be split three ways To do this move the cursor to the middle of the label area When the pointer changes to a split bar click and drag down Tip You don t have to split all the playbacks on a page the same way you can split on two ways another three ways and so on Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 129 Configuring the console for Playback Using the console hardware 130 Expanding playbacks Tip Playbacks can also be extended to provide more physical button controls for playback of a clip Up to five playbacks in the group can control a clip i Include in snapshots oe
108. election i e all selected fixtures are de selected and all de selected fixtures are selected Selects all the active fixtures i e those in use in the current clip Select all the fixtures that are programmed in the current clip Align start end Align the start or end points of the selected events Displays the Grab drop down so you can grab either active or full events of the clip currently playing see Grabbing Displays the Effects window see Using effects Displays the Sort window see Selecting and sorting fixtures in the timeline Displays the Active filter window Displays the Update Clip Preset window Toggles between the highlight modes When on the icon has a magenta background Steps forward or back through the steps on the timeline Displays the list of actions available at the end of a step halt follow on or trigger see Setting the end of step instructions Displays the list of fade path options see Setting the fade path Displays the start time of the selected event in hours minutes seconds and hundredths of seconds Displays the duration of the selected event Displays the end point of the selected event Creates a new fixture group containing all the currently selected fixtures 173 Toolbars Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference This icon does this Updates the current group to contain Update Group whatever fixtures are selected cy Deletes the select
109. en On Playback mode Build Default crogs fade time 2s Default step duration 2g Default end of step action Halt Fade in time Os Release time 2s Playback rate 100 User preferences does this Set this option on to display editable value fields above the sliders in the Programmer intensity colour and beam palettes ire coe This property Name Priority HTP Intensity Active HTP Activate on flash Deactivate on flash Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Sets the default name for new clips Sets the default priority for new clips A clip set to High priority can t be overridden by normal or low priority clips Determines whether or not the intensity overrides on the faders are calculated using highest takes precedence Causes the intensities of a clip to activate as soon as you move the playback fader from 0 Activates plays a clip whenever you press the flash button Deactivates releases a clip whenever you release the flash button 159 User preferences 160 Flash level Fade all attributes Go on fader up Auto go when paged in Skip state in jumps Maintain state Release when overriden Playback mode Default Crossfade Time Default Step Duration Default end of step action Fade in time Release Fade out time Playback rate Setting preferences Scales the Clip intensity when using the clip s flash button Gives the Playback fader cont
110. eplace the original rubberized grip with the optional erip in order to protect the trimmer capacitor To remove the DuoSwitch i Firmly clasp the DuoSwitch in the middle and pull out Press in on the rubberized grip in order to better grasp the switch Remove the pen tip cone by turning it counterclockwise Then pull the erip forward over the pen tip Install the optional grip by aligning the pen case rails with the grooves inside the grip and pushing the grip over the pen tip Then replace the pen tip cone by turning it clockwise onto the pen To Install the DuoSwitch 1 Remove the pen tip cone by turning it counterclockwise Then pull the grip forward over the pen tip Install the original grip the one with the DuoSwitch access slot by aligning the pen case rails with the grooves inside the grip and pushing the grip over the pen tip When properly positioned the DuoSwitch access hole will reveal the trimmer capacitor Then install the pen tip cone by turning it clockwise onto the pen Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 189 Precautions on using and handling the Pen Tablet Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet 3 Align the DuoSwitch into place making sure to match the switch position to the grip molding Then gently press in on the DuoSwitch until it snaps into place Precautions on using and handling the Pen Tablet Temperature and Humidity Operating temperature and humidity 5 to 35 C 20 to 80 RH St
111. er There are four other buttons on the toolbar at the top of the screen This button does this TAD p De selects whatever is selected and Selects the i Next l ieee next fixture in this universe y Selects the previous fixture in this universe a Previous D Hiahliahi Switches the selected fixture on This is a toggle EE pg switch while it s selected Vista switches on fixtures as you select them i Connect Universes Displays the Connect Universes screen so you can attach external Ethernet DMX interface boxes See Configuring external Ethernet DMX interfaces Viewing the patch in different ways Vista gives you two different views of your patch so you can get different types of information about your patching configuration To change the view click the drop down menu in the top right corner of the Patch screen Table View There are two options Table and List and view 22 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Viewing the patch in different ways Table view The Patch screen defaults to the Table view as shown earlier in this section This is the view you will use most of the time here you can drag and drop fixtures into the patch panel for each universe and arrange them the way you want them List view If you choose the List option from the drop down list Vista displays the List view screen To select fixtures in this view click on the Unit ID number s he Hae Hec
112. er Guide Version 1 11a 17 Swapping fixture types Patching your rig This example shows two of the fixtures we added above that have been dragged and dropped into the pool Wew Ede control ERG Previous Whea WP Highighe joe ien a EE BF 2 Table Viere ma Fines E By kiaratachaer mea daca amp Pasa Feawountes i ua J Aini 1 wA E f H J In An y 2 nde a ae E 3 Ali 16 Wash Mo ite Wash Mode 23 lt 9 Anlk T 15 i fi 11 gt PRS niin Wash Bode ii Pee a phe i5 Te Wash Mode 20 tS foes jo EN LE Patch Prope ff L A K C D A L DAN AE pepe pepe po uois m a m per per per pe be er per pa par er pe peer pr pe pe er fear far pa ee SARS Sa Sm Sm Sa o e e e e p e Sc a a e Cyn SMS Sam em aS A a a a A es ra pres e e pe fear p e e e e e a e e r a a a igen oh ic nc Dd Se sc A A a E A a a a a mro a E e am e e e a p e e e e p e e e e e Camats ep Teppe eee ep A ee i a a ee pepe bpp pepe ee They ll just sit there until you pick them up and drop them back onto a channel Swapping a fixture type While a fixture is sitting in the pool you can change its type To do this 1 Select the fixture or fixtures in the pool you want to change You ll notice that the Type drop down list in the Properties box is now available 2 Click the arrows beside the fixture name in the Type field to display the list of fixtures in alphabetical order Properties Patch Fisture N amel
113. er is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures o reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e increase the separation between the equipment and receiver o connect the equipment into an outlet on a different circuit from that to which the receiver is connected e consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Disclaimer Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor Jands Pty Limited shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual It is recommended that all service and repairs on this product be carried out by Jands Pty Limited or its authorised service agents Jands Pty Limited cannot accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage caused by service maintenance or repair by unauthorised personnel or by use other than that intended by the manufacturer Jands lighting products must only be used for the purpose they were intended by the manufacturer and in conjunction with the user manual Disconnect mains power when not in use Copyright JANDS PTY LIMITED 2004 2006 All rights reserved Manufactured in Australia by JANDS Pty Limited ACN 001 187 837 Locked Bag 15 40 Kent Rd MASCOT NSW 1460 Sydney Australia Phone 61 2 9582 0909 Fax 61 2 9582 0999 Web www jands com au Contents
114. fixtures for backstage orchestra pits and so on Once you ve parked a fixture it will ignore any further instructions you give it TAD Deselects whatever is selected and Selects the oy Next ae eee next fixture in this universe y Selects the previous fixture in this universe Previous Switches the selected fixture on This is a toggle switch while it s selected Vista switches on fixtures as you select them Displays the Connect Universes screen so you can attach external Ethernet DMxX interface boxes See Configuring external Ethernet DMX interfaces id Connect Universes Programmer screen This icon does this es k Summarise Fixtures Displays the list of summary options see Using the summary views ja Cuts the selected events Copies the selected events Pastes any cut or copied events at the point on the timeline marked by the left hand yellow triangle marker Ay Py Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y vie tii Previous Next fixture selection Vista n remembers the last set of fixtures you selected you use these icons to toggle back and forth between these selections S De selects all currently selected fixtures es Selects every fixture 172 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference This icon fe intmis E ae SnD w New Group Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Toolbars does this Inverts the fixture s
115. fixtures in the group on an HTP basis If there s no clip containing the fixtures in the group being played the fader will set the level of the fixtures between 0 and 100 You can assign different actions to these buttons and faders to suit your requirements or playback style To assign an action 1 Click the Console button to display the Console screen 2 Click on the Group Actions heading in the left hand pane 3 Click on the required button or fader action and drag it on top of the button or fader you want to use for that function The following actions are available This action type Flash Button Flash Button Flash HTP Button Group Blackout Button HTP Fader Scale Fader does this Flashes the intensity of the group to the maximum level programmed in any active clip Flashes the intensity of the group to 100 Flashes the intensity of the group to 100 Lowers the intensity of the group to 0 while the button is held down Increase the intensity of fixtures in the group on an HTP basis If there s no clip containing the fixtures in the group being played the fader will set the level of the fixtures between 0 and 100 Reduces the intensity of fixtures in the group When a Scale fader is pulled down while a clip is being played the intensity of fixtures in that group will be reduced Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware P
116. for minutes e g 1h2m3 5s Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Creating clips This option does this Duration Enter a time to set the duration or length of an event s If you enter a number with no units Vista assumes seconds Use h for hours m for minutes e g 1m2s Scale Events Select this option if you want all selected events to be scaled when the duration is increased or decreased Scaling is based on the longest event If this box is not ticked all events will be set to the same duration Stretch step Select this option if you want the step containing the selected events to be automatically stretched or reduced in size Constrain to Step Select this option if you want the events to be fitted within the step Events that are longer than the step will be reduced to the step length Aligning start and end points You can also align the start and end times of selected events To do this select the events and click the alignment icons on the toolbar EEs These two icons respectively align the start and end times of the selected events Chaining events You can also use the chain command to align the end point of one event with the start point of another event To do this select the events and choose the chain option from the Tools menu You can chain two or more events this way Setting the fade path Vista provides a set of pre defined fade path shapes so you can quickly set ho
117. g The progress indicator When you hit Play the yellow line on the navigator bar starts moving from left to right across the timeline This line shows where you are up to in this clip If you hit Pause the line stops wherever it is on the timeline if you hit Play it starts from the same spot Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 63 About the timeline 64 Working with clips The yellow indicator line has a green line attached to it that runs across the event bars in the timeline itself to show you where you re up to The green line is there so you can make precise timing adjustments CEEA a a s ES uram fe ae A ah E el hl Id Pe tt sami Sinn Depending on the level of zoom you have selected the green indicator bar may appear to be out of sync with the yellow progress bar Zooming in and out The red focus box in the timeline navigator bar beneath the timescale shows the current zoom level s7 ETENE AL hey Ls i i Lin I f i To focus on a particular section of the timeline put the pen on this area and drag over the section you want Vista re draws the red box to show the area you selected and updates the information on the timeline to show that area You can also adjust the focus box using the icons on the horizontal scroll bar just above the progress indicator a mm This icon does this H zooms in on the area selected by the focus box z zooms out incr
118. ganize these components With this button you can select one of the following overlay screens normally for display on the external monitors Displays the Output window that shows DMX output values channel by channel Displays the Output window that shows you what each fixture is doing Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Getting started Creating and loading shows This button does this History Displays the Programmer History where you can undo changes and edit clips you ve been working on Snapshots You can record update and activate snapshots using the Snapshot selector Each snapshot stores the exact state of the playback controls at the time it is created Release all Clicking this button at any time releases all the fixtures from their current settings as determined by the clips that are running and returns them to their default state Creating and loading shows Creating a show To create a new show at any time choose the New option from the Vista menu Loading existing shows To load a show you ve already created choose the Load option from the Vista menu Vista displays the Open window Look in E data 5 e E A E Demol yvst y E LDI_20_11 vst My Recent E Demo1 vst Documents E ERA E DemoShowg wst EI LDI_20_11 vst My Documents Ws My Computer My Now File name ii Places Files of type Vista show files vst nlc v Cancel To load a show you ve previously saved o
119. h to this view open a clip in the programmer and press the single quote key or select Show Step List from the View menu Vista switches the navigator pane to show step list view gone green END 4 25 2 53 n Follow Halt Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 79 Working with steps Working with clips In this view Vista shows each step as a small box containing the Step name step duration and end of step action The current step is represented with a green border and when you click on a step or steps the dark blue colour shows that this step s is currently selected The step list view provides two ways to move or copy steps You can e select the step s then drag and drop those steps to a new location in the same clip or to another clip e select the steps and use the right click popup menu to select the required action Using drag and drop to copy steps To do this 1 Click ona step box to select that step then either Shift click on another step to select a range of steps or Control click on another step to add it to the selection 2 Click on the selected steps and drag them to a new position in the step list As you drag you ll see a grey position marker appear between the step boxes Lift the pen or release the mouse button to drop the steps in the new position 3 To copy the steps to another clip select the steps as above then drag them to the other Clip tab That Clip will pop open and you can position th
120. hd ETTE aa th al T i mM e Gk pan Popate fee pes perp poe a ada Name auo EO Ee Pop p pe ee e p poi Fixture Unit Number is E A a 2 a a 2 A E 46 DA 49 49 aa i N ae Bb 6 E 5 65 266 F pse pes po p LI Testasashgefwwe i E a a Cc Cc SS A eg so aa ee a ical Sail i 0 in pl DMX Universe j 4 SA Els BED DMX Start Address 135 pe pez oe BGS BGG B7 p68 pe3 fro RSG ed Ea aail he wel deal Kel teate in txture pool B 25 5 ee A 3U A METETE ETE Oy Oy Oy fertile a lalala Epo fF Clone Keypad Patch ae ES ko Zep E aa nnn A R E aad ma a z a a n ak aS e SPOT ER i 12 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Adding fixtures to the patch Tip If you ve already added a bunch of fixtures between say channel 10 and channel 50 and you add another batch starting at channel 1 Vista fits as many of them as it can into channels 1 to 9 then flows the rest over to channel 51 Patching multiple fixtures with the virtual keypad Another way to patch multiple fixtures is by using the on screen keypad To add multiple instances of a fixture using the keypad 1 Select the fixture you want from the All fixtures or By manufacturer lists in the Fixture Type box 2 Inthe DMX Universe field Vista automatically displays the number of the currently selected universe If you want to a
121. he n a in PC version console via VNC WYSIWYG host Sets the address where Vista will try to find a address WYSIWYG host Should be on the same subnet as the console e g 192 168 0 10 Broadcast Artnet When Broadcast Artnet is On any universe that is not connected to an output DMX port etc will be broadcast over ethernet 156 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting preferences Programmer preferences User preferences To set the editor preferences click the Programmer tab on the User Preferences screen User Preferences General Network Programmer cip preferences Froperty Value Default colour mechanism Prefer Miner Crossfade HSW fast On Disable HS matching Off Prograrnimer priority On Wheel Sensitivity 2 Preview Fistures On Background click deselects F On Step Label Format H Split Step Creation Create On Lett Default Step Name Shep Default Step Increment 1 Inhibit napplicable E vents On Hide inapplicable Events Disabled programmer intenst Off Display raw channels in perc Off Display values above controls Off This option Default colour mechanism Crossfade HSV fast Disable HSV matching Programmer priority Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Sets the default colour mechanism Vista uses when managing lights with colour wheels and colour mixers e Automatic uses the colour wheel for Lee colours and mixing for HSV e Prefer Mixer uses colou
122. he fader is moved above 0 Automatically activates the Clip when it is loaded to a playback fader by Page change When playback jumps forwards any events that lie fully between the old position and the destination are ignored If on programming tracks forward though proceeding steps until it is either superceded or released If off events are released in the following step unless they are repeated If on clips that are not contributing to the console s output are released Determines what happens when using Jump Normal restores the tracked state on Jump Build fades direct to destination excluding information in steps that are bypassed Video fades via all events The default time for Jumps amp Overrides The default duration for new steps Sets the default action for steps Halt or Follow The duration over which the clip fades in when it starts The duration over which the clip fades out when it is released Playback rate for the clip does this Turns chase mode on off Sets the step order for chases Can be set to forward backward bounce or random Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware Group Masters Chase rate Chase rate when in chase mode expressed as steps per minute Chase fade Proportion of time spent fading vs time spent at each step of a chase Timecode tab This property does this Start time Sets the trigger time in Hours minutes
123. he popup menu Arranging fixtures ina grid You can arrange fixtures in rows and columns To do this 1 Select the fixtures you want to arrange into a grid 2 Right click in the fixture window and select Arrange in grid from the popup menu Vista opens the Arrange in Grid window i Arrange in grid Arrange by Rows gt Columns sort order User lb Mame Fixture type User ID 2 Selection order OK This option does this Rows Specify the number of rows you want in the grid Columns Specify the number of columns you want in the grid User ID Sort the fixtures by ID number Name Sort the fixtures alphabetically by name Type User ID Sort the fixtures by type name then ID number Selection Order Sort the fixtures into the order they have been selected 3 Click the OK button to arrange the fixtures 34 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Using the intensity colour and beam palettes The Programmer screen usually has three palette windows down the right hand side These palettes give you control of the main aspects of lighting fixtures intensity amp position colour gobo and beam All the palettes work in much the same way so once you ve mastered one of them the others will be easy To set attributes for one or more fixtures select the fixtures you want in the Fixture panel then click on the Palette yo
124. hen it reaches its end point To set this you can either click on the diamond marker or select the event and choose an option from the drop down menu beside the Step field Follow There are three options This option does this Follow When Vista reaches the end of this step it automatically goes straight on to the next step in the clip Halt When Vista reaches the end of this step it stops playing Repeat When Vista reaches the end of this step it will replay the step you specify in the repeat step down list This step and any intervening steps will be replayed for the number of times you specify in the times box You can focus in on the Steps in a clip one at a time using the left and right arrow keys on the toolbar SPee Al You can add a new step before the first step or after the last step by selecting the first step and clicking the Left arrow icon or selecting the last step and clicking the right arrow icon You can also name new steps or rename existing steps in this field 76 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Working with steps Pre determining event lengths You can pre determine the starting point duration and end point of an event using the two yellow Event Length triangles on the time ruler at the top of the timeline tive LaNeige H amp A WSCC EEE EE a a a E F 10 fixtures KC Fixtures 10 fixtures KY fixtures _ cw AA Pona Summar
125. hen paged onto a fader e g workspace change Set As Default J Ganging Cancel Close This property Name Priority HTP Intensity Active HTP Activate on flash Deactivate on flash Flash level Fade all attributes Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Sets the name of this clip Sets the clip priority A clip set to High priority can t be overridden by normal or low priority clips Determines whether or not the intensity overrides on the faders are calculated using highest takes precedence Causes the intensities of a clip s to activate as soon as the playback fader is moved from 0 Activates plays a clip whenever you press the flash button Deactivates releases a clip whenever the flash button is released Scales the Clip intensity when using the clip s flash button Allows a Playback fader to control all attributes Moving the fader up or down will cause Intensity Position Colour etc to fade in or out 135 Setting clip properties This property Go on fader up Auto go when paged in Skip state in jumps Maintain State Release when overridden Playback mode Default Crossfade Time Default Step Duration Default end of step action Fade in time Release Fade out time Playback rate Chase tab 136 This property Chase mode Chase direction Using the console hardware does this Activates the Clip when t
126. hould now be enabled and should show the currently set control values Set the Amplitude to 100 to get the fixtures modulating between 0 amp 100 intensity Step forward and set the new step to 20s duration using either the duration controls on the toolbar or by dragging the step point out to 22s Ensure the same fixtures are still selected and then use the intensity control panel to track forward the programming into this step hit the 50 intensity button on the percentage tab A new effect will appear in the Active Effects pane of the SmartFX dialog click to select it on the controls Slowly move the Spread control up to 100 whilst observing the output Tracking View Wysiwyg etc Note how the effect changes to a wave pattern Leave the Spread control at 100 and then very slowly move the Overlap control back from 100 observing the output n b this control is very sensitive so move slowly down to 90 Note how the wave gets shorter when the control is down around 60 only a couple of adjacent fixtures are on whilst all the remaining fixtures are resting Move the Spread control back to 100 and leave Overlap at 100 Step forward to a new step and again set it s duration to 20s Click the 50 button to track the programming forward again ensure fixtures are still selected Click to select the new effect at the bottom of the Active Effects list Set Overlap to 0 and note that the effect is now chasing fr
127. imeline To do this choose an option from the list below the line in the View drop down menu Al Evens 9 gt summarise Features summarise Fixtures All Events Follow panel Position Colour Gobo Beam Custom Filter When you choose a filter Vista displays only those types of events Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 61 About the timeline Working with clips 62 You can also create your own filters to show only those combinations of events you want to see To create a filter 1 Choose the Custom Filter option from the menu Vista displays the Define Filter window E Define filter Classes Feature Types _ Intensity Intensity Shutter Position i Position ik Colour i i Colour Gobo Gobo Rat Prism Friem Aot Focus Zoom tis Patten Projection i Frost Iris Framing Frame Rat Misc Beam Speed BeanvE dge Misc i Al Mone i 2 Click the New button 3 Check the buttons for the classes or types of events you want Vista to display 4 Typeaname for the filter 5 Click the Close button Vista adds this filter to the drop down filter list If you want to delete a filter select it from the list on the Define Filter window and click the Delete button Playing and moving around a clip At the bottom of the timeline screen there is a set of controls and a navigator bar that shows where
128. in Also provides a User option that enables you to adjust Red and Blue independently Choose a setting to work with and press Enter to activate your selection Change the User setting by selecting the icon In the User Adjust ment window change Red or Blue to calibrate color centering on green lo exit select the moor Note Manual changes to the color settings will invalidate the Cintiq color profile E On GR cot Oe a 40 48 4kHZ GOHZ 00 Gecko ual BRIGHTNESS Incr or decreas image brightness 48 4kHZ 60Hz Pith 0GA only Select to reduce or eliminate vertical distortion line To aubomatioally adjust use the Reset option HoD E OD Gp ot Os Le 5O 48 4kHZ 60Hz Esco Vertical Center VGA only Select to move the screen Imge up or down lo automatically adjust use the Reset option G Reset Provides two options Use Auto Adjust to reset only the image parameters 48 4kHZ 60Hz E Esci Use Recall to reset all STAN oplhons LO Ihe factory default Selecting the exit icon exits the Reset window without resetting anything c Backlight Select to Increase or decrease the backlight brightness level 8 s Language Select to choose a language option for the OSD English Deutsch Francais Espanol Italiano or Japanese Caring for the Cintig pen tablet Keep the Grip Pen and the Cintiq LCD scr
129. in different directions Swap Selecting this checkbox swaps the pan and tilt controls so pan tilt the fixture will pan when given a tilt command and vice versa This is useful for coordinating the movements of fixtures hung on vertical trusses or pipes Channels This is a list of the features of the fixture and which DMX channel is controlling each feature Advanced properties The advanced button provides access to a number of Fixture Transformers that allow you to further customize fixtures For example the Pan and Tilt Offset parameters allow you to correct the home position for fixtures that are hung at an angle 20 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Controlling the fixtures To add a transform click the Advanced button to open the transform window then click the Add button to choose a transformer Transforms Pan offset Intensity limit Invert tilt Invert pan Swap pan tilt Some of the transformers are also available from the Properties tab as described above To choose one of the advanced transformers click on Pan offset or Tilt Offset This option Offset Symmetrical Controlling the fixtures does this Sets the offset angle For example setting a Pan offset of 45 would move the fixtures Home position by 45 degrees Determines whether the fixture has equal movement from both sides of the Offset position For example a Fixture with a Pan range of
130. ing Components The Components Window Organising and selecting Components The Components Window When you click the Components button on the toolbar Vista displays the Components window This is where you can select and organize your Groups presets Extracts Effects Clips and Snapshots The window is divided into different areas that allow you to e choose the type of component you want to work with Groups Presets Extracts Effects Favourites Clips or Snapshots e choose a component and either activate it or modify it in some way e create tabs that let you group components into custom sets This screen provides quick access to all the elements used for programming and playback of a show To choose the component type you use the buttons at the top of the left column This button Groups Extracts Canned Effects Favourites Clips Snapshots Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Displays all the groups you ve recorded in the right column Displays your Extracts Displays your Effects Displays your Favourites Displays your Clips Displays your Snapshots 143 The Components Window Organising and selecting Components Preset parameter Filter and Fade Time panel If you are working with Presets the Parameter Filter bar and Fade time For Presets panel can be used to control any preset you store or use If you are recording a Preset the filter bar shows which parameters are
131. ing the end of step instructions 76 splitting steps 82 step list view 77 using drag and drop to copy steps 80 working with 75 Sticky windows 155 storing from the live programmer 72 modulating effects 97 swinging effects 97 Strike Macro Minimum interval 155 striking a fixture 22 Subdivisions 32 subsets of fixtures 109 subsets of fixtures selecting 109 summary by feature 59 by fixture type 60 no summary view 61 202 summary views 59 Super Playbacks controls 125 Swap pan tilt 20 swapping fixture types 17 18 swing making an effect swing 99 swing start or end setting copying 99 swinging between presets 97 Symmetrical 21 synchronise playback by ganging clips 114 T table view 23 technical information 192 time and date 162 timecode 153 154 timecode tab 137 timeline about 56 adding events to 65 adding markers to the timeline 82 aligning start and end points 57 71 end of event commands 76 event bars 57 58 fade path 71 learn timing 83 moving events around 66 steps 75 zooming in and out 64 timing adjustments 69 using the set timing window 70 toolbar Patch screen 171 Programmer screen 172 Toolbar 171 toolbar reference 163 Tools menu 168 touchpad 183 tracks mvoing between clips 113 transformers 20 transparent raw setting 46 trigger clip 181 trim Vista User Guide Version 1 11a remove unselected events 87 tutorials 106 U universes cha
132. ings Parameters box and use the controls to adjust it see Effect controls on page 102 To see the effect click the green Run button To stop if click the red Stop button a swing effect has two stop buttons Stored Canned effects that modulate or swing Stored Canned effects are pre set to either swing or modulate Swinging means the fixtures move between two sets of attributes determined by the effect e g moving from to left to right Effects that are preset to modulate will apply their own varying attributes about a particular setting e g creating a circle around a position Swinging between two of your own presets Once you ve created a couple of presets see Creating presets on page 50 you can use the Effects window to swing between them To swing between two presets In the Programmer Fixture window select the fixtures you want Click the SmartFX button on the toolbar Vista displays the Smart Effects window Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 97 Using effects Working with clips 3 Click the New button to display the Add New Effect window and click the Presets tab Al SmartFX Add New Effect Settings Presets Canned Fa Selected fistures lee green L FED C BLUE C MALIVE C You can use the buttons along the top of the window to filter out the various types of preset e g to display only the colour presets To do this click the X button to turn off al
133. ips that came with the pen s K a To remove the old tip Clasp it with a pair of tweezers needle nosed pliers or similar instrument and pull the old tip straight out of the pen To insert a new tip Slide it straight into the barrel of the pen Firmly push the tip until it stops The new tip will slide into the correct position If the pen tip wears and becomes angular it may damage the coating on the Pen tablet display screen To avoid this periodic tip replacement is recommended WARNING Prevent children from swallowing the pen tip or side switch The pen tip or side switch may accidentally be pulled out if children are biting on them Removing and installing the Duo Switch 188 Some users prefer to remove the DuoSwitch when working with the Grip Pen For example you may want to remove the switch in order to focus on a drawing and eliminate any accidental clicks that would occur if you unintentionally pressed on the switch Note however that removing the DuoSwitch also removes the button functionality it offers For most users it is unnecessary to remove the DuoSwitch Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Removing and installing the Duo Switch Important Do not remove the switch by prying it from either end as this may damage your Pen NEVER adjust the trimmer capacitor that will be visible when the switch is removed When using the pen without the DuoSwitch always r
134. ise Features O O Come E N ct Sy Step Length Triangles 10 fixtures 1 Preset 2 Sweeps 1 Follow Follow Q Tap and drag these triangles to define the start and end points of a step When you next add events to the timeline Vista automatically places the events between these two points in time Managing steps in the Step list view Step List View You can switch the area at the bottom of the timeline screen to show each step as a tab To swap between the navigator view and the step list view press the back quote key or select the Show step list option from the View menu Vista displays the Step list view MOoe auc Fee E In this area e each step tab shows the name duration and end of step action e the current step shows with a green outline e the selected steps show as a blue tab with white text Click on a tab to select it shift click or ctrl click to select a range or group of steps You can right click on a selected step or in the blank area to the right of the step list to open a popup menu with the following options Append blank step Insert blank step Copy steps Paste steps Modify steps name duration action Renumber steps Set step start time Delete View lind I i Free Vista User Guide Version 1 11a TI Working with steps 78 Working with clips With these options you can append a blank step to the
135. ith a fixture that has a fixed colour wheel you won t expect to get the exact same result but even in this case the Vista will adapt and provide as near a match as the replacement fixture is capable of Need more information If you have questions about the Vista or you d like more information go to our website at www jandsvista com or call us on 61 2 9582 0909 2 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Getting started Setting up the console Getting started Setting up the console Power Connect the Vista T or S series console to any mains supply between 100 and 240vAC The Vista M series obtains power via the USB port External displays You can attach two external displays to the Vista T series consoles using standard VGA connectors The screen resolution is 1024x768 For Vista S series consoles monitor configuration will depend on the configuration of the computer you are using Desk Lights You can attach two Littlelite or equivalent desklights to the Vista T series console and one to the S series console Switching on When you switch the power on or launch the application on your PC Vista starts up and displays the opening splash screen Think visually work visually ALUN Nck Demille David Timmins John Pedretti Sergei Ivanoff Huub Bouma Paul Me Carthy Tim Schofield Geoff Haines Monika Bojarski Terry Cooney Pat O Grady Neil Vann Glyn O Donoghue David Harding David Mulholland Paul Mulholland
136. ke 4 nAAL beaches Micke a Mirihi Poi Mts biria Wiad hiik 1S bide eich Mode D Sy Cori Marilee Winch Boe JI Bree eh Madad D B mimi te Protip taae Maile Waah blode 71 Mindat iainih Msi 1 F Cenal OB rte veh Hoke 4 Minds Wash Mode Hiace aah Made 9 gt Cena Bu 4 ils Weh Hoa Hrac ech Made L E orbs nA Weh keal ET Mise Waah Bleed Si birdedan amh Misi 1 O Cored Patch Properties all Mireiies Wink Micke 2S Mee wih Moe D 105 Carel L 17 Arip W a bode J Hrac ash Lada L 110 Coris 17 Mite Waah bladed 27 Hila aimh sd 1O i Cenes Heme aa a Mirai Wink Mode 2 Meddac o ech bide 91 123 Canal aueta Wun fs ri Capea u I Tiea mi a orge tre This screen lists all the fixtures you ve patched in global ID number order If you click on the symbol beside a fixture s name it displays the universe and DMX channel that each aspect of that particular fixture is using x it Bachi Mele Mae 5 Mewes eer Hecate Meckd 4 Muah Haas Micke a Cin a i Coie 18 a miis Pile nied idsi i OB rete Wiech Hoke Gobo 1 T unha Wah bodel Fenu Path Poperies ee i 1a AASS Pm Ha Fine Parana Veture ind Humbe iE re Ia Cimi 10 E C Tiea ai a rg ire ec ha Bet Migja H ie Dar ye Waa bigdeal ae hh Mei birahi W i bitaka Z A ed ae ech a REP SSR ASHER Bee E i PHSERRSS amp mr The Transforms column any advanced properties transformers that have bee
137. l of them then click the icon for the preset type you want to display 4 Select a preset from the list on the left the A preset then choose one from the list on the right the B preset and click OK to start swinging between the two presets You can then adjust the settings of the overall effect using the controls e g speed it up spread it across etc See Effect controls on page 102 for details Creating an effect from scratch To create your own effect 1 Inthe Programmer Fixture window select the fixtures you want 2 Click the SmartFX button on the toolbar Vista displays the Smart Effects window 3 Click the New button to display the Add New Effect window and click the Settings tab Al SmartFX Add New Effect Settings Presets Canned Fx Selected fixtures w Swing 4B Parameters H Beam E Colour GH Gobo EH Intensity H Position Cancel 98 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Using effects 4 Choose the parameter you want to put an effect on e g position and click either the Modulated or Swinging button at the top of the window to determine the type of effect you are going to create Swing creates an effect that transitions from one setting to another while Modulate varies the attributes of one setting e g creating a circle or figure of eight around a single position 5 Click OK display the selected parameter in the Settings Parameter
138. lays the Vista help files Toggles the Programmer s Highlight fixtures mode on or off Opens the Jump to step window Moves the current window to the next display For example move the DMX window from the tablet display to an external monitor Opens the Components window with Presets selected Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware The modifier keys This action does this Preset browser Stops the clip playback Intensity is reduced to 0 and all other parameters revert to their previous setting Press the button again to enable or re assert the clip Release all active clips Releases all clips fixtures return to their default settings Save show Saves the show to disk Show console view Opens the Console window Show keypad Opens the virtual kepad in the Patch and Programmer windows Store Programmer Clip Opens the Store to Clip window The modifier keys The LR key The LR button changes a pen tablet tap to a right tap To right click hold this button down then tap the pen The coloured modifier keys The coloured Red Yellow Green Blue modifier buttons provide alternate functions while programming and during playback You can also use keyboard equivalents in place of the modifiers When you hold a modifier the playback buttons Select Go Flash provide alternate functions as shown below Red Yellow Green Blue Shift Ctrl Alt Ctrl Alt Go normal
139. mands within clips This option does this Inhibit Inhibits blinds or un inhibits the clip You must enter either on or off in the Parameter box Rate The Parameter field is a text field and only allows valid input e g numerical BPM value Release All Releases All active clips No other options are available when this command is selected Timecode reset Resets the timecode to 00 00 00 00 Timecode enable Sets a clip to be activated by Timecode Jump Allows you to Jump to a specific step within a clip Select the Clip to be triggered from the Clip column Enter an on or off command or step number if applicable in the Parameter field The command will normally be placed in the clip at the current playhead position If you want to put it at a different position enter a time in the At field Enter a descriptive label in the Label Description field if required This text will appear alongside the command in the timeline Normally Vista creates a new end step if you place the command beyond the end of the clip If you prefer to extend the last step of the clip tick the Expand existing step checkbox Click Insert to insert the command and close the window Learning actions The At field updates continuously if the clip is playing back This means you can select the go action and the target clip then play back the command clip and press the insert button at the desired times to advanc
140. mber of fixtures depending on the number of DMX channels each fixture needs To add fixtures to another universe click the Universe tab at the top of the patch panel to display the next set of DMX channels Re arranging fixtures on the patch panel Moving fixtures around the patch panel 14 Once you ve added fixtures to the panel you can re arrange them however you want Just select the fixtures you want and drag them to a new channel when you take the pen off the screen Vista re arranges them all from that channel Note that you can t place them in such a way that any of the channels will fall off the end of the universe For instance in our example the fixtures we ve added take up channels 1 to 135 so we can t place that batch of fixtures any closer to the bottom of the universe than channel 379 x fem Ca corte DS een a Benoa Bee han D w o o p avela fi tes 1 irea 1 irra 2 1 Airra N Ur d ersa SY e E feara T fir i in wH jasje mae f J J TA fam e ee Pe PO Pe pe op es y Mlyruuctunge 1S EL Te AE AEF Le J 2 LT Le i iF LA Ed 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 12 2 2 JT 7 e a a oo ee Le oe nn A AN A SO SS Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Re arranging fixtures on the patch panel Displaying fixture short names Vista has a standard abbreviated name for every fixture To display these short names instead of the full length names choose the Short Names option from th
141. n added to the fixture Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 23 Cloning fixtures Tip Patching your rig This column is only meaningful when you have a fixture that consists of two components such as a colour changer in front of a Par In this case the colour changer will show Control in this column and the dimmer will show Intensity The Patch Part column shows one of two entries Control or Intensity Control is all aspects of the fixture other than intensity Cloning fixtures 24 Cloning is a special way to add fixtures to your patch This method is useful if you ve already programmed your show and want to include some new fixtures automatically in any Clips Groups and Presets that you ve created To clone one or more fixtures 1 Select the type of fixture you want to add from the All fixtures or By manufacturer lists in the Fixture Type box 2 Select the fixture s you want to clone from the Patch table or list view 3 Click the Clone button Vista displays the Clone Selected fixtures window Clone selected fixtures P You have chosen to clone the selected fixtures 2 fixtures selected as 2 new Vari lite_2000E Spots starting at channel 7 Note this operation cannot be undone 4 Click OK to confirm and the new fixtures are added to the patch Note The Clone button may be greyed out when you first select a fixture Selecting a second fixture will make the button active
142. n from the Tools menu Vista opens the Learn Timing window Al Learn Step Timing Go presses for the current clip will be recorded against the clip s elapsed time or current timecode value as appropriate Learning will commence once the clip is running Current time Os Reset Reset Options Action for shortened steps _ Ignore follow ons Retain timing J Use LTC input time Truncate events I Ripple forward Keep scale Learned start times ox Ca 3 Ifyou want to learn timing for all steps make sure the Clip is not already running The Current time box should be showing Os If it s not you can click the Reset button 4 Use the radio buttons to select the Options and Actions This option Ignore follow ons Use LTC input time Ripple forward Retain timing Truncate events Keep scale does this Tick this option to treat all steps as halts while learning timing Uses the SMPTE timecode at the time you press Go as the Step start time If a step is made longer all steps to the right of it will be moved accordingly If a step is made shorter events in the step are not changed Events may then be longer than the step i e span the next step If a step is made shorter events in the step are shortened if necessary to fit into the step If a step is made shorter all events are scaled accordingly 5 Once you have set the options and are ready to go either press the
143. n the Active effects panel Selecting the effect name here will automatically select the effect in the timeline and relocate the play head to that position Click the Stop Effects button The Select Effects to Stop window opens Select the Effect s you want to stop The selected fixtures are shown on the right hand side to confirm what will be affected Click the Stop button Stop RTFX events will be added to the timeline SmartFX programming amp playback fundamentals To edit a new clip in the programmer select the 10 fixtures and open the SmartFX Control Panel SmartFX toolbutton then 1 2 Click New to open the Add New Effect dialog Click the Settings tab and select the Modulated button Open the Intensity branch to show the Intensity and Shutter items Select the Intensity item and hit OK to close the window You should now see all fixtures intensity modulating but only reaching about 25 Using the programmer s intensity panel set the intensity to 50 You should now see the fixtures modulating between 25 and 75 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 107 SmartFX Quick start tutorials Working with clips 108 6 10 E 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Using the SmartFX Control Panel click the Settings tab to view the SmartFX controls If the controls appear disabled then click the new I modulate effect in the Active Effects pane on the left the controls s
144. n the Select colour window 3 Choose a colour from the basic colours or colour picker Changing fonts 1 Right click anywhere in the clip or step pane and select Change font from the popup menu 2 Select Choose font from the popup submenu to open the Select font window 3 Choose a font style and size Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware Console layout Using the console hardware Console layout The Vista T series consoles and S series control surfaces provide the faders encoders switches and displays you ll need to control your lighting rig The layout of each product is slightly different and the quantity of playback controls varies but they all provide the same control modules x Smapshot record enable eer eee 99200090 Pen tablet module The Pen tablet module incorporates the main display display controls keyboard and trackpad for the T series consoles For S series consoles the main display keyboard etc are provided as part of the external computer Function keys T series consoles provide twelve user definable function buttons located above the main display S series consoles provide five function buttons located at the top centre of the unit On the Vista PC version the Function keys F1 F5 or F1 F12 can be used in place of these buttons You can assign many commonly used commands to these buttons so you have access to that function at th
145. nection to the consoles IP address 192 168 0 65 The connection requires a username and password as follows Username vista user Password user If you use a graphical FTP client such as those mentioned above the contents of the consoles Show Data directory and sub folders will be displayed in a window such as this FileZilla Connected to 192 168 4 66 File Edit Transfer View Queue Server Help GE tnlr QIE 3 R Address 192 168 4 66 User vistauser Password eeee Port 21 Command FEAT Response 500 Unknown command Connected Retrieving directory listing ND 257 Directory listing successful amp amp Desktop Filetype Date Permissions B My Documents B 3 My Computer fq artnet_oem xml File Folder 11 11 2006 Irwxrwxrwx n 3 3 2 Floppy A backups File Folder 27 a 3 cage A 0 2diagnostic files File Folder 08 02 2007 drwxrwxrwx sw SECURE I GDhelp File Folder 11 11 2006 Irwxrwxrwx lost found File Folder 11 11 2006 22 drwx Filesize Filetype juser folder File Folder 18 01 2007 13 drwxrwxrwx 3 2 Inch Flopp Me application png IrfanView P 15 02 2007 TWTWTW Local Disk la Datagate 2 vst VST File 23 11 2006 TWTW TW CD Drive la Datagate vst VST File 23 11 2006 tw 4tw tw Removable Disk la dataGate_01 vst VST File 23 11 2006 wxr xr x 8 dfg vst VST File 21 12 2006 w tw tw a dimmers vst VST File 30 11 2006 4twtw tw la export test 2 vst VST File 12
146. new clips Assign audio Opens the Assign audio window see Assigning audio to a clip on page 113 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 133 Playback popup menu 134 This option Clip Properties Rename clip Edit clip Set LCD contrast Unlock this control Lock this control Clear item Delete page Clear page Set default playback configuration Using the console hardware does this Opens the Clip properties window see below Opens the rename Clip window Opens the Clip in the Programmer window Opens the LCD contrast window for the selected display Unlocks a component that has been locked in the selected position Locks the selected component Components that have be locked will not be altered or replaced when a new Page or Snapshot is loaded Clears the selected playback the assigned component is removed from the control Deletes the current page Clears all playbacks on the current page the assigned components are removed and a blank page is left Sets the selected button and fader configuration as the default for new assignments Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware Setting clip properties Setting clip properties To set the clip properties right click on the Clip name and the Properties option from the popup menu Vista displays the clip Playback Properties window with the General tab selected General tab Clip is automatically activated w
147. ng window Clip ganging Ganged with Cancel Okay 3 Select the original Clip from the left hand column and the Clip to gang from the right hand column 4 Click OK The two Clips will now play back together when either clip is activated It is not necessary to have both clips on a playback Changes history 114 Vista keeps track of changes you make in the Programmer using Store Live or in the Playback control window to Clips Presets and Extracts The History window shows a list of items that have been modified and whether or not those changes can be undone This makes it easy to identify and undo recent changes particularly if the changes have been made using Store Live or in Playback control window without opening the programmer Whenever there are changes that can be undone the History button changes to yellow Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Changes history Click on the History button to display the Change History window Y Change History QI Last change Undoable Undo Thrs 1 mins no 53 mins ago yes Redo Close To modify an item 1 Select the Clips Presets or Extracts tab 2 Select the item you want to modify 3 Click the Undo Redo or Edit button You can t undo changes after you save your show or save a clip preset or extract that is open in the programmer Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 115 Control and Monit
148. nging 14 update software 175 updating live playbacks 52 presets 93 USB interfaces 26 user preferences 153 user preferences setting 154 using effects 96 V version of software 161 Vertical Spacing 32 view the rig 22 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Index using different views 30 View menu 163 170 viewing patch in different ways 22 views list view 23 table view 23 vnc 178 VNC Password 156 W Wheel Sensitivity 158 windows resetting on external monitors 162 WYSIWYG host address 156 Z zoom 42 Zoom 32 zooming in and out 64 203
149. ngs 154 Default Step Duration 160 Default Step Increment 158 Default Step Name 158 deleting fixtures 19 layout views 33 shows 7 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Index desk lights 3 Desklight amp LCD Contrast settings 161 Disabled Programmer Intensity Faders 158 disconnecting an interface box 27 Display Raw channels in percent 158 Display values above controls 159 DMX window features 151 DMX Window using 150 DMxXinterface configuring 25 dousing a fixture 22 dual gobo 44 duplicating layout views 33 E Edit menu 163 166 editing extracts 89 in the Playback control window 120 editor preferences 156 157 effects 98 applying canned effects 96 controlling 102 merging 100 modifying 100 reviewing 101 saving 100 splitting 100 swinging between two presets 97 using 96 Enable Pen tip button 154 Ethernet DMxX interface changing settings of 28 configuring 25 connecting 26 disconnecting 27 setting the port 26 event bars 57 58 events aligning start and end points 57 71 chaining 71 fade path 71 pre determining event lengths 77 selecting by attribute 92 selection handles 67 steps 75 197 Index trim unselected 87 expanding playbacks 130 exporting shows 7 external displays 3 external window utility 162 extracts applying extracts 89 arranging extracts 89 creating and applying extracts 88 creating extracts 88 editing 89 F Fade all
150. nsity slider controls the intensity of the selected fixtures in a percentile range e if the selected fixtures have a strobe capability the Strobe slider controls the speed of the strobe e if the selected fixtures have blackout shutters the Opened and Closed buttons set the shutter position Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 37 Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Setting up your fixtures 38 You ll notice that as you change the intensity settings the icons on the Fixture panel change to reflect this Position The Position tab gives you control of the direction in which the selected fixtures are aimed To adjust the position either e click on the round target symbol and drag it to the spot you want e use the slider bars along the X and Y axes to set a more precise position You ll notice that as you change the position settings the icons on the Fixture panel change to reflect this as these examples show Before Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Intensity by percentage A more precise way to set intensity is with the second Intensity tab This provides percentile bands in 5 increments Just click on the level you want to set it To increase or decrease it in 10 increments click the or 10 buttons To set it to full or zero click the Full or Off buttons respectively Setting raw DM
151. nt to split the step then choose Split at cursor option from the Step menu or e position the green Playhead line at the point where you want to split the step then choose Split at Playhead option from the Step menu Vista splits the step into two at that point This example shows the before and after effect of using this function Before splitting Live LaNeige O fotures Moo fodures 0 fires 10 fini G5 ide After splitting Live Lahmge a 8 Fy IP nn Find bi bj Gae 0 Prece Foky Two Steps created by splitting Adding markers to the timeline 82 You can denote significant points on the timeline with markers and use them as moveable snap to points This is useful when working with SMPTE timecode because the markers are independent of the standard snap to points of the timeline grid so you can place them anywhere you like within time To add a marker 1 Tap on the timescale ruler at the top of the timeline and right click to display the pop up menu 2 Choose the Add marker cursor option Vista adds a green arrow at that point Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Learn timing Tip You can also add a marker at the playhead position using the keyboard shortcut Alt M This example shows three markers on the timescale a wae T a eee sereen me en
152. ntensity on or off Must be used in conjunction with a Rate fader Used enables the fader Must be used in conjunction with a Cross fader Used enables the fader Tip You can save the button fader configuration as a default to be used whenever a clip is assigned to a playback To do this right click on a clip and choose the Save as default configuration for clips option 132 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware Playback status indication Playback status indication For Clips the LCD and LEDs inside the playback buttons indicate the current status of each playback as follows Normal 2 Button Playback Split 1 Button Playback Lower Upper LCD Button Button Button Current a Inverted Active Paused Flashing Green Green Flashing Running Green Completed Red Red Red Overridden Fiachine Red Flashing Playback popup menu You can make changes to Clips Pages and other components using the Playback context menu To open this menu right click on the label area of any playback control Vista displays the context menu Set default playback configuration Clear page Delete page Clear item Lock this control Unlock this control set LCD contrast Edit clip Rename clip Clip properties Assign audio Save as default configuration for clips This option does this Save as default Sets the selected clip s properties as the configuration for clips defaults for all
153. nts or fixtures to a Clip but you can open a Clip and add new information in the programmer window on the Update window Existing information To update existing information 1 While a clip is playing go to the Live tab in the Programmer window and select the fixtures you want to change 2 Make the adjustments you want using the palettes or hardware controls 3 Click the Update icon or choose the Update option from the Live menu Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 93 Update Presets and Clips during playback Working with clips 4 Vista displays the Update window Auto updale az Tema Giry Snan pee D o O DEMO 617 IF ators j O LaNeiqe Step C Shore Prepets Nene Changes i Root P Lp Filter A Progrenined urei OB Selected fetes Active Sethngs thet have Geen overridden by the ine prouraie wil aubormabtoalhy be updated in the sebected chos or selected om rp Ta presets when Ob is prossed Mew Information can be stored to specific cips usimg ne relevant Store hutton Sach omen Tne Store Live Oho and pre Beet th r levant fetures for that cleo Here you can choose whether to apply the changes to Clips or Presets if they are in use You can also filter the changes by fixtures and parameter By default Vista selects the presets 5 To apply the changes to presets click the checkboxes beside the preset names in the Presets pane or click the checkboxes beside the clip
154. o include in the preset 6 Click one of the buttons to choose whether you want this preset to apply to all the fixtures in your rig all the fixtures of the type you ve currently selected or only those fixtures currently selected 7 Click the Continue button Vista creates a new Preset icon in the window that contains all the attributes you defined on that palette Tip Presets are normally per palette i e you create separate presets for intensity colour gobo and beam and miscellaneous parameters The filters on the palette screen determine which types of presets Vista displays at any time Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 51 Creating presets Setting up your fixtures Each button represents a type of preset parameter a Intensity Position Colour Gobo Beam i Miscellaneous i e parameters that don t fit in the Ris above groups Note that the filters apply when storing and when recalling a preset This means that whatever attributes are masked when you store the preset are excluded from it and whatever attributes are masked when you recall it are not applied Updating presets You can use the Programmer to update the information stored in a preset To do this 1 While a editing the clip select the fixtures you want to change or add to the preset 2 Make the adjustments you want using the palettes 3 Open the Components window select the preset and click the Update button You can
155. o move the audio track s in the Clip window by holding down the yellow modifier Ctrl and dragging the audio bar Moving Tracks to another Clip Occasionally Clips get so large that they are difficult to work with and may affect the performance of the console There is a limit of 30 000 events per clip if you approach this limit Vista will provide a warning and you can choose to start a new Clip or re locate some information to another clip To do this L In the timeline view select a group of fixtures say all of one type and right click on the side Track tab Select a Track Vista creates one new track at the bottom of the list The selected fixtures will be assigned to the selected track Select the Re locate to a new clip command under the Clip menu The Re locate Tracks window opens Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 113 Ganging Clips to synchronise playback Working with clips 5 Select the track to re locate and click OK Vista creates a new Clip and imports the original clip programming for the selected track Ganging Clips to synchronise playback If you ve re located tracks as described above it may be convenient to gang the original and new clip together so that they are synchronized during playback To do this 1 Choose the Clip Properties option from the Edit Vista displays the Clip properties window 2 Click on the Ganging button at the bottom of the window Vista displays the Gangi
156. ollow the prompts Installing updates does not overwrite the show data on the hard drive Connecting to the console via FTP 176 You can take advantage of the Vista s built in FTP server to move files from a Mac or PC to the Vista or vice versa using FTP File Transfer Protocol a common method of file transfer Hardware Setup Connect the console and computer to an Ethernet hub or switch using a standard Ethernet cable or connect the two devices to each other using a crossover Ethernet cable Vista Software Setup Open the User Preferences from the Vista menu select the General tab and check the IP Address setting If the IP address is already set make note of the address and close the Preferences If there s no IP address or it s set to 0 0 0 0 you ll need to assign one The address is four groups of numbers from 0 to 255 all connected by periods Typically you ll use an IP addresses starting with 192 168 e g 192 168 0 65 Computer Software Setup Check that the computer s TCP IP properties are set to a different IP address in the same subnet 192 168 0 100 for example The subnet mask should be 255 255 255 0 If necessary refer to your computers documentation for how to set the IP address Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 2 Installing new software Connecting to the console via FTP Using FTP On the computer start an FTP client such as Filezilla FTP Commander or CuteFTP and open a con
157. om one fixture to the next Click the middle effect in the Active Effects list The timeline should automatically select the relevant events in the middle step Set the Rate to 40BPM Press the SmartFX toolbutton to close the SmartFX control panel Use the transport controls to rewind the playhead to the start of the clip and play the first step to output the initial effect Press play to play through the second step and observe the output The effect will smoothly transition from a flat effect in to a wave and will eradually double in speed Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Selecting and sorting fixtures in the timeline 21 Play through the last step and observe how the wave duration gradually decreases together with the overall rate until a single fixture chase results at the end Selecting and sorting fixtures in the timeline You ll often want to select particular fixtures and sort them in a certain way to achieve an effect such as bringing lights up on each side of the stage and successively across the stage towards the centre To make these sorts of effects you may need to sort or gang your fixtures To select and sort fixtures 1 Select the fixtures you want in the Programmer Fixture window Note that if you want to sort them in particular order other than the obvious ones such as beginning and end choose them in that order now eal o Sort 2 Press the Sort m window icon on
158. on each DMX output The cells are black if there is no output and change from dark to light blue as the output value increases To display another output simply click on one of the other Universe tabs at the top of the display Tip If you have external monitors attached the DMX window can be moved to one of these displays by using the Move to next display softkey This button is normally assigned to F10 on a T4 T2 150 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Monitoring what is going on Using the DMX Window The DMX window includes a drop down menu so you can view the DMX information in a more detailed list view The DMX window set to detailed view is shown below zx View Detailed Format Fixed Width Ofo E Universe 1 Universe 2 Universe 3 Universe 4 Universe 5 Universe 6 Universe 7 Universe 8 a pe e p O YL2202_1 1 Vari ite_2200 Series Intensity 0 E 2 vi2202 1 1 Varidite_2200 Series Pan 54 VL2202_1 1 Varilite_2200 Series PanFine 66 4 fvl22021 1 Varilite_2200 Series Tit 20 vL2202_1 1 Varilite_2200 Series ITiltFine 32 6 vl22021 1 Varilite_2200 Series Gobo 76 7 VL2202_1 1 Yari lite_2200 Series Colour 0 s YL2202_1 1 Yari lite_2200 Series iris 15 YL2202_1 1 Vari lite_2200 Series Focus 49 10 L2202_1 1 Varilite_2200 Series Siroka 0 YL2202_1 1 Yari lite_2200 Series
159. only a value of 100 would reach the endpoints This is the base rate at which the effect runs expressed in beats per minute BPM The resultant rate achieved over the targeted fixtures depends on the Rhythmic control below This control affects whether the Rate is based on cycles per minute or fixtures per minute e Per cycle if the effect is an intensity chase at a Rate of 20BPM Per cycle then the whole sequence will repeat 20 times each minute e Per fixture if the chase is at a Rate of SOBPM Per fixture then the chase will cover 80 fixtures each minute The loop time of a Per fixture effect varies with the quantity of fixtures used and is slower with more fixtures Note that the fixture to fixture rate e g a flash rate will be constant no matter now many fixtures are used Mainly useful for chasing effects this controls whether fixtures are sequenced in ascending down ascending up or both directions bounce Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips This option Ordering Overlap Spread Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using effects does this Controls how fixtures are ordered when calculating waveforms and can either be or e Original fixtures are treated in selection order e Random the order of fixtures is re shuffled each time the effect loops e Alternate fixtures are in original order but alternating fixtures have inverted modulation e g can can
160. oolbar or select the Block option from the Tools menu Vista duplicates all tracked information into the selected step Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 87 Creating and applying extracts Working with clips Creating and applying extracts Extracts are like programming templates and can contain any of the attributes you define on the palettes intensity colour beam position and so on They also store the timing associated with the events 88 An extract is a section of a clip or range of events that you can save and re apply in other clips By re using existing material to build new clips you can save yourself a lot of time re creating your favourite lighting effects Creating extracts To create an extract L Select the part of the clip or events on the timeline that you want to extract Click the Components button on the relevant palette then click the Extracts button Vista displays the Components Extracts screen with the filters set to filter out all the other attributes of the events you selected Components PLASA_demo_1 li Groups All Intensity Position Colour Gobo Beam Misc Clips j BEES Presets saa Canned effects Favourites 1ClipE tract KIK MES 11ClipE xtract 29 Fade Time For Presets 11ClipExtract 32 booo 11CipExtract 29 ooog Cs mEnE Jele Lo J J 9 oe C One touch mode mae cco
161. or Playback The Playback Control Window The Playback Control Window Control and Monitor Playback 116 When you ve got a full show going it s likely that you ll have multiple clips on the console and being played back To see what s going on at any time hit the Playback Control button on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen Vista displays the Playback Control window BlueMonday Step 1 Active Not HTP Not Active On Playback Normal Not Sy H China Step 3 Active Not HTP Wot Active On Playback Normal Not Sy H ChQ Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy Col 1 Step 1 Inactive Not HTP Not Active Not On Play Normal Not Sy Col 2 Step 1 Inactive Not HTP Not Active Not On Play Normal Not Sy Inactive Not HTP Not Active Not On Play Normal Not Sy Not Active Not On Play Normal Not Sy J Step 3 ctive Not Active Not On Play Normal Wot Sy Fast Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy LaNeige Step 4 Active Not HTP Wot Active On Playback Normal Not Sy H LOOP Step 1 Inactive Not HTP Not Active Not On Play Normal Not Sy Myrs 1 Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Wot On Play Normal Not Sy Mvrs 2 Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy Random Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy Red Step 1 Inactive HTP Active HTP Not On Play Normal Not Sy
162. orage temperature and humidity 10 to 60 C 20 to 90 RH CAUTION Do not use or store the pen tablet where e Temperature changes are severe or exceed specifications e g outdoors or inside a vehicle e The pen tablet and the Grip Pen are exposed to direct sunlight or heat from an appliance e The pen tablet and the Grip Pen are exposed to water or any other kind of liquid CAUTION Do not use The pen tablet in a dusty environment this may damage the unit 190 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 5 The touchpad and the pen tablet Precautions on using and handling the Pen Tablet Handling WARNING If the LCD screen has been damaged DO NOT touch any liquid that may be leaking from it this liquid is an irritant In case of contact with skin eyes or mouth rinse immediately with running water for at least 15 minutes or more If contact is made with the eyes or mouth also consult a physician WARNING Prevent children from swallowing the pen tip or side switch The pen tip or side switch may accidentally be pulled out if children are biting on them CAUTION Do not disassemble the Grip Pen This may cause the device to malfunction In this case Wacom shall have no responsibility to repair or replace the product CAUTION Do not scratch the display screen Avoid placing sharp objects on the display screen surface CAUTION Avoid intensive shock or vibration to the pen tablet or the Grip Pen Hitting or dropping th
163. ort method select it from the list and click the Delete button Applying saved sort methods To apply a sort method to a set of fixtures 1 Select the fixtures then click the Sort button to display the Sort window 2 Click the Save tab 3 Select the sort method you want from the list and click the Apply button 112 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Assigning audio to a clip Assigning audio to a clip To assign audio to a clip 1 In the Console window right click on the Clip name and select Assign audio option from the popup menu or with the Clip open choose the Assign audio option from the Tools menu in the Programmer Vista displays the Assign audio window China Audio Tracks China wall 10 J 10560 C Program Files Jar Add track Clear all C Click the Add track button Vista displays a File Open window Open the folder containing your audio files normally the Audio folder inside the User folder and select a track Repeat this step for each track you want to add to the Clip Vista displays the names and attributes of the tracks If you want the audio track to start at a point after the beginning of the clip click the Start field and enter the number of milliseconds delay you want before the audio starts Click OK to close the window When you play this clip Vista plays the selected audio tracks with it in the sequence and at the times specified You can als
164. osition etc this is the default setting Displays the fixtures as cells in numerical order in groups of 300 Note that in this view you can t re arrange the order or position of the fixtures you can only assign attributes to them using the Palettes Set the options to determine how Vista displays and arranges the does this Vista arranges the icons in numerical order by Unique ID number This is the default setting With this setting selected you can drag and drop icons anywhere on the Fixture panel 31 Arranging fixtures in a layout 32 This option Grid Lock User ID Name Type User ID Selection Order Show Grid Horizontal Spacing Vertical Spacing Subdivisions Zoom Names IDs Restore Defaults To hide a fixture Setting up your fixtures does this With this setting selected you can drag and drop icons anywhere on the Fixture panel but when you let go Vista automatically snaps the icon to the nearest line of the layout grid Once you ve got icons where you want them choose this option to lock them in place so you don t move them by accident Sort the fixtures by ID number Sort the fixtures alphabetically by name Sort the fixtures by type name then ID number Sort the fixtures into the order they have been selected Tick this checkbox to display the layout grid Sets the amount of horizontal space or padding between fixture icons and the grid
165. ot was recorded will be released If a module is not Record enabled the state of all clips on it is stored However the page and clip assignment will not be recalled This may mean that some clips are now running on non visible pages Tip Fader values are not stored in snapshots Locked components are protected from any changes by snapshots If a clip is part of a snapshot and it is also running on a module that will not be affected by the snapshot there can be a conflict In this situation e if the clip is active on the unaffected module it is not changed e if the clip is inactive on the unaffected module it is restored to the state stored in the incoming snapshot i e activated or released Recalling a Snapshot To recall a Snapshot click on the snapshot selector and choose the required Snapshot from the popup menu Updating a Snapshot To update a Snapshot 1 Make sure the snapshot is active 2 Change the assignment and state of components and pages as required Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 141 Snapshots Using the console hardware 3 Click on the snapshot selector and select Update snapshot name from the popup menu Vista displays the Update snapshot window The same options as described above in the record a snapshot section are available Tip You can also activate update and rename a snapshot in the Components window 142 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Organising and select
166. ou ve attached to the Vista it may still be possible to connect to it by using the ArtNet Broadcasting mode To connect an external interface box 1 Select the universe you want to run through a particular box from the Universes list in the left hand side of the screen 2 Click on the box title in the Output Devices list to select it then click the Connect button Depending on the type of interface box you are using Vista will either connect automatically or display the Enter External DMX source window Pathport Mapping source 6 Quick Universe None H txDms Offset 3072 Tip For Pathport devices click on the Pathport line rather than on the DMX Node lines 3 Click on the arrows beside the Source field and choose the number of the universe for the box you ve connected to For example if you ve set up a PathPort box to handle universes 7 and 8 you d choose one of those numbers in this window 4 Ifyou are using Pathprt Quick Universes click on the arrows beside the Quick Universe field and choose the number of the universe for the box you ve connected to Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Patching your rig Tip Configuring external Ethernet amp USB to DMX interfaces Pathport nodes are shipped with a default Quick patch By default all A ports are patched to Quick 1 and all B ports are patched to Quick 2 Vista polls the box to check that the connection is working and displays th
167. our spectrum and a saturation slider X mA aa l my K Preferred mode Prefer Mixer To pick a hue and its saturation just click on the shade you want in the spectrum area and drag the slider bar on the right hand side to set the saturation level Manufacturer gels This tab provides the actual gel colours numbers and names from the Lee swatchbook so you can pick the exact shade you want M26 Bright Red M29 Plasa Red E 106 Primary Red M135 Deep Golden Amber MB 182 Light Red W 789 Blood Red 130 Clear Prefered mode Prefer Mixer Click in the Colour Lee or Name column headings to sort the list by name number or colour Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Cyan Magenta and Yellow Red Green Blue This tab gives you the option of setting your colour using either CMY or RGB values ER Preferred mode Prefer Mixer B Click the relevant button to choose the method you want then adjust the sliders to set the colour Colour wheel When using fixtures with colour wheels you can use this tab to set the precise colour on the wheel that you want this fixture to use Just click on the colour swatch to select it You can also select by frame Number and set wheel spin by choosing from the drop down at the bottom of this tab Gel Indes Spin Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 41 Using the intensity colou
168. ow to automatically follow the selected clip and current step This option does this Show Active Clips only Filter the left column to display only the clips that are being played Follow Clips on Select When you press a Clip s Select button that clip will be displayed in the right hand pane Follow Clips on Go Whenever you press Go that clip is displayed in the right hand pane Vista User Guide Version 1 11a The Playback Control Window This option Follow steps Control and Monitor Playback does this Tick this checkbox to make the Step list scroll so that the current step is always visible Dragable playhead If this option is ticked you can control playback by clicking on the step bars in the left hand pane Control and Playback buttons To take control of one or more clips click on them to select them you can then This button Properties Edit Select Release Inhibit Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this Displays the selected clip s properties Opens the selected clip in the programmer Equivalent to pressing the Select button for the highlighted clip Jumps to the start of the clip Steps backwards to the previous Step marker of the selected clip Pauses playback of the selected clip s Commences Go Playback the selected clip s Steps forwards to the next Step of the clip Jumps to the end of the selected clip Releases the selected clip
169. p Boc Open Display Hostname display Da eunea lo aC Color depth 24 bit 16 7M Colors Fed Encoding wi Use CopyRect Encoding W Use RRE Encoding wi Use CoRRE Encoding wi Use Hextile Encoding Shared desktop MM Allow shared desktop Local Cursor Show local cursor Middle mouse key Option Le Right mouse key Control A Cancel o F 4 Inthe Hostname display window enter the Vista IP i e 192 168 0 68 5 Clear the entry in the box to the right of the IP or enter 0 6 Click OK VNC will open the login window 7 Enter your password and click OK leave the username blank You should now be able to control the Vista 180 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Appendix 4 Using serial communication to control clips Connecting to the serial port Appendix 4 Using serial communication to control clips You can activate and control clips by sending text commands via the serial port on the Vista T series consoles Connecting to the serial port The cable that connects from the triggering device to the Vista should be a standard serial cable also called a null modem cable or serial printer cable not a serial cable extension The important feature is that that pin2 at one end needs to be connected to pin 3 at the other end and vice versa Tip These steps do not need to be repeated unless the console software is completely re installed using a restore CD or you forget the p
170. ports the contents of the Live tab to a new Clip Opens an existing Clip Opens an existing Clip in Blind mode Closes the selected Clip Closes all open Clips Clears the Live programmer Clears all settings from the selected fixtures Opens the update window so you can choose to update either a clip and or any presets in use Opens the Relocate Tracks to new Clip window so you can move all programming for fixtures in that track to a new Clip see Appendix Opens the Store to Clip dialogue Saves changes to the current clip Displays the Store Clip As window so you can name and optionally assign a clip to a location on the console 165 Programmer screen menus 166 This option Store All Exit Edit menu Edit Ea Undo Ctrlez ena Redo D Copy Ctrl C gt Paste Cirle Select All Ctrl A Select Similar Clip Properties This option Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Paste Special Ctrl Shift V Delete Del Select All Ctrl A Select similar Clip Properties SL Cut Etrit Paste Special Ctrl shitt Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference does this Saves all open clips Exits the Programmer window does this Cancels your last action Repeats your last action Cuts the selected events Copies the selected events Pastes the selected events to the point on the timeline marked by the left hand
171. r For example if you make a fader a Cross fader you should also assign a Toggle Xfader button to the button below the fader Likewise if you make a fader a Rate fader you should also assign a Toggle rate fader button to the button below the fader The following actions are available This action type Blank Button Blank Fader Chase Backward Button Chase Bounce Button Chase Direction Button Chase On Off Button Chase Random Button Cross Fader Fader Edit Button Fader Fader Flash Button Inhibit Button Vista User Guide Version 1 11a does this The button has no action The fader has no action Sets the Chase direction to backwards or reverse N B if the chase is already running backwards the button will toggle between chase off and chase backwards Sets the Chase direction to bounce N B if the chase is already bouncing the button will toggle between chase off and chase bounce Cycles between the available chase directions in this order Forward Backward Bounce Random Toggles between Chase on and Chase off Sets the Chase direction to random N B if the chase is already set to random the button will toggle between chase off and chase random Sets the fader to manually crossfade between steps Must be used in conjunction with a Toggle Xfader button Opens a Clip for editing in the Programmer window Sets the fader to con
172. r and beam palettes Setting up your fixtures 42 Raw DMX colour The raw DMX tab gives you control of the colour either as percentage CMY values or as actual DMX values from 1 to 255 Remember that any settings you make here are not recorded by the generic fixture model so if you change the fixture you ll also have to re program all these details Click the Percent button to set the sliders to a percentage and the raw DMX button to set the sliders to adjust actual DMX values from 1 to 255 Setting beams and gobos The Beam palette has six tabs for controlling beam and gobo attributes e Beam e Gobo e Gobo Wheels e Rotation lt gt e Framing e Raw DMX Beam The Beam tab controls the focus zoom frost iris and prism settings including index and rotate of the selected fixtures Use the sliders to adjust these values Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Tip Gobos The Gobo tab displays icons of the gobos available on the selected fixtures If you have only one type of fixture selected the icons Vista displays represent all the gobo types of that fixture To choose a gobo click on the icon representing the gobo shape you want To display all the gobos whether they are available on your fixtures or not check the Show all gobos checkbox If you have more than one type of fixture selected Vista displays all the gobo
173. r loaded into the console using the import function find the directory containing it then click on the filename to select it and hit the Open button to load it Saving shows To save a show at any time choose the Save option from the Vista menu As with any computer it s a good idea to save regularly in case of power failure Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Creating and loading shows Getting started The first time you save a new show Vista displays the Save As window Look jn 4 C Program Files Vista data Demo vst Ej Demol vst E DemoShowg vst E LDI_20_11 vst Demol vst E LDI_20_11 vst File name Save J File type Vista show files vst nlc Cancel Type a name for the file and choose the directory in which you want to save it then click the Save button Once you ve named the file each time you choose the Save option from then on Vista overwrites that file with the new details without displaying this window Automatic backups Every time you save a show Vista automatically generates a backup file Backups have the same name but begin with a tilde You can open backups in the same way as other files and use them as show files Saving copies of shows To save a separate version of a show with a different name choose the Save As option from the Vista menu You can then give the file another name and save it in another directory if you like Password protecting your
174. r mixing unless you select a colour wheel frame or colour e Prefer fixed uses the fixture s colour wheel whenever possible Determines whether or not a crossfade goes through the intervening hues off or jumps directly to the specified colour on Vista uses colour calibration data to help match colours between different fixture types The data is only available for certain fixtures Turn this setting On to bypass the colour calibration Determines whether clips loaded in the programmer have high or normal priority When set to high any changes you make in the programmer while a clip is playing will override the normal playback 157 User preferences 158 This option Wheel Sensitivity Preview Fixtures Background click deselects fixtures Step Label Format Split Step Creation Default Step Name Default Step Increment Inhibit Inapplicable Events Hide Inapplicable Events Auto blind Live Tab Disabled Programmer Intensity Faders Display Raw channels in percent Setting preferences does this Specifies the number of turns of encoder wheels needed to cover the full range of the assigned parameter a larger number results in finer control Normally set to 2 Determines whether the Programmer Fixture window icons display Intensity Colour Position and other settings When this is set to on tapping on a blank space in the Programmer Fixture window de selects all fixture
175. r the palettes or the controls to define a setting Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 99 Using effects Working with clips 3 Select the Parameter from the Settings list 4 Click the Copy A gt B button Vista copies the A setting to the B position v Cony A gt B Settings Parameters All settings C part E My 5 Click the Stop B button and adjust the setting as required Saving your effect To save an effect you ve created 1 Click the Save Effects Button Vista displays a small window asking for a name for the effect 2 Type a name for the effect and hit the Enter key on the keyboard Vista adds your effect to the list of stored canned effects Next time you click the Stored Canned FX tab on the Effects window your effect will be in the list Modifying effects To add or change the features of an effect click the Add button below the Settings Parameters box and choose the additional effect you want from the list Vista adds it to the list of attributes in the Settings Parameters box You can then select any of these and adjust them using the controls see Effect controls on page 102 Splitting out effects Once you ve added several effects you may want to take or more of them out and make them separate effects in their own right To do this click on the effect you want in the list in the Settings Parameters box and click the Split button Vista removes that effect from the Settings Pa
176. r you ll see a Live tab at the top of the window if you choose a Clip to edit it will open in its own tab To switch between tabs just click on the tab you want to work on For more information about editing clips and working with the Programmer tabs see Working with clips on page 56 The Programmer Fixtures screen To get all your fixtures up and running you tap the Programmer button on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen If this is the first time you ve opened this window you should be in the Live tab otherwise click on the Live tab to make it active Vista displays the Fixtures screen This example shows a rig of ten Vari lite 2000 Spots and ten 2000 Wash fixtures Cn a T l l a T am aA ame eo e TF eour per u a die ae di AA i ae a a FAFAFA arrar 1 ri pi li p S Lhe eN j r aji 3 F ee j aj t amp aja a KIIR j E 2 a a j l Pi i a jit 2 E a i PAm 3 2 2 Bile E a D nn nnn n tae n I Sracctct 9 fea This screen consists of three main elements e the Top view panel where you can display and arrange the fixtures to match the plan view of your lighting rig This panel can also display the Timeline when editing a Clip e the Bottom view panel where you can assign fixtures into meaningful groups e the Intensity Colour and Beam palettes where you adjust the settings for each fixture Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 29 Arranging fixture
177. rameters box and adds it to the effects list on the left hand side of the screen It s now a separate effect that applies to the same set of fixtures Merging effects 100 Once you have two or more effects applied to a clip you can merge them into one You might want to do this to combine a set of building block effects and save them all as one effect Note that you can only merge effects within a single step To merge two or more effects together 1 Inthe Effects list choose an effect you want to merge and click the Merge button Vista displays the Merge Effect window Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Using effects E Merge Effects P Merge P bouncel with Merge P bouncel PEffect22 Settings Parameters H P bounce with Effect 22 Settings Parameters H Effect 22 2 From the list in the Merge Effects window choose the effect you want to merge your selected effect with then click the Merge button Vista combines the first effect you selected with the second Reviewing effects The FX Control Panel has three panes the effects list active effects and selected fixtures SmartFX Control Panel Active Effects Fixtures Settings ff Current step scope only In effect Selected L5 Arc Mode3 1 i L5 Arc Mode3 1 L5 Arc Mode3 2 L5 Arc Mode3 3 L5 Arc Mode3 4 L5 Arc Mode3 5 L5 Arc Mode3 6 L5 Arc Mode3 9 L5 Arc Mode3 10 L5 A
178. ration of the linear change is limited by the mark space ratio if this ratio is not 50 then the linear slope is shortened e g above 50 means more time is spend on than off and there will always be a resting period at the high level SmartFX Quick start tutorials Setup a small show with at least 10 fixtures and configure the Fixture or Tracking window so you can see all 10 fixtures at the same time Using Stored Canned Effects 1 Edit anew clip in the programmer 2 Select the 10 fixtures open up the SmartFX Control Panel SmartFX toolbutton 106 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips SmartFX Quick start tutorials Click New to open the SmartFX Add New Effect dialog The selected fixtures are shown on the right hand side to confirm what will be affected Click the Stored Canned FX tab to display the library of stored canned effects Select an effect from the list and hit OK to insert the effect Repeat steps 3 5 to add effects for different features or to replace effects on existing features Stopping an Effect To stop an effect and have the fixtures revert to their original or default values for the parameters that were running the effect you do this L 2 Edit the clip in the programmer Select the Step where you want to stop the effect or create a new step Select the fixtures and open up the SmartFX Control Panel SmartFX toolbutton Note Do not select the effect name i
179. re Mode3 10 L5 Arc Mode3 11 L5 Are Mode3 11 L5 Arc Mode3 12 L5 Are Mode3 12 lemove Select gt Add Reorder Renamd ae The effects list displays all the effects you ve applied to the entire clip When you click on an effect in this list Vista displays the fixtures this effect is applied to in the Active Effects list in the centre The Selected Fixtures list on the right always shows whatever fixtures are currently selected in the Fixtures window To see which effects are applied to a particular step of a clip click the Current step only checkbox at the top of the Effects window With this box checked Vista displays only the effects that are applied to the current step of the clip This is a quick way to work out what effects are happening at any given moment in a clip Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 101 Using effects 102 Effect controls Working with clips The SmartFX Control Panel contains the following controls This option Amplitude Rate Rhythmic Direction does this For modulated SmartFX each setting parameter can be assigned its own values for Amplitude For swing effects then there is only a single set of parameter controls since there is only one waveform being generated e Kor modulated affects how much of the waveform is added to the relevant parameter e For swing affects the extent of the swing centred between the A amp B endpoints i e
180. re individual parameters from within these groups On occasions this can be inconvenient especially for devices with large channel counts such as media servers For this situation Vista provides a method to store just a single parameter or a number of parameters from within a group To store parameters this way 1 Click on any of the raw dmx tabs 2 Set the individual parameter as required 3 Right click on the slider for that parameter to open a popup menu Home Gobo 1 Ignore Gobo 1 Don t ignore Gobo 1 Sabo 1 only Don t ignore any Clear YL20005 Gob0 Display editable values Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures The Programmer hardware controls Tip This option does this Home Sets the parameter to its default value Ignore Sets the channel so it will not be stored Don t ignore Sets the channel so it will be stored Sets the channel so it will be stored and all others so they won t be stored only Don t ignore any Sets all channels to be stored Clear Clears any value set for the selected channel You can use these options in combination for example to store say two parameters of many you would set the first parameter to only and the following one to Don t ignore Note that as with any Raw DMxX settings this programming is not transferable to another fixture type The Programmer hardware controls With the encoder wheels an
181. rol of all attributes Moving the fader up or down will cause Intensity Position Colour etc to fade in or out Activates the Clip when you move the fader above 0 Automatically activates the clip when it is loaded to a playback fader by Page change When playback jumps forwards Vista ignores any events that lie fully between the old position and the destination The programmed state tracks forward through subsequent steps until superseded or released Releases clips when they are no longer contributing to the output Determines what happens when using Jump Normal restores the tracked state on Jump Build fades direct to destination excluding information in steps that are bypassed Video fades via all events The default time for Jumps amp Overrides The default duration for new steps in milliseconds Sets the default action for steps Halt or Follow The duration over which the clip fades in when it starts in milliseconds The duration over which the clip fades out when it is released in milliseconds Playback rate for the clip Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting preferences Information about your Vista software Information about your Vista software The About Vista window displays the following information e Vista application version number e Fixture library version number e Firmware version number e console s channel limit as determined by the dongle If a show is loade
182. rols provide more extensive control for a single clip They consist of e 7 playback control buttons skip to start skip to end back forward Go Pause Back and Resume e an intensity fader and associated flash button e acrossfader and associated enable button Vista User Guide Version 1 11a OOOO does this Jumps to the start of the clip Steps backwards to the previous Step marker of the selected clip Steps forwards to the next Step of the clip Jumps to the end of the selected clip Restarts playback on a paused clip Pauses playback of the selected clip s Commences Go Playback the selected clip s Not used Flashes intensity of the super playback clip to the maximum value 125 The Super Playbacks controls 126 This button Crossfade enable Using the console hardware does this Enables and disables the crossfader The led inside the switch will be red when the crossfader is enabled In this mode the crossfader can be used to manually fade between steps Super Playback mode extended controls These controls are used for both programming and playback During playback they are used to provide additional control over a Clip If the controls are in Programming mode press the button labeled Playback to switch them They consist of e twelve function buttons described below e adisplay used to display the name of the clip and label the function button and encoders
183. s Specifies the format of step labels in the programmer The symbol is replaced by the step name and the symbol is replaced by the step number For example given a step named Sunrise numbered 1 1 the format results in the label 1 1 Sunrise Specifies whether the new step is created to the left or right when you split a step Specifies the default name for steps created in the programmer Specifies the default increment between step numbers Normally set to 1 If enabled Vista won t create events that the selected fixtures can t perform Inapplicable controls will be disabled If enabled Vista hides events for parameters that a fixture can t perform Note that this does not affect event creation see Inhibit Inapplicable Events Automatically sets the Programmer Live tab to Blind whenever it is not selected Useful when reviewing clips that have been exported from the Live Programmer If On Super playback intensity faders are fixed at full when in programmer mode Normally raw setting are shown as a value between 0 and 255 Set this option on to show a percentage 0 100 instead Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting preferences This option Display values above controls Clip preferences User Preferences Fade all attributes Go on fader up Auho go when paged in Off Skip state in jumps Ort Maintain state On Release when overridd
184. s Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 35 Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Setting up your fixtures This button does this on page 50 for details The Clear Fixture button Clicking this removes all attributes for that tab that have been set for the selected fixtures x Close palette button Clicking this removes the palette from the screen To re display a palette you ve closed choose it from the View Control Panels menu Slider bar usually showing a percentage setting This is a quick and easy way to set a non precise value To adjust it either e click the double arrows at the top or bottom to go to 100 and 0 respectively e click and drag the blue bar to set the value you want e click above or below the top of the blue bar to increase or decrease it in small increments Slider bar with editable value field The value field provides a way to set precise values using the keyboard To use the value field e right click on the slider and select the Display editable values option e click in the value box and type a value using the keyboard Checking that everything is working One of the first things you ll probably want to do after setting up your rig and patching it all in on the Patch screen is check that everything s working The quickest way to do this is to select the fixtures one by one or in groups on the Fixture panel and crank the intensity and colour up a bi
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187. s for Intensity extracts Position extracts etc You can also add other tabs to enable you to arrange extracts in any way you choose To do this 1 Click the Components buttons on one of the palettes to open the Components window 2 Click on the Extracts button in the Components window 3 Right click on or to the right of the tab labelled Al at the top of the window and choose the Add Page option Vista adds a new tab labelled Page 4 Double click the tab name to highlight it and type in a more meaningful name that describes the types of extracts you re going to keep in this folder e g Flyouts 5 Select the extracts you want to move to this folder then drag and drop them onto the new tab Vista copies them from the All presets folder into this folder Now when you click on the new tab you ll see your extracts in there Editing extracts You can use the Programmer to add remove or change information stored in an extract there are two ways to open an extract for editing e inthe Components window you can select the Preset and click on the Edit button or e select the Preset in the Quick Picker and select Edit from the pen pop up right click Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 89 Using commands within clips Working with clips Tip Once the Extract is open in the Programmer you can make changes in the same way as you do when editing a Clip select fixtures in the Fixture Chooser win
188. s in Gobo mode Pressing it again cycles the controls through any available parameters or alternate modes Hold the red modifier or the shift key and click to cycle the controls in reverse Press this button to put the encoders and lower 6 buttons in Beam mode Pressing it again cycles the controls through any available parameters or alternate modes Hold the red modifier or the shift key and click to cycle the controls in reverse Press this button to put the encoders and lower 6 buttons in Miscellaneous mode Pressing it again cycles the controls through any available parameters or alternate modes Hold the red modifier or the shift key and click to cycle the controls in reverse Sets the associated parameter to it s minimum values LE would set Intensity to 0 Press Min and Max together to set the parameter to it s mid value See tip Sets the associated parameter to it s maximum values LE would set Intensity to 100 Rotate to set the associated parameter to the required value Selects the previous Fixture Selects the next fixture Tip Inthe console window if you hold any modifier Ctrl Shift Alt and press a max or min button it will toggle on for 2 seconds When working on a PC this allows you to then press the associated button to set a mid value 48 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Assigning fixtures to groups Tip In the console window if you hold any modifier Ctrl Shift Alt
189. s in a layout Setting up your fixtures You can also set the Bottom View panel to give you access to other components such as Presets Effects Clips and so on this view is called the Quick Picker Arranging fixtures in a layout Vista displays all of the fixtures you added on the Patch screen as icons on the Programmer Fixture screen When you first view this screen the fixtures are arranged in numerical order by Unique ID as a bank of icons as shown in the example above If you want to you can drag and drop the fixture icons around to new locations on the screen so that they match the layout of your lighting plan as in this example e j 4 3 f E WORE WIKE WIER UR IER WIERE vin WICH EEP LO EJ i e I AIEA ALS a F F ta 5 Peels Wip L amp amp amp F ki 15 i ir 1m e Se ee ee ee eee es bet c al HL ede Al Gr ups a Presets iracti Canned eliect F retaantiea al Fy ala alai ala Tip You can undo a fixture move by right clicking in the fixture window and selecting the Undo option from the popup menu You can choose how Vista represents the fixtures from the Fixtures Arrangements option in the View menu This option does this Show Table Displays the fixtures as cells in numerical order in groups of 300 Show Icons Displays the Fixtures as icons Using different layout views You can create as many differen
190. same amount of time as set in Step duration e shorten the previous step by the same amount of time as set in Step duration Set preceding step as This option changes the step before the new follow on mark step to follow That way at the end of the previous step the mark events run automatically Place mark events into This option is only available if it s possible to preceding step place some of the mark events in the previous step The message below this option shows whether all some or no events can be placed If the option is selected but only some events can be placed then the other events will not be marked Set mark events to snap This option changes the mark events to snap at start at start This option is useful if you want the mark to take place as quickly as possible Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Inserting a Mark step Making changes to a step without affecting the next step It s often useful to make changes to step without those changes tracking through to the following step For example you might have a clip where the lights change to colour blue in step 1 and stay that way until they change to red in step 10 If you then decide you want them to be yellow in just step 5 you could make that change but since there are no colour events in steps 6 9 the lights will stay yellow when you really want them to revert back to blue in step 6 For this situation
191. saturation 40 saving copies of shows 6 effects 100 password protecting 6 shows 5 sort configurations 112 sort methods 112 screensaver 162 Screensaver wait time 155 selecting events by attribute 92 subsets of fixtures 109 selection handles 67 serial control 181 Serial Port 155 service amp maintenance 192 Session menu 165 set timing window using 70 setting language 162 setting colour 39 preferences 153 setting clip properties 135 setting intensity and position 37 setting preferences 154 setting up fixtures 29 short names for fixtures 15 show backup 6 creating a show 5 deleting 7 exporting shows backing up 7 importing shows 6 loading existing shows 5 password protecting 6 saving 5 saving copies of 6 Show Grid 32 shutters 45 Skip state in jumps 160 slider intensity values 37 SMPTE 153 154 snapshots 139 201 Index software updates 175 installing 175 software version 161 sort configurations saving 112 sort methods applying 112 saving 112 sorting fixtures 111 fixtures in the timeline 109 the Fixture List 148 specifications 193 split modes 129 Split Step Creation 158 splitting effects 100 splitting steps 82 standard mode 129 Step Label Format 158 Step menu 167 Step pane 117 steps block 87 chaning single steps 87 end of 76 inserting a mark step 85 managing in list view 77 move or copy 79 pre determining event lengths 77 sett
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193. seconds or frames Sync to Time Turns on timecode triggering for this playback Group Masters When a Group is assigned to a playback set that includes a fader and flash button you can use these controls as Group Master intensity controls Group Achons Flash Button Flashi Button Flash HTP Button Group Black Button HTP Fader Scale Fader a ue Select Button The intensity of the group can be controlled in three ways With this Group you can do this master type Scale Reduce the intensity of fixtures in the group When a Scale fader is pulled down while a clip is being played the intensity of fixtures in that group will be reduced also known as an Inhibitive or Subtractive group master When a Scale flash button is pressed the intensity of fixtures in that group will go to the level programmed in the active clip This is the default fader and flash button setting for groups Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 137 Group Masters 138 Scale also known as an Additive group master HIP Highest takes precedence Using the console hardware Increase the intensity of fixtures in the group When a Scale fader is pushed up while a clip is being played the intensity of fixtures in that group will be increased When a Scale flash button is pressed the intensity of fixtures in that group will go to 100 Control the the intensity of
194. selected steps at the point marked by the yellow diamond markers see Splitting steps 167 Programmer screen menus 168 This option Split at Playhead Clear Contents Renumber Steps Tools menu Tools Insert Clip Insert Commands Insert mark events step al Grab Active Ctrl G Grab Full Ctrl F Align Start Align End Chain Insert Marker Remove Marker s Assign audio Associate Events Un track events step only Trim unselected events Block state of current step Unblock clip Markers to steps Learn timing Highlight gt This option Insert clip Insert Commands Insert Mark Step Grab active Ctrl G Grab full Ctrl F Align start Align end Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference does this Splits the selected steps at the point marked by the green playhead marker line Clears everything in the currently selected step the grey area on the timeline scale Opens the Step renumbering dialogue box does this Opens the clip picker window so you can insert another clip inside the one being edited Displays the Insert commands window This enables activate other clips or actions Displays the Insert Mark Step window This enables you to move fixtures when their intensity is at zero so they re in the right position when they turn on Grabs the active attributes of any clips currently playing see Grabbing Grabs all the attributes of
195. shot Wald Enter name Snapshot 3 Stored playback state C No playback state Current page of record enabled modules Entire playback state This option does this Name Create a name for the snapshot No playback state The state of clips is not included in the snapshot For example a Clip active in Step 3 when the snapshot was recorded will be ina released state when recalled Any clips that are running will not be released when the snapshot is recalled This may mean that those clips are now running on non visible pages Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware Snapshots This option does this Current page of record The state of clips on the current page of each enabled modules Record enabled module will be included in ss the snapshot For example if a Clip is active in This is the default sett A nn Step 2 when the snapshot is recorded it will also be active in Step 2 when recalled Any clips that are active on modules that were Record enabled when the snapshot was recorded will be released Clips that are active on modules that were not Record enabled will not be released Entire playback state The state of all clip except ones being edited are included in the snapshot irrespective of whether the record enable boxes are ticked LE clips on all pages plus clips that have been run from the Playback control window All new clips created after the snapsh
196. show file To protect your show from changes choose the Lock Unlock option from the Vista menu Once you ve assigned a password to the show you have to enter the password to over write that file Importing shows You can load shows you ve created on a PC or another console onto the Vista The shows must be ona CD or any kind of storage device that connects to the Universal Serial Bus USB port such as a memory stick To load a show attach the USB device or put the CD in the CD drive and choose the Import option from the Show menu Choose either the CD or USB option from the pop up menu to display an Open screen then choose the show file you want to load Once you ve loaded the show you should use the Save option from the Show menu to save it onto the Vista hard drive immediately 6 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Getting started Creating and loading shows Exporting shows backing up It s extremely important to make backup copies of your shows Like any other computer the Vista stores your shows on a hard drive and although it s extremely unlikely if this drive were to fail e g if the console was dropped you could lose all the show files stored on it For this reason we recommend that you make regular backups of your work either onto CD or onto a storage device that you can connect via a USB port The Vista T series consoles include a CD burner so you can burn backup copies of your show files onto CD at any time On
197. t To do this 1 Select one or more fixtures in the Fixture panel 2 Click anywhere in the colour rainbow on the colour palette 3 Click the double arrow icon at the top of the Intensity slider on the intensity palette Vista instructs all the selected fixtures to show that colour at full intensity 36 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Tip You can also use the encoder wheels to set Intensity Position Colour and any other parameter See The Programmer hardware controls on page 47 Tip If you can t see any output from your fixtures check that the Grand Master is turned fully clockwise and that the faders on the Superplayback panel are up Highlight and Lowlight When you are focusing or testing your fixtures you can use Highlight to bring up the intensity of each fixture automatically when you select it To do this click the Highlight icon The icon background changes to magenta to indicate that highlight is on You can alter how highlight works by updating the highlight and lowlight presets See The Highlight and Lowlight presets on page 53 Setting intensity and position The Intensity palette controls fixture intensity and position It has four tabs along the top e Intensity e Position e Intensity e Raw DMX Intensity The default setting for the Intensity palette is the slider tab O closed Shutter On this tab e the Inte
198. t Tip Sleeve Audio Out 3 5mm Jack socket Ring Sleeve Audio Line In 3 5mm Jack socket Tip Ring Sleeve Desk Lamp 1 Desk Lamp 2 2 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Red Green Blue NC Ground Red Ground Green Ground Blue Ground Vcc Sync Ground NC VD Data Horizontal sync Vertical sync VD Clock Vcc Data Data Ground Signal Shield Left Right Shield Left Right Shield Chassis Lamp 12V 195 Index Index A About Vista window 161 Activate on flash 159 Active HTP 159 adding events to the timeline 65 fixtures with same ID 16 Advanced Properties 20 aligning start and end points 57 71 applying saved sort methods 112 applying extracts 89 arranging extracts 89 ArtNet Broadcast Mode 27 compatible devices 26 assigning audio to a clip 113 attributes selecting events by 92 audio assigning to a clip 113 Audio Volume 154 Auto 31 Auto blind Live Tab 158 Auto go when paged in 160 Auto save interval 154 Auto save prompt 154 B Background click deselects fixtures 158 backup shows 6 backups exporting shows backing up 7 battery 192 beam 42 setting 42 blind 91 blocking include all tracked events in a step 87 bottom pane of a layout 33 196 calibrating the pen 162 canned effect applying 96 chaining events 71 changes history 114 changing colours 120 console configuration 161 fonts 120 single steps 87
199. t Clip by clicking on the drop down box To complete the Jump and fade in the selected step e press the keyboard Enter key or e use the Clip s Go button or e click the OK button If you don t want to complete the Jump immediately click on the Arm amp Close button This closes the window and leaves the clip ready to jump when you press Go You can also close the Jump to Step window by pressing Ctrl J or the Jump soft key again Configuring the console for Playback 128 Once you ve stored a number of Clips Presets Extracts etc you can assign those components to the playback controls the way you want them using Console screen w Seuapehot mng sabis r r a 90 F F Hae d pE z allalls F t A afi j Lan Eri Facet Ohana B ori THAT 2 ante With the Component type and set dropdowns in the top left corner of the window you can display and filter the components you want to assign You can e choose a component type Clips Groups Presets Extracts Smart FX Snapshots from the top dropdown e filter the list by selecting a set from the lower dropdown The sets correspond to any tabs you have created in the Components window Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Using the console hardware Configuring the console for Playback Assigning a component to the playback controls Once you ve selected the component type you want you can drag and drop it onto the lab
200. t from the popup menu This option does this New Clip Opens a new clip tab Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 57 About the timeline 58 Tip Event Working with clips This option does this Save Saves the clip Save as Saves a copy of the clip with a new name Close Closes the clip Close all other Closes all other clips clips Blind Blinds hides the output from the clip Blind other clips Blinds all other clips If you hover the cursor over a clip tab Vista displays a tooltip showing the modification state of the clip and the playback mode bars The horizontal bars represent events These are the commands Vista is sending to the fixtures you ve connected on your Patch screen and configured on the Fixture screen The event bars represent the activities of those fixtures over time As you can see in this example the bars go from the Os point on the timeline scale to the 2s point This means that these fixtures are moving to a new setting over two seconds A STS a EE UP ger coe espe Cp G Putres Bap Took View o 7 Sale i eae i fas aly Ghats Uninc Tan Bk L a vB DBA wen EE cant SS BPS PL Bam Sse Tarn Ce tsi 3 iG immania Vostres gt iJ Te vd EG a T N p gt p tol as E 5an TES 10 hares Seep 1 Hot Sto j 2 LUAHAN ete Ja 2 eBooe Ue i Lhe i i a 5 i i 3 Bird to f Free T sj sj 5 Ir oI od oo
201. t nodes section of the screen 2 Inthe Connected Universes section of the screen click on the connection you want to remove 3 Click the Disconnect button Note that when you disconnect an interface the universe it was connected to becomes available once more in the Universes list To change the settings of an interface box you have to disconnect it and re connect it with the new settings ArtNet Broadcast Mode Some ArtNet compatible devices may not appear in the Connect Universes dialogue box In this case you can set Vista to broadcast ArtNet information without first establishing communication with the device To do this 1 Open the Connect Universes dialogue box Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 27 Configuring external Ethernet amp USB to DMX interfaces Patching your rig 2 Disconnect the universe s to be broadcast from any existing connection 3 Tick the ArtNet Broadcasting checkbox Vista now broadcasts Artnet for all universes that are not connected to any other output 28 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures The Programmer about the Live and Clip Tabs Setting up your fixtures Once you ve patched your fixtures you re ready to fire them up and start setting intensity colour position and so on The Programmer about the Live and Clip Tabs Vista lets you control fixtures live from the programmer and also edit one or more clips at the same time Whenever you open the Programme
202. t views of your fixtures as you like each sorted and arranged in its own away To create or modify a view 4 Click the Layout view selector on the toolbar and select the Layouts option Layouts All Fixtures Table view Spots Wash 30 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Arranging fixtures in a layout Vista opens the Fixture layouts window y Fixture Layouts Layouts All Fixtures Bottom view Q Groups Quick Picker Top view icons Table Icon view Arrangement Auto Free Grid Lock Fixture visibility IM New fixtures are visible by default Visible Fixtures A All Fixtures i ane Vari lite_2000 Spot Vari lite_2000 Wash A Vari lite_3000 Spot H A Generic LED RGB Sart by UserID QO Name Q Fixture type User ID Selection order Grid M Show Grid Horizontal Spacing ja laf Vertical Spacing ja lal ns Zoom 100 Labels W Names x IDs Subdivisions Restore Defaults Click the New button to create a new layout or click the Duplicate button to create a copy of an existing layout This option Icons Table 8 fixture icons This option Auto Free Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Click in the Name field and type a name for the view Set the way the fixtures are represented in the layout does this Displays each fixture as an icon that displays Intensity Colour P
203. t you re familiar with You ll find controls for intensity colour beam gobos and so on you ll find libraries of all the manufacturers most popular fixtures to choose from you ll find a console that has the usual faders buttons and LCD displays So don t worry the Vista has a lot in common with other consoles we ve taken all the best elements of existing consoles and added a whole new dimension to them You ll soon be right at home with the Vista About the generic fixture model One thing about the Vista that s not immediately obvious is the generic fixture model What is it It s a part of the software that works in the background and enables all fixtures no matter what type or manufacturer to be treated the same way Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Need more information Welcome to the Vista Let s say you ve programmed a show using one brand of fixture but need to replace some of them with a different kind Normally this would be a major hassle because you d have to find a similar fixture then re program each and every cue With the Vista you can replace a fixture and you don t have to do any re programming Why Because everything you ve programmed is stored in generic form rather than as specific DMX channel values For instance if you ve programmed the lights to be Red the Vista can send that information to any light and achieve the same colour Sure if you replace a fixture that has colour mixing w
204. tail and progress This column Step Name Vista User Guide Version 1 11a indicates Shows the step number Shows the step name 117 Control and Monitor Playback The Playback Control Window 118 This column indicates Progress Provides a visual display of the step s progress The colour at the end of the bar indicates what will happen at the end of the step Green indicates that the next step will follow on Red indicates that the Clip will halt at the end of the step Time Shows the elapsed time time remaining and total fade time for the step LE 1 5 6 Elapsed time is 1 second Time remaining is 5 seconds Total fade time is 6 seconds At end Shows what will happen at the end of the step Halt the clip will pause until Go is pressed Follow the next step will play automatically Notes This column is for notes and comments To add a note click first click to select the step then click again on the notes cell If the Dragable Playhead option is ticked you can control a Clip s playback by clicking on the step progress indicator bars Er JA a Se ge h Click on the gt button on the left side of the bar to play the step click on the gt gt button to go to the end of the step or click anywhere in the step bar to jump to that point To prevent accidental triggering of steps uncheck the Dragable Playhead checkbox Options You can set the playback control wind
205. tar 025 e320 m 30 Stop _ Drop Frame 2 Set the Frame rate and check the Drop Frame option if applicable 3 Hit the Start button to start the timecode running and the Stop button to stop it The Time Code field shows the elapsed time and hitting the Reset buttons clears this field 4 To close the window click the X symbol in the top right corner Timecode dropouts The Freewheeling time field is used to cope with errors in the SMPTE code coming from an external device such as a Tape player When Vista encounters a SMPTE error it will simulate timecode for a period before assuming the timecode has ended This field sets the number of seconds Vista will allow to pass while it simulates SMPTE until it relinquishes control Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 153 User preferences Setting preferences Disabling all timecode To disable timecode for all clips choose the Disable All Timecode option from the Vista menu This can be useful is you want temporarily to stop timecode from triggering your clips User preferences 154 There are a number of system settings that determine how the Vista operates that you can change if you like To set these preferences choose the user preferences option from the Show menu Vista displays the User Preferences screen with the General tab selected General preferences A User Preferences Property Value Auto save interval secs Auto save prompt
206. te which are available 54 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Setting up your fixtures Using the Programmer Quick Picker There are four other buttons on the toolbar at the top of the screen This label P 4Blue CC Vista User Guide Version 1 11a indicates this A light grey background indicates that this preset does not have any settings stored for the selected fixtures A dark grey background with a broken border indicates that this preset has settings for some of the selected fixtures A dark grey background with a solid border indicates that this preset has settings for all of the selected fixtures 55 About the timeline Working with clips Working with clips Once you ve set up your patch arranged your fixtures assigned them to groups and created the presets you want you re ready to create a clip This is where the Vista differs in a big way from traditional keypad controlled lighting consoles because instead of telling it what you want by entering strings of numbers you do it all visually on a large screen using the pen or mouse and the hardware controls About the timeline The Vista uses a timeline concept that will be familiar to you if you ve seen the sound or video editing software now available for computers A group of events strung together along the timeline is called a clip The idea is simple you create a series of lighting events that occur in sequence when yo
207. tely 10 minutes to complete All show data on the hard drive will be lost Installing software updates The Vista software consists of the following three components e Application e Fixture Library e Drivers To view the current installed version of each component select About Vista from the Vista menu If required software update files can be downloaded from the Jands web site Burn the file s to a CD standard data CD ISO9660 format using common CD burn software or upload the files to the console using FTP Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 175 Connecting to the console via FTP Tip Appendix 2 Installing new software To upload software update files to the console through an Ethernet connection from a normal computer 1 Select User Preferences from the Vista menu and note the console s IP address 2 On the computer start an FIP client eg Internet Explorer 5 0 Fetch to the consoles IP address eg ftp 192 168 0 65 username vista update password update 3 This will display the vista update directory Copy the software update file s tgz to this directory on the console With the software update file s on a CD or on the consoles hard drive apply the update to the console 1 Select Check For Updates from the Vista menu 2 Select Update from CD or Update from FTP upload directory 3 Open a tgz file 4 Tick the required software component s to update and f
208. th clips Creating clips Working with selection handles A quick and easy way to create dynamic lighting effects is to skew the events on the timeline When you select a group of events Vista displays a dashed selection box around them with black squares on the corners and sides known as handles The Onr onre Cs m6 sai Festal f You use these handles to change the duration of the selected events In this example the Intensity events of a set of fixtures are selected By selecting a handle and dragging it you can change the start or finish point of the selected events as shown below The fixtures will now fade in over 400ms Live Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 H E z e Summarise Features v oO a 2a ee ee ee ee eee S fixtures E EO Q 1 Step Halt In the example below we ve selected the top right handle of the selection and dragged it right to step the end fade times over the 2 seconds This has offset the end fade time so the first fixture takes the full 2 seconds to fade in and the last fixture takes the original time of 400 milliseconds Live Clip 72 Clip 73 Clip 74 nw P e Summarise Features v QO I Intensity Fu Intensity Full Intensity Fu Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 67 Creating clips 68 Working with clips In the next example we ve selected the lower right handle of the selection and dr
209. the Timeline screen to open the Sort Selection Controls Subset Sort Presets Reset sll Ca Id Next Prev Ca Name ow __Even P Selection Custom ln Out zall amp Fandom Re Shuftfle Invert C C Custom Set G anging Mirror Selected Fixtures Auto 3 _ Descending Selecting subsets of fixtures When you drag the pen across the Fixture window and select a bunch of fixtures you get a fairly broad selection If you want to be more specific you can use the Subset pane of the Selection Control window to select a specific set of fixtures The subset selection controls are This button does this Next Selects the next fixture in the list If you have all the fixtures selected this de selects all but the first one Prev Steps back in the reverse direction selecting the previous fixture in the list Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 109 Selecting and sorting fixtures in the timeline Working with clips This button Odd Even Reset All Custom In Out Ganging Invert 110 does this Selects all the odd numbered fixtures i e 1 3 5 etc If you click it a second time it selects 2 on 2 off i e 1 amp 2 then 5 amp 6 9 amp 10 If you click it a third time it selects 4 on 4 off i e 1 4 then 9 12 and so on Selects all the even numbered fixtures i e 2 4 6 etc If you click it a second time it selects 2
210. ting clips 70 Working with clips On the toolbar of the timeline screen there is a time field and three associated buttons Gifs a With these three buttons you can select the start duration or end of an event Once you ve made a selection you can either type values directly into the field or use the and buttons on the end to adjust the values You can enter times in hours minutes and seconds or as decimal units For example 1 1m or 1m6s or 66s would all result in the same time If you don t enter units Vista assumes you mean seconds You ll notice that when you drag events around the timeline Vista updates these fields automatically Using the set timing window You can also set event timing and adjust step duration using the set timing window To do this select the event s right click and select set timing from the popup menu Vista displays this screen j Event Timing specify the position start middle or end and duration to be applied to all selected events E EEE Start Eo o Duration 2s if Scale events Stretchstep yf Constrain to step This option does this Select to set the start time of an event Select to set the mid point of an event Select to set the end time of an event Start Mid End Enter a time to set the start mid or end of an event to that position on the timeline If you enter a number with no units Vista assumes seconds Use h for hours m
211. tions Don t track forward step only Ca Events only Maintain state 3 Active state 2 Whole fixtures does this Makes a copy of the source steps Moves the source steps to the destination clip deleting the steps from the source Copies information for all fixtures in the source step Copies information for all selected fixtures Copies information for all patched fixtures even if not in the source clip This option is useful if you want to recreate the exact look of the source step The Whole fixture option is auto selected Use the filter bar to select or de select the features you want to copy to the destination You cannot filter when moving a step this is to prevent accidental loss of programming Click this checkbox to undo any changes in the following step Not available if storing to the last step Stores contents of the source step only excluding any tracked state Stores contents of the source step including any tracked state Stores contents of the source step including any tracked state plus relevant active state from playbacks Stores contents of the source step plus full parameter information for affected fixtures 81 Working with steps Working with clips Splitting steps You can split a step into two steps to give you more detailed control of the events within it To split a step either e click on the timescale at the top of the timeline at the point where you wa
212. trol the Intensity of a clip This is the default assignment for all faders Sets the button to momentarily flash Intensity to full This is the default assignment for the square buttons below the faders Stops the clip playback Intensity is reduced to 0 and all other parameters revert to their previous setting Press the button again to enable or re assert the clip 131 Configuring the console for Playback This action type Jump Button Latch Button Pause Button RateFader Fader Re assert Button Release Button Select Button Skip Back Button Skip Forward Button Solo Button Solo Latch Button Toggle Rate Fader Button Toggle Xfader Using the console hardware does this Opens the Jump window See Using the keyboard to Jump on page 127 Similar to a flash button but latches on intensity or off Press once to turn on press again to turn off N B Clip properties should be set to Activate on flash and deactivate on flash Pauses playback of a clip Adjusts the playback rate Re asserts a clip that has been overridden Releases a clip Selects the clip This is the default assignment for all buttons Steps backwards to the previous Step marker of the selected clip Steps forwards to the next Step of the clip Works in the same way as a flash button but will also reduce the level of all other active clips to zero Similar to a Solo button but latches i
213. tructions to use red choose the Active Filter option from the Fixtures menu on the Programmer screen Vista displays the Active Filter screen A Active Selection EELEE Selected Fixtures Equals I Pe Cyo 1 P More Use the three drop down lists and the filter buttons to choose the attributes you want then click OK to select all the fixtures with those attributes To add more lines so you can narrow the definition of the fixtures you want to select click the More button Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Update Presets and Clips during playback Each time you click it Vista adds a row of fields so you can define multiple attributes as in this example l Active Selection ee Me al All Fixtures Not u Position P 59 T zE feud 3 Gobo Pinwheel 5 Intensity 95 3 3 Mot SE Jon aS Zoom Near Here we are selecting all fixtures that have the following attributes e a position other than Pan 59 and Tilt 69 e a Pinwheel gobo e intensity at 95 e not zoomed near Update Presets and Clips during playback When you make changes in the Programmer Live tab while a clip is being played back you can make those changes apply to the presets from which you constructed the clip or just make the changes to the clip itself Tip Update is designed to change settings that are already in a Clip and does not automatically add new eve
214. ts in a meaningful way You can also drag items into different columns or positions You use this same screen when working with extracts See Creating and applying extracts on page 88 for details Using the Programmer Quick Picker You can set the lower panel of the Programmer to show either Groups or the Quick Picker The Quick Picker provides an easy way to select any of the following items you ve created e Presets e Groups e 6Extracts e Clips To use the Quick Picker switch to a Layout that has the Quick Picker option selected R lh le li lhe li li Presets Presets Extracts s Colour All RED C BLUE C AMBER C MAUVE C Ow C Hot 1 C Hat 2 C Cool 1 C Cool 2 C MAGENTA C hsv red I C hsv green l C lee red C LP Pos 1 IP B Pos 2 IP B Pos 3 IP B Pos 4 IP B Pos 5 IP B _ Fan 1 P Cyc P Roof 1 P Roof 2 P Pair P AEEEREEEENT lee green C This screen has five columns whose contents you can set by choosing an option from the drop down menu at the top of each column Once you ve chosen the type of information you want the column to display you can also select what page you want to display within that column using the second drop down menu Presets labels When you select some fixtures the preset labels change to indica
215. tton toggles the window open and closed Sets the minimum interval in milliseconds between fixtures being struck When multiple fixtures are selected this setting creates a delay between each fixture striking Releases all running clips when you change the current page workspace Sets the serial port configuration I E 8N1 9600 Leave the field empty or set it to disabled to disable serial port control Vista supports the following baud rates 1200 4800 9600 19200 amp 56000 If you change this you have to restart to make the change take effect Time in minutes until the screensaver starts Set to 0 to disable screensaver 155 User preferences Setting preferences Network preferences To set the networking preferences click the Network tab on the User Preferences screen User Preferences x General Network Programmer gt Property value 255 255 255 0 192 166 0 10 wyeiwig Host Address 127 0 0 1 This option does this DHCP Allows Vista to obtain an IP address and other parameters from a DHCP server IP Address Sets the IP address of the Vista console e g n a in PC version 192 168 0 65 IP Net mask Sets the subnet mask for the IP address e g n a in PC version 255 255 255 0 IP Gateway Sets default gateway for the Vista Used when n a in PC version the destination address belongs to someplace outside the local subnet VNC Password Sets the password required to connect to t
216. types offered by all the fixtures Note that just because the gobos are displayed doesn t mean they are available to all the fixtures Some fixtures have two gobo wheels You use the Main and Aux buttons to set a gobo from one wheel and a second gobo from the other wheel You can select any gobo as the main gobo and any gobo that is not on the same wheel as the Aux gobo If you select the Main button and choose a gobo Vista updates the icons on the Fixture panel to reflect your choice Now if you select the Aux button the gobos that are not available because they are on the same wheel have a white border around them If you select one of the available icons Vista updates the icons on the Fixture panel to reflect your combined choice With some fixtures you can rotate the gobo you have selected If your fixtures allow this you can use the slider to index set a position or rotate continuously spin one or both of the gobos The options are e Index move the slider to rotate the gobo wheel to the preferred gobo position e Rotate move the slider to rotate the gobo at different speeds Gobo information stored using the Main Aux method is stored generically so it is the better option if you are likely to swap fixture types You can t set half frame gobo positions or spin the wheel using this method Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 43 Using the intensity colour and beam palettes Setting up your fixtures Gobo Wheels The Go
217. u View Timeline ea Fixture Chooser Show Step list Control Panels Fixture Arrangement Normal Size Fit to Window Fit to Step Fit to Selection Zoom In Zoom Gut Timeline Auta 2oaom v Snap to Grid Timeline Grid Set Timeline Origin Event list Show Audio Bar This option Timeline Fixture Chooser Step List View XN Control panels Fixture arrangement Normal Fit to window Fit to step Fit to selection Zoom in Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference does this Switches the programmer to the Timeline view Switches the programmer to the Fixture view Switches the bottom panel of the programmer to the Step List view see Managing steps in the Step list view Displays the various palettes and windows Opens the fixture arrangement sub menu so you can switch to a table or icon view and arrange fixture icons Resets the timeline view to the default zoom Displays the entire timeline in the window at once Zooms the timeline window to show only the current step Zooms the timeline window to show only the selected step Increases the magnification level of the timeline window decreasing the number of visible steps but showing more detail Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Toolbars Appendix 1 Menu amp toolbar reference This option Zoom out Timeline autozoom Snap to grid Timeline Grid Set timeline origin Show Audio Bar
218. u can even start a new clip using the Store to Clip window To do this press Shift Return on the keyboard or select the Store Live option on the Live menu Vista displays this screen 72 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Storing from the Live tab to another Clip 9 Store to clip Clips Location All Step number 3 Clip 1 Newstep Q Merge Q Replace Clip 2 t Clip 3 Name s ep Duration 2s Halt Step 1 2s Step 2 2s gt gt Step 3 New clip Fixtures All programmed fixtures Selected fixtures All fixtures _ Relevant fixtures only Options Don ttrack forward step only Programmer state IM Changes only Active state O Whole fixtures _ Clear stored data Store Store amp edit Lock options Cancel Selecting the Clip to Store to You can choose to Store to an existing clip or a new clip To do this 1 2 Tip on the current Workspace e Click the Clips drop down box to show either All clips or just the Clips Click on the New clip button if you want to store to a new clip You can also display the Store Live dialogue at any time while in the Programmer Live screen by pressing Shift Enter on the keyboard Selecting the Step and store options You can store a new step merge to or replace the contents of an existing step To
219. u hit the Play button With the Vista you can move back and forth through this piece of time and edit any aspect of the events that occur in much the same way as you could drag a tape back and forth across the play head of an analogue tape deck If you have the Programmer open and you are working in the Live tab you ve probably already selected some lights given them Intensity Colour and so on To create a Clip using this look as a starting point you do one of the following e choose the Export to New Clip option from the Live menu e hold down the Yellow Ctrl on a PC modifier button on the console and press the Select button on an empty playback e choose the Store live option from the Live menu or use the keyboard shortcut Shift Enter to open the Store Live window With this method you can append merge or insert new information to an existing clip and offers several advanced options Storing from the Live tab to another Clip on page 72 for details e if you want to start a new clip from scratch choose the New Blank Clip option from the Live menu or click on the mini tab at the right hand end of the tab bar 56 Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips About the timeline Whichever method you choose Vista creates a new Clip tab and displays the Programmer window Je Ee Fire Seg Teck ite n Aale ait arl narli w y T evel a Pad Bien a a pranm l al ies Tam Bick iL p AADA Da pa ee a a
220. u want to use Common features of the palettes This example shows the Intensity palette with a number of fixtures selected in the Fixture panel and the intensity set to 100 Tabs ra Close palette button Indicates that more tabs are avaliable Palette Name Intensity Quick set sliders Home Button if p Freset Button closed Clear fixture Shutter button All three palettes have a few things in common This button does this m H E i i Tabs along the top that display the different control a sets available in each palette The arrow symbols to the right of the tabs indicate that there are more tabs available Click the arrows to display them While each Palette has different tabs they all have a Raw DMX tab that you can use to program attributes outside the control of the generic fixture model see About the generic fixture model on page 1 e Stop effects Select a fixture s and click this icon to M stop the effect Only effects of the same type as the current panel i e intensity or position are affected A The Home button Clicking this resets the selected fixtures to their default parameters for that tab For instance clicking this on the Intensity tab resets the fixtures intensities to zero S The Components or favourites button Clicking this displays the Components window where you can select Presets Extracts etc See Creating preset
221. up 10 Click the Create in Fixture Pool checkbox if you don t want Vista to patch the fixtures automatically If this box is checked Vista creates the fixtures in the pool area and you can manually drag them to the required address This option is useful when patching multiple dimmers that are not on sequential DMX addresses as a single fixture 11 When you ve set all the fields the way you want them click the Patch button Vista adds the group of fixtures to the patch panel In this example we ve added four Mac500s followed by ten MiniMac Washes with a spacing of two channels between each MiniMac Patch data view Edit Control 2 Previous zo Next v Highlight VEH Connect Universes EAN EX Table View gt A Universe 1 Universe 2 Universe 3 URE 4 UREE 5 Universe 6 Universe 7 cr Universe 8 Universe 9 Universe 10 U lt f gt Mac500 Mode 1 lt 1 gt 500 Mode2 2 lt 2 gt Mac500 Mode 3 lt 3 gt cone ae MiniMAC Maestro Mode2 MiniMAC Maestro Mode4 L Mac500 Mode2 4 lt 4 gt MiniMac Wash Mod IG MiniMac Profile Mode2 7 TARERE 2 a MiniMac Wash Mode 20 lt 6 gt ME MiniMac Wash Mode 21 lt 7 gt 3 5 MiniMac Profile Moded MiniMac Wash Mode 22 lt 8 gt a E MiniMac Wash Mode 23 lt 9 gt j 0 04 Ti EE T MinMac wash Mode2 24 lt 10 gt eas a Mode2 25 lt 11 gt PS MiniMac Wash Mode2 26 lt 12 gt MiniMac Wash Mode2 27 lt 13 gt MiniMac Wash Mode4
222. ur of fixtures when Highlight mode is on e when you select a fixture it goes to the Highlight preset e when you deselect a fixture it goes to the Lowlight preset To edit either of these presets you do this 5 Set the fixture s Intensity Position Colour beam etc 6 Select the Highlight option from the Tools menu 7 Select Update Highlight or Lowlight preset to save the settings Organising Components At the top of the Components window there are several tabs called All Intensity Position Colour etc The All tab contains all the presets you have created Vista also automatically adds Presets to any tab that corresponds to the parameters stored in the preset For example if you create a Position preset it appears in the All and Position tabs To add another tab right click in the area to the right of the existing tab and choose the Add tab option This creates a new tab along the top of the Components window To rename the tab click on it and enter a title Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 53 Using the Programmer Quick Picker Setting up your fixtures There are two mode buttons on the left side of the Components window In Apply mode clicking on a preset or other component immediately selects and activates it In Edit mode you can click on a component to rename or move it without it activating In Edit mode you can drag and drop components from the All tab to other tabs so you can arrange your componen
223. usted manipulated on the timeline until you have it all the way you want it Each time you make a change you can either play the clip again to see the result or just drag the progress indicator bar from left to right to step through the events Note that the timeline shows events as a passage of time and the fixtures will only achieve their final state at the point represented by end of the event bar For example if your event is a fade in from 0 to 100 the fixtures will only reach 100 intensity at the end of the event bar Adding events to the timeline To add one or more fixtures to the timeline fy 1 Click the icon on the toolbar Programmer button to display the Fixtures window 2 Choose the fixtures you want or select a group of fixtures from the Group box 3 On the Intensity palette turn up their intensity to a level above zero You can also set any of the other attributes on the other palettes at this point if you like EET i 4 Tap the Timeline SE icon on the Programmer button on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen Vista displays the timeline window with the fixtures you just chose selected Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 65 Creating clips 66 Working with clips These fixtures are now part of an event on the timeline Moving events around Using Each event has three attributes a start point duration and a finish point The event bars on the timeline show you where ea
224. vens Vista User Guide Version 1 11a Working with clips Selecting and sorting fixtures in the timeline Sorting fixtures You can sort fixtures in a number of ways To do this select the fixtures then click the Sort Vista displays the Sort window This option sorts the fixtures in ID ID number order Name alphabetical order Selection the order in which you selected them on the Fixtures screen Random random order The Re Shuffle button re sorts the fixtures into another random order Custom in any order you define Clicking the Lock button defines the current selection as the Custom selection Click the Set button to displays the Set Custom Sort Order window Click the fixtures in the left hand pane in the order you want the right hand pane displays the selected order The Mirror Selected Fixtures checkbox puts the selection into the mirror image of whatever order you define For instance if the fixtures are in the order 1 10 this changes the order so that the selection sequence becomes 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6 instead of 1 2 3 4 etc The Descending checkbox sorts the selection in descending order based on the order you define Creating custom sort orders The custom sort button displays the Set Custom Sort order window MS Set custom sort order Select fixtures in order Previewed order lt 101 gt spot_1 1023 spot_2 lt 104 gt spot_4 lt 105 gt spot_5 lt 141 gt CC_1 lt 14 Cl2 1
225. w an event will progress Click the drop down box on the toolbar beside the timing fields to display the fade path options ae r Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 71 Storing from the Live tab to another Clip Working with clips The shapes in this menu depict the fade paths you can choose This shape means this Automatic Uses the default path for the event type i e Intensity events fade colour gobo wheels snap Standard linear fade going to the final state over the duration of the event Snap at start go to state very quickly Snap at end go to state at the end of the event Delay then slide up to the state Reach the final state approximately halfway through the event Fast start and end with slow fade time in between Slow start and end with quick fade time in between oe Displayed when you have multiple fixtures with different fade paths selected Tip Instead of making an event very short just set it to Snap at Start If an event is set to Os duration it will automatically be adjusted to 100ms and the fade path will be set to Snap at start Storing from the Live tab to another Clip Sometimes you ll just want to create some programming and store it somewhere rather than creating a clip and building it from the bottom up If you ve created information in the Live tab of the Programmer you can add it or merge it into an existing clip or used it to replace a step in another clip Yo
226. wise to advance and anti clockwise to go backwards Clear Press to clear the superplayback controls the clip is removed from the controls Jump Used to jump from one step to another step out of sequence Press jump then use the third encoder wheel to select the Step you want to jump to Press Go to fade to that step Using the keyboard to J ump During playback you can use the keyboard and the jump window to quickly select a step and fade it in To open the Jump window you can either e press the Jump button in the super playback or e press and hold a Select button on any playback to bring that clip onto the super playback the jump window will open after you start typing a number or e hold the blue modifier and press the Go button on any playback or e press Ctrl J on the keyboard or e press the Jump function button if you have assigned it to one of the softkeys Vista displays the Jump to Step window U Jump to Step X Step Chorus 5 Clip 3 Aria Steps Intro 1 Curtain 2 Leaves 3 Wash 4 Chorus 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Type any par of step name or number to select Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 127 Configuring the console for Playback Using the console hardware Tip Tip To find the step you want to jump to e type the step number or a part of the step name or e use the up and down arrow keys or e click on the step name You can also select a differen
227. y re configure the controls for playback programming or a mixture of both For example you may have a snapshot set up for each song or part of a show You might also have a snapshot for programming with the playback buttons assigned to provide quick access to Groups Presets Extracts and Effects Snapshots can not only recall Page and Clip settings but also the state of the Clip For example if a Clip is active and in Step 3 when the snapshot is recorded then the same state can be recalled Vista User Guide Version 1 11a 139 Snapshots 140 Using the console hardware To record update or select a snapshot click the Snapshot selector at the bottom right side of the screen Vista displays the snapshot popup Snapshot 2 Snapshot 1 i Record new Snapshot Pf Patch Programmer Fi O Playback Control Compone Update Snapshots Release All To record a snapshot 1 Use the console window to assign components and configure the controls and pages the way you want them to be 2 Tick the Snapshot record enable checkbox s on the sections of the console that you want included in the snapshot i Snapshotrecord enable 3 The sections you can include or exclude are the playback set s the superplayback s and function buttons 4 Click on the snapshot selector and select Record new snapshot from the popup menu Vista displays the Record new snapshot window AN Record new snap

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