Elation EmulationPro, Manual

Page 1: ...Manual EmulationPro ...

Page 2: ... from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of pro t or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Due to the dynamic nature of product design the information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Revisions of this informa...

Page 3: ... 1 Overview 3 2 User Interface 5 3 Patch 6 4 Matrix 9 5 Groups 11 6 Palettes 12 7 Cuelists 13 8 Playbacks 18 9 Actions 21 10 Hardware 27 11 Tempo Control 28 12 MIDI Controller Mappings 29 13 OSC 34 14 Options 35 15 Personality Files 38 Notes 39 Index 40 If after consulting this manual you still have questions then you can obtain additional information and help through the on line support forum Emu...

Page 4: ... 10 240 DMX channels Industry standard Cuelist system FX Generator Pixel Mapping DMX in MIDI in out OSC in out UDP in out Art Net in out Timecode SMPTE MTC Astronomical Clock sunrise sunset Scheduling date time weekday 2 500 personality les Optimized for Touch Screen SUPPORTED HARDWARE EmulationPro works in combination with the Art SSC and Art IO as its DMX and IO interfaces the Art B6 is supporte...

Page 5: ...m number of supported Art SSCs is 10 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Please make sure your system has at least the following speci cations 32 or 64 bit Intel i5 processor of equivalent 1GB RAM minimal screen resolution of 1280 x 800 The following operating systems are supported Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 OSX 10 5 OSX 10 6 OSX 10 7 OSX 10 8 Ubuntu 12 04 for 32 bit Ubuntu 13 04 for 64 bit p4 ...

Page 6: ...EmulationPro Manual 2 USER INTERFACE The main user interface of EmulationPro consists of the following sections p5 Groups Fixtures Programmer Palettes Command Line Playback Buttons Playback Faders ...

Page 7: ...will become the master of this Art SSC The Art SSC will then suspend any standalone operation and become solely a input output interface for EmulationPro When the DMX port is unlinked from the universe or the EmulationPro software is closed then the Art SSC will automatically resume its standalone operation The Art SSC can also manually be unlinked from EmulationPro by disabling the Master setting...

Page 8: ...xtures and nd out these xtures are running in a diKerent mode or are even a completely diKerent xture when on location then you can replace these xtures Select the manufacturer s eld of xtures you would like to replace by clicking or dragging in the Patch view and click CHANGE This will open the CHANGE FIXTURE dialog which is similar to the ADD FIXTURE dialog Choose another mode for the same model...

Page 9: ...mmers Properties Selecting the properties eld of a xture and clicking on the CHANGE button will pop up the Fixture Properties window This window allows you to enable INVERT PAN INVERT TILT and SWAP PAN TILT in case the xture is a moving light If the xture has RGB colour mixing but no DMX channel for intensity you can enable VIRTUAL DIMMER This option will give the xture dimmer capability separate ...

Page 10: ...itioned according some typical patterns Tos assist you in establishing the layout you can enable the INDICATE check box this will make the lighting xture to display the same colour as used in the layout diagram This will speed up the process because it helps you with recognizing which xture is selected and how it is orientated LAYER Once the layout is created you should add at least one layer in t...

Page 11: ...enu This virtual xture represents the layer You turn on the layer by selecting it and then creating a scene in the programmer window just like you would be with moving light for example The layer would need its intensity to be brought up and a colour mix to be set typically open white then by using the gobo wheel you can select the pattern page gobo wheel 1 and the pattern gobo wheel 2 Some patter...

Page 12: ...bring up the group dialog where you can add or remove individual xtures To rename a group you rst enable the RENAME button and click on a cell SUB FIXTURES EmulationPro uses the concept of sub xtures This means that some xtures consist of multiple sub xtures like a 10 channel dimmer rack is in our terms just one xtures with 10 sub xtures This also works for LED xtures with multiple segments pixels...

Page 13: ...create a palette go to the Status menu and simply build a scene in the programmer window enable the RECORD button and then click on an empty palette cell You can also edit an existing palette by enabling the EDIT button and clicking on a palette cell Similarly renaming a palette is done via the RENAME button and then choosing a palette cell When you activate a palette then the behavior depends on ...

Page 14: ...to do it in the Status menu Special buttons like RECORD LOAD and KNOCKOUT are provided to make this process intuitive Programmer When recording cues you rst have to create a lighting scene which will be then stored in the cue The Programming window is the place where you create the scene First you select a xture the programming window will update to show you the capabilities of that xtures and ena...

Page 15: ...Once you ve built up a scene in the programming window you can transfer the values to a new cue by following the next steps Press the RECORD button Press the GO button of an empty playback This will create a new cuelist with one cue that contains the scene from the programmer The cuelist is automatically assigned to the playback You can repeat this process to add new cues to the cuelist Edit a Cue...

Page 16: ...ditor Here you can edit the properties of the CUELIST and the individual cues The following properties can be set for the cuelist Chase When CHASE is enabled the cuelist will no longer follow the cues timings and conditions The cuelist will be played back as a chase The cross fade can be changed using the ATTAK slider in the playback settnigs The speed of the chase is linked to the main Chase temp...

Page 17: ...ing diagram Delay The delay time in seconds is the time between the cue being triggered and the cue actually starting to fade Fade In The Fade In time in seconds is the fade time for all dimmers fading in dimmer values going UP in the cue and all other fading attributes e g colour mix position Fade Out The Fade Out time in seconds is the fade time for all dimmers fading out dimmer values going DOW...

Page 18: ...gram if done by hand To use the generated cuelist it still has to be assigned to a playback fader or button See page 9 for instructions Chase The wizard can create a chase over multiple xtures You can select any of the attributes that is supported by the xtures you have selected The wizard also oKers diKerent orders in which the chase can run e g Forward Reverse Zig Zag Synchronous or Random Test ...

Page 19: ... for controlling cuelists that have xed value attributes like xed colours gobo prism and shutter On the other hand playback faders are better suited for controlling cuelists containing level value attributes like dimmer RGB colour iris strobe etc Assignment You can assign a playback in two ways Firstly you can double click on the indicator just above a playback to bring up the Playback Settings vi...

Page 20: ... Chase will step further once in every four beats of the main chase tempo Attak When the cuelist is set as a Chase then the cross fade can be changed using the ATTAK slider FXRate The FXRate will modify the programmed speed for all FX in the cuelists Keeping this slider in the middle will not change the programmed FX speed Background If a playback is set to background then it will start running au...

Page 21: ...dy if you have a couple of playbacks controlling cuelists for the same xtures especially if those cuelists contain HTP attributes like dimmer Button Primary Secondary These properties allow you change the function of the Oash button Primary and the go button Secondary Banksafe Some cuelists you will need to change so frequently that you would like to access them from each bank In the PLAY menu you...

Page 22: ...is listening and contains a list of tasks it will perform when triggered Action lists and actions are further discussed on page 22 Templates The Memories Action menu provides ready made Templates for several typical action arrangements Templates can be easily copied to the Source list and modi ed in necessary The following table describes the functionality of the templates GPI Dashboard Playback B...

Page 23: ...igger on reception of Art Net or convert Art Net universes to DMX DMX In Convert to complete universe to Art Net or trigger by individual DMX channels MIDI Trigger by or convert from incoming MIDI messages like Notes Control Changes or Program Changes Timecode Trigger by exact time code frames You specify the time code protocol in the settings page Scheduler The inbuilt RTC allows triggering on ti...

Page 24: ...d in the same order as they are listed in the Action Tasks can control various elements and protocols in EmulationPro such as playbacks MIDI OSC or xture selection Tasks can also be used to trigger other Actions enable or disable action lists and start stop the internal time code Some tasks manipulate the software entities in the engine and other tasks control the user interface of EmulationPro th...

Page 25: ...the identi er eld to denote which playback Dashboard Playback Fader Grid Control the playback faders via an 8x8 grid in the GUI Dashboard Playback Button Control the GUI that belongs to a playback button Use the identi er eld to denote which playback Dashboard Playback Button Grid Control the playback buttons via an 8x8 grid in the GUI Dashboard Bank Fader Control the bank selection GUI for the pl...

Page 26: ... bool type parameter Send String Send a message with a string type parameter Send Colour Send a message with a colour type parameter Function Each Task also has a Function eld The choice of Functions depends on the Task Type and the selected Feature For example when you add a Task with the Playback Fader Type and set its Feature to Intensity then you can select of the following Functions Set Speci...

Page 27: ... if you set a date and specify Don t Care for the year eld this Action will be triggered each year Weekday and Time Sometimes you would like to de ne a trigger based on a day in the week rather then a speci c date EmulationPro supports this it allows to choose any combination of weekdays and time Astronomical Clock EmulationPro keeps an astronomical clock that based on the day of the year and posi...

Page 28: ...and Recordings in the Recorder page both can be uploaded by EmulationPro To program the cues simply create a lighting scene and dump this DMX snapshot into one of the 255 available cues by pressing the DUMP button and entering the cue number followed by ENTER The command line would show for example DUMP 3 You can also store a cuelist into the recording memory of the Art SSC First you create a cuel...

Page 29: ... pause all chases Click again to continue all chases MIDI Clock When the MIDI Input device you ve selected in the MIDI Options see chapter MIDI Controllers sends out MIDI Clock messages the Tempo will be automatically locked to the MIDI Clock tempo This allows exact tempo matching when controlling EmulationPro from sequencer software for example at a concert In order for the tempo to be controlled...

Page 30: ...i map The following diagrams illustrate those assignments Generic Midi map Next to the hardware speci c midi maps EmulationPro also oKers a generic midi map in which all the software functions that can be controlled through MIDI are assigned to Note or Control Change message This midi map is intended for use with external MIDI software like sequencers or DAWs Elation MIDIcon The Elation MIDIcon is...

Page 31: ...n be uploaded to the BCF 2000 using one of the following free tools Midi OX for Windows http www midiox com SyEx Librarian for Mac OS X http www snoize com SysExLibrarian After sending the Sysex le to the BCF 2000 please notice that the received preset is in a temporary memory If you switch oK the BCF 2000 the preset will be lost When you ve received the preset on the BCF 2000 press STORE use the ...

Page 32: ...EmulationPro Manual Livid Instruments Ohm64 The Livid Instruments Ohm64 is supported Plug Play p31 ...

Page 33: ...EmulationPro Manual Novation Launchpad The Novation Launchpad is supported Plug Play p32 ...

Page 34: ...EmulationPro Manual Korg nanoKontrol The Korg nanoKontrol is supported Plug Play p33 ...

Page 35: ...ogram in the action editor There is a TouchOSC layout available from http www elationlighting com that is con gured to mimic the user interface of EmulationPro You can use this OSC layout as a rigger s remote for controlling EmulationPro by iPad or Android tablet Actions You can also trigger to incoming OSC messages and de ne the actions that need to be performed your self You just add a OSC sourc...

Page 36: ...this context equivalent to GMT Greenwich Mean Time For example Elation Professional HQ is based in the city of Haarlem the Netherlands During the winter we are UTC 1 and in the summer during day light saving time we are UTC 2 So our settings are COMMUNICATION In this tab you can select the midi maps for the attached MIDI control surfaces You can specify two MIDI devices EmulationPro supports vario...

Page 37: ... OUTPUT IP UDP tables Furthermore you can specify the incoming time code protocol used by EmulationPro FILE The File tab allows you to load and save show les A show le contains all information about the patch playback assignments cuelists etc You don t need to save your show le as EmulationPro will check for changes every few seconds and automatically save the le if needed By saving manually and c...

Page 38: ...EmulationPro Manual By copying the show le you can easily transfer your show between diKerent computers or even Operating Systems ABOUT This tab displays the software s version number p37 ...

Page 39: ...ofessional it needs to be copied into the following location before starting up EmulationPro Windows XP C Documents and Settings username My Documents Elation Common Personalities Factory Windows Vista C Users username Documents Elation Common Personalities Factory Windows 7 8 C Users username Documents Elation Common Personalities Factory Mac OS X Users username Elation Common Personalities Facto...

Page 40: ...EmulationPro Manual NOTES p39 ...

Page 41: ...MT 35 Go 18 Halt 16 Indicator 18 Invert pan 8 INVERT PAN 8 Invert tilt 8 Knockout 14 Korg nanoKontrol 33 language 35 latitude 35 Launchpad 32 Livid Instruments 31 longitude 35 manufacturers 7 Merge 14 MIDI 35 MIDI Clock 28 midi map 29 35 MIDIcon 29 model 7 Novation 32 Ohm64 31 Options 35 OSC 34 phase 13 Playbacks 18 Programmer 13 Properties 8 Refresh 36 release 18 Replace 7 resolution 35 Schedulin...