grandMA 2 www.malighting.com -------------------------------------- * Means something was changed/fixed + Means something was added - Means something was removed ~ Means something is in development (not ready to use) -------------------------------------- Version 1.7.0 released 2010-02-19 ============================================ + NPU has a NSP compatibility mode + New Help view + Select Timecode implemented / timecode viewer follows current selected timecode + Timeline can be fixed or in follow mode ( regarding currently incoming timecode ) + within the timeline graphical view the wipe gesture is supported to scroll left and right + Help Button and afterwards keyword button (e.g. "help effects or help exec button" ) shows a context sensitive help Help in commandline: e.g. "help assign please" opens a help popup. The old non-graphical commandline help can be called via using the parameter "/cmd" (e.g. "help m* /cmd" to show all commands that begin with m) + Language in help view switchable ("world" symbole ) + New Filter "active only" in Headline of Channel und Fixture Sheet + New symbol "output selection" in fixture and channel sheet + The fixture attributes do now overlay the encoder in the encoderbar + In cue link and commandline more than one Comands are allowed. Set a ";" between the commands + New "store only" button direct in the "store encoder bar" + Save Yes/No dialog when leaving the Patch & Fixture Schedule + Special Master "sound in" and "sound out" (for built in speaker) + In the "choose store method" dialog >prev< and >next< keys are available to navigate + send "Midi-Notes" via command-line implemented e.g. "MN 5 on/off" + New NVidia driver. + a new label dialog in the store view pop up + new button "default value" in the calculator of an attribute encoder + Fixture Library updated + Midi Interface in grandMA2 onPC implemented + Midi show control: MSC output is working. Input not yet implemented + Content sheet: stored values can be changed with the calculator(right click)- except presets + Store new values for independet channels in smart view + The screen 2 encoder can now set Preset/Exec.time faders when focus is on the touch fader + Ctrl+C (copy) und Ctrl+V (paste) do work in text fields. E.g. info in a cue * Attributes with snap function do follow now the cue delay times * Push encoder opens and closes edit now * Closing Editing an entry with "Please" now jumps into the next line * Selecting Pages in the Playback View does not crash anymore * "set Time and Date" Bug fixed (every date - time containing "1" causes malfunction of the agenda) * Highlight in network works now better * The screen 2 encoder does not control the 100mm fader anymore , after having set the focus in an empty area of the encoder-bar * Copy executor does not lose the chaser- assignment anymore * The red points in smart view are back when values in programmer * mixed presets of color and colormix are displayed now the right thumbnails * Artnet does now work in compatibility Mode * "Updatef" command does now force the firmware update even if the modules are not reoguized * Flash executor buttons don't lose the blue bar in the executor labels anymore * Select colors from the swatch book works now also in detail view * Little workflow enhancement in Fixture Type Grid: LongName sets FixtureType:ShortName if empty (or reverse). Same with Manufacturer <-> ShortManu. * "on fixture x" now activates the update funktion. "Fixture x at Fixture y" activates the update function as well. * the Flash buttons on channel pages have now a function. Note: the values do not goes into the programmer * Kill Function does now work on first press * store a new sequence on an empty executor button in playback view does work now * Fixture + Channel Sheet: "Prog. only" + "Fixture sort" do work when in "edit effect" "show selection" is selected * The layer "effect id" in the tracking sheet and content sheet does now show the stored effects * Fixtures in the content sheet are now sorted by the fixture id * "name" column of tracking sheet: width is now stored in the views * new "fixture wizard" in edit setup * In update view: By moving on the touch screen in an empty area it is now possible to cancel an update after having selected already a cue, effect or preset line * Clear all does not clear the parked attributes in a fixture sheet with a park mask * Fixture + channel sheet: Prog only + fixture sort does now work when the "show selection" in "edit effect" is executed * Multiuser attribute activation does not destroy the selection for all users anymore * Ctrl and Shift Button does now work with the console integrated mouse * Changing values with the calculator in tracking sheet has now the right display * Label viewpages with long names are displayed with carriage return * Resizing a sound input view does now work correctly * Changing fixture types in edit setup deletes the dmx patch when the new fixture have more parameter than the old fixtures otherwise the patch remains untouched Note: Editing a fixture and adding a one or more new attributes will cause wrong dmx patch. Repatch is necessary. * Update Cue or Store Cue Merge when a preset was stored in the cue will work as well * Changed default for consoles DMX In to OFF Known bugs and limitations: - Remote configuration of 2-Port Nodes via grandMA2 is shown right in the display of the nodes, but does not change the real output. After resetting the Nodes (disconnect/connect mains) everything is fine. - when starting a show and a NPU is in the session the desk has no output from active sequences - DMX in on consoles does not work when a DMX in signal is first connected to the desk or NPU and afterwards the desk switch on Version 1.6, released 2009-12-18 ============================================ + Timecode is implemented. Operating philosophy as in grandMA Series 1 Additional: A new timecode view can be positioned freely on all screens. In timecode-pool you now see the status from the timecode. The time is displayed green, if the incoming time is in the current record range Repeat function for Internal TC shows New Commandline-Keyword record Userbits can identify an incoming timecode signal + Backup Menu: Automated copy of all showfiles of older versions in current folder is now suppressed. Now , there will be an own folder created for each version. That means that older showfiles can be loaded there and then will be stored in the current version folder. The old version showfiles remain untouched. + Attributes & Encorder grouping is implemented (Setup / Show / Patch & Fixture Schedule / Fixture Types) Note 1: it is now possible to delete preset types, after moving the attributes into another preset type. The remaining preset types will then be renumbered automatically. When you call a preset type from a macro, use the preset type name, not the id. Note 2: In this version the encorder grouping works only with numbers. When you activate an attribute in the programmer,all attributes with the same number will be activated as well. + Restart Options in assign menu First Step, Current Step, Next Step + Channel Pages are working in a first way: You can assign your own Fixtures to the channel pages: Switch to Channel Page to create a blank page >assign channel 1 thru< and push the first channelfader - this assigns all dimmer channels ( similar to grandMA series 1 ) >Assign channel x channelfader y< - this assigns this channel to the current channelpage (shortcut for channelfader = cf ) >Assign channel x channelpage y.z< - ( shortcut for channelpage = cp ) Note: The Flash button does not work in the programmer. + Setup / User / Settings Message box on all screens. + Setup / User / Settings: Wheel Mode The Wheel Mode is also displayed in screen 2 + New Set Time button for preset time fader and executor Button time fader in screen 2. In addition you can assign an on and off button for this speciale Master to an executor. + Solo now works in the selected user-world. + Profiles can now be assigned to single attributes in single fixtures ( >Edit Fixture x< ) + Patch in setup opens a new view with an overview of the current patched DMX channels. + Import Export Fixture Types + Macros to / from USB * If Merge if not empty is switched on ( Store Options ), new Presets and Groups can be stored. The command >store 1 thru 6 merge< executed on a current cuelist which only contains cues 1, 3, +5 does not create new cues anymore. * ATTN: Midi Notes send and receive numbering is now consistent ( means old setups +-1 ) * Setup / Remote inputs / midi remotes: Midi Channel set to 0 means "all" channels from one note * Specialized shaper dialog: U1-U3 buttons have now functions, same as Softbuttons * >channel x at channel y< displayes now the correct Values, when the values from channel y comes from an selective preset. * Split X Fade in non Tracking Sequences is working now correctly * Tracking Sheet: when editing the predefined sets (1-5) corresponding window will be opened * Fixture Sheet: Column order does not change anymore by accident * Agenda: week view improved * Agenda: Slave desk are now allowed to make entries * Patch Fixtures with Breaks works now over commandline: >assign Fixture 1 true 10 at DMX 2.1/break=1< * Running a preset or calling a viewbutton with the focus active in the presetpool does not switch the encoder bar anymore. Only focussing the title of a pool or calling the preset type name from the command line switches the bar now * Short fadetimes in network ( after a showupload ) are working now in all network protocols * The command Terminate effects now works in programmer * If onPC2 runs with window frames the windows are only moveable by grabbing the title bar.Without window frames the only possibility to move the window is to hit the background. * Follow cues without times run saver in networks with NPUs * Deleting DMX Adresses via commandline from a slavedesk removes also the DMX Values on the output * Sequence sheet: after moving the columns the content can be changed via the Encoder * Update Cues original content only does work again * Copy userprofiles does now work correctly in the network * Store and Remove with Active for Selected does work now * Chase encoder bar: reverse button has function now * After a restart the user login stays same * No encoder playbar when fixtures or channels in selection Version 1.5.0.3, released 2009-10-30 ============================================ * closing views does not crash the desk anymore * Preset Values in Cues could not be removed via Update * Smart Window always took focus after any Programmer change * Sheets Feature Sort do work now * Drop outs in the face panel have been removed Version 1.5.0.2, released 2009-10-28 ============================================ + new profile editor in setup / Show / Patch & Fixture Schedule Profiles only useable with Fixture Types + new colors and options in fixture, channel, content and tracking sheet: colored bars (marker): You can switch off the marker in the sheet options red = active values in programmer white = not active values in programmer green = fade values in programmer orange = delay values in programmer cyan = values from presets magenta = values from effect blue = parked values grey = profile is assigned “Programmer only” button in the headlines of fixture and channel sheet + Chaser edit menu implementiert (Trigger with Sound / BPM is currently not available.) + Edit cue number menu implementiert (right mouse click in the “number” column of the sequence executor sheet) – incl. Cue renumbering. + the current focus can be stored in a view now. + new function: when updating “dimmer value full“ on an executor with master fader on 50%, then a dimmer value of 200% will be stored + universal effects. (analogue to universal presets) effects can be used with all attributes of the type, the effect was created with.(The programmer timing is currently not available) + Off effect does now work in the programmer + new keyword: " syncEffects" (press >MA< + >effect<) synchronizes effects in programmer + the grandmaster and the 100mm faders work now motorized in Ultralight + Backup / Load show have now a virtual keyboard + At filter works now with world filter together and has Zoom buttons + ASCII import from Strand Genius Plus: Profiles are now implemented. + Edit view (open it with press on the small executor window above the executor) can be displayed on screen 1 or screen 2 (adjustable) + >ifoutput at time 1 thru 5< selects all fixtures with individuell times from 1 thru 5 seconds * the motorized Fader of faderwings does now work together with Ultralight please use the “alignf” command to arrange the wings to the fader positions 16 thru 30 * ETC Net2: CCL is updated after Patch or Park changes. * smart view does not show wrong deactivated programmer values anymore * macros with multiple text inquiries do now work * At filter does now work for >fixture x at cue y sequence z< * >ifoutput< now selects only dimmer values >0 (similar to grandMA series 1) * resizing sheets does not destroy buttons in headlines anymore * >Save as< now uses new name of show on all consoles within a session * Default hardkeys GO / GoBack / Pause: function is now displayed in the command line feedback * >clear< now only clears selected worlds (no more the hidden worlds) * TEMP and FLASH buttons now acting correct with executor buttons * predefined macro library has been revised * invalid command >fixture thru at world x< does not crash the desk anymore ~ edit timecode and timecode view are not yet working! + new profile editor + profiles are displayed in channel / fixture Sheet with a white bar + storing multiple pools / sheets as a view on a scrren, the current focus is also stored + updating „dimmer value full“ on an executor with master fader on 50%, dimmer value of 200% will be stored * display problems in sequence sheet * smart view shows wrong deactivated programmer values * macros with multiple text inquiries does not work * At filter does not work at >fixture x at cue y sequence z< * Edit view (open it with press on the small executor window above the executor) can be displayed on screen 1 or screen 2 (adjustable) * >if at time 1 thru 5< selects all fixtures with individuell times from 1 thru 5 seconds * when in setup / any layer, a lot of fixtures, deleting a single fixture out of the list in the bottom, then the focus jumps up to the top * resizing sheets destroyes buttons * >Save as< did not use new name of show on all consoles within a session //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASCII import from Strand Genius Plus =========================================== Setup ASCII import of Profiles not implemented. ASCII import of Parameter Limits EXPERIMENTAL - watch out for fixtures such as DLCs which can rely on this feature to prevent the scroller from ripping off the end. Cues The cuelist has been imported as a fully unblocked, tracking sequence. Before editing, you may wish to look at your Strand showfile and re-instate the blocks before you begin to edit your show. Submasters Check that the priority of the executer faders is correct. Also note that Inhibitive Submasters are Negative Group Masters on MA2 and are imported accordingly. Effects It is very likely that you will want to convert the imported effect sequences into chasers (and change the cue triggers to ‘Go’), or re-write them as MA2 Effects.If you want to keep the Strand effects as they are imported, you will need to make changes so they actually go off - unfortunately, the Effect Off options are not exported to the ASCII file so you will need to go through your show and make sure all effect sequences have an off trigger. Here are some ideas: Effects Off commands in the Cuelist Look through your Strand Cuelist and where you see the lower case ‘f’, change the corresponding MA2 Cmd Link to stop the sequence. Effects Off after Cycles Turn off [Wrap Around] Loop the last cue to the first and add the desired loop count Create a new blank cue at the end, set the Trigger type as desired so it will run when the loop is completed and assign the relevant Cmd Link to stop the sequence. Effects Off after Time Create a blank cue 0.001 at the very beginning of the sequence. Assign the Cmd Delay to the time you need and fill in the Cmd field to instruct the sequence to stop. Use the Loop function on the remaining cues to ensure this cue is never re-triggered after it's first execution. //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.4.1, released 2009-09-30 ============================================ + New 2Port Node Version 1.36: Performance of the 2Port Node increased when a lot of Parameters change their values at the same time + New assign menu options for Sequences Auto Stop has to be disabled, Master Go is activated, when taking the fader up again the next cue will be started Master On: same as explained above, but when taking the fader up the actual cue will be started again Master Go Off: same as explained above, but the cue is still active, only the dimmer is changed when the fader is taken up, the same cue is active all the time + Virtual Dimmer functionality is now for CMY implemented + New settings in the fixture sheet: readout "natural" reflects the range settings for the Fixture type itself This means that you now can define the ranges for controlling fixtures yourself by editing the Fixture in the setup and changing the settings in the fixture sheet to shift also the units of your control encoders + When starting a new show or saving a show identically with an existing show name, then a user prompt will warn the user + The Encoder Selection Button for the screen encoder of screen 1 and 2 is intelligent now and changes its state with a focus change on screen 1 or screen 2 + Setup/Network/MA Network Control does only list consoles now All other stations can be configured, invited or dismissed via Setup/Network/MA Network Configuration + Library of fixture types improved in grandMA2 + Multi patch can now be applied via the command line (e.g. Assign Channel 1 at DMX 1.1 thru 1.50 overwrites the actual patch of Channel 1 Assign DMX 1.60 at Channel 1 is adding a multi patch DMX universes can also be addressed absolute now: e.g. Assign Channel 1 DMX 513 thru 1025 + RPU does have a screen saver option now + MA button plus "." (dot) button does copy default values in the programmer for the selected Fixtures * Copy Cue X at Cue Y does copy all values now that have been entered in the Sequence Executor Sheet * Individual timings can now be taken out of the programmer by applying the option "basic" via the calculator, so cue timings are applied instead * Console settings, local exported macros, locally stored bitmap and fixture files are now copied when a new release is installed * Fixture X at Fixture Y does only copy non default values like in grandMA series 1 and uses the At Filter at the same time * Preset Time Fader can now be adjusted in seconds * If the width of a column in a sheet is adjusted and stored in a view, this adjustment is recalled when opening the view again * The option Multi Control is working again in the Fixture- and Channel Sheet * If Fixtures or Channels have been released, this is indicated with an (R) displayed in the Channel and Fixture Sheet * Text input in macros (e.g. Group("Which Group do you want to select?") allows you to write a question mark in the user prompt text now * Off All Buttons, Off All Faders and Everything Off in the Off Menu is applied to all Executor Pages now * Activating dimmer values of Channels and Fixtures below 100% does only activate the value now and does not cause a jump to 100% now * The Smart View is automatically updated now * When controlling Fixtures which do not have the identical parameter (e.g. one with Pan / Tilt and one without) you can now enter values via the calculator again * You can select the units used for display above the Attribute Encoders via the Fixture Sheet. If more than one Fixture Sheet is used, then the last selected one controls them * Snap Delay Defaults in Setup/User/Defaults/Sequence Defaults/ are working now * When a Fixture Sheet is scrolled to do a certain selection, it keeps this state even if the user selects different Worlds now * The progress bar of Executors is now also considering Goto and Off commands combined with timings (e.g. Goto Cue 5 Fade 4) * The At Filter is now working when used in combination with at Cue, At Preset and At Effect * Beam Intensities when editing fixture types can now have values above 180 (for 3D visualiser) * Opening an edit window for an Executor and deleting Cue 1 does not crash the console anymore * Disconnection of a session master automatically keeps the session alive by choosing another master station in the Session * When 2 consoles are connected and the slave console enters the setup and leaves it again, you will see no Art-Net value interruption any more * When you disconnect the association of a Channel or Fixture to the Grandmaster then you will see no Art-Net value interuption anymore * Parked values are kept now when leaving the setup of a master console that is connected to a slave console * Relative Effects can now also have negative value ranges * It is now possible to copy ranges of Cues (e.g. Copy Cue 2 thru 4 at Cue 9) * Edit Exec X and a Delete Cue Y does not crash the console any more * Edit Cue X does bring the status of the Cue in the Programmer including tracked information and not only the actual stored values in the Cue * If Part Cues are stored, a user prompt is only displayed now if the part already existed Version 1.4.0.2, released 2009-09-11 ====================================== //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General explanation of effects Short introduction into effects of grandMA2: ============================================= When you think of the new effects - compare them very much to universal presets as you know them. Effects contain 2 different kind of data sets: - the first set contains generic rules. - the second set contains individual overwrites for the generic rules per channel. You may also want to compare this behaviour to basic/individual timing in cues. Therefore we will call effect parameters that come from the generic rule BASIC, while we call the other effect parameters INDIVIDUAL. If you create a new effect by : =============================== - editing an empty effect - adding one or more effect lines - assigning attributes to the effect lines - taking the current selection for the effect lines - and playing around with the parameters .. you will have a fully basic effect. There are 3 ways to run your new effect: ======================================== - calling it like a preset into the programmer - assigning it directly to an executor - or storing it into a cue, after you called it like a preset When you run it, you will see the effect parameters in the fixture sheet in grey, because your new effect only contains basic parameters. But as soon as you switch your encoders to effect parameters and turn the encoder, you will activate individual overrides in the programmer and the update LED turns on. Depending on the origin of your effect parameters, the update window will present you the choice to update the effect or alternatively to update the cue. Updating the effect will store the individual changes into the effect, and all cues that use this effect in a basic way will also show the new effect parameters after the next go. Updating the cue on the other side, will apply the individual changes to that cue only, and other cues that use the same effect in a basic way are not affected. After updating, try to run the effect/cue again. The individual effect parameters are now standing out clearly in the fixture sheet, because they are coloured. If you updated the effect and have a look at it in the effects editor, you might find 2 different things there: - The effect changed its general rule by analysing the individual parameters The effect was also optimized in a way, that the the majority of parameters that complied with the general rule is no more individual - Effect lines that have individual parameters will be shown with a slightly red background Another thing that differs from grandMA series 1 effects: ================================================= The output of an effect is calculated differently now. It is a value between VALUE1 and VALUE2 which are parameters of an effect line. The transition between VALUE1 and VALUE2 is controlled by the choosen FORM. It is even possible to use presets as VALUE1 or VALUE2 !!! Still in devolopment ===================== ~ Programmer can not fade effects //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + AsciiShowRead reads files from USB sources. Filter is *.a??? so you can access alq and asc files. supported at this time: Manufacturer 'Strand' Console 'GENIUSPLUS' There is a warning, if you use a different source. Goto Backup->USB->AsciiShowRead Read All : create Setup + Data in an empty show. Read Setup: create only the Setup in an empty show. (you can now check and maybe change the setup) Read Data : create only the Data (works only if there is a matching Setup) Group x below 900 will be at Preset All x. Sub x will be assigned to Exec x. Sub x Inhibit will be assigned to Exec x Group x. Cuelist will be assigned to Exec 201 as DefaultExec. Effect x will be assigned to Exec 100+x. Mode $$Bounce is supportet now. //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Move functionality implemented + Saving a show to an existing filename or starting a show and naming that one identically to an existing filename does give you a prompt now if you want to overwrite it or cancel the process Writing "newshow anyshow /noconfirm" in the commandline creates a newshow without taking care if the chosen name is existing and no prompt will occure + Copy Cue implemented * NPU did not recognise a unpark command for Fixtures or values and did output the parked values until new values were set by the user * "Off" hardkey and a pressdown on one of the Attribute encoders deactivates that value in the Programmer but left an "off" in the commandline * "Assign Cue X Time Y" assigned time y to all the Cue and all Part Cues * Change of patch in "Patch&Fixture Schedule" sets DMX-values to zero when you leave the "Patch&Fixture Schedule" * Entering Modulator Sheets during a "Edit Bitmap X" crashed the console * Automatic numbering when setting Fixture names (e.g. Mac 1) did not work * Copy Page x at Page y crashed the console * Identification of fixture type on the commmandline view of the setup implemented * User fixture files with 16Bit resolution did only send the fine channels and not both DMX channels * Opening an Executor Sheet for a Sequence and doing a "Edit Sequence" / turning the "A" (Assert) or "MIB" encoder crashed the console * Stored Views in the Fixture Sheet did not correspond on a Page Down / Page Up selections (Fixture Sort has to be turned off) * Toggle assigned as a button function for an Executor does now reflect off timings * "Store Cue Thru" and choosing the option "remove" inserted new cues when gaps in Cue numbers were present in a Sequence * "Copy Preset x at Preset y" and choose "merge" allows you to merge two Presets now * Smart View is now linked with Attribute Encoders * Fixture Sheet options for Preset / Layer / Filter Control works correct again * Scrolling in an opened At Filter Menu deleted all selections in the filter * Entering the setup from the GUI and from the command line and leaving the setup again crashed the console * Entering the setup via Telnet is not possible anymore when any user is in the Setup via the GUI * Store Preset X, label Preset X "33%", label Preset X "33% new" crashed the console * A "list" command via a telnet connection to the console did not give the right result * "label fixture x" where x is > 9999 did not work ~ Attribute column of channel function is editable ~ Move Cue under development (partly implemented) Version 1.3.0.1, released 2009-08-25 ====================================== * Change of patch in "Patch&Fixture Schedule" sets DMX-values to zero when you leave the "Patch&Fixture Schedule" Version 1.3, released 2009-08-13 ====================================== + 4 Port Nodes are now implemented. Configuration only possible from grandMA2 console when the mode has been manually changed at the hardware interface of the NSP. The NSP has to run with version 6.123 from a update from grandMA series 1 + New 2Port Node Version: 1.35.Configuration now possible from the grandMA2 console + A new user interface implementation for the effect engine has been started. This is not finalised, yet. Effect handling has not been improved until now + Goto Cue x Time y and Store Cue x Time y is now implemented (store Time y does store the next cue with a fade time and shortens the syntax) + Assign Time Time Time x Cue y assigns Delaytime x to cue y + Pressing Store or Assign and then Time button several times gives the following possibilities "Basic Fade", "Basic Out Fade", "Basic Delay", "Basic Out Delay", "Snap Percent" and "Command Delay" + Groups in the Group Pool do get a red bar if they are not part of the current world + Executors do now support Off Timings. Off Master allows to set a value between 0 to 10 sec + Option settings of the assign menu of an Executor are now also saved in the user profile. This covers Executor defaults, Chaser defaults, Effect Defaults, Bitmap Effects, Group Master and Special Master + Predefined Macros can now be inserted in the Macro menu. This is comparable to the Quikeys in grandMA + The Assignmenu, the edit Macro and the edit Effect menu can now be on Screen 1 or on Screen 2 + Revised Backup menu: you can now create a new show and define with what settings to start + Grandmaster, Blackout, Solo and Highlite can be deactivated per user in Setup / User / Grandmaster B.O. etc. settings + Edit Channel x, Fixture x does open a edit dialogue on Screen 1 + New functions in MA Network Configuration: Add Present, Remove Absent and Remove Non-Members + New function in MA Network Configuration: all members of the actual session will be displayed in green and can be invited / dismissed + Priorities of Executors are now displayed: < = Low, L = LTP, > = High, H = HTP, S = SWAP + The World Pool does now include a Attribute filter indicator + Remote DMX Input: new functionality "Programmer" = changed values from DMX In are now directly inserted into the Programmer + User profiles are now stored not only in the showfile but also in the consoles This means that loading a new show will keep the actual profile + Executing a save show command does save the show on the master and all other consoles in the session + In Backup / Load Show you can now select what to load from the showfile + "Edit Group" as a command does give you update functions now + "Copy Executor x at Executor y does allow copying of Executors across pages + "Edit Preset" or "Edit Group" does label the pool button now + In the remote settings there is now a new popup menu to select keycodes + All sheets do now display the World the user is working in * Focus corrected: storing a Preset that was created in specialized color or - shaper dialogue the focus is now on the Preset and this can be directly labelled now * VL3500 physical values of the shapers corrected * Copy viewbutton x viewbutton y does work now * Fixture sort in the Tracking Sheet does now work correctly * Load Cue is now also displayed in the Tracking Sheet * Executors can now display if they are selected, fixed or both at the same time * Editing the Fade times with the calculator does now work for several cues in the Edit Sequence window * Display for selected world works now in World Pool * Gobo library revised * Fixture type library revised (especially default values, highlight values and gobo wheels) * Editing a Group in a Group Pool does open a Edit Menu and the Group is labelled with an "Edit" mark * Delete or Edit Group x did not work when the user was not in a Full World * The order of columns in a horizontal Fixture Sheet can also be stored in Views * When having a Telnet connection to a console and working in the desk setup you can now close the telnet session without necessarily leaving the setup Version 1.2, released 2009-07-20 ====================================== + 2Port Node is implemented for grandMA2. To update the 2port node use grandMA or grandMA onPC 6.122 as usual. The update in this version from grandMA2 does not work. There is no other way since the node in version 1.32 or below does not speak "grandMA2" language. In the future this procedure will work if the 2Port Node has ever seen Ver. 1.34. + 2Ports are now handled the way as NSPs are in grandMA and they have to be manually inserted in the setup. When clicking add you can see a list of all available units. In the future you can update the nodes from the console. "NNU" (network node update) in the commandline and the "Software Update" soft button will do the job. + "NNI" (network node info) in the command line list the information about all available 2Port Nodes in the network + Going out of desk lock the 100mm Main Executor and the Grandmaster recover their last position + Graphical interface for DMX-port configuration of own console and devices in network + Sequence Sheet has 5 Sets of columns. + Special Master functionality added to 100mm main executors + Layer Control Bar in Channel- and Fixture Sheet does now reflect fade and delay values when in auto mode + Assert option added in sequqence content sheet This option reacts in terms of playback: if a value is tracked and not blocked in first sequence and overwritten by another sequnce on an executor, enabeling assert for the first sequence will output the tracked value of the first sequence even though the other executor is running + Preset Time Fader for programmer now user independed over the whole network + Update dialog implemented when editing a cue + New wizard in the setup and patch and fixture schedule + Renowned display of in- and outfade- and delay times in the sequence sheet + Showupload is now compressed and allows shorter upload times + Autosave is now implemented + Onscreen keyboard implemented for command line for use in RPU / NPU + Load Cue is also displayed in the Sequence Executor Sheet + "Set to default" is now working for button assignments * Dummy Parameters in fixtures could crash the desk when opening stage view * Scrolling in smart view is now possible * Graphical display of smart view is now correct * Non motorized faders can now be grabed and the red LED of faders not at the right position is now blinking * Pressing Delte Hardkey and clicking on one of the numbers in Sequenze Executor Sheet crashed the desk * In the Sequence Executor Sheet delay and fade times are displayed correct now after transition is finished * Assign Flash Executor Function Button 1 was always done on button 3 * Assign menu / "priority normal" changed to "priority LTP" * Less jitter and better notice of physical fixture limits in Crazy-Shaper-Dialog * Better physical values in many build-in fixture types (e.g. for pan, tilt, zoom, shaper blades, beam angle, gobo rotation, ...) * Colors in color library corrected (mainly dark colors) * Fixed Playback View Pages took away the fixation of Executors * Cue Fade and Delay times were not executed when jumping from the last to the first step of a sequence * Update of Part Cues now possible * Update window does close now automaticaly after an update process is finished * "Edit Group" crashed the desk * A Sequence over 2 Fader Executores and with speed on the second fader crashed the desk * A fixture without Pan / Tilt attribute is not editable any more in setup and Edit Fixture Window * Streaming ACN implementation redone * Power Button of the RPU is working now * Display of the ScrLck key is now working * Everything Off in the off menu is now working * Stations that do have a different streaming version or with Station Invitation "disabled" are now displayed red in the MA Net Control Window * The console crashed when "thru" was inserted in info column of the Sequence Sheet * A blade that was dragged to far out of the Shaper Dialogue could freeze and not be moved anymore * Cue Colour did not work as an option in the Fixture Sheet Version 1.1, released 2009-06-17 ====================================== + Copy programmer values from other fixtures: Fixture [Fixture List] At Fixture [Fixture List] + Artnet2 implemented (if not more then 2 Nodes per universe are found) + AT-Filter-Window (long press on "AT") + Improved Off Menu + Activating the Scroll-Lock key interpretes any keyboard press to the command line + Improved Update Menu + Page names are now displayed in the console + Invite Station is now implemented in the network options + Auto Invite option added to the network options + Improved Art-Net and Streaming ACN protocol implementation + Desk Lock dialogue now implemented + Part Cues contain now additional info column + Closing Edit Windows for sequences now automatically closes the bar above the encoders. + To keep the bar above encoders Edit Windows now feature a option: Keep Bar + Editing fixtures in the fixture sheet gives access to the swatchbook to select colours + Channel and Fixture sheets now store their internal cutout * Inviting / dismissing a NPU caused all DMX valtues to default * Selecting several rows in a layer in the setup caused a crash * Changing worlds when having a fixture sheet with programmer only option enabled caused a crash * Renaming all fixtures of a layer in the setup caused a crash * Editing a selected Executor and deleting anything caused a crash * Editing a Executor and pushing down Encoder 1 caused a crash * When shuting down the console while being in the fixture schedule the console crashed * Focus and zoom were not displayed right in the Fixture Sheet * Presets were not storeable when the encoders were assigned for video presets * Some attributes were not displayed above the encoders * Dimmer encoder was controlling the master of a sequence when opening a edit sequence window * Turing Window Encoder 3 caused a Update when a update windows was already open * When entering command line information a turn a Window Encoder deleted the entry in the command line * Networked consoles did not handle the motor fader correct when changing pages * Ifoutput selected also fixtures that had values other then their defaults (e.g. Gobo) * The contents of Presets were deleted when adding new Fixtures * Changing Effects in their form caused a crash * Activating Blind Mode caused wrong output in stage view * Controling RGB and CMY fixtures with the special colour dialogue now possible at the same time Version 1.0, released 2009-05-19 ================================== + The Loop function in Sequence is now active. + The Executor default button and fader assignment is storable as default now. + The Shaper-Dialog remembers point of view (POV) of each fixture inclusive undo. + There is a new Color library function availabel in the Crazy-Multitouch-Color-Dialog. + A new Column "Id" (Fixture-/Channel-Id) is added in the Setup/Fixture-Positions. + Crazy-Multitouch-Shaper-Dialog: A new reset button to reset all shapers. + HSB- Color Picker in the Crazy-Multitouch-Color-Dialog has now a "fat finger" border. + Bitmap Effects Editor: Added some menues with better control. + GOTO and LOAD command implemented. + COLOR keyword command implemented. + FLIP command implemented Syntax: FLIP [flipnumber] [objectlist] + IFOUTPUT command implemented Syntax: [+/-/INVERT] IFOUTPUT [AT from_value THRU to_value] [+/-/INVERT] [objectlist] The [+/-/INVERT] selection mode can be in front or in the middle of the command as you prefer to type it. grandMA 1 syntax allowed the selection mode only in the middle of the command. + Release notes and version info at "Setup -> Console -> Software Update" + Group Selection has Order Numbers now. + Speed Group Master works for Chaser and Sequence now. + A new Store View Dialog with screen selection. + 50 Playback Special Master for Sequence. + Split Fade and A/B Fade option button + Kill protect / Swap protect option button + Swop function in the button assignment. + Update Menu implemented. + Off Menu implemented.The Off timing is not available now. + A new Pool option : Frame color. + The Desk lock function works with ALT+Pause. + Screen saver time and off setting in the Setup menu. + Patch Subfixtures is supported now. + RPU has now network functionality. * Crazy-Multitouch-Color-Dialog ignores (last selected) fixtures without RGB/CMY-Channels * Stage-Wizard / Matrix-Arrangement: Width -> Horizontal Interval (=Width/Columns Count) Height -> Vertical Interval (=Height/Rows Count) new direction settings * Arrangement-Wizard remembers last selected arrangement type * Stage-Wizard and Stagebar respects the order of selection * MA Network control menu now in setup/Network * Sequence executor sheet modified