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THE SHOW CONTROL

MANUAL

Version 1.3

1 .-HYDRA PLUS AND CONNECTIONS 1-1

HYDRAPLUS..........................................................................................................................................................................1-1

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................................................................................1-3

GENERAL.................................................................................................................................................................1-3

MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM ..........................................................................................................................1-3

INPUTS -OUTPUTS..............................................................................................................................................1-4

ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS......................................................................................................................1-4

AMBIENT.................................................................................................................................................................1-4

SIZE............................................................................................................................................................................1-4

TECHNICAL SERVICE.........................................................................................................................................................1-4

INSTALLATION & START UP...........................................................................................................................................1-5

CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................................................................................................1-6

2 .-ABOUT THIS MANUAL 2-1

3 .-SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 3-1

THE MONITOR SCREENS 3-2

BASE SCREEN........................................................................................................................................................................3-2

THE AUXILIARY SCREENS...............................................................................................................................................3-3

MOVING THE SCREENS.....................................................................................................................................................3-3

THE SCREENS BACKGROUND........................................................................................................................3-5

HELP ON-LINE........................................................................................................................................................................3-5

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT SHOW.........................................................................................................3-5

RESUME...................................................................................................................................................................3-6

4 .-SPOTS PATCH 4-1

EDITING THE PATCH...........................................................................................................................................................4-2

LOADING A NEW SPOT DEFINITION ............................................................................................................................4-4

THE SPOT DEFINITION INFORMATION......................................................................................................4-5

5 .-EDITOR 5-1

DEFAULT SELECTION........................................................................................................................................................5-1

CHANNELS & SCROLLERS 5-2

CHANNELS ..............................................................................................................................................................................5-2

HTP & NO-TRACKING........................................................................................................................................5-2

SCROLLERS.............................................................................................................................................................................5-2

LTP & TRACKING.................................................................................................................................................5-3

SELECTING CHANNELS & SCROLLER.........................................................................................................................5-3

EXCLUDING CHANNELS OR SCROLLERS..................................................................................................................5-4

MIXED SELECTION OF CHANNELS AND SCROLLERS.........................................................................5-4

SELECTION OF THE ASSOCIATED SCROLLER........................................................................................5-4

EDITING CHANNELS & SCROLLERS ............................................................................................................................5-4

SELECTING ALL THE ITEMS IN THE EDITOR...........................................................................................................5-6

INVERT FUNCTION..............................................................................................................................................................5-6

OTHERS SELECTIONS.........................................................................................................................................................5-6

RELEASING ITEMS OF THE EDITOR.............................................................................................................................5-7

THE SPOTS 5-8

THE SPOTS IN THE EDITOR..............................................................................................................................................5-8

ABOUT THE SPOT PARAMETERS..................................................................................................................................5-9

SELECTING SPOTS...............................................................................................................................................................5-9

SELECTING AND EDITING PARAMETERS...............................................................................................................5-10

EDITING A PARAMETER .................................................................................................................................................5-11

NUMERIC EDITION...........................................................................................................................................5-11

EDITION IN THE CONTROL WHEELS........................................................................................................5-12

WHEEL KEY .........................................................................................................................................................5-13

FUNCTIONAL EDITION -PALETTES...........................................................................................................................5-13

PALETTES .............................................................................................................................................................5-14

THE HOME VALUES ..........................................................................................................................................................5-16

LIBRARIES.............................................................................................................................................................................5-17

THE PARAMETER OF CONTROL..................................................................................................................................5-17

INVERT...................................................................................................................................................................................5-18

RELEASING ITEMS OF THE EDITOR...........................................................................................................................5-18

THE TRACKBALL 5-19

THE STATUS LINE 5-21

RESUME..................................................................................................................................................................................5-22

6 .-MEMORIES & GROUPS 6-1

STORING MEMORIES & GROUPS................................................................................................................................... 6-1

STAGE EDITOR AND BLIND EDITOR..........................................................................................................6-2

CALLING TO THE EDITOR SOME PLAYBACKS......................................................................................6-3

STORING THE SCENE IN THE NEXT MEMORY.......................................................................................6-5

EXAM OF MEMORIES & GROUPS .................................................................................................................6-5

ASSOCIATE A TEXT TO A MEMORY OR GROUP....................................................................................6-5

DELETE MEMORIES OR GROUPS..................................................................................................................6-6

MODIFY A MEMORY OR GROUP...................................................................................................................6-6

COPY MEMORIES OR GROUPS.......................................................................................................................6-6

EXCHANGE MEMORIES OR GROUPS..........................................................................................................6-7

MEMORY TIMES ................................................................................................................................................................... 6-8

PROGRAMMING TIMES FROM THE MEMORIES LIST..........................................................................6-9

TIMING....................................................................................................................................................................................6-10

SET THE DEFAULT TIMING...........................................................................................................................6-14

EDITION OF THE MEMORY TIMING..........................................................................................................6-14

CONVERT THE TIMING VALUES TOMEMORYPARTS .....................................................................6-14

MEMORY PARTS.................................................................................................................................................................6-15

EDITION OF PARTS ...........................................................................................................................................6-15

RETURN A ITEM TO THE BASE MEMORY...............................................................................................6-17

EDIT TIMES FOR THE MEMORY PARTS...................................................................................................6-17

OTHERS ACTIONS WITH PARTS..................................................................................................................6-18

MODIFY A RANGE OF MEMORIES OR GROUPS....................................................................................................6-18

THE SPOTS IN MEMORIES & GROUPS.......................................................................................................................6-21

RESUME.................................................................................................................................................................6-23

7.-LIBRARIES 7-1

POSITION LIBRARIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 7-1

COLOR, GOBO, BEAM & X-TRA LIBRARIES ............................................................................................................. 7-2

COPY & EXCHANGE............................................................................................................................................................7-3

EXAM......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7-3

DELETE..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7-4

EDITING WITH LIBRARIES 7-5

NUMERIC SELECTION........................................................................................................................................................7-5

SELECTION IN CONTROL WHEELS ..............................................................................................................................7-5

SELECTION IN BANKS KEYS........................................................................................................................................... 7-6

RESUME...................................................................................................................................................................7-8

8 .-MASTERS AND PAGES 8-1

MASTERS .................................................................................................................................................................................8-1

LOADING GROUPS IN MASTERS...................................................................................................................8-1

LOADING MEMORIES IN MASTERS.............................................................................................................8-2

LOADING CHANNELS IN MASTERS.............................................................................................................8-3

MODES......................................................................................................................................................................8-4

MASTER IN MONITOR........................................................................................................................................8-5

EMPTYING MASTERS.........................................................................................................................................8-6

EXAMINING MASTERS......................................................................................................................................8-6

MASTERS EDITION TABLE...............................................................................................................................................8-6

MASTERS IN SCENE ............................................................................................................................................................8-8

CONTROLLING A MASTER...............................................................................................................................................8-8

MANUAL CONTROL............................................................................................................................................8-8

AUTOMATIC CONTROL.....................................................................................................................................8-9

FLASH CONTROL...............................................................................................................................................8-10

MODIFICATION OF THE MASTERS CONTENTS .....................................................................................................8-11

THE MASTER OF MASTERS: SM..................................................................................................................................8-11

PAGES ......................................................................................................................................................................................8-12

STORING OF A PAGE........................................................................................................................................8-12

PAGETEXT...........................................................................................................................................................8-12

PAGE EXAM..........................................................................................................................................................8-12

LOADING OF A PAGE IN MASTERS............................................................................................................8-13

ASSIGNING A PAGE IN THE CROSSFADERS...........................................................................................8-13

SELECTING A PAGE IN MASTERS Y CROSSFADERS..........................................................................8-14

MODIFYING A PAGE.........................................................................................................................................8-14

COPING & EXCHANGING PAGES ...............................................................................................................8-14

DELETING PAGES ..............................................................................................................................................8-14

MASTERS & PAGES...........................................................................................................................................8-15

9 .-THE EFFECTS 9-1

RECORDING A EFFECT.......................................................................................................................................................9-4

MODIFYING A EFFECT .......................................................................................................................................................9-6

MODIFYING THE EFFECT PARAMETERS...................................................................................................................9-6

EXAM OF EFFECTS..............................................................................................................................................................9-6

COPING EFFECTS..................................................................................................................................................................9-7

EXCHANGING EFFECTS.....................................................................................................................................................9-7

DELETING EFFECTS ............................................................................................................................................................9-7

THE EFFECTS PLAYBACK.................................................................................................................................................9-8

LOADING A EFFECT............................................................................................................................................9-8

ACTIVATING A EFFECT ....................................................................................................................................9-9

LEARN TIME FUNCTION -LNTM..................................................................................................................................9-11

THE SCROLLERS & SPOTS IN THE EFFECTS...........................................................................................................9-11

TAKEPRIORITY WITH A ACTIVE EFFECT ..............................................................................................9-12

RESUME.................................................................................................................................................................9-13

10 .-SEQUENCES 10-1

LOADING A MEMORIES RANGE ..................................................................................................................................10-2

Only for masters .....................................................................................................................................................10-2

Only for crossfaders...............................................................................................................................................10-2

LOADING PAGES.................................................................................................................................................................10-3

EMPTYING A SEQUENCE ................................................................................................................................................10-4

EXECUTING...........................................................................................................................................................................10-4

MANUAL CONTROL........................................................................................................................................10-4

AUTOMATIC CONTROL...............................................................................................................................10-5

PRIORITYCONTROL (MASTERS)................................................................................................................10-7

CONFIGURATION OF THE CROSSFADERS ..............................................................................................................10-7

THE ORDER OF THE MEMORIES..................................................................................................................................10-8

PROGRAMMED JUMP.......................................................................................................................................10-8

MANUAL DISPLACEMENT.............................................................................................................................10-8

RATE CONTROL..................................................................................................................................................................10-9

LEVEL CONTROL.............................................................................................................................................................10-10

THE COMMANDS AND THE CROSSFADERS.........................................................................................................10-10

THE MDFY MDFY FUNCTION in CROSSFADERS.................................................................................................10-11

THE OUTPUT of CROSSFADERS .................................................................................................................................10-11

LEARN TIME in CROSSFADERS..................................................................................................................................10-12

RESUME...............................................................................................................................................................10-14

11 .-MACROS 11-1

EDITING A MACRO ............................................................................................................................................................11-1

MACRO MODIFICATION..................................................................................................................................................11-2

MACRO EXAM .....................................................................................................................................................................11-2

DELETE A MACRO.............................................................................................................................................................11-3

MACROS COPY....................................................................................................................................................................11-3

MACROS EXCHANGE .......................................................................................................................................................11-3

MACROS PLAYBACK........................................................................................................................................................11-3

FROM THE EDITOR...........................................................................................................................................11-4

FROM THE BANKS KEYS................................................................................................................................11-4

ASSOCIATED TO A MEMORY.......................................................................................................................11-5

FROM THE TC, IN THE EVENTS LIST.........................................................................................................11-5

EXAMPLES ............................................................................................................................................................................11-5

MACROS AND SPOTS.......................................................................................................................................11-6

POWER-UP MACRO............................................................................................................................................................11-6

RESUME..................................................................................................................................................................................11-7

12 .-GENERAL FUNCTIONS 12-1

SELECTION OF A RANGE ................................................................................................................................................12-1

COPY AND EXCHANGE FUNCTIONS.........................................................................................................................12-1

RELEASE................................................................................................................................................................................12-3

SELECT & CALL FUNCTIONS........................................................................................................................................12-4

MDFY & EXAM FUNCTIONS..........................................................................................................................................12-5

SELECTION OF THE NEXT ITEM ..................................................................................................................................12-7

TEST FUNCTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................12-8

RESCUE...................................................................................................................................................................................12-9

Resume ...................................................................................................................................................................................12-11

13 .-FIGURES 13-1

EDITION OF A FIGURE.....................................................................................................................................................13-1

THE FIGURE PARAMETERS...........................................................................................................................13-2

SYNCHRONISM...................................................................................................................................................13-7

EDITION OF FIGURES IN BLIND..................................................................................................................13-7

GENERAL NOTES...............................................................................................................................................................13-8

14 .-MENUS 14-1

GENERAL...............................................................................................................................................................................14-2

MENU 10 –TO STORE/LOAD A SHOW .......................................................................................................................14-2

STORE A NEW SHOW.......................................................................................................................................14-3

OVERWRITE A SHOW......................................................................................................................................14-3

LOAD A SHOW....................................................................................................................................................14-3

LOAD SOME ITEMS OF A SHOW..................................................................................................................14-4

DELETE A SHOW................................................................................................................................................14-5

THE SHOW FILE FORMATS............................................................................................................................14-5

SELECT THE FORMAT & DISK......................................................................................................................14-6

UPDATE THE SHOWS DIRECTORY.............................................................................................................14-6

ORGANIZE SHOWS IN FOLDERS (HARD DISK).....................................................................................14-7

FORMAT A FLOPPY DISK...............................................................................................................................14-8

MENU 11 –PRINT THE CONSOLE SHOW ..................................................................................................................14-9

SETUP CONFIGURATION...............................................................................................................................................14-11

30: EDITOR & TIMES ......................................................................................................................................14-11

31: PLAYBACKS...............................................................................................................................................14-11

32: SYSTEM........................................................................................................................................................14-12

33: DMX OUTS UPDATES ............................................................................................................................. 14-12

34: SECURITY....................................................................................................................................................14-13

35: REMOTE.......................................................................................................................................................14-13

36: POWER-UP MACRO .................................................................................................................................14-14

MONITOR & HELP............................................................................................................................................................14-14

60: Base Screen....................................................................................................................................................14-14

SPECIAL COMMANDS.....................................................................................................................................................14-15

70: MULTIMEDIA PANEL .............................................................................................................................14-15

71: STATUS & PLAYBACKS ZERO............................................................................................................14-15

79: TOOLS ...........................................................................................................................................................14-16

TESTS.....................................................................................................................................................................................14-22

80: INPUTS..........................................................................................................................................................14-22

81: OUTPUTS......................................................................................................................................................14-22

82: VGA ................................................................................................................................................................14-22

83: DMX-IN.........................................................................................................................................................14-23

84: DMX-OUT.....................................................................................................................................................14-23

85: MEMORY......................................................................................................................................................14-23

86: MIDI...............................................................................................................................................................14-23

87: A-232 & 88: B-232.......................................................................................................................................14-23

89: C-485..............................................................................................................................................................14-23

90: DISK...............................................................................................................................................................14-23

91: PRINTER.......................................................................................................................................................14-24

ALPHANUMERIC KEYBOARD.....................................................................................................................................14-24

15 .-CHANNELS & SCROLLERS PATCH 15-1

CHANNELS LIST..................................................................................................................................................................15-2

EDITING Channels .............................................................................................................................................15-2

THE +Edit WINDOW...........................................................................................................................................15-3

SCROLLERS LIST ................................................................................................................................................................15-4

EDITING Scrollers ...............................................................................................................................................15-5

THE +Edit WINDOW .........................................................................................................................................15-6

DIMMERS LIST.....................................................................................................................................................................15-7

EDITING Dimmers ..............................................................................................................................................15-7

SELECTION OF LIST ..........................................................................................................................................................15-9

SPECIAL COMMANDS.......................................................................................................................................................15-9

USER CURVES ....................................................................................................................................................................15-11

PRE-PROGRAMMED CURVES ....................................................................................................................15-11

USER CURVES ..................................................................................................................................................15-12

RESUMEN.............................................................................................................................................................................15-14

16 .-DMX IN16-1

DMX INPUT TEST................................................................................................................................................................16-2

17 .-SPOTS DEFINITION 17-1

THE SPOT DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................................................................................17-1

IDENTIFICATION DATA..................................................................................................................................17-1

PARAMETERS DEFINITION...........................................................................................................................17-2

STEPS DEFINITION IN A PARAMETER......................................................................................................17-4

EXAM & TYPE EDITION...................................................................................................................................................17-5

EDITING A NEW TYPE......................................................................................................................................................17-6

SAVE TO DISK......................................................................................................................................................................17-6

CONCEPTUAL......................................................................................................................................................................17-7

THE TYPES FILES...............................................................................................................................................................17-8

18 .-SERIAL PORTS 18-1

PORTS CONFIGURATION................................................................................................................................................18-2

CACHE CONFIGURATION ...............................................................................................................................................18-2

DEVICE EDITION................................................................................................................................................18-2

CREATE A NEW DEVICE.................................................................................................................................18-4

LOAD A LIBRARY DEVICE............................................................................................................................18-4

SAVE A DEVICE..................................................................................................................................................18-5

THE DEVICE FILES............................................................................................................................................18-5

THE COMMANDS IN THE SHOW..................................................................................................................................18-6

19 .-MIDI 19-1

THE MIDI MENU..................................................................................................................................................................19-1

SETUP LINE..........................................................................................................................................................19-2

MIDI CHART.........................................................................................................................................................19-3

EXAMPLES ............................................................................................................................................................................19-6

CONNECTING 2 HYDRAS PLUS....................................................................................................................................19-7

START CONNECTION.......................................................................................................................................19-7

END CONNECTION............................................................................................................................................19-7

20 .-SOUND & EXTERNAL TRIGGERS 20-1

SETUP LINE...........................................................................................................................................................................20-2

CONFIGURATION ZONE..................................................................................................................................................20-2

21 .-TIME CODE 21-1

SMPTE, MTC, CLOCK & INTERNAL............................................................................................................................21-1

SETUP LINE...........................................................................................................................................................................21-2

EVENTS LIST........................................................................................................................................................................21-3

EDITION OF THE EVENTS LIST....................................................................................................................21-4

TC EDITION OR TC CAPTURE.......................................................................................................................21-4

ACTIVATING THE EVENT LIST ....................................................................................................................................21-4

22 .-RESET & UPDATE 22-1

RESET......................................................................................................................................................................................22-1

SOFTWARE UPDATE by FLOPPY..................................................................................................................................22-1

SOFTWARE UPDATE by ETHERNET ...........................................................................................................................22-2

SOFTWARE UPDATE by USB DISK..............................................................................................................................22-3

23 .-OFF LINE EDITOR 23-1

PC SYSTEM............................................................................................................................................................................23-1

INSTALLATION.................................................................................................................................................23-1

USING THE OFF LINE EDITOR..................................................................................................................23-2

SOME EXCEPTIONS ..........................................................................................................................................23-4

OLE & Ethernet......................................................................................................................................................23-5

OLE demo ................................................................................................................................................................23-5

24 .-ETHERNET 24-1

CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HYDRA PLUS SYSTEMS............................................................................................24-1

ETHERNET CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................................................24-2

SELECTING THE WORKING NET.................................................................................................................24-2

ACTIVATE THE ETHERNET COMMUNICATION...................................................................................24-3

START A NEW SESSION...................................................................................................................................24-3

DMX CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................................................24-5

EXAMINATION OF THE NET .........................................................................................................................24-6

WORKING IN MASTER & FULL SLAVE MODE......................................................................................24-6

CAPTURE................................................................................................................................................................................24-7