RELEASE NOTES [2.7.0.10]] Paderbrn, 08/01/2013 Cntact: tech.supprt@malighting.cmm grandma2 Sftware Releases [2.7.0.10] Dear user, We are delighted t annunce the next fficial sftware release fr the grandma2 versin [2.7.0.10]. Enjy the next generatin f lighting and vide cntrl. If yu have any imprvements t share with us rr if there are any questins, cmments r any bugss fund, pleasee infrm ur Technical Supprt at tech.supprt@malighting.cm. Thanks fr dwnlading and enjy yur shw! Yur MA Lighting Team Imprtant: If yu wuld like t update yur dimma system frm any versin belw 7.x please cntact yur MA- t ur dealer r MA direct fr f any updatee infrmatin. Shuld yu bee using grandma2 in cnnectin dimma slutins, please get in tuch with us, since a cnsle update will nw require a MA NDP update and vice versa. We are happy t assist yu. With Versin 2.5.70 the t default speed f effects and the rate f effect lines has been exchanged by a single speed per line. Therefre lder shw files might nt be 100% 1 cmpatible. Please check yur shw file with the new versin befre using it live!! Bugfix Release 2.7.0.10 Fixed Bugs and imprved functinality DMX drp t Zer while shw uplad fixed Srting the effect editr grid crashes the cnsle - fixed Crashes when using aut generate with brken fixturetypes - fixed Changing the selectin in timecde view/ editr in a multiuser envirnments led t crashes - fixed It was pssible t pen the prepare menu twice within partial shwread - this led t a crash - fixed Using the cmmand cpy screen x at y crashed the cnsle - fixed When in preview jumping t Cue Zer caused prblems (crash) - fixedd Inside the fixture sheet it was nt pssiblee t cmbine a cmmand line entry (e.g. Off) with a lass selectin - fixed grandma2 external screens are nt displayed fullscreen and are missing parts f the screen - fixed Presets cntaining RGB and/r CTC frm shw files generated with gma2 sftwaree Versin 2.5 were nt cnverted crrectly - fixed grandma2 npc Windws XP grandma2 npc incmpatibility bug - fixed. f grandma2 npc GUI lgin des nt wrk withut physical keybard - fixed MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
grandma2 npc in Single screen mde: Encderbar malfunctins in screens s ther than the first - fixed grandma2 npc external Displays in multiscreen mde: additinal reslutins: 2048x1152, 1280x768 MA VPU [2.7.x][6.7x] 7.16 Imprt Functin Blcks dess nt crash thee VPU any mre MA VPU in grandma series 1 mde: exprt fixture types in the grandma cnsle is wrking crrect nw MA VPU in grandma series 1 mde: in thee grandma cnsle the user can nw define the Camera Parameters in the fixture types sectin Fixture Types in the grandma series 1 cnsle are crrect nw and updated t versin 7.001 MA NDP [2.7.0]_v 7.93 Minimum NDP streaming versin in grandma2 mde set t 2.68 Sessins, created by a grandma2 cnsle,, can nw be jined frm thee NDP itself New grandma2 streaming implemented NOTE: Dwngrading frm Versin 7.84 r higher t a previus versin requires r special care. In such case please call the TechSupprt fr assistance. Knwn limitatin: Sessins, created by a grandma2 cnsle and set with a sessin passwrd, cannt be jined frm the NDP. But the NDP can always be invited by the grandma2 cnsle int the sessin. grandma 3D [2.7.0][6.7] 6.0.22.14199 Shapers will be crrectly visualized with "cutted beams", t. grandma series 1 Sftware 6.701 Imprting r exprting VPU fixture type has been fixed.. Bugfix Release 2.7.0.6 Fixed Bugs and imprved functinality Netwrk sessin freeze fixed, when lading shw files cntaining illegal XYZ Cue data. Mask Seq- has been fixed Crash fixed when patching fixtures f cntaining illegal attributes grandma2 npc CITP update thumbnails freeze bug has been fixed. MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
Crash fixed when trying t create c a new encder gruping. Clrdim preset pl clr symbls s bug has been fixed. Pan and Tilt Encder invert cnversin bug when lading ld shw files has been fixed. Dummy channels cannt be cntrlled by y calculatrs any mre Bug fixed which prevented in i sme cases the psitining f multi instance fixtures s in stage view. Edit Cue X will bring the status f cue X inn the prgrammer, Cue cntent as active values, tracked cntent as inactive values. Playback fades shuld nt be affected when string r updating bjects anymre. Reselecting fixture X after Off fixture X bug has been fixed. Crpped external screens bug has been fixed. Sftware Release 2.7.0.3 Main feature verview: XYZ - Virtual Psitin Feature CITP/MSEX - Media server thumbnail exchange Timecde clck view. Imprved Timecde editr Timecde trigger as cue trigger. grandma2 Fader Wing alignment f internal and external fader mdules. Live recrding f Macrs Expanded DMX Sheet Sessin passwrd Grup master verview expanded t Special master verview Free scalable grandma2 npc Changed grandma2 npc parameter cunt. New functins and features in detail: XYZ Stage View XYZ Fllw Mde has been added. Activating thee fllw mdee will temprarily deactivate all ther stage view mdes (Select, Orbit, Panningg and Zm) until the fllw mde is disabled. Tuching the stage vieww with activated fllw mde will mve the beams f the currently selected fixtures with enabled XYZ t this psitin if pssible. Virtual XYZ Attributes can be added t any fixture using physical pan/tilt attributes by pressing the new "+XYZ" buttn at the fixturee type editr. Pressing the "-XYZ" buttn at the fixture type editr will remve the virtual XYZ attributes f the edited fixture type. This will als remve any XYZ values stred fr fixtures using this fixture type frm yur shw. XYZ Encder Reslutin Nrmal = 0.1m, fine=0.01m, ultra=0.001m. The fllwing virtual attributes are added, when adding XYZ supprt t a fixture. PsMd: Mde Attribute t switch between Pan/Tilt and XYZ Mde. X, Y and Z: 3 Attributess t define the illuminated psitin n stage. Flip: Attribute t definee which flip psitin f a mving head fixture shuld bee used t reach a certain XYZ psitin. Special flip mdes are: MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
AutFlip: fixture flip is avided as far as pssible. p NTiltFlip: fixture tilt axis will never be flipped. This is needed t avid upside dwn prjectins f Gbs r Shaper mdules. Mark: Reference Markers attribute is fr future use. Distance: This attributee is needed fr seamless transitins between Pan/Tilt and XYZ. The distance attribute a valuee is the distance between a fixture and the illuminated psitin/bject. Stage view displays psitins f 3D bjects with activated " Fllw Target" " ptin at thee stage view. When creating a new shww r lading a shw file frmm a previus versin, fllw target is activated fr the stage plane nly. New MATricks wing-style mdess "X", "Y", "Z" and "X+Y" in additin a t thee already existing Pan and Tilt wing-style mdes. D nt unblck sequences cntaining a mixture f XYZ and Pan/Tilt psitinn data nr stre /remve r remve values t remve r single attributes f the psitin preset type f cues when using virtual XYZ. This culd resultt in unexpected lss f psitin data inside yur sequence! Stage fixture psitin calibratin implemented. The buttn t pen the Stage fixture psitin calibratin dialgue can be fund at the stage s view ptins menu. Press the yellw ball t pen this menu. T be able t calibrate, please mark and measure the crner pints (A,B,C,D) f a rectangle at the stage. Theree are tw mdes f enteringg the psitinss f the pints A,B,C and D at the calibratin dialgue. Abslute Mde: Please Select fixture(s) and enter the t crdinates f pint A (X,Y,Z) and the crrect distances t the pints B and D. Free Mde: Select fixtures and enter the crrect crdinates f pint A (X,Y,Z), B (X,Y,Z), C (X,Y,Z). Fcus each fixture t psitin A using pan and tilt attributes. Select all fixtures again a and press the Stre buttn fllwedd by the sft buttn A. The psitin f the current selectin will be stred fr pint A. Repeat steps 3 and 4 fr pints B, C and D. Select all fixtures again a and press the sft buttn Calibrate. The physical psitins f all selected fixtures are calibrated nw. It is pssible that each individual fixture can be calibrated within a separatee physical rectangle. A'(*)' means that the parameters f the rectangles are nt equal acrss current selectin. CITP/MSEX 1..0 CITP/ /MSEX is a netwrk cmmunicatin prtcl designed fr cmmunicatin between lighting cnsles and Media servers r visualizers. This first implementatin includes thumbnail exchange between third party media servers and grandma2 cnsles. The CITP cnfiguratin can be fund at /Setup/Netwrk/CITPP Netwrk Cnfiguratin. The CITP Enabled buttn in the upper right crner f this dialgue is a glbal switch t enable/disable CITP sessin wide. Theree are 4 tabs inside this dialgue, Lighting cnsles, Media Servers, Visualizers and Operatin Hubs. Lighting cnsles tab: When pressing add present buttn at thee lighting cnsle tab, any lighting cnsle c with enabled CITP will be listed here (fr infrmatin purpses nly). MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
Media Servers tab: At the Media Server Tab, Mediaa Server can be manually added using the add buttn, r autmatically when using the add present buttn. If the rw f a media serverr is red, the media server is nt present at the current netwrk, r the CITP functinality f the media m server has been switched ff. If a rw f a media server is displayed green, media server is present at the current netwrk. At fixture layer clumn, grandma2 fixturee layer cntaining media server fixtures has t be chsen. If the library and the image subattribute f the media server is nt autmatically recgnized crrectly, the user can changee them manually by editing the referring grid cell. After pressing the buttnn update thumbnails, the thumbnails ff the vide r image cntentt will be cpiedd frm the media server t wheels inside the fixturetype f the first fixture f the chsen fixture layer. Attribute mde dependencies and channelsets f the chsen library and a image attribute f the fixturetype f the first fixture f the chsen layer will be updated. Depending n the number f received thumbnails and the speed f yur y netwrk, this may take sme time. A prgress bar at the CITP cmmand cell f the respective media server rw is displayed until thee transmissinn is finished. Visualizers tab: fr future use. Operatin hubs: fr future use. Timecde imprvements New clck view mdes: SMPTE Timecde and Midi Time Cde. Incming Timecde signals may be displayed using these new clck mdes. Receiving valid Timecde signal iss displayed by green text clr while the text clr is greyy as lng as n valid Timecde signal is received. The Timecde Editr Cursr psitin is nt allwed t be negative anymre. The current time marker stays in centre f timeline while playback r recrd at the Timecde Editr and Timecde Viewer. The number f selected events iss shwn in the label f encder 4 "Turn t mve n events" at the Timecde editr encder bar. Thee new buttn "clear selectin" deselects all currently selected Timecde events. Timecde shw: There is ne time cursr per Timecde shww in a netwrk k sessin. The selectin s f Timecde events and the fcus f Timecde tracks is per user prfile in a netwrk sessin. Encder 3 f Timecde bar is nww als available in the Timecde view. Events will nly be fcused and nt selected because Timecde view is read nly. As lng as fllw time t is active in the time cde editr r viewer, in graphic mde, the last triggered event f the currently selected track/subtrack is autmatically selected/fcused during playback. In Text mde, the last triggered event f all currently visible tracks/subtracks is autmatically selected/fcused during playback. If Timecdee sync is set t intern, the Timecde shw playback is paused as snn as an event is mved usingg encder 4. "Cpy and paste has been implemented in the Timecde editr. If n event is selected, but a subtrack is fcused, all events ff that fcused subtrack will be cpied. In this case the time t ffset befre the first event will be used while pasting at the destinatin. If events f ne subtrack are selected, these events will be cpied t the clipbard. The fcus has t be set t the target subtrack and the time psitin the first selected event shuld be pasted befre pressing the paste buttn. If events ff mre than ne subtrack are selected, all selected events will be cpied t the clipbard. The fcus has t be set t the first target subtrack and the timee psitin the first selected event shuld be pasted befre pressing the paste buttn. Pasting multiple subtracks is pssible, if the type f the targett subtracks matches the surce subtracks.. " The Timecde pl has a "link encder" ptin. As lng as this ptin is activated the Timecde encder bar will bee present as sn the Timecde pl is tuched. MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
A right muse clickk n the title f a cmmand track in the Timecde T editr pens the "change executr" windw. A right muse clickk n the title f a subtrack in the Timecde editr penss a ppup t change c the subtrack functin. Timecde Editr: "Add Here" adds event at next frame, if there is already a event at the current psitin f the current subtrack. If there is als a event at next frame, n event will be added Selecting a Timecde event will shw the current trigger time f the selected event abve the event. Tuching and mving thiss flag will mve the event. When W selectingg mre than ne event, the flag will be at the last selected event. Timecde editr calculatr is using the current Timecde shw time unit. The time unit f a Timecde shw can be adjusted at the Timecde editr ptins menu. Timecde editr calculatr maximum time has been increased t 255h59m59s29F Add multiple events wizard at the Timecde editr. The number f added events can be adjusted at the first input bx.. The secnd and the third input bx are related t eachh ther when changing c ne f them the ther will autmatically be recalculated. Att the frth input bx, the cue f the first event can be selected. s Hitting please will create the events. If the number f cues is i less than the number f events t add, thee wizard will cntinue adding event starting frm the first cue f the sequence. Theree are 4 symbls in frnt f all Timecde tracks at the Timecde editr: a plus/minuss t expand r cllapse the subtracks f eachh track, a checkbx fr tggling the visibility f each track in text view, a play symbl (arrw) t enable/disable the playback f each track and a recrd symbl (red dt) t enable/disable the recrdd functinality f each track. Timecde tracks and subtracks can be lcked and unlcked using u the referring buttn at the track functins ppup. A padlck will be displayed, if a bject is lcked. The Timecde editr text view grid can be srted by any clumn. Tuchingg and swipe upwards r dwnwards at the headline f a clumn srts the grid by this clumn. Thee srting rderr is displayed by a small arrw insidee the headline f the clumn. Tw mre trigger types havee been added as cue triggers, SMPTE and MTC. M The Timecde psitin has t be entered at the trig time clumn f the sequence executr sheet. As any ther cue trigger, the SMPTE and MTC trigger will nly trigger the referring cue if the sequence playback is n and the cue previus t the Timecde triggered cue is active. Fader Wing setup The mapping f thee lgical 15 fader wide blcks f executrs t the physical internal fader mdules and external fader wings can be setup at this menu. The Fader Wing setup can be fund at the /setup/cnsle/faderwing and Mnitr Setup The buttn Add Wing setting adds a new cnfiguratin set. The buttn Delete Wing setting deletes the current fcused setting. The buttn select Wing setting activates the currently fcused setting. Thee currently used setting is displayed at the menu headline and by an green cell backgrund clr. The Page+/Page- buttns f the external fader wings can bee disabled at this dialgue t. Nte: Mnitr cnfiguratinn setup is nt supprted yet Nte: The Mini executr displays f screen 3 and 4 are nt fllwing the remappedd executrs, when remapping the internal fader mdules. New DMX Sheet headline buttns: "Prgrammer Clrs" displays the DMX values inn the same clrs as the fixture sheet des. At the "Shw additinal" buttn the fllwing ptins can be chsen: "Shw nly values" shwss nly the DMX values; "Shww IDs" shws the Channel/Fixture ID, name and the DMX value; MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
"Shw Attributes" shws the Attribute cntrlled by this DMX Channel, and "Shw w Address" shws all single DMX Addresses abve the DMX Value. Cmmand Line Remve has been added a t the calculatrs f the fllwing effect layers: lw, high, phase and width. New ps ptin: "ps" /clear" deletes all ps events. Mving executrs will nt switchh ff the executrs any mre. New cmmand: Selfix DMX [universe].[address] will select the channel/fixture patched at the referring DMX address. Pushing "Selfix" (2xSelect), and tuching any cell at a DMX sheet will select the fixture patched at thiss address. The Default cameraa f MA 3D can be set by the new cmmand "Select Camera [name f the camera]" New Cmmand Line cmmand: "Update Cue Thru /addnewcntent" (r "/an") will stre the current active values at all cues f the selected executr. "Update Cue Thru /riginalcntent" (r "/r" will update the currentt active valuess at the cues f the selected executr already cntaining the rigin values fr this attribute. Test buttns fr macr/sequence/agenda editr implemented. The buttn can be fund at the X10 hard key in the edit sequence dialgue, at the X9 and X10 hard key in the e macr editr dialgue and at the left sidee f the agenda day view. New Macr editr functins: disable single lines and enable/disable macr timing. New COMMENT character # in Cmmand Line. Everything behind the cmmand character will be ignred (f curse the cmment character can still be used inside strings) Live recrding f macrs has been implemented. The Syntax "Recrd Macr X" starts the live recrding. The hardkey cmbinatin MA+Learn will prvide direct access t the recrd keywrd. k An alternating Learn and a Macr buttn backlight will indicate an a active Macr recrding. Hitting "Recrd Macr Please" again will switch ff the recrding mde. m Live Recrding f Macrs will always generate timed macrs. Graphical User Interface Muse cursr and tuch cursrs have been separated; there is ne permanently visible muse cursr(white arrw) representingg the hardware muse. Each internal tuchh screen has its wn tuch cursr and will nt set thee muse cursr f the hardware muse anymre. External tuch screens will share the t muse cursr with the hardware muse. The musee cursr can bee set t an internal tuch screen psitin byy hlding dwn the nipple buttn while tuching the screen. The muse cursr will always a fllw the tuch cursr, if this ptin is activated at the Setup/Cnsle/Screen Optins. Buttns prvide visual feedback when pressed. - glw after buttn click iss visible fr 0.2 secnds after muse up. Numeric keypad can be used t input a cue number at the lad cue pp up. The current lgged in user is displayed additinally at the tls menu Frame clr f macrs assigned at view buttns r x-keys is linked t the frame clr f the macr pl. Layut View: duble tab temprarily tggling between select and mve mde can be activated/deactivated at the layut view ptins. Bitmap files imprt/exprt GUI has been addedd t the Setupp - Shw - Imprt/Exprt dialgue. In additin t imprt the files this dialgue can als create nee bitmap effect per file by changing the ptin "imprt files nly" t "imprt files and create bitmap bjects" MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
View Pl display ptins have been extended: Symbls displays small screenshts f the view at the pl item fr single screen views and a screen layut icn fr multi-screen views. Stred screen displays thee screen layutt icn fr all views. N Symbls displays a view cntaining mre space fr naming. When chsing a bitmap in the bitmap editr,, als USB drives can be usedd as bitmap surce. Fixture psitins can be set at the setup/patch+fixture schedule layer view. The psitin and rtatin clumns are a srted t the far right at the referring fixture rws. Frmer grup master view has been extended t the master view. The master view cntains tabs displaying grup masters, rate masters, speed masters and playback p masters. Repeating agenda events will bee displayed at every day/mnth/year the event will be executed. New menu cmmands: Menu ""User1"" r Menu ""U1"", t switch the X-key display t userkeys 1 thru 20. Menu ""User2"" r Menu ""U2"" will switch the X-key display t userkeys 21 thru 40 and Menu ""List"" r Menu ""LI"" will switch the X-key display t executr buttnss 201 thru 220. At a Replay unit the x-key display will be shwn at the encder bar area." " Bitmap Setup It is pssible t delete Bitmaps frm the internal drive at thee Setup / Shw/ ImprtExprt/Imprt Bitmaps dialgue. Bitmap Effects Clur Crrectinn defaults and ranges have been b imprved. Bitmap Effects: Thee new ptin "Add Dimmer" at the basic tab t sets the dimmer value ff all fixtures cntrlled by this bitmap effect t 100% while the bitmap is applied t the clrmix attributes. 3D mdels f fixture types are dynamically created. The physical set up ff a fixture typee can be changed at Setup/ Patch + Fixture Schedule/Fixture types/edit/mdule Manager. Editing ne f the 6 new clumns "Size X Y Z" r "Axis X Y Z" will pen the bdy descriptin dialgue shwing a graphic representatin f the fixture class chsen at the class clumn f the mdule manager. Each bdy dimensin can be edited. At a cnnected MA 3D applicatin. The pssibility t cnnect c t a cnsle using telnet can be disabled at the e Setup / Cnsle / Glbal Settings / Telnet. The sessin wide netwrk settingg TTL (Time t live) and TOS (Type f Service) can be set at the setup/cnsle/glbal settings dialgue. Changed MA Netwrk Cntrl dialgue: Sessins can be prtected using a sessin passwrd. The "Create/Jin Sessin" buttn hass been separated int tw buttns. Start Sessin createss a new sessin using the settings s f the MA Netwrk Cntrl dialgue. Jin sessin jins the sessin currently highlighted by the white fcus frame. Pressing thee jin sessin buttn while the white fcus frame is set t t uncnnected the cnsle will leave thee current sessin. Cnsles with disabled autjin ptin will ntt create nr jin a sessin att startup. The current netwrk status and sessin ID is permanently displayed at thee netwrk cnfiguratin screen headline. The encders fr the attributes Pan and Tilt can be inverted t adjust the encder rtatin t the mving directin f each fixture. This setting can be dne per fixture at the Patch + Fixture Schedule r when editing the fixture using the Edit Fixture cmmand. c Setup/Patch+Fixture Schedule/Fixture Types/Attribute+Encder Gruping/ /Attributes f Feature: New clumn Universal. Universal presets nly wrk as real universal u presets fr attributes with this clumn switched n. Universal presets f attributes with this clumn empty shw glbal preset behaviur. Black cells inside thiss clumn are nt editable predefined; e.g Gb attributes. MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
The minimum needed versin f the MA NDP is displayed at the lwer part f the Setup / Netwrk / MA Netwrk Cntrl / NDP tab. grandma2 npc grandma2 npc parameter cunt has been changed. A netwrk sessin ff an grandma2 npc withut any cnsle cnnected is limited t 4096 parameters. The parameters f ne cmmand wing and all cnnected MA 2Prt Ndes npc, MA 2Prt Ndes npc Pr and MA NSP in 4Prt Nde mde are cunted until thee limit f 4096 parameters is i reached. Edit macr Line r Sequence CMD clumn ppup als supprts the npc Executr View. Assignable playback views cannt be used as input fr the macr line and have t bee entered using the cmmand hard keys instead. grandma2 npc can be scaled by the user. Imprved npc Wing Firmware New indicatr feature f the npc wing executr buttn backlight: Buttn 1 backlight ff: Executr is empty; Buttn 1 backlight dark: Executr is nt empty; Buttn 1 backlight bright: Executr is active; New Calibratin dialgue fr the 15.4 tuch screens. New screensaver has been implemented. The backlights f the 15.4 screens are turned ff after 5 minutes f screensaver activity If the sequence pl is full, it will nt be pssible t stre new sequences anymre.. In this case, a ppup will warn the use and an errr will be displayed in the cmmand line respnse. Special tuch cursr added, t display thee current tuched psitin at the screen. Update keywrd and updatee menu: secnd press f the update hardkey cancels thee update keywrd at the Cmmand Line and clses the update dialg. The GUI supprt fr parking single attributes has been implemented. E.g. pressing the park hardkey and the tilt encder label afterwardss will park tilt values f current selectin. Buttns have been added t the mini executr view abve the 100mmm faders. The specialmasterss 1 thru 9 display the buttns f the selected sequence; all ther special masters display the buttns referring t this special master. This feature can be deactivated at the setup/user/setting Special Fader Buttns ptin. The current versin f the MA 2 prt ndee sftware is displayed at the lwer part f the Setup / Netwrk / MA Netwrk Cntrl / 2Prtt tab. Fixed Bugs and imprved functinality Remving fixtures frm the setup als remves these fixtures frm the layut view. Fixture Type used clumn cunts used fixtures instead f used sub fixtures. The align functin will be reset as sn ass the fixture selectin changes. The cmmands Preview Next and Previeww Previus are self-terminati ng. Cnfirmatin please is nt needed anymre. The Effect encder bar prvides access t attack and decay nly, when these parameters are supprted by the chsen effect frm. The screen encder functinn has been imprved when the Setup - user - setting aree visible at screen 1 Channel and Fixture sheet are a autmatically updated when leaving the Patch and fixture schedule after adding channel r fixture IDs t the fixtures The Artnet 2 netwrk prtcl will send t up t tw Artnet 2 receivers unicast. If mre than tw receivers are requesting a specific Universe, this universe will be sent bradcast. The Edit Effect Line dialguee lw/high respectively center/size wheelss have been fixed when setting the value readut t aut. MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
The X6 thru X10 + X16 buttn at the ff-menfixed. have been fixed The setup /? crash has been Crash fixed when deleting a frm while editing the same frm at the same time. Trig Time clumn des shw a + again when the triggerr is set t "Fllw" The layut view headline is drawn red immediately when activating edit e blind. Selecting a DMX channel at the DMX sheet will set the DMX encderr bar crrect inn "Selected nly" mde as well. Sequence Executr sheet break lines will be drawn at small sequence executr sheets as well. Assigning a playback filter t t a running executr will switch ff this executr. e Crash fixed which ccurred smetimes when tuching multiple timess at the clr special dialg. Calling a filter at the layutt view bug hass been fixed. View pl n symbl setting gets nt lst any mre when lading a shw file. Tracksheet bug has been fixed. Deleting multiple values f ne attribute at the Tracksheet will nt results in changed values f ther attributes anymre. Fixture sheet des display the values at the crrect attribute clumn if ther attributes f this feature are nt used by this fixture It is nt pssible t set the Frm F Cue t a higher cue than the T Cue any mre when renumbering cues at sheets. The Cmmand "Cpy Cue x at y" Ppup remembers the last status f the "cuenly" and "Status" buttn. Extract fixture X functinality has been changed: Extract Fixture X withut having a selectin will exchange the preset reference with the hard values stred at thatt preset. Extract Fixture X while having sme fixtures selected will set the currentt selectin t the hard values stred at thee preset currently used by fixture X. Mving Executrs will nt affect a ther executrs any mre. Bug fixed which frced the user t press the list buttn again after clsing a dialgue at screen 1 t reactivate the X-key buttn executr functin again. Dimmer wheel animatin is displayed crrect again, when mving thee npc Cmmand wing dimmer wheel. Mving executrs and psing this actinn afterwards has been imprved at large netwrk envirnments USB drive is displayed at thee Imprt/Exprt dialgue when inserting a USB drive while the imprt exprt dialgue is pened. Imprt Exprt dialgue will nt display the nt useable Template flder any mre. AT CUE d nt add tracked values v t the prgrammer anymre. CALL CUE will add tracked valuess as inactive prgrammer values t the prgrammer. Update menu is nt displaying preview playbacks any mre, when nt in preview mde. Preview visualizatin at the Sequence pl has been fixed. Fixed clr settings f fixtures cntainingg subfixtures. Changing the visualizatin v clr f the fixture at the setup will change the clr fr all subfixtures. T change the clr f a single subfixture, the clr has t be changed at the edit subfixture dialge(e.g. edit fixture 2.3) Selectin Sheet masking bug fixed which crrupted the sheet masking if the fixturee schedule hass been changed afterwards. Changing a stred value t default link using the Tracksheet calculatr has been fixed. Crash fixed when executing a Macr cntaining tw lcate cmmands withut having added a wait time. It is pssible t renumber a single cue t x.999 if next cue =x+1 Stre /statusmerge [target range] r will ntt create new cues r sequences if at least ne cue r sequence f the target range already exists. Lcked effects assigned t executrs e are marked by a red effect pl number in thee upper right crner c f the mini playback view Bug fixed at the edit effect line dialgue attribute selectin. The align buttns and the speed grup buttn are activated/deactivated crrect at the effect linee editr. MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
Running effect verview fff mde has been fixed and will nt pen the edit edit windw while swiching ff effects. Remving effects using speedgrups frmm the prgrammer will use a eventually sett prgram time t fade ut. Shuffle Selectin will be dne per effect instead f per effect line. All effect lines will use the same shuffled selectin afterwards. Abslute and Relative effectt mde is nt inverted anymre when lading shw filess stred with grandma2 sftware prirr 2.3. Autmatically fading XFADEE Executrs using the cmmand Executr x at 100 Fade z will nt crash the desk any mre. Bug fixed which prevented "OffOnOverwr" itten" when calling cues cntaining mstly Release values and sme hard values. Bigger Update menu rws fr easier tuchscreen access. Setup/Netwrk/Netwrk Cnfig/2Prt pressing the Identify buttn withut any ethernet cnnectin desn't crash the desk anymre. Setup/Netwrk/Netwrk Cnfig/2Prt ladd frm default has been fixed and lad default setting fr f currently selected MA 2Prt Ndes. The timestamp f shw filess is displayed crrect again at the grandma2 npc backup dialg. The npc Screen encder up/dwn was mixed up at the DMX Prfile Editr. This has been fixed. Timecde editr remembers the mde (graphic/text) it has been used last, when repened. Off menu will nt be pened anymre, when pressing the Off key mre than nce while editing a cue CMD r macr. Fixed executrs restre their frmer psitin crrectly when unlcking the desk. Label bject cmmand will respect r the current wrld. E.g. when inside a wrld cmmands like label channel thru will nly label channelss cntained in the current wrld. Remving a playback filter and a psing this actin afterwards has been fixed. Duble tab grups t activate deactivate prgrammer cntent f this grup is psable nw. The "Open" buttn has been relabeled t "Lad Shw" in the backup menu. When the current selected wrld des ntt cntain clr attributes, the special dialgue clr will be lcked. Active prgrammer "Remve" values are displayed in sheets filtered by b "Prgrammer Only". Editing values using the cntent sheet has been imprved. The editingg features are similar t thee edit features f the Tracksheet. Save default exec ptins saves the playback filter. Fixture and Gb library updated t Caralln 8.5. Appendix The cmmand "stre /remve" r pressing [stre][cue][2] and the select [remve] in the pp-up will remve the whle attribute with all (!!) its layers frr fixtures having any value r effect layer f this attribute active in prgrammer. It can be filtered t nly remve values, value timings r effects e by using the buttns in the stred encder bar. T remve nly specific layers, fr example nly individual effect fade, the peratr needs t pen the calculatr fr these layers and select "remve" in the calculatr. Afterwards the peratr needs t update the cue, r has t use stre s /merge t remve the specific layers. Selecting multiple fixtures with a lass in the layut view is respecting the snap grid settings t interplate small psitin differences f fixture icns. The selectin rder will always be made inside f ne snap grid cell first, afterwards line by line in the directin f the lass mvement. Release versin 2.3 f grandma2 divrced values and effect values! Therefre lder shw files might nt be 100% cmpatible. Therefre please check yur shw file with the new versin v befre using it live! MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
Knwn Limitatins shw file Cnversin frm Versin 2.2 and earlier: The speed f a selective effect, stred in a cue, will nt be brught crrect int prgrammer, if the cue gets editedd and the default speed f the effect in the pl is nt 60 BMP. ASCII shw imprt supprts Strandd ASCII shw files nly. MA npc cmmand wing DMX input is supprted fr the prtss "DMX In" andd "DMX ut A" nly. The prt "DMX ut B" is allwed a t be used as DMX ut nly! MA VPU [2.7.0][6.7] v7.11 New VPU Fixture Types Versin 7.0 created fr grandma2 and grandma series 1 mde. VPU Dem Shw and VPU New Shp updated. The Versin f the Fixture Types T can be checked in the Multi Previeww If tw different reslutins are setup fr 2 DVI utputs f the VPU, this des nt decrease the vide perfrmance any mre. S a VPU Plus with 2 different reslutins can play back 4 layers f Full-HD 30fps att 60fps utputt rate On a VPU Plus r VPU Basic thee user can nw use DVI Outputs and a unlimited number f Pixel Mapper Outputs att the same time. On a Media PC / Laptp with a Dngle the user can nlyy chse between DVI r Pixel Mapper Mde and is limited t ne f the tw mdes, but in the Pixel Mapper mde a unlimited number f Pixel Mapper Output are pssiblee IMPORTANT: Keep in mind, that iff ne r mre VPUs are rendering VPU Pixel Mapper Outputs, the patching that is in each Pixel Mapper Output shall nt verlap with any re rendered Pixel Mapper Output. Otherwise there will be a Art-Net packet cllisin. Furthermre the calculatin f f any Pixel Mapper utput des take CPU calculatin pwer. This is mst imprtant if DVI and Pixel Mapperr Outputs are used at the same time The reslutin f a Pixel Mapper utput is nw independent t the reslutin that is used n the DVI Outputs. This means that VPUs with a AMD Raden GFX Card can calculate up t 4096x4096 Pixels and VPUs with a NVidia Card can calculate up t 2560x1600 Pixelss per Pixel Mapper Output Limitatin: t be able t render Pixel Mapper Outputs, at least ne valid DVI Device hass t be set in the DVI Output settings The Pixel Mapper Tab T is nw always displayedd and Area / Output O settings can always be changed, even if the Pixel Mapper is nt enabled Ruting change in the VPU prcessing rder: each layer can be defined t be shwn n Camera 1 thrugh 8 by using the new parameters "CAMERA_1" thrugh "CAMAERA_8". These parameters can be cntrlled frm 0 t 100%. The frmer ptin t define d the used Output f each e layer is still valid if yu use ld, existingg shws. Hwever, it des make mre sense t use the new VPU Fixture Layer Fixture. The ruting sequence is nw: frm the layer t the camera and frm the camera t the utput, but ne camera can be assigned t several utputs. Remember: these ptins are nly pssible if the new VPU Fixture Types Versin 7.0 are usedd MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
Per Area / Output cmbinatin in the Pixel Mapper, the user can nww define whichh Camera is assigned t the crrespnding Pixel Mapper Output. This allws t send any VPU Layer Fixture s a specific Pixel Mapper Output Each VPU Pixel Mapper Output has t be defined t a Render IP. This is MA-Net IP address used by the machine. If mre then ne VPU is in the netwrk, the Machine "A" can define, that Machine "B" renders the selected Pixel Mapper Output by chsing the right IP address VPU Pixel Mapper validatin: if f tw Pixel Mapper Outputss are calculated n ne Render IP and thesee d have verlapping Art-Net traffic (within the same universe), then a ppup message is warning the user Layers, that are nly displayed n a particula Camera, aree nly calculated n the VPUs that are assigned t that camera. This des lwer the calculatin pwer drastically. E.g. tw VPUs are used, VPU ne is assigned t Camera 1 and 2, VPU tw is assigned t Camera 3 and 4. If a Layer L is nly displayed n Camera 1 and 2, thee secnd VPU will nt have t calculate that Layer The Framerate (fps) f the GUI Screen and the internal screen f the VPU Plus can be defined nw. This helps t minimise the calculatin lad, that each VPUU has t handle with. These parameters can be adjusted frm the grandma2 cnsle r in the VPU fr each machine separately. Decrease thesee values t save calculatinpwer n the crrespnding machine Pixel Mapper functinality added: a Pixel Mapper Output can be cnfigured with a "Virtual Output ID". Yu shuld nt place any Pixel Mapper Fixtures nt that Pixel Mapper Output. If a Virtual Output ID is set, then any "Render IP" settingss is ignred, the field is greyed ut. The idea behind it: since a Virtual Output can be assigned with a dedicated, single Camera, yu can rute certain Layers t this dedicated Camera. S these Layers are nly displayed d n that Camera and thus nly renderd n the Pixel Mapper Output. Yu can rute as many Layers t that Virtual Output as yu like. The next step is t rute this Virtual Output as Virtual Input nt anther Layer. This T Layer is nly displayed n a Camera that is nly visible n a DVI Outut. O What is s it gd fr: the t user can create utput display arrangements where each single arrangement is cntrlled by a Camera. S each single arangement Layerr can be mdified via the sftedge, keystne and splitscreen parameters f each Camera. Thiss cmes in handy if a LED Cntrller C grabs certain areas ut f the displayed picture and a the VPU user wants t cntrl these areas with a dedicated VPU Camera Fixture. And this can c be used t drive a Matrx Tripple Head t G Setup and be able t cntrl each DVI Output with a dedicated VPU Cameraa Fixture. The Tripple Head t G Device iss recgnised by the VPU Sftware as ne bigg utput. What yu basically d is t assign 3 Layers that display Virtual Output 1,2 and 3 next t each ther New ptins in the Cntent Editr cntext menu: "Insert fr Virtual Input" t get the ptin t feed any Virtual Output frma Pixel Mapper Output int layers In the internal screen f a VPU Plus in setup the user can nw tggle VPUU and Pixel Mapper Mde via dedicated buttns The frmer mde selectin n the tp in GUI Screen is nw renamed t "Render". Here the t user can chse what mdee is rendered, DVI r Pixel Mapper In the Multi Preview each DVI Output and Pixel Mapper Output O is displayed in a small preview windw and give the user verview n all currently prcessed utputs In the Headline in the VPU Plus internal display, the status fr DVI mde r Pixel Mapper A lt f dialgues in i the GUI screen d nt a lt f vide perfrmance anyy mre Clumns in the Dcking Frame inn the GUI screen can be adjusted in their width MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de
In grandma2 cnsle / Setup / Netwrk Cnfiguratin / VPU / Edit VPU there is a new tab called "Render" where the user can seee all existing Areas and Outputs and define the IP f the VPU that shall render ne ff the pssible Pixel Mapper Outputs VPU Pixel Mapper: library elements, that are directly drpped int a VPUU Pixel Mapper utput are directly snapped t the grid if the ptin "Dck n Grid" is enabled e VPU in grandma2 mde: If Layers, Cameras r Master Fixtures s are renamed nw in the setup f the t cnsle, then these changes are displayed in the VPU Sftware again VPU rendering a Pixel Mapper des nw als use the Camera Iris, Shaper, Sftedge and Keystne functinality VImg <> and Offset are wrking crrect nw in cmbinatin Camera (3D Objects andd Warper) with bjects used in the A VPU Plus withut a SDI Card des nt crash any mre if a Functin Blck iss renamed in the internal screen grandma2: Pixel Mapper Tab in the grandma2 cnsle in Setup / Netwrk Cnfiguratin / VPU / Edit VPU is deleted MA NDP [2.7.0]_v7.900 New grandma2 streaming implemented Minimum NDP streaming versin in grandma2 mde set t 2.7 * Sessins, created by a grandma2 cnsle, can nw be jined frm the NDP itself NOTE: Dwngrading frm Versin 7.84 r higher t a previus versin requires special care. In such case please call the TechSupprt fr assistance. Knwn limitatin: Sessins,, created by a grandma2 cnsle and set with a sessin passwrd, cannt be jined frm the NDP. But the NDP can always be invited by the grandma2 cnsle int the sessin. grandma 3D [2.7.0][6.7]_v6.0.22.3981 Shapers will be crrectly visualized with "cutted beams", t. MA Lighting Internatinal An der Talle 24-28 D-33102 Paderbrn Germany Tel. +49 52 51/68 88 65-10 Fax +49 52 51/68 88 65-88 inf@malighting.de