Altman LSC GENESIS User manual

Lighting Control Console
Quick Start Guide

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Document Number: GEN-MAN101
Version as of: 1 February 2020
Genesis Console Quick Start Guide
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ABOUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS
The document provides basic information for a qualified, trained installer. These instructions provide information for the
following product:
• Genesis Lighting Control Console
Note: Additional product information can be found on our web site at
www.altmanlighting.com or by scanning the QR code to the right.
Please read all instructions before installing or using this product. Retain
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and a full operation manual
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................1
About This Manual..................................................................................................................2
Help ........................................................................................................................................2
Undo .......................................................................................................................................2
Front Panel..............................................................................................................................3
Rear Panel...............................................................................................................................4
Touchscreen............................................................................................................................5
Controlling Fixture Intensity....................................................................................................6
Flash.............................................................................................................................................. 6
Controlling Fixture Attributes ..................................................................................................6
Controlling Color.....................................................................................................................7
Picker..........................................................................................................................7
Fan..............................................................................................................................7
Sliders.........................................................................................................................8
Gels.............................................................................................................................8
Controlling Position ................................................................................................................9
Flip ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Center............................................................................................................................................ 9
Fan ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Automatic Fixture De-Select....................................................................................................9
Animate Apps........................................................................................................................10
Animate Controls Apps .............................................................................................11
Recording Animations...............................................................................................11
Shape Apps...........................................................................................................................11
Shape Apps Settings.................................................................................................12
Recording Shapes.................................................................................................................12
Clearing Fixtures ...................................................................................................................12
Recording the Output............................................................................................................12
Pages........................................................................................................................13
Playback....................................................................................................................13
Playback ...................................................................................................................14
Cue-List ....................................................................................................................14
ICPB Filters ...............................................................................................................14
Latest Takes Precedence (LTP) .................................................................................15
Live Speed ............................................................................................................................15
Live Speed Controls..................................................................................................16
Tap to Beat ................................................................................................................16
Page Freeze...............................................................................................................16
Editing Memories..................................................................................................................17
Chase a Cue-List ...................................................................................................................18
Editing Cues..........................................................................................................................18
Patching a Fixture .................................................................................................................19
Patch Example ..........................................................................................................20
Default Show.............................................................................................................20
Fixture Editor.............................................................................................................20
Rig View....................................................................................................................20
Tools Screen .........................................................................................................................21

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About This Manual
This “Quick Start Guide” provides basic information on patching, controlling intensity,
color & position, creating a simple animation plus recording and playback. Training
videos plus the “Genesis Operation Manual” containing full descriptions of all func-
tions are available at: www.altmanlighting.com
Genesis comes with a “Sample” show that you can load so that you can familiarize
yourself with the controls before patching your own fixtures. To load the sample
show from the “Home” screen touch: Tools/Load/SampleShow. If you don’t need the
sample show and want to patch your own fixture, go straight to section 20.
Genesis can control up to 24 lighting fixtures. The fixtures that you control might be:
• A conventional lighting dimmer.
• A multi-color LED fixture.
• A multi-color fixture with additional controls for position and/or beam shapes.
Each fixture is patched to a Yellow fader and button.
The Genesis Wing is an accessory for the Genesis lighting console. It can only be
operated when it is connected to a Genesis console. Connecting a Genesis Wing
provides control of an additional 12 lighting fixtures (25-36) and a further 10 play-
backs (11-20) (with 10 pages of memory) as well as a second DMX512 universe (U2)
output.
Connecting a second Genesis Wing provides control of an additional 12 fixtures (37-
48) and a further 10 playbacks (21-30) (with 10 pages of memory) as well as a third
DMX512 universe (U3) output. Connecting an provides an additional DMX universe
output.
Help
Undo
Context sensitive help is available on the touch screen for many functions of Genesis.
Tap the button to open the help screen. Tap to close.
To quickly undo the last action double tap . To undo more than one action tap
once to see the list of your actions. Touch Undo to undo an action and step down
the list. Touch Redo to redo an action and step up the list. Tap the [Back] button
to finish. Note: The undo list is automatically cleared whenever you save your show,
start a new show or load an existing show.

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Front Panel
Record Output 24 Fixture Faders and
Buttons ( Yellow)
Select Undo Help
Touchscreen
Back
Playback
Pages
10 Playback
Faders and
Buttons (Red)
Fixture
Master
(Yellow)
Playback
Master
(Red)
Touchscreen
The 24 Yellow fixture faders control fixture intensity. Moving a fixture fader automati-
cally selects that fixture allowing its other parameters such as color or position to be
controlled by Apps on the touch screen. Moving a fader to zero deselects the fixture.
The Yellow “Fixture Master” has overall intensity control of the yellow fixture faders.
The current output can be recorded into any of the Red playbacks by pressing
[Record] then pressing a Red playback button of your choice [ 1-10 ].
Different looks can be recorded on different Red Playback faders so that you can
easily change the entire look on stage by using the Red Playbacks.
See section 16 for more details.

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Power Input
The Genesis Console comes with a 12 volt 1.5A DC power supply.
USB Connector
The two USB connectors can be used to connect:
• A USB keyboard.
• A memory stick for show backup and software upgrades.
• A USB LED desk lamp (up to 250mA).
• One or two Expansion wings.
Ethernet Connector
The RJ45 Ethernet connector can be used to output sACN and ArtNet. These are
lighting control protocols that send DMX lighting data over a network or to a lighting
visualizer program running on a computer.
Connect a DMX data cable from the DMX512 output (one universe of 512 channels)
to the DMX512 input of your first fixture (Dimmer, LED or Moving light) and loop to
the next fixture/s. Only use specific DMX cable (never use audio cable) and always
terminate the end of the DMX line. Set the required DMX addresses on your equip-
ment. Patch each fixture to a yellow fixture fader. See section 20 for more details on
patching.
Rear Panel
DMX 512
Output
USB
Connectors
Power Input Ethernet Network
Connector
Kensington
Lock
DMX 512 Output
Note: Use of a USB Splitter is not recommend for use with the Genesis Console

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Dot shows position of moving
fixtures
Touchscreen
If the touch screen is not on the “Home” screen, pressing the [Back] button steps
back through the screens to the “Home” screen.
Double tapping [Back] quickly returns to the “Home” screen from any screen.
The “Home” screen is divided into two sections:
• The top section (yellow border) has fixture icons that displays the intensity,
color and position (if applicable) of the patched fixtures.
• The bottom section shows the contents of the Red Playbacks.
The 3 buttons below the touch screen have different functions for different screens.
Their current function is shown on the screen above each button. You can tap the
button or touch the screen to operate them.
Touching anywhere in the top “fixtures section” of the “Home” screen or touching
Apps opens the “Apps” screen. Apps are used to control the attributes of selected
fixtures. Move a yellow fader to automatically select that fixture. Use an App to adjust
the attribute. Other methods of selecting fixtures are described in section 9.
The bottom section of the “Home” screen has Playback icons showing the contents
of each Playback (if any have been recorded). Touch any playback icon to modify its
memory. See page 17 for Editing Memories
Current function of button
below
Fixture Icons show intensity,
color and position
Red Playback Page
Number
Playback
Contents “Home” Screen

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Controlling Fixture Intensity
The 24 (yellow) fixture faders (under the overall control of the yellow fixture master)
control the intensity of the fixtures that are patched to them. To see the output of a
fixture:
• Fade up the Yellow Master.
• Fade up a fixture fader to set its Intensity.
Flash
When the touch screen is on the “Home” screen, the buttons below the yellow faders
act as intensity [FLASH] buttons. You can set the flash intensity level in the Tools/
Setup screen.
If a red fader contains a single cue then its button acts as intensity [FLASH] button.
If a red fader contains a cue-list then its button “steps” the cue-list. See page 13 for
Playback.
Controlling Fixture Attributes
Genesis uses “Apps” on the touch screen to control the attributes of selected fixtures.
From the “Home” screen, open the “Apps” page by touching anywhere in the top half
of the touch screen or touching Apps.
There are 4 columns (Intensity, Color, Position, Beam/Other) that have Apps for their
type of attribute. Touch the App for the attribute that you want to control.
App Screen

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Controlling Color
From the “Home” screen, open the “Apps” page (described above) then touch the
color Picker app icon. Fixtures that have color attributes will flash their buttons. Select
the fixtures (described above) then drag your finger to change the color. The color is
selected when you “lift” your finger from the screen. The side of the color picker app
shows the recently selected colors. Touch any of the recent colors to re-use them.
Color Picker
Fan
When multiple fixtures are selected you can fan their colors to create rainbow effects.
Touching Fan selects “directional” fanning. Drag to fan the colors across the selected
fixtures.
Touching Fan again selects “symmetrical” fanning. Drag to fan the colors with your
finish color in the center of your fixture selection.
Touching Fan again turns fanning off.
Your fixture selection order is used by the Fan App. Experiment with different orders
of selection to get different color effects.
Previous selections can be re-used by tapping the [Select] button.
Recently Selcted
Color
Fine Control Fan Red Green Blue sliders for
individual control

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Sliders
Touching Sliders opens the “Color Sliders” screen that provides individual sliders for
all colors. Red, Green and Blue are located in a fixed section at the top of the window.
Other colors, White, Amber, UV and Lime, as well as Color wheels are located in the
scrolling bottom half of the screen. Sliding your finger vertically in the bottom half will
scroll the sliders up/down allowing access to more sliders if the selected fixture has
additional attributes. Touching Sliders opens the “Color Sliders” screen that provides
individual sliders for all colors. Red, Green and Blue are located in a fixed section at
the top of the window. Other colors, White, Amber, UV and Lime, as well as Color
wheels are located in the scrolling bottom half of the screen. Sliding your finger verti-
cally in the bottom half will scroll the sliders up/down allowing access to more sliders
if the selected fixture has additional attributes.
• + and – buttons are provided for small increments.
• The decimal values of each slider is shown on the right.
The Hexadecimal value of the last selected Red, Green, or Blue slider is shown at the
top. If you touch inside the Hex:# box you can enter exact values using the keyboard
that appears. Enter your values (in Hex) then touch Set.
Gels
The color Gels app is similar to the “Picker” app but has 100 commonly used color
gels to choose from.
RGB values in
Hexadecimal
Color Sliders