Analog way Vertige VRC300 User manual

Verge™ -Ref. VRC300
QUICK START GUIDE
Thank you for choosing Analog Way and the Verge™. By following these simple steps, you will be able to
setup and use within minutes your powerful high-end Remote Controller. Verge™ is a revoluonary Remote
Controller integrang new ways of creang and managing large events and mul-venues. The Verge™ brings
a simple and exible approach to show creaon and management. Verge™ can control several screens and
mulple LiveCore™ devices (Ascender 48 - 4K - PL, Ascender 32 - 4K - PL, Ascender 16 - 4K, SmartMatriX Ultra,
NeXtage 16 - 4K, NeXtage 08 - 4K), independently or linked with an idencal device (addive modularity),
linked with an expansion module, or synchronized (associave modularity). Verge™ can also control other
devices over IP, such as Midra switchers, matrix routers, media players, PTZ cameras.
• 1 x Vertige™ (VRC300)
• 2 x Power supply cords
• 1 x User manual (PDF version)*
• 1 x Quick start guide (PDF version)*
* User manual and Quick start guide are available on www.analogway.com.
REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION
Read the following secons in the given order to
get started with Verge™:
• Rear panel descripon
• Front panel descripon
• Seng up the Verge™
• Conguring a Show
• Running a Show
If connecng the Verge™ and the devices directly,
make sure to use an Ethernet crossover cable (the
Verge™ connects to the controlled devices with
standard Ethernet LAN networking equipment).
Otherwise you can use a standard Ethernet hub
and straight cables.
1. Power Supply:
Dual, redundant power supply with fuse as standard
equipment.
2. On/O buon:
Switch on/o the device.
3. Connecon panel:
Ethernet LAN adapters for device control.
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WHAT’S IN THE BOX
GETTING STARTED WITH THE VERTIGE™

FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION SETTING UP THE VERTIGE™ & CONFIGURING A SHOW
1- Touch screen
The 15’’6 wide touchscreen comfortably displays on
the same page the representaon of the Program
& Preview of a typical scene (Blend + 2 satellites).
The representaon of the whole scene will allow you
to work on mulple layers from dierent screens at
the same me (to change background sources, for
example). The representaon of both Program &
Preview states will allow you to switch presets at any
me (even during an eect) like with the LiveCore™
series.
2- Preset secon
This secon allows you to save and load your
scene presets. 10 preset keys and a page browsing
mechanism allows you to organize and access up to
100 presets.
3- Layer secon
This secon allows you to select layers in dierent
screens and edit them simultaneously. Mulple layer/
screen criteria can be used to perform advanced
layer selecons.
4- Source secon
This secon allows you to assign sources to the
selected layers on Program or Preview. 12 source
keys and a page browsing mechanism allows you to
organize and access up to 120 sources. The name of
a source will be displayed on the corresponding LCD
key.
5- Control secon
This secon allows you to select the preset to work
with (Program or Preview), and apply basic funcons
to all selected layers (like Freeze, Clear, Unify...).
6- Edit secon
This secon allows you to edit the selected layers in
three dierent ways: roughly via the joysck, nely
via the encoders or directly via the numpad. With
its 12 contextual LCD keys, the block displaying the
numpad (the EDIT pad) also provides access to a
variety of edit tools such as pages of shortcuts, layer
presets and macros.
7- Transion secon
This secon allows you to use the T-Bar for a smooth
transion eect between presets. The individual,
motorized sliders can be used to transion individual
screens, and they show the current state of the
screen.
8- Control Transion
This secon allows you to take all your acve screens
and control the transion me globally.
You can also enable the CUE SEQUENCE buon to
control the cue sequence playback (play, next step,
stop ...).
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Starng the Verge™
Press Start
Creang a User
Select the CREATE opon.
Enter a name and
a password (oponal).
Press Create.
Conguring the Verge™
Network
Press the SETTINGS buon in
the upper-right corner.
Select the Network tab then
the EDIT opon.
Select the Ethernet port you
want to use.
Enter the desired IP address,
subnet mask and gateway.
Press Apply.
Logging in
Select the LOGIN opon.
Select a user.
Press Login.
Creang a Show
Select the CREATE opon.
Enter a name.
Press Create.
Note: Creang a show
will automacally create a
default iteraon.
Loading a Show
Select the LOAD opon.
Select a show.
Press Load.
Wizard Step 1 (Assembly)
In the Device Type eld, select the type of
device that will be handled by this assembly.
In the Device Extension eld, select the opon
that matches your assembly conguraon
(Single, Linked with Slave, Linked with LOE
or Synchronized). If your device(s) have an
opon (4K or 4K - PL), then make sure to
select it in the Device Opon eld.
Wizard Step 2 (Devices)
Enter the IP address of the Master device. If
you have selected the Synchronized opon,
then check the Slave #X boxes to enable
up to three addional devices that will be
synchronized with the Master device. Then
adjust each device IP address to match
your network conguraon. Press the Next
buon to connue.
Wizard Step 4 (Screens)
Rename each screen if necessary, select the mode (Grid or
Custom Canvas) and congure the corresponding sengs. Press
Create.
Note 1: The wizard will automacally create an assembly with its devices
and streams, the screens, the sources and the front panel key bindings.
Note 2: If your event requires creang other devices and screens, use
the wizard as many mes as necessary.
Note 3: Aer using the wizard, you may have to adjust some default
sengs (assemblies / screens / sources / ...).
Wizard Step 3 (Scene)
Select the total number
of screens wired to your
devices.
Conguring an Assembly
Select the ASSEMBLY tab.
Select an assembly.
Conguring a Source
Select the SOURCE tab.
Select a source.
Running the Show
Select the PRESET tab
Enjoy!
Conguring a Screen
Select the SCREEN tab.
Select a screen.
Conguring the Internal Rate
Select the PRECONFIG/RATE
opon.
Choose the desired
mode (Internal, Follow or
Framelock).
Adjust the sengs.
Renaming the Source
Select the EDIT opon.
Enter a name / Press Apply.
Note: Use a short name with a maximum of two
words to ensure readability on LCD buons.
Conguring the screen areas
Select the AREA / LAYOUT opon. Congure
the format seng (ming, rotaon...) as well
as the AOI and Posion (Custom Canvas mode
only).
Conguring the Inputs
In the le menu, select IN/
OUT and then INPUT.
Press All Inputs to set up
automacally all the inputs
of the devices.
Conguring the Source key
binding
Select the EDIT opon.
Navigate to an available key.
Press the corresponding buon
on the touchscreen.
Press Apply.
Conguring the streams mapping
Select the MAP / QUICK opon.
Select the nave stream that will get displayed on the selected nave
layers when the corresponding source key is pressed in the front panel.
Conguring the Screen Mapping
Select the AREA / MAP opon.
Make sure each screen area is mapped
to the correct device output.
Conguring the Streams
Select the STREAM / LIVE
opon.
Make sure each "Live"
stream matches the correct
input plug.
Conguring the So Edge blending
(Grid mode only)
Select the BLENDING opon.
Adjust the covering.
Adjust the black levels.
Adjust the blending curves.
Loading an Iteraon
Select the LOAD opon.
Select an iteraon.
Press Load.
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RUNNING THE SHOW
Layer Selecon
Backgrounds, frames, PIPs, and logos are all considered layers.
Selected layers are highlighted in orange on the touchscreen.
The rst selected layer is further highlighted with a viewnder
icon. To select a layer, there are several opons:
• Selecng Layers from the touchscreen: At any me when the Preset page is displayed, a layer may be
selected by directly touching it on the touchscreen. Touching another layer will release your current selecon
and select the new layer. To select mulple layers, or remove a layer from your selecon, you will need to use
the [+]/[-] selecon modier keys on the Verge™ keyboard.
•Selecng Layers from the Layer Selecon buons: At any me, a layer or group of layers may be selected
by directly pressing one of the Layer Selecon buons (please read the user manual for further informaon
on this topic).
Source selecon
Sources allow you to:
• Fill a layer or group of layers with a source.
• Fill a nave layer or group of nave layers with a nave
source (the NATIVE mode must be enabled).
All the sources and nave sources need to be congured beforehand during show setup. Sources and their
corresponding key bindings can be automacally created when using the Iteraon Wizard. Nave sources on
the other hand must be created manually.
Use the [<]/[>] buons to navigate source pages and nd a source. Then simply press the corresponding
source key to ll the selected layer(s) with the source.
Transion secon
You have dierent opons to transion from Preview to Program:
- The T-Bar for a manual smooth transion
- The Take buon for an automac med transion
- Independent faders for a manual transion per screen.
Below each fader, there is an LCD key displaying the name of
the Screen associated to the fader; use the [<]/[>] buons to shi the view if you have more than 6 screens
in your scene.
Preset selecon
A Preset contains all the layer informaon about all
the layers on all acve screens. Presets stored using the
Verge™ console are stored within the Verge™ show, and
can be exported and imported to another console. By default, the unit will operate in preset Load mode.
To save a preset, rst create the content that you wish to save on either the program or preview screens. To
save a preset from Program, make sure that the PROGRAM buon is selected. To save a preset from Preview,
make sure that the PREVIEW buon is selected. To save a preset, acvate the SAVE buon. Navigate to the
required preset bank slot page and then press once on the corresponding preset slot buon. The preset
buon will turn yellow, indicang that the preset has been successfully saved. Note that the system will
automacally switch back to preset Load mode. If you aempt to overwrite an exisng preset, you will need
to conrm the acon by pressing the blinking preset buon again.
To load a preset, rst make sure that the PREVIEW buon is selected if you wish to load the preset to Preview,
or that the Program buon is selected if you wish to load the preset to Program. To load a preset, make sure
the LOAD buon is acvated. Navigate the preset bank pages if required and then press the preset slot buon
corresponding to the preset you wish to load. The preset will be loaded to program or preview, depending
on which buon has been selected. If you have loaded your preset to preview, you will need to press TAKE to
view it on the Program screens. If you load a preset directly to program, the new aributes including sources,
size, posion, border, etc will cut into place. Presets can be saved, loaded and renamed directly from the
Preset page. (Please read the user manual for further informaon on this topic).
For complete details and operaons procedures, please refer to the Verge™ User’s manual and our website for
further informaon: www.analogway.com
140154 - 03/07/2017
Firmware: V04 - VRC300-QSG
All Analog Way products have a 3 year warranty on parts and labor, return to factory, but do not include
faults resulng from user negligence, any unauthorized modicaons, electrical surges, mishandling (drop/
crush), and/or any other damage caused by misuse.
Please note: The included carrying case and protecve foam is not covered under warranty.
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