Brompton TESSERA SX40 User manual

USER MANUAL TESSERA PROCESSING
Tessera Version 3.0

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BROMPTON SUPPORT
Should you have any problems with your Brompton Technology product please contact our
support team using the following details.
EU SUPPORT
Available between 10:00 and 18:00 EST:
lTel: [phone]
lEmail: [e-mail]
Urgent out-of-hours support:
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US SUPPORT
Available between 9:00 and 17:00 EDT:
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MANUAL CHANGELOG
MANUAL TESSERA V3.0 - REV B
Released 22/01/2021 with the following changes:
lGeneral minor updates.
MANUAL TESSERA V3.0 - REV A
Released 20/09/2020 with the following changes:
lUpdated style and look of manual.
lImplemented a referenced Manual Changelog.
lUpdated section: General Overview on page 13.
lNew data sheet: Tessera S8 LED Processor on page 23.
lNew section: High Dynamic Range on page 57.
lNew section: Dynamic Calibration on page 59
lUpdated Creating A New Project On Local UI and Tessera Remote on page 63 with details
about "Enable HDR" on page 65.
lNew section: Enable HDRon page 65.
lNew section: Device Properties on page 74.
lNew section: ThermaCal on page 79.
lUpdated Tessera S8 details for Inputs: 4K Sources (for SX40 and S8) on page 139.
lNew section: Input Metadata on page 141.
lNew section: Input Override on page 145.
lUpdated section: Redundancy Configuration on page 37.
lUpdated UI images: Global Colour on page 181.
lUpdated section: Colour Temperature on page 182.
lUpdated section: Gamma on page 182.
lUpdated section: Low End Boost on page 188, feature is now discontinued from Tessera
v3.0 onward.
lNew section: PureTone on page 186.
lNew section: Dynamic Calibration (DynaCal)User Interface on page 203.
lUpdated section: Ultra Low Latency on page 222.
lUpdated section: High Frame Rate on page 223
MANUAL TESSERA V2.3 REV A
Released 20/01/2020 with the following changes:

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lAdded note regarding Tessera SX40 supporting sub-fixtures (page 90).
lUpdated Canvas View UI image (page 111).
lUpdated Presets UI images (page 125 and page 126).
lUpdated Processing and ChromaTune tiles, and figure captions (page 155 and page 171).
lNew section: (ChromaTune) Curves on page 176.
lSection update: Genlock Settings on page 219.
lNew section: Ultra Low Latency on page 222.
lNew section: High Frame Rate on page 223.
lUpdated Live Control Fixture Groups configuration UI image on page 231.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
Brompton Support 3
Manual Changelog 4
Section 1 - Introduction 11
Section 2 - General Overview 13
2.1 - Tessera LED Processors 13
2.2 - System Overview 16
2.3 - Tessera SX40 LED Processor 19
2.4 - Tessera S8 LED Processor 23
2.5 - Tessera M2 LED Processor 25
2.6 - Tessera S4 LED Processor 27
2.7 - Tessera T1 LED Processor 29
Section 3 - Quickstart 31
3.1 - Tessera LED Processor Setup 31
3.2 - Tessera Project Setup 32
3.3 - Connecting Fixtures 33
Section 4 - System Configuration 35
4.1 - Connecting Fixtures 35
4.2 - Connection Guidelines 35
4.3 - Redundancy Configuration 37
4.4 - Output Capacity 43
4.5 - Combining Processors 46
Section 5 - Tessera Management Software 47
5.1 - Local User Interface 47
5.2 - Tessera Remote and Offline Editor 47
5.3 - Installation for Windows PC 48
5.4 - Installation for Mac OSX 50
5.5 - Network Settings for Remote Management 50

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5.6 - Connecting to a Tessera LED Processor 51
5.7 - Multiple Processors Control 55
Section 6 - High Dynamic Range 57
6.1 - Supported HDRFormats 57
6.2 - HDRFeatures 58
6.3 - Dynamic Calibration 59
Section 7 - Project Setup 61
7.1 - Project Management 61
7.2 - Enable HDR 65
7.3 - Canvas Resolutions 65
7.4 - Low Latency Mode 67
7.5 - Mapping Options 68
Section 8 - Fixtures 71
8.1 - Fixture Libraries 71
8.2 - Fixture Properties 71
8.3 - Device Properties 74
8.4 - OSD 77
8.5 - Studio mode 78
8.6 - ThermaCal 79
8.7 - Fixture Context Menu 81
8.8 - Adding Fixtures to a Project 83
8.9 - Sub-Fixtures 90
8.10 - Understanding Topology and Association 98
8.11 - Fixture Layout 105
Section 9 - Main Project Screen 111
9.1 - Canvas View 111
9.2 - Presets 125
9.3 - Log 129
9.4 - Moving Around the Canvas 130
9.5 - Project Data Export 131

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9.6 - Online View 133
9.7 - Topology View 135
Section 10 - Inputs 137
10.1 - Source Selection 137
10.2 - HD Sources (for M2, T1, S4) 138
10.3 - 4K Sources (for SX40 and S8) 139
10.4 - Input Metadata 141
10.5 - Input Override 145
10.6 - Input Colour Control 149
10.7 - Histograms 150
Section 11 - Processing 155
11.1 - Scaling and Cropping 155
11.2 - Scaling and Cropping 160
11.3 - Active Area 167
11.4 - ChromaTune 171
Section 12 - Test Patterns 177
12.1 - Processor Test Patterns 177
12.2 - Custom Test Patterns 178
12.3 - Fixture Test Patterns 179
12.4 - Freeze/Blackout 179
12.5 - Front Panel Button Settings 179
Section 13 - Global Colour 181
13.1 - Brightness 182
13.2 - Colour Temperature 182
13.3 - Gamma 182
13.4 - Dark Magic 184
13.5 - PureTone 186
13.6 - Gain Controls 187
13.7 - Low End Boost 188
13.8 - Studio Mode 189

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13.9 - On-Screen Colour Adjustment 190
13.10 - Dynamic Calibration (DynaCal) User Interface 203
Section 14 - Network 217
14.1 - Network Load 217
14.2 - Network Bit Depth 218
14.3 - Additional Video Delay 218
14.4 - Genlock Settings 219
14.5 - Ultra Low Latency 222
14.6 - High Frame Rate 223
Section 15 - Live Control 225
15.1 - Enabling Live Control 226
15.2 - Parameter Indicators 227
15.3 - Control Profiles 228
15.4 - DMXControl 234
15.5 - EDMXControl 235
15.6 - Tessera Control 236
Section 16 - Processor Settings 239
16.1 - Processor 240
16.2 - General 241
16.3 - Security 244
16.4 - Date and Time 245
16.5 - Fixture Library 246
16.6 - Preferences 251
16.7 - Crash Management 253
16.8 - Restore Factory Settings 254
16.9 - Format Internal Storage 255
16.10 - Reload Firmware 256
16.11 - Processor Status 258
16.12 - About 259

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Appendix A - Keyboard Shortcuts 261
Global 261
Canvas 262
While Adding Fixtures 262
OSCA 263
Appendix B - Cable RequirementsFor Tessera SX40 and XD 265
Tessera SX40 and XD Cable Requirements 265
10G Ethernet Compatibility 266
Appendix C- Setting IP Addresses 269
Setting the IP Address on Windows Systems 269
Setting the IP Address on Mac OSXSystems 271
Appendix D - DMX Channel Allocations 274
Appendix E- Warranty 284
Warranty Conditions 284
Glossary 287