LT HYDRA Plus User manual

HYDRA Plus
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THE SHOW CONTROL
MANUAL
Version 1.3

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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