LT Piccolo Series User manual

USER MANUAL
VERSION 2.06

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INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................6
2. FUNCTIONALITY.................................................................................................................9
3. BASIC CONECTIONS, ALL MODELS...............................................................................10
3.1. DMX-IN & DMX-OUT..................................................................................................10
3.2. MIDI IN & MIDI OUT...................................................................................................10
3.3. USB HOST (A), USB DEVICE (B), & ETHERNET ......................................................11
3.3.1. USB´s......................................................................................................................11
3.3.2. Ethernet ...................................................................................................................11
3.4. LT-LINK........................................................................................................................11
3.5. VGA (optional)...............................................................................................................11
3.6. DC-IN (& switcher)........................................................................................................11
3.7. LIGHT (1 or 2, depending of models) .............................................................................12
4. EXTRA CONECTIONS FOR PICCOLO SCAN MODELS..................................................12
4.1. EXTERNAL TRIGGER ................................................................................................. 12
4.2. SMPTE...........................................................................................................................12
4.3. AUDIO...........................................................................................................................12
5. START UP............................................................................................................................ 13
6. IN THIS MANUAL… (Conventions) ...................................................................................13
7. RESET..................................................................................................................................13
8. PICCOLO PARTS ................................................................................................................14
9. PICCOLO SCAN PARTS .....................................................................................................14
10. SELECTING THE WORKING MODE..............................................................................15
11. CHANNEL ACCESS AND MODE CHANGE ..................................................................15
12. BASE DISPLAY / BASE SCREEN...................................................................................17
12.1. Base Display ...............................................................................................................17
12.2. Screen .........................................................................................................................17
13. EDITING CHANNELS......................................................................................................18
13.1. CHANNEL FADERS..................................................................................................19
13.1.1. CHANNEL FADERS AS EDITOR......................................................................19
13.1.1. CHANNEL FADERS AS MANUAL FIELD.......................................................19
13.2. KEYBOARD ..............................................................................................................19
13.2.1. LEVEL 00 & NO-SELECTION...........................................................................20
13.2.2. OTHERS EDITING COMMANDS......................................................................20
13.2.1. LEVELS EDITION OF 0-255..............................................................................20
13.2.2. EXAMPLE...........................................................................................................21
13.3. CHANNEL EDITING IN THEATRE & MANUAL MODE .......................................21
13.4. CHANNEL EDITING IN SINGLE MODE.................................................................21
13.5. CHANNEL EDITING IN DOUBLE MODE...............................................................22
13.6. CHANNELS & [CH.MD] ...........................................................................................22
14. STORING GROUPS..........................................................................................................23
15. STORING CUES ...............................................................................................................24
15.1. TIMING ™ .................................................................................................................25
16. GROUPS & CUES IN SUBMASTERS (THEATRE/MANUAL).......................................25
17. PAGES (THEATRE/MANUAL)........................................................................................28
18. CUES IN CROSSFADER (THEATRE/MANUAL & SINGLE).........................................29
18.1. CUE LIST IN SUBMASTERS....................................................................................30
18.2. INITIALITATION FOR CUE LIST............................................................................30
19. MODIFING CUES & GROUPS.........................................................................................31
20. SUBMASTERS WITH EFFECTS (THEATRE)................................................................. 32

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21. CONTROL SUBMASTERS FOR LEVEL AND RATE.....................................................33
22. FIXTURES (PICCOLO) ....................................................................................................34
22.1. COMMANDS FOR FIXTURES .................................................................................34
23. FIXTURES (PICCOLO SCAN) .........................................................................................35
23.1. COMMANDS FOR FIXTURES .................................................................................36
24. MENU 30 –Editor & Times, option: “Virtual dm”...................................................45
25. SHAPES (FOR CHANNELS & FIXTURES).....................................................................45
25.1. OTHERS OPTIONS FOR SHAPES............................................................................46
26. EXAM & MDFY FUNCTIONS.........................................................................................48
27. TEST & NEXT FUNCTIONS............................................................................................49
28. COPY FUNCTION............................................................................................................50
29. DELETING DATA............................................................................................................50
29.1. DELETING CUES & GROUPS..................................................................................50
29.2. DELETING EFFECTS, PAGES & MACROS.............................................................51
30. LN.TM FUNCTION (Learn Time).....................................................................................51
31. MACROS...........................................................................................................................52
31.1. Storing, modifying and deleting of macros ..................................................................52
31.2. Executing macros........................................................................................................52
32. MIDI & TIME CODE (MULTIMEDIA)............................................................................53
32.1. MIDI...........................................................................................................................53
32.2. TIME CODE (EVENTS LIST)....................................................................................53
32.2.1. EXECUTING THE EVENTS LIST .....................................................................55
32.2.2. EVENT LIST & CALENDAR .............................................................................55
33. DIMMER PATCH .............................................................................................................56
33.1. PRE-PROGRAMMED CURVES................................................................................56
33.2. DIMMERS TO CONTROL THE AUDITORIUM LIGHTS........................................57
33.3. TESTING DIMMERS................................................................................................. 57
34. FIXTURE PATCH.............................................................................................................57
34.1. SCROLLER DEFINITION .........................................................................................58
34.1.1. Dark gel ...............................................................................................................59
34.2. CONFIGURATION OF THE FIXTURES IN THE CACHE LIST..............................59
34.3. FIXTURE DEFINITION............................................................................................. 59
35. PATCH TOOLS.................................................................................................................60
36. SHOWS .............................................................................................................................61
37. MENUS .............................................................................................................................62
37.1. PATCHS.....................................................................................................................62
37.1.1. Dimmers (02) & Fixtures (04)..............................................................................62
37.1.2. Dmx In (03) .........................................................................................................62
37.1.3. Autogroups (07)...................................................................................................62
37.2. SHOWS & PRINTER ................................................................................................. 63
37.2.1. Shows (10)...........................................................................................................63
37.2.2. Printer (11) - *Available only on the Off-Line-Editor OLE................................... 63
37.3. MULTIMEDIA...........................................................................................................63
37.3.1. Midi (21) & Time Code (23) ................................................................................63
37.3.2. External & Sound (22)..........................................................................................63
37.4. SETUP........................................................................................................................64
37.4.1. Editor & Times (30) .............................................................................................64
37.4.2. Playbacks (31)......................................................................................................65
37.4.3. System (32)..........................................................................................................66
37.4.4. Dmx Setup (33)....................................................................................................66
37.4.5. Power-Up Macro (34)...........................................................................................66
37.4.6. Remote & PocketPC (35) .....................................................................................66

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37.4.7. Wireless DMX (36).............................................................................................. 67
37.5. ETHERNET................................................................................................................67
37.5.1. Ethernet Configuration (40).................................................................................. 67
37.6. SPECIAL COMMANDS.............................................................................................67
37.6.1. Multimedia Panel (70)..........................................................................................67
37.6.2. Status & Playbacks Zero (71) ...............................................................................67
37.6.3. Security & Defaults (77) –SPECIAL FEAUTURE FOR INSTALLERS..............67
37.6.4. Tools, Software Updates… (79) ...........................................................................68
37.7. TEST...........................................................................................................................68
37.7.1. All Inputs (80), functions and LT-Link (88)..........................................................68
38. OLE ...................................................................................................................................68
39. ETHERNET.......................................................................................................................70
39.1.1. PICCOLO & CAPTURE, using CITP ..................................................................71
39.1.2. PICCOLO & COOLUX, using ArtNet ................................................................. 73
39.1.3. PICCOLO & eBOX .............................................................................................76
40. CONSOLE UPDATING ....................................................................................................78
41. APENDIX..........................................................................................................................80
41.1. ABOUT DATA TABLES ........................................................................................... 80
41.2. OPTION WINDOWS..................................................................................................81
41.3. CHANNELS & FIXTURES IN SCENE… ..................................................................81

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1. INTRODUCTION
The new Lightboards for Community Centres, Town Halls, Theatres, School Stages, Congress
Halls, Music Halls, Houses of Worship, TV-Studios......
Piccolo & Piccolo Scan are a very compact Lightboards with functions normally not found on
devices this size. they are very simple to use but give the possibility of having many functions for
complex procedures as demanded in theatre or in Live performance.
Piccolo & Piccolo Scan combine the simplicity of advanced lighting systems with a high technical
standard (Ethernet, USB…). Piccolo & Piccolo Scan can be operated as a manual Lightboards. The
Submasters can be loaded with Cues, Groups, and Effects. All these items can have programmed
times for their temporized control. Cues can be executed in a sequence which can be placed back
manually or with fade and wait times.
Piccolo & Piccolo Scan include several working modes. This makes this light board to adapt to any
level of user. From non professional which uses the Lightboard only sporadically, up to the
professional users that will need all the sophisticated resources for programming the shows in the
most artistic way.
And just one more, LT-Light has 4 Piccolo models and 2 Piccolo Scan models covering a wide
range of needs.
Piccolo 12 12 Submasters / 48 Channels / 32 Parameters
Piccolo 24 24 Submasters / 96 Channels / 32 Parameters
Piccolo 36 36 Submasters / 144 Channels / 32 Parameters
Piccolo 48 48 Submasters / 192 Channels / 32 Parameters
Piccolo Scan 12 12 Submasters / 48 Channels / 256 Parameters
Piccolo Scan 24 24 Submasters / 96 Channels / 256 Parameters

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Piccolo
Piccolo 12
Piccolo 24
Piccolo 36
Piccolo 48
Housing
Aluminium
(green)
Aluminium
(green)
Aluminium
(green)
Aluminium
(green)
Dimmer Channels
48
96
144
192
Attributes
32
32
32
32
Real Channel Out
80 (Patch 512)
128 (Patch 512)
176 (Patch 512)
224 (Patch 512)
DMX Out
1
1
1
1
DMX In
1
1
1
1
Cues
999.9 (D)
999. 9 (D)
999. 9 (D)
999. 9 (D)
Crossfade (Sequence)
Up to 999.9 (D)
Up to 999.9 (D)
Up to 999.9 (D)
Up to 999.9 (D)
Crossfade Times
T-In, T-Out,
Delay & Wait
T-In, T-Out,
Delay & Wait
T-In, T-Out,
Delay & Wait
T-In, T-Out,
Delay & Wait
Effects
999 (S)
999 (S)
999 (S)
999 (S)
Pages
999 (S)
999 (S)
999 (S)
999 (S)
Macros
999 (S)
999 (S)
999 (S)
999 (S)
Groups
999 (D)
999 (D)
999 (D)
999 (D)
Submasters
12
24
36
48
Palettes & Libraries
Only Palettes
Only Palettes
Only Palettes
Only Palettes
Patch to 512
1
1
1
1
Crossfader
1 + Submasters
1 + Submasters
1 + Submasters
1 + Submasters
Fader with Flash
24
48
72
96
Multifunction Fader
1
1
1
1
Encoders
1
1
1
1
Display
240 x 64
240 x 64
240 x 64
240 x 64
Dimmer Curves
5 pre
5 pre
5 pre
5 pre
Ethernet 10/100
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RS485 (LT-Link)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
USB (1 host & 1 device)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PC-Software (OLE)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
VGA-Output
Option
Option
Option
Option
3pin XLR –Worklight
Yes (1)
Yes (1)
Yes (2)
Yes (2)
Midi In/Out
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Powersupply External
12V/1.5A
12V/1.5A
12V/1.5A
12V/1.5A
Size (mm)
490 x
400 x 50..100
720 x
400 x 50..100
950 x
400 x 50..100
1180 x
400 x 50..100
Weight (kg)
3.5
5
6.25
7.5
D = Dynamic (depending on available memory)
S = Static (Absolute)

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Piccolo Scan
Piccolo Scan 12
Piccolo Scan 24
Housing
Aluminium (dark magenta)
Aluminium (dark magenta)
Dimmer Channels
48
96
Attributes
256
256
Real Channel Out
304 (Patch 512)
352 (Patch 512)
DMX Out
1
1
DMX In
1
1
Cues
999.9 (D)
999. 9 (D)
Crossfade (Sequence)
Up to 999.9 (D)
Up to 999.9 (D)
Crossfade Times
T-In, T-Out, Delay & Wait
T-In, T-Out, Delay & Wait
Effects
999 (S)
999 (S)
Pages
999 (S)
999 (S)
Macros
999 (S)
999 (S)
Groups
999 (D)
999 (D)
Submasters
12
24
Palettes & Libraries
Palettes & Libraries
Palettes & Libraries
Patch to 512
1
1
Crossfader
1 + Submasters
1 + Submasters
Fader with Flash
24
48
Multifunction Fader
1
1
Encoders
4 + Trackball
4 + Trackball
Display
2 displays of 240 x 64
2 displays of 240 x 64
Dimmer Curves
5 pre-programmed
5 pre-programmed
Ethernet 10/100
Yes
Yes
RS485 (LT-Link)
Yes
Yes
USB (1 host & 1 device)
Yes
Yes
PC-Software (WOLE)
Yes
Yes
VGA-Output
Yes
Yes
3pin XLR –Worklight
Yes (1)
Yes (1)
Midi In/Out, SMPTE,
Audio & 3 externals
Yes
Yes
Powersupply External
12V/1.5A
12V/1.5A
Size (mm)
720 x 400 x 50..100
950 x 400 x 50..100
Weight (kg)
5
6.25
D = Dynamic (depending on available memory)
S = Static (Absolute)

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2. FUNCTIONALITY
4 working modes that allow to the console adapts itself to any situation:
Single mode: In this mode, the console faders are to control channels, duplicating the channels
number with direct access for the user
Double mode: The upper faders control the same channels as the lower faders. In this mode the
user can do manual crossfades between the upper & lower fader row. This gives full flexibility
to improvise in the show
Theatre mode: In this mode, the console allows the use its unsurpassed power, with total
channel control in edition mode, Submasters, and the Crossfader.
Manual mode: In this mode, the console allows the use its unsurpassed power, with total
channel control in conventional manual mode, Submasters, and the Crossfader.
Channel faders for full control of channels
The Submasters accept Cues, Groups and Effects
Channel Flash and Master Flash. The Master Flash can be configured in different modes: GO,
FLASH and SOLO
Exam function, to exam some items of the console
Modify function, to modify Cues, Groups & Submasters
4 arrow keys for the placement of the cursor in the desired menu and data cell of the data-base
display pages
5 interactive soft keys
Numeric editor, to create groups and cues by entering the levels using the numeric keyboard or
using the level encoder. It is possible to use the channel faders at the same time.
You can label any console item, in an easy way, just like using a mobile phone.
Channel Patch, 512 dimmers with response curves & LIMIT functions.
Installation Patch that allows you to return to preset console status, password protected
5 pre-programmed curves
Parameters to control moving lights or Scrollers (including palettes)
Piccolo Scan has also other display, soft keys, 3 encoders, 1 trackball and direct function keys,
all with the objective to help in the edition of moving lights, LED lights, Scrollers, etc.
The MIDI function, to synchronize the console with an external device or another console and
to execute effects
User setup for the personalisation of the console.
Piccolo can work with or without external monitor (VGA-output is available as Option)
Several user Languages
Storage of Show to external USB memory stick
Printout of show data in a file *.txt.
O.L.E. (Off Line Editor for PC). Complete Simulator, which allows the user to practice, to edit
and to modify the Shows on your PC

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3. BASIC CONECTIONS, ALL MODELS
3.1. DMX-IN & DMX-OUT
Dmx512 output, opto-isolated. Connector: XLR-5 female, standard.
Dmx512 input, opto-isolated. Connector: XLR-5 male, standard.
Pin 1: Ground.
Pin 2: Data –
Pin 3: Data +
Pin 4 & 5: No Connection
Always use shielded and twister pairs cables, with 120 ohms of characteristic impedance and low
capacitance. Cable for RS485 data. The Data- & Data + signal have to be in the same twister pair.
Don’t use audio cables
Connect 32 users maximum in a one DMX line
Use cables not over a maximum length of 500 meters
Use a 120 ohms termination, between pin 2 & 3 on the last DMX THRU connector
Use DMX Splitters to connect more DMX users or longer cable runs
Piccolo transmits DMX with following parameters (default configuration*):
PARAMETER
VALUE
DMX512 (1990) NORM
Break Length
95 s
Minimum 88 s
MAB Length
25 s
Minimum 8 s
Bytes/packet
512 channels
1-512 channels
Break to break
25.000 s
170 s –3.000.000 s
Updates/s
40
1-44
(More of DMX configuration in Dmx Setup (33), page-66)
3.2. MIDI IN & MIDI OUT
MIDI standard port: 2 connectors DIN 180º - 5 pines (female) for IN & OUT. Use standard MIDI
cables.
MIDI-IN –Pin 1: n.c. MIDI-OUT –Pin 1: n.c.
MIDI-IN –Pin 2: n.c. MIDI-OUT –Pin 2: Ground
MIDI-IN –Pin 3: n.c. MIDI-OUT –Pin 3: n.c.
MIDI-IN –Pin 4: Signal MIDI-OUT –Pin 4: Return
MIDI-IN –Pin 5: Return MIDI-OUT –Pin 5: Signal
PUSH
1
1