Visual Productions B-STATION2 User manual

B-STATION2
MANUAL
© VISUAL PRODUCTIONS BV WWW.VISUALPRODUCTIONS.NL

Revision History
Revision Date Author(s) Description
1 01.10.2020 BZ, ME Initial version
2 22.10.2020 ME Improved images
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Contents
1 Introduction 7
2 Protocols 12
3 Quickstart 16
4 Setting up 21
5 Network 23
6 Patch 27
7 Playbacks 30
8 Show Control 37
9 Protocol Conversion 44
10 Monitors 49
11 Settings 51
12 vManager 58
13 Kiosc 62
Appendices 64
A Trigger Types 65
B Task Types 72
C Templates 80
D API 81
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VISUAL PRODUCTIONS BV
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THE NETHERLANDS
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Declaration of Conformity
We, manufacturer Visual Productions BV, herby declare under sole responsibility,
that the following device:
BStation2
Conforms to the following EC Directives, including all amendments:
EMC Directive 2004/108/EG
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NEN-EN-IEC 61000-6-1:2007
NEN-EN-IEC 61000-6-3:2007
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Date: Place:
March 5th, 2020 Haarlem, The Netherlands
ing. Maarten Engels
Managing Director
Visual Productions BV

Chapter 1
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the B-Station2. The B-Station2 is a solid state controller
designed for two purposes.
Firstly, for remote-controlling a lighting system like CueCore2, LPU-2 or Dal-
iCore. The buttons can be freely assigned to any function in the lighting con-
troller, e.g. select a cue or start/stop a show. Because the B-Station2 uses
communication protocols that are open (in the public domain) such as UDP
and OSC, it can also be used for controlling third-party equipment like show-
controllers, lighting consoles, media servers or audio devices.
Furthermore, the B-Station2 is designed as a stand-alone lighting control system
for small lighting setups like LED or architectural projects. It can control up
to 32 individual DMX fixtures and supports 6 playbacks with each 64 cues. It
even features a dynamic FX-generator.
An internal web-server provides the web-interface through which you can pro-
gram the B-Station2. A modern browser is required to access this web-interface
during set-up. A browser or computer is not required for standalone use after
the initial set-up.
At the time of writing this manual the B-Station2 firmware was at version 1.01.
This manual discusses setting up and programming the unit. Chapter 2 provides
background information on the communication protocols used the B-Station2.
Chapters 4 and 5 cover how to set up the unit and configure the network con-
nection.
When the B-Station2 is just used for controlling external equipment then the
chapters 6 and 7 can be ignored. Setting up the remote control functionality is
done in the 8 chapter discussed on page 37.
Setting up the B-Station2 for stand-alone lighting control will involve the fol-
lowing steps:
•Patching fixtures (discussed in chapter 6)
•Creating cues (discussed in chapter 7)
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Figure 1.1: B-Station2
•Assigning buttons to trigger the cues (discussed in chapter 8)
1.1 Features
The feature set of the B-Station2 includes:
•6 user-assignable push-buttons
•RGB coloured LEDs
•Ethernet based, supporting protocols like UDP, OSC, Art-Net and sACN
•DMX-512
•RDM
•Web-based user-interface for programming
•Standalone control for 6 zones, 32 fixtures and 6x64 cues
•Standalone FX-generator
•PoE (Power Over Ethernet) Class I
•Compatible with CueCore2, QuadCore and IoCore2
•Bundled with vManager software
•Compatible with Kiosc software
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1.2 Comparison
The following table visualises the difference between the B-Station1 and the
B-Station2.
B-Station2 B-Station1
Buttons 6 6
DMX 1 universe 1 universe
RDM yes -
LED RGB White
Art-Net input+output input+output
sACN input+output -
TCP input -
UDP input+output input+output
OSC input+output input+output
PoE class I class I
DHCP yes -
1.3 Limitations
The B-Station2 is a powerful device with many possibilities, however, there are
some limitations as shown in the following table.
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Fixtures 32
Playbacks 6
Cues per Playback 64
Action lists 8
Actions per list 48
Actions system-wide 64
Tasks per Action 8
Tasks system-wide 128
Variables 10
Timers 4
1.4 What’s in the box?
The B-Station2 packaging contains the following items (see figure 1.2):
•B-Station2
•Info card
•UTP network cable
•3 sheets with adhesive icons
Figure 1.2: B-Station2 box contents
1.5 Saving data to memory
This manual will describe how to configure the B-Station2 and program play-
backs, action, etc. The unit’s web-interface is used for editing these kinds of
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