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Jands Stage CL User Manual

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Made for LEDs 
Version 1.3 

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doug harry
April 25, 2025

can you insert point cues into a cuelist

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Mr. Anderson
May 12, 2025

Yes, point cues can be inserted into a cuelist in Jands Stage CL by touching the cue after the desired location and selecting "Insert."

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  • Page 1 Stage CL  Made for LEDs  Version 1.3 ...
  • Page 2 Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. Jands Pty Limited shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual. It is recommended that all service and repairs on this product be carried out by Jands Pty Limited or its authorised service agents.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

      Contents  Contents  1. Welcome to the Stage CL ............2‐1 About the Stage CL....................2‐1 What’s new in version 1.3 ? ................. 2‐1 Need more information? ..................2‐2 2. Getting started................2‐1 Setting up the console ..................2‐1 Switching on ......................2‐1 3. Quickstart ................3‐1 4. Patching your lights..............4‐1 Using the Patch wizard..................4‐1 Adding fixtures to the patch manually..............4‐3 Adding to the Fixture Library ................4‐5 5. About the console controls .............5‐1 Console layout...................... 5‐1 HSI Channel strip ....................5‐1 Using the fixture controls..................
  • Page 4 Contents  9. Chases .................. 9‐13 Chase controls ....................9‐13 Recording a Chase ....................9‐13 Playing a Chase ....................9‐14 Editing a Chase ....................9‐16 Copying a Chase to another playback ..............9‐19 10. Monitoring the console ............10‐1 Monitoring playback...................10‐1 Monitoring the fixture controls................10‐2 Monitoring the DMX output................10‐4 11. Setup & Preferences ............. 11‐1 Setup........................11‐1 Preferences......................11‐3 System information ....................11‐4 Updating the Software ..................11‐5 12. Saving & Loading Show Files ..........12‐1 Saving a show .....................12‐1 Loading a show ....................12‐1 13.

  • Page 5: Welcome To The Stage Cl

    About the Stage CL    1. Welcome to the Stage CL  Welcome to the User Guide for the Jands Stage CL lighting console. This guide is intended to give you the information you need to get your Stage CL up and running as quickly as possible. About the Stage CL ...

  • Page 6: Need More Information

    Fader curve – new preference to set the LED intensity fade curve. • Touch calibration - a new window to calibrate the touchscreen LCD. Need more information?  If you have questions about the Stage CL or you’d like more information, go to our website at www.jands.com/lighting, or call us on +61-2-9582-0909 2‐2  Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    100 and 240vAC. Connect the power supply’s 12v DC connector to the Stage CL and pass the cable through the strain relief moulding. DMX Output  The Stage CL can output one universe (512 channels) from its DMX output. Use a 5 pin DMX cable to connect the console to your lights. Ethernet ...
  • Page 8 Once it finishes loading the program, Stage CL displays the Home screen. If this is the first time you’ve opened Stage CL not all the buttons will be available. You have to either load a show from the Shows window or begin a new one by...
  • Page 9   Shutdown  The Shutdown button is located above the touchscreen. Press this button to shutdown the console safely. When you do this Stage CL will display a message when it is safe to turn the console power off. Autopilot  The Autopilot button is located above the touchscreen. Press this button to switch the stage CL to autopilot mode.

  • Page 11: Quickstart

      3. Quickstart  Once you’ve got your Stage CL system connected and powered up you can patch 2 pages of 12 fixtures (or groups of fixtures). Even if you decide to get started without reading the rest of the manual please...
  • Page 12 Switching on  Quickstart  Icon This control… does this… Clear One press clears colour from selected channel Double press clears colour from all 12 fixtures, even if they are not selected Triple press clears all Intensity and colour Shift + Clear Resets all front panel controls to their default state.

  • Page 13: Patching Your Lights

    If it’s not already open click on the Patch button on the touch screen. Stage CL displays the Patch window: This is where you tell the Stage CL what sort or fixtures you are using and which DMX channels each fixture is assigned to. You can either patch your fixtures one by one or use the built in Wizard to speed things up.
  • Page 14 If you want to patch more fixtures, press the More button and repeat steps 2- 6. If you have patched all 12 Fixture Channels or are finished, press the Done button. Stage CL returns you to the Patch window where you can see the fixtures you’ve patched and their DMX addresses.

  • Page 15: Adding Fixtures To The Patch Manually

    In the left column select from the Manufacturer folder and press the dial button. Stage CL displays a list of fixtures for that manufacturer In the right column choose the fixture you want to patch Press the OK button. Stage CL patches the fixture at the first available DMX address: Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...
  • Page 16 CL opens the Multipatch window where you will see the DMX address for the first fixture you patched to this channel: Tap on the Add button. Stage CL adds a new field where you can enter the start DMX address for the fixture you want to add.

  • Page 17: Adding To The Fixture Library

    When you are finished press OK to return to the Patch window. Adding to the Fixture Library  If you can’t find the fixture you want to use in the Stage CL patch window you can create your own, provided you know how many channels your fixture uses, what they control and the values required to control them.
  • Page 18 Patching your lights  Press the touchscreen dial button to enter details for the first channels of the fixture. Stage CL recognises these features: Intensity, Red, Blue, Green, Amber, White, Cool White, Warm White, Colour Temperature, Strobe, Zoom, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Custom 1-4’. There’s also an option to ‘Enter your own’...
  • Page 19 • a copy in your ‘My Fixtures’ folder To do this: Select a fixture from the in the Patch window. Press the Edit button at the bottom of the window. Stage CL opens the Edit Fixture window: Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3  4‐7 ...
  • Page 20 Make the necessary changes to the fixture. For more information on configuring features see Adding to the Fixture Library on page 4-5 Tap the Save button. Stage CL opens the Save window: To save the changes to all patched fixtures of the type you are editing tick the corresponding box.

  • Page 21: About The Console Controls

    HSI Channel strip  The Stage CL has 12 control sets, each set lets you control the Intensity and Colour of 1 fixture or a group of fixtures that are patched to the channel. These control sets consist of: This control..
  • Page 22 Channel fader fades the intensity of the channel from 0 to 100% The Stage CL uses Fader gating. This means that if the fader isn’t set at the same level as the actual channel output you have to move the fader up or down to match the output level before the fader takes control.

  • Page 23: Using The Fixture Controls

    Master faders are at full. Then bring up the Fixture faders so your fixtures come on and adjust the Hue and Saturation controls to change their colours. To speed up programming the Stage CL controls include some shortcuts and special features: Select buttons ...
  • Page 24 Black fixture page (Ch 1-12) and the White fixture page (Ch 13-24). In Scene mode (see below) Stage CL can store up to 6 pages of Scenes (or Chases) to the twelve Fixture faders. To switch between pages press the page button.

  • Page 25: The Touchscreen, Dial And Buttons

    About the console controls  The Touchscreen, Dial and Buttons    The default for Stage CL is to only show 4 pages. You can adjust the number of pages available in the Preferences tab of the Setup window. See Preferences on page 11-3 Snapshot (aka Hold or Freeze)  Press this button to take a snapshot of the console output and hold that output until the button is pressed again.
  • Page 26 Scenes – see Setting the Scene Fade time on page 7-3 • Cues - see Setting a Cue Fade time on page 8-10 Grand Master and DBO  The Grand Master fader scales the intensity of all output from the Stage CL console. 5‐6  Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...
  • Page 27 About the console controls  The Touchscreen, Dial and Buttons    BO  The Dead Black Out (DBO) button takes all intensity to 0%, while it is held down. The LED in the DBO button flashes when the Grand Master is set below 100% Scene controls  In the scene control s ction there are 4 buttons and a fade Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...
  • Page 28 The Touchscreen, Dial and Buttons  About the console controls  is c ntrol… does this… The fader adjusts the over all level of all the scenes that are being played The four buttons are used to play the scenes. When you press a button the scene fades in over the time set by the Fade time dial or at the ti me you’ve saved with the scene.
  • Page 29 About the console controls  The Touchscreen, Dial and Buttons    • Scenes. Recording a Scene on page 7-1 • hases. Recording a Chase on page 9-13 • uelist. Recording a Cuelist on page 8-7 Undo Button  Press this button to undo your last action. Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3  5‐9 ...

  • Page 31: Colour

    From the Home screen select the Colour button. Stage CL opens the Colour window with the Colour swatches tab selected: Touch on one of the 18 colour buttons. Stage CL sets the selected lights to this colour. Using the colour picker  You can also apply a colour from the Colours picker window. To do this: Select one or more fixtures.

  • Page 32: Editing The Colour Swatches

    Red, Green and Blue. Editing the colour swatches  You can change the colours that are stored in the Stage CL colour swatches. To do this: Open either the Colour Picker or Colour RGB Sliders window: 6‐2 ...
  • Page 33 Press the colour button to switch back to the Col our swatches window. Tap and hold on the colour swatch you want to re place. Stage CL opens the Edit Swatch window: If you want to save this colour for all new shows, created on your console, select the Save as default …...

  • Page 34: Applying Colour Patterns

    Applying colour patterns  Colour  Applying colour patterns   Stage CL includes three pages of colour patterns that you apply to a fixtur selection. To switch between pages press the Patterns button to cycle between pages: Page 1 – Odds & E vens  This example shows the effect of applying pattern 1 to twelve lights...
  • Page 35 Patterns tab. Press the patterns button aga in if you want to switch to another page Touch on one of the 18 pattern buttons. Stage CL sets the selected lights to this pattern. Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...

  • Page 36: Applying Colour Chases

    Applying colour chases  Colour  Applying colour chases   Stage CL includes four pages of colour chases that you apply to a fixture selection. To switch between pages press the Chases button to cycle between pages: Page 1 – Specials  Page 1 includes odd/even, crossfade, rainbow, fire, water, twinkle and other popular chases Page 2 – Odds & Evens chases ...
  • Page 37 Press the Chases button to switch to the Patterns tab. Press the Chases button again if you want to switch to another page Touch on one of the 18 chase buttons. Stage CL sets the selected lights to this chase. Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...

  • Page 39: Scenes

    Scenes  Recording a Scene    7. Scenes  Scene controls  In the scene control section there are 4 buttons an d a fader. This control… does this… The fader adjusts the overall level of all the scenes that are Scene Fader being played The four buttons are used to play the scenes.

  • Page 40: Editing And Monitoring Scenes

    Home page, press the Home button, below the screen. Press the Scenes button on the touchscreen. Stage CL displays the Scene window with the Control tab selected: Th Control tab of the Scene window shows you a list of the Scenes that are play ing.
  • Page 41 Stage CL displays the Scenes window with the Scenes tab selected: Touch the name of the Scene you want to change or rotate the dial until the scene name is highlighted then press down on the touchscreen dial. Stage CL displays the on screen keyboard window:...
  • Page 42 CL displays the Scenes list window. Touch the name of the Scene you want to delete or rotate the dial until the scene name is highlighted. Touch the Delete button at the bottom of the touchscreen. Stage CL displays the clear confirmation window. 7‐4 ...
  • Page 43 Press the right hand butto n above the touchscreen or touch the Preview tab. Stage CL displays the Scen es window with the Preview tab selected: If the scene you want to see is not visibl e use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down the list of scenes.
  • Page 44 Editing and Monitoring Scenes  Scenes  If the fixture does not have color mixing each row indicates the setting for the feature that has been assigned to the dials: This row… indicates the setting for the… 1 (top) Feature assigned to the Saturation dial. Feature assigned to the Hue dial.

  • Page 45: Cuelists

    Cuelists  Cuelist controls    8. Cuelists  Cuelist controls  A Cuelist is made up of one or more Cues that yo u can play back in sequence. The buttons, beside the cuelist fader provide quic k access to all the cuelist play functions. Recording ...

  • Page 46: Editing The Cuelist

    To edit the Cues in the Cuelist or view their settings you do this: From the Home screen pr ess the Cuelist button on the touchscreen. Stage CL displays the Cuelist window with the Control tab selected. Press the middle button above the touchscreen or touch the Cuelist tab to open the Cuelist window.
  • Page 47 Touch the name of the Scene you want to change or rotate the dial until the scene name is highlighted then press down on the touchscreen dial. Stage CL displays the on screen keyboard window Type a name for the scene and click the OK button.
  • Page 48 Touch the name of the Cue you want to update or rotate the dial until the name is highlighted. Touch the Update button at the bottom of the touchscreen. Stage CL displays the update confirmation window. Press Yes to complete the change.
  • Page 49 To do this: Use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down th list of cues. When the cue you want is highlighted press the touchscreen dial. Stage CL opens the detailed preview window: Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3  8‐11 ...
  • Page 50 Editing the Cuelist  Cuelists  For each fixture there is a column with up to 4 rows of icons. If the fixture ha color mixing (i.e. RGB, RGBW, RGBA, RGBAW) the top two rows are merged and show the color and intensity of the fixture. Rows 3 an d 4 show the setting for the feature that has been assigned to the Shift+Hue and Shift+Saturation dials.

  • Page 51: Chases

    Press Record utton. The led s in the select buttons flash to show which channels will be included in the chase. Press one of the four Chase buttons. Stage CL displays the Auto Chase’ window Press th e Auto button. Stage CL automatically builds a Chase with as many...

  • Page 52: Playing A Chase

    Press one of the four Chase buttons. St age CL displays the Auto Chase’ window: Press the Manu al button. Stage CL records the current look as the f irst step of your chase. epeat steps 1 and 2 until you have recorded as many steps as you want Playing a C...
  • Page 53 Chases  Playing a Chase    You can control the overall level of the chase by raising or lowering the Chases fader. You can scale the speed of the chase by adjusting the chase rate d ial located above the 4 chase buttons. To a djust other chase settings, while it’s running, open the Chase window o n the...

  • Page 54: Editing A Chase

    From the Home page, press the Chase button on the touchscreen then select the Chase s tab. Stage CL displays a list of the Ch ases you have recorded: The Chases wind ow shows a table of all the chases you have recorded: This column …...
  • Page 55 You can view more detailed information about the contents of each step of a ch e. To do this: Use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down the list of steps. When the step you want is highlighted press the touchscreen dial. Stage CL opens the detailed preview window: Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...
  • Page 56 Editing a Chase  Chases  For each fixture there is a column with up to 4 rows of icons. If the fixture has color mixing (i.e. RGB, RGBW, RGBA, RGBAW) the top two rows are merged and show the color and intensity of the fixture. Rows 3 and 4 show the setting for the feature that has been assigned to the Shift+Hue and Shift+Saturation dials.

  • Page 57: Copying A Chase To Another Playback

    If you don’t want to keep a chase you have recorded, you can delete it. To do this: Press the Cha se tab button. Stage CL displays the Chases list window. Touch the name of the Chase you want to delete or rotate the dial until th scene name is highlighted.
  • Page 58 Copying a Chase to another playback  Chases  • One of the 4 main Chase playback buttons, or • One of the 4 main Scene playback buttons, or • One of the 12 Scene playback buttons on each of the 4 Scene pages 9‐20  Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...

  • Page 59: Monitoring The Console

    To do t his: uch the Mon itor button on the Home window. Stage CL displays the Monitor windo w with the Mon itor tab selected: In this wind •...

  • Page 60: Monitoring The Fixture Controls

    Releasing a Scene, Chase or Cuelist  All the items that appear in the monitor play list are contributing to t he output of the Stage CL. You can Release an item or all of them from this windo w. To do this: Select an item in the playlist by touching on it or by scrolling up and down the list.
  • Page 61 Monitoring the console  Monitoring the fixture controls    This indicator shows this… Colour output For fixtures without colour mixing (RGB) the color swatch is replaced by two rows of icons that show the setting for the features that are assigned to the Hue and Saturation dials. Dial (1 &...

  • Page 62: Monitoring The Dmx Output

    DMX channel. To do this: In the Mo nitor window touch the DMX button. Stage CL displays the DMX window: In this window you can see the output level fo r each of the 512 DMX.

  • Page 63: Setup & Preferences

    Use the touchscreen dial to set a new value. This item… does this… Autosave Sets the time before Stage CL saves the current show file. Set Interval to Off if you don’t want to save automatically Network Turns DMX output over Ethernet off or on. The options are...
  • Page 64 Sets the audio range of the Stage CLs inbuilt microphone. Audio Decrease the value to make the Stage CL respond to music Dynamics with less dynamic range. Adjusts the brightness of all LEDs on the front panel of the...

  • Page 65: Preferences

    Setup & Preferences  Preferences    Press the Y es button to confirm the reset. Stage CL resets all settings to their default va lues and deletes a ll show files and custom fixtures. Preferences  There are a number of preferences that control the default settings for Scenes, hases and the C list.

  • Page 66: System Information

    6 active fixtures – so it tends to be easier to identify. System information  The Stage CL software may be updated from time to time. You can use the Setup About window to check the version you are using, to install an update or to run diagnostic tests.

  • Page 67: Updating The Software

    Opens a technician’s window used to run a series of Diagnostic tests hardware tests Library version Shows the Stage CL library (fixture files) version number F mware Provides information that may be required when v sion 1-3 troubleshooting technical issues Updating the Software ...
  • Page 68 Setup & Preferences  From the Home screen tap the Settings button, then press t he About tab button. Stage CL displays the About window: Scroll down to the "Update Software from USB." field, then press the touchscreen dial button to select th e Update option.

  • Page 69: Saving & Loading Show Files

    Saving a show  Once you have patched your fixtures you should save your show. To do this: Touch the Shows button on the Home screen. Stage CL displays the Sho files window, select the Save tab. If this is the first time you’ve saved this show, the show name will show ‘StageCL_Show.js1’.
  • Page 70 Stage CL loads the show file. oading from a USB drive  To load a show file from a USB stick or portable drive, select the USB checkbox. Stage CL displays a list of the show files saved on the USB d evice. 12‐2  Stage CL User Guide, Version 1.3 ...

  • Page 71: Autopilot

    Autopilot  Using Autopilot    13. Autopilot  Autopilot is a special Stage CL mode designed for use at parties, for disp lays and for other situations involving unattend ed operation. In Autopilot mode the St age CL automatically plays all inbuilt chases, one after another.
  • Page 72 Using Autopilot  Autopilot  This option… does this… Sets the autopilot chase sequences to be triggered by audio, from the inbuilt microphone.You can a djust the audio sensitivity to suit dif ferent sound levels. To do this tap the Audio button then u se the touchscreen dial to adjust the Audi level.

  • Page 73: Locking The Console

    Locking the console  Using Autopilot    14. Locking the console  You can set a passcode to lock the Stage CL a nd prevent any use of the touchscreen and front panel controls. To do this you e ither: • Press the 'Shutdown' button on the Home window, or •...

  • Page 74: Appendix 1 General Specifications

    Using Autopilot  Appendix 1 General Specifications  15. Appendix 1 Gen eral  Spec ifications  Inputs & Outputs  D escription Type Pin Outs Function MX 512 5 pin Female AXR Shield Data – Data Data – (DMX 4 only) Data + (DM X 4 only) Ethernet RJ-45 Transmit + 100BaseT) Transmit –...

  • Page 75: Index

    Index  Using Autopilot    16. Index  monitor, 10-4 dmx output, 2-1 About, 11-4 Audio, 11-1 Autopilot, 13-1 ethernet, 2-1 channel Files, 12-1 controls, 5-1 fixture library chases copying a fixture, 4-7 colour, 6-6 fixtures releasing, 10-2 adding to the library, 4-5, 4-7 Chases, 9-13 duplicating, 4-4 colour...
  • Page 76 Using Autopilot  Index  Scenes, 7-1 select outputs & inputs, 15-4 buttons, 5-3 fixtures, 5-3 setting up, 2-1 Password, 14-3 setup patch about, 11-4 wizard, 4-1 audio, 11-1 patching autosave, 11-1 adding fixtures to the patch, 4-3 network, 11-1 copy and paste fixtures, 4-4 preferences, 11-1, 11-3 fixture library, 4-5 Setup, 11-1...

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