LSC MANTRA LITE Operator's Manual
Lighting control
for leds, moving lights & dimmers
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- Page 1 Lighting Control f or LED s, Moving Lights & Dimmers Operator Manual Version V 1.0 A4 December 2015 Supplied by:...
- Page 2 Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. In any event, LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd. cannot be held liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages or loss whatsoever (including,...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 2 Introduction Animate Apps Overview _________________________ 6 10.1 Overview ________________________ 28 Quick Start Guide___________________ 6 10.2 Creating An Animation ______________ 28 Future Features ____________________ 6 10.3 Animation Controls _________________ 29 Sample Show ______________________ 7 10.4 Animation Examples ________________ 30 Visualiser _________________________ 7 10.5 Multiple Animations ________________ 32 Models ___________________________ 7... - Page 4 17.1 Overview ________________________ 45 17.2 Creating a Fixture Template _________ 45 17.3 Edit a Fixture Template _____________ 47 17.4 Sharing Your Custom Fixtures ________ 47 Visualiser Troubleshooting 19.1 FAQ ____________________________ 49 19.2 Reset ___________________________ 49 19.3 Rescue File _______________________ 50 Caring For Your MantraLite 51 Compliance Statements 21.1 CE &...
- Page 5 All Trademarks referred to in this manual are the registered names of their respective owners. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this manual, LSC takes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. The operating software of the MantraLite and the contents of this manual are copyright of LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty.
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Page 6: Introduction
Introduction 2.1 OVERVIEW Mantra combines the ease of use of a fader based console, with the power of a touch screen graphical user interface to make control of LED fixtures easy and intuitive while still allowing control of moving lights and conventional dimmers. The software shows you what to do next, ensuring a very easy learning curve for even the novice user. -
Page 7: Sample Show
2.4 SAMPLE SHOW MantraLite comes pre-loaded with a “sample show”. It is perfect for training and demonstration of the console. The sample show is patched with the following fixtures: 6 x Dimmers patched to yellow faders 1-6 6 x RGB LED Par cans patched to yellow faders 7-12 8 x RGB cyc washes patched to yellow faders 13-20 4 x Mac Aura moving lights patched to yellow faders 21-24 6 Channel... -
Page 8: Getting Connected
Getting Connected 3.1 REAR PANEL LAYOUT Two models of MantraLite are available to suit world markets. The MANTRA/LT has an inbuilt power supply with a mains input. The MANTRA/LT/E (UL Model) uses an external power supply and has a DC Power socket in place of the power switch, fuse and mains input. -
Page 9: Usb Connectors
3.6 USB CONNECTORS Two USB connectors are provided. They can be used to connect: A USB keyboard or mouse. A memory stick for show backup and software upgrades. A LED USB desk light. 3.7 ETHERNET NETWORK CONNECTOR A RJ45 Ethernet network connector is provided. -
Page 10: Help And Undo
Help and Undo 4.1 HELP Context sensitive help is available on the touch screen for most touch screen functions. Press the button to open the help screen. Press [Back] to close. 4.2 UNDO MantraLite remembers most of your actions in a list. Press to see the list. -
Page 11: Patching Fixtures
Patching Fixtures 5.1 OVERVIEW The output control signal from the MantraLite is known as DMX512-A. It is an international standard for controlling lighting equipment. Your lighting fixtures and dimmers have a DMX input and usually a DMX output so that you can connect multiple devices in a daisy chain fashion. -
Page 12: Patching Multiple Fixtures
Select the fixture Manufacturer and Model of the fixture to be patched from the lists. Swipe the screen to scroll the list. Dimmers and many LED fixtures can be found in the “Generic” manufacturers listing. When you select a model of fixture, the details of the DMX channels for that fixture are shown on the right. -
Page 13: Un-Patching A Fixture
5.4 UN-PATCHING A FIXTURE From the “Home” screen touch Tools/Setup/Patch. To un-patch a fixture, press its fixture number (1 to 24) then touch Unpatch. When finished patching double tap [Back]. 5.5 SAVE PATCH When you save a show, the patch is saved as part of that show. See section 15. If the patch you have created is to be used on a regular basis such as in a permanent installation or in a touring show that always uses the same lighting rig then you should save it as the "default show". -
Page 14: Front Panel
Front Panel 6.1 OVERVIEW 24 Fixture Select Faders and Buttons (Yellow) Record Help Output Playback Page select 10 Playback Faders and Touchscreen Fixture Undo Back Playback Buttons Master Master (Red) (Yellow) (Red) 6.2 BASIC OPERATION MantraLite can control up to 24 lighting fixtures. The 24 Yellow fixture faders control fixture intensity. -
Page 15: Touch Screen
Touch Screen 7.1 OVERVIEW Fixture Icons Red Playback Page Number Icons Fixtures section Playback section Contents of the Current function red playbacks of button below (if any) The 3 buttons below the touch screen have different functions for different screens. Their current function (if any) is shown on the screen above each button. -
Page 16: Fixture Icons
7.2 FIXTURE ICONS The top section of the Home screen has an icon for each of the fixtures that you have patched. Dot shows position Fixture Icons The body of each icon shows the intensity, dark to bright. The body and border shows the colour mixing (if the fixture has this capability). -
Page 17: Rig View
Rig View 8.1 OVERVIEW The fixture icons on the “Home” screen can be arranged geographically so that they are positioned on the screen in a similar fashion to their position in your rig or stage. This can assist you in quickly identifying fixtures. 8.2 ARRANGING ICONS To arrange the icons, tap and HOLD any of the icons for 2 seconds. -
Page 18: Controlling Fixtures
Controlling Fixtures 9.1 INTENSITY The 24 (yellow) fixture faders (under the overall control of the yellow fixture master) control the intensity of the fixtures that are patched to them. To see the output of a fixture: Fade up the Yellow Master. ... -
Page 19: Selecting Fixtures
Touch the App icon for the type of attribute that you want to control then select the fixture(s) to be controlled. Apps are arranged in 4 parameter columns. Each column has Apps for their type of parameter. All animate apps are described in section 10. 9.2.1 Intensity Column The Intensity “Animate”... -
Page 20: Automatic Fixture De-Select
Current Selection Touch Set to use the selection Touch a recent selection to load it into the current box Selection The “Current” fixture selection is shown at the top. All “Recent” selections can be viewed. Swipe to see more (if available). ... -
Page 21: Controlling Colour
9.5 CONTROLLING COLOUR 9.5.1 Picker App From the “Home” screen, open the “Apps” page (described above) then touch the colour Picker app icon. Fixtures that have colour attributes will flash their buttons. Select the fixtures (described above) then drag your finger to change the colour. The final colour is selected when you lift your finger from the screen. - Page 22 Dots show fanned colours of selected fixtures Directional Fanning Your fixture selection order is used by the Fan App. Experiment with different orders of selection to get different colour effects. Previous selections can be re-used by tapping the [Select] button. 9.5.4 Sliders Touching Sliders opens the “Colour Sliders”...
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Page 23: Controlling Pan/Tilt
9.5.5 Gels App The colour Gels app is similar to the “Picker” app but has 100 commonly used colour gels to choose from. Colour Gels Touch a colour to apply it to your selected fixtures. 9.6 CONTROLLING PAN/TILT From the “Home” screen, open the “Apps” page (described above) then touch the “Pan/Tilt”... - Page 24 9.6.2 Centre Touching Centre moves the selected fixtures to their centre position. 9.6.1 Fine Control For finer control touch the Fine button. Touch again for normal control. 9.6.2 Ortho Control Touches of Ortho cycles through, “Pan Only”, “Tilt Only” and “Pan + Tilt”. These settings are useful when making fine adjustments.
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Page 25: Controlling Other Attributes
8 fixtures with V-Shape fanning Your fixture selection order is used by the Fan App. Experiment with different orders of selection to get different shapes. Previous selections can be re-used by tapping the [Select] button. 9.7 CONTROLLING OTHER ATTRIBUTES From the “Home” screen, open the “Apps” page (described above) then touch the “Attributes”... -
Page 26: Clearing Fixtures
9.8 CLEARING FIXTURES If you have used any Apps to control fixture attributes such as selecting a colour or position or created an animation(s), you can clear these settings and restore the fixture(s) to its default settings (open, white, centred beam) and delete any animations. - Page 27 To clear a fixture(s), select the fixture(s) then touch the required Icon (Colour, Position or Attributes). 9.8.2 Animations Intensity, colour and position animations can be selectively deleted touching the required Icon (Intensity, Colour or Position) 9.8.3 Touching the (trash can) icon will set all fixtures to their default values (above) whether they are selected or not.
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Page 28: Animate Apps
10 Animate Apps 10.1 OVERVIEW Animate Apps take the static output of MantraLite and bring it to life by providing a simple and intuitive way of creating moving patterns and chases. Animations work with 2 or more selected fixtures and they shift the parameters (such as intensity or colour or position) from one fixture to the next and loop the settings of the last selected fixture back to the first. -
Page 29: Animation Controls
10.3 ANIMATION CONTROLS Fixture selection order Modes Speed Cross Fade Create Delete Stop/Start All animation Apps have Slider controls for: Speed in BPM (Beats Per Minute) Crossfade between steps (as a percentage of the speed). For example, if the speed is set at 60 BPM (which is one step per second), then with crossfade set at 0% (that is, no fade), the animation will wait for one second, then snap to the next step. -
Page 30: Animation Examples
10.4 ANIMATION EXAMPLES The following sections have examples of how to create intensity, colour and Pan/Tilt animations. All animations have the same controls available to vary the animation. Hint: It is a good idea to clear all fixtures before you start to create your first animation. - Page 31 10.4.2 Colour Animations Example 1: To create a red/blue colour animation across fixtures 7 to 10: 10.4.2.1 FADE DOWN ALL OUTPUT. Fade up fixtures 7, 8 and 9 then use the “Colour” Picker App (section 9.5) to set the fixtures to red. ...
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Page 32: Multiple Animations
Fade up fixtures 22, 23 and 24 and position them to the back of the stage. You have now created the static look of the animation. Open the “Pan/Tilt” Animate App. Select fixtures 21 through 24 by holding fixture [21] button and tapping fixture [24] button (or tap them individually in the order that you want them to animate). -
Page 33: Recording Animations
10.6 RECORDING ANIMATIONS When you record the output of the MantraLite as a cue it includes any animations that are running. Recording an animation will automatically clear that animation from the yellow faders. If you want to keep the animation running on the output, fade up the red playback fader on which you make the recording and ensure that the Red Master is also up. -
Page 34: Recording Your Work
11 Recording Your Work 11.1 OVERVIEW When you have adjusted the intensity and colour of your fixtures and possibly created an animation(s) or shapes, the current output of the MantraLite can be recorded into a red fader for later playback. This recording is known as a “Cue” and it contains the intensity and all other parameters such as colour, position etcetera plus any animations that are currently running. -
Page 35: Record Fixtures With No Intensity
12, Playback. This frees up the yellow faders ready for you to create another lighting look and to record it into another cue. 11.4 RECORD FIXTURES WITH NO INTENSITY You can choose to include selected fixtures that have an intensity of 0% when you record a cue. -
Page 36: Cue Name
11.5 CUE NAME Touch a Cue to edit the name or delete the cue To edit the name of a Cue, select the page containing the cue then touch the Playback icon containing the cue. The “Edit Memory” screen appears: Touch a Cue to edit the name... -
Page 37: Playback
12 Playback 12.1 OVERVIEW Different looks can be recorded on different Red Playback faders so that you can easily change the entire look on stage by using the Red Playback faders. There are 10 red playback faders and 10 pages of memory giving a total of 100 cues. 12.2 PLAYBACK A CUE To playback a recorded cue, fade up the Red Playback Master to full and fade up the Red Playback fader where you recorded the cue (remember to select the correct page). - Page 38 If another fader is raised above zero it becomes the latest action and it will take control of the parameters. As this fader is moved, the parameters will fade to the values in this fader. When the fader reaches full it fully overrides all other faders. MantraLite keeps a LTP list and remembers the order in which faders have been raised above zero.
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Page 39: Flash
13 Flash You may Flash any fixture or multiple fixtures, any Playbacks or any multiple combination of the above at the one time. The only limit is your ability to hold down multiple buttons. The FLASH function is a momentary action and all actions are instantaneous. -
Page 40: Edit A Cue
14 Edit a Cue 14.1 EDIT INTENSITY To edit the intensity of a fixture recorded in a cue, fade up the cue and fade down all other playbacks and all fixture faders so that only the cue to be edited is on the output. To change the intensity of a fixture, fade its yellow fader up from zero. -
Page 41: Show Files
15 Show Files 15.1 NEW To open a new show, from the “Home” screen tap Tools, New. If a “Default” show exists it will be automatically loaded whenever you select a “New” show. If a “Default” show does not exist, selecting a “New” show will clear all memories and clear the patch. -
Page 42: Setup
Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network). MantraLite can also be connected to the internet to enable it to send any custom fixtures that you might create to LSC so that they can be shared with other MantraLite users. 16.5.1 Network Setup MantraLite needs a network address to be able to output ArtNet or sACN. -
Page 43: Service
To share your new template, connect your MantraLite to the internet (see section 16.5.1) then from the home screen touch: Tools/Setup/Network/Send Custom Fixture. The template will be checked by LSC and then added to the next update of the MantraLite fixture library. 16.6 SERVICE No user functions are in this menu. -
Page 44: Default Show Emergency Pin
Default Show. If the default show is PIN protected you must enter your PIN to delete the show. 16.11 ABOUT LSC has a policy of continuous improvement of its products. As the MantraLite is a computerised lighting desk, its software is subject to this policy as new features are added and existing features improved. -
Page 45: Fixture Editor
17 Fixture Editor 17.1 OVERVIEW If you have a new fixture and it is not listed in the MantraLite fixture library you can create a template for it, even if you don’t know the functions of its DMX channels. The MantraLite Fixture Editor allows you to use the red faders to directly control the DMX channels of the fixture and hence discover the function of each channel. - Page 46 Fade up channel 1 fader. When you move a fader its number is automatically entered in the Channel box. Observe the operation of the fixture. Select the appropriate Attribute name for this channel from the list in the “Pre-defined Attributes” box. Swipe to scroll the list of names.
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Page 47: Edit A Fixture Template
17.4 SHARING YOUR CUSTOM FIXTURES LSC encourages you to share your new fixture template with other users by sending the template to LSC. The template will be checked and then added to the next update of the MantraLite fixture library. -
Page 48: Visualiser
Set the IP address of your computer to: Address 2.0.0.2 NetMask 255.0.0.0 Hint: If you are unsure how to set the IP address of your computer LSC suggests that you do an internet search. On the MantraLite, from the Home screen touch Tools/Setup/Network/Start ArtNet. -
Page 49: Troubleshooting
19 Troubleshooting 19.1 FAQ Q. Some of my fixtures still have colours selected. A. Clear the fixtures. From the Home screen touch Apps/Clear. Select the fixtures to be cleared by tapping their buttons then touch Colour. You can also clear all animations and all parameters of all fixtures. From the Home screen touch Apps/Clear/All (trash can icon). -
Page 50: Rescue File
19.3 RESCUE FILE In the unlikely event that you have saved a default show and the default show gets corrupted, the console will not be able to load the show at power up, resulting in it failing to start operating. You can restore normal operation by following these instructions: On a computer with internet access navigate to: http://www.lsclighting.com/help-centre/downloads/MantraLite/Software/... -
Page 51: Caring For Your Mantralite
Do not apply excessive force to any of the controls. Spare parts and service are available from your LSC distributor, but prevention is better than cure. When connecting any devices to the MantraLite, make sure that all connections are correct before switching on the power. -
Page 52: Compliance Statements
21 Compliance Statements 21.1 CE & C TICK COMPLIANCE STATEMENT The MantraLite range of lighting control desks from LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd. have been designed and tested to the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) standard– EN55022 (Information Technology Equipment). -
Page 53: Specifications
22 Specifications MANTRA Lite Number of Fixtures Control LEDs, moving lights or generic fixtures Number of Playback Faders Masters 2 - Playback and Fixture Number of Cues/Animations DMX outputs on XLR connector 1 x DMX512-A (E1-11) DMX output on sACN or Art-Net... -
Page 54: Terminology
23.1 OVERVIEW The following Terms are commonly used in this MantraLite Operator Manual. These Terms have been adopted by LSC as the best descriptions for functions and operations performed on the MantraLite and may not be terms universally adopted on similar equipment. -
Page 55: Dmx512A
23.11 DMX CABLES Only use specific DMX cable (available from your lighting supply company). Never use audio cable. If you want to make your own cables LSC recommends using Beldon 9842 (or equivalent). DMX 5 pin XLR Pinouts...