Designed for small and mid-sized projects and installations, dot2 offers advanced functionality without confusing options. Intuitive operation is the core of the dot2 philosophy and with all connectivity onboard, the dot2 range is suitable for most theater, touring, corporate, television and education lighting environments.
English 2.1. Intended Use The dot2 is a console intended for control of all kinds of lighting genres such as conventional, moving lights, LEDs, video and other media via DMX signal. Every other use is not intended and could follow personal injury and damage to property.
IBM® compatible PC or notebook necessary. Additional requirements to use certain features: To use Art-Net with a dot2 onPC and Windows® 8 or Windows® 8.1, it is necessary to start the application as administrator. To change settings like the system clock, you need admin rights on your Windows® system.
English 2.3. Installation of dot2 onPC For running the dot2 onPC software, it is necessary to copy and install the program files on your PC. The installation is possible in every root directory or in the standard directory "C:\ProgramData\MA Lighting Technologies\dot2".
English What are... In this section we'll try to answer some of the questions about the different elements in the dot2. It's meant to help you understand the concept of the different terms used throughout the manual and the console.
This information is then put in the drawer and the drawer is labeled. If it was a red color then it would be labeled "Red". Not all drawers are labeled this smart. The dot2 don't know what the different positions are, so they are just labeled "Position".
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If you add a fixture that hadn't previously been used, then the dot2 can automatically create a hidden cue number zero and put the default value (the value a fixture has if it isn't told anything) in that cue. Cue Zero can be...
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Cue Zero is turned off as a default but can be changed for each executor. Tracking Shield The dot2 also uses something called Tracking Shield. It's a system that automatically protects cues from unwanted changes to all attributes except dimmers.
English 3.9. What are effects Effects in the dot2 are attributes that dynamically changes between two values. The dot2 comes with a set of build in effects that you can modify. The effects run on the different preset types. You can't currently make effects on the Control, Shapers and Video preset types.
Each device has an Ethernet connector on the back. Connect an Ethernet cable of Cat.5.E or higher to the device. dot2 devices use IPv6. This is a unique number each dot2 device has and uses to speak to each other - it is similar to an address that makes it possible for the devices to know where to send messages.
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English A dot2 core can be connected to a maximum of 4 external wings. A dot2 XL already has a built-in wing so it can be connected to a maximum of 3 external wings. Wings are connected to a specific console (real dot2 console or dot2 onPC).
IPv6 is the network address and language system used in the dot2 system. All the devices from MA lighting have a unique IPv6 address - a big number. This means that you don't have to worry about setting an address on you equipment.
The DMX tester have a higher priority than your programmer and the executors. This means that If a DMX channel is active in the DMX tester, then you can't control it using the normal functions of the dot2. You'll need to turn the DMX tester off or take that specific DMX channel out of the DMX Tester.
4. To open the MA StickMAker, double-click on the desktop icon. The MA StickMAker opens. 5. Select the USB drive and then click on the three dots and select the dot2*imgz file. 6. Then click on Start. The stick will be formatted into a Linux stick and the image will be written to the stick.
A new and empty show In a new and empty show we need to add some fixtures before we can do anything with the dot2. If you already have some fixtures in your show, then you can jump down to the Adding fixtures in a show with fixtures section of this help page.
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This means that you take a copy out of the library and put it into your show. You can use the encoders to change the drive. Internal is the internal drive of the dot2, If you have a USB drive connected, then you can change to the library on the USB drive.
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This gives you extra lines in the Patch and Fixture Schedule under the fixture you selected. Each line can have their own name and own DMX address. The dot2 will then mirror the DMX output on these DMX addresses. The selected fixture and the multipatches share the same Fixture ID.
4.4. How to save and load your show Your shows can be saved to the internal drive of the dot2 console. But it can also be saved to an external USB drive. When you have shows stored, you can load them into console and play them back.
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Then plug the USB drive back into the grandMA2 and load the show from the drive. You'll get a grandMA2 show that have all the show data from the dot2, but all the areas that are not defined by the dot2 will be the factory defaults.
English 4.5. How to use the command line The dot2 is technically a command line console. Everything that happens is also a command that's executed in the command line. To learn more about the actual commands you can write, please have a look at the...
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English The dot2 will try to name the preset based on it's best guess. This doesn't work if there's no definite value. An example is position presets. The dot2 simply doesn't know what the fixtures are pointed at, so auto-naming them doesn't make sense.
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User Manual - How to... Version 1.5 – 2018-11-29 English The dot2 is a tracking console. If you don't know what this means please have a look at the What is tracking help page. Update a cue You can always store your current active programmer content into any cue you want.
Wings You can connect wings to your dot2 console or to dot2 onPC. The wings are assigned to a specific device. If this device is lost on the network then the wing loses its functionality and waits to be assigned to a different device.
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DMX information in the session and convert it into real DMX output. The dot2 Node4 (1K) allows you to control 1024 DMX channels if you connect a dot2 onPC and a dot2 Node4 (1K). A dot2 onPC can only control 1024 channels if it's not connected to a dot2 console.
4.13. How to use external input triggers The remote inputs are external inputs that you can connect and use to trigger events in the dot2 console. There's currently three different input types that you can use: Analog (contact closure), MIDI and DMX.
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The DMX input reacts to the DMX input connector as well as the network protocols Art-Net input and sACN input on the dot2. All three inputs use the internal DMX universe 9. The DMX remote input can use all the 512 DMX channels.
Tools and then MIDI Monitor If you are using a dot2 onPC, then you need to setup your MIDI in and outputs. This is also done in Tools menu. Here you can tap MIDI Configuration and select what MIDI devices you use to receive and transmit MIDI.
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Version 1.5 – 2018-11-29 English MIDI Show Control (MSC) output The dot2 can transmit MSC commands to a device. This can be used to control other devices (like sound samplers). All the settings for this is found in Setup and then MIDI Show Control .
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This is a broadcast ID that all devices listen to. In dot2 the device ID and group ID can be set for both incoming and outgoing messages. For transmitting MSC it can only transmit one octet in the Device ID location. The Send to setting (described above) selects which one of the three different sections ID that should be transmitted.
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7 different command types: 01 (Go): This is the same as a Goto command in dot2. It needs to be followed by a cue number. 02 (Stop): This is the same as a Pause command in dot2. This can be followed by a cue number.
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The MSC message is the same as described above, but the MSC message needs a header for the date to be accepted by the dot2. The header is separated into two parts. The first is identifying the message as a dot2 MSC message: 47 4D 41 00 4D 53 43 00 - it translates to GMA MSC.
4.15. How to use the external screen You can connect an external screen with a DVI connector. The DVI output from the dot2 is a digital only output. This means that you cannot attach a DVI to VGA adaptor and attach a VGA screen. It needs to be a digital screen with a DVI connector.
4.16. Use Web Remote dot2 provides an operating system that is independent form the web remote interface. To connect the web remote to your dot2 console, make sure your tablet or computer network interface has the same subnet as your console.
4.17. How to reset the console The factory reset, returns the dot2 console to the state it was in, when it was first time powered. This is useful for troubleshooting problems that might be caused by settings that were changed after first time powered.
As long as you are in the preview mode, then your programmer functions as the blind function, but you can also run cues with their cues timings. Your screens will show you the cue content and if you have a dot2 3D connected then you can see the previewed cues in the 3D.
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In the raw dimmer view, you control the raw dimmer channel values in percent from the selected fixtures. All fixture types with a color mix system have a raw dimmer channel in the dot2 to select the brightness. Encoder Bar Functions The default encoder speed is without decimal place.
6 fader executor buttons (bottom line). If you use a dot2 F-wing or dot2 B-wing, the executor bar looks like the corresponding wing. If you store a cue on a executor, the console asks to label the first cue and the executor.
Help . In this view you have access to the help files from the dot2. If a topic is not available in the selected display language, it is a message at the beginning of the text and you got the English topic.
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A selected file has an blue background in the line and a white frame around the cell. To sort a column on the console, tap and hold the cell of the column header. To sort a column on the dot2 onPC, right mouse click in the cell of the column header. For more information, see how to save and load a show.
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The console asks to enter the file name. Export a shorted version of the patch & fixture schedule to the inserted USB stick as an .xml file. The .xml files are in the folder dot2\importexport. To open the .xml file use a browser or import the .xml file in a calculation program.
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Key. 43. Shuffle Selection: The dot2 remembers the order of how you select the fixtures, e.g. from fixture 1 to 10 or from fixture 10 to 1. This necessary for e.g. effects or the highlight function. The shuffle selection macro mixed-up the order of the fixture selection.
Version 1.5 – 2018-11-29 English 6.41. MIDI Configuration Important: The MIDI Configuration window is only available with a dot2 onPC. On a dot2 console is this configuration not necessary. To go to the MIDI Configuration window, press Tools and tap at MIDI Configuration .
To open the Network Interface Window, press Setup and tap in the column DMX/Network at Network Interface. In this window, you select the network interface for the dot2 onPC. To see the current network interface, open the System Information Window.
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Network protocols and dot2 onPC: When using Art-Net or sACN with a dot2 onPC, the first universe is free. If you would like to output more than one universe, you have to add a Node4 with a maximum of 1024 DMX channels.
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Display if tilt encoder invert is on or off (= nothing is displayed). To change the status, press and hold the cell or press the scroll encoder. Visualization Color: The visualization color, helps to display the actual color of the light in the dot2 3D or the Fixtures View, e.g. for dimmer using a gel.
The Remote Inputs Configuration Window is located in the Setup, column Show, Remote Inputs. Figure 1: Remote Input Configuration Window In this window, you can set what the dot2 should do with the connected remote inputs. On the left side of the screen are the three different remote inputs displayed:...
. An information pop-up opens and tells you what fixture type was exported. The fixture type .xml file is on the USB stick in the folder dot2\library. Furthermore the fixture type can be imported via the Import Fixture Type Window.
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To activate cue zero for the executor, tap the prohibition sign. If cue zero is on, the dot2 creates an invisible cue zero on this executor. The cue zero stores the default values of any attributes which are used in any cue on this executor.
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Network Interface. To connect external wings, tap at dot2 Wings. To connect the dot2 to another console or to the dot2 3D, tap at Sessions. To select further network protocols, tap at Network Protocols. Encoder Bar Functions Figure 2: Setup - Encoder Bar Select: To select a function, turn the encoder left or right.
6.74. Software Update via USB Window The Software Update via USB Window is located in the Setup, column Console, Software Update. In this window, you update the dot2 console via an inserted USB stick. Refer to, Getting Started Guide - Physical Setup and Layout.
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The blue heart is visible after a session is started in the Network Setup. Session Status Standalone: The broken red heart is visible if the dot2 is in a standalone mode. Smiley: Right beside the command line is the smiley. The smiley indicates a standalone mode and everything is OK.
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The dot2 onPC is missing a connected device to have DMX output. A connected dot2 console or a connected Node4 is necessary for the dot2 onPC, to have a DMX output. More than 1024 DMX channels are patched on a dot2 onPC.
MIDI SMPTE I mportant: dot2 receives 24, 25, or 30 frames per second and automatically adapts itself to them whenever it is in SMPTE. The green tick displays that this timecode type is enabled. The red prohibition sign displays that this timecode type is disabled.
There are three options available: Default Scaling: Adjust the scaling of the dot2 onPC window. Click - to make it smaller. Click + to make it bigger. Horizontal Auto Scaling: Select how many dot2 displays you want see in the dot2 onPC application at minimum.
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User Manual - Views & Windows Version 1.5 – 2018-11-29 English This slot is fixed internal, e.g the core fader or the additional wing of a dot2 XL-B or dot2 XL-F. A fixed internal slot is displayed with a red status indicator. Free: This slot is free.
If a velocity is entered in the command, the entered velocity will be used. If no velocity is entered, velocity 127 (full) will be used. If the dot2 is in a session, the MIDI Notes messages will be send only on the session master to avoid double traffic.
Error Handling If the dot2 is not working like in the description of the following manual, there are the following opportunities. Error message: You can not go forward to the next step of the description and you get an error message:...
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Window. Natural Values: The dot2 displays all raw channel views in natural values with one decimal place. Usually the range is from 0 to 100 and equates the DMX values from 0 to 255. Exception: The range from pan is -270 to 270 and from tilt is -125 to 155.
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User Manual - Glossary Version 1.5 – 2018-11-29 English dot2 receives 24, 25, or 30 frames per second. For more information see Timecode Configuration. Snap: A lot of fixture types with gobo and color wheels have snap channels. That means those attributes will be directly executed disregarding the cue fade time.
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User Manual - Glossary Version 1.5 – 2018-11-29 English Grants remote access to the dot2 console via a web browser. For more information see Global Settings. Wing: Refer to, Fader Wing or Button Wing. XFade: Is the right fader next to the Master Fader. With the XFade you fade manual from one cue to the next cue.
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