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  • Page 1 ART SSC SOLID-STATE CONTROL AR T SS C + AR T IO MA NUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Art-Net............................... 10 OSC................................11 UDP................................11 GPI................................11 aTouch............................... 12 SMPTE................................ 13 MIDI................................13 GPO................................13 RS-232................................ 13 Art SSC Web-Interface........................... 14 Home................................. 14 Console..............................15 Recorder..............................19 Show Control............................22 Actions..............................24 Monitors..............................29 Settings..............................30 Art IO Web-Interface............................. 34 Home.................................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    – aTouch compatibility Art IO The Art IO is an expansion module in the Art SSC. It oFers interfacing to digital and analogue inputs and digital outputs and supports various protocols like DMX, RS-232, OSC, UDP and Art-Net. The Art IO features 8 inputs that can be individually con;gured as digital or analogue input.

  • Page 4: Further Help

    The compact and versatile Art IO is the ideal expansion for the Art SSC in projects that demand more IO. Furthermore, Art IO is equally well suited for standalone IO interfacing or working together with any third-party show control system.

  • Page 5: Setting Up

    Setting up This chapter discusses the steps to set up the Art SSC and Art IO to start programming. Mounting The device can be placed desktop or it can be DIN rail mounted DIN Rail The device is prepared for DIN Rail mounting by using the 'DIN rail holder TSH 35' from Bopla (Product no.

  • Page 6: Network

    Ethernet port on the device to the Ethernet port on your computer by using a RJ-45 cable. Alternatively, you can connect the device and the computer via a network switch. The Art SSC's Ethernet port is auto- sensing so it does not matter whether you use a cross or straight cable.

  • Page 7: Access Via Internet

    (sometimes it is revered to as NAT or Port-Redirecting). Please note that port forwarding is not secure, anybody could access your Art IO/Art SSC this way. Accessing via a VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnel requires a bit more to setup, also your router needs to support the VPN feature.

  • Page 8: Amanager Software Tool

    – Change IP address and subnet – Set the Art SSC's date and time (your computer's date and time will be used) Perform ;rmware updates – Do a factory reset that will erase all user data in the device and will restore the default settings.
  • Page 9 Set Date & Time You can quickly copy your computer's date and time to the Art SSC by selecting a device and clicking the 'Set Date & Time' button. Upgrade Firmware To upgrade the ;rmware, ;rst select your device and press the 'Upgrade Firmware' button. The dialogue allows you to select from the ;rmware available.

  • Page 10: Emulationpro

    Each Art SSC unlocks 2 universes in EmulationPro, multiple CueCores can be used together to create one large control system. You can also use EmulationPro as a programming-tool for the Art SSC, using powerful software features to upload your cues and recorders into the Art SSC's memory.

  • Page 11: Protocols

    The Art SSC has two DMX outputs ports and one input. Connect your lighting ;xtures either to the DMX OUT A port or DMX OUT B. Use a 5-pin XLR cable to connect the Art SSC's DMX OUT port to the ;rst ;xture, from then on daisy-chain to all other ;xtures.

  • Page 12: Osc

    The GPI port features 4 contact-closure ports. It allows you to attach physical switches, sensors or other equipment and have the ports trigger events in the Art SSC. You can set the port to 'Normally Open' or 'Normally Closed' in the Show Controller (see page 25).

  • Page 13: Atouch

    ;xed installation, using aTouch to control recordings and select cues, or any other feature in the Art SSC or Art IO. aTouch is designed to have no editing capability, making it a fool-proof interface that can safely be presented to non-lighting technicians.

  • Page 14: Smpte

    SMPTE is time-code signal which can be used to synchronize audio, video, lighting and other eFects. SMPTE information can be transferred through various media like audio channels, video signals, MIDI, etc. The Art SSC supports receiving LTC SMPTE that is transferred as an audio signal. MIDI - Art SSC only - The MIDI protocol was intended for inter-connecting musical devices such as synthesisers and sequencers.

  • Page 15: Art Ssc Web-Interface

    Notice the status bar at the bottom of the page, this bar oFers a real-time display of the Art SSC's primary properties. This bar remains visible on each page. The GPI bits indicate 'O' when the contact is open and 'I' when the contact is closed.

  • Page 16: Console

    Console The Console page allows you to program and manually playback lighting scenes. Overview A Cue is a lighting scene, a state at which all DMX channels are set to a speci;c value. A sequence of multiple Cues - running one-by-one – is called a Cue-list. The Lighting Console function features as 1 Cue- list containing 256 Cues.
  • Page 17 Programming a Cue First enable the EDIT mode and select the desired Cue by using the GO+ and GO- buttons. You see the number of the current Cue in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. Use the command line interface (CLI) to change the value of the channel. The CLI is known from theatre lighting consoles and provides a fast way of setting values for one or multiple channels.
  • Page 18 Linking Cues When going to a new cue (whether by a manual 'Go+' or automatically by setting a hold time) then by default the next cue will be run, as shown in the next diagram. You can change this by setting the 'Link+' ;eld other than 'none'. When set to a number, this cue will go to this speci;ed cue number as the next cue.
  • Page 19 Channel Groups It is likely that during programming of the Cues you will often select the same channels, albeit with diFerent values. To make the process of selecting channels quicker, the Lighting Console features Channel Groups. You can store one or more channel numbers in a Group and quickly recall this group by clicking its button.

  • Page 20: Recorder

    Perhaps you need to record pan/tilt shapes for moving lights or record graphical eFects on a LED matrix. For these situations the Art SSC oFers the DMX-512 and Art-Net recording functionality. With it you can store both static and dynamic DMX data.
  • Page 21 Each memory has an intensity value. When the intensity is set to a value other than 0, the memory will be played back. The Art SSC is capable of simultaneous playback of 4 memories. When a ;fth playback is set to playback, Art SSC will automatically stop the oldest playback (the one whose intensity level has not altered for the longest time).
  • Page 22 Time-code Normally the memory is played back using the internal timings of the Art SSC. When the 'Time-code' check box is enabled, the internal timing is ignored and the playback is synchronised to the time-code. Please select a time-code source in the settings page.

  • Page 23: Show Control

    The Art SSC supports a variety of protocols. In the Show Control page you determine how your Art SSC will respond to which signal and what tasks it will perform when triggered.
  • Page 24 Protocol Conversion With many signals coming into the Art SSC and many signal going out, the Show Control page is also the place where you can program Conversion between diFerent protocols. For example you can program an Art-Net Source and ;t it within an Action that sends out DMX-512, thus creating an Art-Net to DMX- 512 converter.

  • Page 25: Actions

    State changes of the recordings like 'OnEnd' Console * State changes of the console. Randomizer The Randomizer can randomly trigger actions. User List An actionlist without any source, can be used to 'link to'. * Indicates a source only available on the Art SSC.
  • Page 26 Action. Tasks can control various elements and protocols in the Art SSC, such as DMX, MIDI, Art-Net, OSC, Lighting Console's Cues, playback of recordings. Tasks can also be used to trigger other Actions, enable or disable action-lists and start/stop the internal time-code.
  • Page 27 a task a pop-up window will allow you to choose from the following types: Console Control Cues and other elements found on the Console page. Recorder Control playback of Recording's and other elements found on the Recorder page. Control the DMX channels in the 'Show Control buFer'. This data can be send out via the DMX ports and/or Art-Net.
  • Page 28 Switch to between the Cue numbers speci;ed in Param1 and Param2. If the action was triggered by a value <50% it will select Param1 and if it's >50% it will select Param2. Scheduling An important input Source is the Scheduler. The Scheduler uses the Art SSC's internal, battery backed-...
  • Page 29 SSC supports this, it allows to choose any combination of weekdays and time. Astronomical Clock The Art SSC is equipped with an astronomical clock that based on the day of the year and position on the globe (as con;gured in the settings page) calculates the sunrise and sunset times.

  • Page 30: Monitors

    Monitors The Monitor page presents you with an overview of the Art SSC's incoming and outgoing data. This page is useful for checking and debugging your programming. The top row of buttons allows for selecting the data stream. In the case of DMX or Art-Net data, you can use the buttons on the right to toggle between decimal and percentage notations, and use the up and down buttons to step through all the channel pages.

  • Page 31: Settings

    In the Settings page you can change various properties of the Art SSC. General You can change the Art SSC's label. This label can be used to distinguish the unit in a set-up with multiple CueCores. The 'Blink' check-box will Sash the device's LED to help to identify it amongst multiple devices.
  • Page 32 Highest Takes Precedence (HTP) principle. Art-Net The Art-Net feature in the Art SSC supports 2 universes out and 2 universes in. You can map each of those universes to any of the 256 available universes in the Art-Net protocol. This number is zero-based, ranging from 0 up to and including 255.
  • Page 33 Also you need to ;ll in the addresses of the devices you would like to be receiving the OSC messages being sent out by the Art SSC. In these IP Out ;elds you enter both IP address and port number; in the following syntax: “ipaddress:port”.
  • Page 34 Time-code The Art SSC can receive a time-code signal to trigger Actions, synchronise the Recorder or to convert to other time-code protocols. It supports SMPTE, MTC, OSC and Art-net time-code signals, however, only one protocol can be selected at a time. It is also possible to select 'Internal' as the time-code source; in this case the internal timing logic of the Art SSC is used.

  • Page 35: Art Io Web-Interface

    Art IO Web-Interface The Art IO Web-Interface has the following pages. Home This page oFers a status overview of all main properties and shows the values of the GPI and GPO ports.

  • Page 36: Show Control

    Show Control The Show Control page is very similar to the Show Control page in the Art SSC. Please refer to page 22 for a detailed description. Please note that some sources are only available in the Art SSC and not in the...
  • Page 37 The Show Control page is prepared with templates of operations that are very typical usage of the Art IO. The following tables describes those templates. Art-Net DMX Converts incoming Art-Net to DMX. The DMX port needs to be set to output. DMX Art-Net Converts incoming DMX to Art-Net.

  • Page 38: Monitors

    Monitors This page allows you to inspect the incoming and outgoing data.

  • Page 39: Settings

    Settings This page contains all the user settings. General You can change the Art IO's label. This label can be used to distinguish the unit in a set-up with multiple devices. The 'Blink' check-box will Sash the device's LED to help to identify it amongst multiple devices. DMX Port Choose here to use the DMX port either as input or as output.
  • Page 40 Also you need to ;ll in the addresses of the devices you would like to be receiving the OSC messages being sent out by the Art SSC. In these IP Out ;elds you enter both IP address and port number; in the following syntax: “ipaddress:port”.
  • Page 41 Alphabetical Index Action..........24 Master..........14 Action-list........24 memories........19 Actions...........25 MIDI..........13 aManager..........7 Monitors..........29 Art-Net...........10 MTC..........13 astronomical clock......31 NAT..........6 aTouch........12, 23 Offset..........32 backup..........8 OSC..........11 browser..........14 Output Routing........31 Calibrate.........39 PLAY..........15 Capture..........16 Playback.........20 CLI..........16 PoE..........4 command line interface.....16 Port Forwarding........32 compression........19 Port-Forwarding.........6 Console...........15 Power..........

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