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Part Number: CQ1525-1000
(Model: 1524-1000)
Software Version 1.3
Manual: 1524-0702 V1.0

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  • Page 1 Made for LEDs User Manual Part Number: CQ1525-1000 (Model: 1524-1000) Software Version 1.3 Manual: 1524-0702 V1.0...
  • Page 2 (e) by modification, repair or service by anyone other than Chroma- Q, who has not applied for and been approved by Chroma-Q to do such modification, repair or service unless the Customer provides acceptable proof to Chroma-Q that the defect or damage was not caused by the above;...
  • Page 3 Chroma-Q products are safe, effective, and fully satisfactory for the intended end use. Suggestions of use shall not be taken as inducements to infringe any patent.
  • Page 4 • Chroma-Q StageCL™ does not have user-serviceable parts. Refer any operation not described in this manual to support@stagecl.com If you experience difficulties with any Chroma-Q products please contact your local dealer. If your local dealer is unable to help then please contact support@stagecl.com Manual V3.0...
  • Page 5 • Do not operate Chroma-Q StageCL™ if the ambient temperature (T ) exceeds 40° C (104° F). • Do not modify Chroma-Q StageCL™, in any way not described in this manual or install other than genuine Chroma-Q parts. • Use only accessories approved by Chroma-Q.
  • Page 6 Table of Contents Manual V3.0 www.StageCL.com...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Product Overview..........................9 About the Stage CL ............................9 What’s new in version 1.3 ? ........................... 9 Need more information? ..........................9 Getting Started ..........................10 Setting up the console ..........................10 Switching on............................10 Quickstart ............................13 Patching your lights ........................... 15 Using the Patch wizard ..........................
  • Page 8 Playing a Chase ............................52 Editing a Chase............................54 Monitoring the console ........................58 10.1 Monitoring playback ............................. 58 10.2 Monitoring the fixture controls ........................59 10.3 Monitoring the DMX output ........................... 61 Setup & Preferences .......................... 62 11.1 Setup ................................62 11.2 Preferences ..............................

  • Page 9: Product Overview

    Product Overview Welcome to the User Manual for the Chroma-Q® 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 If you’re running a small lighting rig in a venue, as a rental, or in a retail space, you’ve probably...

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    Once it finishes loading, Stage CL displays the Home screen. If this is the first time you’ve started 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 patching your fixtures in the ‘Patch’...
  • Page 11 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.
  • Page 12 In Autopilot mode the Stage CL automatically plays all inbuilt chases, one after another. You can set the time that each chase plays for, the chase speed and whether or not to use audio triggering. For more information, about this feature, see Autopilot on page 13-1 Help The Help button is located above the touchscreen.

  • Page 13: Quickstart

    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 take some time to familiarise...
  • Page 14 Icon This control… does this… One press clears colour from selected channel Clear 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 15: Patching Your Lights

    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 16 Use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down the list of fixtures in the right column. When your fixture is highlighted press the Next button. Stage CL opens the Patch information window: If it’s not already selected, tap on the Quantity field and use the touchscreen dial to set the number of channels to patch with this fixture type.

  • Page 17: Adding Fixtures To The Patch Manually

    Use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down the list to choose a fixture number then press the dial button. Stage CL opens the Patch Fixture window 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.
  • Page 18 Use Stage CL’s Multipatch feature To do this: Open the Patch window and tap on the ‘>’ button in the ‘&’ column. Stage 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.

  • Page 19: Adding To The Fixture Library

    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 20 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 21 When you are finished press the Save button at the top of the window. Stage CL saves the new fixture in the My Fixtures folder. :> The Other feature is used for fixture channels that need to be set to a static value for the fixture to operate correctly.
  • Page 22 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 23: 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 24 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 25: Using The Fixture Controls

    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 If you want to adjust the colour of more than one fixture, press the select button on all the channels you want to use.
  • Page 26 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. The LED indicates the 7 pages –...

  • Page 27: The Touchscreen, Dial And Buttons

    This means you can take a snapshot then adjust any other controls, including the fixture control without affecting the look on stage. Once you’ve got a new look ready you press the snapshot button again and Stage CL crossfades to the new look. Fixtures ‐ Scenes This button switches the 12 sets of fixture control to Scene mode.
  • Page 28 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. Manual V3.0 www.StageCL.com...
  • Page 29 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 section there are 4 buttons and a fader. Manual V3.0 www.StageCL.com...
  • Page 30 This control… does this… The fader adjusts the overall 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 time you’ve saved with the scene.
  • Page 31 • Scenes. Recording a Scene on page 7-1 • Chases. Recording a Chase on page 9-13 • Cuelist. Recording a Cuelist on page 8-7 Undo Button Press this button to undo your last action. Manual V3.0 www.StageCL.com...

  • Page 32: 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.

  • Page 33: 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: Manual V3.0...
  • Page 34 Press the colour button to switch back to the Colour swatches window. Tap and hold on the colour swatch you want to replace. 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 35: Applying Colour Patterns

    Applying colour patterns Stage CL includes three pages of colour patterns that you apply to a fixture selection. To switch between pages press the Patterns button to cycle between pages: Page 1 – Odds & Evens This example shows the effect of applying pattern 1 to twelve lights When you apply a pattern from page 1 one colour is applied to all odd numbered fixture channels and the other colour is applied to all even numbered fixtures.
  • Page 36 Press the Patterns button to switch to the Patterns tab. Press the patterns button again 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. Manual V3.0...

  • Page 37: Applying Colour Chases

    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 –...
  • Page 38 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. Manual V3.0...

  • Page 39: Scenes

    Scenes Scene controls In the scene control section there are 4 buttons and 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. When you press a button the scene fades over the time set by the Live 1, 2 ,3 4, time dial or at the time you’ve saved with the scene...

  • Page 40: Editing And Monitoring Scenes

    If the touchscreen is not already on the Home page, press the Home button, below the screen. Press the Scenes button on the touchscreen. Stage CL displays the Scenes window with the Control tab selected: The Control tab of the Scene window shows you a list of the Scenes that are playing.
  • Page 41 If you want to set a fixed fade time for a scene you do this: In the Scenes window press the Scenes tab button . Stage CL displays the Scenes list: Manual V3.0...
  • Page 42 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. Touch the confirm button or press the touchscreen dial to clear the scene.
  • Page 43 Use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down the list of scenes. When the want you want is highlighted press the touchscreen dial. Stage CL opens the detailed preview window: For each fixture there is a column with up to 4 rows of icons. If the fixture has color mixing (i.e.
  • Page 44 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 8.1 Cuelist controls A Cuelist is made up of one or more Cues that you can play back in sequence. The buttons, beside the cuelist fader provide quick access to all the cuelist play functions. Recording a Cuelist To record a Cuelist Cue you do this: Set up the levels and colours for your lights using the 12 sets of fixture channel controls.

  • Page 46: Editing The Cuelist

    Monitoring the Cuelist To see more information about the Cuelist you do this: From the Home window press the Cuelist button on the touchscreen. Stage CL displays the Cuelist window with the Control tab selected: This window shows you a list of the Cues, in the Cuelist, and their settings.
  • 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 On the Cuelist window press the Cuelist tab button. Stage CL displays the Cues list. Touch in the fade column of the Cue you want to change or hold shift and rotate the touchscreen dial until the fade setting is highlighted then press down on the touchscreen dial.
  • Page 49 You can check what you have recorded into your cues with the Preview tab. To do this: Press the Preview tab button in the Cuelist window. Stage CL displays the list of cues: If the cue you want to see is not visible use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down the list of scenes.
  • Page 50 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 51: Chases

    Press one of the four Chase buttons. Stage CL displays the Auto Chase’ window: Press the Auto button. Stage CL automatically builds a Chase with as many steps as you have fixtures selected. In the example above there were 12 fixtures selected so the chase will have 12 steps.

  • Page 52: Playing A Chase

    Press one of the four Chase buttons. Stage CL displays the Auto Chase’ window: Press the Manual button. Stage CL records the current look as the first step of your chase. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have recorded as many steps as you want.
  • Page 53 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 dial located above the 4 chase buttons. To adjust other chase settings, while it’s running, open the Chase window on the touchscreen: :>...

  • Page 54: Editing A Chase

    From the Home page, press the Chase button on the touchscreen then select the Chases tab. Stage CL displays a list of the Chases you have recorded: The Chases window 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 chase. 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: Manual V3.0...
  • Page 56 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 Touch the name of the Chase 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. Touch the confirm button or press the touchscreen dial to delete the chase.

  • Page 58: Monitoring The Console

    10.1 Monitoring playback The Stage CL console works on the principle of ‘Last Takes Precedence’ for colour. This means that when a Scene, Chase or Cuelist sends colour information to your lights that information replaces whatever information was controlling those lights before. For example if you play a Scene that turns a light on in Red and then play another scene that sets that light to Blue the light will go Blue –...

  • Page 59: Monitoring The Fixture Controls

    Releasing a Scene, Chase or Cuelist All the items that appear in the monitor play list are contributing to the output of the Stage CL. You can Release an item or all of them from this window. To do this: Select an item in the playlist by touching on it or by scrolling up and down the list.
  • Page 60 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 & 2) If there is no feature assigned to these dials an X will be settings displayed.

  • Page 61: Monitoring The Dmx Output

    The DMX window let’s you see the actual output of the console, for each DMX channel. To do this: In the Monitor window touch the DMX button. Stage CL displays the DMX window: In this window you can see the output level for each of the 512 DMX. The level is shown as 0 (off) to 255 (full).

  • Page 62: Setup & Preferences

    11.1 Setup There are a number of system setup options available on he Stage CL. These options include autosave, network, audio, screen brightness, and date settings. To set these options, touch the Setup button on the Home screen. Stage CL displays the Setup window:...
  • Page 63 You can use the Setup: Reset option to reset the console to its default settings and delete all saved show files. To do this: In the Setup window select the Reset option. Stage CL displays the Reset console window: Manual V3.0...

  • Page 64: Preferences

    Press the Yes button to confirm the reset. Stage CL resets all settings to their default values and deletes all show files and custom fixtures. 11.2 Preferences There are a number of preferences that control the default settings for Scenes, Chases and the Cuelist.

  • Page 65: System Information

    System information 11.3 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. To do this: Touch the Setup button on the Home screen then press the About button.

  • Page 66: Updating The Software

    Opens a window where you can calibrate the touchscreen. 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 Firmware Provides information that may be required when version 1-3 troubleshooting technical issues 11.4...
  • Page 67 Stage CL displays the About window: Scroll down to the "Update Software from USB." field, then press the touchscreen dial button to select the Update option. Stage CL opens the Update Software window: Press the Yes button to begin the update.

  • Page 68: Saving & Loading Show Files

    Save tab. If this is the first time you’ve saved this show, the show name will show ‘StageCL_Show.js1’. If you want to save the show with a different name touch on the show name. Stage CL opens an on screen keyboard.
  • Page 69 Stage CL loads the show file. Loading 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 device.

  • Page 70: Autopilot

    Autopilot Autopilot is a special Stage CL mode designed for use at parties, for displays and for other situations involving unattended operation. In Autopilot mode the Stage CL automatically plays all inbuilt chases, one after another. You can set the time that each chase plays for, the chase speed and whether or not to use audio triggering.
  • Page 71 This option… does this… Sets the autopilot chase sequences to be triggered by audio, from the inbuilt microphone.You can adjust the audio sensitivity to suit different sound levels. To do this tap the Audio button then use the touchscreen dial to adjust the Audio level.

  • Page 72: Locking The Console

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

  • Page 73: Appendix 1: General Specifications

    Appendix 1: General Specifications Inputs & Outputs Description Type Pin Outs Function DMX 512 5 pin Female AXR Shield Data – Data + Data – (DMX 4 only) Data + (DMX 4 only) Ethernet RJ-45 Transmit + Transmit – (100BaseT) Receive + Unused Unused...

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