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- Page 1 Light Cue Hardware and Software Reference Manual...
- Page 2 Alcorn McBride Light Cue. Errors can sometimes go undetected, however. If you find one, please bring it to our attention so that we can correct it for others. Alcorn McBride welcomes comments and suggestions on the content and layout of its documentation.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Welcome Features Getting Started Front Panel Controls and Indicators Media Types & Capacities Specifications Rear Panel Controls and Connectors Index Parallel Control File Management Simple Serial Control Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 3... -
Page 5: Welcome
Welcome Thanks for purchasing The Alcorn McBride Light Cue™. The Light Cue is intended to replace SMPTE-controlled lighting consoles in permanent show installations, eliminating the need to use an expensive lighting console to run your lighting. The Light Cue records and plays back DMX-512 data. Either one stream (or... -
Page 6: Getting Started
Dimmer Rack. Note: SMPTE is only Optionally, connect the SMPTE Out from your SMPTE required if it is generator (e.g. Alcorn McBride SMPTE Machine) to the necessary to SMPTE In on the rear of the Light Cue. synchronize lighting cues to other SMPTE equipment. - Page 7 Insert the media into your laptop or desktop computer equipped with a PC Card slot and simply copy the files to your local hard drive using Windows Explorer or a DOS shell. Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 7...
- Page 8 McBride V16, V4) to the Controller Input on the rear of the Light Cue. Use the Controller Software (e.g. WinScript) to configure and operate the Light Cue. Refer to the Serial Protocol Section in this manual. Page 8 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
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Page 9: Front Panel Controls And Indicators
SMPTE, accurate frame synchronization of shows longer than about 10 minutes requires that the Light Cue be locked to SMPTE during recording. Parallel control inputs should be left disconnected during recording. Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 9... - Page 10 Media is being accessed and DMX data is being played back. Flashing Green Unit is powering-up. Steady Red Light Cue is recording. Flashing Red Recording is armed, waiting for DMX data changes to begin. Page 10 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
- Page 11 Light Cue. Current Operation Feedthrough SMPTE Time/Mode Indicator Now Playing Read 00:01:23:21 Cue Number 1 Locked 30 FPS Frame Rate Selected Cue SMPTE Status Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 11...
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Page 12: Rear Panel Controls And Connectors
(-). The Light Cue requires 9.0 VDC at 1 Amp. DO NOT EXCEED THE SPECIFIED INPUT VOLTAGE RANGE. An external 115 or 230 VAC power supply is provided with the unit. Page 12 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007... - Page 13 RS-232C Controller Input This input is a standard DB-9 male RS-232C connector, intended to be connected to an Alcorn McBride V16/V4 or other controller using a straight-through (not null-modem) 9-pin cable. The pinout appears below. Function not used TXD (data from Light Cue)
- Page 14 The SMPTE input is a standard 3-pin XLR female connector. Input signal level range is -10 dbu to +4 dbu. Impedance is 600 ohms. The pinout appears below. Function Shield + (high) - (low) Page 14 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
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Page 15: Parallel Control
The Play input will begin playback of the selected cue. The table below shows the binary combinations possible, and what cue they select: Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 15... - Page 16 The cue will be looped if the loop input is asserted when the cue is when playback begins, triggered. not at the end of the cue. Parallel inputs should be left disconnected during recording. Page 16 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
- Page 17 Function Pin No’s. Description Playing 9,28 Closed when the unit is outputting DMX data. Fault 10,29 Closed when the unit detects a PCMCIA media error or CPU failure. Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 17...
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Page 18: File Management
This menu choice will not be available if the recording was not made while SMPTE was present. The last menu choice allows you to Delete a cue entirely. Page 18 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007... - Page 19 Always back up cues to a PC as you record them. That way all file manipulation, renaming, and archiving can be done on the PC’s hard drive where it is easiest. Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 19...
- Page 20 11) Now copy all of the files, including the one(s) that you have edited back to the PC Card from your local hard drive. Insert the PC card back into the LightCue and you’re ready to playback the edited DMX data. Page 20 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
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Page 21: Simple Serial Control
The details of these commands follow. Throughout the table <CR> means carriage return, a byte with the hexadecimal value 0D. Do not include the quotes around the command. Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 21... - Page 22 Leading 0's are required (see example). R<CR> Message Response: Examples: Play with crossfade time of 00:00:03.15 "00000315PL" <CR> Play with crossfade time of 00:01:10.20 "00011020PL" <CR> Page 22 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
- Page 23 If a Select Cue command is issued while in Still mode, playback of DMX will start from the beginning of the selected cue whenever another Play or Chase Play command is issued. Example: "ST" <CR> Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 23...
- Page 24 Crossfade time can be edited afterward using the front panel buttons. SMPTE Start time will be written if SMPTE is present. Example: "001RR" <CR> Record to Cue Number 1 “3RR”<CR> Record to Cue Number 3 Page 24 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
- Page 25 ASCII. R<CR> Message Response: Comments: Example: "001LO" <CR> Pile-on cue number 1 and loop at end “3LO”<CR> Pile-on cue number 3 and loop at end Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 25...
- Page 26 A small asterisk will appear on the upper left hand corner of the LCD display when feedthrough mode is activated. Example: "1FT" <CR> feedthrough is activated “0FT”<CR> feedthrough is deactivated Page 26 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
- Page 27 Example: 0050h <CR> Cue number 50h (80 decimal) is playing 0000h<CR> no cues are playing (unit is idle) Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 27...
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Page 28: Media Types & Capacities
4 hr. 16 min. 8 hr. 32 min. 1000 (1G) 17 hr. 2000 (2G)* 34 hr. * Note: The maximum media size the LightCue supports is 2 Gigabytes. Page 28 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007... -
Page 29: Specifications
Play, Stop, Cue 1, Cue 2, Cue 3 Indicators: Drive Status, SMPTE Lock LCD Display: 2 Lines, 40 characters per line, backlit PCMCIA Socket: Flash Card (Type I or II) or Hard Disc (Type III) Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 29... - Page 30 CSA, CE Class 2 Supply Provided Size and Weight: 19" W x 1.75" H x 6" D, 8 lbs. Environment: C (32 F) to 38 C (100 0-90% Relative Humidity Page 30 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007...
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Page 31: Index
Play, 16 protocol, 21 Record, 10, 19, 24, 28 RS-232, 5–10, 21 Select Cue, 21–23 Serial Control, 21 SMPTE, 5–12, 15, 21–28 Still, 21, 23–28 Stop, 16, 28 Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 31...
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