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Elation ART SSC Setup Manual

Elation ART SSC Setup Manual

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  • Page 1 ART SSC SOLID-STATE CONTROL MAN UAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction.....................2 Description....................2 Features.......................2 Limitations....................2 Further Help....................2 Setting up......................3 Mounting......................3 Power......................3 Network.......................4 Artman Software Tool..................5 Supported Protocols..................6 DMX-512......................6 RDM......................6 Art-Net......................6 SMPTE......................7 MIDI......................7 OSC......................8 UDP......................8 GPI......................8 eTouch......................9 Web-based User-Interface................10 Home......................10 Lighting Console..................11 Recorder.....................15 Show Control....................17 Actions.......................20 Monitors.....................22 Settings......................23...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    – Limitations The Art SSC is a compact device with an excellent value for money ratio, however, it inevitably has limitations. Please consider the following: Maximum number of concurrent playbacks: 1 cue-list + 4 recorder memories + show control –...

  • Page 4: Setting Up

    Kensington Lock You can secure your Art SSC by using a Kensington style laptop lock. Power The Art SSC requires a DC power supply between 9 and 12 Volts with a minimum of 500mA. The 2,1 mm DC is center-positive.

  • Page 5: Network

    The settings page allows you to change the IP address and sub-net. Make sure that all equipment on your network have unique IP addresses. By pressing the reset button on the Art SSC for 3 seconds or more, you will reconfigure the unit to the factory default IP address and sub-net mask.

  • Page 6: Artman Software Tool

    – perform firmware updates – do a factory reset that will erase all user data in the Art SSC and will restore the default – settings. Identify a specific Art SSC (in a multi Art SSC setup) by blinking it's LED...

  • Page 7: Supported Protocols

    Connect your lighting fixtures 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 first fixture, from then on daisy-chain to all other fixtures.

  • Page 8: Smpte

    There are two versions of Art-Net, version 1 uses UDP broadcast and version 2 uses UDP multicast. The Art SSC uses version 1. Broadcast messages do put a certain load on the network, therefore it is recommended to disable Art-Net when not in use.

  • Page 9: 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 20).

  • Page 10: Etouch

    Art SSC controller. eTouch is equipped with a User Interface especially designed for use with Touch Screens. This makes it an ideal companion to the Art SSC when applied in a fixed installation, using eTouch to control playbacks and select cues, or any other feature in the Art SSC.

  • Page 11: Web-Based User-Interface

    This is the opening page of the web-interface. It gives a read-only overview of the settings and values. Notice the status bar at the bottom of the page, this bar offers a real-time display of the Art SSC's primary properties. This bar remains visible on each page.

  • Page 12: Lighting Console

    Lighting Console The Lighting 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 specific value. A sequence of multiple Cues - running one-by-one – is called a Cue-list. The Lighting Console function features 1 Cue-list containing 256 Cues.
  • Page 13 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. Examples of the CLI's usage are: Command Function...
  • Page 14 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+' field other than 'none'. When set to a number, this cue will go to this specified cue number as the next cue.
  • Page 15 Channel Groups It is likely that during programming of the Cues you will often select the same channels, albeit with different 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 16: Recorder

    There are 16 memories that can hold a recording. When recording all 1,024 channels are stored, even though some channels might not be used and remain at zero. The Art SSC utilizes a compression technique to filter out all channels that do not change. Therefore it is not possible to exactly state the maximum duration a memory can hold;...
  • Page 17 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 fifth 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 18: 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 19 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 different protocols. For example you can program an Art-Net Source and fit it within an Action that sends out DMX-512, thus creating an Art-Net to DMX-512 converter.
  • Page 20 Templates The Show Control page provides ready-made Templates for several typical action arrangements. Templates can be easily copied to the Source list and modified in necessary. The following table describes the functionality of the templates. Template Function Art-Net -> DMX Converts Art-Net input universe 1 to DMX Out A and Art-Net input universe 2 to DMX Out B.

  • Page 21: Actions

    Actions Programming the show controller involves adding action-list and specifies actions. Action-lists In the Action-lists table you can include the sources you will be using in your project. You can choose from input sources like: DMX, Art-Net, MIDI, GPI, Time-code, Scheduler & OSC. Each source may exist in the table only once.
  • Page 22 Tasks are performed in the same order as they are listed in the 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...

  • Page 23: 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 24: 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 Art SSCs. This section also allows you to set the number of Memories in the Recorder. By default this number is set to 16.
  • Page 25 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 26 UTC +2. So, the settings are: In this section you can set the port number on which the Art SSC will listen out for UDP messages. The IP addresses and port numbers for outgoing UDP messages are set in the tasks at the Show Control page.
  • Page 27 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. Please see the following diagram.
  • Page 28 Alphabetical Index 19” rack..........3 memories........15 Action..........20 MIDI..........7 Action-list........20 Monitors..........22 Actions...........20 MTC..........7 Art-Net..........6 OSC..........8 Artman..........5 Output Routing........24 astronomical clock......24 PLAY..........11 Capture..........12 Playback.........16 CLI..........12 Power..........3 command line interface.....12 RDM..........6 compression........15 Real-Time Clock......18, 24 Conversion........18 Recorder.........15 Cue..........11 refresh rate........15 Date..........24 reset..........4 daylight saving time......25 RJ-45..........8 DC...........3 Routing...........16...

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