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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Mx Series User Manual © 2010 Martin Professional A/S...
  • Page 2 The Martin logo, the Martin name and all other trademarks in this document pertaining to services or products by Martin Professional A/S or its affiliates and subsidiaries are trademarks owned or licensed by Martin Professional A/S or its affiliates or subsidiaries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Conditional Fixture Selection ........................... 38 Manipulating Fixtures ..................40 Programmer Control ........................... 41 Fixture Parameter Screen ........................... 43 Fixture Fanning ........................... 47 Undo ........................... 55 Common Parameters ........................... 56 Groups ..................59 Recording Groups ........................... 60 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 4 Creating Cuelists ..................140 Example: Creating a Cuelist ........................... 141 The Selected Cuelist Screen ........................... 142 Setting Cue Timing ........................... 145 Cuelist Options ........................... 154 General Options ........................... 157 Function Assignments ........................... 160 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 5 Console Lock ................................. 228 Advanced ................................. 230 Cue Settings ................................231 Cue Fade Times ................................. 231 Playback ................................. 232 Mark Cue ................................. 233 TapSync ................................. 234 Load/Save ................................235 Statistics ................................237 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 6 Update ........................... 279 Copy ........................... 280 Move ........................... 281 Delete ........................... 282 Clear ........................... 283 Load ........................... 284 ........................... 285 Fade and Delay ........................... 286 Bank ........................... 287 Cuelist Edit ........................... 288 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 7 Cuelist Renumber ........................... 290 Patch ........................... 291 Com m andline ................................291 Wizards ................................292 Fixture Cloning ................................294 Appendix ..................295 Martin One-Key ........................... 295 Shortcuts ........................... 297 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Thank you very much for choosing the Mx-Series control platform. This is a system designed with and by real users with extensive experience in lighting control systems. Martin Professional strives to provide a stable and efficient programming platform that is fast to program and fun to operate.
  • Page 9 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 10: Help And Support

    Help and Support Martin Professional operates a complete network of support services around the world. Experts in programming and operating any of Martin Professional's control system can be found in any timezone and every continent. Contact by phone For emergencies contact the support hotline which will direct the call to the appropriate resource.
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  • Page 12: Text Conventions

    Software menu text Button or Number Physical button located on the console front panel <Button or Optional button press. Number> [ S o ft B utto n... ] Touch screen soft button © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    Getting Started © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 14: General Concepts

    Many experienced programmers spend almost the same amount of time creating their presets as programming actual cues. Think of Presets as the many different colors and shapes of Lego blocks that allow fast assembly once all the parts are in place. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 15: Cues And Cue Lists

    The Mx-Series allows flexible playback and is adaptable for many styles of shows. With the available modular hardware system the surface of the console can be customized unlike an other lighting controller in the market. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
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  • Page 17: Turn It On

    Once the system is started up it will present itself with the default set of screen views and view #1 selected. Load a show Use this option to load an existing show from the hard drive or a USB memory stick. Browse to the desired file and open it. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 18 The show that was loaded into the system before it was shut down can simply be restarted. Any changes up to the shutting down are included in this option. Normally this is the option used most, as it is also the fastest way to start the console. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 19: Patch

    When you add a fixture to the show, you must tell the console what dmx line it is plugged into and what digital address it will respond to. Otherwise, the console has no way of knowing where to send the data. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 20: Adding Fixtures To The Patch

    The Main Menu Screen From here, select the “Edit patch...” soft button using either the trackball or by pressing the touch screen. This will display the main patch screen: The Patch Screen © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 21 The left side of the screen is where new information for the fixtures can be added or edited. On the right side of the screen is the “Universe View. ” This view is populated as fixtures are added and can be used to identify any open/available DMX channels in the specified universe. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 22: Patching Fixtures Using The Tasks Menu

    On the right side is the “Universe View.” This view is populated as fixtures are added and can be used to identify any open/available DMX channels in the specified universe. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 23 At any time, the New Fixture command can be canceled by pressing the To Cancel: Close [X] button the the top right-hand corner of the New Fixture window. You can also cancel the command by pressing the "Clear" button on the keypad. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 24: Patch Wizard

    4. If you do not see your desired start address in the window, use the up and down arrows above the universe view to scroll to the desired range. 5. Touch the DMX start address. 6. Choose either Add new address or Replace existing address. 7. Press "Apply." © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
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  • Page 26: Patching Fixtures Using The Command Line

    <Record> <Quantity> [ Cho o s e ty p e ... ] <Fixture ID> @ <DMX Address> < / > <Universe> <Text Label> [Enter] Where [ Cho o s e ty p e ... ] indicates that a fixture type must be selected using the Fixture Library. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 27 To add Mac 600s 1 through 24 at DMX address 256 in universe 5: [ Cho o s e ty p e ... ] 1 Thru 24 @ 256 / 5 Enter The commandline will read as follows: For more examples, see the Commandline Reference, © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 28: Fixture Numbering

    Perhaps you would like to change the fixture Ids of those Mac600's to 101 through 124 to make them easier to remember. You would do this by typing the following into the keypad: Move 45 Thru 68 @ 101 Enter The Mac 600's now have fixture Ids 101 through 124. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 29: Assigning Dmx Addresses

    To edit the current command, use the backspace EDIT arrow on the keypad to step back through the command line and make the necessary corrections. CANCEL Does not execute the command and clears the command line. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 30: Patching An Individual Fixture

    To patch an individual fixture to a specific DMX address in the default universe, press the fixture number followed by the DMX address; for example: [2] @ [15] Enter This will patch fixture 2 to DMX address 15 of the default universe. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 31: Patching A Range Of Fixtures

    4. Enter the range of channel numbers, DMX start address and universe then press Enter. For this example, enter [101] Thru [124] @ [401] / [2] Enter. This will assign dimmers 101 through 124 to DMX 401 through 424 of universe 2. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 32: Patching Multiple Dmx Addresses To One Fixture

    ID by using the “And” + and “Except” - buttons as in: [101] @ [1] Thru [6] - [4] Enter This would patch DMX addresses 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 to fixture 101. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 33: Adding Dmx Addresses To A Previously Patched Fixture Or Channel

    DMX Channel] Enter By adding ".1" to the fixture ID you are telling the console to patch the dimmer attribute only. Note that this only works for multipart fixtures like the Vari*Lite VL5. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 34 DMX universe 10, we will not be able to properly control the intensity attributes. To properly address the dimmer channels, press: [501.1] Thru [506.1] @ [1] / [10] Enter When completed, your patch should resemble the one below: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 35: Other Patch Functions

    Once selected, use the console’s keyboard to enter the text. When complete, the text will be reflected not only in the patch display but also the “Fixture” screen: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 36: Cloning Fixtures

    For example, let's say that we have a Mac 250 Wash with the unit number 1 that we would like to clone to a new Mac 250 Wash with the unit number 201... We would press Copy 1 @ 201 The COPY options window will pop up giving us three options to select from: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 37 1 > 10 to fixture 210 > 201 COPY 1 + 8 @ 201 + 205 copies all cue values, preset values and group memberships from fixture 1 to 201 and fixture 8 to 205 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 38: Other Patch Screen Controls

    The number of free channels is displayed below the universe number. Warning! Though the interface provides 64 universes, 32 active universes is the practical upper limit for satisfactory speed. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 39: Patch Window Tabs

    The "Universe View" tab will likewise expand the universe view to fill the entire screen. Finally, the "RDM view" tab will display a list of available RDM fixtures and their associated data and will allow RDM functions to be performed on those fixtures. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 40: Selecting Fixtures

    “Next/Last” Dark Green commands or the Fixture Selection Mask (described below). Pressing “revert to selected” in the Fixture Groups window will return it to selected (green). © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 41: The Fixtures Screen

    To select an individual fixture, simply tap or click on the desired fixture. You can select a range of fixtures by “double tapping” on the first fixture of the range and then “single tapping” the last fixture of the range as shown below. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 42: Using The Keypad

    10% lower. You can not use the “FULL” button here as this would drive all fixtures to 100% The Mx-Series console provides four keypad shortcuts to rapidly select fixtures in the Programmer: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 43 “Clear Options” window will appear. The second time you press Clear, all fixtures will be cleared and the Programmer will be emptied. It is also possible to clear only selected attributes of specified fixtures. The “Clear” command is discussed in more detail under “Clearing the Programmer”. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 44: Using The Selected Fixtures Screen

    The Mx-Series console goes beyond recalling simply what fixtures have been selected, it also recalls the order in which they were selected. This is particularly useful in the creation of “fanning” effects or when stepping through the fixtures using the "Next/Last" buttons. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 45: Conditional Fixture Selection

    As long as you used a preset color when you recorded the cue, the console will find all fixtures with the color preset "Green" and select them for you. You can now update the cue, making the artist very happy (as long as he likes blue). © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 46 You can capture by intensity value with the following syntax: Load Group @ xx Enter where xx is an intensity value. Load Group @ Full Note: Unlike Conditional Fixture Selection, you must press Enter to complete a Conditional Fixture Capture. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 47: Manipulating Fixtures

    Programmer screen and attribute controls, but a number of the screens are also affected. We’ll start by selecting fixtures 25 through 40 and viewing some of the affected screens. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 48: Programmer Control

    This contains the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Color attributes. This contains the Gobo 1, Gobo 1 Rot, Gobo 2, Gobo 2 Macro Gobo attributes. Beam This contains the Zoom, Focus, Iris and Prism attributes. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 49 When the "CV" button is lit, the controls are primarily used to program effects, fans and control the speed of effects, cues and Programmer fades. (These features are covered later in this manual). You can toggle between these two modes by pressing the "CV" button. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 50: Fixture Parameter Screen

    25, a MAC 700 Profile and are displaying the Gobo information: Channel Visualizer - Wide View Channel Visualizer - Compact View There’s a lot of information on this screen so we’ll look at it in smaller sections. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 51 Clicking "Browse" will display a drop down menu containing all of the available attributes for the last selected fixture. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 52 Below is the pop up screen for “Gobo 1” selected from the Gobo attribute group of a Martin MAC 700 Profile: With the pop-up window open, you can rapidly select the desired value by touching it and then closing the window. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 53 8 bit providing coarser, but faster control of selected attributes. This is an abbreviation for “Pan/Tilt Combine” and will be P/T Combo toggle discussed later in the Effects section of the manual (“Using Macros”). © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 54: Fixture Fanning

    “Pan”. Note that the active attribute hard button has a blue LED. That LED will be lit on the active attribute. To change to a different attribute, such as tilt, press the hard button above the tilt track belt. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 55 3-Point mode Clear - Pressing this button will clear all fan effects. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 56 The Mac2k Profile group will be used in these examples. It may be helpful to create a “downstage center” and “blinder” pan/tilt preset groups (shown below in top view) in running through these examples. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 57 Last fan attribute has remained at 0%. Note also that in the Mirror example the Center fan attribute remains at 0% while in the Separate example it has moved to 4% to maintain a linear alignment. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 58 +12%. In other words, it acted much like the traditional tilt attribute. In the 3-Point example, moving the Center attribute to +12% left the First and Last attributes unchanged (0%) and distributed a percentage of change to all fixtures between the first and last fixtures selected. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 59 Moving only the Center fan attribute to +12% in Curve mode results, as you can see in a rounded shape whereas moving the Center pan attribute the same amount in Linear mode provides for a straight sided distribution of the beams. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 60 Using the mirror 3-point linear fan with the Center fan attribute at +12% created above, the effects of the Offset function become clear. These two examples illustrate how the Offset fan attribute can be used to change the apparent “center” of the fan. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 61 In the above example, the linear 3-point fan is used on the tilt attribute. The color is achieved by bringing magenta to full and, with cyan at 0%, using a mirrored 3-point linear fan with the Center fan attribute at +100%. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 62: Undo

    Undo and the values will be restored to the programmer. Note: Currently, Undo will only affect changes in the programmer; it will not revert a record operation. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 63: Common Parameters

    Pan and Tilt attributes will appear here as X and Y values. This can be helpful when programming effects. Linking The Linking panel provides convenient access to attributes' FX Link states. FX Linking is discussed here. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 64 Color Direct Access © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 65 Scope Linking © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 66: Groups

    The Mx-Series console is capable of managing thousands of groups. To scroll through Group pages, use the arrow buttons or, if available, the track belt to the right of the touch screen. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 67: Recording Groups

    Another way to do it is, select some fixtures and then using the keypad enter Record Group XX [group label] Enter. To label or re-label a group after it’s been created, just select it, give it a name and press Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 68: Using The Grouping Tools Screen

    To the right of this button is the number counter and the decrement / increment buttons. The second mask is not available. Clicking the "Off" button in the Grouping Tools Screen will display the following menu: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 69 The “Every X” option selects every “xth” fixture, where “x” is the number in the counter. For example, if the number is 3, then every third fixture will be selected. Pressing the “Next” button (near the trackball) advances to the next set of 3 fixtures. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 70 The “Block of X” option selects the first “x” fixtures, where “x” is the number in the counter. For example, if the number is 3 then the first 3 fixtures will be selected. Pressing “Next” will advance to the next 3 fixtures and pressing “Last” will move to the previous 3 fixtures. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 71 When pressing "Next" the second selected fixture and the second from last fixture will be selected. Subsequent next commands will select further inward. Mirror per X initial state © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 72 Note that the Mirror per X option works best when the number of fixtures in the selection is divisible by the number that the counter is set to. For instance, 12 fixtures work best with a counter setting of 2, 3, 4 and 6. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 73 3; and the fourth, group 4. Select the groups you wish to cycle through. When you choose "Group" the first group will be selected. Pressing "Next" will cycle to the next group. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 74: Fan Masks

    Here's what it looks like with regular fanning applied to the pan attribute. Notice that regular fanning doesn't work so well for this kind of grouping. It is better suited for straight lines of fixtures! © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 75 Fixtures with no fanning applied Fixtures with Fan <> Div by and a value of 2 in the counter. +3% fanning applied to the Pan attribute. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 76 An especially useful feature is the Fan <> by Group mask. Perhaps you have several trusses with different amounts of fixtures and would like them to fan as trusses rather than individual fixtures... © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 77 Truss 4 4 Fixtures Select the groups in order from left to right: 1, 2, 3, 4... Now choose Fan <> by Group from the dropdown list in the Grouping Tools screen. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 78: Storing Fixture Selection Masks

    There are 2 types of stored selection masks, FastGroup and FastSelect. The FastGroups can be applied to the existing fixture selection and the FastSelect is stored along with a selection. Let's examine them both in more detail. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 79 4. As with a standard group, type a name for the new group and press Enter. When recalled, the fixtures will be selected with the fixture selection mask applied. You can now interact with the fixtures using the Next/Last buttons or the attribute fanning controls. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 80: Groups Example

    49 Thru 54 Enter press) Enter Record Group 40 (then type) All Movers (then 1 Thru 62 Enter press) Enter When you have finished, your Fixture Group screen will look like this: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 81: Moving And Copying Groups

    Replace - Choosing “Replace” will move groups 11 and 13 in relationship to each other (that is to say the space between them will be maintained) and group 13 will overwrite group 17. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 82 When using the “Copy” command with a range of groups, the syntax is exactly the same as when using the “Move” command. The only difference is there is no “Swap: function. Below is an example using the syntax Copy Group 11 Thru 15 @ 1 Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
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  • Page 84: Editing Groups

    “Delete” button and then select a group using the touch screen. Once all Groups to be deleted are touched, let go of “Delete” and they will be removed from the grid. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 85: Selecting Groups

    “All Movers,” all of the moving light group buttons would highlight. If you were to then press “Mac250 Wash,” then the “Mac700 Wash,” “Mac700 Profile” and “MAC TW1” groups (and their subsets) would still be highlighted, but the MAC 250 Washes would no longer be selected. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 86: Presets

    If a fixture is not recorded into a preset, it will not be affected by that preset. If, for example, you create color preset 1 using fixtures 1-11, only fixtures 1-11 would be modified by that preset. The color of any other fixtures would remain unchanged. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 87: The Preset Screen

    The different shades of gray indicate whether or not a selected fixture is contained within a preset. Presets displayed in dark gray contain at least one of the currently selected fixtures, light gray presets contain none. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
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  • Page 89: Selecting Presets

    1 through 21 to pan tilt preset 6. When you have done this, the command line will display the following: Quick Tip: Entering 0 as the preset number loads the default values for that attribute group. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 90: Recording Presets

    You could then create a fifth preset that contains each of the other four presets. When you go to record this fifth preset, you will see the following window: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 91 Similarly, if you were to make a change to preset one, you would be asked if you wanted to continue to use the embedded reference or if you wanted to break the embedded reference. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 92: Editing Presets

    3. Press Enter. This will load the contents of that preset into the Programmer 4. Make the desired changes 5. Press Update. The changes will be recorded and the Programmer will be cleared. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 93 To delete a preset, press the “Delete” hard button, the desired preset, and then Enter. Alternatively, you can press and hold the “Delete” button and then select a preset using the touch screen. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 94: Moving And Copying Presets

    Similarly, to copy a preset, press Copy, then press the desired preset and then press the location for the copy. By default, the copy will be named “Copy of (original preset name).” © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 95: Default Preset

    If you had actually changed the default value for the MAC 700 Wash CTC wheel to 100% as described above and used this procedure to load the default value into the Programmer, the screen would look as shown below. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 96 TO LOAD ALL DEFAULT VALUES FOR SELECTED FIXTURES Selected fixtures (that are not under the control of a playback) can be loaded into the Programmer with all of their default attribute values by pressing Load Load or Load Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 97: Highlight Presets

    Custom highlight/lowlight schemes (or the default) are selected by pressing the desired soft button in the Presets > Highlight screen. SELECTING THE DEFAULT HIGHLIGHT SCHEME The default highlight scheme may be selected by pressing the "Use factory defaults" button so that it is enabled (red). © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 98: The Programmer

    Programmer. It is also possible to load portions of or entire cues, groups, and presets into the Programmer for editing. When you record or update a cue, group or preset, only that information contained in the Programmer will be recorded or updated. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 99: The Programmer Screen

    The difference is that you can select fixtures on the dark green fields - in blocks if a mask has been applied - using the Next/Last buttons. Active Channel © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 100 This button will toggle the values displayed between a decimal Percentage percentage (0-100%) and digital (DMX) values (0-255 for 8-bit attributes and 0-65,535 for 16-bit attributes). The screen shot below shows all of these features in use. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 101 An intensity fade time of 5 seconds is also indicated and we can see that the even fixtures are in open white while the odd fixtures are running in color with a pan/tilt effect. Timing and effects are covered in other sections. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 102: Programmer Modes

    They simply won’t be seen on stage or in the 3D Visualizer. When in blind mode, “BLIND” appears in the header of the Programmer screen. To toggle between live and blind modes, press the “Preview” hard button. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 103: Loading The Programmer

    When you press Edit, the Edit Options window pops up that allows you to filter out inactive values. For example, if a cue has the values shown below: then selecting “Active” would filter out the inactive (tracked) values and result in the following load. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 104 CLONE OPTIONS CATEGORY This category of options determines which attributes will be loaded when you clone one fixture to another. For more information on cloning fixtures, please see “Using Load to Clone Fixtures”. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 105 In this case, we will be loading the pan/tilt and gobo effect values, whether they have a non-null value or not (Whole Fixture) and we will be merging them into the Programmer. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 106 3. Press and hold the Load button. 4. Press the hard button corresponding to the "Intensity" attribute on the screen. 5. Release the Load button. The Programmer screen will then look similar to this: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 107 When cloning a fixture the syntax is Load xx @ yy where “xx” is the target and “yy” is the source. For our example, we will use the MAC 700 Profiles, fixtures 25 through 36. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 108 Using the filtering in the Load Options window, it is possible to select which specific attributes you wish to have the target fixtures clone from the source fixture. If you wished to have the targets clone only the © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 109 1. Select fixture 25, bring it to full and set the pan, tilt, gobo and color attributes of that fixture to a “non- null” value. Select fixture 26 and do the same. 2. Press ([ MA C 700 P ro file ] g ro up b utto n) Load @ 25 + 26 Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 110 Clear command, see “Clearing Individual Attributes”. Base attributes refer to things like intensity, pan and tilt, and color that can be manipulated using the attribute [****] track belts, attribute pickles, etc. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 111 Quick Tip: You can quickly knock out currently selected fixtures by pressing Clear Enter and then 0 Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 112: Clearing The Programmer

    Using these filters, you can determine which attribute groups will be acted on in the Programmer. By default, all of these filters are “on.”. Intensity Attributes in the Dim/Focus attribute group will be cleared. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 113 1. Select the group "M7P E2" from the Group touch screen. 2. Press the “Color” attribute group LCD button. 3. Press and hold the “Clear” button. 4. Press the cyan attribute hard button. The Programmer screen will then look like this: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 114 You can see that the cyan attribute on the odd MAC 700 Profiles is now set to null. This is sometimes referred to as “knocking out.” © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 115: Recording Cues

    Recording Cues Now that you can manipulate the fixtures, let's explore ways of storing those beautiful cues to be played back later... © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 116: Recording A Simple Cue

    Using any of these methods to record a cue will result in the Record Options window popping up. For simple cues, this can be ignored but as you will read below, this is quite a useful device. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 117: The Record Options Window

    3. Select the odd numbered MAC 700 Profiles by pressing the “M7P E2” group. 4. Place a value in the Programmer for the “Gobo 1” wheel. It can be any non-null value. (This will work for any other attribute as well). © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 118 This category allows you to include or filter out inactive attributes. For a definition of inactive attributes, see “The Programmer Screen”. ACTIVE ONLY Only active attributes will be recorded. ACTIVE & INACTIVE Both active and inactive attributes will be recorded. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 119 Causes the Record Options window to return to its default filter RESET setting. Filters can be combined in many ways so that, for example, you could merge only active values for gobo and color into one cue without tracking as shown below. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 120 The Time category buttons are not filters; they simply provide a convenient way to select the fade time when recording cues. The values that populate the buttons are determined in the menu under Show > Settings > Cue Fade Times. See “Cue Fade Times Tab”. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 121: Recording A Range Of Cues

    3, it will not track through to the following cues. This is similar to recording each of the cues as “Cue Only.” However, to restore tracking to the cuelist, you can use the “Unblock Cuelist” button in the Cuelist Options window. See “Unblock Cuelist”. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 122: Modifying Cues

    In this chapter we will also examine the use of the Update and Edit features in altering the contents of existing cues and how to move, copy and renumber both individual cues and cue ranges. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 123: Re-Recording A Cue

    You are given a variety of choices that are detailed in “Record Options Category”. A range of cues may be re-recorded as well, in which case you will likely want to select the merge option. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 124: Editing A Cue

    Note that by selecting this option, you will also be changing any other cues that use the “Drums” pan/tilt preset. CANCEL Update Selecting this will cancel the update and clear the Programmer. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 125: Deleting A Cue

    Delete Cue xx Enter. The specified cue will be removed from the cuelist. You can also delete a range of cues using the same syntax used to record a range of cues. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 126: Copying A Cue

    2 Thru 10 @ 1 Enter would be invalid as cue 1 already exists. However, using the command Copy Cue 2 Thru 10 @ 1.1 Enter is a valid command and would result in the following: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 127 (as specified) and the remainder were copied as “point cues.” Copying a range of cues into another playback works as described above in “Copying a Cue.” © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 128: Moving A Cue

    10 cues in it and also create a cue 1.1 (see “Selecting a Cuelist” for detailed information). When complete, press Move Cue 1 Thru 5 @ 10.1 Enter. The following pop-up window will appear: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 129 Spread with offset.1 - All cues, regardless of their original numbering (i.e. whole numbers or insert cues) will be forced to increment by “.1” with each cue as shown: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 130 4 is moved to cue 6.1, cue 10 will now link to cue 6.1. Warning: As with moving a single cue, moving a range of cues can result in a very different cuelist! © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 131: Renumbering Cues

    As with moving a cue or range of cues, if a cue range is moved that contains a cue or cues that have been linked to by other cues, the link(s) will automatically update so that the link(s) remain intact. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 132: Updating Cues

    Start the “Full” and “Color” cuelists and press the Selection Button on an empty playback so there is no selected cuelist. Pressing Update once will pop up the Cues / Presets Selection window. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 133 Example III: “Full” is inactive, “Color” is both active and the selected cuelist This time release “Full” and press the LCD button for “Color” to make it the selected cuelist. Now press a Go button at the top of the playback control. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 134 Say you have a cue that uses a pan / tilt preset for the drum riser in an active cuelist and then you load the cue’s fixtures into the Programmer, change the pan and tilt values, and update the cue. The Cues / Presets Selection window might look something like this: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 135 However, if we were to deselect the preset, only the cue would be updated. Update Options Except when editing a cue (where Update performs a little differently), the “Update Options” window appears when you press Update. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 136 When you deselect a cuelist in the Cues / Presets Selection NEW ONLY(default window, its assigned values normally have nowhere to go and remain in the Programmer after an update. When “New Only” is turned off, © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 137 Update, those same filters will be selected. Note: there is no feedback when you press this button (it doesn’t change color). Causes the Update Options window to return to its default filter RESET setting. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 138: Cue Macros

    “Inactive” you can release any banks that are not REL BANKS currently loaded on the console or any Mx-Series Playback Wings that may be attached. REL THIS CUELIST Releases the cuelist to which the macro is attached. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 139 Note that this cuelist needn’t necessarily be loaded into a playback fader. A macro can be used to trigger any cuelist in the cuelist directory. 7. Select “Apply” to save your changes. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 140 In fact, if the cuelist is on a physical playback, the fader will move to the specified level. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 141: Deleting Or Editing Macros

    This can easily be done by recording a “blank” cue (a cue when no information is in the Programmer) to an unused bank. Once done, add a macro to the cue and from the pull down list © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 142 Data 2 which was 064 (off). The drop-down menu to the right of the macro type drop-down window contains the various cuelists that the MIDImacro can be assigned to as well as 5 “global” MIDImacros. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 143 The FlashUp command is the equivalent of taking your finger off the flash button. By having a separate command for Flash and Flash up, FlashUp you can maintain the flash without having to continuously hold down a button. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 144 “listen” to for its MIDI message for this macro. These two fields are used to determine the range of Data 1 Data 1 “from” and “to” messages to be acted upon. MIDI ranges from 0-127. You can © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 145 Also, be aware that if you are using any of the “flash” MIDImacros, the target cuelist (such as cuelist 9 in the example above) must be active for the flash to work. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 146 8. From the MIDI In Event Viewer, select the MIDI event and click on it 9. Press “Apply” to record the macro MIDI Timecode (MTC) MIDI Timecode is also supported. For more information, please see “Timecode”. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 147: Creating Cuelists

    Small Triangles in the other MAC 700s, but those on stage right would stay with the Milky Way because the second cue has no control of the gobo attribute in these fixtures. That’s the second thing you need to know. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 148: Example: Creating A Cuelist

    6. Without clearing the Programmer, change the attributes on the selected fixtures and repeat steps 1-4 until you have a total of 5 cues. Now lets take a look at the Selected Cuelist screen. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 149: The Selected Cuelist Screen

    (No) column. The cue will execute on the NEXT GO next Go. In addition to these buttons, you will find text that tells you the cue type (Cuelist, Chase, Override. etc.) and © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 150 The fade is even over the fade time. (default) Accelerate The fade starts slowly and speeds up. Brake The fade starts fast and slows down. Accelerate and The fade starts slow, speeds up, then slows again. Break © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 151 2. Select the comment to be edited by touching or clicking on the text on the touch screen. 3. The column will highlight in red. 4. Using the keyboard, enter the desired text. 5. Press Enter and the comment will be applied. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 152: Setting Cue Timing

    By default, this time is zero. The process for changing the Base Delay time is identical to that of changing the Base Fade time, both for individual cues and for cue ranges. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 153 Here we can see that fixtures 25-36 have fade times of zero seconds (0 s) associated with them. By following the column of zeros up, we can see that they are in the Intensity column. So, all the fixtures will now “snap” on. To finish the process: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 154 The attribute delay time is set in much the same way as the attribute or attribute group fade time. We will program a cue such that the odd numbered MAC 700’s will move 2.5 seconds after the even MAC 700’s by using the following procedure: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 155 6. Press the Pan Tilt attribute group LCD button. 7. On the keypad, press 0 Thru 10. At this point if you look at the command line, you’ll see the following: 8. Press Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 156 Changing Cue Overrides When setting either a standard or staggered fade or delay time, a new field is added in the Selected Cuelist screen showing the override time(s) for the affected cue(s). © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 157 (Clear Clear) and, by selecting the fade override cell in the cuelist, change the timing to zero through 16 and re-record as cue 1. Again press Edit Cue 1 Enter and the following should appear on the Programmer screen: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 158 6. The command line will now read “CUE TRIGGER CUE 1 Wait @” 7. Enter the desired Wait time (in seconds) 8. Press Enter to complete the command SETTING A FOLLOW TRIGGER © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 159 13. By default, the number of times the link will be repeated (the “Count”) is infinite [-]. To edit this, under the Fade column, press “INFINITE [-].” The command line will read "SET CUE 6.5 LOOP COUNT @.” 14. Press xx (number of times the link is to loop back) Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 160 7 were set as a Wait or a Follow, it would automatically advance after the fourth loop back to cue 3. Note: When linking cues forward (i.e. linking cue 3 to cue 6), the Count will not apply. Every time you go through cue 3, you will link forward to cue 6. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 161: Cuelist Options

    The Tracking section of the Cuelist Options screen contains settings that can have a very significant impact on the behavior of cues in your show. Tracking (DEFAULT ON) © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 162 5. Cuelist A releases its cuelist automatically (blue LED in playback go button goes out). 6. When cuelist B is released, attributes x, y, and z go to zero. Example with Stay alive OFF © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 163 LTP faders. When using HTP dimmer levels, this option causes the intensity Zero Fade Dimmers to snap to programmed levels, ignoring the cue fade time. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 164: General Options

    To unblock a cuelist, open the Cuelist Options window and press the U N B LOCK CU E LIS T button located in the lower-left portion of the window. The commandline will display "UNBLOCK CUELIST CUE." Shown below: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 165 See "The Record Options Window" for more details. A powerful feature of the UNBLOCK options window is the Selection filter. By deselecting the "NON SELECTED" filter, you can unblock only the fixtures you have selected in the programmer. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 166 Fixture Number: Cue 1 100% 100% Cue 2 100% 100% Cue 3 100% 100% Viola! It found the duplicate value and got rid of it, clearing the way for nice, clean tracking. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 167: Function Assignments

    *On the M1 controller, the Selection Button is replaced by another flash-type button. It still defaults to "SELECT" and operates just like the Selection Button. Button Down Action Options When a button is pressed, the Button Down Action is activated. Following is a list of available options... © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 168 The values in the cuelist "SNAP" into place. RELEASE When selected, the button will act as an additional means of releasing the cuelist. When configured as a Flash button, pressing this © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 169 RELEASE When selected, releasing the button will also release the cuelist FADER Options A fader can be configured to behave in different ways. Fader Action Options © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 170 If the cuelist is paused, pressing this button will resume the fade from where it left off. DOWN+REL When enabled, once the fader is set back to zero, the cuelist will be released. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 171: Cuelist Info

    The Cuelist Info window is accessed by pressing the "Info" button at the top right corner of the Cuelist Options window. This window shows where the currently selected cuelist is placed on the console payback faders. This can be helpful when determining where a cuelist is used in a show. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 172: Auto Mark

    Output Screen to view the fixture attribute values: Press GO to execute cue 2 and observe that fixtures 1 and 2 fade to the values you recorded. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 173 1. Fixture 1 is Marked and ready for cue 2. It's MAGIC! MARK per Cue If you only want fixtures to mark automatically for certain cues, you can use MARK per cue... In the Cuelist OPTIONS window, enable "MARK per Cue." © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 174 "M" will appear to the left of the cue name to indicate that fixtures with 0% intensity in the preceding cue will mark automatically . Note: The Auto Mark feature is non-destructive; the cuelist is not changed in any way and disabling the function will revert the behavior of the cuelist. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 175: Cuelist Modes

    “Options” button in the upper-left hand corner of the Selected Cuelist screen. When the Cuelist Options screen opens, press the “Chase” button found at the left-hand side of the screen © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 176 The “bounce” function runs through the cuelist first in forward and then in reverse. In a 4 cue cuelist, the cues would execute in the order of 1,2,3,4,3,2,1,2..etc. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 177 Cuelist priority does not apply; all Overrides have the same priority. If there are two Override cuelists playing, then latest takes precedence. Tracking does not work in Override cuelists. The update function does not work fully as it does with other cuelist types. Use record or edit instead. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 178 As the fader is raised, the intensity will raise to the values recorded in the submaster. Other cuelists can drive the fixtures contained in that submaster to a higher level in a “highest takes precedence” manner. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 179 100%, but the Inhibitive fader is set to 25%, then the output of the fixture will be 25%. The Inhibitive works on a proportional basis. This means that when set to 50%, all © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 180 This is useful if you want some cues to follow timecode, but some cues to be triggered manually. WORKING WITH THE TIMECODE CUELIST SETTING A “MARK” CUE © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 181 *not* be re-executed via the timecode signal. Pressing the Pause/Back button will pause your advancement in the cue list. To resume, press Go and the cuelist will jump to the last completed timecode triggered cue. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 182 SMPTE timings. To keep the timings with the cues, go to the cuelist directory and in that window copy the entire cuelist as a new cuelist. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 183: Executing Cuelists

    Executing Cuelists © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 184: Playback Controls

    Playback Controls Pause/Back Fader Select Flash Bank Scroll On the main playback section there are 10 sets of Playback Controls. Each of these controls pertains to an individual cuelist. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 185 The next hard button, below the Go button, is referred to as the “Default Button.” It can be configured with different functions in the Cuelist Options window. For more information, please see “Default-Button Behavior” © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 186: The "Main Go" Buttons

    Global Release” (“Default Release Time”) release by simultaneously fading all attributes to their default. Rel + Main Go Releases the selected cuelist. Rel + any Go Releases the cuelist assigned to the playback. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 187: Playback Command

    Pause/Back Back fade previous cue fade next cue Rate BPM activate track belt control of chase speed XFade% activate track belt control of chase crossfade © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 188: Master Faders

    To clear a group master: Press Delete and either the A or B button and then Enter. Note: On the Maxxyz and Maxxyz+, the Bump buttons for the Master Faders are located above the faders. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 189: Playback Pages (Banks)

    Banks can be named. To change the bank label: 1. Go to the bank whose label you wish to change. 2. Press and hold Edit 3. Press the Bank button. 4. Type the label text. 5. Press Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 190: Selecting A Cuelist

    “Select” or “+Select” and then pressing its button in the Playback Buttons screen, or selecting it from the Active Cuelists screen. touching its status area usually found above the playback fader section © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 191: Releasing Cuelists

    1. Press and hold the “Snap” and then the “Rel” hard buttons in the Main Go area 2. Release both buttons Automatically Releasing Cuelists You can also release all or specified cuelists using macros. Please see "Using Macros" for complete information. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 192: Changing Global Cue Timing

    (i.e. twice as fast as the recorded speed), then the first cue will execute in 10 seconds and the second will execute in 5 seconds. As with attribute functions, you can use a direct access window or the track belt to adjust the timing. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 193 Programmer happen on stage. The range can be set from 0 to 10 seconds. This can be particularly useful when transitioning from Blind to Live. Also note that when clearing the Programmer, this time will be applied. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 194: Moving, Copying, And Deleting Cuelists On Playback Controls

    2. Press the cuelist selection Selection Button of the cuelist you wish to delete. 3. Press Enter. (You can skip this step by pressing and holding Delete instead.) You just accidentally removed a cuelist? Don’t worry. See “Cuelist Directory”. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 195: Cuelist Directory

    This is how an inhibitive (GRP) appears in the cuelist directory. It is not controlling fixtures. Inhibitive masters were previously known as "Group" masters, thus the "GRP" designation. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 196 Cuelist Macros with the new location of the cuelist. It is safe to organize your cuelists in the cuelist directory without affecting your show. Deleting a Cuelist from the Directory © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 197 ">>>" will reveal a second set of navigation controls labeled "-5000", "-1000", "-500", "+500", "+1000", and "+5000." These buttons allow you to jump quickly to the far reaches of the cuelist directory. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 198 When the “Restore” button at the top of the cuelist directory screen is pressed, the Restore window will open: © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 199 1001, then a newly created cuelist will appear at 1002. To maintain the "Rows and Columns" organization, you'll need to be vigilant as you create a show and make sure that you move your new cuelists to their appropriate positions. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 200: Playback Buttons

    This limits the +SELECT function to chases only. When a non- (Visible chase cuelist is pressed, it will perform the required action (Go, when +SELECT is Pause, Release) but it will not be selected. activated) © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 201 What’s done in or to the copy will be done in and to the original. Deleting Playback Buttons To delete a cuelist from the playback buttons screen 1. Press Delete. 2. Select the cuelist to delete on the touch screen. 3. Press Enter. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 202: Active Cuelists Screen

    Main Go area buttons to control the cuelist. Note: if you designate the selected cuelist by a different method, this list will not update to reflect the change. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 203: Effects

    Please note: Mx-Series console handles all attributes the same with the exception of pan and tilt. Pan and tilt receive a special treatment when “PT Comb” (pan/tilt combine) is enabled. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 204: Effects Controls

    If however, the fixture were at zero, we would see the intensity rise and fall with the effect. SWING © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 205 100% intensity from your fixture, but the fixture will “sit” at the top of its range (128) until the swing value drops below 128. Don’t Panic! Don’t be intimidated or frustrated if this doesn’t make sense yet. It will all become clear when you try © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 206 The Mode element determines the relationship between the baseline of the attribute and the swing element. These Modes are presented graphically. Below is an example of a Mode with notes to help in interpreting it. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 207 Identical to mode seven except that we snap below the baseline first and the direction of travel is right to left. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 208 12. When the fixture next reaches the end of a swing, change the speed to zero. You’ll note that the fixture has stopped, but it’s not at its baseline. The effect is still “running” but it has, in a manner of speaking, “frozen in time.” © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 209 7. Confirm that intensity is the selected attribute and then press the “Regular Effect” LCD. 8. Select Mode #4 as described above. You can now see the difference between a “forward” mode and a “reverse” mode. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 210 5, all the fixtures will go through the effect once and will then sit at their baseline for 5 seconds before running the effect again. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 211 “wave” and “step” functions. This allows you to quickly set the Wave or Step elements to the number of fixtures selected. This effectively "spreads" the effect evenly through the selected fixtures so that no two fixtures are performing the same step at the same time. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 212: Working With Effects

    6. Record this in a new cuelist of type “Override”. 7. Execute both cuelists and take both faders to full. You can now see the moving light tilting up and down. When you pull down the Override cuelist fader, you © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 213 When we play these cues, we can see that the speed increases when cue 2 is executed. If we make changes in cue 1, we’ll see those changes track through and again, all cue 2 will do is increase the speed. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 214: Fx Link

    FX LInking in the Common Parameters Screen You can find the FX Linking functions in the Common Parameters Screen under the "Linking" heading. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 215 In addition to FX Linking functions, you can also set the Swing value of each parameter to zero by pressing the "Stop" button. Pressing the "Stop" button on any linked parameter will also set the other linked parameters to a Swing value of zero. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 216: Effect Macros

    It is important to note that, unlike Presets, FX Macros are global, that is, an FX Macro stored for a Mac 2000 can be applied to a Mac 700 Profile or any other fixture with attributes contained within the macro. Identical values will be applied to all fixtures. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 217: Displays And Views

    Displays and Views © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 218: View Menu

    This brings up the console's settings menu. This performs the same function as the "Menu" hard button on the front panel of the console. Save current show... This is a shortcut to the "Save current show..." function available in the settings menu. For more information Show>Load/Save. Patch © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 219 Allows you to place a patch Fixture List window on your screen. Can be stored as part of a screenview. RDM View Allows you to place a patch RDM View window on your screen. Can be stored as part of a screenview. Widgets © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 220 This gives you access to playbacks, manual control and the keypad. Add virtual You can add a simulated playback wing using this menu item. playback wing © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 221 Available Windows © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 222 "Cuelist." Selected Cuelist Values Using the Selected Cuelist Values screen, you can view fixture data which is present in the currently selected cue in the currently selected cuelist. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 223: Advanced Controls

    Advanced Controls © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 224: Programmable Buttons

    Just above the "Apply" and "Discard" buttons you will find a listing of the Programmable Buttons ( "F-Keys" ) and their associated functions. The currently selected Programmable Button will be highlighted in red. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 225 Fixture Groups window. Preset Panel You can also assign a preset to the button. With this, you might make a commonly used intensity or color or even an effect preset available for instant access. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 226: Menu

    At the bottom of the screen you can see the listings for the Show name and the Current file as well as the command line. Below the command line are the “Help” and “Close” buttons. Pressing “Close” will close the menu window and return you to your previous screen view. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 227 Note to M-PC users: Some menu items may not appear in M-PC because they are specific to the hardware console. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 228: Appearance

    Appearance The Appearance tab allows you to customize the user interface of your console. Desklamps are also adjusted here. Settings General © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 229 When Auto Screen Merge is enabled, green squares in the screen selection soft buttons indicate which monitors contain views. Ween Auto screen merge is enabled, green boxes are shown on the screenview buttons to indicate which screen is stored in them. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 230: Advanced

    Any network exchange causes this logo to cycle, for example the CITP thumbnail protocol. CITP exchange can affect the performance of the desk temporarily, especially when synchronizing large amounts of data, like adding a media server to the system. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 231: Load/Save

    Clears all screen layouts from the current showfile. This is useful if you would like ot build a completely custom set of screen layouts. If you think you might want to revert, be sure to save the current screen layouts using the "Save Screens..." function before using this function. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 232: Themes

    "Apply." In order to see the new theme, you will need to restart the console. Language Language settings Currently, the only language available on the Mx-Series console is English. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 233: Show

    If you will be sharing the report, be sure to send the xslt and css files along with it. The file can also be opened from inside Microsoft Excel. Select the XSLT "schema" file when asked by © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 234: General Settings

    Auto popup when unassigned channel(s) detected If you open a showfile that contains fixtures which are not included in your installed fixture library, a window © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 235: Startup

    Press this button to restore all rate values, including custom cuelist rate values, to their defaults. Console Lock Locking It may be useful to lock the desk so that an unauthorized user cannot access it. When locked, the front © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 236 You can lock the desk quickly using the numeric keypad. Press Backspace + Enter to bring the desk to a lock state. You will be asked to confirm locking... Unlocking the Desk To unlock a locked desk, enter the 4 digit code that was set before locking the desk. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 237: Advanced

    Active/Inactive Enable the virtual console here. You will need to restart the desk in order to see this change. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 238: Cue Settings

    To accept your changes, press "Apply." To cancel your changes, simply navigate away from this screen without pressing "Apply." To set these options to their factory defaults instantly, press "Default." © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 239: Playback

    Global release time If "Global cuelist time" is enabled, this is the time that Rel + Snap will use to release all valid active cuelists. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 240: Mark Cue

    "Apply." To set these options to their factory defaults instantly, press "Default." Mark Cue Global Mark Cue Timings Delay This sets the global delay time used for auto-mark cues. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 241: Tapsync

    This can be useful if you want to make sure all chases have the same behavior during playback or programming. To accept your changes, press "Apply." To cancel your changes, simply navigate away from this screen without pressing "Apply." To set these options to their factory defaults instantly, press "Default." © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 242: Load/Save

    When active, this function adds the current time and software build to the name of the showfile when you save the show. Backup current show first The showfile will be saved with the name "BeforeLastLoad" in the backup folder. It can be used to restore an © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 243 This will bring up a confirmation box to make sure you want to load the factory default settings. Press yes to load the factory defaults. If you wish to keep your current settings, make sure you save them before loading the factory defaults. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 244: Statistics

    The number of presets recorded in the show and how much memory they consume. Cuelist The number of cuelists stored in the show. Total number of cues in the showfile and how much memory they consume. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 245: Network

    IP address list of this device Active network ports will be shown here. A network port can be one of two types: Artnet The console sends dmx data through this port using the Artnet protocol. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 246: Remote Control

    Enable/disable the legacy remote control system. This system used a tablet computer and a VNC client application to connect to and control the console. This has been superceded by the iPod Touch/iPhone app called MAXRemote. Learn more about MaxRemote. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 247: Artnet

    Full broadcast. Units detected by the console will receive direct, relevant data, while undetected units will receive the remaining data. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 248: Devices

    To enable this, set the IP address of the desired device, set the range of universes to send to it and set the "Override:" button to "On." Devices Artnet devices This window will be blank if no artnet devices are detected. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 249 Press this button to give the device a custom name. Here you may choose the universes addressed by the device. Note Options that some devices may not allow these settings to be changed remotely. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 250: Citp Thumbs

    The MAXRemote is an app for the iPhone or iTouch which allows remote, wireless control of the console. This handy tool can be used for many applications including remote focus, remote cue execution and fixture © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 251 Warning: The MAXRemote protocol will be disabled (off) after each startup. This is done for security reasons so that nobody can have access to your console by default. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 252: System

    System The System tab gives you access to various system-related tasks and settings. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 253: About

    The M1 console can be reprogrammed with license packs containing 4 Universes each. Up to 3 packs can be added. License information The License info button opens the CodeMeter WebAdmin, allowing you to manage your installed licenses. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 254 When you purchase an add-on license, you will be sent a file called "LicenseInfo.WibuCmRaU." Pressing this button allows you to load this file from an external drive. When the license is applied, it is recommended that you restart the console to enable your new functionality. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 255: Dmx Settings

    To accept your changes, simply navigate away from this window. If you wish to discard your changes, press "Discard changes." If you wish to set these controls to their factory defaults, press the "Factory defaults" button. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 256: Usb2Dmx

    Press this button to give the device a custom name. The ports on a USB2DMX can be configured as either input or output. Direction: Select your preference here. Universe: Select the universe for this port. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 257: Artnet Devices

    Press this button to give the device a custom name. Here you may choose the universes addressed by the device. Note Options that some devices may not allow these settings to be changed remotely. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 258: Timings

    Merge dmx data from another console Assign fixtures or cuelists to dmx channels and control them with an external dmx device Precisely control cuelists assigned to playback buttons, even sending them to specific cue numbers © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 259: Routing

    Use this panel to select a USB2DMX input universe. Artnet Use this panel to select an artnet input universe. Mergers DMX-In Mergers Using the DMX-In Mergers window, you can configure up to 16 arbitrary DMX merger ports. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 260: Remote

    The incoming value and the value on the output are combined. Merge and Capture Both Merge and Capture functions are active. Capture Only The incoming value can be captured into the programmer with the LOAD toolbar. Remote DMX-In Remote © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 261 Each button in the DMX layout represents a dmx channel. You have 512 buttons available. Choose a channel by pressing the button. Clear channel This button appears when you have selected an individual channel for editing. You can clear the DMX layout for a single channel here. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 262 This presents you with two options: Fixtures or Cuelists. You may choose a fixture for individual intensity control or multiple fixtures for group intensity control. Or... You may choose a cuelist or multiple cuelists for control. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 263: Playback Control

    Button 2 - 100 2 - 100 CueNr. Cue 1 Cue 2 - 255 2-255 Command Idle 0 – 9 10 - 19 Pause 20 – 29 Release 30 - 39 IO Settings © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 264: Midi

    . The console also supports a number of MSC Sound Commands listed below. Command # of data bytes Min Sets Mx-Series Command GO/JAM_CLOCK variable OPEN_CUE_LIST variable Select Cuelist CLOSE_CUE_LIST variable Release Cuelist © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 265: Timecode

    Command line indicator Show/Hide the timecode indicator on the command line.The timecode indicator functions when valid timecode is present. When timecode is detected, the indicator will show the current timecode value. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 266: Rdm

    You can also set the current time zone.Press "Apply" to accept date and time changes or "Discard" to cancel. Changes made here will be reflected in the analog and digital clocks as well as in timestamps on files. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 267: Maintenance

    Erase media thumbs... Deletes media thumbnails displayed in the channel visualizer such as those generated by Maxedia. Update management This section provides utilities for updating the console software and fixture library. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 268: Recovery

    Press this button to calibrate the touchscreens on supported displays. You can also invoke this command at any time by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + C on the keyboard. Recovery Recovery management Operating system: Listed here is the current underlying operating system installed in the console. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 269: Diagnostic

    Diagnostic Logging Start logging If console troubleshooting becomes necessary, you may be instructed by Martin support to enable logging on the desk. You can do so here. Reboot and start logging This will reboot the console with logging enabled in order to troubleshoot the startup process.
  • Page 270 The on-screen descriptions as shown above present an accurate description of each of the available diagnostics. In general, you should not need to run these unless directed to do so by a member of Martin’s Technical Support staff. One exception to this is the Firmware Updater which you may be required to run when updating software.

  • Page 271: Commandline Reference

    Many commands are context sensitive and will show a toolbar for more options and filters. It is advised to study them carefully as many of them are very powerful and offer significant time savings when programming the system. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 272: Status

    The software is not sending DMX or Artnet as the protection dongle is not detected. MX-SeriesPC can be operated in OFFLINE mode. It does not generate DMX and the 3D Visualizer is only accepting 2 Universes of DMX for training and demo purposes. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 273 Time Displays the current console time Timecode Displays the current received Timecode time Hardware Monitor Indicates the current CPU and RAM utilization. © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
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  • Page 275: Keypad

    Keypad Most commandline entries are accomplished with the keypad and commands keys in the programmer section of the console. Maxxyz Compact and MaxModule Programmer Maxxyz © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
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  • Page 277: Selection

    0 ENTER deselect all fixtures currently in the programmer . 0 ENTER select all fixtures patched into the current showfile / ENTER invert fixture selection in the programmer © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 278: Grouping

    Groups can be used as Fan and Effect Offset Points "Use Active" Values are applied to active fixture selection "Use Mask" Values are applied to all fixtures in selection all calculated value spreads (Fanning and Effect Offsets) use Mask Points © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 279 Examples Every 2 Pan Fan Divide by 4 Pan fan © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 280: Conditional Fixture Selection

    Load Group @ 30- Enter read output for all fixtures with 30% and less Intensity Load Group @ 20 THRU 80 Enter read output for all fixtures with from (and including) 20% to 80% Intensity © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 281: Intensity Commands

    100% (e.g. @ 0 > 100 Enter) [SELECTION] @ 0 THRU 100 spread the Intensity across the [SELECTION] from 0% to THRU 0 ENTER 100% to 0% (e.g. @ 0 > 100 > 0 Enter) © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 282: Parameter Commands

    (e.g. @ Cyan 0 > 100 Enter) [SELECTION] @ Parameter spread the Value across the [SELECTION] from 0% to 100% Button 0 THRU 100 THRU 0 to 0% (e.g. @ Iris 0 > 100 > 0 Enter) ENTER © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 283: Playback Select

    Select override button is located in the 5 LCD section PLAYBACK BUTTONS The screen button acts based on the chosen Mode above (Go, Pause, Select). Empty buttons are always SELECT CUELIST BUTTON The cuelist directory buttons always act as SELECT © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 284: Record

    Record toolbar (Hold) RECORD [Screenview record new screenview button] RECORD [Groupmaster A or B] assigns selected fixtures to Groupmaster (replaces current fixtures) © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 285: Edit

    UPDATE EDIT [ BANK LCD BUTTON] renaming of current Bank (Hold) EDIT [Screenview button] edit name of screenview EDIT F1 - F12 or LCD key edit shortcut functions for Function keys © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 286: Update

    UPDATE (confirm popups) uses current programmer values to trace current cues and UPDATE presets using them toolbar allows to select / deselect which cues and presets to update. Second UPDATE press confirms command © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 287: Copy

    5 from current selected cuelist to cue 15 on SELECT] specific playback cuelist COPY CUE 5 @ [PLAYBACK copy cue 5 from current selected cuelist to a new cue at the SELECT] end of specified playback © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 288: Move

    MOVE CUE 5 @ 15 ENTER move cue 5 to 15 on currently selected cuelist MOVE CUE 5 THRU 8 @ 15 move cue 5 through 8 to cue 15 on current selected cuelist ENTER © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 289: Delete

    DELETE CUE 8 THRU 12 ENTERdelete cue 8 through 12 from selected cuelist DELETE CUE 8 THRU 12 + 21 delete cue 8 through 12 and cue 21 from selected cuelist ENTER (Hold) DELETE [Screenview delete screenview button] © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 290: Clear

    (hold) CLEAR [multiple Group or removes all values from specific fixtures or groups fixture buttons] CLEAR [Fixure button] removes all values for the specific fixture CLEAR [Touchscreen GROUP] removes all values for the specific Group © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 291: Load

    LOAD @ CUE # ENTER Extract values for the current selection out of the specific cue LOAD ENTER (no selection in load all active playback values into the programmer and programmer) select all current active fixtures © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 292: Cue

    CUE # [PLAYBACK SELECT] Goto Cue in specific Playback button cuelist CUE # [CUELIST BUTTON] Goto Cue in specific Virtual cuelist (hold) [SNAP] before confirming the command to jump to the cue with no timing © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 293: Fade And Delay

    FADE [LCD/Channel] - 5 ENTER substracts 5s from every parameter fade time DELAY [LCD/Channel] + 0 THRU adds a fanned range of 0 > 4 s to every parameter time 4 ENTER © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 294: Bank

    Bank Banks can be accessed directly on the consoles Playback Section BANK BANK # ENTER Goto Bank # © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 295: Cuelist Edit

    (all parameter will Enter use the cue base time again) Touch Fade (Delay) Override, + 2 adds 2s to every parameter time in the cue Enter © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 296 TimeCode cell, - - Enter erases timecode and reverts to manual trigger Touch MACRO change cue macro LINK; touch CUE select destination cue to jump to LINK; touch AMOUNT specify amount of links to be executed © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 297: Cuelist Renumber

    1 (10, 11, 12…) by 10 (10, 20, 30, 40…) leave untouched (leaves spacing intact, e.g. 1 2, 2 3, 4 8 renumbered to 10 creates 10, 2, 11, 3, 13, 8) © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 298: Patch

    101 at address 1, 15, 91 101 @ 5 THRU 25 patch fixture 101 at address 5 > 25 1 1 @ 105 patches fixture part 1 of ID 1 to address 105 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 299: Wizards

    In addition to the commandline, adding of fixtures and assigning addresses also offers a Wizard Mode. The wizards create a commandline that helps to learn how the patch functions. Add Fixture Wizard © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
  • Page 300 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 301: Fixture Cloning

    1 > 10 to fixture 210 > 201 COPY 1 + 8 @ 201 + 205 copies all cue values, preset values and group memberships from fixture 1 to 201 and fixture 8 to 205 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 302: Appendix

    With Martin One-Key, adding new software is a few click process; no need to wait for a box to be delivered. In addition, Martin One-Key allows any user to try Martin Professional software for a 45-day trial period with full features.
  • Page 303 © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...

  • Page 304: Shortcuts

    Programmer for editing Record Enter Records the contents of the Programmer into the current cue in the selected cuelist. Load Load, or Loads the current output of all playbacks into the Programmer Load Enter © 2010 Martin Professional A/S Mx-Series Controller Manual...
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