LightJockey Help

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Program a "lamp on" cue. This is not recommended because Martin fixtures use the same DMX
channel for lamp and shutter control. Therefore, the lamp-on command will be overridden by any
higher-priority sequence with a shutter command. If you choose to program a "lamp on" cue, turn on
the lamps one at a time with 3 - 5 second intervals to avoid excessive voltage drop and current draw.
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Strike a lamp manually by selecting it, clicking the Lamp button on the fixture tool-bar,  and clicking
Power On in the Lamp Control dialog. Depending on the fixture, the Lamp Control may also allow
you to turn off the lamp.
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Example: Programming a cue
The following example, in which you program a simple cue for 2 MAC 600s, demonstrates the basic
steps and concepts involved in programming. To keep you focus on the screen, it is suggested that
you program the first cue without fixtures attached.
The screens shots show how your screen will look if you follow the steps correctly.
Step I: Strike lamps
This step only applies if you have actual fixtures connected to the controller.
1.
Configure 2 MAC 600s and place them on the desktop.
2.
Turn on the MAC 600s, set them to mode 4, and set their addresses to match the LightJockey
fixture configuration.
3.
Choose System > Auto Strike Lamps from the main menu. Click Stop when the lamps have struck.
Step II: Program shutter/dimmer sequence
In this step you program a sequence to open the shutters and set the dimmers to 20%.
1.
Configure 2 MAC 600s and place them on the desktop if you have not done so.
2.
Click New/Clear Sequence on the Sequence toolbar. The new (blank) sequence is indicated by a
gray Sequence name field.
3.
Click both MAC 600s to select them. The fixture icon caption is blue when the fixture is not
selected and red when it is selected.
4.
Click Show Fixture Controls on the Fixture toolbar (see page 1). Arrange the control windows any
way like by dragging them on the desktop. Since you will not be using the Beam control in this
example, you can close it to make more room on the desktop. Individual controls can be opened
and closed as needed by clicking buttons on the Fixture toolbar.
5.
Find the Intensity dialog (see below). Click the shutter control. Three things happen: "Shutter
Closed" changes to "Shutter Open," the shutter O/S/F button automatically changes to Snap, and
the Sequence Name field in the Sequence toolbar changes from gray to yellow, indicating that the
new (blank) sequence has been changed.
6.
Drag the dimmer level to 20%. Click the dimmer O/S/F button twice to Snap.
7. Verify that your Intensity control looks like the one above and that the O/S/F buttons
in all other controls are off.
8. Click Save Sequence in the Sequence toolbar. Type "20% dimmer" in the dialog's
Sequence Name field. Click Save as New Sequence or press Enter.

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Step III: Add sequence to Cue
Checking "Add Sequence to Current Cue" in the Save Sequence dialog would have automatically
added the sequence to the current cue when saving. Windows techniques such as drag and drop can
also be used to add, delete, and rearrange items in lists.
1.
Click List of Sequences on the Sequence toolbar.
2.
Click View Cue Control on the Cue toolbar.
3.
Drag the "20% dimmer" sequence to position 1 in the cue. (If drag mode is not enabled, choose
Preferences > Drag mode from the Select Sequence dialog menu.)
Step IV: Program CMY sequence
The next sequence is a CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow) color chase with 3 scenes. In the first scene,
cyan fades in and yellow, which comes in scene 3, fades out. In the second scene, cyan fades out and
magenta fades in. Finally, magenta fades out and yellow fades in. The scene and fade times for each
scene is set to three seconds for a smooth continuous effect.
1.
Close the cue editing and sequence list windows.
2.
Click New/Clear Sequence on the Sequence toolbar.
3.
Make sure both MAC 600s are selected: a fixture is selected when the icon caption is red. Drag
and drop sequences to cues.
4.
Place the cursor over the cyan fader and drag it to 100%. The O/S/F button automatically changes
to Fade.

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5.
Click View Sequence Control in the Sequence toolbar.
6.
Click the "Synchronize Scene and Fade Times" box. Set the scene (and fade) time to  3 seconds.
7.
Click Add Scene in the Sequence dialog.
8.
Drag the Cyan fader to 0%. Drag the Magenta fader to 100%.
9.
Click Add Scene in the Sequence dialog.
10. Drag the Magenta fader to 0% and the Yellow fader to 100%.
11. Now you need to change scene 1 to fade out yellow. Scroll to scene 1 of 3 by clicking Next Scene
(not Add Scene) in the dialog.

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12. Yellow is already at 0% so you only need to click its O/S/F button to Fade.
13. Click Save Sequence in the Sequence dialog or toolbar.
14. Click the "Clear after Save" and "Add Sequence to Current Cue" boxes in the Save Sequence
dialog.
15. Type "CMY chase" in the name field.
16. Click Save as New Sequence or press Enter. Notice how the CMY faders move once the
sequence has been saved, cleared, and added to the current cue.
Step V: Program movement sequence
The LightJockey features a sophisticated engine for generating pan/tilt movements. The effects engine
is not described here but detailed information is available in the on-line help. In the first two sequences,
both fixtures were programmed together to do the same thing. In this sequence you program each
fixture individually to move in opposite directions.
1.
To program "Left" MAC 600, select it and deselect the "Right" MAC 600.
2.
If the pan/tilt control window, shown below, is not open, click Movement on the Fixture toolbar.
3.
Drag the movement cursor to the middle of the top-right quadrant. Click the Pan and the Tilt O/S/F
buttons twice to Snap.
4.
Click the "Left" MAC 600 to deselect it; select the "Right" MAC 600.
5.
Drag the movement cursor to the middle of the top-right quadrant.
6.
Click the Pan O/S/F button and the Tilt O/S/F button to Snap.
7.
Open the Sequence Control if it is closed by clicking View Sequence Control. Set the scene time to
2 seconds.
8.
Click Add Scene in the Sequence dialog. Click Synchronize Scene and Fade Times. Set the scene
(and fade) time to 15 seconds.
9.
Drag the movement cursor to the middle of the top-right quadrant. Click the Pan O/S/F button to
Fade.
10. Click the "Right" MAC 600 to deselect. Select the "Left" one.
11. Drag the movement cursor to the top-left quadrant and click the Pan O/S/F button to Fade.
12. Click Save Sequence on the Sequence toolbar. Type "Pan" in the Sequence Name field. Click the
"Clear after Save" and "Add Sequence to Current Cue" boxes. Click Save as New Sequence or
press Enter.
If you programmed the sequence as described, the movement cursor will move slowly from left to right
if when you select the "Left" MAC 600 and from right to left when you select the "Right" one.
Step VI: Edit movement sequence
This step demonstrates how to edit a programmed sequence. Here you edit the pan sequence to black
out both fixtures in the first scene.
1.
Click List of Sequences on the Sequence toolbar.
2.
Drag the "Pan" sequence to the desktop. Close the sequence list. Notice that the cursor in the
Movement control stopped moving.

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