LSC Lighting CLARITY LX Series v.1 User Manual
Clarity, Lighting and media control, Lx-series & desktop operator manual
CLARITY
Lighting and Media Control
LX-Series & Desktop
OPERATOR MANUAL
Issue 5.1
Desktop (MAC/PC)
LX300
LX600
LX900
Covering software Version 2.3
February 2015
Document number:
LX-T01U-A4
LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd.
ABN 21 090 801 675
65-67 Discovery Road
Dandenong South, Vic.
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9702 8000 Fax:+61 3 9702 8466
email: [email protected]
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- 1 Latest Features
- 2 Introduction/Models
- 3 Desktop (PC or MAC) Clarity
- 3.1 Overview
- 3.2 Installing Clarity on a PC
- 3.3 Installing Clarity on a Mac
- 3.4 HASP Diagnostics
- 3.5 VX/QX device driver (Windows & Mac)
- 3.6 Demo Mode
- 3.7 Desktop DMX Output
- 3.8 Desktop ArtNet and sACN Output
- 3.9 VX10 Playback Wing
- 3.10 VX20 Programming & Playback Wing
- 3.11 Starting Clarity
- 3.12 Loading a Show
- 3.13 Modes Of Operation
- 3.14 Basic Desktop Operation
- 3.15 Patching
- 3.16 Programming
- 3.17 Playback
- 3.18 Adding a Cue-list to a VX Wing
- 3.19 Wing Playback Pages
- 3.20 Wing Playbacks
- 3.21 Wing Group Masters
- 3.22 Extended Wing Controls
- 3.23 Programming with the VX20 Wing
- 3.24 External Control Inputs
- 3.25 VX20 MIDI
- 3.26 Desklamp Intensity
- 3.27 Free Mode
- 4 LX Consoles
- 5 LX300 Console
- 6 LX600 Console
- 7 LX900 Console
- 8 LX Console Controls
- 8.1 Overview
- 8.2 Power Switches
- 8.3 Grand Master
- 8.4 Encoder Wheel Touch Screen
- 8.5 Encoder Wheels and Buttons
- 8.6 Keypad and Command Centre
- 8.7 Playbacks
- 8.7.1 LX300 Button Playbacks
- 8.7.2 Fader Playbacks
- 8.7.3 Assign a Cuelist to a Playback
- 8.7.4 Edit Button
- 8.7.5 Release Button
- 8.7.6 Function Button.
- 8.7.7 Playback Controls
- 8.7.8 Playback Touch Screens
- 8.7.9 Assign or Clear a Playback
- 8.7.10 Configuring a Playback
- 8.7.11 Playback Pages
- 8.7.12 Locking a Playback
- 8.7.13 Managing Pages
- 8.7.14 Page Bookmarks
- 8.7.15 Page Groups
- 8.7.16 Extended Playback Controls
- 8.7.17 Clearing a Playback
- 8.7.18 Group Masters
- 8.7.19 Fader Contents Indicator
- 8.8 Action Buttons
- 8.9 Touch Screen(s)
- 9 Basic Operation
- 10 Customizing Clarity
- 11 Patching Fixtures
- 11.1 Overview
- 11.2 Spreadsheet View
- 11.3 Patching Fixtures
- 11.4 Clone from other fixture(s)
- 11.5 Keypad Patching
- 11.6 Multi-Patch
- 11.7 Selecting Fixtures
- 11.8 Inverting/Swapping Attributes
- 11.9 Intensity Fade Profiles
- 11.10 Minimum and Maximum Intensity
- 11.11 Custom Fixtures
- 11.12 Connecting Output Devices
- 11.13 ArtNet Outputs
- 11.14 sACN Outputs
- 11.15 Editing the Patch
- 12 Rig
- 13 Universal
- 14 Direct
- 15 Timing
- 16 Dynamics (real time effects)
- 17 Matrix
- 17.1 Overview
- 17.2 Terminology
- 17.3 Patching a LED Matrix
- 17.4 Creating a Matrix
- 17.5 Editing a Matrix
- 17.6 Matrix Control
- 17.7 Transforms
- 17.8 Adding Media to a Pixel Source
- 17.9 Selecting Media in a Pixel Source
- 17.10 Adding and Deleting Pixel Sources
- 17.11 Viewer
- 17.12 Activating a PixelSource
- 17.13 Activating Selected Cells
- 17.14 Pixel Source Layering and Transparency
- 17.15 PixelSource Transitions
- 17.16 Dynamics
- 17.17 Recording Matrix Settings
- 18 Media
- 19 Palettes
- 19.1 Overview
- 19.2 Arranging Palettes and Groups
- 19.3 Groups
- 19.4 Colour Presets
- 19.5 Beam Presets
- 19.6 Favourites
- 19.7 Presets
- 19.8 Freesets
- 19.9 Dynamic Presets
- 19.10 Recording a Preset or Freeset
- 19.11 Freeset Parameter Scripting
- 19.12 Palette Icons
- 19.13 Applying Presets and Freesets
- 19.14 Removing Presets or Freesets
- 19.15 Applying Dynamic Presets
- 19.16 Controlling Dynamics
- 19.17 Deactivate a Preset or Freeset
- 19.18 Recording Cues with Presets & Freesets.
- 19.19 Updating a Preset During Programming
- 19.20 Updating a Preset During Playback
- 20 Intensities
- 21 Programmer
- 21.1 Overview
- 21.2 Programmer Attributes Tab
- 21.3 Selection Sidebar
- 21.4 Selecting Fixtures
- 21.5 Individual Fixture Control
- 21.6 Groups
- 21.7 Session Control
- 21.8 Programmer Toolbar
- 21.9 Programmer Toolbox
- 21.10 DMX Input
- 21.11 Parking Fixtures
- 21.12 Universal Control Panel
- 21.13 Attribute Controls
- 21.14 Fanning Attributes
- 22 Proglets
- 23 Command Line Programming
- 24 Record
- 25 Control Booth
- 26 Editing Cues and Cue-lists
- 27 Performance Window
- 28 Levels Window
- 29 Intensity Levels
- 30 Show Files & Import/Export
- 31 MIDI
- 32 Timecode
- 33 Timeline
- 34 Remote Control
- 35 Scheduler
- 36 Tracking Backup
- 37 Preferences and About
- 38 LX Tools
- 39 Software Upgrade
- 40 Technical Support
- 41 Fixture Editor
- 42 Operating Concepts and Terminology
- 43 Hints and Tips
- 43.1 Simple Cue Playback
- 43.2 Parked channels
- 43.3 One Shot Chase
- 43.4 Performance Window Tips
- 43.5 Flashing a cue
- 43.6 Quick Record
- 43.7 Snapping Forwards or Backwards
- 43.8 Operate Clarity Like a Manual Desk
- 43.9 Programmer Override
- 43.10 Media Server Thumbnails
- 43.11 Audio Playback
- 43.12 Automated Follow Spot Audio Cues
- 43.13 Simple RGB Mixing
- 43.14 Recording Only Pan (or Tilt)
- 43.15 Time Presets
- 43.16 Sorting, Buddying & SubGroups
- 43.17 Universal Control.
- 43.18 Copy And Paste
- 43.19 Fans Buttons
- 43.20 Multiple Programmers
- 43.21 Cuelist Folder Order
- 44 Appendix. Proglet Scripting
- 45 Index
- 46 COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS