Blizzard-lighting Lucid DMX(Rev A) Manuel d'utilisateur

Lucid DMX

Lucid DMX II Installation The Setup is now ready to begin installing the Lucid DMX software on your computer, click Install. Wait while the Setup

Lucid DMX II Installation Enjoy! 2. 2. USB - DMX Interface If you purchased a software package and received a USB to DMX interface, you will need

Lucid DMX II Installation You are done! But remember, the software detects the USB interface when it starts. This means that you must have the USB i

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide III Quick start guide This section of the manual will show you in very few and simple steps how to add fixtures int

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide There are two ways to patch a fixture into the address map. The first is to drag and drop a particular profile from

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide You can now see 3 new fixtures in the address map. Finally, click OK to accept the patch into the software. In you

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide 2. 2. Design the stage One of Lucid DMX's powerful features is the communication with the 3D view. You can des

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide To import the fixtures' positions and the screenshot, click on the ScreenShot button in the Tools tab (Warning

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide 3. 3. Make the program The Lucid DMX program architecture is composed of 4 parts. The first one, the basic element,

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide If you want, you can set the DMX channels to the default value, values written inside the fixture profile. If the

Table of contents I Welcome to Lucid DMX 1 II Installation 4 1. 1. Software 3 2. 2. USB - DMX Interface 7 III Quick start guide 10 1. 1. Add fixtures

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide To add a new scene, just click "Add". Change the X and Y position. Add a new scene. Modify the position.

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide Try your sequence, click the "Play" icon. Stop the sequence. Add a new sequence. Page 17

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide Now we want to make a color changing sequence. We want this kind of result. so change a color. Page 18

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide Add a scene. Select another color. Page 19

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide Add a new scene. Change the color. Change the selection. Select the purple color. Page 20

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide Select another scene. Change the color. Page 21

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide Select the first scene. Change the color. Your show is now ready, go to the next section to find out how to playbac

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide 4. 4. Play the show Select the "Live" tab. Click "Live Desktop" to close the Live desktop wi

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide Try the first sequence, click "Sequence 1". The Sequence 1 button is now Orange, this means that the se

Lucid DMX III Quick start guide sequences at the same time and on the same cue. The other mode is the release mode, just one sequence can be play

1.1. MIDI and DMX IN Links 73 2. 2. Playback tools 76 2.1. MIDI and Ports Triggers 76 3. 3. Configuration tools 77 3.1. Configure the StandAlone Mode

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Lucid DMX III Quick start guide If you want to "Clear" all the live presets, click the "Live Clear" button or press Control+F7.

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools IV Setup and programming tools 1. 1. Add a generated effect Now we can learn how to add automatically gen

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools A dialog box appears where you can select the generation mode. The first option adds all the generated sc

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools 2. 2. Setup a LED matrix On the patch window, select an RGB fixture from the "_generic" folder.

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools The matrix fixtures are added, click OK to validate. You now see a new fixture icon on the Desktop. In the

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools To control the matrix fixtures, click on the "Matrix" icon on the desktop toolbar or right cli

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools To check that the matrix is working fine, click the "DMX Level" button on the "Tools"

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools To center the position click "Center". We can see the position's information on the grid.

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools Try the X lock, enable "X Locked" and move the cursor. Only the Y value changes... Page 35

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools Do the same for the Y position. Only the X position changes. Change the resolution to change the moving

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools 4. 4. How to use the RGB / CMY Color Picker You can control the CMY and RGB channels with this tool. You h

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools Change the wheel cursor position. Left click, move the cursor and release the left button. Modify the Red

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools On the CMY mode, the values are inverted, if you put a 0 level on the CMY channels you will have a white

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools If you right click the fixture you will see a new menu. The same functions are available as on the desk

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools Several kinds of fixtures selections are available. A family kind selection, where you can select all the

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools All of the PAR kind fixtures are selected. Click "Invert the selection". The PAR fixtures are n

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools You can zoom to change the icon's size. A range of sizes are available. Click "Zoom Out".

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools A Dipswitch tool can help you to setup the fixture address. Right click on the fixture and click "Di

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools A window appears with the fixture's name, manufacturer's name, Type of fixture, number of cha

Lucid DMX I Welcome to Lucid DMX I Welcome to Lucid DMX Thank you for your interest in the Lucid DMX lighting control software. Throughout this manua

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools You're allowed to restore the basic background. Click "reset the background". 6. 6. Scene

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools can modify the fade time to 3 seconds. Now we can change the wait time to 2 seconds for all the scenes.

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools To stop the playback, click the "stop" button. All the Scenes, Sequences and Cues can be rena

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools For the moment the Sequence will have an "always loop" on the Live mode. To change the number

Lucid DMX IV Setup and programming tools You can enable or disable the fade function for the selected sequence, just click the fade icon on the des

Lucid DMX V Playback tools V Playback tools 1. 1. Cues and Sequences Playback In live mode, the buttons represent the Cues and the Sequences of the

Lucid DMX V Playback tools Now, you can see the number 4 on the button. If you want, you can play an audio file when you start the sequences or cu

Lucid DMX V Playback tools A music note appears on the button. Now, your audio file can be played. You can remove the audio file when you want. Se

Lucid DMX V Playback tools Push the key. New information appears on the button : the letter "A", in this example, indicates that the sh

Lucid DMX V Playback tools Two playback modes can be setup for the Cues. The Release mode or the Stacking mode. The Stacking mode allows you to p

Lucid DMX I Welcome to Lucid DMX Page 2

Lucid DMX V Playback tools Now, all the sequences are disabled. If you want to restore the previous state, just click again on the "Live Res

Lucid DMX V Playback tools To use the "Master Dimmer", change the slider position. To disable that function right click on the slider.

Lucid DMX V Playback tools Select two scanners. On the right area, you can see all the common presets. We can control the XY position of two scanne

Lucid DMX V Playback tools To enable that preset, click the "1" button. The moving area is now enabled. You can control the positions.

Lucid DMX V Playback tools 4. 4. EasyRemote (tablet/smartphone control) Easy Remote is a tool which allows you to control your lighting software r

Lucid DMX V Playback tools In the top right corner of the designer, you can save the remote design, create a new design or open a saved design. On t

Lucid DMX V Playback tools Editing your EasyRemote design You can edit your design on the computer with the EasyRemote designer. Once you have edit

Lucid DMX V Playback tools Creating a computer-computer network If you do not have a wireless network, you can create an Ad-Hoc network between your

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools VI Configuration tools 1. 1. How to open the Library editor Click the "ScanLibrary" button on the "

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools 2. 2. General Settings Click the "General Settings" button on the "Configuration" tab. The Gen

Lucid DMX II Installation II Installation 1. 1. Software You can install the Lucid DMX software from the installation CD included in the Lucid DMX

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools Set the password, confirm the entry and click "OK". To reset the password, click "Reset the passwo

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools 2.2. 2.2 Desktop Click the "Desktop" tab. Change the default icon size. You can see a global preview on

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools Change the text color. Change the selection color. Now we can set the background picture, click "Explore"

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools You can see a preview on the bottom. Page 69

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools 2.3. 2.3 Shortcuts Select the "Shortcuts" tab. Select the action to do when the shortcut is enabled. Cli

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools 3. 3. DMX Output levels Click the "DMX Levels" button on the "Tools" tab. The DMX levels wind

Lucid DMX VI Configuration tools The DMX Level is in green, in this example the value is 127 for the address 234. Page 72

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features VII 180IQ features 1. 1. Setup and programming tools 1.1. MIDI and DMX IN Links To link an Output DMX channel with a

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features A waiting window appears. Move a DMX board slider. Click "YES" to add this link. To see the Input DMX lev

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features Select the "DMX Input" tab. If a MIDI board is connected to your PC you will have two choices: DMX Link o

Lucid DMX II Installation Select the installation Language. Click Next. Accept the License Agreement, then click Next. Select the Lucid DMX's

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features Click "Yes" to create this link. 2. 2. Playback tools 2.1. MIDI and Ports Triggers To add a MIDI trigger

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features Now you can see a small MIDI keyboard icon, this icon means that the MIDI trigger is working on this Sequence. To ad

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features The left tree list on this window shows the cuelist structure. Select the sequences and cues that you want to add in t

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features To write the configuration to the Interface's StandAlone memory, click the Update button. You can see the availab

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features When the memory writing process is done, a popup window appears. To use the USB/DMX interface in StandAlone mode conf

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features To change the current sequence push the "+" button (the LED display show the current sequence). Page 81

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features To come back to the previous sequence, push the "-" button. Page 82

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features 3.2. How to configure the multiuniverses mode With the 180IQ version you can convert the DMX Input into a second DMX

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features Now you have 2 DMX OUT lines. Now the interface is configured to have one DMX Output and one DMX Input. There is "

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features Click the "Hardware" button on the "Configuration" tab. The "Hardware settings" window

Lucid DMX II Installation Select the name for the Start menu folder, then click Next. If you want to create a desktop icon click Next. Page 5

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features Drag from the port on the interface to the Universe 2 port displayed below You can check that you have two DMX univer

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features The interface shows "CP" and the red LED is blinking. 3.3. How to test the ports To open the Hardware conf

Lucid DMX VII 180IQ features You can check that your panel is working fine within the tools.exe program in the software. When the port is enabled

Lucid DMX VIII FAQ - Troubleshooting VIII FAQ - Troubleshooting Fixtures going crazy 1. DMX addresses Make sure the addresses for your lighting fixtu

Lucid DMX VIII FAQ - Troubleshooting 4. Double-check interface drivers If during the installation of the drivers, when asked about Windows verificati

Lucid DMX IX Appendices IX Appendices 1. DMX512 brief description By the time you are done reading this section, you will understand how DMX works an

Lucid DMX IX Appendices watch on your TV, in a lighting fixture you set the channel that you want your fixture to display the information for. This i

Lucid DMX IX Appendices different color combinations. The color displayed will depend on the DMX value on channel 3 (as it is being sent by the cont