grandMA3 User Manual
- Introduction
  - About the manual
  - Symbols used in the manual
  - System requirements grandMA3 onPC
  - Installation of grandMA3 onPC
- Device Overview
  - grandMA3 console
  - grandMA3 replay unit
  - grandMA3 processing units
  - grandMA3 onPC command wing
  - Screen Allocation
  - Keyboard shortcuts
  - Keys
    - . [Dot]
    - <<< [GoFastBackward] | Black
    - >>> [GoFastForward] | Flash
    - - [Minus]
    - + [Plus]
    - / [Slash] | * [Asterisk/Multiply]
    - At
    - Assign
    - Align
    - Blind
    - Clear
    - Channel
    - Copy
    - Cue
    - Down
    - Delete
    - Esc
    - Edit
    - Freeze
    - Full
    - Fixture
    - Group
    - Goto
    - Go+ [large]
    - Go- [large]
    - Go+ | Temp
    - Go- | Top
    - Help
    - Highlt [Highlight]
    - If
    - Learn | Rate1
    - List
    - MA
    - Menu
    - Move
    - Next
    - Numeric keys | arrows
    - Oops
    - On
    - Off
    - Pause [large]
    - Pause | Fix
    - Page+
    - Page-
    - Please
    - Power
    - Preset
    - Prvw [Preview]
    - Prev [Previous]
    - Select
    - SelFix [SelectFixture]
    - Sequ [Sequence]
    - Set
    - Solo
    - Stomp
    - Store
    - Thru
    - Time
    - Up
    - Update
    - U1
    - U2
    - X1 | Clone
    - X2 | Link
    - X3 | Grid
    - X4 | Layout
    - X5 | Step
    - X6 | TC
    - X7 | View
    - X8 | DMX
    - X9
    - X10
    - X11
    - X12
    - X13 | Phaser
    - X14 | Macro
    - X15 | Page
    - X16 | Exec
    - XKeys
  - Control elements
    - Dual encoders
    - Level wheel
    - Grand master
    - Executor elements
    - Custom section
    - Master section
- System Overview
  - Standalone device
  - Locally networked devices
  - World server
  - Parameters
    - Calculate parameters
    - Expand the amount of parameters
- First Steps
  - Unpack the device
  - Check scope of delivery
  - Position the device
  - Connect power
  - Connect desk light
  - Connect external screens
  - Connect USB mouse and USB keyboard
  - Connect DMX
  - Connect Audio In
  - Connect SMPTE (LTC)
  - Connect Ethernet
  - Connect DC Remote In
  - Connect grandMA3 extension
  - Turn on the console the first time
- Show File Management
- Workspace
  - User interface
    - Configuration of Displays
    - Desk lock
    - User-defined area
    - Command line
    - Control bar
    - View buttons
    - Grand master
    - Tables in general
  - Gestures
  - Command section
  - Master controls
  - Playback controls
  - Allocation of displays
  - Encoder bar
    - Feature group control bar
    - Encoder toolbar
  - Calculator
  - Colors
    - System
    - Markers
    - Color theme
  - Icons
- Command Syntax and Keywords
  - General syntax rules
    - Object keywords
    - Function keywords
    - Helping keywords
  - All keywords
    - / [Slash]
    - . [Dot]
    - .. [DotDot]
    - = [Equal]
    - <<< [GoFastBackward]
    - >>> [GoFastForward]
    - - [Minus]
    - * [Asterisk]
    - % [Percent]
    - + [Plus]
    - Absolute
    - Acceleration
    - Action
    - ActivationGroup
    - Align
    - AlignTransition
    - Appearance
    - Assign
    - At
    - Attribute
    - Black
    - Blind
    - Block
    - BPM
    - Camera
    - Call
    - ChangeDestination
    - Channel
    - ChannelSet
    - Chat
    - Clear
    - ClearActive
    - ClearAll
    - ClearSelection
    - Clone
    - CmdDelay
    - ColorTheme
    - ColorThemeLibrary
    - Configuration
    - Console
    - Copy
    - Cue
    - CueDelay
    - CueFade
    - CueInDelay
    - CueInFade
    - CueOutDelay
    - CueOutFade
    - CurrentUser
    - CurrentUserProfile
    - Cut
    - DataPool
    - Deceleration
    - Decimal8
    - Decimal24
    - Default
    - Delay
    - Delete
    - DelGlobalVar
    - DelUserVar
    - Dismiss
    - Display
    - DMXAddress
    - DMXReadout
    - DMXUniverse
    - Down
    - Drive
    - Echo
    - Edit
    - EditOption
    - Eject
    - Effect
    - EndIf
    - Exchange
    - Executor
    - Export
    - Extract
    - Extension
    - Fade
    - FaderMaster
    - FaderRate
    - FaderSpeed
    - FaderTemp
    - FaderX
    - FeatureGroup
    - Filter
    - Fix
    - Fixture
    - FixtureType
    - FixtureTypeLibrary
    - Flip
    - Flash
    - Fog
    - Font
    - Freeze
    - Full
    - GDTFLibrary
    - Gel
    - GetGlobalVar
    - GetUserVar
    - Global
    - Go+
    - Go-
    - Goto
    - Grid
    - Group
    - Help
    - Hex8
    - Hex24
    - Highlight
    - Houselights
    - Hz
    - If
    - IfOutput
    - Image
    - Import
    - Index
    - Insert
    - Integrate
    - Interface
    - Invert
    - Invite
    - IP
    - Join
    - Keyboard
    - KeyboardShortcuts
    - Knockin
    - Label
    - Language
    - Layout
    - LearnRate
    - LearnSpeed
    - Leave
    - Library
    - List
    - ListOwner
    - ListRef
    - Load
    - Loaded
    - LoadShow
    - Lock
    - Login
    - Logout
    - Lowlight
    - Lua
    - Macro
    - MacroLibrary
    - Master
    - Media
    - Menu
    - MenuLibrary
    - Move
    - MyRunningMacro
    - MyRunningSequence
    - NewShow
    - Next
    - Node
    - NonDim
    - Normal
    - Off
    - On
    - OnPC
    - OSC
    - Oops
    - Page
    - Part
    - Park
    - Paste
    - Patch
    - Pause
    - Percent
    - PercentFine
    - Phase
    - Physical
    - Plugin
    - PluginLibrary
    - Preset
    - Press
    - Previous
    - Programmer
    - Property
    - PU
    - Pyro
    - Rate1
    - Readout
    - Reboot
    - Recast
    - Relative
    - Release
    - ReloadPlugins
    - ReloadUI
    - Remote
    - RemoteCommand
    - Remove
    - Reset
    - Restart
    - Root
    - RTChannel
    - RunningMacro
    - RunningSequence
    - SaveShow
    - ScreenConfig
    - ScreenContent
    - Scribble
    - Seconds
    - Select
    - Selection
    - SelFix
    - Sequence
    - SendOSC
    - Set
    - SetGlobalVar
    - SetUserVar
    - Shutdown
    - SnapDelay
    - SoundChannel
    - Solo
    - SpecialExec
    - Speed
    - Speed1
    - Stage
    - Station
    - Step
    - StepCreator
    - StepRecipe
    - Stomp
    - Store
    - Temp
    - Thru
    - Timecode
    - Toggle
    - Top
    - Transition
    - Unblock
    - Unlock
    - Unpark
    - Unpress
    - Up
    - Update
    - User1
    - User2
    - User
    - UserProfile
    - Version
    - View
    - ViewButton
    - Width
    - World
    - Zero
- Windows, Views, and Menus
  - Add windows
  - Rearrange
  - Store and recall views
  - Remove windows from a screen
  - Window settings
  - Menus
  - Change menu locations
  - Pool windows
    - Create pool object
    - Label pool objects
    - Move pool objects
    - Insert pool objects
    - Copy pool objects
    - Lock and unlock pool objects
    - Delete pool objects
- Networking
  - Interfaces and IP
  - Session
    - Create a session
    - Leave a session
    - Invite to a session
    - Dismiss from session
    - Create a custom key
  - Web remote
- DMX In and Out
  - DMX port configuration
  - Ethernet DMX
    - Art-Net menu
    - sACN menu
- Single User and Multi User Systems
  - Create User
  - User settings
- Patch and Fixture Setup
  - What are fixtures
  - Add fixtures to the show
  - MVR
  - Live patch
  - DMX sheet
  - DMX universes
  - Remove fixtures from the show
  - Position fixtures in the 3D space
  - 3D Window
  - Camera Pool
  - Stages
  - Classes and Layers
  - Attribute definitions
    - Activation group
    - Feature group
- Operate Fixtures
  - What is the programmer
  - Fixture sheet
  - Using the color picker
  - Selection bar
  - Align
  - Selection Grid
  - Smart view
- Scribbles
  - Create scribbles
  - Edit scribbles
  - Assign scribbles
  - Delete scribbles
- Images
  - Screenshots
- Appearance
  - Create appearances
  - Use appearances
  - Delete appearances
- Groups
  - Create groups
  - Edit groups
  - Delete groups
  - Group masters
- Presets
  - Preset pools
  - Create presets
  - Assign input filter
  - Edit presets
  - Update presets
  - Preset pool settings
  - Embedded presets
  - Store values of multi steps
  - Delete presets
- Worlds and Filters
  - At filter
  - Create a world
  - Create a filter
  - Use a world or filter
  - Delete a world
  - Delete a filter
- MAtricks
- Cues and Sequences
  - What is tracking
  - Look at cues and sequences
  - Sequence settings
  - Store cues
  - Update cues
  - Store options and preferences
  - Play back cues
  - Cue timing
  - Renumber cues
- Executors
  - Assign object to an executor
  - Executor configurations
  - Running playbacks
- Masters
  - Selected masters
  - Grand masters
    - Time Control
  - Speed masters
  - Playback masters
- Phasers
  - Step bar
  - Phaser editor
  - Create sinus dimmer phaser
  - Create circle phaser
  - Create circle phaser around position
  - Create color rainbow phaser
  - Step creator
- Macros
  - Create macros
  - Edit macros
  - Assign macros to keys and buttons
- Timecode
  - Record a timecode show
  - Edit a timecode show
  - Timecode settings
  - Toggle view mode
  - What are timecode slots
- Layouts
  - Create a layout
  - Layout pool settings
  - Edit layout
  - Layout view settings
  - Edit layout view
  - Edit layout elements
- Plugins
  - What is Lua
- Data Pools
- System
  - Date and time
  - Clock
  - System information
- Update the Software
  - Update grandMA3 consoles
  - Update grandMA3 xport nodes
- Fixture Types
  - Import fixture types
    - Import GDTF
  - Build fixture types
    - Insert fixture types
    - Insert DMX modes
    - Insert geometries
    - Insert models
    - Link models to geometries
    - Link DMX modes to geometries
  - Export fixture types
    - Export GDTF
grandMA3 Quick Manual consoles
grandMA3 Quick Manual processing
grandMA3 Quick Manual nodes
grandMA3 Quick Manual DIN-Rail
grandMA3 Quick Manual onPC solutions
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Version 1.1

Master section

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Go+, Go- and Pause
Master Fader 1 and Master Fader 2
Master Key 1 and Master Key 2, Master Knob 1 and Master Knob 2
Change Function of Faders, Knobs, and Buttons

The master section is located between the command section and the executor section.

Go+, Go- and Pause

In the lower part of the master section, the Go+ [Large], the Go- [Large] and the Pause [Large] keys are placed. These keys execute the Go+, Go- or Pause command for the selected sequence.

For more information about Go+, Go- and Pause, please see the Go+[Large] key, Go-[Large] key or the Pause[Large] key topic.

Master Fader 1 and Master Fader 2

The two faders in the master section are: master fader 1 and master fader 2.

By default, master fader 1 is set to the master function for the selected sequence.

By default, master fader 2 is set to the crossfade function for the selected sequence.

To change the function of the faders, please read below.

Master Key 1 and Master Key 2, Master Knob 1 and Master Knob 2

Restriction:
Master keys and master knobs are only represented on grandMA3 full-size and grandMA3 light consoles.

In the upper part of the master section, the master key 1+2 and the master knobs 1+2 are placed.

By default, these are set to toggle Highlight and Solo on and off and set the intensity of these.

To change the function of these buttons and knobs, please read below.

Change Function of Faders, Knobs, and Buttons

The function of faders, knobs, and keys are displayed on the screen above the master section. To change the function, tap on the screen where the function is displayed or press Assign and Master Key 1 or Master Key 2. The Special Executor Configuration menu opens.

Tap on the handle that has to be changed and the assign menu displays.

*Assign special master grand master knob*

The assign menu above displays the grand master knob. This has 4 different actions:

The encoder
Click on the encoder
Turn the encoder left
Turn the encoder right

Important:
The encoder left or right is mutually exclusive with the normal encoder function. The encoder left or right has a higher priority and overwrites the normal encoder function.