grandMA3 User Manual
- About the manual
- Device Overview
  - grandMA3 consoles
    - grandMA3 full-size
    - grandMA3 full-size CRV
    - grandMA3 light
    - grandMA3 light CRV
    - grandMA3 compact XT
    - grandMA3 compact
  - grandMA3 extension
  - grandMA3 replay unit
  - grandMA3 processing units
  - grandMA3 Nodes
  - grandMA3 Nodes DIN-Rail
  - grandMA3 I/O Node
  - grandMA3 I/O Node DIN-Rail
  - grandMA3 onPC command wing XT
  - grandMA3 onPC command wing
  - grandMA3 onPC fader wing
  - grandMA3 onPC rack-unit
  - Screen allocation
  - Keyboard shortcuts
  - Keys
    - . [Dot]
    - <<< [GoFastBackward] | Black
    - >>> [GoFastForward] | Flash
    - - [Minus]
    - + [Plus]
    - / [Slash] | * [Asterisk/Multiply]
    - At
    - Assign
    - Align
    - Blind
    - Clear
    - Channel
    - Copy
    - Ctrl
    - 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
    - Command area
    - Master area
    - Custom area
    - Dual encoders
    - Level wheel
    - Grand master
    - Executor elements
  - Connector pin assignment
- 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 devices
  - Connect DMX
  - Connect Audio In
  - Connect MIDI
  - Connect LTC
  - Connect Ethernet
  - Connect DC Remote In
  - Connect grandMA3 extension
  - Connect grandMA3 fader wing
  - Turn on the device the first time
- grandMA3 onPC
  - System requirements grandMA3 onPC
  - Windows installation
  - Optimize Windows
  - macOS installation
  - Optimize macOS
  - onPC Terminal App
  - onPC settings
- Show File Handling
- Workspace
  - User interface
    - Configuration of displays
    - Desk lock
    - User-defined area
    - Command line
    - Control bar
    - View bar
    - Tables in general
    - Trackpad window
  - Gestures
  - Command area
  - Master controls
  - Playback controls
  - Displays in grandMA3 onPC
  - Encoder bar
    - Feature group control bar
    - Encoder toolbar
  - Calculator
  - Playback bar
  - Command wing bar
  - Colors
    - System
    - Markers
    - Color theme
- Command Syntax and Keywords
  - General syntax rules
  - General keywords
    - ; [Semicolon]
    - / [Slash]
    - . [Dot]
    - .. [DotDot]
    - = [Equal]
    - <<< [GoFastBackward]
    - >>> [GoFastForward]
    - - [Minus]
    - * [Asterisk]
    - % [Percent]
    - + [Plus]
    - Absolute
    - Acceleration
    - Action
    - ActivationGroup
    - Agenda
    - Align
    - AlignTransition
    - Appearance
    - Assign
    - At
    - Attribute
    - AutoCreate
    - Black
    - Blind
    - Block
    - BPM
    - Call
    - Camera
    - Capture
    - Certificate
    - ChangeDestination
    - Channel
    - ChannelSet
    - Chat
    - Cleanup
    - Clear
    - ClearActive
    - ClearAll
    - ClearSelection
    - Clone
    - CmdDelay
    - Collect
    - Collection
    - ColorTheme
    - Configuration
    - Console
    - Cook
    - Copy
    - Cue
    - CueAbs
    - CueDelay
    - CueFade
    - CueInDelay
    - CueInFade
    - CueOutDelay
    - CueOutFade
    - CueRel
    - CueUpdate
    - CurrentUser
    - CurrentUserProfile
    - Cut
    - DataPool
    - Deceleration
    - Decimal8
    - Decimal16
    - Decimal24
    - Default
    - Delay
    - Delete
    - DeleteOtherVersions
    - DelGlobalVar
    - DelUserVar
    - Dismiss
    - Display
    - DMXLayer
    - DMXAddress
    - DMXReadout
    - DMXUniverse
    - Down
    - DumpLog
    - Drive
    - Echo
    - Edit
    - EditSetting
    - Eject
    - Effect
    - EndIf
    - Exchange
    - Executor
    - Export
    - Extract
    - Extension
    - Fade
    - Fader
    - FaderHighlight
    - FaderLowlight
    - FaderMaster
    - FaderRate
    - FaderSolo
    - FaderSpeed
    - FaderTemp
    - FaderTime
    - FaderX
    - FaderXA
    - FaderXB
    - FeatureGroup
    - Filter
    - Fix
    - FixtureClass
    - FixtureLayer
    - Fixture
    - FixtureType
    - Flip
    - Flash
    - Fog
    - Font
    - Freeze
    - Full
    - Gel
    - GetGlobalVar
    - GetUserVar
    - Universal
    - Go+
    - GoStep
    - Go-
    - Goto
    - Grid
    - Group
    - HardwareKey
    - Help
    - Helplua
    - Hex8
    - Hex16
    - Hex24
    - Highlight
    - Houselights
    - Hz
    - If
    - IfActive
    - IfOutput
    - IfProg
    - Image
    - Import
    - Index
    - Insert
    - Integrate
    - Interface
    - Invert
    - Invite
    - IP
    - JoinSession
    - Key
    - Keyboard
    - KeyboardShortcuts
    - Knockin
    - Knockout
    - Label
    - Language
    - Layout
    - LearnRate
    - LearnSpeed
    - LeaveSession
    - Library
    - List
    - ListOwner
    - ListRef
    - Load
    - Loaded
    - LoadShow
    - Lock
    - Login
    - Logout
    - Lowlight
    - Lua
    - LuaFile
    - Macro
    - MArker
    - Master
    - MAtricks
    - Measure
    - Media
    - MemInfo
    - Menu
    - Mesh3DS
    - MessageCenter
    - Monitor
    - Move
    - MyRunningMacro
    - MyRunningSequence
    - NewShow
    - NextY
    - NextZ
    - Next
    - Node
    - NonDim
    - Normal
    - Off
    - Offset
    - On
    - OnPC
    - OSC
    - Oops
    - OutputLayer
    - Page
    - Part
    - Park
    - Paste
    - Patch
    - Pause
    - Percent
    - PercentFine
    - Phase
    - Physical
    - Plugin
    - Preset
    - PresetUpdate
    - Press
    - Preview
    - PreviousY
    - PreviousZ
    - Previous
    - Programmer
    - Property
    - PU
    - Pyro
    - Rate1
    - Readout
    - Reboot
    - Recast
    - Relation
    - Relative
    - Release
    - ReloadPlugins
    - ReloadUI
    - Remote
    - RemoteHID
    - RemoteCommand
    - Remove
    - Reset
    - Restart
    - Root
    - RTChannel
    - RunningMacro
    - RunningSequence
    - RunningTimecode
    - SaveShow
    - ScreenConfig
    - ScreenContent
    - Scribble
    - Seconds
    - Select
    - Selection
    - SelFix
    - Sequence
    - SendMIDI
    - SendOSC
    - Set
    - SetGlobalVar
    - SetUserVar
    - Shuffle
    - Shutdown
    - SnapDelay
    - SoftwareImport
    - SoftwareUpdate
    - SoundChannel
    - Solo
    - SpecialExecutor
    - Speed
    - Speed1
    - Stage
    - Station
    - Step
    - Stomp
    - SwitchGma2Mode
    - Store
    - Temp
    - Texture
    - Thru
    - Time
    - Timecode
    - TimecodeSlot
    - Toggle
    - TopUp
    - Top
    - Transition
    - Type
    - UIChannel
    - UiGridSelection
    - Unblock
    - Unlock
    - Unpark
    - Unpress
    - Up
    - Update
    - UpdateContent
    - User1
    - User2
    - User
    - UserProfile
    - Video
    - Version
    - View
    - ViewButton
    - Width
    - World
    - Xkeys
    - Zero
  - Option keywords
    - /Active
    - /ActiveForSelected
    - /AddNewContent
    - /All
    - /CreateSecondCue
    - /Merge
    - /NoConfirm
    - /OriginalContentOnly
    - /Overwrite
    - /Remove
    - /Screen
  - Extended command line syntax options
- Windows, Views, and Menus
  - Add window
  - 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
    - Join a session
    - Leave a session
    - Invite to a session
    - Dismiss from session
    - Create a custom key
  - Web remote
  - SFTP connection
- DMX In and Out
  - DMX port configuration
  - Ethernet DMX
    - Art-Net menu
    - sACN menu
    - Transmit DMX using Art-Net
- 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
  - Camera Pool
  - Stages
  - Classes and Layers
  - Attribute definitions
    - Activation group
    - Feature group
    - Deactivation group
  - Parameter list
  - DMX curves
- Operate Fixtures
  - Select Fixtures
  - What is the programmer
  - Fixture sheet
  - Encoder resolution
  - Using the color picker
  - Selection bar
  - Align
  - Selection Grid
  - Smart view
- Scribbles
  - Create scribbles
  - Edit scribbles
  - Assign scribbles
  - Delete scribbles
- Images
  - Screenshots
- Video
- Appearances
  - Create appearances
  - Use appearances
  - Delete appearances
- Groups
  - Create groups
  - Edit groups
  - Delete groups
  - Group masters
- Presets
  - Preset pools
  - Create new presets
  - Recipe presets
  - Use preset
  - Edit or Update presets
- Worlds and Filters
  - At filter
  - Create a world
  - Create a filter
  - Use a world or filter
  - Delete a world
  - Delete a filter
- MAtricks and Shuffle
  - Blocks
  - Groups
  - Wings
  - Widths
  - Shuffle
- Cues and Sequences
  - What is tracking
  - Look at cues and sequences
  - Content sheet
  - Sequence settings
  - Store cues
  - Update cues
  - Copy cues
  - Cue recipes
  - Store settings and preferences
  - Play back cues
  - Move in black
  - Cue timing
  - Renumber cues
  - Delete cues
- Executors
  - Assign object to an executor
  - Executor configurations
  - Running playbacks
  - Special executors
- Masters
  - Selected masters
  - Grand masters
    - Time Control
  - Speed masters
  - Playback masters
- Recipes
- Phasers
  - Phaser editor
  - Create sinus dimmer phaser
  - Create circle phaser
  - Create circle phaser around position
  - Create color rainbow phaser
- XYZ
  - Activating XYZ for fixture types
  - MArker fixture
- Macros
  - Create macros
  - Edit macros
  - Assign macros to keys and buttons
  - Examples
- Agenda
  - View modes
  - Create an agenda entry
  - Edit an agenda entry
  - Agenda toolbar
- Timecode
  - What are timecode slots
  - Timecode settings
  - Track groups
  - Time ranges and events
  - Toggle view mode
  - Record a timecode show
  - Record an external timecode show
  - Edit a timecode show
- Layouts
  - Create a layout
  - Edit layout
  - Layout view settings
  - Edit layout view
  - Edit layout elements
  - Layout encoder bar
- Plugins
  - What is Lua?
  - Lua functions
    - Object-Free API
      - BuildDetails
      - Cmd
      - CmdIndirect
      - CmdIndirectWait
      - CmdObj
      - Confirm
      - DataPool
      - DefaultDisplayPositions
      - Echo
      - ErrPrintf
      - ErrEcho
      - Export
      - GetPath
      - GetShowFileStatus
      - GetSubfixture
      - GetSubfixtureCount
      - HookObjectChange
      - HostOS
      - HostSubType
      - HostType
      - Import
      - MasterPool
      - MessageBox
      - ObjectList
      - Patch
      - PopupInput
      - Printf
      - ProgrammerPart
      - ProgressBar
      - Pult
      - SelectedSequence
      - Selection
      - SelectionCount
      - SelectionFirst
      - SelectionNext
      - SerialNumber
      - ShowData
      - ShowSettings
      - TextInput
      - Timer
      - UserVariables
      - Version
    - Object API
      - Children
      - Dump
      - Export
      - HasActivePlayback
      - Import
      - ToAddr
- Data Pools
- System
  - Date and time
  - Clock
  - Desk lights
  - System information
  - System monitor
  - Info Window
- Sound
  - Sound Window
- Remote In and Out
  - DC remotes
  - MIDI remotes
  - DMX remotes
  - OSC
  - PSN
- RDM
- Control other MA Devices
  - grandMA3 Nodes
  - MA Network Switch
  - RemoteHID
- Update the Software
  - Update grandMA3 consoles
  - Update grandMA3 Nodes
  - Update grandMA3 onPC windows hardware
  - Update grandMA3 viz-key
  - Network update
  - Delete update files
  - Troubleshooting
- 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
- File Management
  - Import / Export Menu
  - Folder Structure
- Shut down the System
- Troubleshooting
  - Clean start
grandMA3 Quick Start Guide
grandMA3 Quick Manual consoles
grandMA3 Quick Manual processing units
grandMA3 Quick Manual Nodes
grandMA3 Quick Manual Nodes DIN-Rail
grandMA3 Quick Manual onPC command wing XT
grandMA3 Quick Manual onPC command wing
grandMA3 Quick Manual onPC fader wing
grandMA3 Quick Manual onPC rack-unit
grandMA3 Quick Manual viz-key
grandMA3 Quick Manual I/O Nodes
Release Notes

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Version 1.7

Content Sheet

The Content Sheet is used to see the fixtures and values stored in cues. It looks a lot like the Fixture Sheet, but it has a masking function that only displays what is stored in a cue part. It is like a combined Sequence Sheet in tracking mode and a Fixture Sheet.

It could look like this:

The Title Bar shows the sequence ID and the cue ID of the cue being shown. If a world other than the default Full world is selected, then this is also displayed in the title bar (Small World icon with a name and number next to it).

The parts of the cue are shown in a frame for each part. This frame can be toggled On or Off by tapping the title bar of the part frame part. The checkmark in the part frame title bar indicates the show/hide status. A cue with multiple parts can look like this:

The values displayed in the sheet can be edited directly in the sheet, just like in the Sequence Sheet in Track sheet mode.

The title bar has multiple buttons. These are settings that can also be changed in the window settings. They can be opened by tapping the MA logo in the upper left corner of the window.

Some settings are shared with other windows and the description of these settings can be found in the Windows Settings topic.

Turning On Cue Only will make the editions using the cue only option. Learn more about Cue Only in the Store Cues topic.

The Link Type defines what sequence the sheet is showing. It is possible to select a specific sequence. Read about the Link Type and Fixed Target setting in the Window Settings topic (link above).

The following settings are unique for the content sheet:

Cue Mode

There are three different cue modes options for the sheet:

Current Cue:
This will make the sheet display the information related to the current active cue.
Previous Cue:
This will display the values from the previous cue. This is the last cue that was active even if the sequence is jumped.
Next Cue:
This displays the values for the next cue if a Go+ is performed on the sequence. If a cue is "Loaded" then this cue will be displayed.

Show Tracked

This setting is a toggle. Turning it On shows all the values tracked from previous cues. Turning it Off hides the tracked values and only shows the values that are stored in the cue.