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
  - Keys
    - Keys Overview
    - . [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
- 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
  - Turn on the console the first time
- Show File Management
- Workspace
  - User interface
    - 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
  - Icons
- Command Syntax and Keywords
  - General syntax rules
    - Object keywords
    - Function keywords
    - Helping keywords
  - All keywords
    - / [Slash]
    - . [Dot]
    - .. [DotDot]
    - <<< [GoFastBackward]
    - >>> [GoFastForward]
    - - [Minus]
    - * [Asterisk]
    - % [Percent]
    - + [Plus]
    - Absolute
    - Acceleration
    - Action
    - Align
    - AlignTransition
    - Appearance
    - Assign
    - At
    - Attribute
    - Black
    - Blind
    - BPM
    - Camera
    - ChangeDestination
    - Channel
    - ChannelSet
    - Chat
    - Clear
    - ClearActive
    - ClearAll
    - ClearSelection
    - CmdDelay
    - Configuration
    - Console
    - Copy
    - Cue
    - CueDelay
    - CueFade
    - CueInDelay
    - CueInFade
    - CueOutDelay
    - CueOutFade
    - Cut
    - DataPool
    - Decimal8
    - Decimal24
    - Default
    - Delay
    - Delete
    - DelGlobalVar
    - DelUserVar
    - Dismiss
    - DMXUniverse
    - Down
    - Drive
    - Echo
    - Edit
    - EditOption
    - Eject
    - Effect
    - EndIf
    - Escape
    - Exchange
    - Executor
    - Export
    - Extract
    - FaderMaster
    - FaderRate
    - FaderSpeed
    - FaderTemp
    - FaderX
    - FeatureGroup
    - Filter
    - Fix
    - Fixture
    - Flip
    - Flash
    - Fog
    - Freeze
    - Full
    - Gel
    - GetGlobalVar
    - GetUserVar
    - Global
    - Go-
    - Goto
    - Grid
    - Group
    - Help
    - Hex8
    - Hex24
    - Highlight
    - Houselights
    - Hz
    - If
    - Insert
    - Integrate
    - Interface
    - Invite
    - Join
    - Label
    - Layout
    - Leave
    - Library
    - List
    - ListRef
    - Load
    - Loaded
    - LoadShow
    - Lock
    - Login
    - Logout
    - Macro
    - Master
    - Media
    - Move
    - NewShow
    - Next
    - Node
    - NonDim
    - Normal
    - Off
    - On
    - OnPC
    - OSC
    - Oops
    - Page
    - Part
    - Park
    - Paste
    - Patch
    - Pause
    - Percent
    - PercentFine
    - Phase
    - Physical
    - Plugin
    - Preset
    - Press
    - Previous
    - Programmer
    - PU
    - Pyro
    - Rate1
    - Readout
    - Reboot
    - Recast
    - Relative
    - Release
    - ReloadUI
    - Remove
    - Reset
    - Restart
    - SaveShow
    - Scribble
    - Seconds
    - Select
    - Selection
    - SelFix
    - Sequence
    - SendOSC
    - Set
    - SetGlobalVar
    - SetUserVar
    - Shutdown
    - SnapDelay
    - Solo
    - Station
    - Step
    - Stomp
    - Store
    - Temp
    - Thru
    - Top
    - Transition
    - Unlock
    - Unpark
    - Unpress
    - Up
    - Update
    - User1
    - User2
    - User
    - Version
    - View
    - Width
    - Wing
    - 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
- 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
  - Live patch
  - DMX sheet
  - 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
  - Align
  - Selection window
- 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
- Cues and Sequences
  - What is tracking
  - Look at cues and sequences
  - Sequence settings
  - Store cues
  - Store options and preferences
  - Play back cues
  - Cue timing
- Executors
  - Assign object to an executor
  - Executor configurations
  - Running playbacks
- Phasers
  - Step bar
  - Phaser editor
  - Create sinus dimmer phaser
- Macros
  - Create macros
  - Edit macros
  - Assign macros to keys and buttons
- Timecode
  - 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
- System Information
  - Date and time
  - Clock
  - System info
- 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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The grandMA3 Software is being developed by

MA Lighting Technology GmbH
Dachdeckerstraße 16
97297 Waldbüttelbrunn, Germany

Every topic written in this manual is published on the following website:

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Display	Definition
At	Keys are displayed in a white font on a dark gray background.
Dimmer	Buttons on the screen are displayed in a white font on a light gray background.
Open... Select...	Step-by-step instructions are displayed on a numeric list.
Tap	One-step instructions are displayed with the help of bullet points.
Settings - User Configuration - User Profiles	Navigation to specific menus in the console is displayed in bold.
Assign [Object] (At) [Object]	The description of the syntax is underlined and displayed in bold.

User name[Fixture]>Enter commands in the command line