Remote Inputs

Remote Inputs are handled through the In & Out menu: DC Remotes, MIDI Remotes, DMX Remotes, OSC, and PSN.

To open the In & Out window, press Menu and then tap In & Out.

There are five tabs: DC Remotes, MIDI Remotes, DMX Remotes, OSC, and PSN.

 

DC Remotes

The DC Remotes tab is used to configure the DC Remote Control input on the rear panel.

Please read the Connect DC Remote In topic to learn more about the hardware part of the input.

• To add a new DC Remote, tap Insert new DCRemote.

• To assign the target, tap and hold Target.

The Assignment Editor window opens.

• Select the target, e.g. a sequence.

• To select the Fader, tap Fader.

The Select Fader pop-up opens.

• To set the In From value of the rotary control to a new value, tap In From.

The In From pop-up opens.

• To set the In To value of the rotary control to a new value, tap In To.

The In To pop-up opens.

DMX Remote

The DMX Remotes tab uses DMX channels as remote triggers. The DMX source can be the console itself.

• To adjust the settings of the DMX Remotes, tap DMX Remotes.

The DMX settings window opens.

Please read the topic Connect DMX to learn more about the hardware part of the input.

MIDI Remote

The MIDI Remotes tab is used to receive MIDI notes as input.

• To adjust the settings of the MIDI Remotes, tap MIDI Remotes.

The MIDI settings window opens.

OSC

OSC is a client and server system that defines a message address pattern used to address elements in the receiving server.

The address system defines the location affected by different types of information - called Types. Relevant types could be: String, Float, Integer, True, and False.

The grandMA3 software supports OSC 1.1.

For more information about the OSC address, OSC type and OSC structure, see SendOSC keyword.

• To adjust the settings for OSC, tap OSC.

When receiving OSC messages, Input will highlight its title bar. When sending OSC messages, the title bar of Output will be highlighted.

Each configuration line for OSC can be used for input and/or output.
These properties can be configured:

• Name: Sets the name for this configuration.
• Destination: Sets the IP address for sending OSC data. A specific IP address or a broadcast IP can be set.
• Mode: OSC packets can be sent via UDP or TCP.
• Port: Specifies the network port of the incoming and/or outgoing OSC packets.
• Prefix: A prefix can be set by the user if he needs to. A prefix can be used for example as a criterion for limiting the range of possible receivers, e.g. /lighting would only take packets with /lighting into account, and discard OSC packets with the /sound-prefix.
• Page: Specifies which OSC Address of incoming OSC messages is routed to pages.
• Fader: Specifies which OSC Address of incoming OSC messages is routed to faders.
• ExecutorKnob: Specifies which OSC Address of incoming OSC messages is routed to the mini encoders.
• Key: Specifies which OSC Address of incoming OSC messages is routed to keys.
• FaderRange: Specifies which OSC value range is used for the fader, e.g. FaderRange 255 sets OSC 0-255 to 100%.
• Receive: Specifies if OSC data (but no commands) shall be received.
• Send: Specifies if this OSC configuration sends OSC data (but no commands).
• ReceiveCmd: Specifies if commands for the command line will be received via OSC. This setting is independent of the general receive setting.
• SendCmd: Specifies if commands of the command line will be sent via OSC. This setting is independent of the general send setting.
• EchoInput: Specifies if the input data shall be displayed in the system monitor.
• EchoOutput: Specifies if the output data shall be displayed in the system monitor.

With the buttons 
ReceiveAll, ReceiveNone, SendAll, SendNone, ReceiveCmdAll, ReceiveCmdNone,SendCmdAll and SendCmdNone all OSC configuration lines can be modified together for the properties Receive, Send, ReceiveCMD and SendCmd.

 

The most important OSC setting is the correct network configuration.

Make sure that the IP address, the network mode (UDP, TCP), and the port are correctly set.

PosiStageNet (PSN)

PosiStageNet data is now received by grandMA3 stations.

To open the PSN menu, press Menu, tap In & Out and select PSN.
When a PSN source is available in the network, adding a new PSN System by tapping Insert new System is required.
Depending on the type of transmitting the data, the user may have to make some settings first: In case of sending the PSN data to a multicast address, the user has to manually add the multicast IP of the PSN system. In most cases, this may be the IP 236.10.10.10.
If the sender is transmitting the data via unicast to the selected interface in the PSN menu, the PSN system automatically detects the data.

For each PSN system that is received, the user can map each axis to a different axis and/or invert the incoming data per axis. To do so, tap and hold the cell of an axis or of an invert option. In the case of mapping, a drop-down opens to choose the target axis. Invert just toggles the cell between No (=empty cell) and Yes (= data will be inverted).

As soon as an axis is mapped or inverted, the individual trackers display their values according to the settings made by the user.