- 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
- User interface
- 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
- General syntax rules
- 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
- Import fixture types
- Introduction
- grandMA3 Quick Manual consoles
- grandMA3 Quick Manual processing
- grandMA3 Quick Manual nodes
- grandMA3 Quick Manual DIN-Rail
- grandMA3 Quick Manual onPC solutions
- Release Notes
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Expand the Amount of Parameters
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The grandMA3 processing units are the only units that expand the parameter count when using grandMA3 consoles. Every grandMA3 processing unit added to the network also adds a number of parameters depending on the model!
A maximum of 15 processing units can be added to give parameters.
There is a maximum limit of 250 000 parameters in a grandMA3 session.
The grandMA3 processing units help with parameter calculations.
Examples:
1 grandMA3 full-size (12 288) + 1 grandMA3 processing unit XL (16 384) = 28 672 parameters
1 grandMA3 full-size (12 288) + 15 grandMA3 processing unit XL (16 384) = 250 000 parameters (the calculation is 258 048, but the limit is 250 000)
1 grandMA3 light (8 192) + 1 grandMA3 processing unit M (4 096) = 12 288 parameters
1 grandMA3 light (8 192) + 15 grandMA3 processing unit XL (16 384) = 250 000 parameters (the calculation is 253 952, but the limit is 250 000)
1 grandMA3 full-size (12 288) + 1 grandMA3 light (8 192) = 12 288 parameters (consoles cannot expand the parameter count so the parameters from the console with the highest number are unlocked)
1 grandMA3 light (8 192) + 15 grandMA3 onPC 2Port Node 2k (2 048) = 8 192 parameters (nodes cannot expand the parameter count with consoles, so the parameters from the console is used)
1 grandMA3 light (8 192) + 1 onPC computer with a grandMA3 onPC command wing (2 048) = 8 192 parameters (onPC command wings cannot expand the parameter count with consoles, so the parameters from the console are used)
Using a grandMA3 onPC with grandMA3 onPC command wing and grandMA3 onPC xPort Nodes
When a grandMA3 onPC is used, some grandMA3 onPC hardware is needed to unlock parameters. The maximum number of parameters that are allowed in a grandMA3 onPC system is 4 096!
Any amount of onPC hardware can be used with your computer. Every piece of hardware will add its parameters until the limit of 4 096 parameters is reached.
grandMA3 xPort Nodes need to be onPC versions to unlock parameters.
These are the only two rules for parameters with grandMA3 onPC.
Remember more units can be added to get more DMX ports even after the parameter limit is reached.
Examples:
grandMA3 onPC + grandMA3 onPC command wing (2 048) = 2 048 parameters
grandMA3 onPC + grandMA3 onPC command wing (2 048) + grandMA3 onPC 2Port Node 2K (2 048) = 4 096 parameters (the limit)
grandMA3 onPC + grandMA3 onPC 2Port Node 2K (2 048) = 2 048 parameters
grandMA3 onPC + grandMA3 onPC 2Port Node 2K (2 048) + grandMA3 8Port Node (0) = 2 048 parameters (the 8Port Node is not an onPC node)
grandMA3 onPC + grandMA3 onPC command wing (2 048) + grandMA3 onPC 8Port node 4k (4 096) = 4 096 parameters (the limit is reached and cannot be exceeded)