grandMA3 User Manual
- Introduction
  - About the manual
  - Symbols used in 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
  - 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
    - Command section
    - Master section
    - Custom section
    - 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 mouse and USB keyboard
  - Connect DMX
  - Connect Audio In
  - Connect LTC
  - Connect Ethernet
  - Connect DC Remote In
  - Connect grandMA3 extension
  - Turn on the console the first time
- grandMA3 onPC
  - System requirements grandMA3 onPC
  - Windows installation
  - Optimize Windows
  - macOS installation
  - Optimize macOS
- Show File Management
- Workspace
  - User interface
    - Configuration of displays
    - Desk lock
    - User-defined area
    - Command line
    - Control bar
    - View bar
    - Tables in general
    - Trackpad window
  - Gestures
  - Command section
  - Master controls
  - Playback controls
  - Displays in grandMA3 onPC
  - Encoder bar
    - Feature group control bar
    - Encoder toolbar
  - Calculator
  - Playback bar
  - Colors
    - System
    - Markers
    - Color theme
- 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
    - Cook
    - 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
    - IfActive
    - IfOutput
    - IfProg
    - Image
    - Import
    - Index
    - Insert
    - Integrate
    - Interface
    - Invert
    - Invite
    - IP
    - JoinSession
    - Keyboard
    - KeyboardShortcuts
    - Knockin
    - Label
    - Language
    - Layout
    - LearnRate
    - LearnSpeed
    - LeaveSession
    - Library
    - List
    - ListOwner
    - ListRef
    - Load
    - Loaded
    - LoadShow
    - Lock
    - Login
    - Logout
    - Lowlight
    - Lua
    - Macro
    - MacroLibrary
    - MAgic
    - Master
    - MAtricks
    - MAtricksPool
    - Media
    - Menu
    - MenuLibrary
    - Mesh3DS
    - MeshLibrary
    - 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
    - Preview
    - Previous
    - Programmer
    - Property
    - PU
    - Pyro
    - Rate1
    - Readout
    - Reboot
    - Recast
    - Relative
    - Release
    - ReloadPlugins
    - ReloadUI
    - Remote
    - RemoteHID
    - RemoteCommand
    - Remove
    - Reset
    - Restart
    - Root
    - RTChannel
    - RunningMacro
    - RunningSequence
    - SaveShow
    - ScreenConfig
    - ScreenContent
    - Scribble
    - Seconds
    - Select
    - Selection
    - SelFix
    - Sequence
    - SendOSC
    - Set
    - SetGlobalVar
    - SetUserVar
    - Shuffle
    - Shutdown
    - SnapDelay
    - SoundChannel
    - Solo
    - SpecialExec
    - Speed
    - Speed1
    - Stage
    - Station
    - Step
    - Stomp
    - Store
    - Temp
    - Thru
    - Timecode
    - Toggle
    - Top
    - Transition
    - Unblock
    - Unlock
    - Unpark
    - Unpress
    - Up
    - Update
    - User1
    - User2
    - User
    - UserProfile
    - Version
    - View
    - ViewButton
    - Width
    - World
    - Zero
  - Extended command line syntax options
- 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
  - 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 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
- 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 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
  - Sequence settings
  - Store cues
  - Update cues
  - Cue recipes
  - Store options and preferences
  - Play back cues
  - Move in black
  - Cue timing
  - Renumber cues
- Executors
  - Assign object to an executor
  - Executor configurations
  - Running playbacks
  - Special executors
- 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
- Macros
  - Create macros
  - Edit macros
  - Assign macros to keys and buttons
  - Examples
- Timecode
  - What are timecode slots
  - Timecode settings
  - Tool buttons
  - Toggle view mode
  - Record a timecode show
  - Create timecode ranges
  - Record an external timecode show
  - Edit a timecode show
- Layouts
  - Create a layout
  - Edit layout
  - Layout view settings
  - Edit layout view
  - Edit layout elements
- Plugins
  - What is Lua
- Data Pools
- System
  - Date and time
  - Clock
  - Desk lights & color theme
  - System information
  - System monitor
  - Info Window
- Remote Inputs
- RDM
- Control other MA Devices
  - grandMA3 xPort Nodes
  - RemoteHID
- Update the Software
  - Update grandMA3 consoles
  - Update grandMA3 xPort Nodes
  - Update grandMA3 onPC command wing XT
  - Update grandMA3 viz-key
  - Network update
- 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
- Shut down the System
grandMA3 Quick Manual consoles
grandMA3 Quick Manual processing
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 viz-key
grandMA3 Quick Manual I/O Nodes
Release Notes

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Version 1.4

Record an External Timecode Show

The grandMA3 can receive 3 types of external timecode signals: SMPTE, MIDI (MTC), or Art-Net Timecode (ArtTimeCode).

Requirements:

Patch fixtures
Store values in cues and create a sequence. For more information, see Patch and Fixture Setup and Cues and Sequences.
A visible timecode window and timecode pool. For more information, see Add Windows.

Here are the steps needed to record a timecode show from an externally generated timecode source.

SMPTE:

Connect the external SMPTE source to the LTC XLR connector at the back of the console. For more information, see Device overview.
Press Menu, then tap Output Configuration.
In the SMPTE Mode column, tap and hold a cell and set the mode to In. (The default mode is In).
In the SMPTE TC column, tap and hold a cell to open the TC slot pop-up list. (The default is Slot 1).
Select the slot that will receive the external SMPTE signal.
Store a new object in the Timecode Pool. Label it and select it. For more information, see Windows, Views, and Menus.
Tap Settings in the title bar of the timecode window. For more information, see Timecode settings.
Tap TCSlot and select a slot from 1 thru 8. This has to match the slot that was set for SMPTE TC in the Output Configuration menu.
Tap Mode in the title bar of the timecode view and set it to Setup.
Assign a new Target to a track. For more information, see Toggle view mode.
Turn on the Playback Toolbar. For more information, see Timecode Settings.
Tap in the Playback Toolbar to start recording.

Hint:
At this point, the timecode show is pending. The cursor will start moving when the external signal is detected.

To record a cue, press the corresponding target executor key. For more information, see Toggle view mode.
To record fader movements, move the corresponding target fader.
To finish recording, tap in the toolbar.

MIDI:

Connect the external MIDI source to the Midi In connector at the back of the console. For more information, see Device overview.
Press Menu, then tap Output Configuration.
In the MIDI Mode column, tap and hold a cell and set the mode to In. (The default mode is In).
In the MIDI TC column, tap and hold a cell to open the TC slot pop-up list. (The default is Slot 1).
Select the slot that will receive the external MIDI signal.
Store a new object in the Timecode Pool. Label it and select it. For more information, see Windows, Views, and Menus.
Tap Settings in the title bar of the timecode window. For more information, see Timecode settings.
Tap TCSlot and select a slot from 1 thru 8. This has to match the slot that was set for MIDI in the Output Configuration menu.
Tap Mode in the title bar of the timecode view and set it to Setup.
Assign a new Target to a track. For more information, see Toggle view mode.
Turn on the Playback Toolbar. For more information, see Timecode Settings.
Tap in the Playback Toolbar to start recording.

Hint:
At this point, the timecode show is pending. The cursor will start moving when the external signal is detected.

To record a cue, press the corresponding target executor key. For more information, see Toggle view mode.
To record fader movements, move the corresponding target fader.
To finish recording, tap in the toolbar.

ArtTimeCode:

Connect a cable to one of the 3 Ethernet interfaces at the back of the console.
Press Menu, then tap DMX Protocols.
Tap Art-Net in the top left corner.
In the Mode column, tap and hold a cell; from the pop-up list, tap Input.
In the Timecode Slot Column, tap and hold a cell. This will open the calculator. Enter the slot number that will receive the external signal.
Set the Interface IP address and Enable Input. For more information, see Art-Net menu.
Store a new object in the Timecode Pool. Label it and select it. For more information, see Windows, Views, and Menus.
Tap Settings in the title bar of the timecode window. For more information, see Timecode settings.
Tap TCSlot and select a slot from 1 thru 8. This has to match the slot number that was set in the Art-Net configuration menu.
Tap Mode in the title bar of the timecode view and set it to Setup.
Assign a new Target to a track. For more information, see Toggle view mode.
Turn on the Playback Toolbar. For more information, see Timecode Settings.
Tap in the Playback Toolbar to start recording.
Hint:
At this point, the timecode show is pending. The cursor will start moving when the external signal is detected.
To record a cue, press the corresponding target executor key. For more information, see Toggle view mode.
To record fader movements, move the corresponding target fader.
To finish recording, tap in the toolbar.