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

Update the Software

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Check for Updates and Download the Latest Version
Download an Older Version
Store the Installation Packages

Every grandMA3 device is delivered with the latest version of the grandMA3 software.

All devices in a network with software versions higher than 1.0 can communicate with each other.

This is to give you information on how to update or downdate the grandMA3 software if needed.

To check which version your device is currently running, use the Version keyword in the command line (does not with PUs and Nodes).

Check for Updates and Download the Latest Version

To check if there is a new grandMA3 software update:

Go to www.malighting.com, click Downloads.

Click grandMA3 in the bar on the left.

Click Software + Release Notes to find the latest software version.

Click the current version to download the desired installation package.

Important:
Every grandMA3 device except with Windows or macOS operating system uses the same software and needs the main installation package grandMA3 Software.
To update the grandMA3 software on a PC or laptop, choose the installation package grandMA3 Software for Windows or grandMA3 Software for macOS.
For network updates via PC or laptop, you also need to download the installation package grandMA3 Software for the connected grandMA3 devices.

The download process starts.

Download an Older Version

To downdate a grandMA3 device to an older software version, e.g. in a permanent installation, follow these steps:

Go to www.malighting.com, click Downloads.

Click grandMA3 in the bar on the left.

Click Software + Release Notes.

Scroll down and click Archive to find older software versions.

To open the folder, click the desired version, e.g. Version 1.2.0.2.

Click the desired installer version to download the required installation package.

The download process starts.

Store the Installation Packages

Unlike in grandMA2, all installation packages for grandMA3 software are included in one zip-file.

Extract the entire data from the installation package zip-file.
The folders EFI, ma, and other data included are extracted.

For Windows systems, copy the files from the ma folder into the directory C:\ProgramData\MALightingTechnology\installation_packages.

For macOS systems, copy the files from the ma folder into the directory ~/MALightingTechnology/installation_packages.

To properly update the console, follow all the onscreen instructions that appear during the update.