- 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
- 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
- Dual encoders
- Level wheel
- Grand master
- Executor elements
- Custom section
- Master section
- 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
- Connect grandMA3 extension
- Turn on the console the first time
- Show File Management
- Workspace
- User interface
- Configuration of Displays
- Desk lock
- 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
- System
- Markers
- Color theme
- Icons
- User interface
- 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
- 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
- IfOutput
- Image
- Import
- Index
- Insert
- Integrate
- Interface
- Invert
- Invite
- IP
- Join
- Keyboard
- KeyboardShortcuts
- Knockin
- Label
- Language
- Layout
- LearnRate
- LearnSpeed
- Leave
- Library
- List
- ListOwner
- ListRef
- Load
- Loaded
- LoadShow
- Lock
- Login
- Logout
- Lowlight
- Lua
- Macro
- MacroLibrary
- Master
- Media
- Menu
- MenuLibrary
- 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
- Previous
- Programmer
- Property
- PU
- Pyro
- Rate1
- Readout
- Reboot
- Recast
- Relative
- Release
- ReloadPlugins
- ReloadUI
- Remote
- RemoteCommand
- Remove
- Reset
- Restart
- Root
- RTChannel
- RunningMacro
- RunningSequence
- SaveShow
- ScreenConfig
- ScreenContent
- Scribble
- Seconds
- Select
- Selection
- SelFix
- Sequence
- SendOSC
- Set
- SetGlobalVar
- SetUserVar
- Shutdown
- SnapDelay
- SoundChannel
- Solo
- SpecialExec
- Speed
- Speed1
- Stage
- Station
- Step
- StepCreator
- StepRecipe
- Stomp
- Store
- Temp
- Thru
- Timecode
- Toggle
- Top
- Transition
- Unblock
- Unlock
- Unpark
- Unpress
- Up
- Update
- User1
- User2
- User
- UserProfile
- Version
- View
- ViewButton
- Width
- 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
- Web remote
- 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
- 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
- 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
- MAtricks
- Cues and Sequences
- What is tracking
- Look at cues and sequences
- Sequence settings
- Store cues
- Update cues
- Store options and preferences
- Play back cues
- Cue timing
- Renumber cues
- Executors
- Assign object to an executor
- Executor configurations
- Running playbacks
- 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
- Step creator
- Macros
- Create macros
- Edit macros
- Assign macros to keys and buttons
- Timecode
- Record a timecode show
- Edit a timecode show
- Timecode settings
- 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
- Plugins
- What is Lua
- Data Pools
- System
- Date and time
- Clock
- System information
- 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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Single User and Multi User Systems
The grandMA3 system can handle small and big systems, with one or many users at the same time.
grandMA3 systems are often referred to as a Session.
An Ethernet network can have several sessions running.
A session can have one, some, or many MA devices as members or listeners.
This page is attempt to describe some of the differences between the two primary ways to have a system.
Single User Session
In a single user session there is one operator/programmer. This person might have one or several stations (consoles or onPC).
When there is only one user, then all stations are logged in as the same User.
This is also called Full Tracking Backup. The stations are all in sync and share the different views. The programmer content is the same on all stations.
This is useful for the single operator. If one station fails, then the operator can move to the other station and continue working without loosing anything.
This operator will usually have full admin rights to the entire system.
Multi User Session
In a multi user session, there are several operators. They might use the same stations and take turns (working in shifts or at different phases of the process). It can also be a system with multiple users working at the same time on different stations.
For this setup the operators need to create more Users and most likely more User Profiles. Each operator will then log into the station using their User and may control the complete system or just a part of the system.
The stations share the show file and the sequences are all in sync, but the users can have different views on the screens and their programmer is not shared - the output is.
Sometimes systems are a combination of multi users and full tracking backup; There are several operators (Multi User), but each operator has two (or more) stations logged in with their user (Full Tracking Backup).
In a multi user system, it is possible to have users with different operator rights. There are several levels of rights. They span from complete access to only being allowed to change the view.