User guide

Control Protocols

Ethernet (UDP), USB, and serial(RS232)protocol commands are identical. This is

referred to as the "ASCII"protocol. Adifferent MIDIprotocol is available for control on

the MIDIport. A "Live"protocol is used for communication between LightCue Man-

ager and the LightCue.

ASCIIProtocol

For Ethernet, Serial and USB.

Control Commands

The following commands are used to control the playback of Lighting cues. All com-

mands respond with an "R"<CR> where <CR>is a carriage return (hex 0D).

All times ("tm") are in the form:

hhmmssff where hh = hours, mm=minutes, ss=seconds, ff=frames

(ie:01:02:03.04 is 01020304)

<cue> refers to either: A cue name in quotes, ie, "myCueName" ORa cue number

without quotes.

Command Details

Detail on each command is listed below.

Arm Recording

This command is useful for when you want to command the Light Cue Pro into record

mode using a serial controller. Recording begins as soon as a DMX change is

detected.

|vvv…vvv|– the channels to record separated by commas. ie: 1-512. (optional)

nnn – the Cue number to record

u – the Universe number.

Examples:

Record to cue file dmx00001.dmx from Universe 1:

001U1RR <CR>

Record to cue file dmx00001.dmx from channels 5-8 onUniverse 2:

|5-8|U2RR <CR>

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