Specifications

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Movement macros
LightJockey features a built-in engine for automatic generation of pan and tilt movements. To access
the movement macro control, select Macros in the pan/tilt position control menu.
Movement macro control
The major difference between the movement macros and normal position programming using the pan
and tilt position control is that the a movement macro is a continuous dynamic movement on pan and
tilt contained in one static scene, for example continuous movement in a circle or a figure eight. A
movement macro overlays the programmed pan and tilt, so it is possible to move the macro figure
around by modifying the regular pan and tilt positions.
To stop a macro from executing in the current scene, set the fade state of the macro type to off,
select No Macro from the drop down or click Clr Macro on the position control to clear the macro
settings from the current scene.
Macro display window.
The the left side of the control displays a real time representation of the progression of the macro by
tracing the fixtures pan and tilt coordinates. The display tracks the macro of current master fixture
only. To show the position for all selected fixtures, enable preferences -> Show all selected
fixtures - non master fixtures positions are displayed as red dots.
Macro - traces the pan/tilt values generated by the macro.
Fixture - traces the pan/tilt position of the fixture(s) with the macro overlaying current pan/tilt position
Clear Image - Clears and restarts the tracing.
Macro Type
This list contains the possible macro types. There are 6 different system macros built into
LightJockey. System macros are all based on variations of continuously repeating variations of sine
and cosine curves. To create a new, user defined macro shape, select Bézier Shapes from the
menu.
Macro parameters
Pan Amplitude - this parameter controls the amount of amplitude applied to the pan parameter. The
higher the value, the further the pan will be moved by the macro.
Pan Cycle (time) - this parameter controls the 'speed' at which macro executes for pan control. The
value displayed is the time taken for one cycles of the macro. Pan and tilt cycle times are combined
into one common cycle time control for ellipse and stepped ellipse macros.
Tilt Amplitude - this parameter controls the amount of amplitude applied to the tilt parameter. The
higher the value, the further the tilt will be moved by the macro.