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Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Quick Start....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Setting up.........................................................................................................................................................
Introduction Thank you for choosing the Cuety lighting controller. This manual will discuss setting up the hardware and software as well as programming your light show. System The Cuety system consists of the LPU hardware and the Cuety App running on your iPad. In order for the LPU and the App to communicate you would need to provide a Wi-Fi access point yourself. You can expand the system by also running the Remote App on your iPhone. Hardware The LPU hardware device is the brain of your Cuety system.
Apps The main App is the Cuety App for the iPad. This App allows you to create a patch (the list of 4xtures you are controlling), program cues and FX and operate the playbacks like a live lighting console. In some situations you might not need the ability to modify all the details of your light show; sometimes you just want a simple way of choosing between the pre-programmed cues. In this case you can use the Remote App for iPhone.
Quick Start This chapter gives you brief step-by-step instructions on how to get your Cuety system up and running. All steps are explained in further detail in the subsequent chapters. In this Quick Start example we are using a simple 3channel RGB 4xture that is set to start-address 1. Connect Power up your LPU device with the accompanied PSU. Use the network cable to connect the LPU to your router. DHCP We assume here that you have a router that acts as a DHCP server.
Setting up This chapter discusses the steps to set up the Cuety system. Mounting The LPU can be placed desktop or it can be DIN rail mounted DIN Rail The device is prepared for DIN Rail mounting by using the 'DIN rail holder TSH 35' from Bopla (Product no. 22035000). This adapter is – amongst others – available from: Farnell / Newark (order code 4189991) Conrad (order code 539775 – 89) Distrelec (order code 300060) Kensington Lock You can secure your device by using a Kensington style laptop lock.
Network Connect the LPU to a Wi-Fi access point by using the supplied CAT-5 cable. You can either connect it directly to the access point or via a network switch. The LPU's Ethernet port is auto-sensing so it does not matter whether you use a cross or straight cable. Per factory default the LPU is set DHCP. It will be automatically assigned with an IP address by the DHCP server in your network (usually done by your router). When set to DHCP the heartbeat LED on the LPU indicates red.
Cuety App The Cuety App is the main tool to program your light-show and to operate it live. Please note that you 4rst need to connect to a LPU hardware before you can create a patch or record cues. This App is available for iOS (an Android version is pending) and available through the Apple App Store. Although the App is designed for tablets, there are also releases available for desktop operating systems like Windows, Mac OS and Ubuntu Linux. You are welcome to download these versions from our website.
show 4les remain read-only. Opening this 4le will import the patch and some playback settings. The cues, however, will not be imported as Cuelux saves this information in di@erent style.
Patch After successfully connecting to your hardware the logical next step would be to create a patch. A patch is a con4guration in which you tell the Cuety controller which DMX 4xtures you are using. Cuety supports a maximum of 64 4xtures. These 4xtures can be of many di@erent types and brands. Adding *xtures To add 4xtures to your patch 4rst select one or more 4xture cells. Then press the 'Personality' button.
Playback The Playback view presents you with 64 playback buttons. Each Playback can contain one or more cues. Cues are explained in more detail later on. You can directly access all the playback buttons to start and stop them. To start a playback just hit the playback button one time. To release a playback (that means to stop it) you can either press the playback button for longer than one second, or 4rst enable the 'Release' button at the top and then choose a playback button.
Edit This page allows you to edit the contents of a playback. Cues A cue is a step in a lighting sequence. A cue is sometimes also called a scene, it means the same. We, however, prefer to use the word cue. Sometimes you just need a single cue e.g. to create a static lighting 'look'. Sometimes you need multiple cues; perhaps when you created a look for each scene in a theatre play. In this case you step through the cues as each scene starts.
Programmer The view at the bottom of the Edit page is called the Programmer. The Programmer contains a lighting 'look' i.e. it can contain levels for various attributes for various 4xtures. Basically, you build up your lighting 'look' inside the Programmer and then save it to a cue by using the 'Record' button. This overwrites the contents of the cue by whatever is present in the Programmer. A single cue needs to be selected in order to use the 'Record' button.
Remote App The Cuety Remote App is a small tool for remote controlling the LPU. The Remote App does not allow you to edit the settings inside the controller. It is assumed that you would have already programmed the contents of the LPU by using the Cuety App. This App is available for iOS only (an Android version is pending) and available through the Apple App Store. It runs on both iPhones and iPads. The Remote App allows you to trigger playback buttons.
Creating Personalities Cuety has a large library of personality 4les built in. It is possible, however, that a lighting 4xture you wish to control does not exist in our library. If you like to add a new personality 4le to Cuety then you can request via our forum at www.visualproductions.nl/forum. Please make sure you mention that the personality is required for Cuety and you would need to include a link to the 4xture’s manual.
vManager A special software tool called vManager has been developed to manage the various network-based lighting controllers made by Visual Productions. This tool is available on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux and is available via our website, free of charge. vManager allows you to perform a 4rmware upgrade on your LPU device. The 4rmwares are contained in the vManager software. Downloading a new vManager version might give you a new 4rmware for your LPU.
Appendix A: LPU-2 Connectivity The following functionality is only supported by the LPU-2, not by the LPU-1. OSC OSC (Open Sound Control) is a protocol for communicating between computers, software and various multimedia type devices. OSC uses the network to send and receive messages, it can contain MIDI, time-code and custom information. There are apps available for creating custom-made user interfaces on iOS (iPod, iPhone, iPad) and Android.
HTTP HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) is the standard protocol to access web pages. It can also be used to control the LPU-2, using the URLs listed below. You can send your HTTP GET requests to port 80.
Alphabetical Index Art-Net...................................................6 Background............................................. 9 Blink..................................................... 14 Bounce...................................................9 Clear.....................................................11 Condition...............................................10 cue....................................................... 10 Cuelux..............................................6, 12 DC............
