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21:31, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs moved page Artist Help:Profiles to Artist Help:Workspace Profiles
21:30, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs moved page Artist Help:Cues to Artist Help:Workspace Cues
21:29, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs moved page Artist Help:Scenes to Artist Help:Workspace Scenes
21:28, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs moved page Artist Help:Fixtures to Artist Help:Workspace Fixtures
17:32, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Control Panel (Created page with "The Control Panel is a user definable graphic interface for controlling Artist. It is designed to be displayed full screen on multiple monitor systems. It can display multiple GUIs on separate definable monitors and be made to start automatically on starting Artist. The GUI displays Pages of user programmed buttons for activating Cues in Artist. Control Panel Dialog Properties displays the Control Panel Settings dialog. Show show the Control Panel...")
17:32, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Advanced GUI (Created page with "These topics apply to the five main frame windows, the toolbars and the menu. Docking and Undocking Each of the main windows in the docked GUI view can be undocked by right-clicking and selecting 'Allow Docking". When this is done the window is now an overlapped window which can be dragged to any where on the screen(s). You can also undock a window by double clicking on the gripper bar. The window will become an overlapped window. However, when it is dragged near to a...")
17:31, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Theatre GUI (Created page with "This interface provides a conventional desk like interface. It provides the programmer with a parameter control for each fixture in the group displayed in a horizontally scrollable list. Fixture Group The top left combo box selects the fixture group to display. Fixture Parameter The top right combo box is used to select the parameter to display. Parameter Control There is no need to active any fixtures in the group since the controls are always connected. Adjusting a...")
17:31, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Operator GUI (Created page with " This Operator GUI is a very power tool for controlling your environment through touch screen controls. You can open multiple instances of this panel on multiple screen and it can be installed on remote devices such as tablets or PCs. The Operator GUI right-click menu contains setup functionality and help information. Setting up Instances From the Main Menu go to Tools/Preferences/Start Up. Set the Instance to that you require. Check the Show Operator Screen box in...")
17:30, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Palette Data (Created page with "Tree View This shows all the focus or beam type parameters that are flagged as changed and that will be store to the Index displayed in the combo box. You can uncheck any items to remove them from the store operation. Index This combo box displays the name of the Index that the data is to be store to. By default this is a new index which has been given a arbitrary name which you can edit or select an existing index from the combo box in which to store the data without a...")
17:29, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Beam Palette (Created page with "This displays the Beam index place holders. These place holders are a link to stored data to set shutter, iris and effect parameters in all active Fixtures that have data defined for this index. Clicking on a Beam place holder will set beam parameters on the active Fixtures. If the Beam place holder selected does not contain data for an active Fixture, the Fixture will not change. === Storing Beam data === During programming you can select Store Beam from the Fixture...")
17:28, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Focus Palette (Created page with "This displays the Focus index place holders. These place holders are a link to stored data to set mirror of yoke parameters in all active Fixtures that have data defined for this index. Clicking on a Focus place holder will set position parameters on the active Fixtures. If the Beam place holder selected does not contain data for an active Fixture, the Fixture will not change. This displays the Focus Indexes which containing positional data for mirrors and yokes. Th...")
17:27, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Brush Palette (Created page with "This provides a fast way of selecting gobos in a fixture. It displays all the bitmaps defined by the Bitmap Manager that can be assigned to a fixture with a gobo selector channel. Clicking on a gobo bitmap will cause any fixture(s) selected in either the Fixture List view or the Fixture Tree view to change to that gobo. If a fixture does not have the gobo selected, the fixture is unchanged. Some fixtures have two gobo selector wheels. Use the radio button to determine...")
17:26, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Colour Palette (Created page with "This provides a fast way of selecting colours in multiple fixtures. It displays all the pre-defined Artist colours that can be assigned to a fixture with a colour selector channel (not colour mixing). Any fixtures that have colour mixing will be supplied the necessary data to form the selected colour. Clicking on a colour will cause any fixture selected in either the Fixture List view or the Fixture Tree view to change to that colour. If a fixture does not have the colo...")
17:25, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Monitor Status (Created page with "Monitors output data. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Mode Button || When the button shows Input it means that clicking it will change the display to Input mode and visa versa. |- | Universe combo || When in Output mode (the Mode button shows Input), the Universe combo is loaded with DMX out universes, otherwise it is loaded with DMX in universes. |- | Display || {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Decimal || display channels as decimal values betwe...")
17:23, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Notes Status (Created page with "Each Group of objects (Template, Fixtures, Scenes, Cues and Patch) has a note page associated with it. A user may use this to make notes regarding the objects within.")
17:22, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Audio Status (Created page with "This displays and adjust Artist's FFT audio processing engine. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Spectrum || this displays a graphic spectrum of the audio input signal. |- | Gates || this displays the gate triggers associated with each of the audio spectrum bars. |- | Gain Control || this displays the gain control waves. The white line shows the average signal level, the green line shows the relative gain adjustment for each spectrum line, the red line shows t...")
17:12, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:System Status (Created page with "The window displays information regarding your computer resources, the version of Artist and details on the currently loaded Workspace. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Version || the version number of Artist installed on this machine. Will indicate if Beta version and registered status. |- | OS || the operating system version information. |- | Workspace || the full path of the loaded Workspace and the Artist version number it was last edited with. |- | Prog...")
17:09, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Cues Navigator (Created page with "A tree view of all the programmed Cues. The main folders represent Cue Lists. Opening the branch of a particular cue displays its contents. See Link Objects. === Active Cue === An active cue is indicated by a red ball to the left on the cue icon. You can double-click on the cue icon to toggle the active state. === Control Panel === Right-click on a Cue and select 'Control Panel' to display the cue control panel. === Cue Edit === The contents of a cue can be output...")
17:09, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Scenes Navigator (Created page with "A tree view of all the programmed scenes. The main folders represent groups. Opening the branch of a particular scene displays its contents. See Link Objects. === Active Scene === An active scene is indicated by a red ball to the left of the scene icon. You can double-click on the scene icon to toggle the active state of the scene. === Control Panel === Right-click on a Scene and select 'Control Panel' to display the scene control panel. === Changed Flags === Chang...")
17:08, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Fixtures Navigator (Created page with "A tree view of all the configured fixtures. The main folders represent groups of similar fixture containing the installed fixtures. Opening the branch of a particular fixture displays its parameters. === Display in Fixture view === Clicking on a Fixture group will cause it to be the displayed group in the Fixture client view and the its Fixture Control panel to be displayed. === Activate Fixtures === When you are using palette indexes it often easier to use the navig...")
17:07, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Profiles Navigator (Created page with "Contains a tree view of the currently loaded templates file. The group folders represent manufacturers and the child items are the fixture templates for that manufacturer. Opening a template branch displays the parameters defined for that fixture. These parameters can be edited by right clicking on them to display the property pages. See also Templates.")
17:05, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:System Control Telnet (Created page with "Artist can be remotely controlled through any network using a Telnet client application such as TELNET.EXE supplied with Windows. Thus any other program can send command strings via the network to Artist. === Setting up Server === Located the server under 'System Control' in the Resources tab of the Navigator view. Right-click and select 'Properties'. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Port || Select the network port to listen on for clients. |- | Enable Liste...")
17:03, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:System Control (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+ System Control |- | Example || Example |- | Telnet || Example |- | Binary Variables|| Example |- | Decimal Variables|| Example |- | Colour Variables|| Example |}")
16:56, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Bitmap Manager (Created page with "This is responsible for loading and initializing all loadable bitmaps. The loadable bitmaps are all in the 'Program Files\Artist\Bitmaps' directory. These bitmaps are used to display the icons for fixtures and the gobo patterns. You can view the loaded bitmaps from the Media tree under Bitmap Manager. === Brushes === These are the bitmaps for Gobo patterns. They are in a 20 X 20 pixel format. You can use Microsoft Paint or any similar program that produces device indep...")
16:54, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Video Manager (Created page with "The video manager controls the display and control of video clips stored in the Videos directory and interfaces to any video capture devices attached to the system. Currently, you must add video clip file to this directory with Artist closed for them to appear in the Video Manager when Artist is next booted. Valid video clips are .mpg, .avi and .wmv. The navigator tree view shows each clip's file name. The icon has a red dot next to it to indicate if the file is playin...")
16:52, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Audio Manager (Created page with "The Audio manager controls the sound wave input and output from the PC. The Waves branch contains a list of all the playable audio wave files contained in the Sounds sub-directory of the default My Workspaces directory defined in File Saving preferences. These waves can be played by System Commands and time code can be used to control cues. The Audio Dialog can be used to tune the audio filtering for scene, chase and effect Triggers. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption te...")
16:48, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Direct3D (Created page with "This is the interface to your computers graphics. DirectX is used to interface to its rendering functions. It is important to have current drivers for your graphics card that are compatible with the version of DirectX loaded on you computer. If you have any issues relating to graphics you should check your computers driver using DXDIAG. From the Window Start/Run enter DXDIAG and click OK. Check that the Display tab reports no incompatibilities and that all three Featu...")
16:45, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Snagging Tools (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Universe Details || This list box displays the number of assigned and unassigned channels on the selected universe. |- | Universe || The combo box allows you to select the Universe to test. |- | Cell Assignment || as you move the pointer across the Assignment List, the details of the fixture that currently owns that universe channel are displayed here. |- | Assignment List || This is a list of cells each representing a univers...")
16:39, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Wysiwyg (Created page with " Lighting Design and Visualisation at http://www.castlighting.com/ Artist can interface directly to CAST's Wysiwyg visualisation software to provide the complete virtual design and programming environment. === ArtistWyg driver installation === Wysiwyg can reside on the same computer as Artist or remotely on a network. In order for Artist and Wysiwyg to communicate the ArtistWyg driver must be installed on the computer on which Wysiwyg resides. The ArtistWyg.msi i...")
16:37, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface MIDI Control Panel (Created page with "This is a Control Panel that either fits a spare drive bay in the computer of a standard wall mounted electrical box. It provides a backlit LCD menu display and various simple function buttons. There may be variations in the panel layout but the functionality is much the same. Setting up The COM ports are shown in Resources/Communication Manager. Right-click on the desired COM port and select Properties. You should set the following values: Baud rate 19200 Pari...")
16:37, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Network Devices (Created page with "You can create a list of hosts that Artist can connect to via the computer's network interface. Once connected System Commands can be used to send messages to the host. You can, for example, connect to another Artist computer and access it's functions remotely. ShowCAD now has a product called vJam which will play video and image files full screen. It can be controlled remotely using this method. === Adding Hosts === Right-click on Network Hosts and select Properties...")
16:35, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Network Remotes (Created page with "This displays a list of remote network devices that are connected to Artist. Artist listens by default on port 700 for any text commands as specified in System Commands.")
16:34, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Analog Inputs (Created page with "This is where you connect to the Advantech data acquisition devices to provide digital inputs to Artist. These Digital Input Ports are 8 bits in size. === To Add Digital Inputs === * Right-click on Resources/Input Output Patch/Digital Inputs * select Properties. * Set the number of 8 bit Digital Input ports you want to add * Click OK. These will now appear under the Digital Inputs branch. This Digital Input port is not yet connected to any physical inputs but can b...")
16:33, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Digital Inputs (Created page with "This is where you connect to the Advantech data acquisition devices to provide digital inputs to Artist. These Digital Input Ports are 8 bits in size. To Add Digital Inputs Right-click on Resources/Input Output Patch/Digital Inputs select Properties. Set the number of 8 bit Digital Input ports you want to add Click OK. These will now appear under the Digital Inputs branch. This Digital Input port is not yet connected to any physical inputs but can be tested by using...")
16:32, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Digital Outputs (Created page with "This is where you connect to the Advantech data acquisition devices to provide digital inputs to Artist. These Digital Input Ports are 8 bits in size. === To Add Digital Inputs === * Right-click on Resources/Input Output Patch/Digital Inputs * select Properties. * Set the number of 8 bit Digital Input ports you want to add * Click OK. These will now appear under the Digital Inputs branch. This Digital Input port is not yet connected to any physical inputs but can b...")
16:25, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs moved page Artist Help:Universes In to Artist Help:Interface Universes In
16:25, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs moved page Artist Help:Universes Out to Artist Help:Interface Universes Out
16:03, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:MIDI Outputs (Created page with " These place holders are used to define MIDI outputs. These place holders can be accessed by System Commands to send out MIDI messages from the system. The place holders can be connected to any of the MIDI output interface connected to the system. To connect, right-click on the Output place holder and select Properties")
16:02, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Universes In (Created page with "These are the input universes which are connected to DMX input devices defined in the Interface Manager. Right-click on DMX In and select Properties to add more input universes. Right-click on the Universe and select Properties to connect the universe to an Interface device. Right-click on a Universe and select Delete to remove a universe. === Renaming Universes === By default new DMX universes and simply named 'Universe 1' , 'Universe 2', etc. By clicking once on t...")
16:01, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Universes Out (Created page with "You can add any number of universes to the system by right-clicking on this and selecting Properties. When installing your DMX fixtures in Artist, you address them to these universes. The universes are then connected to a Interface devices defined in the Interface Manager. This allows for easy patching of interface devices to fixture universes. Right-click on DMX Out and select Properties to add more universes. Right-click on DMX Out and select Snagging Tools to check...")
15:59, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Input Output Patch (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+ Patch Connections |- | Artist Help:Universes Out || This is the defined output universes that fixtures are addressed on. |- | Artist Help:Universes In || these are the defined input universes. |- | Artist Help:MIDI Outputs || this is the MIDI outputs that System Commands connect to. |- | Artist Help:MIDI Inputs || In this is the MIDI inputs that the loaded Patch file connects to. |- | Artist Help:Digital Outputs || place...")
15:49, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Serial Ports (Created page with "The Serial Ports are found in Resources Navigator under the Interface Manager. This displays the available serial ports connected to your system. Opening the tree branch will display the available serial ports on your system - that is any that are not used by any other processes. If none are displayed it is because they are currently used by some other application. === Com port settings === Right-click on the com port and select Properties. This will display a dialog...")
15:44, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface Data Acquisition (Created page with "These are Advantech data acquisition devices that provide analog and digital input to Artist. These inputs can be connected to Artist functions. In order to use these interface the Advantech driver and Device Manager must be installed and the connected interfaces should be registered with it. You can use the Advantech Device Manager to test the input and outputs of the interface before running Artist. Now booting Artist will display their presence in Interface Manager/...")
15:44, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface MIDI Outputs (Created page with "All the MIDI output interfaces that Windows has installed on your system are viewed from the Resource tree view. Messages are sent on these ports via System Commands.")
15:44, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Interface MIDI Inputs (Created page with "All the MIDI input devices that Windows has installed on your system are viewed from the Resource tree view. === Properties === You can use the properties dialog to monitor the incoming MIDI messages. The is useful for testing your MIDI setup. Incoming time code will not be displayed here. You can also test any devices connected to the MIDI out by checking the 'Thru connect' on the selected output interface. === Connecting devices === Any MIDI devices connected to...")
14:20, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Art-Net (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Enable || enable Artnet traffic |- | Broadcast || Use broadcast mode - unicast otherwise. |- | Disable Listening || This will stop decoding incoming ArtNet data. It will also stop receiving poll messages so node will have to be added manually |- | Select Network || this combo box contains all the IP addresses associated with this computer. Select the ArtNet ip address. |- | List || this list contains all the ArtNet nodes defi...")
14:15, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:ShowCAD USB-DMX (Created page with "These are our recommended USB to DMX interfaces. They provide an electrically isolated DMX connection to your computer hardware. These interfaces appear under this tree branch automatically when they are plugged in. Each interface is identified by a unique serial number. This ensures that the interface is enumerated correctly at switch on. When the workspace is saved the serial number of the interface is also saved. If for any reason you have to change your USB-DMX in...")
14:13, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Pathport Properties (Created page with "This dialog provides overall control of the Pathport protocol. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Enable || Check this to enable the Pathport protocol |- | 10baseT || If you are using the slower (10baseT) Pathport nodes you should check this to get the maximum throughput of about 22 universes. If you are using 100baseT nodes you should be able to control 64 universes with this box unchecked.| Select Network || Select the network interface to implement the Pathpo...")
14:11, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Pathport Ports (Created page with "A Pathport node usually contains one or more ports. These are in general the physical DMX512 connections. A port can be an input or an output. === Possible changes === {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Port name || a name that is displayed on the front panel of the node device over the port. |- | DMX speed || you select between four different DMX output speeds. |}")
14:09, 18 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Pathport Nodes (Created page with "A Pathport node is a physical device connected to the network. These are usually the Pathport interfaces. Artist can alter some of the properties of these node but most are set by the Pathport Manager (supplied by Pathway). === Possible changes === {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Node name || a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name is displayed on the node's own display. If no name is specified the IP address is shown. |- | Backlight || a n...")