User manual MA LIGHTING MA VPU 5.07

[. . . ] Operating Manual MA VPU V 5. 07 MA VPU (former grandMA Video) Operating Manual Version 5. 07 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr. 16 D-97297 Waldbüttelbrunn www. malighting. dePage 1 Operating Manual MA VPU V 5. 07 Copyright 2002-2010 MA Lighting Technology GmbH The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software and the use of its contents is subject to written authorization from MA Lighting Technology GmbH. Trademarks Windows XP ®, Windows Vista ® and Microsoft ® are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Corp. All other names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Welcome to MA VPU Thank you for placing your trust in this product. This manual will provide all the necessary information for you to get the best out of your software. [. . . ] The controls below allow watching the effect values for each channel in the layer. The horizontal bar in each control indicates the setting from 0. . . 100 %. Please note that these are no programmer values but all changes from the default values are indicated this way. You can toggle the controls with the , , Channels button in the toolbar: 7. 7 Content Editor By selecting the , , Content Editor tab this view is activated. In this view you can edit the content for VPU Layer and VPU Camera e. g. videos images and 3D objects: VPU Layer: , , I-Pool; , , 3D-Objects and , , Eff Type VPU Camera: , , Images, , , Eff Type and , , 3D-Objects MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr. 16 D-97297 Waldbüttelbrunn www. malighting. dePage 65 Operating Manual MA VPU V 5. 07 7. 7. 1 Content: Image Pool (I-Pool) MA VPU comes with a sample library containing images, gobos and video clips. This content is preinstalled on the VPUs and can be ordered from MA Lighting. Similar to the magazine of a slide projector such a folder behaves like a slide magazine. The different images and videos of a folder correspond to the , , Channel Sets of the desk and can be accessed from there. To insert images and videos click with the right mouse button somewhere in the , I-Pool Folder or , Channel Functions field and navigate in the upcoming dialog to the folder where the images and videos are located. It is not recommended to use an external drivefor the content, we recommend to copy the files to the content drive D:. After the selection of the folder and confirming with , , OK it will take a while until the images are shown because MA VPU has to build a so-called thumbnail (little image) for all items. Therefore each file has to be opened and searched for a usable picture. Items can be edited, changed or deleted via the context menu of the right mouse button. Data of the items like size, framerate and length are shown in a grid. If an item is selected its preview is shown in the preview window at the lower left side of the screen. Video clips do have a video thumbnail showing the first frame of this clip. If the clip contains sound this is indicated by a yellow speaker icon. If the clip is selected you can see a preview in the left corner below. If a clip does not fulllfill the content specifications this will be indicated by a red blinking text and an exclamation mark and cannot be previewed. Sound only files like mp3 or wav are displayed with a speaker icon. MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr. 16 D-97297 Waldbüttelbrunn www. malighting. dePage 66 Operating Manual MA VPU V 5. 07 To assign a new folder to a , Channel Function click with the left mouse button into a line. A context dialog appears. After selecting the entry a browser window appears where you can navigate to the folder containing the videos. [. . . ] Switching to OFF is only required when the instrument must be completely removed from the AC power source. Position O = OFF The 0 position implies an all-pole disconnection of the instrument from the AC power source. Standby switch ON/STANDBY button on the front panel The ON/STANDBY switch activates two different operating Modes: Operation ON ­ First push on ON/STANDBY ­ button The apparatus starts booting. STANDBY ­ Second push on ON/STANDBY ­ button The apparatus switch to standby - mode Caution: In standby mode, the AC power voltage is present within the apparatus Switching On the Instrument In order to switch on the apparatus, set the power switch on the rear panel to position I. Set the apparatus to operating mode by pressing the ON/STANDBY button on the front panel. Switching Off the Instrument In order to switch off the apparatus, push the ON / STANDBY button on the front panel and MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr. [. . . ]