This tutorial is more a playground with a stage made in “3D Easy View” and FreeStyler to control it.
The buildup of this setup is made so it can be used as a simple setup where more and more functions can be added and testes.
It will be possible to work with the fixture control without having any hardware involved.
The files for the tutorial are made as single files with a guide of what to do with them. And the description of the single sub tutorial will be in a way so the files can be created just following the tutorial.

The stage consists of 4xLed bars, 6xLed strips, 1 Strobe and 4x moving heads and look like this.

The stage is set by following the sub tutorial here. Setup 3D Easy View
When the stage is set then FreeStyler has to be setup with the same fixtures.
This is done by setting the location with adding the fixtures on the right addresses.
This is done by following the link to this sub tutorial. Setup the location.

Now the stage is set and FreeStyler is setup to control it.
It is time to turn on light and see that it works.
Select some fixtures open the lamp panel and press “open” to open the shutter. For the led bar and strips it is necessary to increase the color faders because they don’t have a dimmer control function.

The basic way to use FreeStyler is creating sequences and play them back.

It is of course possible to control the fixture only via the fixture control panel but it is not the intended way to run a show.

The optimal way is a mix where something is place in sequences and something is controlled direct as override.

A sequence is a way to store a simple setting and then later recall it. It may be as simple as just setting one color or it may be more advanced with more steps / scenes.

The Sequences are stored in cues or attached to override buttons so they by one click can be activated / played back.
It is still possible to manual control over the fixtures when they are played back.
This will be discussed bellow

How to make some simple sequences for the KAM Bars, how they are collected in a cue and how they are played-back with a “sub-master” See Simple Sequence.

The matrix is intended to be used with LedTrix but also with some manual made sequences.
Using both Ledtrix and a sequence demonstrate that these two controls works in parallel.

Here is a small LedTrix tutorial. Matrix LedTrix Tutorial
And a small tutorial on making some sequences for the matrix.Matrix Sequence.






More to come