Qlab мануал на русском

Проверить совместимые приложения для ПК или альтернативы

Теперь, когда вы загрузили эмулятор по вашему выбору, перейдите в папку «Загрузка» на вашем компьютере, чтобы найти приложение эмулятора или Bluestacks.

Как только вы его нашли, щелкните его, чтобы установить приложение или exe на компьютер или компьютер Mac.

Теперь нажмите «Далее», чтобы принять лицензионное соглашение.

Чтобы правильно установить приложение, следуйте инструкциям на экране.

Теперь откройте приложение Emulator, которое вы установили, и найдите его панель поиска. Найдя его, введите QLab Remote в строке поиска и нажмите «Поиск». Нажмите на QLab Remoteзначок приложения. Окно QLab Remote в Play Маркете или магазине приложений, и он отобразит Store в вашем приложении эмулятора. Теперь нажмите кнопку «Установить» и, например, на устройстве iPhone или Android, ваше приложение начнет загрузку. Теперь мы все закончили.

Вы увидите значок под названием «Все приложения».

Нажмите на нее, и она перенесет вас на страницу, содержащую все установленные вами приложения.

Вы должны увидеть . Нажмите на нее и начните использовать приложение.

Привет. Пользователь Mac!

Шаги по использованию QLab Remote для Mac точно такие же, как для ОС Windows выше. Все, что вам нужно сделать, это установить

Nox Application Emulator

или Bluestack на вашем Macintosh. Вы можете получить Это

здесь

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  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual P/N: EDU224 (Revision 1.00.00) Dedicated to the Science of Motion Aerotech, Inc. 101 Zeta Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238-2897 Phone: +1-412-963-7470 Fax: +1-412-963-7459 www.aerotech.com…

• Page 2: Technical Support

  Email: sales@aerotech.co.uk Email: service@aerotech.tw N O T E : Aerotech continually improves its product offerings; listed options may be superseded at any time. Refer to the most recent edition of the Aerotech Motion Control Product Guide for the most current product information at www.aerotech.com.

• Page 3: Table Of Contents

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables EC Declaration of Conformity Safety Procedures and Warnings Quick Installation Guide Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1. Electrical Specifications 1.2. Mechanical Specifications 1.3. Environmental Specifications 1.4.

• Page 4: List Of Figures

  Table of Contents Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual List of Figures Figure 1-1: Ensemble QLAB Controller Figure 1-2: Functional Diagram Figure 1-3: Dimensions Figure 2-1: Power and Control Connections Figure 2-2: Power Switch Figure 2-3: ESTOP Sense Input (TB102) Figure 2-4: PSO Interface…

• Page 5: List Of Tables

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Table of Contents List of Tables Table 1-1: Ordering Options Table 1-2: Electrical Specifications Table 1-3: Physical Specifications Table 1-4: Ensemble Drive and Software Compatibility Table 2-1: Main AC Power Input Voltages and Current Requirements Table 2-2:…

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  Table of Contents Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual www.aerotech.com…

• Page 7: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Declaration of Conformity EC Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer Aerotech, Inc. Address 101 Zeta Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238-2897 Product Ensemble QLAB Model/Types This is to certify that the aforementioned product is in accordance with the applicable requirements of the…

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  Declaration of Conformity Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual viii www.aerotech.com…

• Page 9: Safety Procedures And Warnings

  2. All service and maintenance must be performed by qualified personnel. 3. If the Ensemble QLAB is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer, any protection provided by the Ensemble QLAB can be impaired and result in damage, shock, injury, or death.

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  Safety Procedures and Warnings Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual www.aerotech.com…

• Page 11: Quick Installation Guide

  This chapter describes the order in which connections and settings should typically be made to the Ensemble QLAB. If a custom interconnection drawing was created for your system (look for a line item on your Sales Order under the heading “Integration”), that drawing can be found on your software or documentation disc.

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  Quick Installation Guide Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual www.aerotech.com…

• Page 13: Chapter 1: Introduction

  Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Aerotech’s Ensemble QLAB is a one to four axis desktop standalone motion controller with an integrated power supply. The Ensemble QLAB is designed for applications where ease of operation is desired without sacrificing overall system capability. For simple operations the front-panel interface allows an operator to quickly execute simple operations such as jogging, homing, and moving to fixed positions.

• Page 14: Table 1-1: Ordering Options

  Introduction Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Table 1-1: Ordering Options Number of Axes (required) -2AX Configured for 2 axis motor operation -3AX Configured for 3 axis motor operation -4AX Configured for 4 axis motor operation Line Voltage (required) 115 VAC input…

• Page 15: Figure 1-2: Functional Diagram

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Introduction The following block diagram shows a connection summary (refer to Chapter 2 for more detailed connection information). Controller Amplifier Keypad PSO Output LCD Touch Output Common Display 4 Opto Outputs AUX I/O 4 Opto Inputs…

• Page 16: Electrical Specifications

  Introduction Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 1.1. Electrical Specifications The electrical specifications for the Ensemble QLAB are listed below. Table 1-2: Electrical Specifications Description Ensemble QLAB Power Input Voltage 100 VAC 115 VAC 200 VAC 230 VAC Supply Input Frequency 50-60 Hz…

• Page 17: Mechanical Specifications

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Introduction 1.2. Mechanical Specifications The following figure shows the Ensemble QLAB package dimensions. ETHERNET AUX I/O JOYSTICK ESTOP AXIS J106 J105 TB101 J104 J103 95.6 [3.76] 13.3 [0.52] 44.8 [1.76] 370.2 [14.58] 32.9 [1.29] 304.4 [11.99]…

• Page 18: Environmental Specifications

  Introduction Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 1.3. Environmental Specifications The environmental specifications for the Ensemble QLAB are listed below. Ambient Temperature Operating: 0° to 50°C (32° to 122° F) Storage: -30° to 85°C (-22° to 185° F) Humidity Maximum relative humidity is 80% for temperatures up to 31°C.

• Page 19: Drive And Software Compatibility

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Introduction 1.4. Drive and Software Compatibility The following table lists the available Ensemble drives and which version of the Ensemble software first provided support for a given drive. Drives that list a specific version number in the Last Version column will not be supported after the listed version.

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  Introduction Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Chapter 1 www.aerotech.com…

• Page 21: Chapter 2: Installation And Configuration

  System part number The Ensemble QLAB power label contains the factory configured AC power requirements. D A N G E R : The AC power label should be changed if the Ensemble QLAB chassis is reconfigured for a different AC input voltage.

• Page 22: Electrical Installation

  Installation and Configuration Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.2. Electrical Installation Motor, power, control, and position feedback cable connections are made to the rear of the Ensemble QLAB. For a complete list of electrical specifications, refer to Section 1.1. Electrical Specifications.

• Page 23: Ac Power Connection

  2.2.1. AC Power Connection AC input power to the Ensemble QLAB is applied to the AC power receptacle that is located on the rear panel. The power cord connected to this receptacle also provides the protective earth ground connection and may serve as a Mains disconnect.

• Page 24: Minimizing Conducted, Radiated, And System Noise

  7. Ferrite beads or Aerotech’s FBF-1 or FBF-2 filter adapters, may be used on the motor leads to reduce the effects of amplifier EMI/RFI, produced by PWM (pulse width modulation) amplifiers. Refer to the FBF-1 and FBF-2 drawings on your software disc for more information on the ferrite beads.

• Page 25: Motor And Feedback Connections

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration 2.3. Motor and Feedback Connections Table 2-3: Motor Power and Feedback Connector Description Connector Shield connection Common ground Common ground Stage ID Common ground Common ground Common ground Common ground Common ground Signal shield connection…

• Page 26: Emergency Stop Sense Input (Tb101)

  Installation and Configuration Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.4. Emergency Stop Sense Input (TB101) The ESTOP sense input is used to monitor the state of an external safety circuit only. This state is indicated by the software and may be used to facilitate system restart. This ESTOP sense input is not intended to be a complete safety system.

• Page 27: Auxiliary I/O Connector (J106)

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration 2.5. Auxiliary I/O Connector (J106) The Auxiliary I/O connector provides 6 digital inputs, 1 analog and 4 digital outputs, and PSO outputs. Table 2-6: Auxiliary I/O Interface Pin Assignment (J106) Pin# Description In/Out/Bi Connector…

• Page 28: Position Synchronized Output (Pso)

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.5.1. Position Synchronized Output (PSO) The Ensemble QLAB includes a Position Synchronized Output (PSO) feature. The PSO output is available on the dual function Laser Output 1 signal lines (optically-isolated open drain/open source format or as RS- 422 differential signals).

• Page 29: Figure 2-4: Pso Interface

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration Single Ended +5 VDC J106 Active Low Output Aux. Marker Active High Output 74AHCT1G125 Differential +5 VDC 120 — 180 Ω (typical) J106 Active Low Aux. Marker Output * Opto-Isolated +5 VDC Isolated Section J106 10 mA 180 Ω…

• Page 30: Opto-Isolated Outputs

  Installation and Configuration Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.5.2. Opto-Isolated Outputs 0-3 All outputs are rated for 24 VDC and 80 mA per output and can be connected as current sinking (Figure 2-5) or current sourcing (Figure 2-6). Table 2-9: Port 0 Digital Output Connector Pin Assignment…

• Page 31: Figure 2-6: Outputs Connected In Current Sourcing Mode (J106)

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration J106 OPTOCOM J106-15 OPTOOUT0 J106-7 LOAD OPTOOUT1 J106-8 LOAD OPTOOUT2 J106-9 5-24 VDC LOAD OPTOOUT3 J106-16 OUTPUT SWITCHES LOAD EACH OUTPUT 80 mA MAXIMUM DIODE REQUIRED ON EACH OUTPUT THAT DRIVES AN INDUCTIVE DEVICE (COIL), SUCH AS A RELAY.

• Page 32: Opto-Isolated Inputs

  Installation and Configuration Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.5.3. Opto-Isolated Inputs 0-3 User inputs 0-3 are scaled for an input voltage of 5-24 VDC. Figure 2-7 Figure 2-8, respectively, illustrate how to connect a device in current sinking and sourcing current modes.

• Page 33: Figure 2-8: Inputs Connected In Current Sourcing Mode (J106)

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration J106 INPUT SWITCHES OPTOIN0 J106-17 OPTOIN1 J106-18 OPTOIN2 J106-25 5-24VDC OPTOIN3 J106-26 OPTOINCOM J106-24 Figure 2-8: Inputs Connected in Current Sourcing Mode (J106) www.aerotech.com Chapter 2…

• Page 34: High-Speed User Inputs

  Installation and Configuration Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.5.4. High-Speed User Inputs 4-5 The high-speed inputs are scaled for an input voltage of 5- 24 VDC. The high-speed inputs are isolated by an HCPL-0630 and have a typical delay of 50 ns.

• Page 35: Analog Output

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration 2.5.5. Analog Output 4 Analog Output 4 produces a single-ended output in the range of ±10 volts with a resolution of 305 μV (16-bit). The maximum recommended output current is 5 mA (2 k Ohm load). The analog output voltage is referenced to J106-23.

• Page 36: Joystick Interface (J105)

  2.6. Joystick Interface (J105) Aerotech joysticks JI (NEMA12 (IP54) rated) and JBV are powered from 5V and have a nominal 2.5V output in the center detent position. Two switches are used to select axis pairs and speed ranges. An optional interlock signal is used to indicate to the controller that the joystick is present.

• Page 37: Table 2-15: Joystick Connector Pin Assignment (J105)

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration Table 2-15: Joystick Connector Pin Assignment (J105) Description In/Out/Bi Connector +5 Volt Power to joystick Output Button A (Axis Select) Input Analog Input 1 [Joystick X] Input Analog Common Analog Input 0 Input…

• Page 38: Analog Outputs (0-3) (J105)

  Installation and Configuration Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.6.1. Analog Outputs (0-3) (J105) Analog Outputs 0-3 produce a single-ended output in the range of ±10 V with a resolution of 305 μV (16-bit). The maximum recommended output current is 5 mA (2 k Ohm load). The analog output voltage is referenced to an Analog Common pin.

• Page 39: Analog Inputs (0-3) (J105)

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Installation and Configuration 2.6.2. Analog Inputs (0-3) (J105) Analog Inputs 0-3 are 16-bit single-ended (non-differential) inputs that accept a voltage in the range of +-10V with a resolution of 305uV. Signals outside of this range may damage the input. To read a signal from channel 0, connect the signal common of the source to analog common (pin 8, Analog Common) and the analog source signal to analog input 0 (pin 5, Analog Input 0).

• Page 40: Communication (Ethernet And Usb)

  Method 1: Directly connect to the PC with a standard USB cable. The cable connector type must be Type A or Type B male depending on the PC, and Type B male on the Ensemble QLAB. Method 2: Connect through a USB hub. The cable connector type must be Type A or Type B male depending on the hub, and Type B male on the Ensemble QLAB.

• Page 41: Ethernet Interface

  Aerotech recommends Method 2. Method 2 is a more typical configuration. The network can be a local network (the PC and Ensemble QLAB are connected through a hub or switch) or remote (the devices are connected through a router). When connecting to a remote network, a crossover cable cannot be used;…

• Page 42: Pc Configuration And Operation Information

  Installation and Configuration Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual 2.8. PC Configuration and Operation Information For additional information about Ensemble QLAB and PC configuration, hardware requirements, programming, utilities and system operation refer to the Ensemble Help file. Chapter 2 www.aerotech.com…

• Page 43: Chapter 3: Maintenance

  The electrical power must be disconnected from the Ensemble QLAB while cleaning. Do not allow cleaning substances or other fluids to enter the Ensemble QLAB or to get on to any of the connectors. Avoid cleaning labels to prevent removing the label information.

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  Maintenance Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Chapter 3 www.aerotech.com…

• Page 45: Appendix A: Warranty And Field Service

  Aerotech makes no warranty that its products are fit for the use or purpose to which they may be put by the buyer, where or not such use or purpose has been…

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  Repair sending and having the customer install replacement parts, and cannot be returned to the Aerotech service center for repair, and if Aerotech determines the problem could be warranty-related, then the following policy applies: Aerotech will provide an on-site field service representative in a reasonable amount of time, provided that the customer issues a valid purchase order to Aerotech covering all transportation and subsistence costs.

• Page 47: Appendix B: Revision History

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Revision History Appendix B: Revision History Rev # Date Description 1.00.00 November 8, 2013 New Manual www.aerotech.com Appendix B…

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  Revision History Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Appendix B www.aerotech.com…

• Page 49: Index

  Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Index Index Feedback Connections Ferrite Bead Part Numbers 2006/95/EC Functional Diagram fuse AC Power Connection Altitude High-Speed User Inputs 4-5 Ambient Temperature Humidity Analog Input 0 Analog Output 4 inspect Auxiliary I/O Connector (J106) inspect all cables and connections…

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  Index Ensemble QLAB Hardware Manual Overview PC Configuration and Operation Information Peak Output Current Pollution Position Synchronized Output Power Amplifier Bandwidth Power Supply Preventative Maintenance PS2815-4 Opto-Device Specifications PS7214-1A Opto Device Specifications Quick Installation Guide Safety Procedures and Warnings Sensor Resolution…

Setting up QLab

Below are some of the settings I apply to Figure 53’s QLab and to Mac computers to optimise them for how I use them.

Setting up your computer

If you have not used your Mac to run sound for a show before, do all of this! The instructions below refer to QLab v4 and MacOS 12 Monterey. Everything below applies to other versions but the exact text quoted below might vary slightly.

• These steps set up your computer for use in a show or rehearsal environment, so for example, you don’t get the sound saying you’ve received an email through the entire sound system in the middle of a show!

  Turn off all the sounds your computer makes:

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Sound. Click on the “Sound Effects” tab and turn the Alert Volume to Off. Turn “user interface sound effects”, “feedback when volume is changed” Off

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Notifications & Focus. Go through each application and ensure “Play sound for notifications” is turned off

  Stop it from going to sleep:

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Energy Saver or Battery

  For both the power adapter and battery options, set “Turn Display off after” to Never

  Set Computer Sleep to never

  Stop it from going to sleep or the screensaver from activating:

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver

  Click on the Screen Saver tab, and untick the option “Show screen saver after…”

  Stop it from trying to join new WiFi networks whenever it feels like it:

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Network

  Click WiFi

  Turn “Ask to join Personal Hotspots” and “Ask to join new networks” off

  Stop it from running admin tasks in the background:

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Date and Time and make sure the Time is set correctly. This is especially important if you’re touring internationally and moving time zones. MacOS runs various background admin tasks if it’s turned on at 3am in the morning.

  Stop it from trying to download new software

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Software Update. Turn “automatically keep my computer up to date” off. Click on Advanced and turn “check for updates” and all other options off

  Stop it from trying to run backups

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Time Machine icon, and turn Time Machine off

  Stop it from trying to create search indexes of your hard drive

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Spotlight. Click on Privacy. Click the Add+ button, and then select Macintosh HD. This means Spotlight won’t index the files on your hard disk (which makes searching for stuff harder) but prevents it from trying to do this in the middle of a show.

  Stop it from checking for new emails

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Internet Accounts. Make sure you are signed out of iCloud and other services. This means your computer won’t check you’ve got email, etc, in the middle of a show.

  Prevent people trying to send you files via AirDrop or Bluetooth in the middle of the show:

  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Bluetooth

  Turn Bluetooth off (NB Check you aren’t using a wireless Bluetooth mouse or keyboard before doing this)

  Click on your desktop, then click on the top left File > New Finder window

  Click on AirDrop in the left hand side of the window, and check “No One” is selected

  Now restart your computer for all these changes to take effect.

Setting up QLab

If you’re completely new to QLab, there’s a great guide to the gerneal user interface of QLab here.

There is a Preferences window for QLab in QLab > QLab Preferences menu, which is applied to every QLab file you open. But actually very little to do with how QLab is set up is altered from there. Instead, most settings are in Workspace Settings, which you can access from Window > Workspace Settings (or by pressing Command-comma). The settings you alter here only affect the QLab file you currently have opened. This includes some settings that you might consider you want to set for every show, such as the audio interface you are using. Consequently, what many people do is open up a new QLab workspace, adjust all the settings then use File > Save As Template. Then each time you create a new show in QLab rather than using File > New Workspace, you instead use File > New From Template. Below are the settings I have in my template

General settings for QLab

Below are the general settings I use for QLab. QLab’s helpful labelling makes it largely self-explanatory!

Selecting your sound card / audio interface and playing audio

• open Workspace Settings (Window > Workspace Settings or by pressing Command-comma)

• Click the Audio tab on the far left side of the Workspace Settings window

• For most shows you’ll oinly have one sound card attached, which we’ll connect to Audio Patch 1.

• Click on the drop-down selection box to the right of Audio Patch 1 and select your sound card from this drop down selection box.

• Click Done in the bottom right of the Workspace Settings window.

For some newer computers, if you plug some headphones in, QLab won’t automatically change it’s output to the headphones, and vice versa. You’ll need to change this in Workspace Settings

Be aware, if you are using the headphone output or on certain sound cards, the volume of everything you play can be adjusted using the volume keys on the top of your keyboard. Make sure the volume is always at the same level whenever you are playing back sound. I normally turn it up to full using the keyboard volume buttons, then turn it down 3 button presses. (Having it at full can cause the sound to distort)

In the screenshot below, the top section (Audio Patch) relates to QLab’s audio output. The bottom section (Mic Patch) is where you configure any microphones that are being fed into QLab, it’s inputs. Whilst you’re there, set QLab’s Minimum Volume to -80dB, which will give you smoother fade outs of quieter sound cues.

If you’ve got a relatively simple sound system, or a relatively simple show, you can skip below to the “Adding Audio Cues” section. Otherwise the tips below can help you deal with the added complexity of your show and really speed up programming.

We can click on “Edit Patch 1”, where we can name our audio outputs. This is really helpful with large sound systems.

QLab allows you to set a “cue template”, a series of settings for each type of cue that you drag in or create, accessible via the Workspace Settings.

The default settings are not very useful, I’ve found. It routes audio to everywhere at maximum volume, which is a great way to blow up your speaker system!

Well done on getting this far! We can now start adding some audio files

Adding Audio Cues

We can most easily add an audio cue to QLab by dragging an audio file on to the QLab workspace.

When we drag in an audio file it will copy the settings from the Cue Template we set up above to the new file.

Stereo and mono files

Something that can often trip people up is when they drag a mono (single channel) sound file into QLab. With both the default audio cue levels and the ones I use, you may get unexpected results with a mono file: often you will only get audio coming out of just the left channels. Look at the input cross points in the image below, and compare it to the image of the stereo file, and you can see the mono file is missing what would’ve been the right channel. We can fix this easily by adding extra numbers into the input crosspoints for the mono file.

Controlling other devices using a MIDI interface

We might often use a MIDI interface to send MIDI (or MSC) to other devices or applications in order to control them. The MIDI interface may be a separate hardware device (or it might be part of a sound card / audio interface)

Note, these settings configure the MIDI output of QLab

• open Workspace Settings (Window > Workspace Settings or by pressing Command-comma)

• Click the MIDI tab on the far left side of the Workspace Settings window

• For most shows you’ll only have one MIDI interface attached, which we’ll connect to MIDI Patch 1. Or you might use the IAC bus to send MIDI to another application on the same computer, and perhaps connect a MIDI device to control a lighting desk to MIDI Patch 2.

• Click on the drop-down selection box to the right of MIDI Patch 1 and select your MIDI interface from this drop down selection box.

• Click Done in the bottom right of the Workspace Settings window.

Having done this you can then add MIDI Command cues to your cue list. These cues might be regular MIDI cues or MSC cues.

Controlling QLab from other devices using MIDI

We might often send MIDI to QLab from a Go Box or a lighting desk. This allows these devices to control QLab. The MIDI interface may be a separate hardware device (or it might be part of a sound card / audio interface).

Whilst you can select which MIDI interface QLab sends to, it actually listens to every MIDI interface connected to your computer, as well as the IAC bus (which is a way to send MIDI between applications running on the same computer). You can then choose which MIDI commands have an effect, and how.

• open Workspace Settings (Window > Workspace Settings or by pressing Command-comma)

• Click the MIDI Controls tab on the far left side of the Workspace Settings window

• If you are using MIDI Show Control (MSC) to control QLab, make sure that tick box is ticked, and that you match the Device ID number to whatever is sending MSC to QLab (a video server or lighting desk, for example). In this scenario the “Listen on MIDI Channel” box is irrelevant.

• If you are using regular MIDI to control QLab, make sure that tick box is ticked, and that you match the “Listen on MIDI Channel” number to whatever is sending MIDI to QLab

• You can then type in the various types of MIDI command that you want QLab to respond to. In the screenshot below, QLab has been setup to work with a MIDI Go box

You can also trigger individual cues (or groups of cues) in your cue list too. A good example of this is if you have a sound effect that can happen at unpredictable times compared to other cues in your cue list. You might use something like a spare button on a Go Box, or a Novation Launchpad for this.

In the screen shot below, we have an audio cue we want to trigger. It is in a separate cue list called Hot keys. When we click on the cue:

• select the Triggers tab

• tick the MIDI trigger tick tox

• Select which type of MIDI command and on what channel the MIDI command will be sent. Or press the Capture button and send the MIDI command to QLab and it will itself with what you’ve just sent

• If you are sending a MIDI Note On, from a device that is velocity sensitive like a MIDI keyboard, set the Velocity to 0 to have the cue be triggered by any velocity.

When you start using lots of MIDI triggers it can become tricky to keep track of which ones you are using, and which ones are free to use. Fortunately, QLab can show you a list of which triggers are in use. This is really useful to check that there aren’t two cues responding to the same trigger.

• Open Workspace Status (Window > Workspace Status

• Click on the Triggers tab

Control other devices using OSC

We might often use OSC (Open Sound Control), which is a computer network command system, to control other devices or applications. Our computer needs to be connected to a computer network (or multiple networks) that also have the other devices attached to them. We can also control other computer running QLab too.

Note, these settings configure the OSC output of QLab

• open Workspace Settings (Window > Workspace Settings or by pressing Command-comma)

• Click the Network tab on the far left side of the Workspace Settings window

• Often Network Patch 1 is used for QLab to control itself (using a variety of script cues). It is set with the Destination “localhost” and port 53000.

• Add another Patch if only one is visible by using the “New Patch” button in the top right of the window.

• Type anything meaningful to you in the name field, it really doesn’t matter what it says. For example, Lighting Desk

• You can often leave the Network Port on Automatic unless you have multiple computer networks connected to your computer.

• You then need to find out the IP address of the computer you need to control, and enter that into the Destination field. The second part of the destination field (where it says 53000 in the screenshot below) is the port number, which is equivalent to the MIDI channel that the other device will monitor for incoming OSC commands.

• Click Done in the bottom right of the Workspace Settings window.

It’s important to note, that the IP addresses of the computers you are controlling must now remain static — if they change, QLab will lost control of those devices.

The IP address of your computer, and other Mac computers is defined in System Preferences > Network and by clicking on the network port of your computer that is attached to the network, Ensure that “Configure IPv4” is set to Manually on your machine and any others, and that your IP addresses are set suitably.

Having done all this you can then add Network Command cues to your cue list. These cues might be regular OSC cues or QLab control cues.

Controlling QLab from other devices using OSC / QLab messages

We might often send OSC to QLab from a lighting desk or video server. This allows these devices to control QLab. OSC is a computer network command system, to control other devices or applications. Our computer needs to be connected to a computer network (or multiple networks) that also have the other devices attached to them.

Whilst you can select which network interface QLab sends to, it actually listens to every network interface (Ethernet ports, WIFI) connected to your computer. You can then choose which OSC commands have an effect, and how.

• open Workspace Settings (Window > Workspace Settings or by pressing Command-comma)

• Click the OSC Controls tab on the far left side of the Workspace Settings window

• Make sure the “Use OSC Controls” tick box is ticked

• That’s all you need to do! QLab will now respond to whatever commands are sent to it on your IP address using port 5300. These might be commands like Go selected cue, or commands like Cue 7 Go.

It’s important to note, that the IP address of your computer must now remain static — if it changes, QLab will not be able to be controlled by the other device.

The IP address of your computer, and other Mac computers is defined in System Preferences > Network and by clicking on the network port of your computer that is attached to the network, Ensure that “Configure IPv4” is set to Manually on your machine and any others, and that your IP addresses are set suitably.

You can now select cues and click the Go button (or press Space) and you should hear sounds. You can press the Escape key on your keyboard to stop all sounds. A lot of these keyboard shortcuts are customisable — have a look at Workspace Preferences > Key Map to see what they are.

• If you don’t need WiFi on during the show, turn it off

• Quit any other applications you don’t need