Advanced Features > Console Layer

•Console Layers gives you the option to control video like a lighting fixture including Iris and shaper

•A Console Layer is basically independent from a Sequence or a Playlist. It is only assigned to a Canvas

•with 192 DMX Channels for each Console Layer you are able to control a bunch of fine adjustments, effects, iris, shaper

•Use Console Layer as ClipContainer in your show to temporary overwrite the global values

Channel Map

•Each Console Layer has 192 DMX-Channels.

•The channel map could be used as blueprint for a lighting desk fixture/a library fixture

DMX Channel Map for a Console Layer

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DMX Addresss		Parameter Name		Type	Default Value	Note
1		opacity coarse	1	16bit	0	16bit opacity 1 mode for crossfade wipe modetexture
2		opacity fine	1
3		opacity wipe mode	1		0	0-255 where 0 no wipe/Crossfade
4		opacity wipe softness	2	16bit	0
5		fine
6		volume coarse	2	16bit	0
7		volume fine
8	Position	xpos coarse	2	16bit	32768	32768 = 0 65535 = + 16.000 pixel 0 = -16.000 pixel
9		xpos fine
10		ypos coarse	2	16bit	32768	32768 = 0 65535 = + 16.000 pixel 0 = -16.000 pixel
11		ypos fine
12		zpos coarse	2	16bit	32768	32768 = 0 65535 = + 16.000 pixel 0 = -16.000 pixel
13		zpos fine
14	Rotation	xrot coarse	2	16bit	32768	mode crosse fade from absolut to continous value
15		xrot fine				128 = no motion 255=fastForward 0= fastReverse
16		xrot XFade	2	16bit		2 abs rotation 1 mode 1 rotation speed
17		fine
18		xrot speed	2	16bit
19		fine
20		yrot coarse	2	16bit	32768
21		yrot fine
22		yrot XFade	2	16bit		mode crosse fade from absolut to continous value
23		fine				128 = no motion 255=fastForward 0= fastReverse
24		yrot speed	2	16bit		2 abs rotation 1 mode 1 rotation speed
25		fine
26		zrot coarse	2	16bit	32768
27		zrot fine
28		zrot Xfade	2	16bit
29		fine
30		zrot speed	2	16bit
31		fine
32	Scale	xscale	2	16bit	32768
33		xscale fine
34		yscale	2	16bit	32768
35		yscale fine
36		zscale	2	16bit	32768
37		zscalefine
38		OutputFit	1			0= 1to1 Pixel 10-19 Fill, 20-29 Fit, 30-39 Horizontal Fit, 40-49 Vertical Fit
39	Playback	PlayModes	1				0-7 Pause In Frame
40		Playback Speed	2	16bit	49152	0-32768 slowest / pause 32769-49152 slow to normal factor 0-1.0 49152 normal play factor 1 49153 to 65534 normal to fast fwd 1x-8x	8-15 PlayOnce Continue On Dimmer Zero
41		fine					16-31 PlayLoop Continue On Dimmer Zero
42		In Frame	2	16bit	0	65535frames from first frame in	32-47 PingPong Continue On Dimmer Zero
43		fine					48-63 PlayOnce Pause On Dimmer Zero
44		Out Frame	2	16bit	0	65535frames from last frame in	64-79 PlayLoop Pause On Dimmer Zero
45		fine					80-95 PingPong Pause On Dimmer Zero
46		Gobo MixMode	1		0	Mode to determine if gobo2 is mask or how it is multiplied over gobo1, 0 BlackWhite, 1 BwInv,2 Alpha,3 AlphaInv,4 Overlay	122-134 Pause On Current Frame
47		Gobo MixLevel	2	16bit	0	Mix Level for Gobo Blend Mode	136-140 PlayOnce Seek To Inpoint on Dimmer Zero
48		fine					142-148 PlayLoop Seek To Inpoint on Dimmer Zero
49	Gobo1	Content Folder	1		0		150-156 PingPong Seek To Inpoint on Dimmer Zero
50		Content File	1		0		157-164 PlayReverseOnce Continue on Dimmer Zero
51		Content UV Mode	1			Texture Wrap Mode: Default, Tile, No Tile, Mirror	166-173 PlayReverseLoop Continue on Dimmer Zero
52		Content UV Xoffset	2	16bit	32768	Left to right	175-182 PlayReverseOnce Seek To Outpoint on Dimmer Zero
53		fine					184-191 PlayReverseLoop Seek To Outpoint on Dimmer Zero
54		Content UV Yoffset	2	16bit	32768	bottom to top	240 Play Once Reset SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
55		fine					241 Play Once Reset Reverse SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
56		Content UV X Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling	242 Play Once Reset Continue on Dimmer Zero
57		fine					243 Play Once Reset Reverse Continue on Dimmer Zero
58		Content UV Y Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling	244 Play Reverse Once Reset SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
59		fine					245 Play Reverse Once Reset Forward SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
60	Gobo2	Mask Folder	1		0		246 Play Reverse Once Reset Continue on Dimmer Zero
61		Mask File	1		0		247 Play Reverse Once Reset Forward Continue on Dimmer Zero
62		Mask Transform Mode	1			Relative or Absolute Mode - Link Sizing and position to Content	248-255 Pause On OutFrame
63		Mask UV Mode	1			Texture Wrap Mode:Default,Tile, No Tile, Mirror
64		Mask UV Xoffset	2	16bit	32768	Left to right
65		fine
66		Mask UV Yoffset	2	16bit	32768	bottom to top
67		fine
68		Mask UV X Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling
69		fine
70		Mask UV Y Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling
71		fine
72		Geometry Folder	1
73		Geometry File	1
74		res	1			reserved for Geometry playmode
75		res	2	16bit		reserved for Geometry playspeed
76		res fine
77		res	2	16bit		reserved for Geometry InFrame
78		res fine
79		res	2	16bit		reserved for Geometry OutFrame
80		res fine
81	Iris	Iris Mode	1		255	Black Black Inv, Alpha, Alpha Inv, White, White inv
82		Iris Size	2	16bit	65535	Default 65535
83		fine
84		Iris Softness	2	16bit	3300	Default 3300
85		fine
86		Iris X	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
87		fine
88		Iris Y	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
89		fine
90	Shaper	Shaper Mode	1		255	Black Black Inv, Alpha, Alpha Inv, White, White inv
91		Shaper Softness	2	16bit	2000	Default 2000
92		fine
93		SL	2	16bit
94		fine
95		SL Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
96		fine
97		SR	2	16bit
98		fine
99		SR Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
100		fine
101		ST	2	16bit
102		fine
103		ST Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
104		fine
105		SB	2	16bit
106		fine
107		SB Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
108		fine
109	Color Mix	Color Mix Mode	1			Normal, Add, Multiply, InverseMultiply, Highlights, …
110		Color Mix Level	2	16bit
111		fine
112		Red	2	16bit
113		fine
114		Green	2	16bit
115		fine
116		Blue	2	16bit
117		fine
118		Alpha	2	16bit
119		fine
120	Color Correction	Hue	2	16bit	32768
121		fine
122		Saturation	2	16bit	32768
123		fine
124		Contrast	2	16bit	32768
125		fine
126		Brightness	2	16bit	32768
127		fine
128		Red Balance	2	16bit	32768
129		fine
130		Green Balance	2	16bit	32768
131		fine
132		Blue Blanace	2	16bit	32768
133		fine
134		Levels Min	2	16bit	0
135		fine
136		Levels Value	2	16bit	32768
137		fine
138		Levels Max	2	16bit	65535
139		fine
140		BlendMode	1			reserved
141	FX1	FX1 Select	1
142		FX1 Mix	2	16bit
143		fine
144		FX1 C1	2	16bit
145		fine
146		FX1 C2	2	16bit
147		fine
148		FX1 C3	2	16bit
149		fine
150		FX1 C4	2	16bit
151		fine
152		FX1 C5	2	16bit
153		fine
154	FX2	FX2 Select	1
155		FX2 Mix	2	16bit
156		fine
157		FX2 C1	2	16bit
158		fine
159		FX2 C2	2	16bit
160		fine
161		FX2 C3	2	16bit
162		fine
163		FX2 C4	2	16bit
164		fine
165		FX2 C5	2	16bit
166		fine
167	FX3	FX3 Select	1
168		FX3 Mix
169		fine	2	16bit
170		FX3 C1	2	16bit
171		fine
172		FX3 C2	2	16bit
173		fine
174		FX3 C3	2	16bit
175		fine
176		FX3 C4	2	16bit
177		fine
178		FX3 C5	2	16bit
179		fine
180	FX4	FX4 Select	1
181		FX4 Mix	2	16bit
182		fine
183		FX4 C1	2	16bit
184		fine
185		FX4 C2	2	16bit
186		fine
187		FX4 C3	2	16bit
188		fine
189		FX4 C4	2	16bit
190		fine
191		FX4 C5	2	16bit
192		fine

information ChamSys
For ChamSys consoles, the maximum number of DMX channels of a library fixture is limited. Therefore a VERTEX Console Layer is splitted into 2 different ChamSys fixtures.
Please see the ChamSys channel map below.
When using Console Layers with ChamSys, please switch the DMX mode of a Console Layer ( Inspector Tab "DMX" , Property "DMX Mode")
from "Standard" to "ChamSys".

DMX-Channel Map for a Console Layer and ChamSys Consoles

	58	DMX Addresss		Parameter Name		Type	Default Value	Note
Fixture 1 A	1	1		opacity coarse	1	16bit	0	16bit opacity 1 mode for crossfade wipe modetexture
		2		opacity fine	1
	1	3		opacity wipe mode	1		0	0-255 where 0 no wipe/Crossfade
	1	4		opacity wipe softness	2	16bit	0
		5		fine
	1	6		volume coarse	2	16bit	0
		7		volume fine
	1	8	Position	xpos coarse	2	16bit	32768	32768 = 0 65535 = + 16.000 pixel 0 = -16.000 pixel
		9		xpos fine
	1	10		ypos coarse	2	16bit	32768	32768 = 0 65535 = + 16.000 pixel 0 = -16.000 pixel
		11		ypos fine
	1	12		zpos coarse	2	16bit	32768	32768 = 0 65535 = + 16.000 pixel 0 = -16.000 pixel
		13		zpos fine
	1	14	Rotation	xrot coarse	2	16bit	32768	mode crosse fade from absolut to continous value
		15		xrot fine				128 = no motion 255=fastForward 0= fastReverse
	1	16		yrot coarse	2	16bit	32768
		17		yrot fine
	1	18		zrot coarse	2	16bit	32768
		19		zrot fine
	1	20	Scale	xscale	2	16bit	32768
		21		xscale fine
	1	22		yscale	2	16bit	32768
		23		yscale fine
	1	24		zscale	2	16bit	32768
		25		zscalefine
	1	26		OutputFit	1			0= 1to1 Pixel 10-19 Fill, 20-29 Fit, 30-39 Horizontal Fit, 40-49 Vertical Fit
	1	27	Playback	PlayModes	1				0-7 Pause In Frame
	1	28		Playback Speed	2	16bit	49152		8-15 PlayOnce Continue On Dimmer Zero
		29		fine				0-32768 slowest / pause 32769-49152 slow to normal factor 0-1.0 49152 normal play factor 1 49153 to 65534 normal to fast fwd 1x-8x	16-31 PlayLoop Continue On Dimmer Zero
	1	30		In Frame	2	16bit	0	65535frames from first frame in	32-47 PingPong Continue On Dimmer Zero
		31		fine					48-63 PlayOnce Pause On Dimmer Zero
	1	32		Out Frame	2	16bit	0	65535frames from last frame in	64-79 PlayLoop Pause On Dimmer Zero
		33		fine					80-95 PingPong Pause On Dimmer Zero
	1	34		Gobo MixMode	1		0	Mode to determine if gobo2 is mask or how it is multiplied over gobo1, 0 BlackWhite, 1 BwInv,2 Alpha,3 AlphaInv,4 Overlay	122-134 Pause On Current Frame
	1	35		Gobo MixLevel	2	16bit	0	Mix Level for Gobo Blend Mode	136-140 PlayOnce Seek To Inpoint on Dimmer Zero
		36		fine					142-148 PlayLoop Seek To Inpoint on Dimmer Zero
	1	37	Gobo1	Content Folder	1		0		150-156 PingPong Seek To Inpoint on Dimmer Zero
	1	38		Content File	1		0		157-164 PlayReverseOnce Continue on Dimmer Zero
	1	39		Content UV Mode	1			Texture Wrap Mode: Default, Tile, No Tile, Mirror	166-173 PlayReverseLoop Continue on Dimmer Zero
	1	40		Content UV Xoffset	2	16bit	32768	Left to right	175-182 PlayReverseOnce Seek To Outpoint on Dimmer Zero
		41		fine					184-191 PlayReverseLoop Seek To Outpoint on Dimmer Zero
	1	42		Content UV Yoffset	2	16bit	32768	bottom to top	240 Play Once Reset SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
		43		fine					241 Play Once Reset Reverse SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
	1	44		Content UV X Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling	242 Play Once Reset Continue on Dimmer Zero
		45		fine					243 Play Once Reset Reverse Continue on Dimmer Zero
	1	46		Content UV Y Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling	244 Play Reverse Once Reset SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
		47		fine					245 Play Reverse Once Reset Forward SeekToInpoint on Dimmer Zero
	1	48	Gobo2	Mask Folder	1		0		246 Play Reverse Once Reset Continue on Dimmer Zero
	1	49		Mask File	1		0		247 Play Reverse Once Reset Forward Continue on Dimmer Zero
	1	50		Mask Transform Mode	1			Relative or Absolute Mode - Link Sizing and position to Content	248-255 Pause On OutFrame
	1	51		Mask UV Mode	1			Texture Wrap Mode:Default,Tile, No Tile, Mirror
	1	52		Mask UV Xoffset	2	16bit	32768	Left to right
		53		fine
	1	54		Mask UV Yoffset	2	16bit	32768	bottom to top
		55		fine
	1	56		Mask UV X Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling
		57		fine
	1	58		Mask UV Y Scale	2	16bit	32768	32768 =0 0 = maxTiling 65535 maxScaling
		59		fine
	1	60		Geometry Folder	1
	1	61		Geometry File	1
	1	62	Iris	Iris Mode	1			Black Black Inv, Alpha, Alpha Inv, White, White inv
	1	63		Iris Size	2	16bit	65535	Default 65535
		64		fine
	1	65		Iris Softness	2	16bit	3300	Default 3300
		66		fine
	1	67		Iris X	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
		68		fine
	1	69		Iris Y	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
		70		fine
	1	71	Shaper	Shaper Mode	1			Black Black Inv, Alpha, Alpha Inv, White, White inv
	1	72		Shaper Softness	2	16bit	2000	Default 2000
		73		fine
	1	74		SL	2	16bit
		75		fine
	1	76		SL Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
		77		fine
	1	78		SR	2	16bit
		79		fine
	1	80		SR Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
		81		fine
	1	82		ST	2	16bit
		83		fine
	1	84		ST Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
		85		fine
	1	86		SB	2	16bit
		87		fine
	1	88		SB Rot	2	16bit	32768	Default 32768
		89		fine
	1	90	Color Mix	Color Mix Mode	1			Normal, Add, Multiply, InverseMultiply, Highlights, …
	1	91		Color Mix Level	2	16bit
		92		fine
	1	93		Red	2	16bit
		94		fine
	1	95		Green	2	16bit
		96		fine
	1	97		Blue	2	16bit
		98		fine
	1	99		Alpha	2	16bit
		100		fine
Fixture 1 B	1	1	Color Correction	Hue	2	16bit	32768
		2		fine
	1	3		Saturation	2	16bit	32768
		4		fine
	1	5		Contrast	2	16bit	32768
		6		fine
	1	7		Brightness	2	16bit	32768
		8		fine
	1	9		Red Balance	2	16bit	32768
		10		fine
	1	11		Green Balance	2	16bit	32768
		12		fine
	1	13		Blue Blanace	2	16bit	32768
		14		fine
	1	15		Levels Min	2	16bit	0
		16		fine
	1	17		Levels Value	2	16bit	32768
		18		fine
	1	19		Levels Max	2	16bit	65535
		20		fine
	1	21		BlendMode	1			reserved
	1	22	FX1	FX1 Select	1
	1	23		FX1 Mix	2	16bit
		24		fine
	1	25		FX1 C1	2	16bit
		26		fine
	1	27		FX1 C2	2	16bit
		28		fine
	1	29		FX1 C3	2	16bit
		30		fine
	1	31		FX1 C4	2	16bit
		32		fine
	1	33		FX1 C5	2	16bit
		34		fine
	1	35	FX2	FX2 Select	1
	1	36		FX2 Mix	2	16bit
		37		fine
	1	38		FX2 C1	2	16bit
		39		fine
	1	40		FX2 C2	2	16bit
		41		fine
	1	42		FX2 C3	2	16bit
		43		fine
	1	44		FX2 C4	2	16bit
		45		fine
	1	46		FX2 C5	2	16bit
		47		fine
	1	48	FX3	FX3 Select	1
	1	49		FX3 Mix
		50		fine	2	16bit
	1	51		FX3 C1	2	16bit
		52		fine
	1	53		FX3 C2	2	16bit
		54		fine
	1	55		FX3 C3	2	16bit
		56		fine
	1	57		FX3 C4	2	16bit
		58		fine
	1	59		FX3 C5	2	16bit
		60		fine
	1	61	FX4	FX4 Select	1
	1	62		FX4 Mix	2	16bit
		63		fine
	1	64		FX4 C1	2	16bit
		65		fine
	1	66		FX4 C2	2	16bit
		67		fine
	1	68		FX4 C3	2	16bit
		69		fine
	1	70		FX4 C4	2	16bit
		71		fine
	1	72		FX4 C5	2	16bit
		73		fine
	39

Working with a Console Layer

•Use the "Create " tab of the Main Menu to create a new Console Layer

•Right-Click on the ConsoleLayer section into Project Explorer and use the Context Menu the create a new one

•Select Console Layer into Inspector and do initial settings:

•Set the target Canvas on which the Content should be rendered

•Set the DMX universe and start address if the console layer should be controlled by a lighting desk.
Please do a DMX-Routing first. Check the Channel Map for a Console Layer in detail and learn more about which DMX-512 channel controls which parameter

warning Unique start address for each Console Layer
please keep in mind to change the start addresses for every console layer.
To be control separately, each console layer must have it's unique DMX start address

•If you want to use DMX-Values to select Content from Project Explorer like a Gobo, set DMX File and Folder IDs for your Content.

information Channel Map: Gobo 1 and Gobo 2
Gobo 1 in Channel Map is Property "Main Content" (Video tab in the Inspector)
Gobo 1 in Channel Map is Property "Mask" ( Video tab in the Inspector)

Iris and Color Mixing on a Example Content

• Control Console Layer by external DMX or use the Inspector to do settings for all parameters

Shaper for a Test pattern Content

DMX Folder and File ID

•Each Console Layer is able to host Video Content and an Content Item as a Mask.

•With the concept of folder and file IDs you are able to select your content based on a DMX Value between 0 and 255.

•Each Console Layer has a DMX Channel/Address for Content Folder ID and Content File ID (Channels 49/50) and two Channels/Addresses for Mask Content Folder and Mask Content File (Channels 60/61). Please also compare with the full channel map of a console Layer

Example:

•Your Console Layer into VERTEX has DMX Start Address 1 (For universe routing, please read topic DMX-Routing before)

•Your lighting desk has a library element for a VERTEX Console Layer, also on Start Address 1

•you want to select a Content Item from the VERTEX Project Explorer with File ID 5 and Folder ID 2 as Video Content for this Console Layer

•you have to set DMX-channel 49 of your lighting desk to value 2 and DMX channel 50 to value 5

•The content item is selected as video content for the VERTEX Console Layer

Set File and Folder ID

•Select a Content item into Project Explorer and go to the Inspector

•Go to the Tab "Settings" and Select "DMX ID"

•Set File and Folder ID for a Content. Each value has to be into the DMX parameter range from 0 to 255

Clip Container for a Console Layer

•Even for Console Layers you can create a Clip Container

•Used in a Playback, Clip Containers for a Console Layer overwrite the global value of the Console Layer

Global Setting for ConsoleLayer 1: Iris is set

•Drag a Console Layer from Project Explorer into the Playback Editor: A new Clip Container is created into your Sequence

•Assign Content to your Clip Container and set Values

Clip Container with Console Layer 1 inside overwrites the global values of Console Layer 1: in this example, all values for the iris are reset to default values.
Don't forget to also assign the same Main Content as the global Console Layer has to the Clip Container

productivity Use case example:
You are able to e.g. temporary take control back from a lighting desk control and to set all content to black.