Triggering a Cue in Grandma from Qlab

[José Miguel Mayoral]

Hi. I have a question when firing Grandma cues from Qlab. What is more secure or reliable? use midi or network Grandma and Qlab? 

I would like to fire an Osc cue on Qlab and have it trigger a Cue on Grandma. How would it be done? Thanks

Thanks

[José Miguel Mayoral]

I got connection from Qlab to Onpc. I can see i receive signal in the MSC in monitor but i don't know how to fire the Show cues.

[Daan Hazendonk]

HI José,

I've done this many many times for many shows and I always use MSC (Midi Show Control) to do this.

This ONLY regards GrandMa2 and not 3 since MSC is not implemented YET in the GMA3 software (funny isn't it?)

There's are a few weird things going on.

I am using "Device ID" 0 (zero) on Qlab, but in the GMA2 software sometimes receives a DIFFERENT "Device ID". So you'd have to set up the "Device ID" number you see in the "MSC-in monitor" on GMA as the "MSC IN DEVICE".

 

I have to use "TIMED_GO" and add the fade-time in Qlab to make cues fade in the right time. I don't know why but the GMA seems to use some kind of standard fade time and does not take account of the fade-times that are programmed. When you select TIMED_GO in Qlab you can enter the right fade-time in seconds / frames. This has to be done in a 24-frames-per-second manner. So a fade time of 0.5 sec would be 12 frames. Very complicated, please read https://help2.malighting.com/Page/grandMA2/remote_control_msc/en/3.3 and find the section of 04 (Timed_Go):

Then THIRDLY you'd have to enter the Q number INCLUDING three digits behind the separator (.)

Cue 1 in GMA would be 1.000 in Qlab

Cue 2.5 in GMA would be 2.500 in Qlab

Cue 222.22 in GMA would be 222.220 in Qlab

Good luck!

Op zondag 15 januari 2023 om 18:29:05 UTC+1 schreef José Miguel Mayoral:

[Jonas]

MA3 supports OSC. Works great with Qlab. No need to wait for MSC. 

[Jonas]

https://help2.malighting.com/Page/grandMA3/remote_inputs_osc/en/1.8