Production Maestro Pro

Standalone PC based client application for Eclipse systems.• Instantaneous Assignment of Conferences, 4-wires and IFB’s• Fast and Intuitive User Interface.• Transparent access to Multiple matrix frames • Multi-user operation with rights management• Conference presets• Key Groups• Alias assignment

When used with LMC-64 metering card • Up to 64 real time level meters per card• Monitor any input, output or conference

Feature overview

Interface overview

Palette

Use this area to create a list of

4wires / conferences which

will be used for fast assignment

Canvas

Workspace where 4wires & conferences from palette are dragged into for assignment

Modes

Assignment & Configure modes

Toolbar

Connect and Refresh Configure palette

• Port, Panel, Monitor, Ident, Key Group• Sorting and filtering• Level meter, Eraser• Add, remove and name tabs

Configure Canvas• Split canvas• Zoom slider and dbl-click to zoom• Conference, 4-wire, 4-wire viewer• Level meter• Preset Conference• Notes

Save and Open

Basic Setup

Assignment (and reverse)• Drag to scroll canvas• Left & Right button drag from palette to canvas• Left & Right button drag from canvas to canvas• Drag to empty space or palette to delete• Monitors, Idents and Key Groups• Eraser

4-wire viewer Change levels with mouse wheel and dbl-click VOX signalling Cursor level meter

Assignment and Levels

Alias• Add and remove alias• Store alias in list

Preset conference• Left & Right button drag from palette to preset• Eraser• Alias• Drag to conference and drag to preset

Alias mode and Preset Conference

Associated Panel Associated Meter Port Various settings Command line arguments

• Load config and layout• Admin and simulation modes• Connect via LAN B

Admin mode and it’s settings Canvas 1 and 2 backgrounds

Settings

Licensing• Licensing via matrix passcode• One license is required per client and per matrix• Max 10 clients per matrix• Site license available (10 clients per matrix per site / linked system)

Example• Q: If a customer wants 3 technical staff (PCs) to assign members to party

lines hosted in 2 linked frames using Production Maestro Pro, how many licenses need to be ordered?

• A: 6 Sales parts

• Production-Maestro-Pro-1o For system orders with up to 10 Prod Maestro Client/frame connections

• Production-Maestro-Pro-Siteo For system orders with more than 10 Prod Maestro Client/frame connections

Licensing and sales parts

► Connect: Gets the IP addresses for the Eclipse systems from a CCN file and connects to all of them, loading their current live state.

► Open: Loads a previously saved CCR layout file, restoring settings, palette and canvas.

► Save: Saves the current settings, palette and canvas layout into a CCR file.

► Refresh: Reconnects to all Eclipse systems.

► Undo / Redo: Step through the history of all changes made. Save clears the history.

► Settings: Show options.

► Full Screen: Hides Windows title and task bars to make better use of the screen size.

► Help: Display the online help.

TOOLBAR

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To sort the list, select any of the sort options, select again to reverse direction

Start typing to search for any elements that contain the search word

Drag the Eraser to the palette if needed*

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Production Maestro ProCONFIGURE PALETTE

Click on the Configure Palette mode button

The palette area is used to store / create a list of 4wires and conferneces that will be used in assignment.

From the list of all possible ports on the matrix – drag only the ports required for use by the PM user onto the palette

Drag a meter onto ports already in the palette

Drop the meter onto the left side of a port to meter the input

Drop it to the right side to meter the output

The meter icon shows you how many meters are still available to be assigned

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Production Maestro ProPALETTE METERS*

Add or remove palette tabs*, the standard version is restricted to three tabs

To rename a tab, click the tab label and start typing

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Production Maestro ProPALETTE TABS

CONFIGURE CANVAS, CONFERENCES

Start typing to search for any conferences that contain the search word

Shows the current member count

Drag and place onto canvas, resize if nessecary

Production Maestro Pro Click on the Configure Canvas mode button

The palette area is used to store / create a list of 4wires and conferneces that will be used in assignment.

From the list of all possible conferences on the matrix – drag only the conferences required for use by the PM user onto the canvas

CONFIGURE CANVAS, FIXED 4-WIRE VIEWER

Start typing to search for any 4wires that contain the search word

Drag and place onto canvas, resize if nessecary

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CONFIGURE CANVAS, OTHER

Add as many 4-wire viewer or Preset Conference elements to the canvas as needed

Add meters to a conference to meter conference audio

Add a meter to the left of a fixed 4-wire viewer to meter the input and to the right to meter the output

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CONFIGURE CANVAS, NOTES

Type text into the note space, it can contain multiple lines

Drag the note onto the canvas and resize if necessary

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ALIAS Click on the Alisa mode button

Type a new alias and drag it onto a canvas element to rename it, or drag it from list of aliases

An alias can be dragged onto the palette area for later use from the alias creation area as well as from aliased canvas elements

Drag an alias from the list onto the bin to remove

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Click on the Assignment mode button.

Drag an element from the palette onto a canvas element to make new assignments

Drag with the left mouse button to add an item (additive move)

Drag with the right mouse button (exclusive move)

To add an item and have it removed from any other canvas element of the same type

Production Maestro ProASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT 2

To move a palette element from one canvas element to another use the left mouse button

Using the right mouse button palette elements can be copied from one canvas element to another

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To have a port only receive audio from a canvas element, remove the red indicator from the port by clicking on it

Click on the green indicator to stop a port from receiving audio from the canvas element

Removing both indicators removes the port from the canvas element

Production Maestro ProASSIGNMENT 3

To remove palette elements from the canvas, move them back to the palette or drop them on an empty canvas area

To fully reset a conference, the eraser tool can be dropped onto a conference*

ASSIGNMENT 4

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Populate a 4-wire viewer with a port

The 4-wire viewer will show all crosspoints currently associated with that port

Additional ports can be dragged onto a populated 4-wire viewer to make bi-directional crosspoints

4-WIRE VIEWER

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A preset conference allows the PM user to pre-define conference members so that at a given time or event they maybe added to a conference in one movement

A preset is not live, it only exists in Production Maestro

Add palette elements to a conference preset

That preset can then be dragged onto a conference

The conference will update accordingly

CONFERENCE PRESETS

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To make an existing conference into a preset, move the cursor to the top of the conference element

With the cursor in the Drag as Preset area, drag the conference onto a preset

Production Maestro ProCONFERENCE PRESETS 2

KeyGroups enable the central operator to assign many panel users with a venue comms key in one action. Control room users can be pre-assigned to keygroups.

Select Key Groups in ECS

Add Key Groups and name them

Change their activation in the properties to match your needs

Production Maestro ProKEYS GROUPS

Select Panel Programming in ECS

Right-click a key and select a key group

► A panel key that is associated with a key group will have a white box around the key display

You can also add a Key Group to a pre-assigned key

Production Maestro ProASSIGN KEYS TO KEY GROUPS IN ECS

Talk

Listen

Talk and Listen

Talk and Forced Listen

Dual Talk and Listen

In PM Pro, Key Groups are shown in different colours depending on their activation type

Add a Key Group to a canvas element for all keys in that group to update

Optionally add an alias to change the label

Production Maestro ProKEY GROUPS IN PM PRO

Select Matrix Hardware in ECS

Highlight the port to have VOX signalling

Set the Audio Detection Off Delay and Threshold and activate Audio Presence Tally

Production Maestro ProVOX SIGNALLING IN PRODUCTION MAESTRO

Input attenuation is shown and controlled on the left of each port

Output attenuation is shown and controlled on the right of each port

Use the mouse wheel to change the attenuation

When VOX signalling is activated and the threshold is surpassed, the input will light up green

Production Maestro ProIN / OUT LEVELS & VOX SIGNALLING

Select Preferences in ECS

On the Production Maestro tab set the preferred meter type

Production Maestro will update accordingly

Production Maestro ProLMC-64 METER TYPES IN ECS

To show the mouse-over meter bar, click here

Click on the metering icon to change the cursor to a metering mode

Move the cursor to any item on the canvas or palette to show current audio level

The left of hand side an element monitors input, right hand side output volume

Production Maestro ProMOUSE-OVER METER (SPOT METER)

Select Matrix Hardware in ECS

Highlight the port to be used as a monitor / ident

Set Split Label to TRUE

Production Maestro ProMONITORS / IDENTS IN PRODUCTION MAESTRO

Split ports will show a seperate monitor and ident element

Add a monitor / ident to any canvas element

Adjust the contribution attenuation using the mouse wheel

► Adjust the overall matrix level of the monitor / ident port , by changing the level in the palette area

► Adjust the individual contribution level of the monitor / ident to the conference by changing the level in the conference area

Production Maestro ProMONITORS / IDENTS IN PRODUCTION MAESTRO

Select Matrix Hardware in ECS

Highlight the IFB destination port

Activate Global IFB and set the IFB attenuation

Production Maestro ProIFB OPERATION IN PRODUCTION MAESTRO

Drag the IFB destination and the source ports into the palette

Add a 4-wire viewer to the canvas

Assign the IFB destination to the 4-wire viewer

Production Maestro ProIFB DESTINATION ASSIGNMENT IN PRODUCTION MAESTRO

Assign a source port to the IFB destination 4-wire viewer

Add a Key Group if needed*

Add an Alias to rename the IFB if needed

Production Maestro ProIFB SOURCE ASSIGNMENT IN PRODUCTION MAESTRO

These settings allows the user to adjust the way PM works

Prompt user: When erasing conferences or when adding a port to conference when it is already in use

When using eraser: it should leave behind the monitor and alias settings

Production Maestro ProSETTINGS IN PRODUCTION MAESTRO

Drag a panel port into the Associated Panel setting

The talk buttons on conferences are now active

When used, the panel port will contribute to the conference

This will not change the states of eavesdropping and MIC gates in the panel

Production Maestro ProASSOCIATED PANEL

The associated meter port, allows one matrix port to be used for metering

Connect a 4-wire (direct) port to your computer’s primary audio input device

Open settings and drag that port into the Associated Meter Port box

You can also apply this setting in Configure Palette mode

Production Maestro ProASSOCIATED METER PORT (SPOT METER)

Remove configuration access to palette & canvas – so that user PM user only accesses predefined layouts

Restrict access to palette – in multi PM use , this user can only add or delete 4wires on his palette when configuring conferences and cannot remove 4wires that have been used by other users

Prevent level adjustment

Production Maestro ProADMIN MODE

Drag the split border from the top of the canvas area to the desired position

Production Maestro ProCANVAS SPLIT MODE

Replace the back.jpg found in the shortcut’s Start In path (usually the Production Maestro install path)

Add a back2.jpg in the same path if the canvas is operated in split-mode back2.jpg

back.jpg

Production Maestro ProCHANGE THE CANVAS BACKGROUND

Use command line arguments to help the way Production Maestro starts up

To connect on start-up, add the path to the CCN file to the shortcut target properties

To load a layout at start-up, add the path to the CCR file to the shortcut target properties

Production Maestro ProCOMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS 1

To run in admin-mode, add /ADMIN to the shortcut target properties

To run in simulation-mode, add /SIM to the shortcut target properties, add /STANDARD to disable Pro features

► More command line features can be found in the user manual

Production Maestro ProCOMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS 2

Q: How many party line conferences is a client PC limited to display?A: Up to 199 and only limited by the screen resolution.

Q: How many ports can the Palette display?A: Not limited - any 4-wires/directs or panels on the network

Q: The term "Alias Name" stands for….A: An alternate name that can be assigned to any 4-w or Party Line/Conference.

Q: Can I use Production Maestro to control matrix input port levels?A: yes

Q: Can Production Maestro show live Party Line memberships?A: Yes it can.

Q: Can the client user talk to Party-Line/Conferences using mouse control?A: Yes through the use of the mouse and associated panel.

Q; If a customer wants 3 technical staff to assign members to party lines hosted in 2 frames using Production Maestro, how many licenses should be paid for?A: 6

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