Hi everyone and welcome into the Pangolin studio.
My Name is Justin Perry and today I'm going to be providing you with a brief tutorial
video which helps to address one of the most common questions we get from our clients especially
newcomers to the laser industry.
And the question is: How do you control multiple projectors using Pangolin software and hardware?!
So in the todays tutorial we are going to address this question providing you some real-world
examples you can use at home.
So let's get started.
Alright, as you guys can see here we have two laser projectors and we have one Flashback.
So what we're gonna do in this example is run the ILDA signal from this Flashback into
our first projector and then we are gonna take a second ILDA cable and run it from the
ILDA out on this projector and into our second projector.
And now this is possible because this laser projector here has an ILDA input and an ILDA
output and so this configuration we've set up here, is commonly referred to as daisy
chaining the laser projectors together.
And basically again you have 1 FB3 sending a signal to 2 laser projectors.
And that signal first comes here and then you are connecting a second ILDA cable and
sending that signal here.
So in a setup like this what will happen, is that sense both projectors are receiving
the same signal.
They’re gonna produce the same effect.
So let's go inside of the QuickShow software and illustrate this, with some actual Laser
output.
As we explained earlier we have two laser projectors both tight to one FB3 QS and those
projectors are Daisy chained together.
So the first thing I am gonna do with this examples is to go up here to settings,, projector
settings.
And you'll notice that our projector settings is only seeing one projector, tight to the
Flashback 61191.
So if we go to project our simple test pattern.
You will notice that outputs across both laser projectors.
Any adjustments I make in here, such as adjusting size and position, is gonna happen across
both projectors.
So if we for example click a Cue, you notice that that same Cue displays across both projectors
and any adjustments we make in our live control area are gonna take place across both projectors.
And once again this is because both laser projectors are daisy chained together and
they're both receiving one signal from one FB3.
So in the first example we showed you earlier, we had both these projectors daisy chain together.
But let's say for example your laser projector only has an ILDA input and no ILDA output
as this projector does.
And in such a scenario, if you want to control both projectors from a single Flashback, what
you're gonna need is an ILDA splitter cable.
You can find these online from many lasers show part shop store.
They are relatively inexpensive.
So in this example, what we have is once again a single Flashback with that signal running
into our ILDA splitter cable.
We have our first ILDA cable Running to projector one and a second ILDA cable running to projector
two.
And once again this example both projectors are receiving the same signal.
We're going to produce the same effect.
And we will illustrate that for you really quickly inside of QuickShow.
Okay guys, once again the first thing I am going to do is go to settings projector settings.
Once again quick show is seeing one projector, tighter to our single Flashback 61191.
And when we click that test pattern it is going to produce the same test pattern across
both projectors, and any just as we make Are gonna be applied across projectors.
Now once again this is because we have two lasers tied to a single Flashback receiving
the same signal.
Thus they're going to perform the same effect.
Alright guys in this example we have two laser projectors and now we have two Flashbacks.
And so what we're going to illustrate is independent control.
Basically where each laser projector is being controlled by its own FB3.
So I am gonna connect projector number one to Flashback 61191.
And then we'll connect projector number two to Flashback 53911.
So here we have two laser projectors, each being controlled by their own FB3.
So let's go inside of QuickShow and see what we are able to do with this sort of a setup.
Once again we have two Laser projectors here each being independently controlled by its
own Flashback.
So the first thing we want to do in this example is go to Settings.
And we select laser controller hardware and the purpose of this is, just to make sure
that QuickShow is seeing we have two projectors each tight to its own Flashback.
And everything was good, so we click okay.
Next thing we want to do is go back to settings, select projector settings.
And then you'll notice that in this menu right here, QuickShow recognize that we have two
projectors and two Flashbacks.
So we will adjust the projector settings for projector number one.
You can see we adjust the size and position.
That looks pretty good right about there.
And then we will select projector number two.
And that looks okay right about where it is.
So we select okay.
Next thing we do is to go back to settings one more time and we will select our projection
zones.
And the purpose of this is to tell QuickShow which content we want to display across which
projector.
So I am gonna select Zone one, scanner one main.
And I project a quick test pattern.
And you will notice by default that it is going to projector one Flashback 6119.
If we want to change that, we can simply pull this drop down menu and select the other projector.
And it will route that zone to the other projector.
For the purpose of this example I am gonna select zone eight here, atmospherics.
So I can show you an example where we are using graphics and atmospheres at the same
time.
So select zone eight, project a simple test pattern and you'll see now that we have a
two zone set up.
One for graphics and one for atmospherics.
And we have both projectors doing something different independently control from an individual
Flashback.
So we click OK.
So now if we go into our gratin we select a Graphic, you notice that it will go to projector
one.
And if we select an atmospherics effect.
You will notice that it goes to projector two.
Now let's say what to have both projectors doing something different at the same time.
We you will select our multi-cue up here, we get that graphic going that atmosphere.
And we will also get A graphic going here, perhaps the motorcycle.
So now you can see we have A graphical image coming from projector one and atmosphere projector
two.
Both projectors are doing something different at the same time.
So let's say we want to individually control each projector.
And have applied some effects to each of these.
No problem we can come over here into our live control area, and you notice by default
we have master selected.
So any adjustments I make, are gonna be applied to all projectors.
But if I select a cue, which you'll notice is that now we have the motorcycle cue selected.
And the adjustment that I make will only be done to that specific zone.
So we can independently control it.
And the same for our others zone.
The atmospheric.
Any adjustments we making there will only be done to that specific zone.
So this is example provide you with an illustration what we mean by independent control.
And there's a lot more things that you can do.
I was just trying to provide a quick rough example, of what independent control means.
But essentially when each projector is tied to its own Flashback, you're gonna be able
to make these projectors do different things at the same time.
This is what most professionals do.
Because it allows you to create much more complex and creative laser light shows.
Where you have each projector doing different things simultaneously.
And these same principles that we just demonstrate shown here with QuickShow, also apply to other
Pangolin software such as LD2000, and BEYOND.
So I hope that you guys enjoyed this tutorial and found it interesting.
We are gonna have more tutorial videos like this happen coming soon.
And if you have any questions you'd like us to make the tutorial video on, Please send
those requests to contact@Pangolin.com.
One of our goals this year is gonna be to create tutorial videos, around peoples most
commonly asked questions.
So once again I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and we see you next time.