Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• Revision History
• Introduction
  • About This Manual
  • Additional Documentation
  • Training Videos
  • Customer Service
• Overview
  • About Mbox Director
  • Software Versions
  • Communication Protocol
  • Important Concepts
• Installation and Setup
  • Installing Mbox Director
  • Network Configuration
    • Running Mbox Director on an Mbox Server
    • Running Mbox Director on a Separate Mac Computer
  • Adding Fixtures
  • Changing Configuration / Using Dual Output Features
  • Working with the Dual Independent Mode
    • Adding Dual Independent Fixtures
    • Switching from Dual Independent to Other Modes
    • Switching to Dual Independent from Other Modes
• General Operation
  • Mbox Director Window
  • Icons, Menus, and Hot-Keys (Keyboard Shortcuts)
    • Hot-Key (Keyboard Shortcut) List
    • Hot Key (Keyboard Shortcut) Notes
  • Preference Settings
    • General Preferences
    • Media Preferences
    • MIDI Preferences
    • OSC Preferences
    • Keyboard Macros Preferences
    • Art-Net Trigger Preferences
  • Media Picker
    • Generating Thumbnails
  • Enabling Feedback
  • Using Fullscreen Mode in Local Configurations
  • Pinning Windows
  • Undo/Redo
• Quick Start
  • Up and Running
• Creating Shows
  • About Show Files
  • Changing Between Servers
  • Adjusting Master Control Settings
  • Adding Content to Layers
  • Creating and Editing Scenes
    • Adding or Deleting Scenes
    • Editing Scenes
    • Editing Multiple Scenes
    • Separators
    • Searching the Scene List (Find)
  • Editing Layers Using Drag and Drop
    • Creating Duplicate Layers
    • Applying Parameter Settings
    • Adding Layers to Scenes
    • Selectively Store into a Scene
  • Editing Multiple Layers
    • Selecting Multiple Layers
    • Setting/Resetting All Layer Parameters to Same Value
    • Adjusting Relative Offset Across Layers
    • Fanning Layers
    • Copying Multiple Layers From One Server to Another
• Playback
  • Overview
  • Playback Using Manual Control
  • Playback Using Autofollows
  • Playback Using Loops
  • Playback Using Timecode
    • Timeline Overview
    • Important! Zoom Controls
    • Timecode Playback
    • 24-Hour Clock
    • Scrub
    • Sync Stream
    • Timecode Editing
    • Timeline Pop-up Menu
    • Overlapping Scenes
  • Audio Volume Control
• MIDI Operation
  • Playback Using Triggers
  • Setting MIDI Preferences
  • External Control Setup
    • Controlling Director with a Lighting Console
    • Controlling Director with a MIDI Device
• Parameter Store and Recall
  • Palettes
• Advanced Features
  • Value vs. Time
    • Resetting Values and Times
    • Ease In/Out
  • Blind Mode
  • Hide and Solo Functions
  • Pop-Up Menus
    • Server Pop-up Menu
    • Master Pop-up Menu
    • Layer Pop-up Menus
    • Parameter Pop-up Menus
• External Control
  • Control by an External Console (Passthrough Art-Net)
  • Controlling an External Projector (Serial-Over-Ethernet)
• Troubleshooting
  • Network Configuration Errors
    • DHCP Networks
    • IP Address Changed
    • No Reply
    • Receive Only
    • Window Mode
  • Passthrough Art-Net Errors
    • Passthrough universe # not received / Passthrough universe # stale
  • Art-Net Trigger Errors
• Appendix A. Reference
  • OSC Syntax
• Appendix B. Networking For Mbox
  • Concepts
  • Subnet Masking Basics
  • Routing Ethernet Communications
  • Standard Control Protocols
    • Art-Net
    • sACN
    • KiNET