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TIMECORE

MANUAL

Revision History

Revision Date Author(s) Description

1 10.05.2016 ME Initial version.

2 10.11.2017 ME Added: RTP-MIDI, Rackmount ac-

cessory, MSC API & password protec-

tion feature. Replaced VisualTouch

info by Kiosc.

3 07.06.2018 ME Updated vManager chapter to reﬂect

app-store distribution. Moved major-

ity of Kiosc information to a dedicated

Kiosc manual. Added discussion on

password and share analytics.

Contents

1 Introduction 6

2 Protocols 9

3 Setting up 12

4 Network 14

5 Show Control 18

6 Monitors 23

7 Settings 25

8 RTP-MIDI 32

9 vManager 38

10 Kiosc 42

Appendices 43

A Templates 44

B Trigger Types 45

C Task Types 52

D API 60

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VISUAL PRODUCTIONS BV

IZAAK ENSCHEDEWEG 38A

NL-2031CR HAARLEM

THE NETHERLANDS

TEL +31 (0)23 551 20 30

WWW.VISUALPRODUCTIONS.NL

[email protected]

ABN-AMRO BANK 53.22.22.261

BIC ABNANL2A

IBAN NL18ABNA0532222261

VAT NL851328477B01

COC 54497795

Declaration of Conformity

We, manufacturer Visual Productions BV, herby declare under sole responsibility,

that the following device:

TimeCore

Conforms to the following EC Directives, including all amendments:

EMC Directive 2004/108/EG

And the following harmonized standards have been applied:

NEN-EN-IEC 61000-6-1:2007

NEN-EN-IEC 61000-6-3:2007

Full name and identication of the person responsible for product quality and

accordance with standards on behalf of the manufacturer

Date: Place:

May 8th, 2017 Haarlem, The Netherlands

ing. Maarten Engels

Managing Director

Visual Productions BV

Chapter 1

Introduction

The TimeCore is a solid-state device for handling timecode. It is intended to

be used for entertainment shows at events, concerts, festivals and in themed

environments. The TimeCore will help in keeping the various show elements

like sound, lighting, video, laser and special FX synchronised.

Figure 1.1: TimeCore

The TimeCore can generate timecode, it can convert it between diﬀerent

protocols and it can display any received timecode on its display. The unit

features inbuilt web-server; this web-interface allows the user to conﬁgure the

unit. The web-interface also enables other non-timecode protocols like UDP,

OSC and sACN to be linked to certain timecode events. The TimeCore can be

the bridge between timecode and other non-timecode show equipment such as

video players, relays and dimmers. The TimeCore features a rich suite of pro-

tocols that include the two most popular timecodes in show business SMPTE

and MTC. Furthermore, it has Art-Net timecode implemented, which has the

advantage of being network-based.

This document discusses setting up the device and programming its internal

software functions. At the time of writing this manual the TimeCore’s ﬁrmware

was at version 1.07.

1.1 Features

The feature set of the TimeCore includes:

•Ethernet port

•Programming via web-interface

•SMPTE

•MTC

•MIDI, MSC, MMC

•RTP-MIDI

•OSC, UDP, TCP

•Art-Net (data & timecode)

•sACN

•Large 7-segment LED display

•2x user-deﬁnable push-button

•9-24V DC 500mA (PSU included)

•Power over Ethernet (class I)

•Desktop or DIN Rail mounted (optional adapter)

•Operating temperature -20C to +50C (-4F to 122F)

•Compliance EN55103-1 EN55103-2

•Bundled with vManager and Kiosc software

1.2 What’s in the box?

The TimeCore packaging contains the following items (see ﬁgure 1.2):

•TimeCore

•Power supply (inc. international plug set)

•Network cable

•Info card

Figure 1.2: TimeCore box contents

1.3 Saving data to memory

This manual will describe how to conﬁgure the TimeCore and actions, tasks,

etc. The unit’s web-interface is used for editing these kinds of elements. When

changes are made, these changes are directly stored in the RAM memory of

the TimeCore and the programming will directly inﬂuence the behaviour of the

unit. RAM memory is, however, volatile and its content will be lost through a

power cycle. For this reason the TimeCore will copy any changes in the RAM

memory to its onboard ﬂash memory. Flash memory retains its data even when

not powered. The TimeCore will load all its data back from the ﬂash memory

upon startup.

This memory copy process is conducted automatically by the TimeCore and

should not be of any concern of the user. One point of consideration is, how-

ever, that after making a change the unit should be given time to perform the

copy to ﬂash. As a rule of thumb, do not disconnect the power from the device

within 30 seconds from making a programming change.

1.4 Further Help

If, after reading this manual, you have further questions then please consult

the online forum at http://forum.visualproductions.nl for more technical

support.

Chapter 2

Protocols

The TimeCore is ﬁtted with several communication ports and supports various

protocols. This chapter describes these protocols and to which extent they are

implemented in the TimeCore

2.1 SMPTE

SMPTE is timecode signal which can be used to synchronise audio, video, light-

ing and other show equipment. The TimeCore supports receiving SMPTE that

is transferred as an audio signal, also know as LTC timecode.

The TimeCore can send and receive SMPTE.

2.2 MIDI

The MIDI protocol is intended for inter-connecting musical devices such as syn-

thesisers and sequencers. Furthermore, this protocol is also very suitable to

send triggers from one device to another and is often used to synchronise audio,

video and lighting equipment. There is also a large collection of MIDI con-

trol surfaces available; user-interface consoles with knobs, (motorised-)faders,

rotary-encoders, etc.

The TimeCore is ﬁtted with a MIDI input and MIDI output port. It supports

receiving and sending MIDI messages like NoteOn, NoteOﬀ, ControlChange and

ProgramChange.

2.2.1 MTC

MIDI Timecode (MTC) is the timecode signal which is embedded into MIDI.

The TimeCore supports receiving and transmitting MTC. It is not recommended

to combine the use of MTC with ordinary MIDI as MTC consumes the band-

width of the MIDI connection.

2.2.2 MMC

MIDI Machine Control (MMC) is part of the MIDI protocol. It deﬁnes special

messages for controlling audio equipment such as multi-track recorders. The

TimeCore supports the sending of MMC commands; please refer to page 55.

2.2.3 MSC

MIDI Show Control (MSC) is an extension of the MIDI protocol. It comprises

of commands for synchronising show equipment like lighting, video and audio

devices. The TimeCore supports receiving MSC commands. This support is

hard coded and does not require any Show Control programming. Please refer

to appendix ??.

2.3 RTP-MIDI

RTP-MIDI is an Ethernet-based protocol for transferring MIDI messages. It

is part of the RTP (Real-time Protocol) protocol suite. RTP-MIDI is natively

supported by the macOS and iOS operating systems. Through installing a

driver, it is also supported on Windows.

Once the RTP-MIDI connection is established between the TimeCore and

the computer, then software running on the computer will see the TimeCore s

MIDI ports as if it was a USB connection MIDI interface.

2.4 Art-Net

The Art-Net protocol primarily transfers DMX-512 data over Ethernet. The

high bandwidth of an Ethernet connection allows Art-Net to transfer up to 256

universes.

The data sent out for Art-Net does put a certain load on the network, there-

fore it is recommended to disable Art-Net when not in use.

Additional to transmitting DMX-512 data, Art-Net can also be used for

transferring timecode information for equipment synchronisation.

The TimeCore supports sending and receiving of Art-Net timecode as well

as one universe of Art-Net data.

2.5 sACN

The streaming Architecture of Control Networks (sACN) protocol uses a method

of transporting DMX-512 information over TCP/IP networks. The protocol is

speciﬁed in the ANSI E1.31-2009 standard.

The sACN protocol supports multi-cast in order to take eﬃcient use of the

network’s bandwidth.

The TimeCore supports sending and receiving of one sACN universe.

2.6 TCP

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a core protocol of the Internet

Protocol Suite. It is used for its reliable, ordered and error checked delivery

of a stream of bytes between applications and hosts over IP networks. It is

considered ’reliable’ because the protocol itself checks to see if everything that

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