1.1 What is the Orchestra²
1. INTRODUCTION
Orchestra² is a powerful intuive and ergonomic remote controller designed to manage several switchers
such as Eikos, Eikos LE, OPS300, OPS200, Pulse, Pulse LE, SmartVu, SmartVu LE, Smart MatriX, Smart
MatriX LE, Smart Edge, Smart Edge FX, Smart Quad, Di-VenX II or Eikos², Saphyr, SmartMatrix², Pulse²,
QuickMatrix and QuickVu systems, independently or simultaneously in any kind of combinaon, including
So Edge Blending.
Orchestra² can control up to 6 independent screen conguraons in dierent locaons (single display or
mulple projectors in So Edge Blending mode) and store up to 64 presets per screen conguraon.
Orchestra² controls the eects and funconalies of the Di-VenX II, Eikos, Eikos LE, OPS300, OPS200, Pulse,
Pulse LE, SmartVu, SmartVu LE, Smart MatriX, Smart MatriX LE, Smart Edge, Smart Edge FX, Smart Quad
and Eikos², Saphyr, SmartMatrix², Pulse², QuickMatrix and QuickVu systems.
NOTE: Orchestra² oers the control of matrices in order to mulply the number of live sources, whatever the
Analog Way switcher number of inputs is.
Designed with a 16/9 TFT color touch screen for easy preview of all conguraons, Orchestra² is especially
dedicated to facilitate seng up and programming of mul-screen events and presentaons. It perfectly ts
your every day or presgious shows where speed and easiness of conguraon are required.
The numerous user friendly, customizable and congurable presets enable the set up of your screen
conguraon, so that they are easily accessible during your presentaon. Any last minute modicaon is easy
thanks to the direct input/output selecon access. Also equipped with a USB port, the complete conguraon
of your events can be saved for future use.
With its new Interface Human Machine, Orchestra² will help you manage mul-screen and mul-locaon live
presentaons with total peace of mind.
SCREENS: a “Screen” on the Orchestra² is a containing element, which corresponds to a projecon surface.
A Screen generally contains a device, such as an Eikos, Eikos LE, OPS300, OPS200, Pulse, Pulse LE, SmartVu,
SmartVu LE, Smart MatriX, Smart MatriX LE, Smart Edge, Smart Edge FX, Smart Quad, Di-VenX II, Eikos²,
Saphyr, SmartMatrix², Pulse², QuickMatrix or a QuickVu, though a screen could well be composed of several
devices, in So Edge conguraon for example.
PRESET: a “Preset” on the Orchestra², is a capture (or a recall) of the state of a Screen. In other words, presets
allow to record or recall the state of sources and elements in a Screen at any given moment.
LAYERS: a “Layer” is an image display element (such as a Background, a PIP, or a Logo) that has an associated
visual priority — either in front of another layer or behind.
BACKGROUND FRAME: a “Background Frame” is a full screen image which is selected from one of the memory
slots available. A Frame can be ash captured from any video or computer source plugged into the machine.
BACKGROUND LIVE: a “Background Live” is a live (animated video or moon content) full screen image which
is selected from one of the available sources of the slave device.
PIP: a “PIP” refers to Picture-in-Picture. It is a source (typically of reduced size) that is posioned over another
background image or another PIP. PIPs can be reduced, enlarged, bordered and shadowed. They can overlap
one another, depending on their visual priority.
1.1 What is the Ochestra²
1.2 Useful terms and denions