Martin Announces P3 System Controller Avilable in PC Version

Martin Professional’s P3 System Controller for LED video screen processing is now available in a PC-based version. The P3-PC is an inexpensive yet full-featured software-only version that can control up to 20,000 pixels using the Ethernet port of the PC it is running on. This addition to the Martin family of P3 System Controllers packs three functions into a single software package:

• A PC-based P3 System Controller for smaller Martin LED video setups containing up to 20000 pixels (P3-PC License on Martin One-Key™ required).
• An offline editor for the P3-100 and P3-200 System Controllers to preprogram setups anywhere on your own PC or laptop. Save and copy shows to the P3-100/200 using a USB stick (no license required; free-of-charge).
• A tool to address/test/upload firmware LED video setups on site before the P3-100/200 arrives on location (no license required; free-of-charge).
• The P3-PC software can be downloaded for free from the Martin Professional website. Media playback is performed by the PC itself using any media player application including Quicktime, Windows Media Player or VLC (Media playback requires an inexpensive Martin One-Key license.)

P3 System Controllers feature scaling and de-interlacing with a minimum of latency, unrestricted mapping of any screen element, real-time control of all screen parameters including brightness and mapping, robust video data distribution via Gigabit Ethernet, and an intuitive user interface. The P3-100 and P3-200 allow full integration with lighting control via DMX512. Users can treat LED screens like lighting instruments with direct cue-by-cue control of brightness, image rotation and position, color temperature and more.  For applications requiring integration with motion control, the P3-100 and P3-200 also work with the Kinesys K2 motion control system to automatically adapt LED panel positioning in real time.

For more information, visit www.martin.com.

Martin LightJockey 2 Gets Repackaged

From MartinPro.com:

Martin Professional’s PC-based lighting software, LightJockey 2, is now shipping with the new Martin One-Key™ protection device, one Martin USB DUO DMX™ and the MSD5™ MC Edition 3D Visualizer.

Martin also announces a LightJockey hardware replacement program. Through the program, old LightJockey hardware from an ISA PC card to a Universal USB device can be returned for exchange.

The replacement kit includes the Martin One-Key, either one or two Martin USB DUO DMX’s, and an MSD5 MC Edition 3D Visualizer. Further information on the exchange program can be found at www.martin.com.

Martin Announces Martin One-Key

Martin One-Key is a future-proof concept to distribute software licenses without the inconvenience of storing licenses in DMX hardware as we’ve been used to for the last 20 years. From now on, all Martin Professional PC-based applications will share the same protection method.

Martin One-Key is a simple USB dongle that can store one or multiple licenses and protects the software from illegal copies, therefore protecting the user’s investment.  No longer will software licenses be unlocked by DMX hardware that usually becomes obsolete after a few years, or even worse becomes defective and renders the software unusable.

Once a user owns the Martin One-Key, adding new software is a few click process; no need to wait for a box to be delivered. With Martin One-Key, users can easily try any other Martin Professional software for a 45-day trial period with all features. Martin One-Key simplifies software distribution, improves protection, protects investments, and opens doors to new ideas never tried before.  Martin One-Key is the future, now.

Martin One-Key is now bundled with the following products:

• LightJockey II Kit
• M-PC-Basic 8 universes Kit
• M-PC Pro 64 Universes Kit
• MSD5 Gold
• MSD5 Live
• MSD5 Live-4
• Martin M1 (built-in key)
• All MaxModules (built-in key)
• Maxxyz Compact (built-in key) 
Note: Martin M1, all MaxModules and Maxxyz Compact already use an internal Martin One-Key since their introduction.

To learn more about the Martin One-Key, visit their website at www.martin.com.