# Operator Tools

This is grandocs, an unofficial mirror of MA Lighting documentation. For authoritative or safety-relevant information, cite the canonical page on help.malighting.com.

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Practical, fast references built for **humans at the console** — distinct from the
full manual mirror. Everything here is sourced from the official grandMA3 2.4
documentation and links back to the canonical page, so you can trust it and dig deeper.

<CardGrid>
	<Card title="Keyboard & shortcuts" icon="laptop">
		A visual map of every command-section hardkey — Store, Update, At, Thru, the
		number pad, Xkeys — color-coded by function, per console and onPC wing, plus
		the fixed onPC keyboard shortcuts. [Open the keyboard reference →](/operator/keyboard/)
	</Card>
	<Card title="Command cheat sheet" icon="seti:powershell">
		The command-line keywords you actually use, grouped and copyable: functions,
		objects, selection, playback, options, and special characters.
		[Open the cheat sheet →](/operator/cheatsheet/)
	</Card>
	<Card title="grandMA2 → grandMA3" icon="random">
		Coming from grandMA2? A "where did it go" map: BlindEdit→Preview, Effects→Phasers,
		Channels→Fixtures, and the traps in between. [Open the map →](/operator/ma2-to-ma3/)
	</Card>
	<Card title="Lua API reference" icon="open-book">
		A searchable index of the grandMA3 Lua API — Object and Object-Free functions
		with signatures, each linking to the full page. [Open the Lua index →](/operator/lua-api/)
	</Card>
	<Card title="Find it by another name" icon="magnifier">
		Know the term from another desk? Submaster, chase, blackout, dimmer channel —
		mapped to what grandMA3 calls it. [Open alias search →](/operator/aliases/)
	</Card>
	<Card title="Works offline" icon="approve-check">
		This site is installable. Load it once on your laptop and the reference is
		available at the venue, even with no internet.
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:::note[Preview surface]
Operator Tools is a preview feature under review. Content is generated from the
official grandMA3 2.4 manual and is **unofficial** — for authoritative or
safety-relevant information, always confirm on
[help.malighting.com](https://help.malighting.com/).
:::