User Guide

Quick Guide to the controller
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A Chase is simply a sequence of scenes which are displayed one after the other. You
can run through a chase automatically at a preset speed or in time with music. You can
also jump between scenes in a chase or move slowly (crossfade) between them. You
can save up to 64 chases and each chase can have up to 64 scenes in it. The controller
has a further 64 pre-programmed chases.
You save a chase by pressing Save, then Chase, then pressing the number of the
chase you want to program. To choose the scene you want at each step of the chase,
just select the scene you want. When you’ve finished, press Chase again to end.
(You can set the chase speed and crossfade now if you want).
To play back the chase, you simply press Chase, then the number of the chase you
want to play back. The chase will start to run.
For more variety, you can run two chases together; the controller calls them Chase A
and Chase B. This allows you, for example, to have a chase which moves the mirror
around, and other chases which just change the colours. By running the “mirror”
chase with one of the “colour” chases, you can get a wider variety of different
patterns.
2.6 Light show
There will be occasions when you don’t have time to program a light show, or you’re
bored with the one you have programmed. This is where the Light Show function
comes in.
Simply press the Light Show button, and the controller will produce a very
impressive automatic light show. You can alter the speed, crossfade and sound
activation of the light show using the controls.
You can manually override any head by selecting it as described above. But any
controls you don’t change will still be controlled by the light show - if you move the
joystick but don’t set the colour to white, the colour will still come from the light
show. You can also run scenes or chases to override the light show.
2.7 Customising how the controller works
The controller has got lots of options so that you can make it work the way you like.
When you first get the controller, it will be set up in the simplest possible mode of
operation so that you can get started quickly.
However, as you get more experienced with the controller, you’ll want to start using
some of its more advanced features. Hold down the Save button for about 2
seconds to set system options, the Head button to set head options, and similarly for
scenes and chases. The controller remembers all the options you set even when
turned off.