User Guide

Head
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Note: If you have configured one or more heads as a switch pack (type 16),
you will find you can only select those heads on their own. The controller
will display a warning if you try to select a switch pack with other heads.
If you select a range of heads including a switch pack, it will automatically
be omitted from the range.
4.2 Controlling selected heads
Once you have selected the heads, you control them using the front panel controls
such as the joystick, sliders and the colour and gobo buttons. The function of each
control may vary depending on the type of head you are controlling, but in general:
• if the head has a moving mirror, the joystick controls the mirror
• if the head has rotating beams, the speed slider controls the rotation speed
• the value slider controls the colours (free positioning)
• pressing Colour followed by a number key gives ‘full’ colour positions (the
selected colour will be displayed on the screen)
• if the head has a gobo function, pressing Gobo followed by a number gives
gobo positions (the selected gobo name will be displayed on the screen).
If you have selected different types of head together, you will find that you can still
control the different functions using the appropriate controls; for example, if you have
a Futurescan 2 and a Galactic Moon selected together, the joystick will only operate
the mirror on the Futurescan 2; it will not affect the Galactic Moon. The Speed slider
will operate the beam rotation on the Galactic Moon, but will not affect the
Futurescan 2. The colour and gobo controls will operate both units.
Note: If you select some heads while you are running a chase, the selected
heads will continue to run the chase until you take over by moving the
controls. Any functions you do not change will continue to be controlled
by the chase. If you want full control of the head you need to set values
for pan, tilt, rotation (if fitted), colour and gobo.
When you set up a head to be a Gladiator, the drum tilt works from the joystick tilt
and the rotation speed works from the speed slider. If you would rather control the
rotation speed from the joystick pan, set the head up to be a Futurescan 3 instead.
Everything else is the same for these two units.