User Guide

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14.4 Customising Personality Files
14.4.1 Editing Personality files
It is possible to customise Personality files. This may be in order to control a
Fixture for which there isn’t one, or to patch or control a Fixture in an unusual
way.
Avolites personality files are in ASCII format and can be edited on any
personal computer and saved on either double density or high density MS
DOS formatted disks.
See Personality file Programmers Manual for more details.
14.5 User Curves
It is possible to define your own Dimmer curve for use with HTP Channels.
The curves need to be defined in a PC text file, the format of which is
described in Appendix 7. User-defined Dimmer Curves.
The Curves are loaded like this :
• Turn the Key to Program. Puts you in LIVE PROGRAM MODE menu.
• Press the blue DISK button on the Program Select bank. Its LED lights up.
Puts you in the DISK OPTIONS menu.
• Press Softbutton G [USER CURVES].
• Press ENTER to load the Curves.
• Press EXIT to quit.
14.6 Resetting the desk to factory settings with the WIPEALL link
The desk can be totally reset by fitting the WIPEALL link on the main circuit
board for the Pearl. Subsequently powering the desk up will perform a
Power On Reset, restoring the factory defaults.
Before you do this, make sure you have a System Software disk. This is
a precaution. You can make one yourself. See the first part of Section 14.7.3
Changing your System Software.
14.6.1 Fitting a WIPEALL link on the Pearl
• Turn Key to Program. Puts you in Live Program Mode.
• Save your Show on a blank disk. See Section 14.1.2 Saving your show
to disk.
• Switch off the desk and unplug it. To avoid damage to desk or technician.
• Undo the Dzus fasteners holding the top panel to the case and open the
desk. Plugging in the desk lamp makes it easier to open the desk.
• Locate the WIPEALL Link. This is on the main processor board (The
largest PCB) near the main processor which is a large black chip.
• Move the blue jumper link header to connect both terminals.
• Plug in and power up the desk. The LCD Screen should now display the AVOS II
menu.