User Guide

Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page 15
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The Serial Port allows the desk to be connected to either the Graphics
Tablet or the Stage Remote.
The MIDI In and MIDI Out sockets allow the desk to be linked to a suitable
MIDI device for external control of the desk.
The RESET button is for a soft reset of the desk. In the unlikely event that
your desk has crashed, pressing this button should bring it back to life. This
does not clear the desk, and should not be confused with a WIPEALL. See
section 1.7 Clearing the Desk with a WIPEALL.
The DMX In socket is for future use and is not implemented at present.
The Sound To Light socket enables you to plug a microphone or other line
level signal into the desk for Sound To Light operation.
Finally the VDU socket is where you plug in your external screen.
1.4.2 The Preset Area
This is the upper half of the desk, and includes the LCD Brightness and
LCD Contrast controls (see Section 1.3.2 Seeing the Screen), the Sound to
Light control (Section 9.11 Sound to Light ) and the Key. The latter
determines whether the desk is set to System, Program or Run. The
different positions determine which functions of the desk are available to the
user, and the Key is removable to allow the desk to be locked.
There is a desklamp socket and a fairly self-evident three mode switch for it.
The Pearl consists of 2 banks of Preset Faders, which can be used for up to
controlling sixty individual Channels in Single Preset or Wide mode or up to
thirty individual Channels in Two Preset mode.
The level to which these Preset Faders can raise a channel is determined by
Master Fader A in Single Preset mode and Master Faders A and B in Two
Preset mode. Master Fader A sets the maximum level for the bottom row of
Presets and Master Fader B sets it for the top row.
There are thirty Preset SWOP and Preset ADD buttons. You may know
these as Flash buttons.
In Two Preset Mode, there is obviously a SWOP and an ADD button for each
Channel. In Wide mode these are associated with Channels 1 to 30.
The Preset SWOP function solos a Preset Channel, killing all other Playback
or Preset Channels.
The Preset ADD buttons add the Channel to the output of the desk.
In Normal Run Mode the level to which these buttons output is controlled by
the Swop Master Fader and the Add Master Fader
1.4.3 The Playback Area
Memories and Chases are recalled from fifteen Playbacks located under the
Roller.
Each Roller Facet on the Roller is lettered A to J and there are three Roller
Pages available allowing the Roller to be filled with three separate banks of
data per Roller Facet. There are three Roller Page buttons located to the
left of the Roller.