User Guide

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CONNECTED CHASE
A Chase which has been brought under control of the
Wheels and other Chase functions by pressing the
CONNECT button.
COPY A system of replication of Memories and Chases used
by the Pearl that links all the copies together. A
change in any one of the replicas results in the same
change to all of them. See PHOTOCOPY.
CROSSFADE Or X FADE. A smooth transition from one state to
another. Can be Dipless or not Dipless. On Avolites
desks all Chases run Dipless fades.
DEVICE See FIXTURE.
DIPLESS The value of the crossfade never drops below the
higher of the two crossfading levels.
DMX DMX512(1990) a specification for communication
between control desks and Fixtures, Originally for
Dimmers it has been adopted as a control protocol for
most Intelligent Fixtures. It can carry 512 different
Channels of data.
DMX TRANSMISSION RATE
The rate at which DMX data is broadcast from the
desk to the Fixtures.
FADE A smooth transition from one state to another.
FADING CHANNEL An LTP Channel which CROSSFADES. See INSTANT
CHANNELS.
FIXTURE Any lighting instrument that is patched using a
Personality. Generally refers to a moving light or colour
changer, not an individual Dimmer channel. Also called
Intelligent Fixture, Device, Instrument, Moving Light.
FLIP A function for use with Moving Head Fixtures. They
have two possible Pan and Tilt positions for each point
on stage, and FLIP will alternate between them.
FOCUS MASK Determines which Attributes will be stored or recalled
when saving or recalling a PRESET FOCUS. Attributes
that will be recalled are indicated by the LED in the
Attribute Bank being illuminated. These can be set or
cleared by pressing the appropriate Attribute Bank
select button.
GENERIC Term used to indicate a Dimmer channel. See also
FIXTURE.
GLOBAL CHASE TIMES
Fade and Wait times which apply to any Chase Step
which does not have Individual Step times
programmed into it. These steps are called SIMPLE
STEPS. See INDIVIDUAL STEP TIMES, COMPLEX
STEP, SIMPLE STEP.