User Guide

Pearl 2000 November 1999 release notes - page 12
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5.3 Record by STAGE
All of the fixtures and channels, in the programmer, will be saved. Also,
those fixtures not in the programmer but for which the intensity channel is
ON on the stage will be saved.
Further, the Record by Fixture rule is used when recording from new or when
updating a scene.
6. Other fixes & enhancements
• The Preset ADD keys are no longer available for patching dimmers.
Always use the Preset SWOP keys to patch or to select, Dimmers
and Fixtures. Press and hold the AVOLITES key then press a preset
SWOP to access Dimmers or Fixtures in the range 31 to 60 from the
current fixture page.
• On the LCD CHANNEL OUTPUT SCREEN, the intensity for the 60
preset faders on the current fixture page is shown in the Dimmer
attribute bank. In the other Attribute banks, the Wheel A and Wheel B
attributes are shown for fixtures 1 to 30. To view the attributes for
fixtures 31 to 60 press the Fixture page key a second time, the LED
will flash to indicate that fixtures 31 to 60 are on view.
• Disk Drive number 1 now supported. This only affects New Pearl
desks, but it does mean that if a disk drive fails, it is possible to
purchase one from a PC vendor and just plug it in. Note that in order
to be able to do this the AVOS must have been upgraded to August
99, before the disk drive is changed.
• USER SETTINGS moved to SYSTEM mode Softkey [C]. The user
Settings are also available in the AVOLITES menu.
• QWERTY problem fixed. Previously, if the QWERTY keyboard was
not plugged-in then sometimes the desk would freeze.
• The personality files are now supplied as one compressed file called
aps.cmp. This is useful because the fully expanded personality file
database is much larger than the capacity of one disk. The fully
expanded personality database can be downloaded from our web
site.
• Removed Theatre Mode from the user settings and from the Chase
Record menu. This function has now been replaced with the Theatre
Stack, see section 7
• The Midi port can now be used to connect the Pearl with the
Visualiser. Set User setting 15 to Visualiser.
• Cursor keys are made available for screen control if
o There are no fixtures selected, or
o FIXTURE CONTROL is enabled, see section 4.3.