User Guide

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⇒ If you have anything more to patch or you have made a mistake, go to
Chapter 5 Patching for further help.
3.4 Controlling Intelligent Fixtures
Now you have patched your Intelligent Fixtures, you will want to be able to
control them. The various Attributes of each Fixture are accessed via the
Attribute Bank. You can then use the Wheels to set the level of an
Attribute. Intensities can be controlled either using the Wheel A in the
LAMPS Attribute Bank or the Preset Faders. The Preset Faders control
intensities only.
On a Pearl 2000 fully loaded with 120 Intelligent Fixtures and 120 Dimmer
Presets, the Intensities of the Dimmers will all be on the blue Preset Faders,
and the Intensities of the Intelligent Fixtures will all be on the red Preset
Faders. Thus, an Intellabeam patched onto Handle 14 will have its Intensity
on Preset Fader 14.
3.4.1 Controlling Intelligent Fixtures using Wheels
To do this you need to connect the Wheels to the desired Handles.
3.4.2 Selecting a Fixture
Press the SWOP button of the Handle you have patched them on to. This
will Select whatever Fixture or Dimmer Channel has its intensity patched
onto the red Preset Faders on this Page of Fixtures. The LED on the button
will light up. (If this does not happen, press Softbutton B [USER SETTINGS] followed by
Softbutton A [FIXTURES OR MIMICS] then EXIT.)
You have Selected this Fixture. You can Select further Fixtures by pressing
more SWOP buttons.
The Fixture will now respond to the Wheels. You can choose an Attribute
from the Attribute Bank and control these Channels.
3.4.3 Selecting a series of Fixtures
To select a group of adjacent Fixtures :
• Press the Preset SWOP button of the first Fixture you want to select and
hold it down.
• Press the Preset SWOP button of the last Fixture you want to select.
• Release the first Preset Swop selected, then the second. The LED’s of
all the buttons between the two will light up, indicating that they are
Selected.
3.4.4 Using the AVO button as a Select Shift key
You can use the AVO button as a shift key to Select one or more adjacent
Dimmer Presets on any of the blue Preset Faders, using the SWOP buttons
method as above.
• Hold down the AVO button while pressing the appropriate SWOP button.
You have Selected a Dimmer Channel patched onto the blue Preset Faders.
You can also Select a series of adjacent Dimmer Presets using the AVO
button and the two SWOP button Selection method above.