User Guide
Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page iii
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1. READ ME!! 12
1.1 How to use this manual 12
1.2 Am I using a Pearl 2000? 12
1.3 Turning on 13
1.3.1 The important stuff 13
1.3.2 Seeing the Screen 13
1.3.3 System software 13
1.3.4 Making backups 13
1.4 Overview of the desk 14
1.4.1 The Back Panel 14
1.4.2 The Preset Area 15
1.4.3 The Playback Area 15
1.4.4 The Control Area 16
1.4.5 The Screen buttons 17
1.5 The Key Switch Positions 18
1.5.1 System mode 18
1.5.2 Program mode 18
1.5.3 Run mode 18
1.6 The Programmer 18
1.6.1 Placing Channels in the Programmer 19
1.6.2 Clearing Channels from the Programmer 19
1.7 Clearing the Desk with a WIPEALL 19
1.7.1 To do a WIPEALL 19
1.8 Help and Hints 20
2. GETTING STARTED WITH CONVENTIONAL LIGHTS 21
2.1 Getting ready 21
2.2 Patching some Conventional lights 21
2.2.1 Quickly creating a 1 to 1 Dimmer patch 21
2.2.2 Patching individual Dimmers 22
2.3 Controlling Dimmer Channels 23
2.3.1 Raising a Preset Fader 23
2.3.2 Controlling Dimmers on Different Pages 23
2.4 Programming a first Memory 23
2.5 Programming a first Chase 24
2.5.1 Connecting a Chase 25
2.5.2 Adjusting the Speed and Crossfade of your Chase 25
2.5.3 Stopping and Starting your Chase 25
2.5.4 Changing the direction of a Chase 25
3. GETTING STARTED WITH INTELLIGENT FIXTURES 26
3.1 Getting ready 26
3.2 Using Intelligent Fixtures 26
3.3 Patching Intelligent Fixtures 26
3.4 Controlling Intelligent Fixtures 28
3.4.1 Controlling Intelligent Fixtures using Wheels 28
3.4.2 Selecting a Fixture 28
3.4.3 Selecting a series of Fixtures 28
3.4.4 Using the AVO button as a Select Shift key 28
3.4.5 How the Wheels control the Attributes 29
3.4.6 High resolution Pan and Tilt control of 16 – bit Fixtures 29
3.5 Using LOCATE FIXTURE 29
3.6 Programming a first Memory 30
3.7 Programming a first Chase 30
3.7.1 Connecting a Chase 31
3.7.2 Adjusting the Speed and Crossfade of your Chase 32
3.7.3 Stopping and Starting your Chase 32
3.7.4 Changing the direction of a Chase 32
4. MORE ABOUT INTELLIGENT FIXTURES AND MOVING LIGHTS 33