User Guide

Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page 38
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4.8.1 Why we need an OFF function
Because this is the only way to remove a Channel from a Chase or Memory
once it has been recorded in it. If a Channel or Fixture is OFF, it is not output
from a Memory or Chase it has been recorded into.
Recording a Channel at zero is not the same as a Channel that is OFF.
Think of a Moving Head Fixture. With the Pan and Tilt at zero, the Fixture
points up into the roof somewhere (if it is hung on a truss). If recorded into a
Memory, this is a very different result from Pan and Tilt not being recorded
into the Memory at all. If you have recorded a Memory or Chase with
Channels in them that you no longer want recalled, use OFF.
You can turn Attributes OFF so that they will not output from a Memory or
Chase, or turn OFF whole Fixtures.
⇒ You can use OFF to exclude Fixtures that have inadvertently been stored
in a Memory or Chase if you forgot to press CLEAR.
You can also use the OFF function to turn OFF Attributes already stored in a
Preset Focus. See section 8.13 Switching OFF Attributes in Preset Focuses.
4.8.2 To turn an individual Attribute OFF
• Turn the Key to Program. Puts you in LIVE PROGRAM MODE.
• Press the blue OFF button. Puts you in the OFF menu.
• Select the Attribute Bank of the Attribute you wish to turn OFF. Its LED
lights up. Softbuttons B and C show the Attribute of the Selected lights available on the
Selected Attribute Bank. If there are no Attributes on the selected Bank in the Selected
Fixtures, the Softbuttons will display the message “Switch OFF”, and no Attribute will be
named.
• Press Softbutton B or C to turn the named Attribute OFF for currently
Selected Fixtures. The Screen shows OFF for all Attributes currently switched OFF.
• Function automatically exits. Puts you back in LIVE PROGRAM MODE menu.
4.8.3 To turn a Fixture OFF
This completely excludes a Fixture from a Memory or Chase Step.
• Turn the Key to Program. Puts you in LIVE PROGRAM MODE.
• Select the Fixtures to be turned OFF. Their LEDs will light up.
• Press the OFF button. Puts you in the OFF menu.
• Press Softbutton A [Switch OFF Selected Fixtures]. The Screen displays
OFF next to the Channel numbers of these Fixtures in all Attribute Banks.
• Function automatically exits. Puts you back in LIVE PROGRAM MODE menu.
4.8.4 Clearing Channels turned OFF
The OFF clears when you press CLEAR.
⇒ You cannot individually clear Channels turned OFF.
• Select the Fixtures you wish to turn OFF. Their LEDs will light up.