User Guide

Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page 42
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• Either type in the number 9 and ENTER
Or press Softbutton D [FIXTURE PATCH]
Or press a Handle SWOP button.
• Press EXIT to quit.
5.3 Selecting a DMX line
Pearl 2000 is capable of driving up to four DMX 512 lines. You select the line
you are patching onto like this:
• Turn the Key to Program. Puts you in LIVE PROGRAM MODE.
• Press the blue PATCH button on the Program Select bank. Puts you in the
PATCH DIMMER OR DEVICE menu.
• Press Softbutton C [SELECT A DMX LINE].
• Press Softbutton A – D to select the respective DMX line. Menu autoexits to
PATCH DIMMER OR DEVICE menu.
• Press EXIT or the PATCH button to leave the Patch functions. Puts you
back in LIVE PROGRAM MODE menu.
⇒ An earlier model Pearl will only be able to drive one or two DMX 512
outputs, but the Pearl 2000 Software does not know this! It will let you
patch onto outputs that your desk may not possess, so check with your
supplier to find out the exact specification of the desk you are using
before you start to patch anywhere other than on Line A.
5.4 Patching terminology
5.4.1 Handles
A Handle is a vertical set of two Preset Faders, an ADD button and a
SWOP button used to control a Fixture.
5.5 Patching Conventional lights
• Turn the Key to Program. Puts you in LIVE PROGRAM MODE.
• Press the blue PATCH button on the Program Select bank. Puts you in the
PATCH DIMMER OR DEVICE menu.
The VGA Screen will automatically change to show which DMX addresses are in use.
Selecting page 0 will allow you to patch Preset Faders 001 – 060.
Selecting page 1 will allow you to patch Preset Faders 101 – 160
Selecting page 2 will allow you to patch Preset Faders 201 – 260.
Selecting page 3 will allow you to patch Preset Faders 301 – 360
• Press Softbutton A [DIMMER]. Screen asks you to enter a DMX number and
patch it on an ADD or SWOP button.
• If you wish to change the DMX line you are patching onto, press
Softbutton E [SELECT A DMX LINE], then press Softbutton A – D to
select the respective DMX line. Menu autoexits to PATCH DIMMER OR DEVICE
menu.
• Select the Page of Fixtures that you want to patch onto.