User Guide

Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page ix
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12.20.1 Softbutton A - FIXTURES OR MIMICS 113
12.20.2 Softbutton B - VALID RANGE 113
12.20.3 Softbutton C – SET FOCUS MASK 114
12.21 Helps and Hints 114
13. RUNNING YOUR SHOW 115
13.1 Run Modes 115
13.1.1 Normal Run mode 115
13.1.2 Take Over Run mode 116
13.2 Running in Two Preset Mode 116
13.3 The ADD and SWOP buttons in different Run Modes 117
13.3.1 Changing Run Modes 117
13.4 Help and Hints 118
14. DISK FUNCTIONS AND SOFTWARE 119
14.1 The Show Disk system 119
Accessing the Disk System 119
14.1.1 Formatting a disk 119
14.1.2 Saving your show to disk 120
14.1.3 Loading a show from disk 120
14.1.4 Setting the internal clock 120
14.2 The CATALOGUE function 121
14.3 Personality Disks 121
14.3.1 Personality Files 121
14.3.2 Old Personality files 121
14.4 Customising Personality Files 122
14.4.1 Editing Personality files 122
14.5 User Curves 122
14.6 Resetting the desk to factory settings with the WIPEALL link 122
14.6.1 Fitting a WIPEALL link on the Pearl 122
14.7 System Software 123
14.7.1 Finding your Software Version number 123
14.7.2 Testing your buttons and faders 123
14.7.3 Changing your System Software 123
14.8 Loading a new AVOS operating system 124
14.9 Help and Hints 125
14.9.1 Formatting a PC disk 126
15. THE GRAPHICS TABLET 127
15.1 Introduction to 4D TRACK and the Graphics Tablet 127
15.2 An overview of the Tablet 127
15.2.1 The Stage Area 127
15.2.2 The Colour Control Area 127
15.2.3 The Select buttons 127
15.2.4 The Fader 128
15.2.5 The Function button 128
15.2.6 The Mouse pad and Screen selects 128
15.3 Connecting up the Tablet 128
15.4 Using the Tablet 129
15.4.1 Selecting Fixtures with the Tablet 129
15.4.2 Showing which Fixtures are selected 129
15.5 Controlling Attributes from the Graphics Tablet 129
15.5.1 The Attribute Select Buttons 129
15.5.2 Working with Attribute Select buttons 129
15.5.3 Using the Fader with Attributes 130
15.5.4 Align Attribute 130
15.6 INSTANT ACCESS control features 130
15.6.1 The Tablet DIMMER button 130
15.6.2 Absolute and Nudge 130
15.6.3 The Stage Area 131