User Guide

2. Patching - Page 13
Pearl 2004 Manual v1 - 27th August 2004
The disk drive is in the front left hand corner of the console, beneath
the master faders. If you’re using the
console in its flightcase, you might need to
lift it slightly to access the disk drive.
It only takes a minute or so to save the
contents of the Pearl to disk. You can then
reload it if you mess up the show by
accidentally changing something, or if some
helpful person steals the Pearl you can load
your programming into a replacement
console and the show can go on.
Backing up the Pearl to disk
Î Press the Disk button in the bottom right hand corner of the Pearl
Î Insert a blank formatted 1.44MB disk into the disk drive (anything
on the disk will be wiped).
Î Select B [Save show to disk].
Î The Pearl will ask for a filename for the show. Type this on the
QWERTY keyboard then press Enter. If you don’t have a keyboard
connected you can just accept the default showname by pressing
Enter.
Î The Pearl will ask if you want to make the show compatible with
Sep 2000 software. Press B [No].
Î The Pearl will save your current show onto the disk. The display will
tell you when the Pearl has finished.
Î The Pearl will not respond to any buttons or sliders while saving or
loading a show. The DMX output will be frozen in its last state.
Î If you need to reload the show, press Disk then A [Load show from
disk].
2.10 Examples
How do I patch a 6 channel DMX dimmer pack to faders 31-36?
Press Patch, then A [Dimmer]. Note the DMX address where the Pearl is
going to patch (on the top line of the display). Hold down the AVO
button. Press the blue Swop buttons for channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Let go of the AVO button. Because you were holding down AVO, the
dimmers are patched to the top set of faders, 31-36. Press Exit twice to
leave Patch mode. Finally set your dimmer pack’s DMX address to
match the Pearl (if you are not sure of the address, press View then D
[Fixture patch], then use the Down Arrow button to scroll to show
Handle 31; the display shows the DMX address where the handle is
patched).
How do I patch a Mac600 to handle 10?
Press Patch, then B [Choose a fixture]. (Ensure there is no disk in the
disk drive). Press F [More] until one of the softkey options is
MMac600m4. Press the softkey for that option. Wait for the Pearl to
Disk button