User Guide

Page 120 - 2. Patching
Pearl 2004 Manual v1 - 27th August 2004
the next valid address instead.
• If you are patching a fixture which uses a separate dimmer
channel such as a VL5™, you can patch the dimmer channel onto
the same handle as the moving light part of the fixture, so you
can control it all together. This is called a Pending dimmer.
2.1.4 Checking the patching
Having set the Pearl, you need to ensure that your lighting rig is set up
to match the Pearl by going round your rig to set the DMX addresses.
You can display the DMX settings on the Pearl like this.
1> Press the View button next to the numeric
keys
2> Press D [Fixture Patch]
3> The display shows a list of the handles to
which you have patched fixtures or
dimmers, with the DMX line and address
(e.g. A24 is address 24 on DMX line A).
4> The top handle on the list has an arrow
next to it. The lower part of the display
shows more information for this handle,
including dip switch settings if the fixture
personality includes this information.
5> Use the up-down cursor arrows to change
the selected fixture. The left-right cursor
arrows will show you another page of
handles.
6> Repeat from Step 4 to view other fixtures.
• Press View, then C [DMX patch] to display a list of all DMX
channels, what they are allocated to and the current output. The
cursor arrows scroll through the list.
• Press View then a handle Swop button to display the settings for
the fixture patched to that handle.
• You do not need to be in patch mode to view this information, you
can do it at any time.
2.2 Edit
2.2.1 Changing the DMX address of a fixture
You can re-patch a fixture to a different DMX address or a different
DMX output line. All programming is kept.
1> Press Patch (if you’re not already in Patch mode).
2> Press E [Repatch Fixtures].
3> Use the numeric keypad to enter the new DMX address of the
fixture. If you want to change the DMX output line, press E
[Select a DMX line] and choose a new output line by pressing A B
C or D.
4> Press the handle swop button for the fixture to patch that fixture
at the new address.