User Guide

Page 192 - 12. Setup
Pearl 2004 Manual v1 - 27th August 2004
CHAPTER TWELVE
12. Setup
This chapter contains: The user settings menu; Wipe modes; Disk
functions
The Pearl is very easy to customise to your preferred way of working.
The main options are contained in the “User settings menu”.
12.1 User Settings
12.1.1 The User Settings menu
This menu is obtained by holding down the AVO button and pressing C
[User Settings]. You can also turn the key to System mode and press C
[User Settings].
You select the option to change using the cursor up/down buttons, and
make the changes using the left/right buttons.
The options are:
1. Normal Run / Take Over - Sets the Run mode of the Pearl. This
option can also be set by pressing Softkey A while in Run mode.
See page 180 for details of Run mode.
2. Rec by Fixture / Rec by channel - Sets the recording mode of the
Pearl. If set to “by Instrument”, if any attributes of a fixture are
changed, all attributes are recorded. If set to “by channel”, only
changed attributes are recorded. See page 147 for details of how
this works. This option can also be set by holding the Avo button
and pressing Softkey B.
3. Speed=Seconds / BPM - Allows you to set whether chase speed is
displayed in Seconds or Beats Per Minute (tempo).
4. Autoconnect Yes / No - Allows you to turn Chase autoconnect on
or off. If on, the controls are automatically connected to the most
recently turned on chase. If off, you have to connect the chase
manually using the Connect button.
5. Palette page Off / On - When set to on, 30 different palettes are
available from the flash buttons on each fixture page (1-30 on
Page 0--, 31-60 on Page 1--, 61-90 on Page 2-- and 91-120 on
Page 3--). When set to Off, palettes 1-30 are on the flash buttons
for all fixture pages.
6. Q palette Off / On - Enables the quick palette function which allows
you to apply a palette to all fixtures if no fixtures are selected
7. G-Tablet / Remote Control / DSR-20 Remote - Specifies what
device is connected to the serial port
8. DMX Chans = xxx - Sets the maximum number of DMX channels to
transmit. If your rig does not use all 512 channels, you can
improve the DMX refresh rate by reducing this number to the
maximum of your rig. You can also set this option from the “Set
DMX Lines” option in Patch mode.