User Guide

2. Patching - Page 9
Pearl 2004 Manual v1 - 27th August 2004
Î Press the last Swop button (handle 30)
Î Release the first Swop button, then the last Swop button
Î Each handle will be patched in order to a dimmer channel.
Î Press Exit when you have finished patching.
You can also patch more than one dimmer channel on the same handle.
This can be useful when you have several lights on different dimmer
channels, but you always want to control them together. For example,
if you have lit an area with several spots and you just want them all to
come up on one fader, this is a good way to do that. Multiple patches
like this are displayed at the bottom of the VDU screen.
Patching several dimmers to the same button
Î Enter Dimmer Patch mode
Î Using the numeric keypad, enter the DMX address of the first
dimmer channel to be patched
Î Press the Swop button for the handle you want to use (this patches
the first dimmer)
Î Using the numeric keypad, enter the DMX address of the next
dimmer channel to be patched (the Pearl will have automatically
increased the address by 1)
Î Press the Swop button again
Î Press Exit when you have finished patching
You can repeat this procedure to patch as
many dimmers as you like on to one handle.
So far, you’ve patched onto the bottom bank
of faders. You can also patch onto the top
bank of faders. If you have 30 or less fixtures,
it’s easiest to patch fixtures to the bottom
faders, and your dimmers to the top faders,
then you can have them all accessible without
having to change the fixture page.
Patching to the top fader bank
Î Patch the dimmer as normal, but hold
down the AVO (shift) button while
pressing the blue Swop button. The AVO
button is next to the numeric keypad
Î The dimmer channel will be patched to the top fader
Î Press AVO with another Swop button to patch to another top fader
You can patch multiple dimmer channels to the top faders by holding
down the AVO button, then holding the first swop button, then pressing
the last button of the range to be patched. You might need to grow a
third hand, or borrow someone else’s, to accomplish this.
top faders