User Guide

Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007
12.2 User functions 197
12.2.1 The Wipe menu 197
12.2.2 Disk functions 197
12.2.3 USB drive troubleshooting 198
13. OTHER FEATURES 201
13.1 System Configuration 201
13.1.1 Utility menu 201
13.1.2 USB Stick Options 201
13.1.3 Service mode 203
13.1.4 AVOS2 functions 204
13.1.5 Upgrading earlier Pearl software to Pearl 2008 version 204
13.1.6 Installing the latest Pearl application software 205
13.1.7 Installing new fixture personalities 206
13.1.8 Troubleshooting Invalid License 206
13.1.9 Hardware WIPEALL mode 206
13.1.10 Audio gain links 207
13.2 MIDI functions 209
13.2.1 What a MIDI command looks like 209
13.2.2 MIDI commands used by the Pearl 209
13.2.3 MIDI Time Code 210
13.2.4 MIDI Problems 210
13.3 The stage remote (riggers remote) 211
13.4 Pearl Tiger: installing the Tiger Wing 212
14. THE PERSONALITY FILE SYSTEM 213
14.1 Help, I can’t find a personality for my fixture 213
14.2 Create 213
14.2.1 What is and how do I write or change a Personality file? 213
14.2.2 Personality file naming conventions 213
14.2.3 Personality File Keyword Order 214
14.2.4 The Instrument Name 214
14.2.5 The Device Type 214
14.2.6 Fixture switch settings 215
14.2.7 Mirror 216
14.2.8 The DMX/Preset Layout 217
14.2.9 Text Field 218
14.2.10 The Preset Focus (Palette) table 218
14.2.11 Macros 219
14.2.12 Range tables 220
14.2.13 Example Personality File for the High End Cyberlight 220
15. GLOSSARY OF TERMS 225
16. INDEX 231