Operator`s manual

Copyright Avolites Limited 2010
Page 50 – 3. Controlling dimmers and fixtures
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For attributes displayed in percent, such as Dimmer, or Colour Mix,
you enter a value from 0-100 to set the percentage output. For
attributes where the output is divided up into ranges, such as colour
wheels, you enter the index of the range you want. For example to
select the 3rd colour (as displayed in the list above the wheel) you
would enter 3.
3.1.7 Selecting fixtures and dimmers by number (Channel)
In some situations, for example when programming lots of dimmers,
it can be easier to type in the dimmer channels you want to program.
The Channel menu allows you to do this for dimmers or fixtures. To
access the Channel menu, press the Channel button on the top left of
the numeric keypad. You can also simply start typing numbers on the
keypad, when you press Thro, And or @ (functions of the up arrow,
down arrow and right arrow buttons below the numeric keypad) then
the Channel menu will be shown.
Fixtures may be selected by User Number, Handle Number or DMX
Address, as set by the option on Softkey A.
For Through, And and @ you can either use the softkeys or the grey
arrow buttons below the numeric keypad.
When using the Channel menu it is helpful to latch it by pressing the
ML Menu button.
• To select a fixture, type the number and press Enter.
• To select more than one fixture, press [And] between each
number. For example 1 And 2 And 5 Enter will select 1, 2, 5.
• To select a range of fixtures, press [Through]. For example 1
Through 8 Enter will select 1-8.
• To miss out fixtures in a range, use [Not], for example 1
Through 4 Not 3 Enter will select 1, 2, and 4.
• The @ softkey sets a dimmer level to the selected fixtures, for
example 1 Through 8 @ 5 Enter will set 1-8 at 50%. (You can
choose whether 50% is entered as “5” or “50” in the User
Settings – see section
11.3.3 on page 124). When you press @
there are softkey options for Full, Off and +/- (increase or
decrease brightness).
• You can work with Groups using the Group button, for example
Group 1 And Group 2 Not 5 Enter will select all fixtures in group
1 and group 2 except for fixture 5.
• You can use the Locate button instead of Enter, to select
fixtures and locate them. For example 1 Through 4 Locate will
select fixtures 1 to 4 and locate them.
• When entering a command, the command line is shown on the
display. You can go back using the grey ← button and you can
abandon the line using the grey → button.
3.1.8 Selecting using a pattern
When programming you will often want to select patterns of fixtures.
Rather than having to individually select and deselect fixtures, the
Pearl has an easy way of selecting odd then even fixtures in a range
of fixtures, or it can, for example, select every 4
th
fixture.