Operator`s manual
Copyright Avolites Limited 2010
3. Controlling dimmers and fixtures - Page 51
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1> Select some fixtures.
2> Press the white “All” button (below the Next Time button to the
right of the wheels).
3> Select a pattern from the softkeys. Your selection is modified so
you will only be controlling, say, the odd fixtures.
4> Press the white “Next” button to change the selection to the
next stage of the pattern.
5> To end the pattern selection, press All twice.
For example, if you are programming a chase using 16 fixtures and you
want every 4
th
fixture to do the same thing, you just select the 16
fixtures, then press All, then D [1 in 4]. You will see that the 1
st
, 5
th
, 9
th
and 13
th
fixtures are now selected, and you can create the look for
those fixtures. Then press Next, and the 2
nd
, 6
th
, 10
th
and 14
th
fixtures
will be selected ready for programming. After you have programmed
the fourth set of fixtures, the pattern will go back to the first position
again, until you press All twice to end.
• You can enter your own patterns using the numeric keypad and
softkeys, for example “2” A [In] “6”.
3.1.9 Attribute groups - IPCGBES
To make life a bit simpler, the Pearl groups together attributes which
have similar effects, using the letters IPCGBES.
I-Intensity (dimmer, strobe shutter)
P-Position (pan, tilt)
C-Colour (colour wheel, CMY mixing)
G-Gobo (gobo wheels, gobo rotate, gobo position)
B-Beam (iris, focus, zoom, beam shaper)
E-Effects (prism)
S-Special (motor speeds)
These groups are used to select which attributes you want to work
with in many of the functions on the console, particularly when you
are “masking off” certain attributes from being saved.
3.1.10 Using fixture groups
You can create groups of fixtures or dimmer channels, which can then
be quickly selected together by pressing a grey palette button or
typing the group number. You can, for example, make a group for
each type of fixture,
or group by stage left
/ stage right, etc.
The Touch Wing has a
dedicated window for
Groups, allowing you
to quickly recall each
group from a named
touch button. If the
Groups window is not
visible you can show