Operator`s manual

Page 54 – 3. Controlling dimmers and fixtures

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3> Select the attribute you want to Fan using the attribute bank

buttons.

4> Set the amount of fan using the attribute wheels.

5> Turn off Fan by pressing the Fan button again when you have

finished.

If you have selected fixtures from multiple groups, you can choose

whether the fan effect works with or ignores the groups. For example

if you have 12 fixtures across the stage in 3 groups of 4, you may

want a fan of light beams spread evenly across the stage, or you may

want 3 groups of separately fanned light beams.

By holding down the Fan button you can select:

• [Ignore groups] All fixtures are fanned as one large group

• [Fan group as fixture] All fixtures in a group take on the same

value.

• [Fan Within group] Fan runs across individual fixtures in each

group.

Holding down the Fan button also allows you to select the Curve used

for the fan. The different curves allow you to obtain different fan

effects.

Fan mode needs to be used on at least 4 fixtures to give good effects.

If you have an odd number of fixtures, the central fixture will not

change in fan mode.

Press the Fan button again to leave Fan mode. Any effects you have

set will remain in the programmer.

• It’s fairly easy to accidentally leave Fan mode turned on and be

very confused about why the wheels aren’t working properly, so

turn it off as soon as you have completed the effect.

3.2 Edit

3.2.1 The Channel Grid window

It can sometimes be useful to display and edit exactly what each

fixture is doing. The Channel Grid window allows you do to that.

Display it by pressing the Channel Grid button below the screen, or

press View then [Show workspace window] then [Channel Grid].