Specifications

Avolites Rolacue Operators Manual - page 107
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ALIGN A means of copying Attribute characteristics from the
first Fixture selected to other selected Fixtures.
ATTRIBUTE One Channel of an Intelligent Fixture.
AVOS The most basic Operating mode in the desk. AVOS
allows loading of the System Software.
BACKUPS Copies of a show stored to disk for safety.
BPM Beats Per Minute.
CHASE A sequence of one or more pre recorded steps
programmed using the CHASE button. It can be
replayed automatically if desired. Sometimes known as
SEQUENCE, STACK or Linked Cues.
CHASE STEPS Individual component steps of a Chase. See above
COLOUR CHANGER A mechanical Fixture for changing the colour of a light
source, usually by scrolling through a roll of different
coloured gels or by moving special filters into the light
beam.
COLOUR MIX A system of three filters which can each crossfade from
white to a colour, or one colour to another. It is a
feature of some Intelligent Fixtures which enables
thousands of different colours to be created.
COMPLEX STEP A Chase Step which has Individual Step Times
programmed into it, and hence will not use Global
times. See SIMPLE STEP, GLOBAL CHASE TIMES,
INDIVIDUAL STEP TIMES.
CONNECTED ATTRIBUTE
An Attribute brought under the control of the Wheels by
pressing the CONNECT button or by selecting the
Fixture.
CONNECTED CHASE
A Chase which has been brought under control of the
Wheels and other Chase functions by pressing the
CONNECT button.
COPY A system of replication of Memories and Chases used
by the Rolacue which links all the copies together. A
change in any one of the replicas results in the same
change to all of them. See DUPLICATE,
PHOTOCOPY.
CROSSFADE Or X FADE. A smooth transition from one state to
another. Can be Dipless or not Dipless. On Avolites
desks all Chases run Dipless fades.
DEVICE See FIXTURE.
DIPLESS The value of the crossfade never drops below the lower
of the two crossfading levels.