Specifications

Avolites Rolacue Operators Manual - page 83
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There is a Personality file available for almost every DMX Fixture currently on
the market. Avolites constantly produce new and updated Personality to keep
up with new DMX devices and changes to old ones.
13.2.1 Personality Files
Personality files contain all the information the desk requires to patch and
configure an Instrument including which Preset bank will control which
Attribute.
These files are updated periodically and made available on the Avolites
Bulletin Board System, or can be obtained on disk from an Avolites distributor
or Avolites London.
Subject to the information being available to Avolites, the Personality file will
configure the desk for the optimum operation of a Fixture. It will also prevent
illegal patching operations on the Fixture. See Section 5.17 Illegal Addresses.
Personality files before Sapphire and Pearl 96 have an extension .PER whilst
personality files for Sapphire and Pearl 96 have the extension .R96 (Rolacue
96).
13.2.2 Old Personality files
This section only applies if you have upgraded your System Software from a
version prior to Sapphire/Pearl 96.
‘Old’ personality files can be identified because they have the extension .PER.
Old files may be used in cases of emergency, however a message will be
presented on the Screen warning that not all the desks features will work and
a letter will be placed on the Screen until a WIPEALL is done, to identify that
an old Personality file has been used.
The reason for this is that there may be insidious problems which do not
show up until programming has started. It is not then possible to load a new
personality and so programming time will be lost.
13.3 Customising Personality Files
13.3.1 Editing Personality files
It is possible to customise Personality files. This may be in order to control a
Fixture for which there hasn’t been one made yet, or to patch or control a
Fixture in an unusual way.
Avolites personality files are in ASCII format and can be edited on any
personal computer which can read and save onto MS DOS 720K 3.5 inch
disks
See Personality file Programmers Manual for more details.
13.4 Resetting the desk to factory settings with the WIPEALL link
The desk can be totally reset by fitting the WIPEALL link on the MAP board
for the Sapphire or on the main circuit board for the Pearl. Subsequently
powering the desk up will perform a Power On Reset, restoring the factory
defaults.
Before you do this, make sure you have a System Software disk. This is
a precaution. You can make one yourself. See the first part of Section 13.5.3
Changing your System Software.