User`s manual

VARI❋LITE® - VL2500™ SPOT LUMINAIRE USER’S MANUAL
36 05-January-2004 02.9676.0019 A
Luminaire Timing
Luminaire Timing Channel Information
Timing channel control improves the timed moves of certain groups of parameters. Four timing
channels are provided, one for Focus (Pan and Tilt), one for color parameters, one for beam parameters
and one for gobo paramters (Fixed and Rotating). Timing channels support time values of up to six
minutes.
A timing value of zero is full speed. A time value of 100% (or 255 in DMX) causes the associated
parameter(s) to follow cue fade time (console time) rather than the timing channel.
Note: The particular storing syntax for your console, as well as instructions on how to write part cues,
can be found in the operation manual for that console.
To use these channels, you must:
Step 1. Create the cue, including color, gobo, and edge as required.
Step 2. Decide which fixtures and which parameter groups will use timing channels.
Step 3. Assign a value to the particular timing channel(s) you wish to use (for timing information
see chart on next page).
Step 4. Set console timing (or cue fade time) for parameters and timing channels to zero seconds.
Step 5. Store cue.
Note: Avoid changing timing channel values in a fading cue. This can cause unexpected behavior in
the luminaire as the timing channel value is updated over time. Timing channel values and the final
destination of the parameters affected by the timing channel should always be sent in a zero count.
Timing channels can be set in either % or 0-255 (DMX) modes, with the following values assigned:
Table 3-13: Channel Function / Timing Channel Relationship
Channel Function
Timing Channel
Focus Time Color Time Beam Time Gobo Time
Pan (Hi Byte/Lo Byte) 
Tilt (Hi Byte/Lo Byte) 
Color 
Index 
Iris 
Edge 
Zoom 
Fixed Gobo 
Rotating Gobo 