Instruction manual

Quick Start Tutorial
Frog 2 Operating Manual – Issue 4.3 Page 27
Controlling Fixtures
Once you have added fixtures to the schedule, patched them to the DMX, changed the
defaults (if required) and exited Setup you are ready to control the fixtures.
Selecting Fixtures
The simplest way to select a group of fixtures is via the Master Groups which are created
automatically when fixtures are added to the schedule.
Press the GROUP button. The Master Groups are displayed in a toolbar above the
command line on the touch screen. Select the required group by pressing one of the soft
keys on the touch screen.
Homing the Fixtures
The easiest way to see which fixtures in the rig you are controlling is to ‘home’ them. This
will set their position (Pan and Tilt) to 50%, the dimmer to 100% with an open white beam
(no gobos or effects).
Hold down the SHIFT key and then press the HIGHLIGHT key. This will send all the
fixtures in the selected group to their ‘home’ values and automatically tag all of the fixture
parameters.
Controlling Fixture Parameters
Each fixture type has it’s own set of parameters (intensity, color, gobo, pan, tilt etc. as
defined in the fixture library) which are classified or grouped together in different attributes
(Position, Colour, Beam).
Once a fixture, or group of fixtures has been selected, the attribute buttons and control
wheels can be used to adjust the parameter output levels as required.