Instruction manual

Tagging Fixtures
When the desk is in Partial mode, it is
necessary to “tag” the fixtures which
you wish to be recorded into the
memory data.
When a fixture is “tagged” the yellow
light in the FIXTURE SELECTION
button will flash.
Tagging only applies to a fixture’s LTP
parameters (colour, beamshape and
position). Brightness parameters for
fixtures are always recorded whether
the fixture is “tagged” or not.
Manual Tagging
To manually tag a fixture, press and
hold down the FIXTURE SELECTION
button for approx. 1 second. The
yellow light in the button changes to
flashing when the fixture is tagged.
To untag a tagged fixture, press and
hold down the FIXTURE SELECTION
button for approx. 1 second. The
yellow light in the button stops flashing
when the fixture is untagged.
Tagging Multiple Fixtures
To tag a group of consecutive fixtures
in a single operation, press and hold
down a FIXTURE SELECTION button
and then press and hold down another
FIXTURE SELECTION button for
approx 1 second.
For example - press and hold down
FIXTURE SELECTION button 1 and
then press and hold down FIXTURE
SELECTION button 6. All the fixtures
between 1 and 6 will be tagged.
Automatic Tagging
If a fixture is selected (the red light in
its FIXTURE SELECTION button is
on), adjusting any of its LTP
parameters using the control wheels,
HOME button, FROG button or by
referencing a palette, will automatically
tag the fixture.
Selecting an Attribute
Once a fixture (or fixtures) has been
selected, the required attribute can be
chosen using the ATTRIBUTE
SELECTION buttons (BRIGHTNESS,
COLOUR, BEAMSHAPE, POSITION).
The ATTRIBUTE SELECTION buttons
are mutually exclusive. The red lights
in the buttons indicate which attribute
is currently selected.
Control Wheels and LCD
When a fixture (or fixtures) and
attribute have been selected, the
corresponding fixture parameters are
assigned to the three control wheels.
The fixture parameter names and their
current output values are displayed on
the WHEEL LCD.
If there is more than one group of
parameters for the selected fixture and
attribute, the red light in the WHEEL
GROUP button is lit. Pressing the
WHEEL GROUP button will cycle
through the parameter groups.
On the WHEEL LCD, Brightness
parameter values are displayed as a
percentage (0% - 100%); Colour,
Beamshape and Position parameter
values are shown as DMX (0-255).
If a fixture parameter is 16 bit (uses
two DMX channels) then the parameter
value is displayed as two separate
DMX values, with the first representing
the MSB (coarse) and the second the
LSB (fine) components.
A fixture’s brightness parameter
(intensity or dimmer) is always
assigned to the first finger wheel.
Colour and beamshape parameters
are assigned to wheel groups and
wheels according to the fixture data.
In position, the Pan parameter is
always assigned to the “thumb” wheel
and the Tilt parameter to the “first
finger” wheel.
The movement effect parameters are
displayed as additional Position
parameters (see later for details).
Controlling Brightness
Each assigned fixture can have a
maximum of one brightness parameter
(usually called dimmer or intensity).
The fixture brightness parameters are
set using the control wheels. This sets
a “virtual” fader level for each fixture.
The “virtual” fader level for each fixture
is displayed in the PSI section of the
monitor screen (see section 7).
The fixture brightness levels, defined
by these “virtual” faders, are mixed in
on a HTP basis with any other fixture
brightness levels resulting from the
Playback X or submasters.
Therefore to ensure that only the
programmed fixture brightnesses are
output when playing back data on
Playback X or submasters, all the
“virtual” faders should be set to zero
before running the show.
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