User manual AVOLITES PEARL 2008

[. . . ] Pearl 2008 Pearl Tiger Operator's Manual Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007 Useful Avolites phone numbers:Avolites England Sales and service* Service out of hours* Fax Email Website (+44) (0) 20 8965 8522 (+44) (0) 831 17 8888 (+44) (0) 20 8965 0290 name@avolites. com http://www. avolites. com Distribution of Avolites products in USA:Avolites America Sales and service* Fax (+1) 423 938 2057 (+1) 423 938 2059 *Before contacting Avolites for service enquiry please ensure that you have the product serial number and the Software version. The serial number can be found on the back of the desk and the software version can be found by turning the key to "System" and reading the version from the top line of the display. The latest version of this manual and Pearl Software can be downloaded from the Avolites website. The small print : No Liability for Consequential Damages Avolites has a policy of continuous product and documentation improvement. As such the detail within this manual may not match the operation of the Pearl 2008. In no event shall Avolites be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages or loss whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use the Pearl even if Avolites Ltd. [. . . ] You can set the centre point of the circle, the size of the circle and the speed of the circle movement. In addition to beam position shapes, there are a large number of other shapes available in the Pearl. The shapes are defined for a particular attribute such as colour, dimmer, focus and so on. Some shapes will not work with some fixtures; focus shapes, for example, can produce nice "focus pull" effects on fixtures which have DMX focusing, but will do nothing on fixtures which don't have focusing. When you use a shape with more than one fixture, you can choose to either apply the shape identically to all the fixtures, or offset them so that the shape runs along the fixtures creating "wave" or "ballyhoo" type effects. This is called the spread of the shape. 5. 1 5. 1. 1 Playback Selecting a shape Selecting a shape is very similar to selecting a value from a palette. When you choose a shape, it will be applied to all selected fixtures. 1> 2> 3> 4> Select the fixtures the shape is to be applied to. Press one of the A-E softkeys to apply a shape to the fixtures (or the F and G softkeys go up and down the list). The screen describes the shape for each button. Most shapes are based on the current settings of the fixture, so a circle would move around the current pan-tilt position of the fixture. If the shape description says "Even" or "Parallel", this describes the Spread of the shape. You can always change this later. · · Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007 Page 142 - 5. Shapes · You can change the base value of a shape (e. g. the centre of a circle) by changing the attributes using the wheels in the usual way. You can reduce the Size to zero (see next section) to help you see what the base value actually is. You can run more than one shape at a time by repeating the above procedure. You can run several shapes on one fixture. Press G [Shape Generator], then B [Edit a shape] to show what shapes are running. If you apply the same shape to two different groups of fixtures, the shape will appear twice on the shape list. You can edit the two shapes separately to give different directions, speeds etc (see later) You can remove shapes from fixtures which are selected by pressing G [Shape Generator], then E [Remove shapes from selected fixtures]. Each shape is designed to work on a particular attribute; the list on the palette display shows you which attribute. [. . . ] Optional input device for the Pearl allowing control of DMX Channels and recall of Memories and Chase Steps. Type of flash button which turns on the output being flashed and turns off all other output while the button is pressed. Also used for selecting fixtures or playbacks when programming. Desk mode allowing access to the operating software of the Pearl. [. . . ]