User manual AVOLITES PERSONALITY BUILDER QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Personality Builder: A Quick Start Guide This guide has been created to enable you to create a functional personality file for Diamond 4 and Titan as quickly as possible. Further detail, videos and support can be found on the Avolites forum. Getting Started - Naming your Fixture: After opening the program, select `New' from the File menu: 1. 2. Select `Fixture 1' in the Navigation Pane. [. . . ] Now add the appropriate functions for each attribute from the Attribute Pane by dragging them across to the Navigation Pane. Once all the functions have been added, you can add their DMX Values by selecting the `DMX Values' tab at the bottom of the Properties Pane and entering the values for each function listed. To return to the Properties Pane, select the `Properties' tab to the left of the `DMX Values' tab. 1 2 3 4. Ensure that all created attributes have functions and the relevant DMX information added to them. 4 Setting Locate Values: Expand an attribute from the Properties Pane so that all the functions it contains are visible. Right click on the function that you wish set as the locate value, select `Locate', then (in the case of an attribute range, such as `Speed') select a locate value. Creating Modes: 1. Select `Modes' from the Navigation Pane. Choose a mode template from the Attribute Pane and double click it to add it to the list of Modes. 1 2 From here you are able to add any combination of created attributes to this mode by first selecting the relevant mode, then dragging the created attributes across from the Attribute Pane. You now need to assign the DMX channels for each of your created modes: 1. Select the appropriate mode in the Navigation Pane. Click on the `Channels' tab at the bottom of the Properties Pane. While this page is filled in automatically, you may need to edit the order of DMX channel assignments listed in the `Channel Offs' column. 1 3 2 Hint: When you have both 16 bit and 8 bit channels performing the same functions on two different modes (most commonly Pan and Tilt) you should the set the attribute resolution to 16 bit and add it to both modes. Then for the 8 bit mode, you then select the attribute inside that mode and change the Resolution from `16 bit' to `8 bit' in the Attribute Pane. Configuring Wheel Allocation: Once the channels for all modes have been assigned you must allocate a separate wheel for every attribute. Select the appropriate mode in the Navigation Pane. Select the `Wheel Mapping' tab from the Properties Pane. In this tab click on the Filter by Mode box. This ensures that only the channels used by this mode are displayed. [. . . ] Copy the personality to C:\Program Files\Avolites\Titan\FixtureLibrary Restart the console software for the changes to take effect. If any previous versions of your file are patched, your show will have to be updated via the `Update Personality' function new to Titan V3. Hint: If you are running Personality Builder from your console, select File then `Save to Fixture Library'. This should only be done once the personality has been completed in order to prevent `work-in-progress' files from appearing in your patch menu. [. . . ]