User manual AVOLITES SAPPHIRE 2000

[. . . ] Sapphire 2000 Operator's Manual Avolites Stock Number 8200-0600 *82000600* S2000MAN. DOC 23/08/99 18:39 Useful Avolites phone numbers:Avolites England Sales and service* Fax Email Website (+44) (0) 181 965 8522 (+44) (0) 831 17 8888 (+44) (0) 181 965 0290 name@avolites. com http://www. avolites. com Service out of hours* 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 pressing Softkey B, "Software ID". The latest version of this manual (in Microsoft Word 97) and Sapphire Software can be downloaded by modem from the Internet. 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 Sapphire 2000. 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 Sapphire 2000 even if Avolites Ltd. [. . . ] When you choose a shape, it will be applied to all selected fixtures. 1> 2> 3> · Select the fixtures the shape is to be applied to. Press one of the Shape Page selects on the bottom Palette screen. Press a select button to apply a shape to the fixtures. The Palette screens describe the shape for each button. Position shapes are always based on the current position of the fixture. Other types of shape are based on the current setting of the attribute if they are described as "User" or "Usr", otherwise they are based on a fixed value. If the shape description says "Even" or "Parallel", this describes the Spread of the shape. You can change the base value of a "user" or position 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, but only if they work on different attributes (e. g. you can have a pan/tilt shape and a colour shape, but not two pan/tilt shapes. ) Press Softkey G, "Shape Generator", then Softkey B, "Edit a shape" · · · · S2000MAN. DOC 23/08/99 18:39 Page 126 - 4. Using shapes 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 Softkey G "Shape Generator", then softkey 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. Obviously if the fixtures don't have the attribute, you can't use that shape on those fixtures. · · 4. 2 Changing the size and speed of a shape It is easy to change the size and speed of a shape after it has first been selected. 1> 2> 3> Press Softkey G, "Shape Generator" (if you are not already in the shape generator menu). Press Softkey D, "Set wheels to Size/Speed" The left hand wheel controls the Size. The right hand wheel controls the Speed. The display shows the values. Other things to know about size and speed of shapes: · If you have more than one shape running, the controls operate on the most recent one. [. . . ] Glossary of terms - Page 183 SIMPLE STEP A Chase Step which does not have Individual Step Times programmed into it, and hence will use Global Chase times. See COMPLEX STEP, GLOBAL CHASE TIMES, INDIVIDUAL STEP TIMES. Buttons marked A-F, with different functions which are shown on the VGA display. Optional input device for the Sapphire allowing control of DMX Channels and recall of Memories and Chase Steps. [. . . ]